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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
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May 2024 - Dec 2025 MS in Neuroscience
University of Texas at Austin - GPA - 4.0
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Aug 2020 - May 2024 BS in Statistics & Computer Science
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Minor in Psychology
- GPA - 3.87
Publications
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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
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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
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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
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2025 Focused Ultrasound for Movement Disorders
- Journal of Neurophysiological Monitoring, 3(3), 21-29
- Systematic review of efficacy and safety evidence
Conferences & Workshops
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July 2026 Allen Institute Modeling Software Workshop
Seattle, WA - Participant - bio-realistic neural network modeling (BMTK, SONATA, VND)
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May 2026 CoNECTOME 2026
Seattle, WA - Poster presentation at the UW Computational Neuroscience Center symposium
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Dec 2025 NeurIPS 2025
San Diego, CA - Poster - ArtifactGen, GenAI4Health Workshop
- Live demo - Real-time MindEye
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Aug 2024 CCN 2024
Cambridge, MA - Attendee
Research Experience
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Languages
- Python, Java, C, C++, Swift
- HTML, MySQL, R, Solidity, MATLAB, Rust
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Frameworks & Tools
- PyTorch, TensorFlow, NumPy, CUDA, JAX
- TypeScript, Node.js, AWS Suite, EEGLab
Academic Interests
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Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Developing novel brain-computer interface systems
- Exploring applications of BCIs in healthcare and communication
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Neural Decoding
- Reconstructing perceptual experience from neuroimaging data
- Real-time and closed-loop decoding for neurofeedback
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Neural Dynamics
- Researching continuous learning in neural networks
- Synthesis and augmentation of neural data
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Social Psychology
- Building socially adept large language models
- Investigating ethical implications of social LLMs
Other Interests
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Hobbies
- Hiking
- Tennis
- Lifting
- Cooking
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Reading
- The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson
- Guns, Germs, and Steel - Jared Diamond
- The Martian - Andy Weir
- Bad Blood - John Carreyrou