El Mustapha Mansouri

MSc Student · Institute of Science Tokyo · AI for Science and Quantum Sensing

I am a master's student at the Institute of Science Tokyo in the Quantum Informatics Group (Arai Lab). I work on AI for science: agents that run experiments on quantum sensors, and when their results can be trusted.

Research interests: autonomous experimentation · reliable evaluation · quantum sensing.

news

Nov 2026	Two papers accepted at NeurIPS 2026, Hidden Tails and Fisher-Glass Learning, are now on arXiv.
Oct 2026	New preprint on collaborative AI agents for autonomous research with quantum spins, with the open-source Auctopus framework.
Oct 2026	One talk and two posters at AI4Sci 2026 (AI4Physics track) in Mainz, Germany.
Jul 2026	Post-deadline paper Fisher-Glass Metrology at Optica Quantum Sensing and Metrology 2026, Maastricht.
Jun 2026	Joined Nanofiber Quantum Technologies as a hardware research intern.
Mar 2026	Contributed talk at the APS March Meeting 2026 on time-resolved photon-arrival readout for NV-center spins.
Feb 2026	Visiting researcher in the ZaQuant group, University of Stuttgart.
Nov 2025	Talk on sim-to-real machine learning for quantum sensing at the JST ASPIRE International Conference, Tokyo.
Sep 2025	Started my MSc at the Institute of Science Tokyo.

publications

2026

NeurIPS

Hidden Tails: Certifying Tail-Risk Claims under Selective Labels

El Mustapha Mansouri

Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2026

arXiv PDF Code

@inproceedings{mansouri2026hiddentailscertifying,
  title = {{Hidden Tails: Certifying Tail-Risk Claims under Selective Labels}},
  author = {Mansouri, El Mustapha},
  year = {2026},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  eprint = {2611.12713},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.12713}
}

NeurIPS

Fisher-Glass Learning: Classification Bounds and Subpopulation Audits

El Mustapha Mansouri

Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2026

arXiv PDF Code

@inproceedings{mansouri2026fisherglasslearning,
  title = {{Fisher-Glass Learning: Classification Bounds and Subpopulation Audits}},
  author = {Mansouri, El Mustapha},
  year = {2026},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)},
  eprint = {2611.12702},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.12702}
}

Optica

Fisher-Glass Metrology: The Illusion of Average-Certified Quantum Enhancement in Non-Self-Averaging Environments

El Mustapha Mansouri, Keigo Arai

Quantum Sensing and Metrology, Optica ImageSense Congress, paper QF1E.3, 2026 · Post-deadline paper

Paper

@inproceedings{mansouri2026fisherglassmetrology,
  title = {{Fisher-Glass Metrology: The Illusion of Average-Certified Quantum Enhancement in Non-Self-Averaging Environments}},
  author = {Mansouri, El Mustapha and Arai, Keigo},
  year = {2026},
  booktitle = {Quantum Sensing and Metrology, Optica ImageSense Congress},
  pages = {QF1E.3},
  publisher = {Optica Publishing Group},
  url = {https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=QSM-2026-QF1E.3}
}

arXiv

Collaborative AI agents for autonomous experimental research with solid-state quantum spins

El Mustapha Mansouri, Eikichi Kimura, Masato Koga, Keigo Arai

arXiv preprint arXiv:2610.40589, 2026

arXiv PDF Code

@misc{mansouri2026collaborativeaiagents,
  title = {{Collaborative AI agents for autonomous experimental research with solid-state quantum spins}},
  author = {Mansouri, El Mustapha and Kimura, Eikichi and Koga, Masato and Arai, Keigo},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2610.40589},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.40589}
}

arXiv

Current-dipole detection of microscale metal defects

Eikichi Kimura, Eisuke Oba, Yu Saito, Yuto Yamakawa, El Mustapha Mansouri, Takatada Saito, Seiji Goto, Hiroshi Mashima, Keigo Arai

arXiv preprint arXiv:2609.12458, 2026

arXiv PDF

@misc{kimura2026currentdipoledetection,
  title = {{Current-dipole detection of microscale metal defects}},
  author = {Kimura, Eikichi and Oba, Eisuke and Saito, Yu and Yamakawa, Yuto and Mansouri, El Mustapha and Saito, Takatada and Goto, Seiji and Mashima, Hiroshi and Arai, Keigo},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2609.12458},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.12458}
}

arXiv

Universal scaling of electrochemical information transfer at solid-liquid interfaces

