John Elder, Morning Keynote: Datapalooza 2017

John Elder leads one of America’s most experienced Data Science consultancies. Founded in 1995, Elder Research has offices in Virginia, Washington, D.C., Maryland, and North Carolina. Dr. Elder has co-authored books on data mining, ensembles, and text mining - two of which won book-of-the-year awards. He was a discoverer of ensemble methods, chairs international conferences, and is a popular keynote speaker.

Dr. Elder is an (occasional) Adjunct Professor of Engineering at UVA, and was named by President Bush to serve 5 years on a panel to guide technology for national security. He is also proud to report that 40% of his kids are current Wahoos.