Kennesaw State University · Computer Science

El Arbi Belfarsi

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PhD candidate in Computer Science with software engineering experience across financial services, automotive technology, retail, and education. My research sits at the intersection of machine learning and non-invasive biomedical sensing.

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01 — Experience

Background

A committed team player who values the journey of the work as much as the outcome.

Professional

  1. Graduate Research Assistant

    Kennesaw State University

  2. Software Engineer Intern

    Cox Automotive

  3. Software Engineer Intern

    LexisNexis

  4. Python Developer

    ETX

  5. Python Instructor

    Skillademia

Academic

  1. PhD Candidate, Computer Science

    Kennesaw State University

  2. B.Sc. in Computer Science

    Al Akhawayn University

02 — Selected Work

Projects & Research

A sample of software I have built, research I have contributed to, and material I have taught.

Software

Multi-Gear Trading Strategy

A risk-management trading strategy that triggers leverage shifting based on drawdown data for a given index.

Splunk Add-on for FIX Protocol

Parses and analyses FIX protocol messages to enable real-time financial transaction monitoring and troubleshooting.

Hemo

Backend service that optimises blood-component utilisation by coordinating banks, donors, and recipients based on urgency, distance, and expiration.

Research

Non-Invasive AI-Powered Glucose Monitoring

Leveraging multispectral imaging across diverse wavelengths for continuous, non-invasive glucose estimation.

Enhanced Non-Invasive CGM with High-IR PPG

Integrates skin physical factors into a high-IR photoplethysmography pipeline to improve glucose estimation accuracy.

Talks & Tutorials

Improving Platform Artifact Generation for HPCC Systems Builds

Conference talk on streamlining build-time artifact generation for HPCC Systems.

Complete Python Megacourse: Beginner to Expert

End-to-end Python instruction covering language fundamentals through applied projects.

03 — Skills

Tools & Areas

Acquired through academic study, research, and industry work.

  • Python
  • C / C++
  • Java
  • SQL & Databases
  • Data Analysis
  • ML Frameworks
  • DevOps Tools
  • Git
  • Technical Writing

04 — Contact

Let's talk.

Open to collaboration on research, internship returns, and software work in ML, biomedical sensing, or backend systems.