Data engineering beyond just managing data

Monday 02/12 at 10am there will be a talk by Andrea Gioia (CTO Quantica, Milan) in the context of the Foundation of Data Engineering Course at INSA

Abstract

Data, on its own, is a liability. It only becomes a valuable asset when it drives visible outcomes that align with business strategy. To achieve this, it must be enriched with the right contextual information to make it actionable. This talk explores building an information architecture that enables data product interoperability, not just syntactically, but semantically. We’ll delve into transforming data into contextualized information using metadata, and then into knowledge by connecting it to an ontology, ultimately creating a knowledge graph. Finally, we’ll discuss the benefits of this data-centric architecture for diverse AI and analysis use cases.

Bio

Andrea Gioia is a Partner and CTO at Quantyca, a consulting company specializing in data management. He is also a co-founder of blindata.io, a SaaS platform focused on data governance and compliance. With over two decades of experience in the field, Andrea has led cross-functional teams in the successful execution of complex data projects across diverse market sectors, ranging from banking and utilities to retail and industry. In his current role as CTO at Quantyca, Andrea primarily focuses on advisory, helping clients define and execute their data strategy with a strong emphasis on organizational and change management issues. Actively involved in the data community, Andrea is a regular speaker, writer, and author of ‘Managing Data as a Product,’ book. Currently, he is the main organizer of the Data Engineering Italian Meetup and leads the Open Data Mesh Initiative. Within this initiative, Andrea has published the data product descriptor open specification and is guiding the development of the open-source ODM Platform to support the automation of the data product lifecycle. Andrea is an active member of DAMA and, since 2023, has been part of the scientific committee of the DAMA Italian Chapter.

Info

The talk will be on zoom:

Zoom Link: https://insa-lyon-fr.zoom.us/j/94849567368?pwd=mwwLQSty0IUIfDzIxYLsjsd5cra6se.1