Skills , Activities & Hobbies

Technical Skills

Activities

• 6-9 July 2025: Attended the 35th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE 35) July 2025 Conference in Ghent, Belgium and gave a presentation on “Data-Driven Modelling of Biogas Production Using Multi-Task Gaussian Processes.”
• 16-19 December 2024: Attended the AI for Net Zero Conference at University of Exeter and gave a presentation on “Data-Driven Modelling and Predictive Control of Biogas Production in an Anaerobic Digestion Process.”
• 9-13 December 2024: Attended the 2024 Metabolic Modelling Workshop, Nottingham.
• 2-6 September 2024: Attended the 2024 Summer School on Bayesian Optimization at Imperial College London and presented a poster titled “Data-Driven Modelling and Control of Biogas Production in a Simple Chemostat with Monod Kinetics” at the PSE Research Day (Sept 6).
• 2024: Delivered a talk on “Integrating Advanced Data-Driven Techniques in Bioenergy: Insights from Anaerobic Digestion Process Optimisation” at the AI for NetZero Webinars. The talk is available on YouTube. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr1E7mLXYcU&t=1676s)
• 24-26 July 2024: Successfully delivered an oral presentation at the 6th Annual EBNet Early Career Researcher Conference (ECR24), Newcastle University.
• 8-10 May 2023: Successfully delivered an oral presentation at 2023 10th International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ICEEE 2023), Istanbul, Turkey.
• 2022: Participation in the 16th African Conference on Research in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics (CARI), Tunis, Tunisia.
• 23 Nov 2022: Completed the Online Professional English Network’s (OPEN) 2022 English for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) MOOC developed by the University of Pennsylvania and adapted by FHI 360.
• 2021: Participation in IEEE International Conference on Control, Automation and Diagnosis (ICCAD), Grenoble, France.
• 29 Sept 2021: Participation in IEEE Authorship and Open Access Symposium on “How to publish Open Access with IEEE to increase the exposure and impact of your research”, organized by IEEE Xplore.
• 16 Sept 2021: Presented a summary of research at the University of Trento: “Data-driven Modeling, Order Reduction and Control of the Anaerobic Digestion Process”, Trento, Italy.
• 6-9 Apr 2021: Participation in the Spring School on Data-driven Model Learning of Dynamic Systems, Ecole Central de Lyon -Ecully-France, Virtual Edition.
• Jan 2021: Participation in the “Webinaire commun entre le réseau TREASURE et le réseau REUSE d’INRAE” – Reunion TREASURE for treatment and Sustainable Reuse of Effluents in Semiarid Climates.
• 2020: Participation in the 15th African Conference on Research in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics (CARI), Thiès, Senegal.
• Jan 2019: Participation in the Annual PhD seminar, Laboratoire d’Automatique de Tlemcen, Tlemcen, Algeria.
• 28-29 April 2019: Training in Deep Learning jointly organized by the University of Tlemcen and Rowan University -New Jersey- USA in Tlemcen.

Hobbies

• Reading: I like to read research articles and books mainly regarding new ML tools and science-related works.
• Playing and Watching Football: Used to play football and I watch mostly games from different leagues and competitions. My favorite teams are Real Madrid from Spain and Arsenal in England.
• Traveling: I've had the chance to live in 4 different countries and I like to travel both for work and visiting places. I've lived in Algeria, Italy, Turkey, and now I am in the UK.
• Tech Enthusiast: I am fascinated with new technologies in different fields and aspects. I like and am familiar with all sorts of IT and electronic devices.
• Video Games: I am a big fan of video games with all consoles. I've had the chance to play most of the triple-A games on PC or in handhelds like Nintendo Switch and others.
• DIY Projects and Electronics: Based on my background in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, I am still developing DIY projects and am familiar with most of the electronic chips, boards, and OS. I am also fascinated with 3D printing.
• Board Games: I play chess and I am fascinated with techniques and the history of the game, mainly during the Cold War.