Project Portfolio — 2026

Lorenz
Heiler.

Bridging mechanistic neuroscience, machine learning, and exploring creative direction.

StatusMSc Advanced Computing
Imperial College London

FocusMachine Learning
Comp. Neuroscience

LocationLondon, UK

Master Thesis Spotlight // Imperial College

Evaluating Computational Brain Models as Dimensionality Reduction Methods for EEG.

A deep dive into computational neurodynamics and machine learning. Benchmarking mechanistic vs. data-driven models to compress neural signals with higher precision and interpretability. Supervised by Dr. Pedro Mediano and Dr. Gregory Scott.

Focus

Computational Neurodynamics & ML Systems

Findings

Hybrid models have the potential to combine the interpretability of mechanistic models with the performance of data-driven models.

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01 / Comp Neuro

Academic Work

2023 — Present

Imperial College

Evaluating Computational Brain Models

Benchmarking mechanistic vs. data-driven methods for EEG dimensionality reduction. Exploring hybrid deep learning approaches.

ETH Zürich

Image to Image Alignment with 3D Priors

3D face reconstruction and illumination matching under Prof. Markus Gross. Improving alignment accuracy in challenging conditions.

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02 / Machine Learning / AI

Technical Work

Exchange Semester at HKUST

Game Design. Quantum Computing. Principles of Cybersecurity.

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IT specialist at hmb Partners AG

Data management/backup. Compatibility checks for new software. SharePoint Administration.

NLP Internship at Katie

Research on chunking algorithms. Development of a full data-pipeline for model performance including data collection, data preprocessing and evaluation.