Biography
Jeff Heaton is a data scientist, PhD student and indy publisher. Specializing in Java, C#, C/C++, Python and R, he is an active technology blogger, open source contributor, and author of more than ten books. His areas of expertise include predictive modeling, data mining, big data, business intelligence, and artificial intelligence. Jeff holds a Master's Degree in Information Management from Washington University. He is also a senior member of the IEEE, a Sun-Certified Java Programmer, the lead developer for the Encog Machine Learning Framework open source project, and a fellow of the Life Management Institute (FLMI).