Haldun Balim

I am a Ph.D. candidate at Harvard SEAS, advised by Prof. Na Li and Prof. Yilun Du. Previously, I earned an M.Sc. in Robotics, Systems, and Control from ETH Zürich, where I worked at IDSC. I also hold a double B.Sc. in Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering from Koç University.

My research aims to bridge the gap between the transformative capabilities of artificial intelligence and the principled foundations of control theory, with the goal of enabling reliable embodied intelligence at scale. In particular, I focus on designing principled architectures that unify control, machine learning, optimization, and perception into a coherent framework for physical intelligence.