CV & Background
Experience
From Casablanca to Toulouse — a journey through AI engineering, computer vision research, and manuscript digitisation.
Formation
Education
Nov. 2025 – Nov. 2028
PhD in Artificial Intelligence
University of Toulouse (IRIT, IMT, CLLE)
Toulouse, France
Topic: Handwritten Text Recognition of medieval Arabic scientific manuscripts and development of dedicated LLM.
Sep. 2022 – Sep. 2025
State Engineer's Degree — AI & Computer Science Engineering
École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers
Casablanca, Morocco
Selective access based on average. Graduated with Highest Distinction.
Sep. 2019 – Jul. 2020
Baccalaureate in Mathematical Sciences (French option)
Euclid High School
Mohammedia, Morocco
Highest Distinction.
Industry
Work experience
Mar. 2025 – Sep. 2025
Research Intern — AI & Medical Imaging
Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse (IRIT)
Toulouse, France
Medical image segmentation using few-shot learning techniques.
- Conducted a state-of-the-art review of segmentation algorithms with limited data and few-shot learning.
- Processed MRI and CT images, understanding their specificity and formats.
- Developed a segmentation model based on the U-Net architecture in a few-shot learning configuration.
Aug. 2024 – Dec. 2024
Volunteer Computer Vision Developer
Youth For Challenge Association
Casablanca, Morocco
Intelligent platform for real-time sign-language to text translation.
- Conducted a state-of-the-art review of hand detection and segmentation methods.
- Developed a CNN-based algorithm for hand gesture recognition.
- Created an interface and deployed developed algorithms using Flask and OpenCV.
Apr. 2024 – Jun. 2024
Computer Vision Intern
SYGMA.AI (InsurTech Company)
Casablanca, Morocco
Intelligent solution for segmentation of damaged vehicle areas.
- Collected and processed car images using Python, Selenium, and Scrapy.
- Implemented a CNN for classification of damaged vehicles using PyTorch.
- Developed a licence plate verification algorithm combining CNNs and OCR.
Jul. 2023
AI & Image Processing Intern
Lesieur Cristal
Casablanca, Morocco
PPE detection from video to minimise operational risks in industrial environments.
- Built a structured dataset containing various PPE classes from diverse sources.
- Designed a PPE detection and recognition algorithm based on CNNs.
Technical
Skills
Data Science
AI / ML Tools
Architectures
Languages
Credentials
Certifications
Data Scientist Associate (90h)
Advanced Learning Algorithms (34h)
Supervised Machine Learning: Regression & Classification (33h)
Machine Learning for Time Series Data in Python (4h)