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zyannick/README.md

Yannick Zoetgnande, PhD | Senior Machine Learning Engineer

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Senior AI Engineer with over 8 years of experience building and deploying advanced machine learning models from concept to production. I have a proven track record in pioneering novel algorithms and architectures in generative AI and multimodal systems, and I'm passionate about building transformative, cutting-edge AI that seamlessly integrates into real-world workflows.


🛠️ My Tech Stack

Languages

Python C++ CUDA Rust

ML / AI

PyTorch Transformers Diffusion VAE LLaMA.cpp CLIP DVC ONNX

Infrastructure & MLOps

Docker Kubernetes GitHub Actions FastAPI AWS GCP PostgreSQL Redis


🚀 Featured Open Source Projects

🤖 AtaraxAI: High-Performance, Fully-Offline AI Assistant

  • Description: Architected and built a cross-platform, high-performance, fully-offline AI assistant from the ground up.
  • Core Feature: Features a custom, low-latency C++ core for efficient inference on consumer hardware.
  • Stack: Python, C++, llama.cpp, whisper.cpp, Tauri (React + Rust).
  • Repo: https://github.com/zyannick/Atarax-AI/

🔬 LogosRL: Finetuning Mixture-of-Experts LLMs with Reinforcement Learning

  • Description: A from-scratch framework to finetune MoE LLMs using RL algorithms (PPO, A2C, SAC) for mathematical reasoning and protein description generation.
  • Key Innovation: Implements tracking of dead experts by monitoring usage during training.
  • Repo: https://github.com/zyannick/LogosRL

📈 PathFormer-Reproduction: Time Series Forecasting on AWS

🧠 Aurelius: A Deep Learning Framework from Scratch


📈 Professional Experience Highlights

  • Bioaster (Senior MLE):
    • Architected a novel deep learning model, achieving state-of-the-art accuracy (+9%).
    • de novo peptide design, identifying 100 therapeutic candidates for in-vitro testing.
  • Genomic Vision (Computer Vision Engineer):
    • Authored novel methods for image reconstruction, increasing Recall by 10 points and reducing data analysis time by 30%.
    • Developed real-time C++/CUDA algorithms that enabled a 1.5x increase in sample throughput.
    • Deployed high-throughput inference services with Docker & ONNX, reducing latency by 20%.
  • Postdoctoral fellow in Machine Learning
    • Authored early detection models for infection prediction from ECG signals (48 hours before infection detection).
    • Interpreted ML models using explainability libraries (Captum) to ensure trust and interpretability.
  • PhD in Computer vision:
    • Designed efficient 3D reconstruction algorithms using stereo vision and SLAM principles on low-resolution thermal imagery.
    • Proposed robust calibration methods and sub-pixel matching techniques improving reconstruction accuracy in challenging environments.
    • Proposed robust calibration methods and sub-pixel matching techniques improving reconstruction accuracy in challenging environments.
  • Ensta Paristech (Intern):
    • Boosted real-time 3D SLAM pipelines with SIMD parallelization, achieving a 5x speedup vs. the OpenCV baseline.
  • ICOMG (Software Engineer):
    • Designed and built J2EE and ASP.NET applications (SQL, Javascript, C#, Java, Git, UML, Agile)

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  1. matt-42/vpp matt-42/vpp Public

    Video++, a C++14 high performance video and image processing library.

    C++ 731 112

  2. Atarax-AI Atarax-AI Public

    A full-featured AI assistant that runs entirely offline using llama.cpp, optimized for low-latency, high-accuracy inference on consumer-grade hardware

    C 10

  3. aurelius aurelius Public

    Neural network with C++ SIMD

    C++ 2

  4. PathFormer-Reproduction PathFormer-Reproduction Public

    Pathformer: Multi-scale Transformers with Adaptive Pathways for Time Series Forecasting

    Python 2

  5. LogosRL LogosRL Public

    Finetuning LLM for Reinforcement Learning (PPO, A2C, SAC) for mathematics, biology

    Python 1

  6. HyperSim HyperSim Public

    GPU-Accelerated Differentiable Physics Simulator for Large-Scale Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning.