Hi, I'm James Yap.

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I am a Polyglot software developer, a Vim Motions addict, and a Linux / FOSS aficionado. I make videos on web development technologies. My interests lie in the ethereal fields of 💻 Computer Science, ⚛ Physics, ➕ Mathematics, and 📡 Science Communication.

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Highlights.

DriveSafe AI

Driver Risk Assessment on Dashcam Footage and Machine Learning

CleanVision AI

Automatic Recycling Sorting using OpenCV + Machine Learning

Portfolio.

IETF RFC-7950 YANG to TS Compiler

CLI tool to automagically parse and compile YANG models into Typescript types with respect to Nokia SDN extended RESTCONF implementation. Lexer/parser grammar based on ANTLRv4.

Forced Perspective Illusion in Three.js

Recreation of the 'Superliminal' game's 'Forced Perspective' effect using Three.js. Used Raycaster, Quaternion Rotations, Bounding Boxes, and Linear Transformations.

Webots LIDAR Visualizer + Pathfinding Controller

A Webots controller to process realtime spacial LIDAR data from a simulated GCTronic' e-puck's LIDAR module using the Webots DisplayApp class.

HeapViz

An interactive visualization of the heap data structure built with p5.js to teach an algorithms class at Carleton University as a Teaching Assistant.

SnakeViz

Another interactive visualization of the Breadth-first Search (BFS) algorithm I built as a Teaching Assistant for a class of 700+ students. This time, it's the Snake Game!

TranslatePivot

A simple geometric demonstration to illustrate .attach() vs .add() in three.js

Timeline.

2025

January 2025 - April 2025

Web Developer - Co-op/Intern

Nokia Corporation

Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics corporation, originally established as a pulp mill in 1865.

2024

September 2024 - December 2024

Software Development Engineer

Ouster Inc

Ouster, Inc. is an American lidar technology company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It builds high-resolution, digital 3D lidar sensors for use in autonomous vehicles, industrial, robotics, drones, mapping, defense, and security systems.

May 2024 - August 2024

Full Stack Developer (Co-op)

Ross Video Ltd

Ross Video Ltd is a privately held Canadian company that designs and manufactures equipment for live event and video production.

January 2024 - April 2024

LSI Mentorship

Borealis AI

Borealis AI creates real-world impact through scientific pursuit. Borealis AI researches, designs, and builds AI products and technologies that transform RBC businesses and shape the future of finance.

2023

September 2023 - Present

Teaching Assistant

Carleton University

Assist Carleton University's COMP2402 Abstract Data Types and Algorithms course instructor in teaching a class of 700+ students.