Matteo Melis

Maths & CS Graduate | AI Software Engineer | Incoming AI Security PhD Researcher

Experience

Present

AI Software Developer Intern

AMD - AI Quantization Team

  • Implemented post training quantization (PTQ) algorithm from recent SOTA research paper (Qronos) into AMD's Quark quantization library.
  • Added support for low-bit precision (int3) quantization scheme's.
  • Evaluated internally quantized LLM's against popular benchmarks (MMLU, Piqa, WikiText perplexity, etc.).
2023-24

Software Engineer

Visa

  • Contributed to development of Visa's Merchant API and screens.
  • Backend development for Payment Processing Gateways for large institutional banks.
  • Initiated migration of server-based application to containerised platform.
2022

Automation Engineer Intern

Engineering Documentation Ltd.

  • Implemented Python library embedded into their 3D modelling software, Revit, levarging the available API to automate mundane tasks and solve complex geometry problems.
  • Eradicated the need for existing software library subscription of €2,000/m
  • Awarded globally recognised "BIM Hero" token of appreciation for my work.

Education

2021-25

Mathematics & Computer Science

Queen's University Belfast

  • First Class Honours - Final GPA of 89.3%.
  • Focus on AI, Financial Maths, and Abstract Algebra.
2021

Leaving Certificate

Coláiste Cholmcille, Ballyshannon

  • Achieved 625 (maximum) points in the Leaving Cert.
  • 6 H1's in Maths, Applied Maths, Physics, Accounting, Business and English.

Achievements

2024-25

The Thomas Wray Pure Mathematics Prize

Queen's University Belfast

  • Awarded for Excellence in Mathematics (BSc performance in Pure Mathematics)
  • Highest performing Mathematics graduate on the Pure Mathematics pathway.
2024-25

The Brian Conlon Financial Mathematics Prize

Queen's University Belfast

  • Awarded for best performance in final year Financial Mathematics examination.
  • Achieved best overall grade (92%) out of 80 other final year students.
2024

Quantum Computing Hackathon

University of Gdansk

  • Awarded Best Concept Prize for our proposal of quantum-safe modification to DNSSEC.
2022

Sustainability Hackathon Winner

Queen's University Belfast

  • Prompted with rising cost of living crisis, developed a web-application acting as a Data Analysis tool, highlighting 4 key drivers contributing to crisis .