Short Bio
I am a Doctoral Fellow at the ETH AI Center, supervised by Prof. Andreas Krause and Prof. Menna El-Assady at ETH Zurich. I completed my BS and MSc in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at Ecole Polytechnique Paris. I completed a 2nd MSc in Environmental Sciences at ETH Zurich.
Meanwhile, I have run several research project combining computer science and real-world applications. In 2022, I worked at Microsoft Research Cambridge to improve feature attribution methods in drug discovery. In 2021, I joined Facebook AI Research Paris where I worked on enhancing decoder capacity for data compression retrieval. In 2020, I developed OneForest, a tree species detection algorithm based on GNN and optimal transport theory, at Crowther Lab, ETH Zurich. In 2019, I worked on ML-based prediction of californian wildfires at the Earth Institute of Columbia University, US.
Besides my research experience, I have worked as a Software Engineer intern at DAIKIN in Osaka, JAPAN in 2018. In 2017, I was full-time Teaching Assistant for 6 months at the Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering (IFCEN) in Zhuhai, CHINA.
Education
ETH AI Center, Zürich
2021 - …
PhD in Computer Science.
ETH Zürich
2019 - 2021.
Master in Environmental Sciences and Policy.
École Polytechnique Paris
2017 - 2019.
Master in Computer Science.
2014 - 2016.
Bachelor of Science & Engineering in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics.
Classes Préparatoires
2014 - 2016.
Two-year intensive preparation courses for the entrance exams to top French Engineering schools (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry).
Personal Information
- Full Name: Kenza Amara
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- She/Her
- Year of birth: 1997