Youssef Achari Berrada is a graduate student at École Polytechnique majoring in Applied Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science. He has research experience including simulating Dyson brownian motion and estimating market impact on high frequency trading. His internship experience includes optimizing workflows at Credit Agricole. He is proficient in Python, C++, Java and languages.

1. Youssef Achari Berrada
Graduate student at école Polytechnique.
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youssef.achari-berrada@polytechnique.edu
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Born on April 19th 1993, Driver’s licence.
Education
2013–Current École Polytechnique, One of France’s top universities of science and engineering.
Majoring in Applied Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science, Fundamental Mathematics and Statistical Physics.
Coursework includes Stochastic Calculus, Time series, Statistical Learning, Operations Research and Randomized Algorithms.
2010–2013 Lycée Hoche, Versailles, France.
Intensive courses in Sciences preparing for the competitive admission exams to French “Grandes Écoles” (elite science
academic institutions). Specialization in Mathematics and Physics.
2010 Lycée Ryad Al Maarifa, Rabat, Morocco.
High school diploma in sciences with highers honors.
Research Experience
2016 Simulation of Dyson brownian motion and Wigner’s semicircle law.
Simulate Dyson brownian motion with the spectrum of a Random matrix and verify the Wigner’s semicircle law. Tool:
Python.
2015–current Market Impact Measurement on High Frequency Trading.
Study the market order flow and price jumps on a real tick-by-tick data and estimate the hidden orders impact. Tools:
Python, Time Series, Statistical Calibration, Poisson Process.
2015 Optimization of a linear warehouse.
Operations research problem to optimize a linear warehouse by graph modeling. Tools: Python, Graph Theory, Maximum
Bandwidth problem, Graceful Labeling, Network Optimization.
2015 Robotic Drone Project.
Developed an algorithm in ROS to enable a drone to follow a wall or go around a building autonomously using image
recognition of the environment. Tools : ROS, Python, Scikit-learn, OpenCV, Machine Learning.
2014–2015 CubeSat project, Student Project of nanosatellite, (www.qb50.eu).
Worked from the ground station of the project. Built a Software in C++ with the framework Qt and implemented it in the
GS in order to communicate with the nanosatellite once launched. Launching expected in 2016.
2014–2015 Rubik’s Cube Solver.
Designed an algorithm to solve a Rubik’s Cube using Pattern Database, and implemented a solution using Java and its GUI
library Swing.
2012–2013 Research project on Deterministic Chaos in a non-linear equation.
Theoretical and experimental study of the nonlinear Duffing equation to detect the chaos and its deterministic proprieties.
Internship Experience
Summer 2015 Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Singapore, Business Analyst-Developer.
Summer-Internship inside an IT team. Optimized the workflow of a credit management tool, and optimized its database with
SQL Server and C#.
2013–2014 France Ministry of Education, Toulouse, France, Leadership training.
Mathematics and Physics instructor in lycée Polyvalent, Design course material for students who prepared for college studies.
Associative experience
2014–2015 X-Entreprises, Web Master, (en.xentreprises.com).
Managed the Website of the student association that organizes each year the career fair of école Polytechnique.
Tools: PHP/MySQL. (150 stands, 2,000 visitors, budget 600,000e).
2014–2015 X-Microfinance, Team leader in a humanitarian mission in southern Morocco, (www.xmicrofinance.org).
Consultancy work to local cooperatives.
2013 French Armed Forces, Basic training, Courtine, France.
Languages
English Proficiency Level
French Bilingual
Arabic Mother tongue
Chinese Beginner
Computer skills
Basic JavaScript, AngularJS, Django,
Intermediate Linux, SQL, C#, R, MPI, OpenCV, Scikit-Learn,
Advanced Python, C++, MATLAB, Java, Git, LATEX.
Interests
Main Finance, Algorithms, Machine Learning, Network Optimization, Taking Interesting Courses Online.
Sport Football, Adventure racing (Participated in Raid X 2013, Involved in the organization of Raid X 2014), Hiking.