YOUNES BRAHIMI

Led my multi-disciplinary team to use efficient coding techniques and source control, & greatly reduced security risks across the project

Utilized OpenAI’s gpt-3.5-Turbo API + TorToiSe. Enter a topic, and the Seinfeld-Talkabot will generate an audio file of a randomly generated skit that accurately and authentically captures the voice, sarcasm of the chosen Seinfeld character.

AI Language model trained on religious and ethical responses to help/advise on any user inputted dilemma.

Stable Diffusion is a text-to-image model that uses a latent diffusion architecture. It was developed by the CompVis group at LMU Munich and released by a collaboration of Stability AI, CompVis LMU, and Runway. As part of my group project, I lead and presented on use cases for Stable Diffusion to generate detailed images from text descriptions and also reviewed the ethical issues surrounding its use from a computer science standpoint, considering ethical theories such as deontology and utilitarianism. I also observed the models technical capabilities and limitations. Stable Diffusion can be run on consumer hardware with a GPU.

The paper "Accessible Authentication: A more widely available interface" describes the prototype redesign of the website "worldbirdnames.org" to improve its readability, accessibility, and usability. The redesign included a mental model research-backed search function and an updated login function, as well as updated dropdown lists. An experimental study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of these changes, and the results showed that the new design improved the user experience. The paper also discusses the use of mental models in design and the importance of accessible authentication.

I worked with a team in Germany to add new features to a social media app, including end-to-end encryption using CryptoKit and secure in-app purchases, and resolved an issue blocking the apps release on the App Store by implementing a user-blocking feature. As of 2022, the app has received a 5-star rating and has more than 500 users.

Course group project for Object-Oriented Software Eng.. Worked in an agile team of 4 to tackle the term project, as well as conducting a daily scrum to proceed with our incremental & iterative development of the Oasis Pro UI with full functionality. User sessions were stored & managed from a connected SQL Database

Final project for database management systems, I created a web-based application that uses SQL combined with PHP to let users browse a collection of books that are available on the website.