Melis Ilayda Bal

Hello!

I am a first-year Ph.D. in Computer Science candidate at the CS@max planck program. I work as a doctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen, Germany–in the Learning and Dynamical Systems research group. I received my M.Sc. in Operations Research and B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering with a minor degree in Computer Engineering at Middle East Technical University (METU).

My research interests encompass algorithmic decision-making and multi-agent systems. Within these domains, I am particularly fascinated by the intricate interplay of game theory and stochastic optimization. Previously, I have focused on the intersection of these, in the contexts of reinforcement learning and Bayesian optimization.