PROS Data Scientist Selected to Speak at Global Big Data Conference
HOUSTON, April 6, 2016 – PROS® (NYSE: PRO), the revenue and profit realization company, today announced that Ezgi C. Eren, Ph.D., a member of the company’s data science and research team, has been selected to deliver an address at the Global Big Data Conference’s Big Data Bootcamp. The conference will be held April 8-10 in Austin, Texas, at the Austin Convention Center. Eren’s presentation, based on her patent-pending research, is scheduled for April 9 at 4:00 p.m.
As data requirements and management capabilities grow, so does the size of the analytics and optimization models that harness big data. Pricing and revenue optimization requires continuous handling of large-scale, multi-dimensional data and models of unprecedented size. In her presentation – Big Data, Big Analytics for Pricing and Revenue Optimization: A Use Case in the Car Rental Industry – Eren will discuss modeling for big data optimization, highlighting pricing and distribution.
“It is a great honor to be invited to share our research with data scientists, engineers and thought leaders from some of the world’s most high-profile companies,” said Eren. “PROS data science and prescriptive analytics are pivotal in helping our customers realize their revenue and profit potential. I look forward to previewing our work and showcasing how we develop next-generation models and solutions for complex pricing problems with evolving data requirements.”
Ezgi Eren’s research focuses on big data optimization and analytics, and pricing and revenue management. She is a co-inventor of new-generation optimization solutions and models, with two pending patents based on her research. Eren holds a Ph.D. in industrial engineering from Texas A&M University, and a B.S. in industrial engineering from Bogazici (Bosphorus) University in Turkey. She was also a 2015 featured speaker at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference.
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About PROS
PROS Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PRO) is a revenue and profit realization company that helps B2B and B2C customers realize their potential through the blend of simplicity and data science. PROS offers cloud solutions to help accelerate sales, formulate winning pricing strategies and align product, demand and availability. PROS revenue and profit realization solutions are designed to allow customers to experience meaningful revenue growth, sustained profitability and modernized business processes. To learn more, visit pros.com.
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