[Nomination] Dominica Amanfo #196
Description
Select one:
- I am nominating myself for the PyTorch Ambassador Program.
- I am nominating someone else to become a PyTorch Ambassador.
Please confirm that the nominee meets the following requirements:
- The nominee is 18 years of age or older.
- The nominee agrees to abide by the PyTorch Code of Conduct.
- The nominee agrees to comply with the Linux Foundation Antitrust Policy.
- The nominee meets at least one of the qualifications listed in the PyTorch Ambassador Program Requirements.
Nominee Name
Dominica Amanfo
Nominee Email
Nominee's GitHub or GitLab Handle
dominica-of
(Optional) Organization / Affiliation
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City, State/Province, Country
Rotkreuz, Zug, Switzerland
Your Name
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Your Email (Optional)
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How has the nominee contributed to PyTorch?
- An active contributor to PyTorch repositories (e.g., commits, PRs, discussions).
- A speaker at PyTorch events or workshops.
- A PyTorch user group organizer or meetup host.
- A researcher or educator using PyTorch in academic work or training.
- An active leader in the PyTorch community with at least one year of experience in:
- Organizing events (virtual/in-person).
- Speaking at AI/ML conferences.
- Mentoring others in PyTorch.
- Creating technical content (e.g., blogs, videos, tutorials).
🏆 How Would the Nominee Contribute as an Ambassador?
Pytorch ambassador
As a dedicated AI professional with a passion for developer advocacy and community engagement, I am deeply committed to contributing to the growth and vibrancy of the PyTorch community. My engagement would focus on three core pillars: education, mentorship, and community-building.
1. Knowledge Sharing & Education:
Having developed and authored technical content such as the TinyML on Arm course and PyTorch with ExecuTorch for Edge AI, I plan to contribute tutorials, blog posts, and learning paths tailored for beginners and intermediate users, particularly those in underrepresented regions. These resources will cover practical applications of PyTorch for embedded AI, cloud deployment, and model optimization.
2. Hosting Events & Technical Workshops:
I will organize hands-on virtual and in-person workshops, webinars, and hackathons to introduce developers to practical use cases of PyTorch. Collaborating with local developer communities across Africa and Europe (e.g., through Arm, Hochschule Luzern, YCEM and MakersPlace), I aim to create inclusive events that lower the barrier to entry for aspiring ML engineers.
3. Mentorship & Inclusion:
As a mentor to over 30 interns at 4th-IR and co-founder of YCEM, I have a track record of nurturing talent. I intend to establish a mentorship circle within the PyTorch ecosystem that offers guidance on building careers in AI, contributes to open source, and fosters a culture of peer-to-peer support, particularly for young women in tech.
With my experience in leading enterprise AI projects and engaging diverse developer groups, I am confident in my ability to help the PyTorch initiative thrive globally through accessible, actionable, and community-focused contributions.Any additional details you'd like to share?
Feature/Workshop/Talks Highlights:
• Celebrated for being the First external female engineer to write a learning path. Read more: https://community.arm.com/arm-ambassadors/b/blog/posts/breaking-barriers-dominicas-inspiring-journey
• Spotlighted in Arm's celebration of International Women in Engineering Day 2024. Read more: https://newsroom.arm.com/blog/international-women-in-engineering-day-2024-arm
• Delivered a workshop, and Showcased in "Building the Future of AI on Arm at AI Expo Africa 2024.". Read more: https://newsroom.arm.com/blog/ai-expo-africa-2024
• Arm(E³)NGAGE Arduino Cloud IoT Workshop ACity TEC, February 2024. Read more: https://tec.acity.edu.gh/2024/11/arm-e3ngage-arduino-cloud-iot-workshop-acity-tec-february-2024/
• Celebrating International Women in Engineering Day 2024 with Arm. Read more: https://newsroom.arm.com/blog/international-women-in-engineering-day-2024-arm
• Arm Developer Program: Women Engineering Spotlight. Read more: https://newsroom.arm.com/blog/women-engineering-spotlight
• YCEM AI Webinar. Read more
: https://www.ycem.org/events/past-events/exploring-the-world-of-ai
Project Highlights:
• Virtual KYC Analyst (4th-IR, 2022 - present): Serves as the AI lead on an NLP-driven KYC platform; that reduces customer onboarding risk while improving compliance
accuracy.
• IBM WatsonX GenAI Challenge (2024): 1st Place Winner (Team of 5) for building a
business-impacting GenAI solution. Read More:
https://de.newsroom.ibm.com/watsonx-GenAI-Challenge-Switzerland
• AI Blockchain Integration for Profila: Led a team to merge AI with blockchain for ethical data monetization. Read More: https://www.profila.com/
• Edge AI with TinyML: Designed the “TinyML on Arm with PyTorch and Executorch” course to aid global developers, especially in resource-constrained settings. Read More: https://learn.arm.com/learning-paths/embedded-and-microcontrollers/introduction-to-tinyml-on-arm/
• Cardiac Arrhythmia Detection: Co-led the development of a portable ECG device with
machine learning integrated to detect and classify 14 types of Cardiac arrhythmia,
presented at an international research conference in Japan.