As data science advances, AI and machine learning will soon influence every sector. Here are the top trends and predictions to watch in 2022.

1. Top Trends & Predictions That Will Drive
Data Science in 2022
In 2021, we saw rapid adoption of cloud computing for AI and ML applications,
driven by the increasing popularity of cloud-based data lakehouse or data warehouse.
With the increasing amount of data being moved to the cloud, businesses faced a
difficult architectural decision: store particular and organized data in a high-cost data
warehouse, where you could execute high-speed analytics at a good price/performance
or make use of the data lake to keep all data, unstructured and structured with a lower
price but with no built-in queries or analytics tools.
As data science advances, AI and machine learning will soon influence every sector.
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The latest trends and predictions in Data Science to look
forward to in 2022
Data Science is an exciting area for researchers because it is increasingly
interconnected with how the next generation of businesses, society, governance, and
policy operates. Although it's among the many terms learners use frequently, the
concept is easy to define. Moreover, it's an interdisciplinary field that employs
methodologies and algorithms, processes, and systems to gain knowledge and insight
from unstructured and structured data and apply information and insights that can be
applied to data in a wide range of applications. Therefore, data science is linked to the
explosion of Big Data and optimizing it for human advancement, machine learning,
and AI systems.
The year 2021 was defined by many ups and lows; however, it was better for most
people than 2020. Life was gradually returning to normal, with nice traditions being
observed. Here are the trends that will grow data science in 2022
1. Organizations will accelerate their culture
transformation programs.
Companies will accelerate their culture transformation initiatives. Data culture refers
to the habits and beliefs of individuals who practice, value, and promote data to aid in
the quality of their decisions. It is the basis and the mindset that companies need to
maximize the value of the ever-growing data sources. However, the absence of a data

2. culture is an obstacle in your organization's path to becoming data-driven. According
to a recent study, Big Data and AI investments have reached a level where it's nearly
universal, with 99 percent of companies having active investment in these areas and
91.9 percent of them reporting that the pace of investment is growing. Despite the
amount invested, companies are struggling to gain value from the benefits of their Big
Data and AI investments and transform into data-driven companies.
The following conclusions from a 2021 survey illustrate the issues that companies
face:
# 48.5% are driving innovation through data.
# 41.2% are competing on analytics.
# 39.3% are managing data as a valuable business asset.
# 30% have a clearly-defined information strategy for their business.
# 29.2% are experiencing transformation business results.
# 24.4% have created a data culture.
# 24% have built a data-driven organization.
There is a lot of room for improvement and growth. Afterall being an enterprise
driven by data is the beginning of a new process. However, for the fifth consecutive
year, executives have reported that the cultural issues and not technological challenges
constitute the greatest obstacle to the successful implementation of data-driven
initiatives and the biggest obstacle in achieving business results.
2. NLP leads the way for the next gen of low-code data
tools.
In its Build Developer conference, Microsoft unveiled its first features of a product
powered by GPT-3, the super-powerful natural language model created by OpenAI,
which helps developers create apps without learning how to create formulas or code
on computers.
NLP has seen tremendous growth over the last few years due to the race to build ever-
expanding large-language models (LLM) such as T5, GPT-3, and Megatron-Turing
NLG.
GPT-3 is being integrated into Microsoft Power Apps, the low-code app development
platform that assists all types of users, from those with little or no experience in
coding - also known as "citizen developers" - to professional developers who have a
deep understanding of programming, to create applications that improve the efficiency
of businesses or processes. These include apps for reviewing gift donations to non-

3. profit organizations, controlling travel during COVID-19, or cutting down on the
amount of time needed to maintain wind turbines.
LLMs push the boundaries that NLP can accomplish. The latest models astonished
people by their ability to create diverse text types (like the computer code and Guitar
tabs) without explicit instructions or prior training. Here is how they've grown over
the years:
3. Organizations will increase their data governance
The increasing demand for self-service analytics has also led to the increase in the
need for accurate, actionable, high-quality data. Nonetheless, the difficulty of
assessing and maintaining data quality grows according to the complexity and size of
the data. This is why companies are adjusting their data governance practices.
One example of such a strategy is incorporating data observability in data pipelines.
Simply put, data observability seeks to pinpoint, solve and troubleshoot data-related
issues in near-real-time. From 2022 onwards, more companies will increase the size of
their data governance plans and adopt modern tools to detect and monitor data quality
issues.
4. MLOps will continue to evolve within organizations
Machine Learning Model Operationalization Management, also known as "MLOps,"
concentrates on the lifecycle of model development and usage, i.e. machine learning

