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SalmaLIDAME

AI Engineer | Data Scientist

Building intelligent systems with Deep Learning, Generative AI, Large Language Models, and Computer Vision.

5
Research & engineering internships
11
AI projects shipped
2nd
Prize, MoroccoAI Hackathon
5
Cloud & MLOps certifications
Salma LIDAME, AI Engineer
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About

AI Engineer, Data Scientist

I am an AI Engineer specialised in Data Science and Generative AI, with a Master’s degree in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence. My experience spans applied research and the development of AI solutions across diffusion models, large language models, RAG systems, computer vision and deep learning.

Education

Sep 2024 — Jul 2026

Master’s Degree — Data Science & Artificial Intelligence

ENSA — Chouaïb Doukkali University (UCD)

El Jadida, Morocco

Machine learning, deep learning, generative models, big data engineering and applied research, closed by a research internship in medical imaging.

Sep 2021 — Jul 2024

Professional Bachelor’s Degree — Artificial Intelligence & Data Science

EST — Moulay Ismaïl University (UMI)

Meknès, Morocco

Completed after a University Diploma of Technology (DUT) in Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Technologies at the same school.

Sep 2021 — Feb 2023

English Studies — 3 semesters completed

Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences — Ibn Tofaïl University (UIT)

Kénitra, Morocco

Studied in parallel with the technology track, which is where the C1 level comes from.

Toolbox

Technologies I work with, grouped by area.

Programming

Languages I write production and research code in

  • Python
  • Java
  • R
  • C++
  • SQL
  • PHP

AI & Machine Learning

From classical models to deep learning systems

  • PyTorch
  • TensorFlow
  • Scikit-learn
  • Hugging Face
  • LangChain
  • OpenCV
  • TorchVision
  • spaCy
  • NLTK
  • PySpark

Generative AI

LLMs, diffusion models and agentic systems

  • LLMs
  • RAG
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Diffusion Models
  • LLM Orchestration

Cloud & MLOps

Getting models out of notebooks and keeping them running

  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • n8n
  • Git
  • Linux
  • Smart Contracts
  • IPFS
  • GCP
  • AWS

Big Data & Databases

Pipelines, stores and everything feeding the model

  • Power BI
  • Spark
  • Hadoop
  • Kafka
  • Cassandra
  • HBase
  • MongoDB
  • Neo4j
  • Talend
  • Cloudera
  • SPSS

Networking

Protocols and infrastructure fundamentals

  • TCP/IP
  • OSI
  • Routing & Switching
  • DNS
  • DHCP
  • HTTP/HTTPS
  • Network Security

Soft Skills

Working practices and communication

  • Versioning
  • Monitoring
  • Agile / Scrum
  • Redaction Techniques
  • Communication
Experience

Internships

Five internships in morocco and abroad, where I learned to work in a team and to be autonomous.

  1. AI Research Intern

    CIAD Lab — UTBM

    Mar 2026 — Aug 2026

    Montbéliard, France

    Medical Imaging & Generative AI

    • PyTorch
    • Stable Diffusion
    • LoRA
    • Hugging Face
    • Python
  2. AI Engineer Intern

    CDG

    Nov 2025 — Feb 2026

    Remote

    LLM-based HR Virtual Assistant

    • Python
    • LangChain
    • LLMs
    • RAG
    • Vector search
    • Docker
  3. AI Research Intern

    Lalla Aicha Hospital

    Apr 2024 — Jun 2024

    Témara, Morocco

    Multi-label thoracic pathology detection with CNN — benchmarked DL architectures on large-scale medical datasets and analysed model interpretability

    • PyTorch
    • TensorFlow
    • CNN
    • ResNet
    • DenseNet
    • OpenCV
    • Scikit-learn
    • Grad-CAM
  4. Infrastructure & Data Intern

    Al Akhawayn University

    May 2023 — Jul 2023

    Ifrane, Morocco

    Hyperconverged Infrastructure & Cloud

    • Linux
    • Cloud
    • Virtualisation
    • Monitoring
  5. Network & Development Intern

    Al Akhawayn University

    Jun 2022 — Jul 2022

    Ifrane, Morocco

    Internal Platform & Network Administration

    • PHP
    • SQL
    • Office 365
    • Networking
Projects

Projects I build

Generative AI, computer vision, NLP, data science and MLOps. Each card opens into the full case study — the problem, the approach, the architecture, the dataset and what the numbers said.

All 11 projects
Knowledge-Guided Diffusion for Medical Imaging cover
  • Generative AI
  • Computer Vision
2026

Knowledge-Guided Diffusion for Medical Imaging

Conditioning diffusion models with textual and spatial medical knowledge

Research project investigating how medical knowledge can be incorporated into diffusion-based image generation. The approach combines Stable Diffusion with LoRA fine-tuning and knowledge-guided conditioning using textual clinical information and spatial pathology annotations. Conducted as part of a Master's thesis at CIAD Lab, UTBM, France.

