Scholar
El Mahdi EL MHAMDI
Google Scholar ID: kNA-WLQAAAAJ
École polytechnique
Citations & Impact
Citations
4,606
H-index
16
i10-index
21
Publications
20
Co-authors
2
list available
Contact
Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Papers: Multiple papers listed in the 2024 NIST report on Adversarial Machine Learning as state-of-the-art defense mechanisms; Awards: 2025 - Among France's top 100 scientific inventors, 2020 - VentureKick 10k CHF award, 2020 - Best computer science PhD distinction from EPFL, 2020 - Best student paper award at Opodis, 2018 - Yearly performance award from the Dean of the IC faculty at EPFL, 2012 - Breaking borders award for freedom of speech from Global Voices Online, Thomson Reuters, and Google, 2010 - EPFL fellowship for academic excellence in materials science, 2007 - Excellence scholarship from the French ministry of foreign affairs; Book: Co-authored a book with Lê Nguyên Hoang on the safety, reliability, and ethics of large-scale information processing, decision making, and AI safety
Research Experience
- Work Experience: Researcher at EPFL; Research Projects: Robust distributed learning algorithms (e.g., Bulyan or Krum); Positions: Co-chair of the Master of Science program in Data Science and Machine Learning at Ecole polytechnique, responsible for research-based projects for undergraduates in applied mathematics, and teaches graduate courses on Collaborative and Reliable Learning and Foundations of Machine Learning
Education
- Degree: Bachelor-level curriculum; School: Not specified; Advisor: Not specified; Time: Not specified; Major: Physics, Mathematics, and Philosophy
Background
- Research Interests: Robust Distributed Learning; Professional Field: Data Science and Machine Learning; Background: Grew up in Morocco, studied in France, Germany, and Switzerland.
Miscellany
- Personal Interests: Organizes a philosophy and mathematics reading group; Other: Declined requests for in-person events in Morocco due to death, torture, and jail threats, and has started legal procedures in Switzerland.
