Alaa Eddine Merzouk

Retrieval · Inference · Vision

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Alaa Eddine Merzouk

Alaa Eddine Merzouk

Algiers, Algeria · Available for full-time roles

Retrieval, inference, and vision systems that ship — not just notebooks.

Computer Engineer specialized in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, with hands-on experience developing Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Large Language Models (LLMs), and Computer Vision solutions. Experienced in Python-based AI development, semantic search, vector databases, LLM inference, REST APIs, and containerized deployment using PyTorch, FastAPI, vLLM, Qdrant, Docker, Linux, and MLflow. Built a secure multilingual enterprise AI assistant using an on-premises architecture and developed computer vision systems for real-world detection and classification tasks. Currently expanding expertise in Cloud Computing, MLOps, and scalable AI deployment.

nearest-neighbour retrieval in 3D embedding space

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retrieval precisioninternal RAG evaluation
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hallucination rateinternal RAG evaluation
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detection accuracypothole & speed bump CV system
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classification accuracybrain tumor MRI CNN

Selected work

Projects across NLP, computer vision, mobile, and web. Pick a field to filter, or click an image to see it full size.

AI & NLPFeb 2026 — Jun 2026

Secure Multilingual RAG AI Assistant

Final Year Graduation Project (PFE) — CASNOS

Production-oriented RAG architecture for enterprise question answering over PDF, DOCX, and JSONL sources — semantic chunking, multilingual embeddings, vector indexing, context validation, and grounded generation, served through a FastAPI REST API with fully local LLM inference.

PythonFastAPIRAGvLLMQdrantEmbeddingsDocker
Computer Vision2025

AI Forest Fire Detection (Wildfire Detection)

End-to-end wildfire detection pipeline built on a Kaggle dataset — training and validation with YOLO, evaluated on precision, recall, and mAP with a confusion matrix, plus detection examples and a FastAPI-served inference endpoint, containerized with Docker.

0.95 precision0.92 recall0.93 mAP@0.50.78 mAP@0.5:0.95
YOLOOpenCVPythonKaggleFastAPIDocker
Computer VisionFeb 2025 — Jun 2025

AI-Based Pothole & Speed Bump Detection

Real-time computer vision system detecting potholes and speed bumps in road imagery and video. Owned the full ML lifecycle — dataset prep, annotation, training, validation — with MLflow for experiment tracking.

92.6% mAP94.1% precision90.3% recall~12 FPS
YOLOv8MLflowPyTorchOpenCVFastAPIDocker
Computer VisionJul 2025 — Aug 2025

Brain Tumor Detection from MRI

Deep learning system that classifies brain MRI scans as healthy, glioma, or meningioma, with preprocessing, augmentation, a live upload demo, and a confidence score for each prediction.

85.7% accuracy78.3% precision72.6% recall75.2% F1
CNNPyTorchTensorFlowOpenCVFastAPIDocker
MobileIn development

matchUp — Football Companion App

Mobile platform for Algerian football players: book stadiums, find and join matches, and track player stats. Flutter client with clean, feature-first architecture on top of a Django REST backend with JWT authentication.

FlutterDartRiverpodGoRouterDjango RESTPostgreSQL
Mobile

BarberGo — Barber Booking App

Booking app that helps customers find top-rated barbers nearby: browse services and prices, read real reviews, pick a date and time, and receive push-notification reminders for upcoming appointments.

FlutterFirebaseCloud FirestoreCloud StorageFCM
MobileFeb 2024 — Jun 2024

GymFit — Gym Management App

GymFit — cross-platform gym management app with secure authentication, membership plans, personalized workout programs, a booking schedule, and real-time data sync across devices.

FlutterDartFirebase AuthCloud Firestore
Web

Multilingual Healthcare Booking Platform

Velteix — client project

Production booking site for the Algerian market in French, Arabic (full RTL), and English — CMS-driven content with Sanity, transactional booking flows with Supabase and Resend, and smooth Framer Motion interactions.

Next.jsTailwind CSSSanitySupabaseResendnext-intlFramer MotionVercel
Web

Velteix Agency Website

Velteix — web agency

Agency website migrated from static HTML to Next.js, featuring a custom Three.js hero animation, 3D tilt cards, scroll-driven sections, animated page transitions, and a multilingual setup.

Next.jsThree.jsTailwind CSSFramer Motioni18n

Experience

Feb 2026 — Jun 2026

Artificial Intelligence Intern

Final Year Graduation Project (PFE)

CASNOS — National Social Security Fund for Non-Salaried Workers · Algiers, Algeria

  • Designed and built a secure multilingual RAG assistant for querying organizational documents in French, Arabic, and English.
  • Built the full document pipeline: ingestion, preprocessing, semantic chunking, embeddings, vector search, context retrieval, and LLM response generation.
  • Paired multilingual-e5-large embeddings with Qdrant for vector search and vLLM for local inference — no external LLM API in the loop.
  • Exposed the system through a FastAPI backend designed for integration with internal enterprise applications.
  • Tuned validation and retrieval to ~0.95 precision and a 0.05 hallucination rate, cutting manual document search effort.
  • Ran the whole stack on-premises with Docker and Linux, keeping data in-house and removing recurring external API cost.
Jan 2026 — Feb 2026

Freelance Web Developer

Velteix — Web Agency (Algerian & MENA market) · Remote, Algeria

  • Built and maintained production Next.js sites for MENA-market clients, including a multilingual (FR/AR/EN) healthcare booking platform with RTL layout.
  • Implemented CMS-driven content with Sanity, transactional booking flows with Supabase and Resend, and interactive front-end motion with Framer Motion and Three.js.
  • Owned deployment and debugging on Vercel end to end, from initial build to production release.
Sep 2024

IT Intern

ENNA — National Air Navigation Establishment · Algiers, Algeria

  • Analyzed network infrastructure and information security practices inside a national air navigation organization.
  • Investigated Linux-based systems, network services, and infrastructure monitoring in a live enterprise setting.

Education

2021 — 2026

Higher School of Computer Science (ESI) — Sidi Bel Abbès

State Engineer Degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence & Data Science

Skills

AI & ML

Machine LearningDeep LearningNLPComputer VisionLLMsRAG

Frameworks

PyTorchTensorFlowScikit-learnOpenCVUltralytics YOLOMLflow

LLM / RAG stack

vLLMQdrantVector DatabasesEmbeddingsSemantic SearchLangChain

Backend & Web

FastAPIDjangoREST APIsReactNext.jsStreamlit

Data & Infra

PostgreSQLSQLFirebaseDockerLinuxGitCI/CD

Languages

PythonTypeScriptJavaJavaScriptCDart

Languages

ArabicNative
EnglishB2
FrenchB2

Research interests

AI security, MLOps, cloud computing, distributed systems, large-scale data processing, computer networks.