Hanish
Abdulla

Computer Science @ University of Leeds

Software engineer focused on practical AI systems, automation, and product-led engineering from prototype to deployment.

Experience

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Activities Coordinator

Oct 2025 - Present

Led workshops on local LLM deployment, custom chatbot design, and practical model training. Directed planning and delivery for Leeds AI Week.

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Founding Community Host

Mar 2026 - Present

Selected as UK Founding Host for Vercel’s Zero to Agent (5k+ builders); led a 20–50 person workshop/build night on AI agent development with v0

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Software Engineer (Contract)

Feb 2025 - May 2025

Developed Feathr, a poultry management platform tailored for the Qatari market and presented it at the annual research forum.

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Software Engineering Intern

Apr 2024 - Sept 2024

Designed an OCR-powered parcel sorting system with 800 packages per hour throughput and built flight-path based routing logic.

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Co-Founder

Aug 2022 - Sept 2025

Taught robotics to 300+ students, donated STEM tools to under-resourced schools, and authored a robotics book.

Projects

M.A.S.H

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Proprietary OCR parcel sorting machine built from scratch with high throughput and low hardware cost. Patent pending.

Oryx

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Web app for organising and collaborating AI conversations into projects and threads, with multi-model switching in one place. Built with Convex and Clerk.

Ghost

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Repo-aware intelligence that learns from real coding sessions and generates sharper repo-specific behaviour over time.

Feathr

Cross-platform software built with TypeScript, Expo, and React Native for daily farm operations and tracking.

Epsilon

Converts lectures into interactive, searchable sessions through live transcription, grounded Q&A, and lecturer-side insights.

Education and Skills

University of Leeds

Modules: Python and C, Theoretical Foundations of Computer Science I, Computer Systems and Architecture.

Core stack

PythonEdge AIJavaScriptTypeScriptNext.jsExpoReactMySQLDocker

Publication

Becoming a Maker: A Condensed Introduction to Hobby Robotics

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