Youssef Hakiki

Curriculum vitae

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Academic appointments

Golomb Visiting Assistant Professor (Postdoc)
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Sep 2024 – Present
Research Assistant
William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
Oct 2022 – Apr 2023

Education

Ph.D. in Probability Theory
Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco — Thesis: “Sample Path Properties for Some Highly Irregular Gaussian Processes”. Advisors: Brahim Boufoussi and Mohamed Erraoui
Jan 2019 – Jul 2024
Master’s Degree in Probability and Statistics
Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
2016 – 2018
Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics
Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
2013 – 2016

Awards & honors

AMS–Simons Travel Grant — $5,000
American Mathematical Society (AMS) & Simons Foundation. Competitive travel grant for early-career mathematicians.
2026 – 2028
CNRST Research Grant (Bourse d’Excellence) — 108,000 MAD (≈ $10,800)
National Center for Scientific and Technical Research (CNRST), Morocco. 36-month fellowship awarded annually to 300 outstanding PhD students nationwide.
2019 – 2022
First-Ranked Graduate, Master of Probability and Statistics
Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
2018

Research visits

Michigan State University
Dept. Probability and Statistics, USA
Nov 18–19, 2025
Rice University
Dept. Statistics, USA
Jun 12–27, 2024
Rice University
Dept. Statistics, USA
Feb 27 – Mar 25, 2024
University of Utah
Dept. Mathematics, USA
Jun 22–25, 2023
Purdue University
Dept. Mathematics, USA
Feb 21–23, 2023
Michigan State University
Dept. Statistics & Probability, USA
Jun 21 – Aug 9, 2022
Côte d’Azur University
J.A. Dieudonné Laboratory, France
Sep 3–15, 2018

Skills & languages

Languages: Arabic (Native), French (Advanced), English (Advanced)

Programming: C, C++, RStudio, Python

Software: LaTeX, Microsoft Office

Operating systems: Windows, Linux