Lourens Walters — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Principal Data Scientist at Informa, focusing on advanced analytics and AI roadmaps, including Generative AI frameworks and Large Language Models (LLMs).
Associate Instructor for the Oxford Artificial Intelligence Programme and Data Science with Python courses at 2U/edX/Getsmarter.
Led a team of 40 data scientists, actuaries, business intelligence developers, and clinicians at Medscheme, holding an executive business management position.
Awarded the Barbara Starfield award for AI/predictive analytics in healthcare by Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
Authored scientific publications and presented internationally.

Biography

Lourens Walters is a Principal Data Scientist at Informa, where he is responsible for executing advanced analytics and AI roadmaps. His work involves formulating strategies to solve business problems using Generative AI frameworks such as LangChain and Large Language Models (LLMs).