Point of view · Oct 2026
Building the AI Business Case
What an AI investment is worth, what it costs to build and to run, and the break-even number that decides whether it should get funded at…
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Articles · Oct 2025
Why AI Projects Fail After the Pilot and How to Scale
Data Products’ Dr. Mechie Nkengla and Michael Pompey lead a lively session at IBM TechXchange. They shared a practical playbook to move AI from pilot to…
Read →Articles · Jun 2025
AI Layoffs 2.0: The Middle Manager Massacre
From Meta to Google and IBM, the pink slips are piling up. And while corporate leaders cite "efficiency gains" and “AI integration,” the real price may…
Read →Articles · Oct 2024
Data Products CEO, Dr. Mechie Nkengla, Appointed to Illinois Generative AI & NLP Task Force
CEO and Chief AI & Data Strategist, Mechie Nkengla, Ph.D. has been appointed, to the established Illinois Generative AI and Natural Language Processing (NLP) Task Force.
Read →Articles · Apr 2021
DataYap Virtual Conference Highlights
The recent DataYap Virtual Conference brought together tech experts to delve into the latest trends in data science. From revolutionizing business techniques with data analytics to…
Read →Articles · Nov 2020
Cal Poly Pomona Colloquium Series
On Nov. 23rd, 2020 Dr. Mechie Nkengla (Chief Data Strategist for Data Products LLC) will give a talk on "An Odyssey from Mathematics to Data Science".…
Read →Articles · Oct 2020
The AEC Industry Has a Moral Obligation to Upgrade to Smart Buildings
While design and construction contribute, the real driving force behind efficiency in smart buildings is data and analytics. Real-time data collection and predictive analytics enable dynamic,…
Read →Articles · Sep 2020
Harness the Power of Data Science to Optimize Your Core Business Applications
Big Data is everywhere, but it would not have any intrinsic value without the actionable insights provided through data science. There isn’t any question that contemporary…
Read →Articles · Jul 2020
Data Frame
Harness the simplicity of data visualization with Pandas. Learn how to use pd.DataFrame.plot() to instantly display your DataFrame and create diverse chart types, from lines to…
Read →Articles · Jul 2020
Jupyter Notebook
Jupyter Notebook: a data scientist's secret weapon. Uncover how this versatile IDE empowers developers to showcase and elucidate their code effectively. Leverage Markdown support for enhanced…
Read →Articles · Jul 2020
Precision and Recall
Accuracy is not always the best metric for evaluating machine learning models. Dive into precision and recall metrics, designed to tackle false positives and false negatives.…
Read →Articles · Jul 2020
Pandas
Excel to Pandas: Elevate your data work. Pandas, a Python library, offers powerful data manipulation for data scientists.
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