Hamza El Alaoui

/'hæmzə ɛl 'ælaʊi/ •

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I’m a Ph.D. student at CMU in the Beneficial Intelligence Group, where I’m fortunate to be advised by Jeffrey Bigham. I also work closely with Jun Rekimoto.

My work bridges machine learning, robotics, and human–computer interaction to enable human augmentation through multimodal human–system collaboration.

I focus on two complementary directions:

  1. From Human to System. I build context-aware systems that ingest and structure multimodal signals—such as speech, vision, and temporal data—to continually refine digital and embodied systems, align them with user intent, and coordinate purposeful actions.
  2. From System to Human. I develop adaptive collaborators that translate perceptual and reasoning outputs into intuitive support, enhancing human cognitive, sensory, and physical capabilities.

During my Ph.D., I was a Research Scientist Intern at Sony CSL.

Previously, I was a Machine Learning Engineer at Oracle and held roles at Mastercard and Prodware. I received my B.S. in Computer Science, where I worked with Violetta Cavalli-Sforza on natural language processing for low-resource settings.

In my spare time, I enjoy writing, exploring nature, biking, cooking, prototyping, and interior design. In a past life, I competed in esports professionally and won several tournaments across MENA.