Ilyass has a Master of Science and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and is a Professor in an engineering oriented faculty in advanced materials by day. Ilyass has been a python developer who especially focuses on the areas of Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing and Deep Learning. He is also the cofounder of a small start-up for which he is the CEO and that explores the usage of decentralized technologies for information markets.

Ilyass is fascinated by the technological revolution that Bitcoin is. To share his knowledge and keep up to date in this field, Ilyass has co-founded and is an active member of "La Bulle Crypto", a podcast in french about cryptocurrencies that was now retired.