Eikichi Kimura, Ashutosh Rathi, Saki Tsuchiya, El Mustapha Mansouri, Sara Mandić, Kristi Kanya Saikia, Keisuke Oshimi, Masazumi Fujiwara, Keigo Arai

arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.22190, 2026

arXiv PDF

@misc{kimura2026universalscalingelectrochemical,
  title = {{Universal scaling of electrochemical information transfer at solid-liquid interfaces}},
  author = {Kimura, Eikichi and Rathi, Ashutosh and Tsuchiya, Saki and Mansouri, El Mustapha and Mandić, Sara and Saikia, Kristi Kanya and Oshimi, Keisuke and Fujiwara, Masazumi and Arai, Keigo},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2607.22190},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.22190}
}

arXiv

Fisher Glasses: Tail-Certified Quantum Metrology in Quenched Environments

El Mustapha Mansouri, Keigo Arai

arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.01085, 2026

arXiv PDF

@misc{mansouri2026fisherglassestail,
  title = {{Fisher Glasses: Tail-Certified Quantum Metrology in Quenched Environments}},
  author = {Mansouri, El Mustapha and Arai, Keigo},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2607.01085},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.01085}
}

arXiv

Deployment-complete benchmarking

El Mustapha Mansouri, Keigo Arai

arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.25997, 2026 · Under review

arXiv PDF Code

@misc{mansouri2026deploymentcompletebenchmarking,
  title = {{Deployment-complete benchmarking}},
  author = {Mansouri, El Mustapha and Arai, Keigo},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2605.25997},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.25997}
}

arXiv

The Privacy Price of Tail-Risk Learning: Effective Tail Sample Size in Differentially Private CVaR Optimization

El Mustapha Mansouri

arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.16219, 2026 · Under review

arXiv PDF

@misc{mansouri2026privacypricetail,
  title = {{The Privacy Price of Tail-Risk Learning: Effective Tail Sample Size in Differentially Private CVaR Optimization}},
  author = {Mansouri, El Mustapha},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2605.16219},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.16219}
}

arXiv

Crystallographic Symmetry Generates Phononic Holonomic Gates with Biased-Erasure Channels

El Mustapha Mansouri, Keigo Arai

arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.10932, 2026

arXiv PDF

@misc{mansouri2026crystallographicsymmetrygenerates,
  title = {{Crystallographic Symmetry Generates Phononic Holonomic Gates with Biased-Erasure Channels}},
  author = {Mansouri, El Mustapha and Arai, Keigo},
  year = {2026},
  eprint = {2605.10932},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.10932}
}

2025

arXiv

Autonomous AI Bird Feeder for Backyard Biodiversity Monitoring

El Mustapha Mansouri

arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.09398, 2025

arXiv PDF Code

@misc{mansouri2025autonomousaibird,
  title = {{Autonomous AI Bird Feeder for Backyard Biodiversity Monitoring}},
  author = {Mansouri, El Mustapha},
  year = {2025},
  eprint = {2508.09398},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09398}
}

talks & posters

Oct 2026	Learning the NV-Visible Quotient of Equilibrium Quantum Magnetic NoiseAI4Sci 2026, AI4Physics track, Mainz (talk)
Oct 2026	Filter-Cone Certificates for Simulation-to-Reality Transfer in NV-Center Quantum ProtocolsAI4Sci 2026, AI4Physics track, Mainz (poster, with Keigo Arai)
Oct 2026	QuSafe Resolver: Grid-Validated Neural Safety Envelopes for Robust Qubit ControlAI4Sci 2026, AI4Physics track, Mainz (poster)
Mar 2026	Time-Resolved Photon-Arrival Readout Improves Nitrogen-Vacancy Center Spin Fidelity at Room TemperatureAPS March Meeting 2026 (talk, with Keigo Arai)
Nov 2025	Sim-to-real machine learning for quantum sensingJST ASPIRE International Conference, Tokyo (talk)

projects

Auctopus · Python package and CLI that runs a team of AI agents for experimental research, from research questions to a manuscript and a decision journal.
BenchCert · Package, CLI and web app that checks whether a benchmark's evidence is enough to justify a deployment decision.
NV-center notebook · Interactive notebooks explaining NV centers in diamond from first principles to quantum sensing.
QuSafe Resolver · Computes and validates safety certificates for quantum control under bounded controls and uncertainty.
Bird classifier · Detection and classification of 40 Belgian bird species for an autonomous, offline bird feeder.

experience

Jun 2026 – now	Hardware Research Intern, Nanofiber Quantum Technologies, Tokyo
Jan 2026 – now	Research Assistant, Quantum Informatics Group (Arai Lab), Institute of Science Tokyo
Feb – Mar 2026	Visiting Researcher, ZaQuant group, University of Stuttgart
Jan 2024 – Jun 2025	Teaching Assistant in Mathematics, Haute École Libre de Bruxelles

education

2025 – 2027	MSc, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Institute of Science TokyoThesis: Agentic machine learning for autonomous quantum experimentation.
2022 – 2025	Bachelor of Engineering Sciences, Université Libre de BruxellesThesis: Machine-learning methods for scientific signal classification and reliable evaluation.