Paul Martin McNeill

MSc Artificial Intelligence Queen's University Belfast Completed

• Modules: Foundations of AI; Machine Learning; Knowledge Engineering; Computer Vision; Natural Language Processing; Artificial Intelligence for Health.
• Themed Research Project.
• Studied remotely alongside full-time employment.

BSc (Hons) Computing, First Class The Open University 2025

• Final-year project: an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) application.
• Focus on artificial intelligence, data analytics and software engineering.

M816 Data Management (postgraduate module) The Open University 2026

• Data governance, data modelling and database optimisation.

A Levels St MacNissi's College, Garron Tower 2008

• Applied ICT (A), Biology (B), Geography (B), Chemistry (C).

Digital Solutions Developer & AI Consultant Consultancy contract with a UK water utility Nov 2025 – Present

• Built and maintain a weekly machine learning pipeline forecasting leakage for 1,253 district metered areas (DMAs), achieving R² = 0.965 and MAE = 0.111 l/s.
• Monitor model reliability in operation: diagnosed feature drift, a systematic regional over-prediction bias and changes in the number of assessable DMAs, and added physical constraints to forecasts.
• Built cleaning and harmonisation pipelines for large operational datasets recorded at different resolutions and in different units, and integrated Met Office and Open-Meteo weather data as model inputs.
• Developed a DMA priority score analysis to target leak detection resources across the network.
• Support regulatory reporting using water balance, minimum night flow (MNF) and IWA leakage methods.

Creative Director / Technical Lead Paramount Perceptions (self-employed) Mar 2019 – Present

• Design and build AI-assisted web applications and analytics for clients in healthcare, education and retail, including LLM-based tools and predictive models.
• Manage projects end to end, including GDPR-compliant data handling and communication with stakeholders.

CRM Systems Coordinator Industrial Temps, Belfast Nov 2018 – Mar 2019

• Consolidated CRM data and reporting from multiple sources; trained staff, improving data accuracy by over 25%.

IT & Database Systems Manager Platinum Support & Care Services, Ballycastle May 2016 – Nov 2018

• Designed a central database and Power BI KPI dashboards, reducing administrative workload by 40%.

River early warning across 671 British catchments 2026

Reproducible study on CAMELS-GB: forecasting river flow and flood and low-flow warnings 1 to 7 days ahead without future weather; transfer to unseen regions and a drier climate; a regional LSTM against gradient boosting; calibrated forecast ranges. Code.

Drug response beyond a single marker 2026

Reproducible study on GDSC (924 cancer cell lines): how much wider gene data adds to PTEN status, a measured feature-selection leak, and the stability of clusters and explanations. Code.

AI-Powered AAC App assistive communication for non-verbal users 2024

• Built end to end a mobile and web app for non-verbal users, with on-device next-word and phrase prediction (an offline n-gram model with an opt-in personal layer and a small reranker; each suggestion shows why it was offered) that personalises with use, pictogram vocabularies and camera-based scene captioning.
• Evaluated through weekly pilots with users and caregivers: 35–50% faster time-to-utter for common phrases (pilot, n = 7) and +40% caregiver satisfaction with session clarity.
• Designed for WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility and GDPR-first privacy (anonymised telemetry, consent flows, data export and deletion), with a caregiver analytics dashboard; React Native, React, Firebase.

Aurora, connected-care reporting

• End-to-end ETL and Power BI reporting on visits, workforce and finance, built on synthetic NHS data.

AI-enhanced social care management

• Client management system with an NLP assistant, predictive analytics and safety monitoring.

Digital Volunteer RSPB Northern Ireland, Rathlin Island Project 2024 – Present

• Help develop Rathlin360.com, a digital platform on the island's biodiversity, conservation and heritage, working with conservation and education teams.