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PhD Candidate in Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

Earl K. Miller and Ila R. Fiete

Bachelor of Applied Science in Mathematics & Engineering, Computing and Communications Option

Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Abdol-Reza Mansouri

• GPA - 4.12/4.3
• Dean's Scholar Designation - (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)

• Eisen, A.J.*, Kozachkov, L.*, Bastos, A.M., Donoghue, J.A., Mahnke, M.K., Brincat, S.L., Chandra, S., Brown, E.N., Fiete, I.R., and Miller, E.K. “Propofol anesthesia destabilizes neural dynamics across cortex” Neuron (2024). [Link]
• Ostrow, M., Eisen, A.J., and Fiete, I.R. "Delay Embedding Theory of Neural Sequence Models" ICML Workshop on Next Generation Sequence Models (2024). [Link]

• Ostrow, M., Eisen, A.J., Kozachkov, L., and Fiete, I.R. "Beyond Geometry: Comparing the Temporal Structure of Computation in Neural Circuits with Dynamical Similarity Analysis" Neural Information Processing Systems (2023). [Link]

• Das, S., Eisen, A.J., Lin, Y.H., Chan, H.S. “A lattice model of charge-pattern- dependent polyampholyte phase separation” The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (2018) [Link]

Graduate Student

MIT, Cambridge, MA

Prof. Earl K. Miller and Ila R. Fiete

• Developed a novel approach to analyzing the stabiltiy of neural dynamics, leveraging tools from dynamical systems theory
• Demonstrated that propofol anesthesia destabilizes neural dynamics through comprehensive large-scale data processing, analysis, and visualization
• Constructed a novel metric for comparing the dynamics between systems, and applied it to disentangle machine learning rules

Research and Development

Heliolytics, Toronto, ON, Canada

• Developed and integrated machine learning and computer-vision algorithms for pixel-level aerial image matching, improving accuracy from about 75% to 99.9%
• Designed and constructed a distributed network of computing and monitoring systems to implement high volume image processing and analysis pipelines
• Constructed a framework using quantitative metrics and statistics to assess algorithm performance and improvement

Senior Thesis Student

Queen's University Department of Mathematics and Engineering, Kingston, ON, Canada

Prof. Abdol-Reza Mansouri

• Thesis: "Image restoration algorithms for musical style transfer"
• Applied machine learning and computer vision to learn a musical style, and adapted a stochastic image model and Markov chain Monte Carlo methods to transform audio samples into the learned style

Machine Learning Researcher

The Hospital for Sick Children Department of Genetics & Genome Biology, Toronto, ON, Canada

Prof. Lisa Strug

• Built and tested deep learning models for predicting the likelihood of comorbidities in patients with cystic fibrosis based on genetic data
• Analyzed and compared the predictive power of additional models including random forests and penalized regressions

Research Assistant

University of Toronto Department of Biochemistry, Toronto, ON, Canada

Prof. Hue Sun Chan and Lewis Kay

• Optimized and expanded a C++ model to carry out Monte Carlo simulations of interactions among charged polymers leading to polymer phase separation
• Validated an analytic theory regarding polymer radius of gyration

• The Science of Consciousness Conference, Taormina, Italy
• Title: "Propofol anesthesia destabilizes neural dynamics across cortex"

• The MetaConscious (Yang) Lab, MIT, Cambridge, MA
• Title: "Propofol anesthesia destabilizes neural dynamics across cortex"

• Eisen, A.J. “Mapping the Mountains and Valleys of the Mind” MIND OCEAN SPACE (2024). [Link]

• Singleton Fellowship

• Annie Bentley Lillie Prize in Mathematics, awarded to the graduating student in Mathematics and Engineering who has the highest average on courses in mathematics in the final year
• Keyser Prize, awarded to the two best Mathematics and Engineering theses

• Nellie and Ralph Jeffrey Award in Mathematics, awarded to the student entering the fourth year of the Mathematics and Engineering program, or of an honours program with a Mathematics major, having the highest standing in the mathematics courses of the first three years and an overall first-class average

• Nellie and Ralph Jeffrey Award in Mathematics
• Susan Near Scholarship, for standing on year's work

• H. Janzen Memorial Scholarship, awarded annually to the student who attained the highest standing in the first year physics courses in Applied Science
• R.L. Dorrance Memorial Scholarship, given by the Engineering Society for highest standing in the first year chemistry courses in Applied Science
• Annie Bentley Lillie Prize in First Year Calculus, awarded to students with high standing in any first year calculus course

• Carl Reinhardt Entrance Scholarship in Physics, for high standing in physics
• Principal's Entrance Scholarship, for obtaining grade 12 average of 98%
• Valedictorian of the high school graduating class, selected by peers and faculty

• Ostrow, M., Eisen, A.J., et al. "Beyond Geometry: Comparing the Temporal Structure of Neural Computation with Dynamical Similarity Analysis" (Oral Presentation)
  Computational and Systems Neuroscience, 2024, Lisbon, Portugal

• Ostrow, M., Eisen, A.J., et al. "Beyond Geometry: Comparing the Temporal Structure of Computation in Neural Circuits with Dynamical Similarity Analysis"
  Neural Information Processing Systems, 2023, New Orleans, LA
• Ostrow, M., Eisen, A.J., et al. "Beyond Geometry: Comparing the Temporal Structure of Computation in Neural Circuits with Dynamic Mode Representational Similarity Analysis" (Oral Presentation)
  Computational Cognitive Neuroscience, 2023, Oxford, United Kingdom
• Eisen, A.J., et al. "Propofol anesthesia destabilizes neural dynamics across cortex" (Oral Presentation)
  The Science of Consciousness Conference, 2023, Taormina, Italy
• Eisen, A.J., et al. “Propofol anesthesia destabilizes neural dynamics across cortex"
  Computational and Systems Neuroscience, 2023, Montreal, QC, Canada

• Eisen, A.J., et al. "Propofol anesthesia destabilizes neural dynamics across cortex"
  Society for Neuroscience 2022, San Diego, CA

• Eisen, A.J., et al. "Propofol anesthesia changes dynamic stability in cortex" (Virtual)
  Society for Neuroscience 2021, Chicago, IL

Application Assistance Mentor

Brain and Cognitive Sciences Application Assistance Program, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

• Guided more than 15 propsective applicants to Brain and Cognitive Sciences through the application process
• Provided constructive feedback on statements of purpose, CVs, and other application materials
• Assissted applicants in identifying programs and advisors that aligned with their research interests and career goals

Mentor

Nicole Wong, Undergraduate Researcher at MIT

• Provided instruction on dynamical systems theory concepts and practice

Teaching Assistant

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

MIT 9.40, Introduction to Neural Computation

• Led recitations, conducted review sessions, and held office hours
• Awarded an overall rating of 6.4/7 in student feedback surveys, the highest of all instructors for the course in 2023

Teaching Assistant

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

MIT 9.07, Statistics for Brain and Cognitive Sciences

• Led recitations, conducted review sessions and office hours, and filled in as primary lecturer when the instructor was unavailable
• Awarded an overall rating of 6.5/7 in student feedback surveys, the highest of all instructors for the course in 2021
• Student feedback said "He went above and beyond for the people in the class which I really appreciated. He was always full of energy and answered questions with a smile."

Tutor and Workshop Leader

EngLinks Tutoring, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada

• Prepared materials and conducted in-depth exam workshops for courses such as Differential Equations, Real Analysis and Electricity and Magnetism
  • Led workshops of 60-100 students

Private Tutor

Toronto, ON, Canada

• Delivered tutoring services in math, science and jazz history to 10 high school and university-level students, with successful academic outcomes