Real-Time AI Analytics with Apache Flink: Powering Immediate Insights with Stream Processing
Director, Consulting Expert, Data, AI, ML Engineering, CGI Inc.
Review
World Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology and Sciences, 2024, 13(02), 038–050.
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjaets.2024.13.2.0539
Publication history:
Received 15 September 2024; revised on 02 November 2024; accepted on 04 November 2024
Abstract:
Real-time AI analytics is the latest favorite of Apache Flink, and businesses love what it offers, as the framework has everything to help analyze data as it streams in. With the widespread need for swift, data-driven decision-making, Flink's speed of low latency processing, event timing, and ability to leverage AI models reactively so you have instant insights make it a solid choice. In this article, we will understand Flink's architecture and how it makes stream processing resilient to scalability and failure and builds complex applications like fraud detection and personalization recommendations for e-commerce. The article also emphasizes Flink's tight integration with other technologies, such as Kafka, Kubernetes, and well-known Machine Learning frameworks like TensorFlow and PyTorch, thus showing Flink's versatility for disparate business demands. Yet, as the viability of AI and machine learning continues to develop, so will the importance of Apache Flink within real-time analytics, enabling organizations to apply predictive analytics to continuous data flows, enable operational efficiency, and maintain a competitive advantage. With the continued progression of AI, the future of real-time analytics using Apache Flink looks promising as it helps us achieve better precision and value of instant data insights, making it a pivotal piece in the modern analytics landscape.
Keywords:
Apache Flink; Eeal-time analytics; Stream processing; AI in real-time analytics; Machine learning integration
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