Wael Ben Hadj Yahia Email & Phone Number

Mérignac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

• Developed Machine-Learning Fraud Detection models.
• Key contributor to the construction of an operational ML Fairness assessment framework. Presented the subject to varying audiences numerous times, including at internal large-scale seminars.
• Developed a ML Fairness Python module (+2 000 lines of code) to be used internally by all Scoring Center Data Scientists and analysts. Ensured its adherence to high-quality code standards (Unit Testing, SonarQube...).
• Worked on several Innovation topics.
• Made a Python Plotly data visualization tutorial.
• Active member of the Scoring Center’s Team Life task force.

Mérignac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

• Layed the theoretical groundwork through research on the state-of-the-art of algorithmic fairness
• Documented types and sources of bias, types of harms, the most common fairness metrics, their pros and cons, their inherent tradeoffs, their mutual statistical incompatibility, and their underlying assumptions
• Collaborated with academics
• Made practical case studies (in Python)
• Communicated findings and results to different audiences

Pessac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Created and maintained a private GitHub repository for the interns, added new features and improved existing features of a campaign-funding data visualization tool, made QoL changes, created a WordPress site that would serve as an entry point to the tool, suggested further improvement paths. The application was mostly built using JavaScript and React.js.

Master'S Degree, Engineering - Data Science, Valedictorian

Activities and Societies: 2 years of competitive basketballCMI labeled Sc. Master's Degree in Statistical and Computer Science Engineering.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mathematics And Computer Science, Graduated With High Honours

Activities and Societies: IdEx's Excellence Scholarship ambassadorExchange year to complete my Bachelor's degree with an IdEx excellence.

High School Diploma, Specialized In Mathematics, Graduated With High Honours

Activities and Societies: Team Captain for the school's basketball team for 3 years