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General Information

Full Name Hritik Arasu
Title Machine Learning & Computational Neuroscience Researcher
Languages English, Python, Java, C, C++, Swift, HTML, MySQL, R, Solidity, MATLAB, Rust

Education

  • May 2024 - Dec 2025
    MS in Neuroscience
    University of Texas at Austin
    • GPA - 4.0
  • Aug 2020 - May 2024
    BS in Statistics & Computer Science
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Minor in Psychology
    • GPA - 3.87

Publications

  • 2026
    Real-time Reconstruction of Human Visual Perception from fMRI
    • arXiv:2607.22753
    • Real-time decoding and reconstruction of visual experience from fMRI, extending the MindEye line of work
  • 2025
    ArtifactGen
    • arXiv:2509.08188 - Benchmarking WGAN-GP vs Diffusion for Label-Aware EEG Artifact Synthesis
    • Generative modeling of sleep EEG artifacts for augmentation and robustness
  • 2025
    StableSleep
    • arXiv:2509.02982 - Source-Free Test-Time Adaptation for Sleep Staging with Lightweight Safety Rails
    • Implemented SoTA models on the Sleep-EDFx dataset
  • 2025
    Focused Ultrasound for Movement Disorders
    • Journal of Neurophysiological Monitoring, 3(3), 21-29
    • Systematic review of efficacy and safety evidence

Conferences & Workshops

  • July 2026
    Allen Institute Modeling Software Workshop
    Seattle, WA
    • Participant - bio-realistic neural network modeling (BMTK, SONATA, VND)
  • May 2026
    CoNECTOME 2026
    Seattle, WA
    • Poster presentation at the UW Computational Neuroscience Center symposium
  • Dec 2025
    NeurIPS 2025
    San Diego, CA
    • Poster - ArtifactGen, GenAI4Health Workshop
    • Live demo - Real-time MindEye
  • Aug 2024
    CCN 2024
    Cambridge, MA
    • Attendee

Research Experience

  • Nov 2025 - Present

    Seattle, WA

    Machine Learning Researcher
    Tibbling Technologies
    • Investigating neurofeedback modeling and neural decoding paradigms for closed-loop BCI applications
    • Designing and maintaining internal research software and end-to-end data pipelines
  • Oct 2025 - Present

    Remote

    Contributor
    MedARC
    • Contributed architectural improvements and performance optimizations to the Real-time MindEye model, presented at NeurIPS and ICML
    • Co-authored the resulting preprint, Real-time Reconstruction of Human Visual Perception from fMRI (arXiv:2607.22753)
  • May 2025 - Dec 2025

    Dallas, TX

    Research Associate
    Global Innervation
    • Developed machine learning pipelines for EMG and EEG signal classification and analysis
    • Co-authored three papers under faculty mentorship, including a peer-reviewed publication in the Journal of Neurophysiological Monitoring and two arXiv preprints submitted to top-tier ML conferences
  • June 2025 - Aug 2025

    Remote

    Data Scientist
    Nervio
    • Built an organization-wide internal tool for interactive EEG and SSEP visualization and annotation
    • Conducted collaborative signal analysis to support clinical decision-making workflows
  • Aug 2024 - Jan 2025

    Austin, TX

    Research Associate
    CoCo-Neuro Lab, UT Austin
    • Curated a large-scale video database of facial stimuli using automated ML-based filtering and web scraping
    • Co-developed experimental tooling for human behavioral studies; collected and managed participant data
  • Aug 2023 - June 2024

    Urbana-Champaign, IL

    Research Assistant
    Yu Lab, UIUC
    • Collaborated with the PI and PhD candidates on neuroscience research examining the role of astrocytes in learning
    • Led development of neural activity classification and animal behavior models; assisted with in-vivo experiments
  • Jan 2022 - Aug 2022

    Urbana-Champaign, IL

    Student Researcher
    IRisk Lab, UIUC
    • Conducted quantitative risk analysis and built financial modeling tools in Python under the supervision of Dr. Runhuan Feng
    • Developed smart contract prototypes in Solidity for decentralized insurance applications

Industry Experience

  • Aug 2025 - Jan 2026

    Seattle, WA

    Co-Founder
    Sellma.ai
    • Designed and deployed ML models and data pipelines powering agentic focus groups segmented by customer demographics
    • Delivered measurable impact for early customers, driving up to a 400% increase in business outcomes
    • Led user research and closed early sales engagements to validate product-market fit
  • Oct 2023 - May 2024

    Remote

    Web Development Intern
    PuzzleLabs
    • Developed domain-specific large language models as a core member of the engineering team
    • Engineered automated web scraping pipelines across multiple platforms to support data acquisition
  • May 2023 - Aug 2023

    Chicago, IL

    Software Engineering Intern
    United Airlines
    • Contributed to the Bag Manager platform (C++, JavaScript, AWS, Spring Boot, Kafka) serving 400K+ daily passengers
    • Managed agile workflows across a 20-person team, grooming 20+ user stories per sprint with 90% on-time delivery
  • June 2021 - Aug 2021

    Seattle, WA

    Engineering Intern
    Kernel Labs
    • Engineering Intern at a startup studio working to develop MVPs
    • Held meetings with clients to gain further design insights into what the application requires
    • Used TensorFlow to mask and segment images for body parts and their lengths
    • Used Python to scrape images of models/celebrities from Google and preprocess them for testing the product
    • Created formulas to translate body dimensions into sizes of clothing in JavaScript
    • Developed mobile front-end in Swift and tested on an upcoming location-based tourism mobile app

Projects & Service

  • Nov 2025 - Mar 2026

    Remote

    Comets AI Research (CAIR)
    Research Associate
  • Aug 2023 - May 2024

    Urbana-Champaign, IL

    Informatics Fraternity Psi Eta Mu
    Pledge Director
  • Aug 2022 - Jan 2024
    Natural Language Processing Tutorial
    Creator
    • Created and maintained an open-source NLP tutorial series in Python (PyTorch), covering foundational architectures with visualizations and benchmark datasets
  • Feb 2022
    Construct Energy App
    HackIllinois 2022 Winner
    • Built an interactive energy modeling web application with dynamic visualizations of residential energy consumption
    • Deployed with Heroku, dataset from UCI, built with CSS and JS, modeled using Python

Technical Skills

  • Languages
    • Python, Java, C, C++, Swift
    • HTML, MySQL, R, Solidity, MATLAB, Rust
  • Frameworks & Tools
    • PyTorch, TensorFlow, NumPy, CUDA, JAX
    • TypeScript, Node.js, AWS Suite, EEGLab

Academic Interests

  • Brain-Computer Interfaces
    • Developing novel brain-computer interface systems
    • Exploring applications of BCIs in healthcare and communication
  • Neural Decoding
    • Reconstructing perceptual experience from neuroimaging data
    • Real-time and closed-loop decoding for neurofeedback
  • Neural Dynamics
    • Researching continuous learning in neural networks
    • Synthesis and augmentation of neural data
  • Social Psychology
    • Building socially adept large language models
    • Investigating ethical implications of social LLMs

Other Interests

  • Hobbies
    • Hiking
    • Tennis
    • Lifting
    • Cooking
  • Reading
    • The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson
    • Guns, Germs, and Steel - Jared Diamond
    • The Martian - Andy Weir
    • Bad Blood - John Carreyrou