I'm compulsive about leaving a legacy, and making a positive footprint on the planet.
I am a Data Scientist specializing in Search, Recommendation, and Personalization systems. I'm currently working to improve search ranking, discovery mechanisms, and advanced personalization in the real estate domain, integrating modern machine learning and AI techniques to build scalable, high-impact systems.
I hold a PhD in Recommender systems and Bihavioral Data Science under the supervision of Prof. Christoph Trattner and Asso. Prof. Alain D. Starke, at the University of Bergen, Norway. As part of Behavioral Data Analytics & Recommender Systems research group, and with Work Package 2: User Modeling, Personalization & Engagement at MediaFutures. My research explored how personalization algorithms can influence decision-making and promote healthier behaviors. My work combined recommender systems, user modeling, and behavioral interventions across food and news domains.
With a background in mathematics, computer science, and data science, my work focuses on ranking systems, recommendation architectures, experimentation, and applied machine learning for personalization problems.
| Data Scientist | Zrch As, Bergen, Norway | Feb 2026 - Present | |
| PhD Candidate in Recommender Systems and Digital Nudges | MediaFutures, University of Bergen (UiB), Norway | 2021 - 2025 | |
| Research Intern in Machine learning and Recommender Systems | University of Bari, Italy | Sept 2024 - Dec 2024 | |
| Researcher (Contractor) in Cloud Computing | University of Tampere, Finland | 2020 - 2021 |
| PhD in Recommender Systems | University of Bergen (UiB), Norway | 2021 - 2025 | |
| Master's Degree in Data Science and Big Data | ENSIAS, Morocco | 2017 - 2019 | |
| Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science | Ibn Zohr University, Morocco | 2016 - 2019 |
| Program Committee | ACM Conference on User Modeling and Personalization (UMAP) | 2024, 2025 | |
| Proceeding & Video Co‑chair | ACM Conference On Recommender Systems (RecSys) | 2024 | |
| Student Volunteer | ACM RecSys Summer School | Singapore 2023, Bari (Italy) 2024 |
Ayoub El Majjodi, Alain Starke, Christoph Trattner, Alessandro Petruzzelli, Cataldo Musto
Ayoub El Majjodi, Alain D Starke, Christoph Trattner
Ayoub El Majjodi, Sohail Ahmed Khan,Alain D Starke, Mehdi Elahi, Christoph Trattner
Nabil El Ioini, Ayoub El Majjodi, David Hastbacka, Tomas Cerny, Davide Taibi
Ayoub El Majjodi, Alain D Starke, Christoph Trattner