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ashiorkornortey/README.md

Hi there, I am Naa Ashiorkor Nortey 👋

  • I am a data scientist and researcher passionate about building AI-powered solutions that solve real-world problems and create meaningful impact.
  • My work spans machine learning, data science, data engineering, and software engineering, with a growing focus on production AI systems and developer tools.
  • I enjoy transforming complex, messy data into actionable insights and building intelligent systems that people can trust and use.
  • Beyond building technology, I share knowledge through technical writing, conference talks, mentorship, and community leadership.
  • I am the founder and organizer of PyLadies Tampere, where I help empower women to learn, grow, and lead in the Python and technology communities.
  • Ask me about artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, data engineering, Python, open source, technical writing, volunteering, hackathons, mentorship, and tech community building.

✍️ Technical Content Creation

I enjoy creating technical content that helps developers build reliable AI applications and deepen their understanding of AI engineering, machine learning, and software development.

📰 Published

Guest Author – JetBrains PyCharm Blog

LLM Evaluation and AI Observability for Agent Monitoring

A practical guide to evaluating, debugging, and monitoring LLM-powered AI agents in production. The article covers LLM evaluation, AI observability, RAG evaluation, tracing, groundedness, and production best practices.

🔗 https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2026/05/llm-evaluation-and-ai-observability-for-agent-monitoring/

🚧 Coming Soon

PyTorch Tutorial for Deep Learning

A hands-on tutorial covering neural networks, model training, debugging, evaluation, and deep learning best practices using PyTorch.


Awards & Recognitions

Speaking Engagements

2025
2024
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2021

Volunteering & Open Source Contribution

NumFOCUS DISC Steering Committee Member

NumFOCUS Diversity & Inclusion in Scientific Computing (DISC) A community-driven initiative that works to make open-source scientific computing more inclusive and accessible.

The committee’s mission is to broaden the participation and inclusion of underrepresented groups in the NumFOCUS ecosystem, guide diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and build networks of support and collaboration** across open-source communities. Through this role, I contribute to shaping programs and strategies that foster belonging and representation across global open-source projects.


PyLadies Tampere Organizer

Organizer of PyLadies Tampere, a local community empowering women who code in Python through hands-on workshops, mentorship, and networking events.


EuroPython Contributor

Contributor and community volunteer at EuroPython.


PyLadies Conference 2025 Program Co-Lead

PyLadies Conference (PyLadiesCon) is the third PyLadies conference held– an exciting online and FREE event dedicated to empowerment, learning, and diversity within the Python community https://2025.conference.pyladies.com/en/#organization

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  1. Udemy-Data-Insights Udemy-Data-Insights Public

    A team course project for python for data science. Under the scope of the course work, we are required to do an exploratory data analysis on the dataset provided to us using the techniques taught i…

    Jupyter Notebook

  2. stroke-prediction stroke-prediction Public

    This project is about factors predicting stroke.

    Jupyter Notebook 1

  3. Recommender-systems Recommender-systems Public

    Recommender systems have become indispensable for several Web sites, such as Amazon, Netflix and Google News, helping users navigate through the abundance of items. In general, recommender systems …

    Jupyter Notebook

  4. Retail-ETL-Pipeline-with-Spark-Airflow-SQLite-and-Superset Retail-ETL-Pipeline-with-Spark-Airflow-SQLite-and-Superset Public

    This project demonstrates an end-to-end Retail Data Engineering pipeline built using open-source tools and designed to run entirely on a local machine. It simulates how raw retail data flows throug…

    Python

  5. Supply-Chain-Analysis-using-SQL Supply-Chain-Analysis-using-SQL Public

    This project leverages SQL to perform comprehensive analysis on supply chain data, focusing on key business aspects such as order management, cancellation trends, and customer behavior.

  6. tlc-java-project tlc-java-project Public

    Java Project for TLC 4

    Java