Yael Demers Email & Phone Number

Montreal, QC, CA

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Built financial models using statistical learning methods (multivariate regression, risk analysis, and PCA) to reduce fire risk for electric utilities, supporting 3+ clients across North America
• Developed and implemented ETL and NLP tools to automate data processes, including n-grams, Levenshtein distance, and dataset comparison tools
• Analyzed client business needs and defined asset modeling requirements, such as degradation, risk, cost, and decision-making policies, to drive scenario analysis
• Consolidated and processed large datasets from clients (1,000,000+ individual assets), enhancing decision-making model development and ensuring data accuracy

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Co-founded a company specializing in the design, development, and publishing of tabletop games, overseeing all creative and operational aspects
• Led game design and development, with the flagship game selected as a Finalist in the Créazone Design Competition at the Salon du Jeu et du Jouet du Québec
• Conducted over 250+ playtesting sessions to ensure quality assurance and optimize game mechanics, enhancing player experience and engagement
• Managed business development initiatives, including website development, marketing strategies, and industry networking.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Cosmology and Machine Learning (Aug 2022 - Sept 2023)Topic: Leveraging symmetry of in-painting methods emerging from radio astronomy measurements
• Spearheaded the development of a machine learning model utilizing in-painting techniques derived from radio astronomy data, using Keras and TensorFlow
• Built a multi-input convolutional neural network (CNN) to account for the daily symmetry in measurements captured by the HERA radio telescope
• Implemented custom DSS (deep sets with symmetric elements) layers into a U-Net structure to mitigate radio frequency interferences in HERA measurementsQuantum cryptography (Jan 2022 - May 2022)Topic: Soundness.
• Led the optimization of quantum cryptographic protocols, enhancing the security of monetary transactions and exploring potential real-world applications
• Achieved a 33% reduction in the upper bound of soundness error in zero-knowledge protocols, significantly improving their reliability

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Devised a full stack application to monitor customers’ advertising campaigns, managing over 10+ report models using React, TypeScript, and Java within AWS cloud infrastructure
• Designed and launched a Backends-for-Frontends (BFF) service, optimizing data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) processes from AWS internal APIs via AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS), Docker, and S3
• Deployed Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI/CD) pipelines using AWS tools, including automated testing, enabling seamless deployments and improving development efficiency in an agile environment

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Developed a web application to support collaborative decision-making processes under the supervision of Professor James Lapalme, utilizing the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js)
• Integrated core functionality, including CRUD operations, user authentication, commenting, and voting features to enhance group collaboration and decision-making
• Designed and implemented the application’s user interface and user experience (UI/UX) following Material Design principles

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Developed a data cleansing application in Java and Talend to parse, update and optimize customer databases
• Led the software migration to support ETL processes, ensuring smooth data integration and enhancing system performance
• Conducted a capstone study on the impact of artificial intelligence in healthcare environments, exploring its potential applications and challenges

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Major Physics And Computer Science

• Minor Statistics, Dean’s Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research List • Game Development Club (Executive Team, Mentor, VP Tech)

Dec, Pure And Applied Science