News

  • May 2026 Presenting a poster at AIMACCS 2026 (June 1–2) — come say hi!
  • Jan 2026 New paper accepted to AISTATS 2026! 🎉

About

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. Architectural Optimization Architectural Optimization figure
  2. Finite-Time Analysis of Gradient Descent for Shallow Transformers E. Arda, S. Cayci, A. Eryilmaz · AISTATS 2026 · arXiv · OpenReview
  3. Rate Distortion Perception
  4. Fundamental Limits for Text Summarization: A Rate-Distortion-Perception Approach E. Arda, A. Yener · Journal Version In Review
  5. Rate-Distortion-Perception Trade-off in Summarization E. Arda, A. Yener · Allerton 2025 · Illinois Library
  6. A Rate-Distortion Framework for Summarization E. Arda, A. Yener · ISIT 2025 · arXiv
  7. Semantic Communication
  8. Semantic Relaying for Next Generation Networks: Harnessing Advances on Large Language Models E. Arda, E. Kutay, A. Yener · Journal Version In Review
  9. Semantic Relaying of Sentences E. Arda, E. Kutay, A. Yener · ICC 2025 · IEEE Xplore
  10. Semantic Forwarding for Next Generation Relay Networks E. Arda, E. Kutay, A. Yener · CISS 2024 · IEEE Xplore