I am a first-year PhD student in Biomedical Engineering at the Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, currently conducting research at MILA (Quebec AI Institute) and the Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience Lab under the supervision of Dr. Karim Jerbi. 🎓 I just completed my MSc in Computer Science with a specialization in Artificial Intelligence at Université de Montréal. I also hold a Telecommunications Engineering diploma from the Higher School of Communication of Tunis (SUPCOM) and have a background in mathematics from my pre-engineering studies. My research focuses on the intersection of artificial 🤖 and biological 🧠 neural networks, with a particular interest in vision, decision-making, and brain disorders.

Passionate about sharing knowledge through various formats, I am currently a teaching assistant for the courses Methods in Cognitive Neuroscience and Laboratory 1 at the psychology department. 🧑‍🏫 I have also had the honor to teach in the Pathfinders in AI summer school for Indigenous communities and the Arabs in Neuroscience Summer School. I am deeply committed to contributing to society by focusing on ethics, equity, diversity, and inclusion in science, while raising awareness about the socio-environmental risks and potential dangers of the scientific tools we develop🌍💡. I am co-organizing a bi-weekly reading group with an incredible team on the misuse of AI in the military as well as a workshop on the harms and risks of AI in this context. In all my activities, I try to focus on supporting the underprivileged, marginalized, minoritized, and underrepresented in science and society ✊🌱.

Making the world a better place is our collective responsibility to each other and to the planet.

Land Acknowledgement.

Tiohtià:ke/Montréal is on unceded Indigenous lands. I recognize the Kanien'kehá:ka Nation as the custodians of the lands and waters on which I live and work. For the few years I lived in Montréal, I have come to embrace it as my home and am learning about the rich history of the land and the peoples who have lived here for thousands of years. I extend my deep gratitude to them, celebrate the beauty and diversity of this land, and reaffirm my commitment to truth and reconciliation—of which this statement is but one small step.

Why Neuro-AI ?.

Current projects.

Educational Journey.

Community Outreach.

Teaching.

Open Source/Science.

Rejections and Failures.

Failures/Rejections are often seen as a negative aspect of life and never shared nor discussed. However, I see them as an essential part of the learning process and another metric to success as the challenges I had to overcome to reach my goals. Here are some instances of rejection I've faced.