Belhal Karimi
Principal Data Scientist
Beaverton, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolBelhal Karimi is a Principal Data Scientist with a decade of experience bridging cutting-edge ML research and product-grade engineering, currently leading data science at Nike. He combines a PhD in Applied Mathematics from École Polytechnique and research tenures at INRIA, MIT, and Baidu with hands-on work in diffusion-based image generation and federated learning. At startups and as an advisor he has shipped real-world deep learning systems for video search, automatic trailers, and car damage inspection, and recently led fine-tuning pipelines for SDXL/SD3 at a YC-backed startup. Comfortable moving between theory and applied systems, he publishes in top venues and maintains open-source tools for biostatistics and probabilistic modeling, reflecting a rare mix of academic rigor and product focus. Based in Beaverton, OR, he favors scalable ML solutions that translate advanced probabilistic and optimization techniques into measurable business impact.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, Computer Science & Electrical Engineering at CentraleSupélecPCSI - PSI*, PCSI - PSI* at Lycée Hoche de VersaillesLycée Blaise PascalVisiting Scholar, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department, Visiting Scholar, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster's degree, Corporate Finance and Economics, Master's degree, Corporate Finance and Economics at ESCP Business SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D., Applied Mathematics at École PolytechniqueHigher Diploma in Research and Innovation, Applied Mathematics and Cognitive Engineering, Higher Diploma in Research and Innovation, Applied Mathematics and Cognitive Engineering at PSL - ITI
French, English, Spanish, German, Persian
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Github Skills (68)
sentence10
bayesian-methods10
statistics10
roberta10
electra10
multilingual9
nlp9
probabilistic-programming9
python9
stylegan9
generative9
pytorch9
similarity9
word-embeddings9
machine-learning9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
BelhalK/BayesianNeuralNets
Apr 2018 - Apr 2024
Contributions:36 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 1 month
BelhalK/taitris-ai
Apr 2024 - Jan 2025
Taitris: Influencer Marketing Campaign Automation
Contributions:43 PRs, 68 pushes, 2 branches in 8 months
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