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Recent Work: Fern Halper

Fern Halper

Fern Halper, Ph.D.

Vice President and Senior Director of TDWI Research for advanced analytics

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, social media analysis, text analytics, and big data analytics approaches. She has been a partner at industry analyst firm Hurwitz & Associates and a lead analyst for Bell Labs. Her Ph.D. is from Texas A&M University.

Research

Webinars

  • Achieving AI ROI with Agentic AI: From Data Foundations to Enterprise Deployment (Mexico Time)

    Join TDWI VP of research, Fern Halper, and Snowflake’s senior director, product marketing - AI, Santiago Giraldo, as they examine what it actually takes to build and operationalize transparent agents in the enterprise. The discussion will focus on the foundational work that enables AI ROI, including how organizations procure and prepare data, eliminate silos, and build reliable data pipelines through modern data engineering practices. January 29, 2026 View Now

  • Achieving AI ROI with Agentic AI: From Data Foundations to Enterprise Deployment (Mexico Time)

    Join TDWI VP of research, Fern Halper, and Snowflake’s senior director, product marketing - AI, Santiago Giraldo, as they examine what it actually takes to build and operationalize transparent agents in the enterprise. The discussion will focus on the foundational work that enables AI ROI, including how organizations procure and prepare data, eliminate silos, and build reliable data pipelines through modern data engineering practices. January 29, 2026 View Now

  • Achieving AI ROI with Agentic AI: From Data Foundations to Enterprise Deployment

    Join TDWI VP of research, Fern Halper, and Snowflake’s senior director, product marketing - AI, Santiago Giraldo, as they examine what it actually takes to build and operationalize transparent agents in the enterprise. The discussion will focus on the foundational work that enables AI ROI, including how organizations procure and prepare data, eliminate silos, and build reliable data pipelines through modern data engineering practices. January 22, 2026 View Now

  • Achieving AI ROI with Agentic AI: From Data Foundations to Enterprise Deployment

    Join TDWI VP of research, Fern Halper, and Snowflake’s senior director, product marketing - AI, Santiago Giraldo, as they examine what it actually takes to build and operationalize transparent agents in the enterprise. The discussion will focus on the foundational work that enables AI ROI, including how organizations procure and prepare data, eliminate silos, and build reliable data pipelines through modern data engineering practices. January 22, 2026 View Now

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