Experience

Secondmind

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Scientist

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  Leading applied research for Bayesian optimization based solutions for client problems. Managing client communication for technical topics. Talent management and recruitment. Core developer of Secondmind Labs' open-source Tensorflow-based toolbox Trieste for Bayesian optimization. Organizing Secondmind Labs research seminar.

• Senior Machine Learning Researcher

  • Mar 2020 - Jul 2021

  Member of Model-based Reinforcement Learning team. Contributor to applied research and solution development for proof-of-concept reinforcement learning problems for clients. Core developer of Secondmind Labs' open-source Tensorflow-based toolbox Bellman for Model-based Reinforcement Learning. Organizing Secondmind Labs research seminar.



Barcelona School of Economics

• Spain
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Visiting Professor

  • Sep 2015 - Jul 2022

  Teaching machine learning courses to data science master students. Developed materials for the courses, from presentations and handouts to problems sets and exams. Mentored Master thesis. Courses: Stochastic models and optimization, Bayesian optimization, Computational Machine Learning, Introduction to Computing Teaching machine learning courses to data science master students. Developed materials for the courses, from presentations and handouts to problems sets and exams. Mentored Master thesis. Courses: Stochastic models and optimization, Bayesian optimization, Computational Machine Learning, Introduction to Computing



UCL

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • Apr 2017 - Mar 2020

  Computational neuroscience research on human learning, decision making, attention and confidence under supervision of Prof. Raymond Dolan and Prof. Peter Dayan. Computational neuroscience research on human learning, decision making, attention and confidence under supervision of Prof. Raymond Dolan and Prof. Peter Dayan.



Universitat Pompeu Fabra

• Spain
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Researcher

  • Sep 2011 - Jan 2017

  Thesis "Strategy Selection and Function Learning in Decision Making" (Cum Laude, supervised by Prof. Robin M. Hogarth). Teaching Assistant for various courses: Statistics, Machine Learning, Econometrics, Microeconomics, Game theory. Thesis "Strategy Selection and Function Learning in Decision Making" (Cum Laude, supervised by Prof. Robin M. Hogarth). Teaching Assistant for various courses: Statistics, Machine Learning, Econometrics, Microeconomics, Game theory.



UCL

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Researcher

  • Apr 2016 - Dec 2016

  Visiting Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit and Department of Experimental Psychology. Visiting Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit and Department of Experimental Psychology.



IPSOS Adria

• Zagreb

• Market Research Executive

  • Oct 2006 - Apr 2010

  Market researcher in the largest market research agency in south-east Europe, part of IPSOS Group. Coordinated projects in all stages, from quotations and research design to the data analysis and presentation of results. Successfully carried out more than 50 local and international projects. Key account manager. Market researcher in the largest market research agency in south-east Europe, part of IPSOS Group. Coordinated projects in all stages, from quotations and research design to the data analysis and presentation of results. Successfully carried out more than 50 local and international projects. Key account manager.