Thomas Downer's main drive is to find a new way in which to solve existing technological problems and make life a little better for the community around him. As a Bachelor of Computer Science student at the University of Adelaide, he has taken part in several coding challenges over the years and is an accomplished programmer focusing mainly on C++ and python. While trying to find a way to improve the community around him through the use of technology, he has also worked with a local Italian club, helping at some of the community days. Thomas is a highly focused person who enjoys driving projects forwards, a specific example of this are successful completion of data manipulation and generation of prediction models. After graduating Thomas aims to find to work that allows him to have a positive impact on the people around him whether that is done with a government agency or a private company.Outside of studying and personally set challenges, Thomas enjoys joining friends in online video games both working with full parties of friends and with people he didn't know before the start of the match.specialities: attention to detail, working thought problems, learning to use new technology