Dr. Herkulaas M. V. E Combrink is a Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Digital Futures, University of the Free State. Dr Combrink specializes in infodemiology, computational infodemiology, human language technology, and artificial intelligence. Dr Combrink has contributed significantly to data science for social impact by combining data analytics, data science, artificial intelligence, health, education, and policy for better societal outcomes. Dr Combrink continues to innovate in the fields of Computational Infodemiology, Social Stress and Void-Learning. He was the PI of a multi-institutional Human Language Technology project funded by the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture, an international project funded by the British Academy, and National Funding through the Struwig Cancer Trust.