I was born in Lageun district of West Aceh (now Aceh Jaya) on May 29, 1969. I completed primary education at SD Negeri Geuceu in 1982, junior high school at SMP Negeri 5 Banda Aceh (now SMPN 7) in 1985 and senior high school at SMA Negeri 3 Banda Aceh in 1988. In 1993 I completed my undergraduate study at the Mathematics Department of FMIPA ITS in Surabaya. Then in 2004 I completed a postgraduate study at the University of South Australia (UNISA) in the field of information technology. Since 1994 until now, I was appointed as a lecturer at the Faculty of Mathematics, Syiah Kuala University.