About

I am a researcher and entrepreneur specializing in computer science and artificial intelligence.

Through real world products and published research, I apply information retrieval, machine learning, and natural language processing to search, learning, data mining, and international development.

I release open source software as pld on github.

Recent talks

• Genomics and Science Dojo Workshop 2024, Lombok, Indonesia.
• FHIR DevDays, 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• WHO SMART Guidelines Symposium, 2023, Geneva, Switzerland.
• Symposium on Open Guidelines for Rapid Diagnostic Tests, Organizer and Keynote, 2022, Virtual.
• Global Development Health Forum 2019, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
• Saving Brains Data For Action Workshop 2019, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
• Saving Brains Data Preparation, Analysis, and Writing Workshop 2019, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
• Royal Academy of Engineers, Frontiers on Engineering for Development 2018, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
• Columbia Global Mental Health Seminar 2018, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
• Geo for Good User Summit 2015, Google Headquarters, Mountain View, California, USA.
• PyConZA 2014, Keynote, Writing Python Code to Decide an Election, Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Mobile Technologies and their Intersection with Global Health, Mount Sinai Global Health Program 2014, New York, USA.
• IEEE Big Data 2013, Industry Track, Santa Clara, USA.
• Startup Track, Society of Scholarly Publishers (SSP) 2012, Washington D.C., USA.
• DataDev Workshop, Mobile Data Management 2012, Bangalore, India.