3 papers
cs.LG2026
When Softmax Fails at the Top: Extreme Value Corrections for InfoNCE
Melihcan Erol, Suat Evren, Oktay Ozel +3
InfoNCE is the standard contrastive learning objective, but its softmax form is not only a computational convenience: it also encodes a statistical assumption about how the top-sco…
econ.TH2023
Reserve Matching with Thresholds
Suat Evren
We develop a general framework for reserve systems that allocate scarce resources such as vaccines to unit-demand agents under prioritization and eligibility constraints, along wit…
cs.GT2023
Social Surplus Maximization in Sponsored Search Auctions Requires Communication
Suat Evren
We show that computing the optimal social surplus requires bits of communication between the website and the bidders in a sponsored search auction with slots on the web…