Alvie Mahmud

Computer Science Student / Web Developer

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Alvie Mahmud

Computer Science Student / Web Developer

Hi! I’m Alvie Mahmud, a Masters Computer Science Student at the University of Portsmouth currently working part time as a web developer.

I have great interest in technology and its advancements, and am always enthusiastic and eager to learn new things!

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technologies

[‘Python’, ‘Java’, ‘VB.NET’, ‘HTML’, ‘CSS’, ‘JavaScript’, ‘PHP’, ‘SQL’, ‘Laravel’ , ‘PyTorch’, ‘Jupyter Notebooks’, ‘Node.JS’, ‘SQLite’, ‘PostgreSQL’]

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skills

[‘Teamwork’, ‘Communication’, ‘Problem-solving’, ‘Leadership’, ‘Adaptability’, ‘and so many more’]

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hobbies

[‘Content Creation’, ‘News’, ‘PC Building’, ‘Cryptography’, ‘Blockchain’, ‘Films’, ‘Personal Finance’, ‘Photography’]

Socials:

HyperGadgets

YouTube Channel

This is my YouTube channel where you can find unboxings and reviews of consumer electronics in order for end-users to make informed buying decisions.

Self taught videography techniques and video and photo editing software. Experience in Adobe Creative Cloud Suite.

Experience with HTML, CSS, and WordPress in order to build a site for the channel.

Total of 230,000+ views. 70,000+ views publicly visible after rebrand.

Collage of three different thumbnails of videos from the HyperGadgets channel spliced together diagonally.

HyperGadgets

Unboxing, reviews and other videos about technology, consumer electronics, games and more!

Projects

Optimal Feature Selection for Stock Market Prediction

Utilising neural networks to identify & select optimal features to aid in predicting a stock market index's following day price direction. Utilising Python, PyTorch and Jupyter Notebooks, a hybrid neural network consisting of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and Long Short Term Memory (LSTM) networks were used, with the most optimal feature combination providing an accuracy of 57.50%.

https://github.com/Alvie/predicting-stocks-fyp
A chart showing one of the results of the Stock Market Prediction project where two accuracies are compared.

Discord Bot: eBay Used Hardware Price Checker

Discord bot that allows users to quickly find the average selling price of used computer hardware, based on sold listings from eBay. Utilising eBay APIs alongside Discord.JS, and Node.JS.

https://github.com/Alvie/price-check-ebay
An image showing the response from the Discord bot where an appropriate price range is predicted as well as the confidence in that result.

Bitcoin (and derivatives) Private Key Converter

This lightweight open-source tool converts WIF (Wallet Import Format) keys to have a version (sometimes called prefix) of 128 (0x80) in browser with Vanilla JavaScript and no dependencies / third-party libraries.

https://github.com/Alvie/private-key-converter
An image showing the output of private key in uncompressed and compressed Wallet Import Formats.