Author: Alex Worapol Pongpech
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Personalizing Education: How AI and ML Enhance Student Learning
I have been working on promoting GenAI and ML to help University provide better student services. The task is really difficult, especially when working with various stakeholders. As we all know, educators are no less difficult to convince than doctors. Using generative AI and machine learning to improve students’ experience in education can lead to…
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Lesson learned from Southeast Asia-Building and Justifying Financially Viable Data Projects in…
I have lived and worked in Southeast Asia for more than 15 years. I have witnessed and participated in several failed data projects. I was also involved in a number of successful data projects, and in this article, I offer a comprehensive roadmap for building financially viable data projects and securing the necessary backing within…
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Case Study: FOMO Retail — Optimizing Data Analytics for Strategic Value
Many companies in Thailand are hiring and investing in analytics stacks due to the fear of losing out to competitors in data analytics. I have personally been involved with several of these companies. In this article, I give a case study on optimizing data analytics for strategic value instead of based on FOMO. The article…
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Cloudy with a Chance of Insights: Mastering the Hybrid Analytics Stack
Not every company can go or wants to go fully on cloud or on-premise; they are much better off being in a hybrid environment. From my experience, many companies in Southeast Asia still have adequate on-premises resources for effective analytic stacks. By considering a hybrid analytic stack, they would be better prepared for the future.…
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The Data Dilemma: Strategy vs. Activity Plan – Clearing the Confusion
This misconception is one of the most frustrating misunderstandings concepts for me as a lecturer and a consultant to sort out. In the rapidly evolving landscape of data-driven decision-making, the terms data strategy and data activity plan are often used interchangeably. This conflation can lead to significant misunderstandings and missed opportunities. While both are crucial…
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This is the Ground Control to Major Tom, It is time to migrate down from Cloud providers to…
A Case Study: Strategic Migration from Cloud Services to On-Premises to Manage Rising Operating and Professional Services Costs. The article is based on my past consulting experiences. Not only able to have a full control of the direction of company’s analytics stack, it is also a more direct computing the energy consumption of company’s analytics…
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Case Study: How a Missed Opportunity in Big Data Consultancy Could Have Transformed a Thai…
In 2012, Alex, the director of the first Big Data Engineering program in Asia, proposed an innovative idea to the university president and vice president. He envisioned starting a Big Data Engineering and Data Science consultancy under the university’s umbrella. At that time, Big Data and Data Science was a novel concept in Thailand, and…
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Case Study: Management Challenges and Opportunities in Lifelong Learning Platform Development
Alex is the Director of Innovation at a prominent university. Recognizing the increasing demand for lifelong learning, Alex envisioned an innovative online platform that would cater to learners of all ages. However, Alex faced significant constraints in both human and financial resources. To overcome these limitations, Alex proposed a strategic partnership with one of Thailand’s…
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Energy Sustainability in Data Architectures: A Comparative Analysis of Centralized vs.
In this article, I compare and contrast energy sustainability solutions between centralized and decentralized data architectures, examining their respective strengths and weaknesses in terms of energy efficiency. What I have found is that both patterns have different advantages and disadvantages. Companies will be better served by minimizing the disadvantages of the pattern and also maximizing…
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Key Algorithms in Sustainable Computing
The focus is on optimizing resource usage, improving efficiency, and reducing energy consumption. The following areas are some of the topics that I will explore further in the subsequent articles. Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS): Adjusts the voltage and frequency of a processor based on the workload to reduce energy consumption without significantly impacting…
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