Mourad El Hamri

Associate Professor, Paris Cité University

Qualification CNU sections 26, 27 and 61

mourad.el-hamri [AT] u-paris.fr

4 Av. de l'Observatoire, 75006 Paris, France

About

I'm an Associate Professor at Paris Cité University, affiliated with the BioSTM Lab and Paris Faculty of Pharmacy. My research focuses on building machine learning models that can emulate the brain’s remarkable ability to adapt to changing environments and tasks — primarily through Domain Adaptation and Transfer Learning. I place particular emphasis on Optimal Transport Theory, which offers a geometrically grounded framework for modeling, computation, and theoretical guarantees.

I’ve recently been paying particular attention to applications in genetics, where these approaches can help shed light on the complexity of biological processes through data-driven methods.

Prior to my current appointment, I held the role of Assistant Professor at Sorbonne Paris Nord University. Preceding this, I completed a Ph.D. and a Master's degree in Machine Learning from Sorbonne Paris Nord University. Furthermore, I hold Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Applied Mathematics from Fez Faculty of Science.

Publications

Most recent publications on Google Scholar.
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McCann’s Interpolation for Gradual Domain Adaptation on the Wasserstein Geodesic

Mourad El Hamri, Issam Falih, Yves Rozenholc

IJCNN'25: IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks. 2025.

Theoretical Guarantees for Domain Adaptation with Hierarchical Optimal Transport

Mourad El Hamri, Younès Bennani, Issam Falih

Machine Learning Journal. 2025

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Hierarchical Representation for Multi-Source Domain Adaptation Using Wasserstein Barycenter

Mourad El Hamri, Issam Falih, Yves Rozenholc

ICMLA'24: International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications. 2024.

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Incremental Confidence Sampling with Optimal Transport for Domain Adaptation

Mourad El Hamri, Younès Bennani, Issam Falih

International Journal of Neural Systems. 2024

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Structural Optimal Transport for Domain Adaptation with Theoretical Guarantees

Mourad El Hamri

Ph.D. Thesis.

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Hierarchical Optimal Transport for Unsupervised Domain Adaptation

Mourad El Hamri, Younès Bennani, Issam Falih

Machine Learning Journal. 2022.

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Incremental Unsupervised Domain Adaptation Through Optimal Transport

Mourad El Hamri, Younès Bennani, Issam Falih

WCCI/IJCNN'22: World Congress on Computational Intelligence/IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks. 2022.

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When Domain Adaptation Meets Semi-Supervised Learning Through Optimal Transport

Mourad El Hamri, Younès Bennani, Issam Falih

AIAI'22: IFIP International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications & Innovations. 2022.

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An Optimal Transport Framework for Collaborative Multi-View Clustering

Fatima Ezzahraa Ben Bouazza, Younès Bennani, Mourad El Hamri

Book chapter in Recent Advancements in Multi-View Data Analytics. 2022.

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Inductive Semi-supervised Learning Through Optimal Transport

Mourad El Hamri, Younès Bennani, Issam Falih

ICONIP'21: International Conference on Neural Information Processing. 2021.

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Apprentissage semi-supervisé transductif basé sur le transport optimal

Mourad El Hamri, Younès Bennani, Issam Falih

CIFSD'21: Conférence Internationale Francophone sur la Science des Données. 2021.

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Label Propagation Through Optimal Transport

Mourad El Hamri, Younès Bennani, Issam Falih

IJCNN'21: IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks. 2021.

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Multi-view Clustering Through Optimal Transport

Fatima Ezzahraa Ben Bouazza, Younès Bennani, Mourad El Hamri

Australian Journal of Intelligent Information Processing Systems. 2019.

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McCann’s Interpolation for Gradual Domain Adaptation on the Wasserstein Geodesic

Mourad El Hamri, Issam Falih, Yves Rozenholc

IJCNN'25: IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks. 2025.

