EL MEHDI BAHOUM

Documenting the achievements of a growth-driven researcher

Seminar: AI Regulation in the Energy Sector

Conducting a literature review exploring the terms accountable AI, explainable AI, and AI transparency.
Conducting interviews with AI experts from the corporate sector to elicit insights on AI regulatory requirements.
Analyzing the EU AI Act to explore the implications of “high risk” categorization of AI systems.
Exploring the impact of AI on the energy sector and on society.
Proposing regulatory requirements for AI in the energy sector.
Presenting the results to an audience of students and research assistants

IEEE Publication

Investigating temperature-dependent sensors as potential Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs)
Conducting meticulous experimentation using different equipment (e.g. climate chamber, multimeters, and wires)
Conducting data analysis and visualization via Python
Employing a binary discretisation method to differentiate behaviour amongst the different sensors
Presentation of the work at the IEEE 10th World Forum on Internet of Things
Publishing the paper on IEEE Xplore
Receiving best abstract award from the Applied Cryptology specialist group

Research Publication (Simulation & Gaming Journal)

Conducting research on UN Sustainable Development Goals and serious games.
Conducting an elaborate literature review on the effectiveness of serious games as educational and informative tools.
Collecting data on serious games addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Conducting an analysis of the impact of 36 serious games on the players’ knowledge of UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Employing Python visualisation to identify hidden patterns and trends in the collected data.
Publishing the analysis on the Simulation & Gaming peer-reviewed journal

Scientific Paper: Study on the Acceptance of Non-Fungible Tokens

Conducting a literature review of the scientific works on ambivalence and technology acceptance.
Conducting a descriptive study about the views of university students and alumni in Germany and abroad about the technology of non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
Collecting data through an online questionnaire.
Performing statistical analysis.
Identifying a majority skepticism towards NFT amongst respondents.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (2019)
Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco

Research Assistant

Impact Circles, Berlin, Germany (March 2024 – August 2024)

Conducting research on topics including AI for earth observation, UN SDG, and serious games
Working on a co-developed interdisciplinary AI ethical framework for earth observation
Conducting an analysis of the impact of serious games on players’ knowledge of UN Sustainable Development Goals
Co-authoring the publication of the analysis

Software Engineer - Internship

CADEX Group, Casablanca, Morocco (May 2019 – August 2019)

Requirements elicitation and gathering for a ticket management software
Designing the software using Unified Modeling Language (UML)
Implementation of the software
Creation of test cases and performing automatic tests
Writing a comprehensive report detailing all aspects of the project
Presenting of the final product to stakeholders
Technology used: Windev, WLanguage HFSQL

SpeakUp Migrants EU-Funded Event

Impact Circles, Berlin, Germany (June 2024)

Tackling the issue of immigration disinformation and misinformation in mainstream media
Reviewing the content of the SpeakUp Migrants E-Guidebook
Guiding the guests of the event into the city of Berlin
Analysing misinformation examples from newspapers and social media
Discussing the impact of language and framing on perceptions of migration
Providing feedback on the newly developed SpeakUp Migrants website

Microsoft Power BI Desktop for Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence – Udemy Course

Building professional-quality business intelligence reports from the ground up
Extracting, cleaning, transforming, and loading data from various sources using Power Query
Blending and transform raw data into interactive dashboards
Exploring artificial intelligence tools and advanced visualization techniques
Technology used: Microsoft Power BI

Financial Analysis – Udemy Course

Creating and analyzing financial statements
Learning about Macroeconomics
Learning how monetary and fiscal policies works
Learning how investment banking works
Creating financial models for financial statements
Technology used: Microsoft Excel

Financial Data Analysis

Data Analysis and Visualization

Performing exploratory data analysis of stock prices from online data sets
Performing data visualization of stock data
Calculating Simple Moving Average, Relative Strength Index, Linear Regression and other measurements
Technology used: Python, yfinance, Matplotlib, Ta-Lib, Jupyter Notebook

Community Involvement Program (CIP)

Association Al Ajdade, Casablanca, Morocco (May 2019)

Collecting food supplies from charity and delivering them to the association
Organizing evening meals with other volunteers in the association
Distributing and serving food and delicacies to the beneficiaries of the association
Receiving an award from Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane for writing the best academic report of the semester documenting and detailing the entire community work experience