Tech Mining

ALAN L. PORTER's major concentration is technologyintelligence, forecasting, and assessment. He has led thedevelopment of "technology opportunity analysis"--miningelectronic bibliographic data sources to generate intelligence onemerging technologies. He holds a BS in chemical engineering fromthe California Institute of Technology, and a PhD in engineeringpsychology from UCLA. He is currently Director, Research &Development, for Search Technology, Inc., in Norcross, Georgia.SCOTT W. CUNNINGHAM worked for the Technology Policy& Assessment Center at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Hehas worked in industry as a data mining and machine learningconsultant, working chiefly in the e-commerce and retailindustries. He holds a BEng in engineering science and mechanicsfrom Georgia Tech and a DPhil in science, technology, andinnovation policy from the University of Sussex, UK. He currentlyserves as an assistant professor on the Technology, Policy, andManagement faculty of TU Delft.