Omar Abdesslem

Computer Vision @PSI | Msc @ETH

Zürich, Switzerland

ABOUT

Hi there! I'm Omar, a master's student at the Polytechnikum Zürich (ETH Zürich).

I strive for clean and sustainable code. I like neat design and secure and reliable systems.

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EDUCATION

ETH Zürich

Msc, Machine Intelligence & Cybersecurity

Sep 2025 - June 2027

Courses: Computational Intelligence Lab, Advanced Systems Lab, Large Language Models, Big Data, Network Security, Artificial Intelligence

University of Geneva

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science

Sep 2021 - June 2025

Studied core subjects including Cryptography, Semantics, Networks along with Mathematics and Physics.

The University of Hong Kong

Exchange Student - Faculty of Engineering

Sep 2023 - June 2024

Swiss-International Mobility program, engaged in advanced studies and practical applications in Software Engineering, Data Mining, AI, Networks & Computer Vision.

SELECTED PROJECTS

Power Grid Load Forecasting

Machine-learning forecasts for Swiss electricity load, enriched with weather and seasonality data.

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SOC Log Anomaly Detection

An in-house LLM pipeline for real-time security-log analysis and anomaly detection.

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Monocular Depth Estimation

Global-context augmentation and geometric regularization for monocular depth estimation.

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FastGATr Optimisation

High-performance C++ and ARM NEON kernels for geometric algebra transformers.

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WORK EXPERIENCES

Research Intern

Paul Scherrer Institute, June 2026 - Current, Villigen, Switzerland

Machine learning and computer vision for proton therapy at PSI.

AI Intern

SecuLabs, June 2025 - Sep 2025, Lausanne, Switzerland

Delivered privacy-preserving, on-prem SOC ML/DL pipelines using anonymized logs for anomaly detection and incident forecasting, fine-tuned and benchmarked enterprise LLMs.

Software Engineer - Intern

SLRLAB, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), Jan 2024 - Feb 2024, Hong Kong

Built and refined Vue.js learning tools for Cantonese and Mandarin language acquisition, working with developers and educators in a Git-based workflow.

Programming Instructor

Futurekids, Sept. 2022 - Aug. 2023 and March 2025 - May 2025, Geneva, Switzerland

Taught programming fundamentals, Python, and Unreal Engine to students aged 14 to 19.

ACTIVITIES

Hackathon: ORD for the Sciences, EPFL