Dr. Haque received his Masters and PhD in Computer Science from Iowa State University, USA. He joined UNBC in 1995 and is presently Full Professor, cross-appointed in the Department of Computer Science and School of Business. His academic background includes a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from University of Alberta.

Dr Haque's research interests include advanced data analytics, business intelligence, parallel and distributed computing, high performance computing, visual analytics, and real-time database systems. Dr Haque has been involved in industrial collaborative research that has led to commercialization of software. His work was nominated, and won, the Industrial Collaborative Research and BC Top Innovation awards. Dr Haque has been a recipient of NSERC, SSHRC and multiple other research grants.

Dr Haque leads the Business Intelligence Research Group (BIRG) at UNBC with a primary focus on healthcare applications. He also serves on the Research Computing Management Board and Health Research Institute (HRI) Leadership Council.