Yusuf Morsi
ML @ Cisco | ECE BS/MS @ UC San Diego
Prev @ FICO, Southwest Airlines, USC
8x Hackathon Winner
Relevant Experience
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Work Experience
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Software Engineer
Cisco (Aug 2024 - Present) | San Jose, CAML pipelines / RAGs @ supply chainOwned and led the link analysis automation project end-to-end, cutting a manual two-day data processing pipeline down to a few hours, with results surfaced across heatmaps, pinmaps, a RAG chatbot, and more- all built from scratch and deployed on an internal dashboard at link-analysis.cisco.com.
Built optimal RAG systems with attribute filtering from scratch for device log diagnosis.
Developed a multivariate anomaly detection process analyzing thermal telemetry across tens of thousands of production network devices to diagnose future corrosion beforehand purely from data.
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Data Science Intern
FICO (2024) | San Diego, CAfraud detection @ ai analytics teamBenchmarked six anomaly detection models (including CADE, Isolation Forest, and autoencoders) on fraud transaction data from major banks across the US, UK, Canada, India, and Brazil.
Engineered rolling temporal features that improved AUC and precision during distribution shift periods. Presented findings directly to the Chief Analytics Officer.
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Software Engineer Intern
Southwest Airlines (2023) | Dallas, TXinfra tooling @ network automation teamBuilt full-stack tooling with React and Node.js to automate GTM workflows in Ansible Tower
Contributed to an intern-led discounting system projected to save $24M per year by replacing third-party vendor fees for gift cards with an in-house solution & presented directly to the CIO.
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Software Engineer Intern
CarsXE (2022-2023) | Highland, MDlicense plate CV & full-stackLed development of a license plate recognition pipeline using YOLOv4, TensorFlow, and OCR. Built and published a pip package for the company's API alongside full-stack work in Vue, Nuxt, and Next.js.
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Education
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Master of Science
UC San DiegoMachine Learning and Data Science M.S.
Show Relevant Coursework- CSE272 - Advanced Image Synthesis
- ECE225A - Prob & Stats for Data Science
- ECE253 - Fundamentals of Digital Image Processing
- ECE285B - Deep Generative Models
- MATH285 - Stochastic Processes
- ECE176 - Intro Deep Learning & Apps
- ECE269 - Linear Algebra and Application
- ECE276A - Sensing & Estimation Robotics
- CSE258R - Recommender Systems & Web Mining
- DSC209R - Data Visualization
- CSE190 - Audio and AI
- ECE228 - ML for Physical Applications
- ECE285A - Intro to Visual Learning
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Bachelor of Science
UC San DiegoElectrical Engineering B.S.
Show Relevant Coursework- ECE175A - Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
- ECE172A - Introduction to Intelligent Systems
- ECE174 - Linear & Nonlinear Optimization
- ECE143 - Programming for Data Analysis
- ECE109 - Engineering Probability & Statistics
- ECE101 - Linear Systems Fundamentals
- ECE171A,B - Linear Control System Theory I & II
- ECE148 - Intro to Autonomous Vehicles
- ECE16 - Rapid Hardware & Software Design
- ECE17 - Object-Oriented Programming
- ECE25 - Digital Design
- ECE30 - Computer Organization
- ECE35 - Analog Circuit Design
- ECE45 - Circuits and Systems
- ECE65 - Components & Circuits Lab
- ECE100 - Linear Electronic Systems
- ECE140A,B - Full-Stack Product Engineering I & II
- MGT103 - Product Marketing & Management
- MGT172 - Business Project Management
- MGT127R - Innovation and Technology Strategy
- ECE198 - Direct Group Study
- CSE194 - Race, Gender & Computing
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Research Experience
Projects
Awards & Achievements
Award Finalist
Manufacturing Leadership Council
Jun 2025
Our project at Cisco, Agentic Virtual FA, was a finalist for the Manufacturing Leadership Award
Trade Secret Award
Cisco
Jun 2025
Awarded to my team for the Virtual FA project (Agentic Virtual Failure Analysis)
1st Place of Advanced Track
HARD Hack | IEEE UC San Diego
Feb 2025
Won first place in the Advanced Category for developing a smart trash sorter
Hackathon Winner
LPL Financial
Jan 2025
Winner of "Most Viable Solution" category in competition with over 40 teams
Scholarship for Electrical Engineering (4x)
ACE Mentor San Diego
May 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024
Merit-based scholarship
2nd Place Hackathon Winner
HARD Hack | IEEE UC San Diego
Apr 2023
2nd place in UCSD hardware hackathon (selected out of 23 teams)
Hackathon Winner
LateNightHacks
May 2022
Won Domain.com prize for LateNightHacks 2022
Hackathon Winner
Domain.com
May 2022
Won Domain.com prize for LateNightHacks 2022
Hackathon Winner
SD Hacks
Apr 2022
Winner of UCSD hackathon's Civic Engagement category (selected out of 30 teams)