Erdem Koyuncu
Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois Chicago
851 S. Morgan St. (MC 154), SEO 1033, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
ekoyuncu@uic.edu, (312) 355-3437
Research Interests
- Conditional computation and early exit in neural networks
- Model-distributed learning and inference
- Federated unsupervised learning and clustering, decentralized learning
- Learning and communication in unmanned aircraft systems
- Vector quantization with applications to location optimization and node placement
- Network connectivity and percolation
- Limited feedback in wireless multi-antenna communication systems
Highlights
- LANMAN 2025 Best Paper Award, “Model-Distributed Inference for Large Language Models at the Edge”
- Latest Publication: A. Gormez and E. Koyuncu, “Dataset Pruning Using Early Exit Networks,” ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology, accepted Dec. 2025