Publications

2026

1. EarthSight: A Distributed Framework for Low-Latency Satellite Intelligence

   A. K. Erol, S. Lee, and D. Mahajan

   In Annual Conference on Machine Learning and Systems (MLSys), 2026

   To appear. Also presented at GT Undergraduate Research Symposium (Apr 2025), MLSys Young Professionals Symposium (May 2025), and CRNCH Summit (Feb 2026)

   First Author arXiv Bib Slides

   Presented as first author at MLSys ’25 and ’26

   @inproceedings{erol2025earthsight,
     title = {EarthSight: A Distributed Framework for Low-Latency Satellite Intelligence},
     author = {Erol, A. K. and Lee, S. and Mahajan, D.},
     booktitle = {Annual Conference on Machine Learning and Systems (MLSys)},
     year = {2026},
     note = {To appear. Also presented at GT Undergraduate Research Symposium (Apr 2025), MLSys Young Professionals Symposium (May 2025), and CRNCH Summit (Feb 2026)},
   }

2. PACT: Can Enterprise AI Assistants Be Trusted Under Pressure?

   M. Okamoto and A. K. Erol

   2026

   Under review

   arXiv Bib Code Data Website

   @misc{okamoto2026pact,
     title = {{PACT}: Can Enterprise {AI} Assistants Be Trusted Under Pressure?},
     author = {Okamoto, M. and Erol, A. K.},
     year = {2026},
     howpublished = {Preprint},
     note = {Under review},
     dataset = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/trace-ai-labs/pact}
   }

3. Why Do AI Agents Break Rules? How Framing, Context, and Social Signals Shape Compliance

   M. Okamoto, A. K. Erol, and K. Erol

   In AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society (AIES), 2026

   Also presented at the COLM 2026 Workshop on Agent Behavior

   arXiv Bib Code Website

   @inproceedings{okamoto2026whydo,
     title = {Why Do {AI} Agents Break Rules? How Framing, Context, and Social Signals Shape Compliance},
     author = {Okamoto, M. and Erol, A. K. and Erol, K.},
     booktitle = {AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society (AIES)},
     year = {2026},
     note = {Also presented at the COLM 2026 Workshop on Agent Behavior},
   }

4. Explainable Model Routing for Agentic Workflows

   M. Okamoto, A. K. Erol, and M. Riedl

   2026

   Spotlight

   Spotlight arXiv Bib

   Spotlight at ACM CHI HCXAI Workshop 2026

   @misc{okamoto2026explainablemodelroutingagentic,
     title = {Explainable Model Routing for Agentic Workflows},
     author = {Okamoto, M. and Erol, A. K. and Riedl, M.},
     year = {2026},
     howpublished = {ACM CHI 2026 Human-Centered Explainable AI (HCXAI) Workshop},
     note = {Spotlight},
   }

5. Equinox: Decentralized Scheduling for Hardware-Aware Orbital Intelligence

   A. K. Erol

   In Annual Conference on Machine Learning and Systems (MLSys), Young Professionals Symposium, 2026

   Presented at MLSys 2026 Young Professionals Symposium; MS thesis

   arXiv Bib PDF Poster

   @inproceedings{erol2026equinox,
     title = {Equinox: Decentralized Scheduling for Hardware-Aware Orbital Intelligence},
     author = {Erol, A. K.},
     booktitle = {Annual Conference on Machine Learning and Systems (MLSys), Young Professionals Symposium},
     year = {2026},
     note = {Presented at MLSys 2026 Young Professionals Symposium; MS thesis},
   }

6. Synapse: Evolving Job-Person Fit with Explainable Two-phase Retrieval and LLM-guided Genetic Resume Optimization

   A. K. Erol, S. Yoon, K. Hom, and 1 more author

   2026

   arXiv Bib

   @misc{erol2026synapse,
     title = {Synapse: Evolving Job-Person Fit with Explainable Two-phase Retrieval and {LLM}-guided Genetic Resume Optimization},
     author = {Erol, A. K. and Yoon, S. and Hom, K. and Zhang, X.},
     year = {2026},
   }

2025

1. Efficient Scheduling for Low-latency Satellite Intelligence

   A. K. Erol

   Georgia Institute of Technology, 2025

   Undergraduate Thesis Bib PDF

   Undergraduate Thesis

   @mastersthesis{erol2025scheduling,
     title = {Efficient Scheduling for Low-latency Satellite Intelligence},
     author = {Erol, A. K.},
     school = {Georgia Institute of Technology},
     year = {2025},
   }

2. Trust by Design: Skill Profiles for Transparent, Cost-Aware LLM Routing

   M. Okamoto, A. K. Erol, and G. Matlin

   In 8th Annual Conference on Machine Learning and Systems, Young Professionals Symposium, 2025

   arXiv Bib

   @inproceedings{okamoto2025trust,
     title = {Trust by Design: Skill Profiles for Transparent, Cost-Aware {LLM} Routing},
     author = {Okamoto, M. and Erol, A. K. and Matlin, G.},
     booktitle = {8th Annual Conference on Machine Learning and Systems, Young Professionals Symposium},
     year = {2025},
   }

3. A Holistic Approach to Workforce Scheduling and Routing

   C. K. Manalp, A. K. Erol, K. Erol, and 1 more author

   Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2025

   Accepted, to appear

   Bib

   @article{manalp2025workforce,
     title = {A Holistic Approach to Workforce Scheduling and Routing},
     author = {Manalp, C. K. and Erol, A. K. and Erol, K. and Evrendilek, C.},
     journal = {Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science},
     year = {2025},
     note = {Accepted, to appear},
   }