Abderrahmane Lazraq

Abderrahmane Lazraq has a diverse work experience, starting with their current role as the Head of Engineering at Virtual Traffic Lights. In this position, they are responsible for implementing the Go-to-Market strategy and leading the technical engineering efforts involved in the design, implementation, and public demos of the company's cloud-based traffic management system. Abderrahmane also oversees the development of state-of-the-art Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning algorithms and manages the team of engineers, including hiring and onboarding new members.

Prior to this, Abderrahmane worked as a Data Scientist Intern in the Office of the CTO at Microsoft. Here, they focused on Responsible AI tools and Privacy Preserving Machine Learning techniques. Abderrahmane'swork led to the publication of two whitepapers, providing guidance and code for implementing Responsible AI practices.

Before their internship at Microsoft, Abderrahmane held various roles at Virtual Traffic Lights. As the Lead Data Scientist, they designed a cloud-based ML-powered traffic management system and developed the driver's mobile application for the solution. Abderrahmane also deployed a Kubernetes cluster for the system using Terraform. In a previous role as a Data Scientist, they contributed to the development of the system, and as a Software Engineer, they designed a simulator to test and debug the core logic of the system.

Abderrahmane also has experience as a Teaching Assistant at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, where they supported students in their educational pursuits.

Overall, Abderrahmane Lazraq has demonstrated expertise in engineering, data science, and responsible AI practices through their work experience.

Abderrahmane Lazraq's education history is as follows:

From 2019 to 2020, Abderrahmane Lazraq attended École Polytechnique and completed a Master's degree in Data Science for Business, which was a joint program with HEC Paris. The specific field of study is not provided.

From 2020 to 2021, Lazraq continued their education at HEC Paris, where they pursued another Master's degree in Data Science for Business. This degree was also a joint program, this time with École Polytechnique. The field of study is not specified.

In 2018 to 2019, Lazraq had the opportunity to study at Carnegie Mellon University as part of an exchange program during their third year of Bachelor's studies. Abderrahmane was selected among the top 7 students from EPFL (École Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne). Abderrahmane focused on Electrical and Computer Engineering during this time.

From 2015 to 2018, Lazraq attended EPFL and obtained their Bachelor's degree in Computer and Communication Sciences.

It is important to note that no additional information outside of the aforementioned education history is provided, so any assumptions about Lazraq's experience and qualifications beyond what is mentioned should be avoided.