Eric Siegel, Ph.D.

Eric Siegel, Ph.D., founder of Predictive Analytics World and Text Analytics World, and Executive Editor of the Predictive Analytics Times, makes the how and why of predictive analytics understandable and captivating. He is the author of the bestselling, award-winning Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die, a former Columbia University professor who used to sing to his students, and a renowned speaker, educator, and leader in the field. Eric has appeared on Bloomberg TV and Radio, Fox News, BNN (Canada), Israel National Radio, Radio National (Australia), The Street, Newsmax TV, and NPR affiliates. He and his book have been featured in Businessweek, CBS MoneyWatch, The Financial Times, Forbes, Forrester, Fortune, The Huffington Post, The New York Times, Newsweek, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and WSJ MarketWatch.

>> Videos of Eric
>> Upcoming keynotes from Eric Siegel: Cross-industry events, from business to healthcare
>> Predictive Analytics World Conference: Founder and program chair
>> More detailed bio
>> Consulting and training website: Prediction Impact, Inc.
>> Bestselling book: Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die
>> Academic curriculum vitae
>> Eric Siegel is available for select lectures. Contact Eric

Eric was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University in New York City from 1997 - 2001. He was affiliated with the natural language processing group here at Columbia. The rest of this webpage is archival from 2000 and before:

Courses taught:

S00, F97: Machine Learning (graduate course)
F99: Artificial Intelligence (graduate course)
S99: Advanced Intelligent Systems (graduate course)
S98, F97: Intro to Computer Science (for computer science majors)
S00, F99, S99, F98: Intro to Computers (for non-computer science majors)

Research:

Research publications
Predictive analytics client engagements
Predictive Analytics World Conference in business applications of data mining and predictive modeling
Text Analytics World Conference in business applications of text analytics
I maintain a Genetic Programming Brainstorming Archive created by the participants of the AAAI Symposium on Genetic Programming, Fall 1995.
Genetic Programming Publications
My resume for work in predictive analytics.

Teaching:

Results of the AI Palindrome Discovery System, such as:
- SUN, a Java Janus.
- Iambic IBM AI.
Songs for computer science education.
With our Stinky Programming Language for student doodles, you can make Fractals with only step, left, push, and reduce.
Project Othello - Results of collaborative student projects applying genetic programming to the game Othello.
MARVIN cs material: In-house, on-line and fun.
Papers on education
I won the Distinguished Teaching Faculty Award.
Read about online degrees in artificial intelligence.

Personal:

Contact Eric Siegel at his predictive analytics consultancy.
Pictures of me and friends.
Check out Callou's fashion design business!
I like disco.

email: evs at cs dot columbia dot edu

Eric Siegel provides predictive analytics services at Prediction Impact, Inc., where predictive modeling and data mining are applied to gain customer intelligence.

Eric Siegel is the conference chair of the Predictive Analytics World Conference, the leading event for predictive analytics consumers, managers and commercial practitioners.

He is also the conference chair of the Text Analytics World Conference, the business event for text analytics consumers, managers and commercial practitioners.

Finally, he is also a co-founder of Predictive Analytics World for Government, the only event for predictive analytics applications in government.

Eric Siegel is the instructor for the training seminar, Predictive Analytics for Business, Marketing and Web, and the related online eCourse, Predictive Analytics Applied, available on-demand.

My Predictive Analytics Internet Domains: