Alex Pongpech
alexboo12.bsky.social
Alex Pongpech
@alexboo12.bsky.social
Director of Data Analytics and Data Science, PhD Program
This article presents a specialized framework for managing GenAI adoption in retail business units, drawing from implementations across major retail chains and emerging direct-to-consumer brands.

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Transforming Retail Operations: A GenAI Management Framework for Business Unit Leaders
The retail industry stands at a unique inflection point with generative AI adoption. While a large number of retail enterprises in Thailand report experimenting with GenAI tools, very few achieved…
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August 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
One to bully you,
one to con you,
and one to EU
April 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
This isn’t about our international peers no longer trusting us as a people; it's about their inability to trust the American voters.
April 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Who would have thought that after trying so hard to prevent WW3, we would eventually start it?
April 8, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Finally, the US is bringing the world together. unfortunately against the US
April 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Safe in BKk
March 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM
shooting yourselves in the foot, Brexit and the tariffs
March 23, 2025 at 6:32 AM
In this article, I discuss how lean production principles can be applied to building data products. As a CTO, I often see organizations pouring resources into data product development with little to show for it beyond bloated infrastructure and dashboards nobody uses.

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Applying Lean Production to Data Product Development
In this article, I discuss how lean production principles can be applied to building data products. As a CTO, I often see organizations pouring resources into data product development with little to…
medium.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Julius Broomfield, Kartik Sharma, Srijan Kumar
A Thousand Words or An Image: Studying the Influence of Persona Modality in Multimodal LLMs
https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.20504
March 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Bluesky has now replaced twitter as the top platform for finding out if there was an earthquake in LA
March 3, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Outstanding ‼️
March 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Richest guy in the world telling us we can’t afford to have our government fund cancer research.
March 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It didn’t take one elected president to move the country back to the Stone Age. It took a whole lot of people who elected him to the presidency. The root of the problem is much deeper than just one single political party.
February 23, 2025 at 4:45 AM
awesome read
For those that disagree with me on AI, this article does a good job explaining your position and why he thinks you are right

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Grok 3 Beta in Shambles
Maximal Truth still seems far away
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February 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I’ve seen my fair share of management absurdities, but nothing beats the classic scenario where a manager asks for the impossible — what I call the Flying Pig Syndrome. Most of my students have definitely heard this flying pig exclamation.

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Don’t Be a Manager Who Wants a Flying Pig
I’ve seen my fair share of management absurdities, but nothing beats the classic scenario where a manager asks for the impossible — what I call the Flying Pig Syndrome. Most of my students have…
medium.com
February 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Reposted by Alex Pongpech
New Journal!

Introducing Journal of Applied Statistics: Environmental Statistics and Data Science

@tandfresearch.bsky.social #statistics #datascience #environment
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Introducing Journal of Applied Statistics: Environmental Statistics and Data Science
Published in Journal of Applied Statistics: Environmental Statistics and Data Science (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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February 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The proof is in the pudding.
January 21, 2025 at 4:37 AM
It's still very difficult to comprehend, but yeah, if you don’t show up, then this is what happens.
January 21, 2025 at 4:24 AM