
Tarek Khaled
Senior Data Scientist | MLOps
Salary / Daily rate
Marseille, France
Freelance
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
PhD-level Senior Data Scientist with 8+ years leading AI/ML solutions from research to production. Expert in MLOps, optimization systems, and scalable architectures on Kubernetes—deployed Digital Twin framework for logistics operations and predictive models serving millions. Specialized in end-to-end AI deployment, operations research, and knowledge graphs. I deliver production-ready intelligent systems that solve complex business challenges with measurable impact.
Work experience
Lead Data Scientist
DMS LOGISTICS
Mar 2023 - Present
3 years 8 months
Marseille, France
- Led end-to-end design and deployment of AI and optimization systems for intermodal container terminal operations, from mathematical modeling to production at scale. - Designed a Digital Twin and simulation framework to analyze bottlenecks and optimize container flow and resource allocation. - Architected production AI infrastructure on Kubernetes, implementing MLOps best practices for reproducibility, automated deployment, and monitoring. - Developed predictive and operations research models for berth planning, yard management, and equipment allocation under uncertainty. - Contributed to international research publications and industry standardization (TIC 4.0).
Lecturer in Computer Science
Aix-Marseille Université
Sep 2021 - Present
5 years 2 months
Teach and design courses on database management and knowledge representation, blending foundational concepts with industry-relevant tools. - Relational databases focus on SQL optimization, schema design, and query performance, while NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, Redis, and Cassandra emphasize scalability and distributed use cases. - Knowledge Graphs: Cover RDF, OWL, and graph-based data models with practical applications like ontology design and data integration.
Senior Data Scientist
Cirkwi
May 2021 - Mar 2023
1 year 11 months
- Design, development and deployment of clustering systems to aggregate web pages dealing with the same topic. - Contribution to the implementation of a web crawler to collect web pages relating to tourist points of interest - Contribution to the development of a search engine combining AI and the Solr tool Extracting knowledge from several million web pages dealing with tourism - Development and implementation of machine learning models to exploit data extracted from web pages on the theme of tourism - Setting up, configuring and monitoring production operations (code deployment, upgrades, system patches) on Kubernetes and GCP - Working closely with Customer Success Managers and developers to understand the various requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
Aix-Marseille Université
Oct 2016 - May 2021
4 years 8 months
Marseille, France
Scientific Researcher
Oct 2016 - May 2021
4 years 8 months
Marseille, France
Research topic: Design of a symbolic artificial intelligence system and treatment of biological problems - Design and creation of an artificial intelligence system. - Implementation of a solver in (C/C++, Python) - Study and analysis of interactions between genes in cells using AI methods - Formalisation and study of biological systems. - Application of AI in studies of the spread of cancer in human cells
Assistant professeur
Oct 2016 - May 2021
4 years 8 months
Teaching : - Programming (C/C++, JAVA, Python, JavaScript) - Teaching the fundamental concepts of computing and the use of computing tools - Design of a course on symbolic artificial intelligence - Designing a course on artificial intelligence and machine learning - Designing software engineering courses and projects
Education
Aix-Marseille University
Doctorat de philosophie, Infomatique
2016 - 2019
3 years 1 month
Theme :Design of an ASP system based on new semantics and application to biological problems Keywords :Artificial Intelligence, Logic programming, Answer Set Programming(ASP), Knowledge representation, Bioinformatics, Gene network
Aix-Marseille University
Master 2 (M2), Informatics
2015 - 2016
1 year 1 month
Ecole nationale Superieure d'Informatique (ESI)
Diplôme d'ingénieur, Informatique
2008 - 2014
5 years 11 months
Licenses & certifications
Astronomer Certification for Apache Airflow Fundamentals
Issued: Dec 2024
Certification Oracle Database SQL Expert (1Z0-047)
Issued: May 2015