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Youssef BAKOUNY (EL)
Assistant Professor
School of Engineering of Beirut
maître de conférences
National Institute of Telecommunications and Informatics
maître de conférences
+961 (1) 421 000 ext 3337 youssef.bakouny@usj.edu.lb
Youssef Bakouny is an Assistant Professor (“Maîtres de Conferences”) at École Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Beyrouth (ESIB) of Saint-Joseph University of Beirut (USJ), where he specializes in Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Software Engineering (SE). He graduated as the top student in 2012 with a Computer and Communications Engineering (CCE) degree from USJ, followed by PhD in Software Engineering between 2015 and 2019. Between 2012 and 2015, Youssef was employed by Murex as a software engineer working on a critical real-time distributed computing framework.Before assuming his current full-time role, Youssef was a part-time lecturer at USJ from 2015 to 2021. For the benefit of his students, Youssef obtained, during this period, a university diploma in pedagogy in higher education in 2017. As an Assistant Professor since 2021 at ESIB, he teaches CCE and Master’s in AI students and coordinates the Master’s in AI and the AI University Diploma programs. He collaborates on various research projects with partners like Murex, Hotel-Dieu de France (HDF), American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC), IDEALworks (BMW Group), INRIA, IRD, CNRS, CESBIO, Grenoble Alpes University, Lille University, Mines Paris and Sorbonne University. He is currently supervising several doctoral theses on topics such as UI test automation using computer vision and image annotation refinement.
Education
| Degree | University | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer and Communications Engineering - Software Engineering Option | Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth | Lebanon | 2024 |
| Computer and Communications Engineering Doctorate | Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth | Lebanon | 2019 |
| Pedagogical Practices University Diploma | Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth | Lebanon | 2017 |
Teaching at USJ
Professional experience outside USJ
| Professional experience | Organisation | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer - full time | Murex | 12/07/2012 | 30/11/2015 |
| Software Engineer - part time | Murex | 26/10/2011 | 11/07/2012 |
Areas of expertise
Research themes
- The automation of UI Testing using Computer Vision.
- Autonomous driving and image annotations through automated bounding box refinement.
- Tackling the University Course Timetabling Problem with Large Language Models.
Publications and communications
- Kaouk, N., Amer, L.,Yaacoub, T., Bakouny, Y., Hajjar, C., Khatounian, F., Amara, J., Slim, R.,Mansour, A. & Yaghi, C. (2023). “Detecting Patient Readiness forColonoscopy through Bowel Image Analysis: A Machine Learning Approach”.International Conference on Applications in Electronics Pervading Industry,Environment and Society; Genova, Italy, Sept. 2023.
- Sokhn, M., Bakouny,Y. & Ibrahim, M. (2023). "Student Learning compass: an interactiveplatform for learners’ skills’ acquisition". International Conference onIntelligent Systems and New Applications; Liverpool, United Kingdom, April2023.
- Cornou, C., Drapeau,L., Bakouny, Y., Lahoud, S., Polikovitch, A., Abdallah, C., Abou Chakra, C.,Afif, C., Al Bitar, A., Cartier, S., Fanice, P., Fenianos, J., Guillier, B., Khater,C., and Khoury, G. & the SMOAG Team (2022). “Seismic and air monitoringobservatory for greater Beirut : a citizen observatory of the ‘urban health’ ofBeirut”. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-7164, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-7164.
- Youssef El Bakounyand Dani Mezher. 2018. Scallina: Translating Verified Programs from Coq toScala. In: Ryu S. (eds) Programming Languages and Systems. APLAS 2018. LectureNotes in Computer Science, vol 11275. Springer, Cham. 7 pages.
- Youssef El Bakouny and DaniMezher. 2018. The Scallina Grammar. In: Massoni T., Mousavi M. (eds) FormalMethods: Foundations and Applications. SBMF 2018. Lecture Notes in ComputerScience, vol 11254. Springer, Cham. 18 pages.