Ali el Hassouni, PhD

Ali el Hassouni has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and companies. Ali is currently the Founder of Oxaigen, a position they have held since January 2022. Prior to this, they worked at bunq, starting in February 2022 as the Head of Data. Before their role as Head of Data, they served as the Data Team Lead from May 2021 to February 2022 and as a Senior Data Scientist from June 2019 to May 2021. Ali initially joined bunq as a Data Scientist in December 2016 and later worked as an IT Intern from March 2016 to November 2016.

In addition to their work at bunq, Ali el Hassouni was a Ph.D. Candidate at Mobiquity Inc., where they conducted research from January 2017 to December 2020. Simultaneously, they held the position of Ph.D. Candidate at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) from January 2017 to December 2020. In these roles, their research focused on various areas of e-Health, including (Deep) Reinforcement Learning (RL), mental health and wellbeing, ICU, sepsis, and COVID-19. Ali also explored topics such as personalized smart health/support apps, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), simulation in e-Health, machine learning, deep learning, and personalization. Ali el Hassouni was involved in a clinical trial on RL for personalization of mental health interventions in a mobile app. Ali authored more than 10 papers related to artificial intelligence and served as a teaching assistant for the course "Machine Learning for the Quantified Self" from 2016 to 2020 at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Additionally, Ali el Hassouni worked as a Scientific Researcher at VUmc School of Medical Sciences from May 2020 to October 2020. Before pursuing their Ph.D., they gained experience as a Teaching Assistant at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam from February 2015 to February 2016 and from September 2015 to December 2015, respectively. Ali also had an internship at ING in April 2014.

Overall, Ali el Hassouni's work experience showcases their expertise in data science, machine learning, deep learning, e-Health, and personalized healthcare applications, with a focus on mental health interventions and mobile app development.

Ali el Hassouni completed their education in a chronological order. Ali first attended Berlage Lyceum from 2006 to 2011, where they completed their VWO studies. Ali then pursued higher education at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam). From 2011 to 2014, they obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Business Analytics. Following that, from 2014 to 2016, they continued their studies at VU Amsterdam and obtained a Master of Science (MSc) degree in the same field. Lastly, from 2016 to 2020, Ali el Hassouni completed their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Artificial Intelligence at VU Amsterdam.