Widad Hassina Belkadi

I build AI for the ground beneath us: soil, climate and satellite data.

PhD in Artificial Intelligence. Machine learning, GeoAI and quantum machine learning for agriculture and climate, plus full-stack web and data products for e-commerce.

Education

PhD in Artificial Intelligence

USTHB, Algiers, 2022–2025

MSc in Intelligent Computer Systems

USTHB, Algiers, 2019–2021

BSc in Information Systems and Software Engineering

USTHB, Algiers, 2016–2019

Skills

AI and machine learning
PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, scikit-learn, CNNs (ResNet, VGG, U-Net), LSTM/GRU, LLMs (GPT, LLaMA, Qwen), HuggingFace
GeoAI
Sentinel-2, Sentinel-5P, Landsat, Google Earth Engine, QGIS, ArcGIS, Rasterio, GDAL
Quantum computing
Qiskit, PennyLane, QSVM, QNN, QCNN, QLSTM, Grover, amplitude estimation
Data and web
Power BI, Looker Studio, SQL, MongoDB, ETL, Python, JavaScript, React, Next.js, MedusaJS, Node.js, PHP

Experience

Jan 2026 – Aug 2026

Freelance AI and Web Developer, Client: Alzir

Multimodal generative AI module extracting product data from social media; multi-vendor e-commerce marketplace with an automated product-listing pipeline.

Jun 2025 – Oct 2025

AI Engineer, Africa Space Works, Algiers

Multispectral and hyperspectral satellite image processing: atmospheric correction, denoising, feature extraction, automated Google Earth Engine workflows.

Feb 2024 – Jun 2025

Freelance Data Analyst, Clients: Footland, Gomode

Analytics dashboards for advertising and e-commerce performance, with automated data flows (Supermetrics, REST APIs) and KPI design.

Mar 2022 – Jun 2025

AI Research Engineer and Lecturer, LRIA, USTHB Algiers

National research project with the Ministry of Agriculture: soil and climate data warehouse, digital soil mapping, methane forecasting and leak detection with deep and quantum ML. Taught algorithmics, data mining and optimization.

Mar 2022 – Jun 2023

Full-stack Web Developer, MisqTech (remote, UAE)

Front-end and back-end architecture of the TotalSuite WordPress plugins and website; interactive dashboards.

Jan 2021 – Sep 2021

Data Science Intern, VEON – Djezzy, Algeria

Recommendation system based on customer lifestyle segmentation and real-time geolocation.

Research

Peer-reviewed work on digital soil mapping, quantum machine learning and soil data warehousing. Other research activities including conferences, workshops, and volunteer activities.

5Journal papers
10Conference papers
15Total publications
20Peer Review
3Animated Workshops
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Certificates & labels

Certifications and labels earned in the course of professional development and achievements.

1Innovative Project Label
7AI and Quantum Computing Certificates
6Conference Participations
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Work with me

Available for freelance projects and full-time roles.

AI integration

LLM and computer-vision pipelines that turn images and text into structured data.

Analytics dashboards

Power BI and Looker Studio dashboards fed by automated, multi-source data flows.

E-commerce platforms

Multi-vendor marketplaces with seller, storefront and admin interfaces.

Geospatial analysis

Satellite image processing, mapping and remote-sensing workflows.