I'm a British Computer Science student at the University of Portsmouth, focused on Python and backend development. I'm currently on a year-long Technical Studentship at CERN (starting July 2026), working on data downsampling with the Data Monitoring Team.
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- Email: michaelrbparker@protonmail.com
- 😄 Pronouns: He/Him
- 🔬 Technical Student at CERN — data downsampling, Data Monitoring Team
- 🔭 Developer of Simplex, an open-source Discord bot running on 760+ servers with 87,000+ users
- 📄 Co-author of a published research paper on stock price prediction using ensemble machine learning models (International Journal of Financial Studies, 2024)
- 🎓 President of the University of Portsmouth IT Society, CS student representative, and I run a free weekly coding course for non-computing students
- 🏆 Hackathon and programming contest regular — Hack Pompey, UKIEPC
- Simplex Bot: A feature-rich open-source Discord bot I've maintained since 2021, now serving 760+ servers and 87,000+ users. Focused on automation, moderation, and easier server management. Built with Python 3.9, Py-Cord, and SQLite.
- Internet-Controlled Christmas Tree: A Raspberry Pi + Discord bot project letting anyone on the internet control my Christmas tree's LEDs — individual colours, patterns, and designs.
- Chef AI: A Flutter app that manages your virtual fridge and generates recipes from ingredients you already have, prioritising items by expiration date to cut food waste. Built with Dart, Flutter, and SQLite.
- Spoon Finder: A React Native navigation app that gives you a distance and compass bearing to your nearest Wetherspoons.
- Spotify Word Clouds: A Python 3.10 / Flask app that turns your Spotify listening history into a word cloud poster of your favourite artists and tracks.
- Python Fill-in-the-Blanks: A web tool for CS teachers — strips comments and docstrings from Python code and blanks out a chosen number of words to generate exercises.
- Simplistic Weather App: A simple forecast app built with Flutter, Dart, and the OpenWeather API.
- Modrinth Plugins: Java server utility plugins and mods for Minecraft, focused on quality-of-life improvements — 2000+ downloads.
- Languages: Python, Java, Dart, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, C
- Currently Learning: C, C++
- Frameworks/Libraries: Py-Cord, Discord.py, Django, Flask, FastAPI, Flutter, React Native
- Tools: Git, Visual Studio Code, SQL/SQLite, Raspberry Pi