EL MEHDI BAHOUM

Documenting the achievements of a growth-driven researcher

Research Accomplishments

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 researchers

Education
Professional Experience

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 Paper

  • 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

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

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

Data Quality Analyst

TELUS Digital

Essen, Germany (November 2024 – Present)

  • Assigning quality scores to data, identifying gaps, and categorizing errors

  • Ensuring accuracy and ethical integrity of AI-driven data

  • Identifiying and resolving data inconsistencies to maintain strict quality guidelines

  • Evaluating the quality and accuracy of responses generated by AI models

  • Developing and continuously updating data annotation procedures and guidelines to ensure compliance and consistency

  • Performing quality assessments, validating scoring rubrics, and evaluating annotated data to ensure alignment with quality standards.

  • Handling inquiries from trainees, clarifying labeling guidelines, and resolving questions about training content

  • Participating in meetings with clients to monitor progress, generate data quality reports, analyze performance trends, and recommend actionable improvements to ensure project alignment

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

Personal Projects

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 Course

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 Service

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

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