Prof. Dr. Dirk Hecker

Prof. Dr. Dirk Hecker is Professor for Data Analytics at The University of Siegen and Deputy Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS. Furthermore he is Managing Director of the »Fraunhofer Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Alliance« which is made up of more than 30 Fraunhofer institutes working in cross-sector AI and Big Data research and technology development. The Fraunhofer Big Data AI Alliance is currently the largest association of institutes in a topic area within the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and accompanies companies on their way to becoming a data-driven company. The services offered range from market-driven AI and Big Data solutions for individual problems to the qualification of junior staff as Data Scientists. In addition, Prof. Dr. Hecker is a member of the board of directors of the Fraunhofer Academy.

Prof. Dr. Hecker has many years experience in managing Data Mining and Machine Learning research and industry projects in the field of data mining and machine learning. His current focus of activity is in Big Data Analytics, Predictive Analytics, Deep Learning and Mobility Mining. Prof. Dr. Hecker studied geoinformatics at the universities of Cologne and Bonn; he obtained his doctorate at the University of Cologne.

• Dr. Dirk Hecker at Fraunhofer-Publica