Contributor: Fern Halper

Fern Halper, Ph.D., is vice president and senior director of TDWI Research for advanced analytics. She is well known in the analytics community, having been published hundreds of times on data mining and information technology over the past 20 years. Halper is also co-author of several Dummies books on cloud computing and big data. She focuses on advanced analytics, including predictive analytics, text and social media analysis, machine-learning, AI, cognitive computing and big data analytics approaches. She has been a partner at industry analyst firm Hurwitz & Associates and a lead data analyst for Bell Labs. Her Ph.D. is from Texas A&M University. You can reach her by email ([email protected]), on Twitter (twitter.com/fhalper), and on LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/fbhalper).

All articles by Fern Halper

5 Skills You Need to Build Predictive Analytics Models

These five competencies are required to build a successful predictive model.

By Fern Halper
June 26, 2017

3 Flavors of Predictive Analytics Automation

Simplifying tasks is a key benefit of automation, and in the world of predictive analytics, these three areas are getting the most automated help.

By Fern Halper
May 15, 2017

Upside Briefing: SAS

Reflections on the recent SAS analyst meeting and two-day overview of where SAS is headed by TDWI's VP and senior research director for advanced analytics.

By Fern Halper
March 27, 2017

TDWI 2016 Salary Survey: Gender Pay Gap Remains

According to TDWI research, the gender gap in BI-related fields widened in 2016. There are many reasons why women are earning less than men in these jobs.

By Fern Halper
February 21, 2017

Three Paths to Value in Data Science

Organizations are using many strategies to gain bottom-line value from big data and data science. Three major trends stood out in TDWI's recent research.