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# Empowering Retail Through Applied Machine Learning


- **Date:** Friday, Jul 19, 2024
- **Time:** 13:40–14:10 (30 min)
- **Room:** STAGE 3 (120)
- **Event:** World Congress 2024

## Recording

[Watch recording](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/976-empowering-retail-through-applied-machine-learning)

## Description

Welcome to the world of ALDI SOUTH, a powerhouse in discount retail. Delve into the realm of data-driven decision-making as we unravel the avant-garde ALDI Süd Data & Analytics Systems. Embark on a journey through our modern cloud Data Lake environment, where insights and innovation converge. Witness the transformative prowess of our Special Allocations use case, an exemplar of precise allocation of special buys to stores. Join us as we unveil the seamless integration of this use case within our Data Lake environment, demonstrating how software engineering and development principles converge.

## Speakers

### [Christoph Fassbach](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@christoph-fassbach)

ALDI SÜD, Data Engineering, AI
### [Daniel Rohr](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@daniel-rohr)

ALDI SÜD, AI, GanAI, Data Engineering


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- [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/417-modern-data) — Matthias Niehoff
- [AI Factories at Scale](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/317-ai-factories-at) — Thomas Schmidt
- [Building a Serverless Data Lake for Business Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2024/sessions/318-building-a) — Alexander Günsche