Andrei Matveev

CardCounting was a huge project for Hard Rock casinos. The whole idea was to detect people who count cards in Blackjack, which is legal but may cause a huge loss to the casino.

The service, built in the form of a desktop application, obtains images of a gaming table from a few high-resolution cameras and performs full game monitoring.

We used different techniques for object recognition, like card value/suit, chips, cash, dealer’s hands, and other unrelated objects (based on OpenCV and SentiSight libraries). Then we processed the data, performing gameplay process simulation. After that, we applied all existing gaming and counting strategies to the processed data and compared them to the current player's behavior. Thus, we can tell if any of players is following some of these strategies.

As a result, the first two stages of the project were completed and we obtained almost 100% recognition quality; we were getting correct game status (if someone is winning or not) and could definitely tell if the player was counting.

Created a fully interactive video conferencing service (many to many), both front-end and back-end, with a rich set of tools (multiple speakers, conducting polls and surveys, gathering feedback, providing statistics, working with live users, etc). Designed the project and architecture. Developed supportive services (online video editor, reports generator) and a mobile version. Set up various events/callbacks on WMS server, recording video, screen sharing, etc. Worked with high load systems (up to 10,000 viewers per conference). Worked with a team (manager, designers, developers).

Camgoals.com is a social network based on adult content. Created a full-scale social network from scratch. The whole social network is done as an SPA with all visual interactions created using adjustable widgets. Used web sockets for real-time widgets (chat, money transfers, media sharing, messaging protocols, etc). Created a one-to-one video chat and one-to-many video broadcasting based on WebRTC technology. Constantly improved the video chat, adapting it to current changes in WebRTC, making it low-latency and suitable for lots of connections. Created a mobile version and made it stable for all platforms and browsers (also supporting video chats for mobiles). Worked in a high-load system (thousands of users on the site and subscribed to videos).

Veilability is Australia's only wedding search engine, with a functionality similar to AirBnb or any other property-searching engine with emphasis on bride-venue interaction. Upgraded the existing service with new functionality and user interface. Converted the site to be fully responsive. Created reports and made fast but complex searches along with optimization of data storing. Added new features, widgets, and functionality. Interacted with third parties (payment services, invoices management services, mail services, etc). Developed payment and invoice system from scratch. Handled global optimization. Worked with a team (manager, designer, UI, and SEO specialist). Created the mobile version.

Created a UI (including mobile version) for an online food ordering site in UAE and Kuwait. All controls are done to be rendered both in left-to-right (English version) and right-to-left (Arabic version). Created a lot of custom controls. Worked on a mobile application (which is essentially the copy of the site)

The AI on CondinGame platform (a big online European system for coding, competition, programming logic tasks, AI programming, etc). Currently, I'm in the top 100 of all users, and my last competition results are pretty high.