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Nicholas Baard

Nicholas Baard

Data Scientist | AI Engineer - Ringier South Africa

I'm a passionate AI Engineer and Data Scientist at Ringier South Africa, specializing in deploying large-scale AI solutions in production. With a strong foundation in machine learning, deep learning, and LLM development, I focus on advancing AI engineering practices, optimizing inference workflows, and ensuring robust model evaluation. My research background includes work on reinforcement learning, and I actively explore the intersection of AI, data science, and real-world impact.

Sessions:

LLMs Lie: How We Built a Fact-Checked, Safe Content Pipeline

LLMs at Enterprise Scale: Lessons They Don’t Teach in Tutorials