Summary
Hrvoje Stojic is a research scientist with 11 years of experience applying Bayesian methods and model-based reinforcement learning to real-world problems, currently leading applied research at Secondmind in the UK. He is a core developer of Secondmind Labs' open-source TensorFlow toolboxes Trieste and Bellman, bridging academic rigor with deployable tooling for Bayesian optimization and MBRL. His background spans computational neuroscience and decision-making research (UCL, UPF) and teaching at the Barcelona GSE, giving him deep expertise in stochastic models, human learning, and practical ML pedagogy. Skilled in client-facing technical leadership, talent development, and organizing research programs, he excels at translating cutting-edge probabilistic research into client solutions. An interdisciplinary profile—economics, psychology, and neuroscience—helps him spot strategic modeling choices that others might miss.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Economics, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Economics at Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
PhD in Economics, Finance and Management, PhD in Economics, Finance and Management at Universitat Pompeu Fabra
MA, Business economics: Organisation and management, MA, Business economics: Organisation and management at University of Zagreb
Croatian, English, Spanish