RESEARCHED WITH AUTUMN
BVBoris Velasevic
CS+Math PhD @ Caltech | CS MEng @ MIT | Math + CS&CE BSc @ MIT | Prev. QR @ Two Sigma
California Institute of Technology · academic
Details
Company sitecaltech.edu
UniversityCalifornia Institute of Technology
Control theoryLearning theoryGame theoryMathematicsDistributed linear solversNumerical experiments (Python)Quantitative researchProvable guarantees for multi-agent systemsRisk in LQR and dynamic games
Notes
- Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. Boris Velasevic held a full-time Quantitative Researcher role at Two Sigma (New York) from Aug 2024 to 2025, stated on his own Caltech personal site ('Right before joining Caltech, I worked as a Quantitative Researcher at Two Sigma'); a LinkedIn index record also lists the role. Two Sigma is a technology-driven quantitative investment/hedge fund. Three internships at genuine quantitative trading firms are additionally listed on the LinkedIn index (Jump Trading Group Quant Research Intern 2023; Tower Research Capital Quant Trading Winter Intern 2022; IMC Trading Quant Trading Intern 2022) but are index-only, not independently primary-confirmed.2026
- Personal website states he worked as a Quantitative Researcher at Two Sigma immediately before joining Caltech's PhD program, and earned MEng and two BS degrees (CS & Engineering, Mathematics) at MIT.2026
- Left Two Sigma for a PhD: joined Caltech's Computing and Mathematical Sciences program (FALCON lab, Prof. Eric Mazumdar) in 2025 after one year as a Quantitative Researcher at Two Sigma, i.e. a move from quant research into academic control/learning theory rather than a further industry step.2026
- Represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 59th (2018) and 60th (2019) IMO, earning a Bronze medal in 2018 and an Honourable Mention in 2019, per his own website.2026
- Represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 59th (2018) and 60th (2019) IMO, earning a Bronze medal in 2018 (rank 228, 18 pts) and an Honourable Mention in 2019 (rank 326, 15 pts), confirmed by the official IMO results pages.Jul 2019
- First-author paper 'Strategically Robust Linear Quadratic Dynamic Games' (Caltech, with advisor Eric Mazumdar's group) reflects his current PhD research direction applying risk/robustness concepts to LQR and dynamic games.2026
- MIT research assistantship (2022-2024) at the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society on 'Distributed Algorithms for Linear Systems', under Prof. Navid Azizan, produced the CDC 2023 paper and the Outstanding UROP Student Award.2024
- Co-authored 'On the Effects of Data Heterogeneity on the Convergence Rates of Distributed Linear System Solvers' (Velasevic, Parasnis, Brinton, Azizan), published at the 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2023) - his MIT research output.Apr 20, 2023
- Caltech CMS directory lists him as a Graduate Student with email [contact omitted] and mail code MC 305-16.2026
- Mentors at the School for Talented Mathematicians in Sarajevo and served on the problem selection committee for the 42nd Balkan Mathematical Olympiad.2026
- Two years of MIT teaching-side roles (Tutor & Grader, Dept. of Mathematics 2020-2021; Teaching Assistant, EECS 'Mathematics for Computer Science' 2023-2024) sit alongside the industry internships, indicating a sustained academic-service thread through his undergrad.2024
- Admitted to MIT (class entering fall 2019) alongside Lejla Skelic; reported by Sarajevo Times as admission earned through competition results.Apr 15, 2019
Experience
Quantitative Researcher at Two Sigma
Aug 2024 - Jan 2025
New York, United States
Quant Research Intern at Jump Trading Group
Jun 2023 - Aug 2023
New York, United States
Research Assistant at MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS)
Jan 2022 - Jan 2024
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Teaching Assistant at MIT EECS
Jan 2023 - Jan 2024
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Course "Mathematics for Computer Science"
Quant Trading Winter Intern at Tower Research Capital
Jan 2022 - Present
New York, New York, United States
Quant Trading Intern at IMC Trading
Jan 2022 - Jan 2022
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Lab Assistant at MIT EECS
Jan 2022 - Jan 2022
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Tutor & Grader at MIT Department of Mathematics
Jan 2020 - Jan 2021
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Education
California Institute of Technology
Jan 2025 - Jan 2031
PhD, Computing and Mathematical Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jan 2023 - Jan 2024
Master of Engineering, Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jan 2019 - Jan 2023
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Engineering, Mathematics
AchievementsBronze medal, 59th International Mathematical Olympiad (2018), representing Bosnia and Herzegovina · Honourable Mention, 60th International Mathematical Olympiad (2019), representing Bosnia and Herzegovina · Outstanding UROP Student Award, MIT · Gold medal, 13th Junior Mathematical Olympiad of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2015) · Bronze medal, 59th International Mathematical Olympiad (2018), Bosnia and Herzegovina (rank 228, 18 points) · Honourable Mention, 60th International Mathematical Olympiad (2019), Bosnia and Herzegovina (rank 326, 15 points) · Gold medal / first place, 13th Junior Mathematical Olympiad of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2015)
AwardsBronze medal, 59th International Mathematical Olympiad (2018), Bosnia and Herzegovina (rank 228, 18 points) · Honourable Mention, 60th International Mathematical Olympiad (2019), Bosnia and Herzegovina (rank 326, 15 points) · Outstanding UROP Student Award, MIT · Gold medal / first place, 13th Junior Mathematical Olympiad of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2015)
Profiles
Competition record
Bosnia and Herzegovina · IMO