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Software Developer & Researcher
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Yael Demers
Software Developer & Researcher
I'm a software developer and researcher specializing in building exceptional digital experiences. Currently focused on creating accessible, human-centered products at the intersection of design and engineering.
When I'm not coding, you'll find me exploring machine learning research, contributing to open-source projects, or diving into papers that push the boundaries of what's possible.
- Education
- Computer Science
- Focus
- Full-Stack & ML
- Status
- Building

Research
// exploring ideas at the frontier
Efficient Attention Mechanisms for Long-Context Language Models
Exploring novel attention patterns that reduce computational complexity while maintaining performance on downstream tasks. This work proposes a hierarchical attention scheme that scales linearly with sequence length.
- #NLP
- #Transformers
- #Efficiency
Federated Learning with Differential Privacy Guarantees
A framework for training machine learning models on distributed data while providing formal privacy guarantees. Demonstrates practical applications in healthcare and financial domains.
- #Privacy
- #ML
- #Distributed Systems
Get in Touch
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Have a project in mind or want to collaborate? I'm always open to discussing new opportunities and ideas.
- Canada
- Remote Friendly