Eric Balkanski

Eric Balkanski

Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

Eric Balkanski’s research lies at the intersection of optimization, algorithm design, machine learning, and mechanism design.

He received his PhD in Computer Science from Harvard University, where he was advised by Yaron Singer, and his BS degree in Mathematical Sciences and Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University. His work is generously funded by the NSF, Amazon, and the Columbia Center of AI Technology. He is the recipient of an ACM SIGecom Doctoral Dissertation Honorable Mention Award and is an Andrew Carnegie Society Scholar. He co-founded Robust Intelligence, an AI security startup. 

Research Areas

  • Economics & Computation
  • Optimization
  • Algorithmic Fairness
  • Large-scale Optimization
  • Matching Platforms

Additional Information

  • Professional Experience
    • Assistant professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia University, 2020-
    • Co-founder, Robust Intelligence, 2019-2020
  • Honors & Awards
    • ACM SIGecom Doctoral Dissertation Honorable Mention Award, 2020
    • Google PhD fellowship, 2017
    • Smith Family Graduate Science and Engineering Fellowship, 2015
    • Best Paper Award, 18th Conference on Implementation and Application of Automata, 2013
  • Education
    • PhD, Computer Science, Harvard University
    • BS, Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie Mellon