Danyaal Khan

Danyaal Khan

I am a self-motivated .NET developer, currently in a software developer role at Squarepoint Capital. I graduated from King's College London in Computer Science with a specialisation in Artificial Intelligence.
I am interested developing my skills and knowledge in best practices around agile development, SOLID principles, and design patterns.
I have a passion for the use of creative solutions and novel technologies to benefit society, especially via open source projects. I have taught myself various programming concepts and regularly use online resources to foster my interest in groundbreaking research in fields such as Machine Learning.

Featured Projects

I have worked on many projects both professionally and personally. Throughout this time I have learned and developed many skills, alongside gaining firsthand experience with various technologies and frameworks.
The projects below showcase my use of some technologies I have experience with.

"NHS COVID Pass Verifier"

Covid Passport Scanner App

(C#, .NET, Xamarin)

The official NHS app used to verify COVID Passes. Can be used to scan passes for domestic events and international travel.
Adheres to a shared EU standard used across Europe for international COVID certificates.

GithubiOSAndroid

"GPT2 Article Generator"

AI Based Article Generator

(Python, TensorFlow)

An AI based application that generates fictional news articles from prompts the user inputs.
Articles are generated using a TensorFlow model based on OpenAI's GPT-2 model which I have specialised in article generation.
This was made as part of my dissertation project.

GithubVideo DemoDissertation

"KCL Buddies"

Student Buddy Scheme

(PHP, Laravel)

A scalable system to allow new students to be paired with buddies. Students are matched based on an algorithm that evaluates the similarity of each student's answers to a customisable questionnaire.
Selected to be in use by King's College London.

GithubVideo Demo

"NHS Scotland COVID Status"

Covid Passport App

(C#, .NET, Xamarin)

The official NHS Scotland app used to allow citizens to access their COVID certificates for domestic events and international travel.
Utilises identity verification to confirm the user's identity using government issued ID.

iOSAndroid

"WHILE Language Compiler"

Java Bytecode Compiler

(Scala)

A functional program that compiles a custom language to Java Bytecode, allowing code written in the language to be run on the Java virtual machine.

Github

"GPT2 Bot"

AI Based Chat Bot

(Python, TensorFlow, Discord API)

A discord bot that uses OpenAI's large text generating TensorFlow model called GPT-2 to allow users to generate text from Discord via the Discord API.

GithubGPT-2

Academics

Through hard work and dedication towards my studies I have achieved high grades, resulting in a First Class Honours in Computer Science with a specialisation in Artificial Intelligence.
Below are yearly cumulative course averages and a notable module result from each year.

Final Degree Grade
81%
Yr 2 Cumulative Avg
81.25%
Yr 1 Cumulative Avg
80.75%
Compilers & Formal Languages
95%
Theoretical CompSci
91%
Java Programming
92%

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