I am a PhD researcher at Chouaib Doukkali University, exploring multimodal misinformation detection, Generative AI, and trustworthy machine learning. Alongside my research, I develop AI-powered applications and data-driven software solutions.
Researcher & Engineer
I am a PhD researcher in Artificial Intelligence at Chouaib Doukkali University, affiliated with the LAROSERI laboratory. My research focuses on fake news detection in the era of Generative AI, with particular interests in multimodal image-text verification, robustness evaluation, and evidence-grounded fact-checking.
I hold an engineering degree in Computer Science and Networks, specializing in MIAGE, from EMSI Marrakech (2024). My background combines software engineering, machine learning, data analytics, and information systems.
During my internship at INRH Casablanca, I worked on data integration and analytics using technologies including SQL, Talend, and Power BI. Alongside my academic research, I develop practical AI applications and data-driven software projects.
Artificial Intelligence · LAROSERI · Chouaib Doukkali University
Computer Science & Networks · MIAGE · EMSI Marrakech, 2024
INRH Casablanca · Data Engineering & Business Intelligence Internship
Scientific Exploration
My doctoral research focuses on understanding and addressing misinformation through multimodal Artificial Intelligence, robust evaluation, and evidence-based verification.
Investigating how artificial intelligence can detect misleading and out-of-context image-text content, particularly in the era of Generative AI.
Studying the reliability of multimodal verification systems under linguistic variations, including paraphrasing, with experimental work involving the VERITE dataset.
Exploring methods that combine multimodal AI predictions with supporting evidence, source provenance, and interpretable verification.
Scientific Contributions
My published research contributions in Artificial Intelligence, multimodal misinformation detection, and trustworthy machine learning.
Anas Loutou · Imad EZ-ZAZI · Toufik MZILI
2026 International Conference on Circuit, Systems and Communication (ICCSC) · Fez, Morocco · IEEE
A focused review of multimodal fake news detection in the era of Generative AI, examining representation learning, vision-language approaches, LLM-based verification, and the importance of evidence-grounded and robust detection.
Research & Engineering Capabilities
Combining scientific research with practical software engineering, machine learning, and data-driven development.
Developing and evaluating machine learning systems, with a research focus on multimodal verification, trustworthy AI, and model robustness.
Building web applications, backend services, and AI-powered tools using modern software engineering practices.
Transforming, integrating, analyzing, and visualizing data to support reproducible analysis and practical decision-making.
Conducting literature reviews, designing experiments, evaluating model reliability, and communicating research findings.
My Academic & Professional Journey
From engineering education and industry experience to doctoral research in Artificial Intelligence.
LAROSERI Laboratory — Chouaib Doukkali University
El Jadida, Morocco
Conducting doctoral research on multimodal misinformation detection and evidence-grounded fact-checking in the era of Generative AI. Current research investigates evidence dependence, source provenance, retrieval-augmented verification, and robustness under generative reformulation.
Airport Clinic
Marrakech, Morocco
Developed reproducible machine learning pipelines for operational and clinical datasets, including preprocessing, feature engineering, model training, cross-validation, and evaluation. Built predictive models for decision support and reusable Python modules for data analysis.
Institut National de Recherche Halieutique (INRH)
Casablanca, Morocco
Designed ETL pipelines for structured and semi-structured data, improved data quality, and developed dashboards and decision-support indicators. Collaborated with stakeholders to translate analytical requirements into data products.
Airport Clinic
Marrakech, Morocco
Developed an NLP-based chatbot for automated patient assistance, including text preprocessing, feature extraction, and intent classification. Integrated machine learning components into a web application using modular backend services.
INTELLCAP
Marrakech, Morocco
Developed database-driven CRUD applications and contributed to SQL database schema design and backend implementation.
EMSI Marrakech
Marrakech, Morocco
Completed an engineering degree (Bac+5) in Computer Science and Networks, specializing in MIAGE (Methods Applied to Business Management and Information Systems).
Selected Engineering Work
A selection of my software engineering, machine learning, and data science projects, spanning full-stack applications and practical AI solutions.
An AI-assisted cyber threat intelligence dashboard with JWT authentication, asynchronous intelligence workflows, and persistent analysis reports.
An end-to-end machine learning and analytics application combining exploratory analysis, classification, regression, and an interactive Streamlit dashboard.
A data science application for air pollution analysis, feature engineering, forecasting workflows, and interactive visualizations.
A hybrid movie recommendation application combining content-based methods and collaborative filtering.
An interactive face-matching application using facial embeddings to compare uploaded portraits with a celebrity dataset.
