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Publications (11)

eess.SY2023

Koopman-inspired Implicit Backward Reachable Sets for Unknown Nonlinear Systems

Haldun Balim, Antoine Aspeel, Zexiang Liu +1

Koopman liftings have been successfully used to learn high dimensional linear approximations for autonomous systems for prediction purposes, or for control systems for leveraging l…

cs.RO2026

A Single Diffusion-Policy Controller for Multi-Task Block Pushing with Zero-Shot Sim-to-Real Transfer

Haitong Ma, Haldun Balim, Yang Hu +2

Diffusion policies have shown promising empirical performance in representing and learning complex maneuvers for robots using behavior cloning (BC). In this paper, we explore train…

cs.RO2026

Model-Based Diffusion Sampling for Predictive Control in Offline Decision Making

Haldun Balim, Na Li, Yilun Du

Offline decision-making via diffusion models often produces trajectories that are misaligned with system dynamics, limiting their reliability for control. We propose Model Predicti…

cs.CV2023

EFE: End-to-end Frame-to-Gaze Estimation

Haldun Balim, Seonwook Park, Xi Wang +2

Despite the recent development of learning-based gaze estimation methods, most methods require one or more eye or face region crops as inputs and produce a gaze direction vector as…

cs.RO2026

Learning to Adapt: Representation-Based Reinforcement Learning for Multi-Task Skill Transfer

Aryan Naveen, Haitong Ma, Haldun Balim +1

Reinforcement learning has achieved remarkable success in learning complex control policies, yet its applicability remains limited due to sample inefficiency and poor generalizatio…

eess.SY2026

From Data to Predictive Control: A Framework for Stochastic Linear Systems with Output Measurements

Haldun Balim, Andrea Carron, Melanie N. Zeilinger +1

We introduce data to predictive control, D2PC, a framework to facilitate the design of robust and predictive controllers from data. The proposed framework is designed for discrete-…

cs.MA2026

Decentralized Diffusion Policy Learning for Enhanced Exploration in Cooperative Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning

Yuyang Zhang, Haldun Balim, Na Li

Cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) involves complex agent interactions and requires effective exploration strategies. A prominent class of MARL algorithms, decen…

cs.RO2025

Flexible Locomotion Learning with Diffusion Model Predictive Control

Runhan Huang, Haldun Balim, Heng Yang +1

Legged locomotion demands controllers that are both robust and adaptable, while remaining compatible with task and safety considerations. However, model-free reinforcement learning…

eess.SY2025

Stochastic Data-Driven Predictive Control: Chance-Constraint Satisfaction with Identified Multi-step Predictors

Haldun Balim, Andrea Carron, Melanie N. Zeilinger +1

We propose a novel data-driven stochastic model predictive control framework for uncertain linear systems with noisy output measurements. Our approach leverages multi-step predicto…

cs.LG2025

A Model-Based Approach to Imitation Learning through Multi-Step Predictions

Haldun Balim, Yang Hu, Yuyang Zhang +1

Imitation learning is a widely used approach for training agents to replicate expert behavior in complex decision-making tasks. However, existing methods often struggle with compou…

eess.SY2024

Can Transformers Learn Optimal Filtering for Unknown Systems?

Haldun Balim, Zhe Du, Samet Oymak +1

Transformer models have shown great success in natural language processing; however, their potential remains mostly unexplored for dynamical systems. In this work, we investigate t…