Theoretical Guarantees for Domain Adaptation with Hierarchical Optimal Transport

Mourad El Hamri, Younès Bennani, Issam Falih

Machine Learning Journal. 2025

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Hierarchical Representation for Multi-Source Domain Adaptation Using Wasserstein Barycenter

Mourad El Hamri, Issam Falih, Yves Rozenholc

ICMLA'24: International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications. 2024.

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Incremental Confidence Sampling with Optimal Transport for Domain Adaptation

Mourad El Hamri, Younès Bennani, Issam Falih

International Journal of Neural Systems. 2024

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Structural Optimal Transport for Domain Adaptation with Theoretical Guarantees

Mourad El Hamri

Ph.D. Thesis.

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Hierarchical Optimal Transport for Unsupervised Domain Adaptation

Mourad El Hamri, Younès Bennani, Issam Falih

Machine Learning Journal. 2022.

Paper Code

Incremental Unsupervised Domain Adaptation Through Optimal Transport

Mourad El Hamri, Younès Bennani, Issam Falih

WCCI/IJCNN'22: World Congress on Computational Intelligence/IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks. 2022.

Paper

When Domain Adaptation Meets Semi-Supervised Learning Through Optimal Transport

Mourad El Hamri, Younès Bennani, Issam Falih

AIAI'22: IFIP International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications & Innovations. 2022.

Paper

An Optimal Transport Framework for Collaborative Multi-View Clustering

Fatima Ezzahraa Ben Bouazza, Younès Bennani, Mourad El Hamri

Book chapter in Recent Advancements in Multi-View Data Analytics. 2022.

Paper

Inductive Semi-supervised Learning Through Optimal Transport

Mourad El Hamri, Younès Bennani, Issam Falih

ICONIP'21: International Conference on Neural Information Processing. 2021.

Paper Code

Apprentissage semi-supervisé transductif basé sur le transport optimal

Mourad El Hamri, Younès Bennani, Issam Falih

CIFSD'21: Conférence Internationale Francophone sur la Science des Données. 2021.

Paper

Label Propagation Through Optimal Transport

Mourad El Hamri, Younès Bennani, Issam Falih

IJCNN'21: IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks. 2021.

Paper Code

Multi-view Clustering Through Optimal Transport

Fatima Ezzahraa Ben Bouazza, Younès Bennani, Mourad El Hamri

Australian Journal of Intelligent Information Processing Systems. 2019.

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Projects

Hierarchical Optimal Transport for Unsupervised Domain Adaptation
Incremental Unsupervised Domain Adaptation through Optimal Transport
Optimal Transport for Semi-Supervised Learning
Optimal Transport
Hierarchical Optimal Transport for Unsupervised Domain Adaptation
Incremental Unsupervised Domain Adaptation through Optimal Transport
Optimal Transport for Semi-Supervised Learning
Optimal Transport

Teaching

To teach is to learn twice over

- Joseph Joubert

I mostly teach statistics and machine learning at Paris Cité University:

  • Master 2 SMSDS : Machine Learning
  • Master 2 SMSDS : Advanced Machine Learning
  • Pharmacy degree : Statistics

    Among others, I have TA'd the following courses at Sorbonne Paris Nord University:

  • Master 2 EID2 and Master 2 MMD: Deep Learning
  • Master 2 EID2 and Master 2 MMD: Statistical learning
  • Master 2 EID2 and Master 2 MMD: Data Science
  • Master 2 EID2 and Master 2 MMD: Multidimensional Exploratory Statistics
  • Master 1 Informatique: Matrix Methods in Data Mining
  • Cycle d'ing 1: Algorithms
  • Cycle d'ing 1: MATLAB
  • Cycle d'ing 1: Python

    • Advising

  • Jules Mathieu , Graduate student. 2024/2025
  • Omar GHANNOU, Master's thesis. 2021/2022
  • Hamid AHAGGACH, Master's thesis. 2020/2021

    • Vitæ

    Full Resume in French: PDF.