4. model operationalization and deployment. MLOps is a set of practices that combines
data engineering, machine learning, and DevOps.
Companies can extract value from machine learning in a massive way by using
production-level AI systems. This is why the market for MLOps is anticipated to rise
dramatically. In reality, the market is expected to be valued at $126.1 billion in 2025.
In the coming year, tools for MLOps like KubeFlow or the MLFlow are expected to
mature. It's only a matter of time until they are a standard for all data science teams.
5. Data mesh is gaining momentum
Today, most data architectures are in the form of data lakes. It could change as a new
kind of data architecture for addressing the shortcomings of data lakes. A new
concept, invented by Zhamak Dehghani, is known as "the Data Mesh. A data mesh is
a collection of "data products"-each managed by a cross-functional group of product
managers and data engineers. Adopting a data mesh lets companies offer data faster
and achieve better business agility in their domain.
Shortly, as the difficulties associated with using data lakes grow less severe,
businesses will start to experiment with data mesh, as did Zalando along with Intuit.
6. Resolving the growing concerns about data quality
Access to huge big data datasets is required in a lot of key scenarios in data science.
From implementation of machine learning (ML) algorithms that monitor network
security devices to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications, all of them
require access to huge databases of big data.
Even though many organizations have been collecting and locating the data needed to
power their tools, they haven't always put quality data management as one of their
agendas.
2021 was among the first years in which the improvement in data quality began to be
a focus area. However, some organizations don't think their data is safe or useful.
Tendu Yogurtcu, CTO of Precisely, believes that initiatives to improve data quality
will not stop in the coming year but will increase as more companies’ express concern
about their reliability data in 2021.
"Data quality and integrity of data will remain major issues for businesses by 2022."
Yogurt said. Companies are becoming increasingly dependent on data, which is
obvious, but the main concern is data integrity, not just quantity.
"And even though most businesses have built a solid base for making decisions based
on data, they are also experiencing difficulties in ensuring data integrity on a large

5. scale. For example, 80% of the chief data officers surveyed by Corinium have issues
with data quality which hinder integration.
"Businesses can enrich their data by incorporating contextual information from data of
third parties and eliminating data silos providing better-quality data to their business."
7. Leaning on AI to monitor network performance
Artificial Intelligence applications are growing across all industries like process
automation, cybersecurity, and customer service. However, AI is typically utilized as
a supporting technology to improve existing solutions like workflows, campaigns, and
dashboards. Very few companies have employed AI to replace all of these tools
completely. Jeff Aaron, VP of enterprise marketing at Juniper Networks, believes that
2022 could witness AI becoming the standby technology in monitoring networks,
including administrative dashboards.
"AI-driven assistants will replace all monitoring, troubleshooting, and management
processes within network systems," Aaron said. "They claim that video killed the
radio star, and now, artificial intelligence, as well as natural language processing
along with natural language processing (NLU), will end the dashboard star.
"Looking ahead The days of scouring and pecking at charts are going to the wayside
since you can type your question and receive answers or issues identified for you and,
in certain cases, even resolved on their own, which is called self-driving. "
"You're likely to see an increase in Artificial Intelligence-driven assistance replacing
dashboards and changing the methods we use to troubleshoot and solve problems,
effectively eliminating the swivel chair interface."
8. Localization meets globalizations in data compliance
New global regulations on data and compliance deadlines are already being planned
for the coming few years, and there are more to be added. Many businesses have
concentrated on their specific regulatory requirements. However, as global
corporations expand into new markets with strict policies, localized compliance with
data and management will become more important in 2022. Sovan Bin, CEO of
Odaseva, stated that the emergence of new global regulations would demand the
companies to take action.
"Privacy regulations will expand globally and will require a more localized
implementation and storage," Bin said. "2021 witnessed the China Personal
Information Protection Law (PIPL) adopted with astonishing speed, which further
demonstrates this trend. The scope of the law will be clearer when the implementation
regulations are enacted in 2022."

6. 9. Scalable AI that can support the rapid growth of
businesses and speed
Today's businesses amalgamate statistics, system architecture, machine learning, data
analytics, data mining, and more. To achieve coherence, these components must be
incorporated to create scalable and flexible models that can process large quantities of
data on an internet-scale.
Scalable AI is defined as the ability of data models, algorithms, and the infrastructure
to work at the speed, scale and complexity required for the job.
When we discuss managing and designing data structures, the ability to scale is a
factor that adds up to solving the shortages and issues with collecting high-quality
data. It is also used to improve the sustainability of data by using and recombining
capabilities to expand across business problems.
The ability to scale in ML, as well as AI development, requires you to set production
and deployment data pipelines, develop flexible system architectures, and adopt
modern acquisition techniques to keep up-to-date while taking advantage of rapid
developments within AI technologies.
Scalable algorithms and infrastructure pivots to bring the capabilities of AI to the most
critical tasks, such as centralized data center capabilities distributed cloud-enabled and
network-enabled apps for edge devices.
Although it appears so, scalable AI is not easy; it requires the alignment of various
scalability components with the book of business to ensure enhanced technical
performance, data security and integration challenges with data volumes and systems.
Companies will require people to address these challenges and build a solid modeling
workflow in 2022.
10. Predictive analysis can boost performance.
Companies are using analytics to enhance their performance and improve their
experience. Predicting and planning for the future is an essential aspect of every
business. Companies today require predictive models to forecast patterns and
behaviors that can be applied to historical data.
For example, HR uses modeling to improve the retention of employees and enhance
the efficiency of an organization. Stores are using data to forecast the patterns of
customer purchases, such as that e-commerce is more popular than retail stores to gain
a better understanding of customers on a greater and more personal level. The use of
predictive analytics in marketing has become a new revolution.

7. In simple terms, the coming years will bring unlimited industries and businesses
making use of advanced analytics for reaping the rewards by identifying future value
customer behaviour, creating more efficient products, and offering high-quality
services that increase their profit.