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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 theoretical machine learning and optimization.

Publications

  1. Learning Theory and Optimization
  2. A Comparative Analysis of Attention versus State-Space Models for In-Context Learning E. Arda, S. Cayci, A. Eryilmaz · Preprint, 2026 · arXiv
  3. Sharp Convergence and Sample Complexity of Policy Mirror Descent for Average-Reward MDPs E. Arda, A. Eryilmaz · NeurIPS 2026 · Accepted
  4. Shallow transformer optimization figure Finite-Time Analysis of Gradient Descent for Shallow Transformers E. Arda, S. Cayci, A. Eryilmaz · AISTATS 2026 · arXiv · PMLR · OpenReview · 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 Library
  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 · Accepted
  11. Semantic Relaying of Sentences E. Arda, E. Kutay, A. Yener · ICC 2025 · IEEE Xplore
  12. Semantic Forwarding for Next Generation Relay Networks E. Arda, E. Kutay, A. Yener · CISS 2024 · arXiv · IEEE Xplore