[Nomination] Mohamed Essam #117
Description
Select one:
- I am nominating myself for the PyTorch Ambassador Program.
- I am nominating someone else to become a PyTorch Ambassador.
Please confirm that the nominee meets the following requirements:
- The nominee is 18 years of age or older.
- The nominee agrees to abide by the PyTorch Code of Conduct.
- The nominee agrees to comply with the Linux Foundation Antitrust Policy.
- The nominee meets at least one of the qualifications listed in the PyTorch Ambassador Program Requirements.
Nominee Name
Mohamed Essam Mohamed Elsayed
Nominee Email
Nominee's GitHub or GitLab Handle
old : mohammedessamtga , Current : DrEssam97
(Optional) Organization / Affiliation
Ain Shams University
City, State/Province, Country
Cairo,Egypt
Your Name
No response
Your Email (Optional)
No response
How has the nominee contributed to PyTorch?
- An active contributor to PyTorch repositories (e.g., commits, PRs, discussions).
- A speaker at PyTorch events or workshops.
- A PyTorch user group organizer or meetup host.
- A researcher or educator using PyTorch in academic work or training.
- An active leader in the PyTorch community with at least one year of experience in:
- Organizing events (virtual/in-person).
- Speaking at AI/ML conferences.
- Mentoring others in PyTorch.
- Creating technical content (e.g., blogs, videos, tutorials).
🏆 How Would the Nominee Contribute as an Ambassador?
As a seasoned AI researcher, educator, and KaggleX Advisor, I am deeply committed to empowering the ML and deep learning community, particularly in underrepresented regions like the Middle East and North Africa. As a PyTorch Ambassador, I plan to actively engage with the PyTorch community by:
Hosting regular workshops and study jams focused on practical PyTorch applications, such as computer vision, NLP, and model deployment—drawing from my experience teaching over 150 senior students and supervising 30+ graduation projects in AI-related fields.
Mentoring junior developers and students, especially Arabic-speaking learners, through structured bootcamps and office hours. I’ve already led multiple educational initiatives, including university bootcamps and training programs under national scholarships.
Sharing knowledge through LinkedIn, Kaggle posts, and technical blogs about cutting-edge topics like scene graph generation, cross-modal retrieval, and embedding optimization—all areas where I’ve published or presented research using PyTorch.
Organizing community events such as PyTorch meetups and virtual hackathons, leveraging my strong academic and industry network. These events would promote open collaboration, especially for women and Arabic-speaking communities in AI.