AMZIL Youssef

AMZIL Youssef

Building intelligent systems across NLP, generative AI, GeoAI, remote sensing, computer vision and applied machine learning.

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About Me

I'm a Data Scientist and AI Engineer with a background in data science, applied AI, and software engineering. I work across machine learning, deep learning, NLP, generative AI, GeoAI, remote sensing and computer vision with a focus on building systems that turn data and models into practical applications.

I recently completed a Master's Degree in Data Science and Analytics, including GeoAI and remote sensing research at Hochschule Neubrandenburg, Germany. My Master's research focused on fine-scale population estimation using Sentinel-1/2 imagery, WSF3D building morphology, land-cover information and machine-learning/deep-learning methods.

My AI projects span several areas, including LoRA/PEFT for low-resource NLP, semantic RAG and knowledge graphs, satellite-image anomaly detection, computer vision, federated learning and distributed multi-agent systems. I enjoy exploring both the modeling side of AI and the engineering required to turn models into complete systems.

Before specializing in data science and AI, I worked in software development, building applications with technologies such as Laravel, JavaFX, Qt/QML, REST APIs and relational databases. That background gives me an engineering-oriented approach to machine learning. I care not only about model performance, but also about how models are integrated, evaluated and used in real applications.

Programming Languages
PythonJavaJavaScriptPHPCC#
Web & Markup
HTMLCSSXML
Frameworks & Web
Next.jsReactLaravelQt QMLASP.NETJQueryBootstrap
Data Science
PandasNumPyscikit-learn
AI / ML
Machine LearningDeep LearningGenerative AILLMsPyTorchTensorFlow / KerasHugging Face
NLP
Whisper (ASR)mBART-50 (NMT)LoRA / PEFTFine-tuningRAG
Computer Vision
YOLOv8OpenCVAnomaly DetectionTesseract OCR
GeoAI / Remote Sensing
Sentinel-1 / Sentinel-2WSF3DGoogle Earth EngineQGISLULCPostGIS
Multi-Agent & Distributed
SPADEXMPP / P2P MeshFederated LearningEdge–Fog–Cloud
Semantic Web
OWL / RDFSPARQLJena FusekiKnowledge Graphs
Big Data
SparkHadoopKafkaHiveApache Pig
Databases
PostgreSQL / PostGISMySQLOracle (PL/SQL)MongoDBSQL ServerSQLite
Tools & DevOps
DockerGitJiraJupyterVS CodeQt Creator
Spoken Languages
Arabic - NativeEnglish - FluentFrench - FluentGerman - Actively Learning (A1)
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Research & Engineering Projects

From satellite imagery to language models - building systems that matter.

NLPSpeech

LI-LoRA Cross-Task PEFT Research

Hierarchical LoRA rank allocation validated across ASR and NMT tasks for low-resource languages, achieving ~19% MER reduction and +3.17 BLEU over uniform baseline.

PyTorchHuggingFaceLoRAWhisper+3
Computer VisionRemote Sensing

Early Wildfire Detection via Satellite Imagery

Unsupervised VAE-WGAN-GP anomaly detector for wildfire identification from Sentinel-2 multispectral data.

PyTorchGoogle Earth EngineNASA FIRMSSentinel-2+2
Multi-Agent SystemsEdge AI

GeoAI-Sentinel Multi-Agent Disaster Prediction

Decentralised autonomous drone platform for real-time disaster prediction operating on Edge-Fog-Cloud continuum with zero internet dependency.

PythonSPADEejabberdFastAPI+4
Computer VisionGraph Neural Networks

Skeleton-Based Human Action Recognition

ST-GCN achieving 88.34% accuracy on NTU RGB+D at 100 FPS demonstrating the failure of classic feature-vector approaches (SVM: 36%).

PyTorchNTU RGB+DST-GCNSGD+1
GeoAIRemote SensingMaster's Thesis

GeoAI Population Estimation

Developed a fine-scale population estimation pipeline for Moroccan cities using Sentinel-1/2 imagery, residential mapping, WSF3D building morphology, land-cover information, and machine-learning models.

Sentinel-1Sentinel-2Random ForestU-Net+3
Knowledge GraphsRAG

Semantic RAG for Moroccan Medicinal Plants

Built a semantic RAG application over an RDF/OWL knowledge graph of Moroccan medicinal plants, using SPARQL and Apache Jena Fuseki for structured retrieval and Google Gemini for natural-language-to-SPARQL generation.

RAGRDFOWLSPARQL+3
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Professional Experience

Master's Thesis Researcher in GeoAI & Remote Sensing

Hochschule Neubrandenburg

03/2026 – 07/2026
Germany

Designed and developed a GeoAI pipeline for fine-scale population estimation in Moroccan cities using Sentinel-1/2 imagery. The workflow combined Random Forest and U-Net-based residential mapping with WSF3D building morphology and land-cover data to generate high-resolution population estimates.

PythonGeoAISentinel-1/2Random ForestU-NetWSF3DQGIS

Bachelor's Project Intern - JavaFX Developer

ENS Tétouan

05/2024 – 07/2024
Martil, Morocco

Developed an HR management desktop application using JavaFX and MySQL with MVC/DAO architecture, role-based access control, employee management, and automated document generation.

JavaFXJavaMySQLMVC / DAO

Software Developer - Full Stack & Qt/QML

RECYKIOSK

04/2022 – 11/2023
Paris, France

Developed and maintained web, Qt/QML, and server-side solutions, including a Laravel management platform and the RecyKiosk user interface. Worked on backend updates, GSM API integration, troubleshooting, and general system maintenance.

LaravelPHPMySQLQt / QMLC++GSM API

Mobile Developer

Radio Al Muhajir

Sep 2022 – Nov 2022
Barcelona, Spain

Developed the Radio Al Muhajir Android application in Java, providing access to daily podcasts and live radio streaming. Integrated audio streaming, optimized mobile performance and published the application on the Google Play Store.

JavaAndroidAndroid StudioREST API
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Education

Master's Degree in Data Science and Analytics

Faculty of Applied Sciences, Cadi Ayyad University

2024 – 2026
Safi, Morocco

Bachelor's Degree in Software and Web Development

ENS Abdelmalek Essaadi University

2023 – 2024
Martil, Morocco

Diploma in Software Development

Specialized Institute of Applied Technology

2020 – 2022
Oujda, Morocco
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Certificates

Verify

Data Science Fundamentals with Python and SQL

IBM
Verify

Google Data Analytics

Google
Verify

Generative AI Prompt Engineering Basics

IBM

Microsoft Office Specialist Excel

Microsoft
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Get In Touch

Open to Data Science, Machine Learning and AI Engineering opportunities and applied AI collaborations.

Whether you have an applied AI collaboration, a challenging engineering problem, or a role where data and machine learning can make an impact, I'd love to hear from you.