Dr. Delen is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of data mining and analytics. One of his more popular research projects aims to predict the financial success of Hollywood movies before their theatrical release. This project and others, including improving student retention and discovering knowledge from healthcare and medical data, use novel techniques based on data mining, text mining and predictive modeling. Since joining the OSU faculty in 2001, Delen has been PI or co-PI on 17 grant proposals, including one to the Dept. of Defense worth more than $2.5 million. He has authored or co-authored 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and 16 peer-reviewed conference proceeding articles. He has also authored four textbooks in the last 4 years.
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