Laura R Walter

Data Scientist | Yoga Instructor
| Pickle Tycoon

The Confused Matrix: A Lived Experience

I find patterns in complex systems, Here is what I've learned about why people get them wrong.21 years doing data analysis, analyzing
markets and building AI. Now I speak on why most people are confidently wrong about complex systems.
SPEAKING
The Algorithm of Everything
How the rules of AI, the human body, and vinegar preservation are the same — and what that means for solving hard problems. For any audience curious about how complex systems actually work.
AI Without the BS
What machine learning actually is, why most AI projects fail, and how any professional can think about it clearly. For non-technical audiences who are tired of the hype.
AI for the Rest of Us
A practical, non-technical guide to using AI tools without losing your voice, your judgment, or your mind. For yoga teachers, lawyers, small business owners — anyone who needs to understand AI but didn't study it.
The Grid, the Model, and the Body
Energy markets, machine learning, and yoga: a data scientist's unexpected theory of everything. For energy industry and STEM audiences.
Speaks To
•Energy & Utilities
•Legal Professionals
•Yoga & Wellness
•Women in STEMy
•General Audiences

Published Work
"Insights from PJM Interconnection's Exploration of Artificial Intelligence" — CIGRE Grid of the Future Symposium, 2024
"Predicting the Energization of New Transmission Equipment in PJM Using Natural Language Processing" — IEEE PES General Meeting, 2024