About
I am a Research Assistant interested in all things Machine Learning. Specifically, am looking at applications of Geometric Deep Learning to problem domains that are highly symmetric and intersect with science. These include Neural Algorithmic Reasoning, and ML for String Theory.
Education
- PhD in Computer ScienceUniversity of Cambridge, Trinity College
2024 – 2028 - "Supervised by Dr C. Mishra and Prof P. Liò
- MEng (Hons) in Computer ScienceUniversity of Cambridge, Trinity College2022 – 2023
- "Latent Space Representations of Neural Algorithmic Reasoners" with Dr P. Veličković and Prof P. Liò
- Best Dissertation Award
- Graduated with Disctinction
- BA (Hons) in Computer ScienceUniversity of Cambridge, Trinity College2019 – 2022
- "A Secure USB Port" with Prof F. Stajano
- 1st Class Honours
Work Experience
- Research AssistantUniversity of CambridgeOct 2023 – Sept 2024
- Created a novel ML approach to discovering formulas for Ricci-flat metrics on Calabi-Yau manifolds
- Uncovered new patterns and approximations for the flat metric on highly symmetric K3 manifolds
- Software Engineering InternMicrosoft Development Center SerbiaJuly–Sept 2021
- Developed proof-of-concept for an Azure SQL C++ backend issue that had been outstanding for 3 years
- Decreased migration downtime from on-premises to Premium tier databases down to 3-5 minutes
Teaching Experience
- Tutorial Lead for Geometric Deep LearningEEML 2024Jul 2024
- Project Supervisor for L65 Geometric Deep LearningUniversity of Cambridge, Department of Computer Science and TechnologyJan–Apr 2024
- Lecturer at the Computer Science Week 6Mathematical Grammar School, SerbiaApr 2021
- Presenter at Science Through Entertainment ExhibitionSerbian Academy of Sciences and Arts & University of StuttgartSept 2017
Publications
Projects
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Discovering Flat Metrics with Symbolic Regression
Mar 2023- Created a novel pipeline using symbolic regression and machine learning to discover formulas for Ricci-flat metrics on Calabi-Yau manifolds
- Demonstrated that the pipeline is capable of recovering the known metric for toric Calabi-Yau in CP2
- Uncovered approximations for the Fermat quartic, and an exact formula for its determinant. Proposed a generalisation to higher dimensions
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Curvature for Information propagation in GNNs
Feb-Mar 2023- Studied how curvature affects learning of sheaf structure GNN latent spaces
- Augmented Graph Attention Networks with curvature information and rotational attentions
- Reduced loss on ZINC dataset by over 40% compared to vanilla Graph Attention Networks
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Super-Efficient Super-Resolution in JAX
Jan 2023- Replicated SESR, one of the leading super-resolution models, in JAX
- Decreased training time by 15% compared to the original TensorFlow implementation
- Extended the paper to support collapsible convolution blocks with bias terms
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From Mode-Connecting Paths to Mode Connecting Sub-Spaces
Jan 2023- Showed that mode connecting paths are sampled from multi-dimensional sub-spaces of low loss
- Created a working prototype to recover these sub-spaces of low loss in function space
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A Secure USB Port
July-Sept 2021- Designed and constructed a hardware firewall for USB connections and wrote firmware in C
- Achieved defence against three most common USB attacks while keeping cost under $16
Honours and Awards
- IAIFI Summer School Hackathon Winner — IAIFIAug 2024
- Internal Graudate Studentship — Trinity College, CambridgeJuly 2024
- PhD tuition studentship
- Highly Commended MEng Project (1/27) — University of CambridgeJune 2023
- Awarded for the highest scoring master's dissertation
- Dositeja Award — Fund for Young Talents of SerbiaDec 2022
- Contribution toward master's tuition scholarship
- Senior Scholar — Trinity College, CambridgeJuly 2021
- Elected due to high performance in Part IB of the Computer Science Tripos
- Re-elected in July 2022 and Dec 2023 due to high performance in Parts II and III
- Best Part IB Group Project (1/21) — University of CambridgeApr 2021
- Voted the most technically impressive project by faculty and students
- Bronze Medal — 60th International Mathematical OlympiadJuly 2019
- Bronze Medal — 36th Balkan Mathematical OlympiadJune 2019
- Best Final Year Project in the Area of Astronomy — Mathematical Grammar SchoolJune 2019
- Henry VIII Bursary — Trinity College, CambridgeMar 2019
- Four-year tuition scholarship
- 99th Percentile (1520/1600) — SATOct 2018
- English Proficiency (7.5/9) — IELTSAug 2018
- English Proficiency (112/120) — TOEFLAug 2018
- Honourable Mention — 35th Balkan Mathematical OlympiadMay 2018
- Dositeja Award — Fund for Young Talents of Serbia2016 – 2020
- High School and University Performance Based Stipend