Kasper Lauritzen is a machine learning engineer in Copenhagen with 13 years of experience building and deploying predictive models across energy, shipping, and finance. He combines academic rigor from an MSc/PhD background in nanoscience and theoretical physics with hands-on production skills—packaging models as APIs and frontends to give stakeholders actionable access. At DFDS he moved from model development to senior data scientist responsibilities, and he now applies probabilistic thinking to large-scale problems at Vestas. His open-source work includes core mathematical implementations for molecular RMSD calculations, reflecting a taste for numerical methods and clean algorithmic solutions. Colleagues describe him as driven by curiosity: his best satisfaction comes from understanding something new each day and turning that insight into reliable predictions.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), NanoScience, 12 (A+), Master of Science (MSc), NanoScience, 12 (A+) at Københavns Universitet
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics at University of California, Santa Barbara
Calculate Root-mean-square deviation (RMSD) of two molecules, using rotation, in xyz or pdb format
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer / Scientist
Contributions:8 commits, 6 PRs, 4 comments in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Kasper primarily focused on the core functionality of the `rmsd` library, contributing code to calculate the root-mean-square deviation of molecules. They made changes to rename files, correct imports, and implement various RMSD calculation algorithms including Kabsch and Quaternion methods. Additionally, the user added an example for usage and modified the test script for better error handling. The user worked on the core mathematical implementation used in calculating the RMSD.
A webapp to track results of foosball games in financial institutions. It is a very niche market!
Contributions:6 releases, 243 commits, 92 PRs in 2 years 2 months
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Kasper Lauritzen - Machine Learning Engineer at Vestas