Kevin Toner

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Machine Learning Master's graduate from the world's first AI univeristy - the Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI.

Email: kevintoner123@gmail.com
LinkedIn: Kevin Toner
Github: kevintoner
CV: Kevin Toner


Education

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St Patrick's College Maghera
Secondary School

I came top in A-Levels at my school with 3 A* (Maths, ICT, Physics) and 1 A (Chemistry).
I came runner-up in GCSEs at my school with 9 A* and 1 A.

September 2007 - June 2015

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Hastings College (America)
Business Major

I studied Business here for just one year as part of the Study USA program run by the British Council.
I was on the Dean's List for both semesters.
I achieved a 4.0 GPA overall.
I was awarded the
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August 2018 - May 2019

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Queen's University Belfast
Computer Science

First Class Honors (4.0 GPA)
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October 2015 - Present

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Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning

I was part of the first batch of students to graudate from this university. (3.90 GPA).
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January 2021 - January 2023



Work Experience

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Infosys
(Bangalore, India)
Software Engineer Intern

I worked with automated Android app testing.
I also worked with inhouse webpage testing software to test if webpages were consistent in design.

June 2017 - August 2017

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SpotX
(Belfast, N. Ireland)
Software Engineer Intern

Initially I worked in a team where we had to fix problems on a large range of things throughout the company, for example, problems associated with ads, this involved looking at the ads’ code and getting data from databases.
Another main task with this role was generating reports from databases for clients.
Next I worked in a development team where I coded the backend to websites using Scala and PHP.

September 2017 - August 2018


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EventMap
(Belfast, N. Ireland)
Software Engineer Intern

I worked with .NET using C# and HTML to help to develop the backend of websites.

May 2019 - June 2019

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MakoLab
(Lodz, Poland)
Software Engineer Intern

I worked with .NET using C# and HTML to help to develop the backend of websites.
An example of a typical task: Create C# code that would read a table from a certain web page and use this information to update a database.
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June 2019 - September 2019



Skills

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Android Development

I have a lot of experience developing Android apps with both Java and Kotlin.
During second year a university I devloped a card game as part of a team in Java.
Please see below for a showcase of the apps I developed.

September 2007 - June 2015

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iOS Development

I developed one app using Swift in XCode.
I am currently in the process of programming of my Android apps into an iOS app.

August 2018 - May 2019

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Web Development

I have a wide range of experiences in web development as mentioned above in 'Work Experience'.
Also I've had experience in it with a few of my classes at university.

October 2015 - Present



App Showcase

2048 App
2048
Java

This is the equivalent of the original 2048 app (without the animations).

December 2018

2048 App
MineSweeper
Java

This is like the original MineSweeper app.

February 2019

2048 App
Guess the Movie: Emoji
Kotlin

The player has to guess the movie based on the emojis using the letters provided.
There are three different boosts to assist players.

January 2020



Notable Experiences

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Common Purpose Global Leader Experience conference
(Kuala Lumpur, Malayasia)

I worked in a team of 12 people tasked with the main objective of exploring the major world challenge “What makes a city smart?” and coming up with an idea related to this.

June 2016

2048 App
Beijing Institute of Technology, Summer Program
(Beijing, China)

This was a month long intensive Chinese Language study program including three integrated courses: Basic Chinese, Conversation, and Chinese Listening.
This program also covered Chinese culture.

July 2018

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Model United Nations (with Hastings College)
(New York, America)

I was part of a college team representing the country of Montenegro.
We had to negotiate and persuade other countries to pass legislation that would benefit our country the most.

April 2019


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Inspiring Leaders
(Belfast, N. Ireland)

This is a leadership program at Queen’s supported by the William J. Clinton Leadership Institute. This program taught me how to translate my leadership and employability experiences into employability skills.

June 2016

2048 App
Kainos App Camp
(Belfast, N. Ireland)

This was a 2 week look intensive training session where I was taught how to develop apps for iOS.

July 2018

2048 App
Rafiki Tanzania
(Moshi, Tanzania)

I travelled to Tanzania with a group of students to assist with school projects that this charity supports. I had, as part of this experience, to raise funds for the charity; I raised £4,000 which was used in the projects. In Tanzania I worked on the refurbishment of school buildings.

Summer 2014


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Pope John Paul II Award
(Belfast, N. Ireland)

Achieved Gold Pope John Paul II Award for services to my local church and community.

June 2016

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Insight into Management
(Belfast, N. Ireland)

This is a program designed to help students develop management and team-working skills. This 3-day course is an interactive series of business games, simulations, case studies and presentations led by recent graduates in management positions.

July 2018

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Hackathons
(London, England)

This was a 24-hour hackathon in London run by Deutsche Bank and the charity Autistica. Here I worked as part of a multicultural team to develop an Android app aimed to assist autistic children.

April 2019



University Projects

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Social Media Development
Programming Network-Based Systems

I achieved 100% for this project.
I developed a simple social network in PHP using SQL to allow login and message functionality.
This was a group task with one other student.

February - April 2019

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Statistics
Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics

I achieved top in the class with 98% (average was 72.1%).
I had to use R to calculate the values of certain features for a range of images. for example the width of them and the number of pixels with one neighbor.
I then analysed the data, by conducting a range of data analysis techniques such as ANOVA and pairwise t-tests.

October - November 2019

2048 App
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics

I had to conduct a range of machine learning techniques on a dataset of doodles.
These techniques included using decision trees and logistical regression.

December - January 2019



References

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Mateus Brozyna
Head of Business Solutions

+48422392850
mateusz.brozyna@makolab.com
Makolab, Ogrodowa 8, 91-062 Łódź, Poland

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Dr Paul Miller
Senior Lecturer

+442890971809
p.miller@qub.ac.uk
Queen’s University Belfast, Computer Science Building, Belfast, BT9 5BN