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Jean Youakim

Jean Youakim, Computer Engineering student

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Jean Youakim

I build machine learning systems and hold them to real-world results.

Computer Engineering at LAU, CGPA 3.99. My wildfire detector flags 97.8% of fire and smoke images, my World Cup model called all four semifinalists before kickoff, and I'm now building a red-team arena that teaches LLM agents to resist prompt injection.

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About

I'm a third-year Computer Engineering student at LAU in Byblos, working mostly in applied machine learning: computer vision, LLM agents and their security, and predictive models.

This summer I finished the LebNet Tech Fellows AI track in the top third, with a Certificate of Distinction (33 of 102 fellows). My capstone, a wildfire early-warning system, catches 97.8% of fire and smoke images, and 98.2% of its alerts are real.

I also like knowing what happens below the software. In team lab projects I've helped build a 47-chip logic system on breadboards and an analog circuit that pulls a heartbeat out of a noisy sensor.

Outside engineering, I teach piano to four students, play futsal for LAU, and play chess.

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Studying
BE in Computer Engineering, LAU
Based in
Lebanon
Speaks
Arabic (Native), English (C2), French (C1), Spanish (B1), German (A1)
Looking for
Open to software, AI/ML and engineering internships.

Experience

Newest first, like a commit log.

  1. Jun 2026 – Aug 2026

    AI Track Fellow

    LebNet Tech Fellows Program

    • Graduated with a Certificate of Distinction, awarded to 33 of 102 graduating fellows.
    • Three-month curriculum spanning classical ML, neural networks, transformer architectures, LLM fine-tuning, RAG and agentic AI systems.
    • Capstone: Wildfire Detection, a fire and smoke early-warning system.
    Read the capstone

  2. 2024 – Present

    Private Piano Instructor

    Self-employed

    • Teach four private students with individually tailored curricula.
    • Handle scheduling and lesson planning on my own.

Projects

Applied AI first, with the hardware I've built along the way.

Smaller builds

  • HardwareElectronics I Lab, LAU

    Heart Pulse Monitor

    An analog circuit that pulls a clean heartbeat out of a noisy optical sensor with multi-stage op-amps and active band-pass filters.

    Team project

  • SoftwareData Structures Lab, LAU

    The Stacks Library

    A web app for building, organising and searching a personal library of books.

    Team project

Skills

Where a tool shows up in a project, the project is linked under it.

Hardware and embedded

Tools

Education

Sep 2024 – Spring 2028 (expected)

BE in Computer Engineering

Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon

Cumulative GPA
3.99
Cumulative GPA
Major GPA
4.00
Major GPA

Relevant coursework

AI

  • Machine Learning
  • Large Language Models
  • Trustworthy & Secure AI

Software

  • Data Structures & Algorithms
  • Database Systems

Hardware

  • Computer Architecture
  • Microprocessors
  • Digital Logic Design
  • Signals & Systems

Certifications

  • Machine Learning Specialization, DeepLearning.AI (Andrew Ng)
  • Deep Learning Specialization, DeepLearning.AI (Andrew Ng)

Honours and clubs

  • Ranked in the top 30 nationally in the Lebanese Baccalaureate, General Sciences track
  • Member of the IEEE AI Club and the Software Engineering Club

Outside class

  • Scouts de l'Indépendance for seven years (2018–2024), leading youth camps and civic initiatives
  • Piano: Level 7A certification from the Antonine School of Music
  • LAU futsal team, and a former U16 national futsal competitor
  • 1500 rapid rating in chess
  • Class representative on the student council in grade 12

Contact

Open to software, AI/ML and engineering internships. The fastest way to reach me is email.

jeanyouakim@gmail.com
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