Ahmed Youssef

Ahmed Youssef

Ph.D. Candidate

University of Cincinnati, HEP-th group

About

Ahmed Youssef is a Ph.D. Candidate in the High Energy Theory Group at the University of Cincinnati, where he applies machine learning to tackle challenges in particle physics. Supported by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), his research focuses on improving simulation accuracy and efficiency in modeling particle collisions and includes developing an open-source visualization tool to enhance accessibility in the community.

Ahmed collaborates with researchers affiliated with leading institutions, including Berkeley, Fermilab, CERN, and MIT, and has presented at NeurIPS and various international venues. He has also served as a convener at DPF and Pheno 2024 and co-organized the Muslim in ML Affinity Workshop at NeurIPS 2024, with plans to expand similar initiatives to ICML, ICLR, and AISTATS.

Beyond particle physics, Ahmed contributes to AI explainability for Vision-Language Models and has explored generative models for creative applications and text style transfer, with his work featured at NeurIPS ML for Creativity and Design and ICNLP. Recognized with awards such as the URC Fellowship, Lab2Market Fellowship, and the Deutschland Scholarship, he bridges physics and AI through machine learning research to advance interpretable and scalable systems across disciplines.

Education
  • Ph.D. in Physics, 2020 - Present

    University of Cincinnati

  • BSc in Physics, 2019

    Ruhr University Bochum

Skills

Programming Languages & Systems
Python
C++
SQL
Apache Spark
Swift
Git
Docker
Linux
Bash Scripting
Frameworks & Libraries
PyTorch
TensorFlow
HuggingFace
JAX
NumPy
Pandas
Scikit-Learn
OpenCV
Technologies & Tools
AWS
Distributed Training
Jupyter
Vision-Language Models
Deep Learning
Soft Skills
Organizational Leadership
Technical Writing
Education & Mentorship
Multilingual (English, German, Arabic)

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Researcher in Computational Physics
HEP-Theory Group at University of Cincinnati
January 2020 – Present Cincinnati

Responsibilities include (listed tasks resulted in publication(s) and talks at conferences):

  • Led ML-based particle collision simulations using Generative Models (VAE, Normalizing Flows), adopted by 10k+ researchers globally
  • Developed a Monte Carlo reweighting framework, improving simulation accuracy and increasing computational speed by 3-4x
  • Designed a test statistic for CERN collider experiments, impacting 1,000+ datasets and billions of events
  • Applied machine learning techniques to solve large-scale data analysis challenges, transferable to industry data modeling and predictive analysis tasks
 
 
 
 
 
Independent AI Researcher
June 2022 – Present

Responsibilities include:

  • Collaborated with EEML mentored by Google DeepMind to design compact models for creative output, achieving high performance with reduced model size and faster inference
  • Published a GAN-based art generator using CLIP at NeurIPS ML for Creativity and Design workshop
  • Developed AI explainability techniques for Vision-Language Models
 
 
 
 
 
Multiple Entrepreneurial Engagement
UC Center for Entrepreneurship
January 2023 – Present Cincinnati

Responsibilities include:

  • Led market research , accelerating product development and securing $7,500 in total funding through the Lab2Market fellowship and pitching at the New Venture Championship
  • Refined startup concepts and go-to-market plans through the UC Venture Lab Pre-Accelerator Program
  • Developed a computer vision-based quality control system, achieving 90% classification accuracy for manufacturing optimization

Accomplish­ments

M2L summer school 2023
Organized by Google DeepMind
See certificate
MLSS summer school 2023
Summer school about ML for Science
See certificate
EEML summer school 2022
Organized by Google DeepMind
See certificate
Coursera
Natural Language Processing with Classification and Vector Spaces
See certificate
Coursera
GAN Specialization
See certificate
Coursera
Deep Learning Specialization
See certificate

Gallery

Impressions of some locations I have visited to give talks including Novi Sad, Serbia; Geneva, Switzerland; Colerado, US; Pittsburgh, US; Boston, US; Krakow, Poland; Prague, Czech Republic; Hamburg, Germany; Heidelberg, Germany; Ljubljana, Slovenia; Venice, Italy; Thessaloniki, Greece; Santiago de Compostela, Spain; and New Orleans, US

Boxing

I love spending time at the boxing gym. I am an active member of the UC boxing team and have competed in both regional and national collegiate boxing competitions. I have currently taken some time off from competing to focus more on my research, but I plan to compete again in the future.

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