Hocine Mahni

Bio

Hello! I am Hocine Mahni, a researcher and doctoral student in the Lab-STICC laboratory at ENSTA | Institut Polytechnique de Paris. I work on Data Placement on Heterogeneous and Multilevel Storage Systems. I am profoundly committed to advancing knowledge in my field and contributing to impactful scientific discoveries that address real-world challenges.

Formation

• PhD in HPC Data Placement
  ENSTA | Institut Polytechnique de Paris, since December 2022
  Thesis Title: DataMeSS: HPC Data Placement on Heterogeneous and Multilevel Storage Systems
• Master in Big Data Analytics
  University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene (2019–2021)
  Focus: Big Data Analytic Methods & Decision Support
  Mention: Very good, Grade: 16/20
• License in Operational Research
  University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene (2016–2019)
  Focus: Research in Operational Decision Methods
  Mention: Very good, Grade: 17/20

Experience

• Assistant Teacher
  ENSTA | Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 2024
  Courses Taught: Database, Linear Optimization, Introduction to Programming, Embedded Machine Learning.
• Information Systems Administrator Engineer (DevOps)
  SONELGAZ (Ex-ELIT), Algiers, Algeria — Aug. 2021 to Nov 2022
  Responsibilities: - Managing continuous integration/delivery pipelines (Docker, Jenkins)
  - Website administration (front-end and backend)
  - Linux-based database management
  - Deploying Node.js and GlassFish (Payara) applications
  - Virtualization and container orchestration
  - Troubleshooting and automation
  - Improving system reliability through DevOps best practices
• Intern (Master’s Final Project)
  SONELGAZ (Ex-ELIT), Algiers, Algeria — Feb. 2021 to Jul. 2021
  Project: Design and implementation of a decision-support system for datacenter administration tasks at SONELGAZ.
• Intern (Bachelor’s Final Project)
  University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene — Jan. 2019 to Jul. 2019
  Project: Development of a decision-support tool for managing faculty assignments.

Publications

• Adapting the ARC Cache Management Policy to File Granularity
  Poster presented at Per3s Workshop, 2023
• Multicriteria File-Level Placement Policy for HPC Storage
  Proceedings of ACM SAC, 2025

Collaborators

Contact

• ResearchGate
• LinkedIn
• hocine.mahni@ensta.fr
• GitHub