Djellel Difallah

Djellel Difallah is an assistant professor at NYU Abu Dhabi. He studied computer science and was a recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship. He obtained a PhD at the University of Fribourg in 2015, working at the eXascale Infolab. He was then a Faculty Fellow at the Center of Data Science, NYU. During his professional career, Djellel spent time at the Wikimedia Foundation (Research Team), Schlumberger, interned at Microsoft Research, and participated in the Google Summer of Code.

Djellel's research interests include the study of crowdsourcing, human-computation, machine learning, and knowledge discovery and management. His work focuses on the creation of crowdsourcing systems that improve AI models and make a positive impact on the crowd participants and society.

Education:

• Dip. Eng. USTHB, Algeria; MS University of Louisiana Lafayette, USA; PhD University of Fribourg, CH

Research Areas:

• Crowdsourcing, Machine Learning, Knowledge Management & Discovery

Courses Taught

• Discrete Mathematics
• Data Structures
• Special Topics in Computer Science
• Capstone Project in Computer Science 1
• Capstone Project in Computer Science 2

Awards

• Best Computer Science PhD Thesis Award, University of Fribourg 2015
• Fulbright Scholarship, 2009-2011

Teaching

• Big Data Systems (NYU Abu Dhabi - Spring 2023) - Faculty
• Discrete Mathematics (NYU Abu Dhabi - Fall 2022) - Faculty
• Discrete Mathematics (NYU Abu Dhabi - Fall 2021) - Faculty
• Data Structures (NYU Abu Dhabi - Spring 2021) - Faculty
• Data Mining (NYU Stern School of Business - Spring 2019) - Adjunct
• Big Data Infrastructures (University of Fribourg - Fall 2016) - Lecturer
• Data Science Seminar (University of Fribourg - Fall 2015) - Lecturer
• Social computing (University of Fribourg - 2011/2014) - Teaching Assistant