Maths & CS Graduate | AI Software Engineer | Incoming AI Security PhD
Researcher
Experience
Present
AI Software Developer Intern
AMD - AI Quantization Team
Implemented post training quantization (PTQ) algorithm from
recent SOTA research paper (Qronos) into AMD's Quark
quantization library.
Added support for low-bit precision (int3) quantization
scheme's.
Evaluated internally quantized LLM's against popular benchmarks
(MMLU, Piqa, WikiText perplexity, etc.).
2023-24
Software Engineer
Visa
Contributed to development of Visa's Merchant API and screens.
Backend development for Payment Processing Gateways for large
institutional banks.
Initiated migration of server-based application to containerised
platform.
2022
Automation Engineer Intern
Engineering Documentation Ltd.
Implemented Python library embedded into their 3D modelling
software, Revit, levarging the available API to automate mundane
tasks and solve complex geometry problems.
Eradicated the need for existing software library subscription
of €2,000/m
Awarded globally recognised "BIM Hero" token of appreciation for
my work.
Education
2021-25
Mathematics & Computer Science
Queen's University Belfast
First Class Honours - Final GPA of 89.3%.
Focus on AI, Financial Maths, and Abstract Algebra.
2021
Leaving Certificate
Coláiste Cholmcille, Ballyshannon
Achieved 625 (maximum) points in the Leaving Cert.
6 H1's in Maths, Applied Maths, Physics, Accounting, Business
and English.
Achievements
2024-25
The Thomas Wray Pure Mathematics Prize
Queen's University Belfast
Awarded for Excellence in Mathematics (BSc performance in Pure
Mathematics)
Highest performing Mathematics graduate on the Pure Mathematics
pathway.
2024-25
The Brian Conlon Financial Mathematics Prize
Queen's University Belfast
Awarded for best performance in final year Financial Mathematics
examination.
Achieved best overall grade (92%) out of 80 other final year
students.
2024
Quantum Computing Hackathon
University of Gdansk
Awarded Best Concept Prize for our proposal of quantum-safe
modification to DNSSEC.
2022
Sustainability Hackathon Winner
Queen's University Belfast
Prompted with rising cost of living crisis, developed a
web-application acting as a Data Analysis tool, highlighting 4
key drivers contributing to crisis .