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I'm a PhD student advised by Prof. Atilla Eryilmaz. I completed my master's degree under the supervision of Prof. Aylin Yener. My research currently lies in machine learning theory and optimization.

Publications and Patents

  1. Learning Theory and Optimization
  2. Belief geometry: three orthogonal components connect the prediction to the Bayes belief. Belief geometry: addressing fidelity and belief alignment are illustrated as angles. A Comparative Analysis of Attention versus State-Space Models for In-Context Learning E. Arda, S. Cayci, A. Eryilmaz · Preprint, 2026 · arXiv
  3. Policy mirror descent: the median trajectory-dependent mismatch relative to the worst-case bound decreases across four average-reward MDPs. Sharp Convergence and Sample Complexity of Policy Mirror Descent for Average-Reward MDPs E. Arda, A. Eryilmaz · NeurIPS 2026 · Accepted · arXiv
  4. Shallow transformer optimization figure Finite-Time Analysis of Gradient Descent for Shallow Transformers E. Arda, S. Cayci, A. Eryilmaz · AISTATS 2026 · arXiv · PMLR · Blog post
  5. Rate Distortion Perception
  6. Fundamental Limits for Text Summarization: A Rate-Distortion-Perception Approach E. Arda, A. Yener · Revised manuscript under review at IEEE Transactions on Communications
  7. Rate-Distortion-Perception Trade-off in Summarization E. Arda, A. Yener · Allerton 2025 · Illinois repository
  8. A Rate-Distortion Framework for Summarization E. Arda, A. Yener · ISIT 2025 · arXiv · IEEE Xplore
  9. Semantic Communication
  10. Semantic Relaying for Next Generation Networks: Harnessing Advances on Large Language Models E. Arda, E. Kutay, A. Yener · IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing · 2026 · IEEE Xplore
  11. Cooperative Network for Semantic Communication E. Arda, E. Kutay, A. Yener · U.S. patent application · 2026 · US 2026/0170248 A1
  12. Semantic Relaying of Sentences E. Arda, E. Kutay, A. Yener · ICC 2025 · IEEE Xplore
  13. Semantic Forwarding for Next Generation Relay Networks E. Arda, E. Kutay, A. Yener · CISS 2024 · arXiv · IEEE Xplore