Hakan Girgin
Innovation Manager
Biel/Bienne, Bern, Switzerland
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Top SchoolHakan Girgin is an innovation manager and robotics researcher with nine years of experience specializing in optimization and learning of feedback controllers for intelligent robot manipulation. He completed a PhD in Robotics at EPFL after research roles at Idiap and Bogazici University, bringing deep academic grounding to applied cobotics projects. Based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, he now translates cutting-edge robot learning into industry impact at the Swiss Cobotics Competence Center. His background spans control systems, product-definition internships in aerospace, and hands-on robotics research—evidencing both theoretical rigor and practical engineering. Hakan maintains an active research presence (hgirgin.github.io) and is adept at bridging lab innovations with real-world collaborative systems. Colleagues describe him as a methodical problem-solver who combines strong mechanical engineering roots with modern learning-based control techniques.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Engineering at Ecole Centrale ParisHigh School, Science&Mathematics, 84.85/100, High School, Science&Mathematics, 84.85/100 at Galatasaray LisesiDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Robotics at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering, 3.9/4, Bachelor of Science (BS), Mechanical Engineering, 3.9/4 at Boğaziçi University
Turkish, English, French, Japanese, ItalianProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
hgirgin/hgirgin.github.io
Sep 2017 - Jan 2024
Contributions:65 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 5 months
hgirgin/colors_toolbox
Oct 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:24 commits, 3 PRs, 18 pushes in 8 months
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