Big Data Analysis and Data Mining

Karmen Kern Pipan has completed her PhD from University of Maribor. She started her career in the private sector in the field of informatics and telecommunications and later continued in public administration in different positions. More than a decade she was active as EFQM European assessor, certified lecturer and university teacher. Currently she works as Secretary and Project manager in the Ministry of Public Administration of Republic Slovenia in the IT Directorate. As an expert, she is involved in the field of data management, business intelligence and big data analytics to improve data based decision making in Slovenian public administration. She led an inter-ministerial task force for the preparation of the Slovenian Public Administration Development Strategy 2015-2020. She has presented several articles in different international conferences and professional sphere and published papers in reputed professional and scientific journals.