Hello, I'm
Matej Vatovec
About me
I'm Matej Vatovec a software developer specialized in AI from Slovenia. I recently completed my Masters degree in computer and information science in Ljubljana. Over the past year I worked on my Masters thesis focused on Weakly supervised animal detection.
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
Masters of computer and information science
University of Ljubljana,
2022-2025
Advanced algorithms and AI research.
Frontend developer intern
Outfit7,
2022
• Gained hands-on experience in building dynamic and responsive web applications using Vue.js and JavaScript. • Implemented updates on websites utilizing Gridsome and Nuxt.js frameworks. • Collaborated with graphic designers to implement visually appealing designs. • Diagnosed and resolved bugs on existing websites.
Undergrad of computer and information science
University of Ljubljana,
2018-2021
Started the journey into the world of web.
PROJECTS
Weakly supervised animal detection
Python, PyTorch, PytorchLightning, Pandas
Proposed and implemented improvements to weakly supervised DETR. Conducted a comparative analysis against state-of-the-art weakly supervised frameworks.
Animal detection dashboard
Vue.js, Javascript, Tailwind CSS, Django
Extension of my master's thesis, which enables easy use of models trained during my research.
Fantasy premier league assistant
Vue.js, Javascript, Tailwind CSS
A dynamic dashboard for Fantasy Premier League managers, built to provide real-time insights. The application interfaces with the official FPL REST API.
Slovene sentence paraphrasing
Python, Transformers (HuggingFace), Google Cloud
Leveraging back-translation techniques to fine-tune a T5 transformer. I engineered a synthetic dataset by translating Gigafida corpus samples into English and back to Slovene.
Pig posture recognition (Kaggle)
Python, PyTorch, Pandas
This active project serves as a sandbox for implementing advanced feature engineering, hyperparameter optimization, and ensemble modeling techniques to climb the leaderboard.
