Abe Usher

Chief Innovation Officer | HumanGeo Group

Chief Technology Officer at HumanGeo Group

Hadoop Social Network Analysis Big Data Data Science Data Analysis

Edd Wilder-James

VP Strategy | Silicon Valley Data Science

Expert in emerging technologies and how they change the world, specializing in big data & data science

Emerging Technologies Future of It Data Science Big Data Open Source

Jaroslaw Szlichta, PhD

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science | University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Award-winning big data analytics expert examines big data cleaning to improve accuracy of predictors and trends

Big Data Business Intelligence Data Analytics Information Integration Heterogeneous Computing

Ryan Unger

Co-Founder & CTO | Punchkick Interactive

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Punchkick Interactive

Mobile Marketing Mobile Strategy Recruiting Mobile Social Media

Dave Pearson

Research Director and Team Lead, Infrastructure | International Data Corporation (IDC)

Research Director and Team Lead for IDC Canada's Infrastructure Solutions Research Group

Platform as a Service Enterprise Storage Datacentre Networking Big Data and Analytics Infrastructure

Claudiu Popa

CEO | Informatica Corporation

Data Protection Evangelist. Trusted Risk Advisor. Relentless Educator.

Big Data Global Privacy Social Media Security

Richard Dale

Managing Director | Big Data Boston Ventures

Experienced entrepreneur turned venture capitalist, specializing in understanding the dynamics in very early stage ventures.

Venture Capital Mentorship Entrepreneurship Business Models Finance

Stan Ahalt

Faculty | UNC at Chapel Hill

Director, Renaissance Computing Institute and Professor, Department of Computer Science

Data Analysis High Performance Computing Data Science Public-Private Partnerships Signal Processing

Eli Berman, Ph.D.

Professor of Economics | UC San Diego

Eli Berman is known for applying rational choice analysis to the behavior of radical religious groups.

Applied Econometrics Labor Demand and Technological Change Economics of Religion and Demography Development and Conflict Labor Economics

Bryan Eisenberg

Partner | Eisenberg Holdings, LLc

New York Times Bestselling author on Marketing Optimization and Online Marketing

Web Analytics Online Marketing A/B Testing Multivariate Testing Persuasion

Kris Tuttle

Director of Research | SoundView Technology Group

Applied Technology Expert - emerging technology impact on business and investments

Computing Investing Software Cloud Big Data

Hessie Jones

CEO | ARCOMPANY

Author, Digital Strategist: Generational insights, Big Data Strategy and Performance, Customer Centricity

Generational Differences Generation Y Generation X Marketing Advertising

Kartik Ariyur

Assistant Professor | Purdue University

Assistant Professor at Purdue University

Matlab Algorithms Simulations Controller Design Health Monitoring

Andrew Pearson

President | Intelligencia Limited

President at Intelligencia Limited

edge analytics Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning eSports sports betting Automobile Marketing

Bartosz Krawczyk, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor | VCU College of Engineering

Dr. Krawczyk's areas of research are machine learning, data stream mining, medical informatics, big data, and computer vision.

Machine learning: ensembles, imbalanced data, one-class classification, kernel methods. Data stream mining: concept drift, active learning, online classification and regression. Big data: mining massive datasets, efficient and scalable learning algorithms Medical informatics: clinical decision support, mining ubiquitous environments, activity recognition. Computer vision: deep learning, object detection, tensor methods, underwater image analysis.

Jennifer Lewis Priestley, Ph.D.

Professor of Statistics and Data Science | Kennesaw State University

Jennifer Lewis Priestley is the director of the Center for Statistics and Analytical Services at Kennesaw State.

Data Analysis Statistics Analytics Data Mining Statistical Modeling

Yi Chen

Henry J. Leir Chair in Healthcare and Associate Professor | New Jersey Institute of Technology

Professor Chen focuses on cutting-edge database, data mining and machine learning techniques with applications in business and health care

Information Integration Big Data Machine Learning Management Healthcare

Catherine Murray

Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs and Enrolment Management, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | Simon Fraser University

Dr. Murray is a professor in Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies and member of the Centre for Policy Studies on Culture and Communities.

Communication Rights and Global Trade Broadcast Policy Cultural Infrastructure and Creative Cities Cultural Participation Cultural Practices

Eric Franzon

Vice President Community, SemanticWeb.com | SemanticWeb.com (a MediaBistro company)

Want to learn what Semantic Technologies are about in an entertaining way that won't leave you wishing you had a PhD in Computer Science?

Semantic Web Linked Data Smart Data

David Schweidel

Professor of Marketing | Goizueta Business School

Analytics and Big Data Marketing Intelligence Social Media Customer Valuation Customer Relationship Management