Sven Serneels heads the Data Science team at Aspen Technology that focuses on Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain solutions. Prior to joining the company Sven spent over twelve years at BASF and Shell combined, fulfilling different roles that encompass operations and technology management, as well as data analytics. In his last role at BASF, Sven managed a team that focused on artificial intelligence applied to materials science a typical application of which was to design new product formulations that met specific customer requirements through AI. Prior to that Sven was a data science manager, developing Advanced Business Analytics solutions, such as price forecasting and trading algorithms. He is also a published scholar with more than fifteen years of publications in data science journals. Sven holds a PhD in Science from the University of Antwerp, Belgium.
