Louvere Walker-Hannon is a MathWorks application engineering senior team lead who provides technical guidance and strategic direction on the implementation of AI and data science workflows for various applications. She also manages a team of application engineers. She has a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering and a master’s degree in geographic information technology with a specialization in remote sensing. Louvere has worked in three different engineering roles throughout her 20-plus-year career while at MathWorks.

Louvere has presented and continues to present at several STEM-related conferences on various topics and is an active STEM advocate. She has presented her work on natural language processing and presented AI workshops at various conferences. Louvere has presented her AI work at the Grace Hopper Celebration (2018–2020), Women in Data Science (WiDS), and other conferences. Louvere was a keynote speaker as a part of the Black in AI workshop for NeurIPS 2021. Louvere has a long history of serving as a STEM advocate and mentor especially related to underrepresented groups in technology. Louvere frequently and currently volunteers with Black Girls CODE, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) African American and Latinos Affinity Groups, the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), and Women in Data Science (WiDS). Specifically in her volunteer leadership roles she was elected as a SWE Senator for FY23-FY25 and the Programs Chair of NSBE Boston Professionals 23-25.

She is also a recipient of the SWE WE Local 2022 Engaged Advocate Award, which honors individuals who contributed to the advancement or acceptance of women in engineering.  She is both a WiDS Ambassador and Workshop Committee member in 2022. In 2023, Louvere was highlighted as one of Boston University’s College of Engineering Distinguished Alumni and identified as one of the 10 Most Inspiring Women Driving Technological Progress, in volume 11 of The Silicon Leaders magazine. In her spare time, she enjoys volunteering, advocating for STEM Youth outreach for underrepresented groups in STEM, and helping as many people as possible via her work and volunteerism.

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