Ricky Kyaw

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Myat Hein (Ricky) Kyaw

BSc (Hons) Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Kingston University, London, 2024–2027.

Projects

  • Sep 2026Ransom, a chess engineFinalist in the Optiver AI Chessathon, out of 450–500 teams (UK and global). A search with SEE pruning and a trained evaluation model, built during the event, alone, with Claude Code. Python, numba, PyTorch. It also runs in the browser at rickydx.dev/play, rewritten in C and checked against the original on 104 positions.
  • 2026Nemo, a money trackerLive at nemoapp.xyz. My part: the first version of accounts, transactions, categories and transfers, and much of the sign-in work (the PIN screen, Google sign-in, email verification, a two-device limit). C#, .NET, Blazor WebAssembly, PostgreSQL.
  • 2025–2026One Project One MonthBackend (the server side) and QA (testing) for the website of a no-AI monthly build community for Burmese developers. Core website team of 12 contributors, 300+ participants across projects and proposals. Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL.
  • May 2026Machine learning, by handLinear regression and logistic regression written out by hand with gradient descent, to see how they work inside. Python, numpy. No AI.
  • Jul–Aug 2025A web server, from scratchReads requests straight off the network connection, using only what comes with Python. All tests of the CodeCrafters challenge passed.
  • Aug 2025A piece of git, from scratchPython versions of some of git’s inner commands: storing and reading objects, trees and commits. In progress.

All projects, with what is unfinished

Education

  • 2024–2027BSc (Hons) Computer Science and Artificial IntelligenceKingston University, London. ICPC contestant, October 2026, representing Kingston. Leader of the AWS Student Builder Group at Kingston.
  • Feb–Jul 2024NCUK International Foundation Year (A-level equivalent)Acumen International College, Yangon. Maths for Engineering A*, Computer Science A*, Physics A, EAP A. Completed in 5 months while learning academic English from the start.
  • 2022–2023IGCSEALSA International School, Yangon. Highlights: Further Pure Maths A* (top of school), Maths A*, Physics A*, ICT A*.
  • 2020–2022Interrupted yearsIndependent study while schools were closed by COVID and conflict.
  • 2012–2020KG to Grade 7Practising High School, Yangon University of Education (“TTC”), Yangon. Class monitor; consistently top of the grade.

Skills

Only what you can find in my code.

Languages
Python, C#, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript
Also used
.NET, Blazor, Spring Boot, React, PostgreSQL, AWS, PyTorch, numba

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  • Finalist in the Optiver AI Chessathon, out of 450–500 teams (UK and global). Built a chess engine with SEE pruning and a trained evaluation model during the event, alone, with Claude Code.
  • ICPC contestant, October 2026, representing Kingston University. Leader of the AWS Student Builder Group at Kingston.
  • IGCSE highlights: A* in Further Pure Maths (top of school), Maths, Physics and ICT. NCUK International Foundation Year: A* in Maths for Engineering and Computer Science, completed in 5 months.
  • Backend and QA for One Project One Month, a no-AI monthly build community for Burmese developers. Core website team of 12 contributors, 300+ participants.