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Hey there! I'm Matteo Cotena, a 20-year-old iOS & macOS developer who lives for code, machine-learning and problem-solving. I love turning bold ideas into delightful, high-performance apps that make everyday life a little smarter.
I have recently completed the Pier Program at the Apple Developer Academy in Naples, where I developed products using the Agile/SCRUM framework. Throughout this experience, I consistently used Jira and Confluence as core tools and collaborated with an international team to ship fast, high-performance software with rapid iteration cycles.
My hands-on experience already includes five apps published on the App Store, reflecting the rapid growth I’ve achieved during the Academy.
I hold a diploma as an IT Specialist and have complemented it with several certifications, which you can view in the dedicated section.
Currently, I am also working as a freelancer, with over 10 successfully completed projects and 2 active ones in web and mobile development. I am actively seeking full-time opportunities, but if you're interested in having me build or implement something for you, feel free to get in touch!
• ObSeeVa (iOS Development): A cutting-edge mobile app designed for high-performance real-time video processing and computer vision. I engineered a low-latency camera pipeline using AVFoundation, integrated on-device tracking/segmentation using CoreML and Vision with custom YOLO models made by me, and developed a custom GPU-accelerated Metal shader dithering pipeline running ordered (Bayer 4x4) and Floyd-Steinberg filters at 60 FPS.
• Computational Petrography (macOS, Python & Creative Coding): An advanced scientific and artistic research system built in collaboration with Alessia Frezzetti. It merges LLM internal neural states with generative art. I built the native Swift macOS orchestrator to manage Python subprocesses, PyTorch/Transformers neural activation extraction (Top 5 alternative words at every model layer), and UDP OSC data streaming to TouchDesigner for real-time generative visualizations.
If you'd like to build something extraordinary together, let's connect and make it happen.