Alianna Maren PhD

Alianna J. Maren is a researcher and thought leader in predictive analytics, with four patents, ranging from predictive analytics to knowledge discovery to sensor fusion (the latter was named Patent of the Week by the New York Times shortly after it was awarded). Her expertise ranges from statistical thermodynamics to model patterns and rapidly-changing systems to text analytics in knowledge discovery to neural networks. As co-founder and chief scientist with EagleForce Associates (later Viziant Corporation), she was key in supporting DIA's panels on knowledge discovery and predictive analytics. Her innovative work at Viziant led to three of her four patent awards and two rounds of investment funding. As a senior scientist with Accurate Automation Corporation, Maren's innovations in neural networks, sensor fusion, and system identification were the basis for receiving over $3.4M in federally-funded SBIR and STTR contracts. She introduced and taught the first course in Knowledge Discovery at Georgetown University, and also Cloud Computing at both George Mason and Marymount Universities Her first book, the “Handbook of Neural Computing Applications” (Academic, 1990), became a landmark in the emerging neural network arena. Maren holds a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from Arizona State University and a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of North Dakota.