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BELHAL KARIMI

DATA SCIENTIST

Principal Data Scientist across Nike's core domains, partnering with orgs like Design & Commerce. 15+ papers. Two startup exits.

◈ LATEST UPDATES
MAR '23

Monk AI acquired by ACV Auctions.

FEB '23

Brainattic acquired by Master The Monster.

MAR '22

Joined Nike to lead Search Retrieval & Ranking.

◈ THE STACK I REACH FOR

Generative AI & Deep Learning

FLUX / SDXL / SD3 3D AI Federated Learning Compression Algorithms

Advisory

Computer Vision Generative Video Healthcare AI Technical Due Diligence

Search (Match & Rank)

Multimodal Retrieval Neural Ranking RAG Embedding Modeling
◈ CURRENT FOCUS

AI FOR
DESIGN

Principal Data Scientist, Nike. Building generative tools that move design faster, not just differently.

01 · COLORWAY ENGINE

One franchise,
infinite colorways

Generative models that auto-produce on-brand colorway options for Nike's top franchises, turning a single silhouette into dozens of production-ready palettes in minutes, not weeks.

02 · SKETCH TO 3D

From napkin sketch
to 3D shoe

Custom post-trained generative models take a designer's rough sketch and generate a full 3D model of the shoe, collapsing the idea-to-prototype loop from weeks to hours.

IDEA→SKETCH→POST-TRAINED MODEL→3D SHOE
◈ SPONSORSHIP DECK

ADVISORY
DEALS

Signed as scientific advisor. Some deals close with a trophy.

Monk AI

EXITED

Scientific Advisor · Paris, FR

Damage-detection computer vision built on Mask R-CNN. Acquired by ACV Auctions.

VISIT ↗

Brainattic

EXITED

Scientific Advisor · Montreal, CA / Paris, FR

Search engine in video streams & automated trailer generation. Acquired by Master The Monster.

VISIT ↗

EyeCareX

ACTIVE

Scientific Advisor · Vancouver, BC, CA

AI-enabled at-home eye tests connected to remote optometrists.

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◈ TROPHY CASE

RESEARCH
DROPS

Peer-reviewed plays. Scroll or drag the shelf, click a paper to read it.