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YvesDonato/README.md

Yves Donato

CS 5th Year · Sheridan College · Toronto, Canada

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About

Software developer and researcher with a passion for Computer Science since high school. Two internships at age 16, SHSM CS graduate, completed Computer Programming diploma in 2023. Currently pursuing an Honours Bachelor of Computer Science with published research on Large Language Models.

Education

  • Honours Bachelor of Computer Science — Sheridan College (Expected Spring 2026)
  • Computer Programming Diploma — Sheridan College (Spring 2023)
  • High School SHSM Computer Science — St. Mary Catholic Secondary School (Summer 2021)

Experience

  • Reliq Health — Software Development Intern (Winter 2020)
    Refactored 1000+ lines of healthcare web app code.
  • Weever Apps — QA Intern (Fall 2019)
    Created 100+ bug reports and technical documentation in Confluence.

Research

Effects of Chain-of-Thought Prompting Vs Reasoning LLMs

Jan 2025 – Present

Quantifying internal reasoning mechanisms in LLMs by benchmarking Chain-of-Thought prompting against native reasoning models.

  • Benchmarking on SWE-Bench and AIME 2025 datasets
  • Engineered a high-throughput evaluation pipeline in Rust and Python
  • Statistical analysis of performance differences and failure modes

Tech: Rust, Python, SWE-Bench, AIME 2025, Statistical Analytics


Featured Projects

Prismarine (5th Place)

5th Place @ CTRL+HACK+DEL · Feb 2026

Interactive research exploration platform that turns paper collections into a 3D similarity graph. Built with react-force-graph-3d and Three.js, backed by a FastAPI service aggregating arXiv, PMC, and Semantic Scholar with resilient fallbacks. Includes embedding-based linking (cosine similarity + kNN), ElevenLabs narration, and Docker Compose deployment via Coolify.

Event / Devpost · Live Demo · GitHub

Tech: React, Three.js, react-force-graph-3d, FastAPI, Semantic Scholar, ElevenLabs, Docker Compose, Coolify

NeuRizz (2x Category Winner)

2x Category Winner @ Hackville · Jan 2026

Real-time social simulation platform for neurodivergent users built with SvelteKit and Three.js, focused on a non-stimulating and accessible 3D interface. Integrated Google AI and ElevenLabs for low-latency voice agents, live sentiment analysis, conversational scoring, and emotive text-to-speech. Deployed on a secure self-hosted stack with Coolify and MongoDB.

Hackville / Devpost · Live Demo · GitHub

Tech: SvelteKit, Three.js, Google AI, ElevenLabs, Coolify, MongoDB


Other Projects

  • Custom Linux Desktop Environment (Feb 2024 – Present)
    • Automated development workflows with custom Linux, kernel config, and window manager scripting
    • Built a productivity chatbot with Python, Selenium, and Beautiful Soup
  • AcademAmigo (May 2024 – Dec 2024)
    • LLM-powered platform for flashcards/quizzing serving 15+ active students
    • Migrated frontend from React to SvelteKit with 5,000+ lines of TypeScript
  • Proxmox LLM Server (May 2025 – Jun 2025)
    • Built local AI infrastructure with Proxmox, Docker, and LXC
    • Rust API endpoints integrated with Ollama for autonomous agent workflows
  • Automated Resume Tailoring Pipeline (Nov 2025 – Dec 2025)
    • n8n pipeline for scraping job postings into SQLite
    • Python RAG-style resume compiler and REST API-driven LaTeX PDF generation

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