Nicolò Bonettini
Senior Applied Scientist (AI - Vision) at Reality Defender
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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Top SchoolNicolò Bonettini is a Senior Applied Scientist specializing in computer vision and multimedia forensics, with a decade of experience bridging academic research and product-focused ML at Reality Defender. Currently finishing a PhD at Politecnico di Milano, he applies deep learning to detect and analyze manipulated image and video content, and has taught hands-on multimedia signal processing labs. His background includes research roles and industry collaborations (including YC-backed Reality Defender and Bending Spoons), giving him a pragmatic focus on deploying robust AI vision systems. Based in Milan, he combines rigorous academic methods with production engineering to tackle real-world misinformation challenges, and is known for translating forensic research into operational models.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma di Maturità Scientifica, Liceo Scientifico-Tecnologico, Diploma di Maturità Scientifica, Liceo Scientifico-Tecnologico at ITIS A.Volta, SassuoloMaster Degree, Computer Science and Engineering, Master Degree, Computer Science and Engineering at Politecnico di MilanoLaurea triennale, Ingegneria informatica, Laurea triennale, Ingegneria informatica at Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Italian, English
Github Skills (61)
face10
paper10
face-recognition10
emotion-recognition9
facial-recognition9
manipulation9
extraction9
facial-expression-recognition9
facenet9
openface9
backup9
encryption8
sftp8
python8
embedding8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
polimi-ispl/python_patch_extractor
Mar 2018 - Jul 2021
N-dimensional patch extractor
Contributions:24 commits, 7 PRs, 7 pushes in 3 years 4 months
patchn-dimensionaldimensional
polimi-ispl/prnu-anonymization-detector
Jan 2019 - Sep 2019
Contributions:32 commits, 2 pushes, 1 comment in 7 months
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