University of Southampton · MEng Computer Science · Seeking Scientific Research Opportunities
Second-year MEng Computer Science student at the University of Southampton, with two years of industry experience processing and analysing large-scale real-world datasets. First-class average in year one. CompTIA Security+ certified. Seeking a data-focused internship, with a long-term goal of pursuing a PhD within the fields of computational biology, AI, or cybersecurity.
Lightweight fuzzy search engine for chemical and pharmaceutical name resolution. Resolves misspellings, phonetic confusions, and transcription errors (e.g., siprofloxasin -> ciprofloxacin). Built from scratch using a character n-gram inverted index with TF-IDF weighted scoring. Achieves 99.6% exact-match accuracy on 4,003 queries against a 4,005-word drug index.
A* pathfinding implementation developed as part of university coursework.
Converted messy XML data into structured CSV files using Bash, normalised it into relational tables, and built an SQLite database with queries for analysis.
A 5×5 chess engine implementing alpha-beta pruning with iterative deepening, quiescence search, and Zobrist hashing for transposition detection. Move ordering via MVV-LVA captures, killer moves, and history heuristic.
Processed and cleaned millions of records from raw database dumps using SQL, Bash, and regular expressions, before parsing with a custom Perl pipeline. Conducted OSINT research to identify and categorise affected domains from breach datasets. Supported internal product administration and collaborated using GitHub.
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| Higher Level (HL) | Standard Level (SL) |
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| Biology · 7 | Chemistry · 7 |
| Philosophy · 7 | Mathematics · 6 |
| English · 6 | Japanese · 6 |
Provided hospitality services to hospice residents and visiting families, ensuring dietary requirements and infection-control procedures were followed. Worked closely with nursing staff to support residents.