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arxivcs.ITcs.NIcs.PF2026-07-21

Squeezing the Most Out of Preemption for AoI Minimization: Single-source Case

Nail Akar, Mohammad Moltafet, Sennur Ulukus, Marian Codreanu, Roy D. Yates

In this work, we study a single-source single-server continuous-time status update system where the updates arrive according to a Poisson process and update service times are generally distributed. In our proposed setting, a preemption policy refers to one where a new update pree…

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arxivcs.LGmath.DS2026-07-20

On the Diverse Dynamical Behaviors Arising in Deep Linear Transformers

Sixu Li, Thomas Jacob Maranzatto, Jan Peszek, Trevor Teolis, Semih Akkoc, Konstantin Riedl, et al.

We study the inference-time behavior of deep linear encoder-only transformers through the lens of interacting particle systems. In this perspective, tokens are modeled as particles that interact dynamically through successive linear self-attention layers. We show that in embeddin…

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arxivcs.ITcs.NIeess.SPeess.SY2026-06-30

Dual-Regime Absorbing Markov Chain Theory in Remote Estimation: Age-Minimizing Push Policies

Ismail Cosandal, Sennur Ulukus, Nail Akar

For a remote estimation system, we study the optimization of age of incorrect information (AoII), which is a recently proposed semantic-aware information freshness metric. In particular, we assume an information source that observes a discrete-time finite-state Markov chain (DTMC…

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arxivcs.NIcs.CRcs.ITcs.LGeess.SP2026-06-30

Semantic Leakage and Privacy Preservation in Relay-Assisted Semantic Communications

Yalin E. Sagduyu, Tugba Erpek, Aylin Yener, Sennur Ulukus

Semantic communication (SemCom) has emerged as a promising paradigm in which the transmission of task-relevant information is prioritized over raw data, enabling efficient and robust communication under resource and channel constraints. In this paper, the privacy implications of…

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arxivcs.ITcs.NIeess.SP2026-06-29

When and Which Sensor to Observe? Timely Tracking of a Joint Markov Source

Ismail Cosandal, Sennur Ulukus, Nail Akar

We investigate the problem of remote estimation (at a monitor) of a discrete-time joint Markov process with individual components which can be observed with dedicated sensors. At a given time slot, the monitor has the option of staying idle or sending a pull request to one of the…

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arxivcs.NIcs.CRcs.ITcs.LGeess.SP2026-06-29

Wireless Backdoor Attack and Defense for Semantic Communications over Multiple Access Channel

Yalin E. Sagduyu, Tugba Erpek, Aylin Yener, Sennur Ulukus

Semantic communication (SemCom) aims to preserve semantic meaning and task-oriented information beyond conventional message recovery over wireless channels. The adoption of SemCom in shared-access wireless networks introduces new vulnerabilities for multi-user semantic inference.…

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