Resume

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Summary

Researcher in computer vision working on visual localization, robotic 3D vision, Spatial AI, and autonomous systems.

Jan 2025 - Present: Research Staff Member, Layer42
- Evaluating PEFT methods such as LoRA, IA3, and adapters on DINOv2, CLIP, and SigLIP for visual place recognition.
- Comparing linear probing with token- and attention-based aggregation for VPR evaluation and retrieval performance.
Sep 2021 - Oct 2024: Research Specialist, Tawazun Technology and Innovation / ATRC, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Led development of a visual positioning system for autonomous UAVs in GPS-denied environments, including field validation and embedded deployment.
- Built automated aerial surveillance pipelines for labeling, detection, and tracking.
Jan 2020 - Jul 2020: Research Assistant, Institute of Computer Graphics and Vision, Graz, Austria
- Worked on overhead multi-object detection and tracking for safety monitoring using a multi-camera RGB-D setup.
- Built annotation and tracking pipelines and benchmarked them on MOTS Challenge tasks.
Apr 2019 - Dec 2019: Research Intern, Institute of Computer Graphics and Vision, Graz, Austria
- Co-developed DeepPCF-MVS for 3D scene completion and multi-view stereo reconstruction in collaboration with Sony Europe.
- Worked on plane-aware depth completion and geometric refinement for stronger reconstruction quality.
Apr 2018 - Sep 2018: Research Intern, Siemens PLM LMS, Leuven, Belgium
- Worked on motion planning and control for autonomous driving systems.

VPS: Visual positioning system for UAV geo-localization, mapping, and navigation.
Mappero: 3D capture and reconstruction tooling for photogrammetry workflows.
ImMatch: Image matching and feature extraction library for robust correspondence estimation.
NN-MPC: Motion planning and trajectory control for autonomous driving.
DeepPCF-MVS: Plane-aware depth completion and scene reconstruction for multi-view stereo.

M.Sc. in Control, Computer Vision, and Signal Processing (ATSI), CentraleSupelec and Paris-Sud University, Paris, France, 2019
M.Sc. in Smart Aerospace and Autonomous Systems (SAAS), Paris-Saclay University, Paris, France, 2018
M.Sc. in Control and Systems Engineering, INELEC - Boumerdes University, Boumerdes, Algeria, 2015
B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, INELEC - Boumerdes University, Boumerdes, Algeria, 2013

Paris-Saclay Research Grant, 2018
Erasmus+ Internship Grant, 2018
Ranked 2nd in the SAAS Master program at Paris-Saclay University
Honors Degree, ranked 5th among Bachelor and Master students at INELEC, Boumerdes University