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Mathematical Foundations of Robust and Distributionally Robust Optimization

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Robust and distributionally robust optimization are modeling paradigms for decision-making under uncertainty where the uncertain parameters are only known to reside in an uncertainty set or are governed by any probability distribution from within an ambigu ...

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A first-order primal-dual method with adaptivity to local smoothness

Volkan Cevher, Maria-Luiza Vladarean

We consider the problem of finding a saddle point for the convex-concave objective

\min_x \max_y f(x) + \langle Ax, y\rangle - g^*(y)

, where

f

is a convex function with locally Lipschitz gradient and

g

is convex and possibly non-smooth. We propose an ...

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Adaptation in Stochastic Algorithms: From Nonsmooth Optimization to Min-Max Problems and Beyond

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Stochastic gradient descent (SGD) and randomized coordinate descent (RCD) are two of the workhorses for training modern automated decision systems. Intriguingly, convergence properties of these methods are not well-established as we move away from the spec ...

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Convex optimization in sums of Banach spaces

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We characterize the solution of a broad class of convex optimization problems that address the reconstruction of a function from a finite number of linear measurements. The underlying hypothesis is that the solution is decomposable as a finite sum of compo ...

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Convergence of adaptive algorithms for constrained weakly convex optimization

Volkan Cevher, Ahmet Alacaoglu, Yurii Malitskyi

We analyze the adaptive first order algorithm AMSGrad, for solving a constrained stochastic optimization problem with a weakly convex objective. We prove the

\tilde O(t^{-1/2})

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Scalable Semidefinite Programming

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Implications of ANEC for SCFTs in four dimensions

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We explore consequences of the Averaged Null Energy Condition (ANEC) for scaling dimensions Delta of operators in four-dimensional N = 1 superconformal field theories. We show that in many cases the ANEC bounds are stronger than the corresponding unitarity ...

SPRINGER2020

Stochastic Frank-Wolfe for Composite Convex Minimization

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A broad class of convex optimization problems can be formulated as a semidefinite program (SDP), minimization of a convex function over the positive-semidefinite cone subject to some affine constraints. The majority of classical SDP solvers are designed fo ...

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Sampling can be faster than optimization

Nicolas Henri Bernard Flammarion

Optimization algorithms and Monte Carlo sampling algorithms have provided the computational foundations for the rapid growth in applications of statistical machine learning in recent years. There is, however, limited theoretical understanding of the relati ...

PNAS2019

Seismic displacement demand prediction in non-linear domain: Optimization of the N2 method

Pierino Lestuzzi, Lorenzo Diana

In Europe, computation of displacement demand for seismic assessment of existing buildings is essentially based on a simplified formulation of the N2 method as prescribed by Eurocode 8 (EC8). However, a lack of accuracy of the N2 method in certain conditio ...

2019

A convex optimization approach for image recovery from nonlinear measurements in optical interferometry

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Mathematical Foundations of Robust and Distributionally Robust Optimization

A first-order primal-dual method with adaptivity to local smoothness

Adaptation in Stochastic Algorithms: From Nonsmooth Optimization to Min-Max Problems and Beyond

Convex optimization in sums of Banach spaces

Convergence of adaptive algorithms for constrained weakly convex optimization

Scalable Semidefinite Programming

Implications of ANEC for SCFTs in four dimensions

Stochastic Frank-Wolfe for Composite Convex Minimization

Sampling can be faster than optimization

Seismic displacement demand prediction in non-linear domain: Optimization of the N2 method

Mathematical Foundations of Robust and Distributionally Robust Optimization

A first-order primal-dual method with adaptivity to local smoothness

Adaptation in Stochastic Algorithms: From Nonsmooth Optimization to Min-Max Problems and Beyond

Scalable Semidefinite Programming

Implications of ANEC for SCFTs in four dimensions

Stochastic Frank-Wolfe for Composite Convex Minimization

Sampling can be faster than optimization

Convergence of adaptive algorithms for constrained weakly convex optimization

Convex optimization in sums of Banach spaces

Seismic displacement demand prediction in non-linear domain: Optimization of the N2 method