Bahaa Ilyas

• Assessed AI-generated data quality, ensuring adherence to project standards. • Resolved complex task issues, streamlining workflow for enhanced efficiency. • Constructed ground-truth datasets for training Large Language Models (LLMs).

• Founded Ishtar Naturals, focusing on 100% natural personal care products enhanced by nanotechnology. • Built and managed an in-house nanoformulation lab, utilizing advanced equipment like homogenizers and microfluidizers. • Directed R&D for innovative products including lip balms and body moisturizers, achieving >70% encapsulation efficiency. • Ensured compliance with regulatory standards, securing strategic partnerships for high-quality botanical ingredients.

Built Python ETL pipelines to clean and ingest economic data (World Bank, IMF, Eurostat), reducing latency and boosting reliability. Applied Kalman and particle filters to improve time-series forecasting accuracy. Transformed datasets into Hive-compatible formats using Python and SQL, enhancing storage and integration. Automated model evaluation workflows, improving efficiency and robustness. Used stochastic modeling and analytics to refine system performance assessments.

Published 7 papers based on ab initio and DFT simulations of electronic, optical, and structural properties of semiconductors. Built and containerized HPC simulation workflows (Python, MATLAB, C++, Fortran). Engineered scalable numerical algorithms and agile subroutines, optimizing I/O throughput and memory use via advanced linear algebra and physics-based modeling. Designed high-sensitivity transducers, firmware (C/Arduino), and signal-processing pipelines (FFT, PSD). Delivered workshops and tutorials.

• Managed and maintained the NPA data cluster in Iraq. • Developed comprehensive M&E frameworks, enhancing project effectiveness. • Created detailed donor reports, improving transparency and communication.

• Managed and maintained the SP data cluster and mini data warehouses in Iraq. • Boosted community resilience and income by 20% through livelihood projects. Directed team of 30+ staff for efficient humanitarian aid distribution to over 300,000 beneficiaries and enhanced aid distribution efficiency by 20% through.

• Developed numerical simulations of many body quantum systems of condensed matter and investigated modelling of semiconductor systems using density functional theory (DFT) and related numerical methods, which resulted in 1 publication. • Built a super Beowulf cluster for supercomputing from old PCs, optimizing it for many-body simulation workloads using parallel computing (MPI/OpenMP).

• Led a student team to second place in a Microsoft physics competition and created and tested portable doppler transducers. • Created Bloch sphere to analyze the time evolution and transformation of two-qubit systems. Applied NumPy, Matplotlib, and Qiskit to represent quantum state dynamics and gate operations interactively. • Designed and implemented foundational quantum algorithms including Deutsch-Jozsa, Grover's Search, and Quantum Teleportation using Python and the Qiskit framework.