    • Associate Professor [MCF] 2023 - Present
      Paris Cité University
      Faculty of Pharmacy
      BioSTM CNRS UAR 3612 - Inserm US25
    • Assistant Professor [ATER] 2022 - 2023
      Sorbonne Paris Nord University
      Department of Computer Science - LIPN UMR 7030
    • Ph.D. in Computer Science 2019 - 2022
      Sorbonne Paris Nord University
      Thesis: Structural Optimal Transport for Domain Adaptation with Theoretical Guarantees

      Thesis defense committee members:
      Mathilde Mougeot, École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (Chair)
      Nicolas Courty, Université Bretagne Sud (Reviewer)
      Marc Sebban, Université Jean Monnet (Reviewer)
      Gabriel Peyré, École Normale Supérieure de Paris (Examiner)
      Yann Guermeur, LORIA - CNRS (Examiner)
      Basarab Matei, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord (Examiner)
      Abdelfattah Touzani, USMBA (Examiner)
      Nicoleta Rogovschi, Université Paris Cité (Examiner)
      Younès Bennani, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord (Advisor)
      Issam Falih, Université Clermont Auvergne (Co-Advisor)
    • Graduate Teaching Assistant [MIES] 2019 - 2022
      Sorbonne Paris Nord University
      Department of Computer Science
    • Research Intern Apr-Sep 2019
      LIPN UMR CNRS 7030
      Northern Paris Computer Science Lab - CNRS
    • MSc. in Machine Learning 2018 - 2019
      Sorbonne Paris Nord University
      Thesis: Learning from Learners through Optimal Transport
    • MSc. in Applied Mathematics 2017 - 2019
      Fez Faculty of Science
      Speciality: Statistics and Data Science
    • Undergraduate intern Jan-Jul 2017
      Fez Faculty of Science
      Algebra, Geometry and Arithmetic Lab
    • BSc. in Applied Mathematics 2014 - 2017
      Fez Faculty of Science
      Speciality: Statistics
      Thesis: Elliptic-curve cryptography
    • ASc. in Applied Mathematics 2014 - 2016
      Fez Faculty of Science

    Academic Genealogy

    My academic genealogy, traced through advisor relationships in reverse chronological order, spans 17 generations over a period of 370 years.

      • Mourad El Hamri
        Structural Optimal Transport for Domain Adaptation with Theoretical Guarantees
        Université Sorbonne Paris Nord - 2022
      • Younès Bennani
        Approches connexionnistes pour la reconnaissance du locuteur: modélisation et identification
        Université Paris-Sud - 1992
      • Françoise Fogelman-Soulié
        Contributions à une théorie du calcul sur réseaux
        Université Joseph-Fourier - 1985
      • François Robert
        Étude et utilisation de normes vectorielles en analyse numérique linéaire
        Université Joseph-Fourier - 1968
      • Noël Gastinel
        Matrices du second degré et normes générales en analyse numérique linéaire
        Université Joseph-Fourier - 1960
      • Jean Kuntzmann
        Contribution à l'étude des systèmes multiformes
        Université de Paris - 1940
      • Georges Valiron
        Sur les fonctions entières d'ordre nul et d'ordre fini et en particulier les fonctions à correspondance régulière
        Université de Paris - 1914
      • Émile Borel
        Sur quelques points de la théorie des fonctions
        École Normale Supérieure Paris - 1893
      • Gaston Darboux
        Sur les surfaces orthogonales
        École Normale Supérieure Paris - 1866
      • Michel Chasles
        Unreported
        École Polytechnique - 1814
      • Siméon Denis Poisson
        Unreported
        École Polytechnique - 1800
      • Joseph Louis Lagrange
        Unreported
        Università di Torino - 1754
      • Leonhard Euler
        Dissertatio physica de sono
        Universität Basel - 1726
      • Johann Bernoulli
        Dissertatio de effervescentia et fermentatione
        Universität Basel - 1690
      • Jacob Bernoulli
        Solutionem tergemini problematis arithmetici, geometrici et astronomici
        Universität Basel - 1684
      • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
        Disputatio arithmetica de complexionibus
        Universität Leipzig - 1666
      • Erhard Weigel
        De ascensionibus et descensionibus astronomicis dissertatio
        Universität Leipzig - 1650
    Mourad El Hamri, Ph.D.
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