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# Balik Research

**Research at the edge of silicon and intelligence.**

Balik Research is an independent research laboratory based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, exploring the intersection of applied artificial intelligence, hardware security, embedded systems, and experimental data science.

## Research Focus

### Applied Artificial Intelligence
Domain-specific language models, intelligent agents, AI-assisted reverse engineering, and machine learning for engineering applications.

### Hardware & Embedded Systems Security
Microcontroller security, embedded firmware analysis, hardware architectures, and security evaluation of cyber-physical systems.

### Fault Injection & Side-Channel Analysis
Experimental fault injection, side-channel analysis, automated experimentation, and intelligent parameter optimization.

### Data Science & Experimental Intelligence
Bayesian optimization, statistical modelling, signal processing, and data-driven experimental research.

## Open Models & Datasets

Our goal is to contribute to open research through domain-specific AI models, datasets, reproducible experiments, and research tools.

Models, datasets, and research artifacts will be published here as they become available.

## Co-Founders

**Deniz Balik**  
Co-Founder & Researcher  
Embedded Systems Security | Hardware Security | Applied AI

[ORCID: 0009-0008-9817-9294](https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9817-9294)

**Aylin Balik**  
Co-Founder & Researcher  
Data Science | Machine Learning | Applied AI


## Connect

- **Website:** https://balikresearch.org
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/balikresearch
- **X:** https://x.com/balikresearch
- **Email:** contact@balikresearch.org

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