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Pavle Acimovic

Princeton,NJ

Summary

Neuroscience major with a minor in Statistics & Machine Learning, with the concentration on creating systems for interpreting neural and biological signals—ranging from brain activity (EEG, fMRI) to molecular-level data (genomics, proteomics). My work emphasizes first-principles approaches to neural signal processing and machine learning, with applications in brain-computer interfaces, cognitive state decoding, and clinical neurotechnology.

I am an undergraduate researcher in the Krienen Lab at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, where I apply computational tools to uncover circuit-level principles of brain organization. My recent work includes developing quantum-encoded models for EEG interpretation, and applying deep learning to multimodal neural data.

Former Princeton Heavyweight Rower with a background in endurance, collaboration, and composure under pressure.

Work History

Visiting Scientist

Allen Institute for Brain Science
Seattle, WA
05.2025 - 08.2025
  • Developed platforms for efficient processing and systematizing of multimodal brain data including genomics, epigenetics, and proteomics.
  • Constructed an energy-based optical neural network that reduced computational power for interpreting biological signals.
  • Created a computing platform utilizing a human-inspired model of associative memory to achieve 99.5% data compression.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Neuroscience With Statistics And Machine Learning

Princeton University
Princeton
06-2026

Skills

  • Developed full-stack pipelines for EEG signal processing using Fourier and Hilbert transforms, implemented neural decoding with Hopfield networks, and Quantum Neural Networks (QNNs)
  • Conducted voxel-level MRI/fMRI analysis using ICA, clustering, and dimensionality reduction, and applied GAN-based augmentation to synthesize and enhance fMRI data for improved representation learning
  • Designed and trained deep learning models, including CNNs, RNNs, autoencoders, transformers, and equilibrium-based networks; applied quantization and sparsity-aware training for efficient inference
  • Engineered GPU/TPU-accelerated pipelines using low-bit quantization, optical signal encoding, and sparse matrix operations to enable scalable, real-time computation

Languages

French
Native/ Bilingual
Serbian
Native/ Bilingual

Timeline

Visiting Scientist

Allen Institute for Brain Science
05.2025 - 08.2025

Bachelor of Arts - Neuroscience With Statistics And Machine Learning

Princeton University
Pavle Acimovic