Professional Experience

Research Engineer

2017 - 2025
CERIST (Centre de Recherche sur l'Information Scientifique et Technique)
Specialized in NLP, Scientific Activities, and Engineering & Infrastructure. Developed Transformer-based models for Arabic sentiment analysis, fake news detection systems, and NMT models (Arabic ↔ French/English). Managed GPU clusters and Docker environments.

Intern Developer

2016 - 2017
CERIST
Modeled data structures for a digital dictionary platform and developed data processing scripts in Python.

Education

PhD in Machine Translation

2016 - Present
ISAT (Institut Supérieur Arabe de Traduction)
Advanced research in automated translation systems.

Master in Computer Science

2013 - 2015
USTHB (University of Science and Technology Houari Boumédiène)
Specialized in computer science and software engineering.

Bachelor in Computer Science

2010 - 2013
USTHB
Foundational computer science degree.

Technical Skills

  • NLP: Transformers (BERT, AraBERT), Hugging Face, OpenNMT, Fairseq, FAISS.
  • Languages: Python, TypeScript, React, SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL), NoSQL (MongoDB).
  • Frameworks: FastAPI, Django REST Framework.
  • DevOps: Docker, GPU Workstation Administration.

Scientific Activities

  • NLP Challenge: Co-organizer (task design, dataset preparation, evaluation).
  • Mentorship: Supervised Master and Bachelor students in AI and NLP.