Harikrishna Rao Mohan Rao (Hari) is a Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. His research work focuses on advanced data-driven solutions for the improvement of industrial alarm systems. His aim is to develop reliable decision support systems that improve operations and reduce operator workload in the process industries. He received a B. Tech degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Kerala, India, in 2012, where he was awarded the Proficiency Prize for the Best Outgoing Student. His undergraduate project was completed at the Indian Space Research Organization. He obtained training from Bharat Petroleum, a Fortune 500 Oil and Gas company in India. Hari joined the graduate program at the University of Alberta with over seven years of industrial experience in the fields of process control and automation, alarm management, and fault detection. He holds two patent-approved invention disclosures for his work on the early detection of component failures using process data. His research works have been accepted to prestigious conferences, namely, the American Control Conference and the World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC). Hari is a student member of the IEEE and the International Society of Automation (ISA). Outside of academia, Hari advocates for mental health on campus and has been selected to represent the University at the Healthy Campus Alberta Summit. He is passionate about tennis and recently developed an interest in ice hockey. Additionally, he enjoys self-discovery through traveling, trekking, scuba diving, and paragliding.