  • Python
  • PyTorch
  • Stable Diffusion
  • LoRA
  • ControlNet
  • +2
LallaCare — Multimodal Breast Cancer Risk Assessment cover
  • Computer Vision
  • Data Science
  • Generative AI
2025
2nd Prize — MoroccoAI Summer School Hackathon

LallaCare — Multimodal Breast Cancer Risk Assessment

Hackathon prototype for multimodal breast cancer risk assessment

A hackathon prototype exploring multimodal breast cancer risk assessment by combining thermal imaging with structured clinical information. The system uses computer vision features from thermal images alongside clinical variables to produce a machine-learning-based risk score. 🏆 2nd Prize — MoroccoAI Summer School Hackathon 2025.

  • Python
  • PyTorch
  • Scikit-learn
  • OpenCV
  • LLMs
  • +2
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  • NLP
  • Generative AI
2025

Historical Figures Chatbot

Conversation with history's greatest thinkers, in character

A conversational AI application that lets users chat with historical figures — Socrates, Cleopatra, Tesla, Rumi and others — powered by LLaMA 3.1 via the NVIDIA NIM API. Each figure is grounded in a detailed character profile built from their documented works, speech patterns and historical context.

  • Python
  • LLaMA 3.1
  • NVIDIA NIM API
  • LangChain
  • Streamlit
  • +1
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  • Generative AI
  • Data Science
  • MLOps
2025

DataID — Agentic Data Science Workflow

A multi-agent prototype for automating parts of the data science workflow

A multi-agent system that orchestrates several stages of a data science workflow, from exploratory analysis and preprocessing to model training and explainability. Built as a prototype to demonstrate agentic automation of routine data science tasks.

  • Python
  • LLMs
  • AI Agents
  • AutoML
  • SHAP
  • +3
AtlasAI Morocco — AI Earth Observation Platform cover
  • Computer Vision
  • Data Science
2025

AtlasAI Morocco — AI Earth Observation Platform

AI-powered geospatial exploration of environmental indicators in Morocco

An AI-powered geospatial platform exploring the use of satellite imagery and Earth observation data for environmental monitoring in Morocco. Implements vegetation monitoring, water-resource tracking and land-cover analysis over time.

  • Python
  • AI Agents
  • Remote Sensing
  • Geospatial AI
  • PyTorch
  • +2
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  • Computer Vision
  • Generative AI
2026

Scale-Sell — Intelligent Fruit Recognition for Retail

Vision-based produce recognition and weight estimation for retail checkout

A computer-vision checkout prototype that identifies loose produce from a camera frame and estimates its weight from visual information, then calculates an estimated price using configured produce prices. Built with MobileNetV2 and Gemini 2.5 Flash.

  • Python
  • TensorFlow / Keras
  • MobileNetV2
  • Gemini 2.5 Flash
  • FastAPI
  • +3
Research

Research interests

My work focuses on generative modelling and the reliability of AI systems: constraining generative models with domain knowledge, adapting foundation models efficiently, and evaluating language-model systems rigorously enough to deploy them in sensitive settings.

Knowledge-guided generative models

Constraining diffusion architectures with explicit domain knowledge, so that what they generate is plausible in the domain and not only in the pixel distribution. This is the subject of my current research at CIAD Lab.

  • Diffusion
  • Hybrid AI
  • Medical imaging

Efficient adaptation of foundation models

Parameter-efficient fine-tuning, and going further — personalising generative models through external memory instead of gradient updates, so specialisation stops costing a training run.

  • LoRA
  • Training-free
  • Low-resource

Trustworthy and secure LLM systems

Grounding, abstention, prompt injection resistance and reproducible evaluation — the difference between a language model demo and something an organisation can put in front of its employees.

  • RAG
  • AI safety
  • Evaluation

Agentic systems for applied data science

Multi-agent architectures that carry out the routine part of the modelling cycle while leaving an auditable trail of why each decision was made.

  • AI agents
  • AutoML
  • Explainability
Credentials

Certifications & languages

Cloud, MLOps and generative AI certifications, plus the languages I work in day to day.

MLOps Intermediate certificate
2026

MLOps Intermediate

MLIAEdu

Model lifecycle, pipelines, deployment and monitoring

OCI Data Science Professional certificate
2025

OCI Data Science Professional

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

End-to-end data science workflows on Oracle Cloud

OCI Generative AI Professional certificate
2025

OCI Generative AI Professional

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

LLM services, RAG patterns and generative AI deployment

Engineering Operations Technicians certificate
2024

Engineering Operations Technicians

AWS Academy

Cloud operations, infrastructure support and reliability

Cloud Foundations certificate
2024

Cloud Foundations

AWS Academy

Core AWS services, architecture and security fundamentals

Arabic

Native

Mother tongue, including administrative and technical vocabulary.

English

C1

Working language for research, documentation and technical writing.

French

B2

Professional use in engineering and academic environments.

Contact

Let's build something worth deploying

I am open to AI engineering roles, research collaborations and interesting problems in generative AI, computer vision and applied machine learning.

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