Publications related to Non-convex, non-local functionals converging to the total variation

Stochastic homogenization of degenerate integral functionals with linear growth

We study the limit behaviour of sequences of non-convex, vectorial, random integral functionals, defined on W1,1, whose integrands are ergodic and satisfy degenerate linear growth conditions. The latter involve suitable random, scale-dependent weight-funct ...

2023

Localizing Unsynchronized Sensors With Unknown Sources

Ivan Dokmanic, Dalia Salem Hassan Fahmy El Badawy

We propose a method for sensor array self-localization using a set of sources at unknown locations. The sources produce signals whose times of arrival are registered at the sensors. We look at the general case where neither the emission times of the source ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2023

On The Convergence Of Stochastic Primal-Dual Hybrid Gradient

Volkan Cevher, Ahmet Alacaoglu

In this paper, we analyze the recently proposed stochastic primal-dual hybrid gradient (SPDHG) algorithm and provide new theoretical results. In particular, we prove almost sure convergence of the iterates to a solution with convexity and linear convergenc ...

SIAM PUBLICATIONS2022

Stochastic distributed learning with gradient quantization and double-variance reduction

Sebastian Urban Stich, Konstantin Mishchenko

We consider distributed optimization over several devices, each sending incremental model updates to a central server. This setting is considered, for instance, in federated learning. Various schemes have been designed to compress the model updates in orde ...

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD2022

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 ...

2021

Critical Parameters for Scalable Distributed Learning with Large Batches and Asynchronous Updates

Martin Jaggi, Sebastian Urban Stich, Amirkeivan Mohtashami

It has been experimentally observed that the efficiency of distributed training with stochastic gradient (SGD) depends decisively on the batch size and—in asynchronous implementations—on the gradient staleness. Especially, it has been observed that the spe ...

2021

Adaptive Gradient Descent without Descent

Konstantin Mishchenko

We present a strikingly simple proof that two rules are sufficient to automate gradient descent: 1) don’t increase the stepsize too fast and 2) don’t overstep the local curvature. No need for functional values, no line search, no information about the func ...

2020

A Multi-Agent Primal-Dual Strategy for Composite Optimization over Distributed Features

Ali H. Sayed, Sulaiman A S A E Alghunaim, Ming Yan

This work studies multi-agent sharing optimization problems with the objective function being the sum of smooth local functions plus a convex (possibly non-smooth) function coupling all agents. This scenario arises in many machine learning and engineering ...

IEEE2020

Convex Combination of Diffusion Strategies Over Networks

Ali H. Sayed, Jie Chen

Combining diffusion strategies with complementary properties enables enhanced performance when they can be run simultaneously. In this article, we first propose two schemes for the convex combination of two diffusion strategies, namely, the power-normalize ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2020

On the convergence of stochastic primal-dual hybrid gradient

Volkan Cevher, Ahmet Alacaoglu

In this paper, we analyze the recently proposed stochastic primal-dual hybrid gradient (SPDHG) algorithm and provide new theoretical results. In particular, we prove almost sure convergence of the iterates to a solution and linear convergence with standard ...

2019

Non-convex, non-local functionals converging to the total variation

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Stochastic homogenization of degenerate integral functionals with linear growth

Localizing Unsynchronized Sensors With Unknown Sources

On The Convergence Of Stochastic Primal-Dual Hybrid Gradient

Stochastic distributed learning with gradient quantization and double-variance reduction

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

Critical Parameters for Scalable Distributed Learning with Large Batches and Asynchronous Updates

Adaptive Gradient Descent without Descent

A Multi-Agent Primal-Dual Strategy for Composite Optimization over Distributed Features

Convex Combination of Diffusion Strategies Over Networks

On the convergence of stochastic primal-dual hybrid gradient

Adaptive Gradient Descent without Descent

Stochastic homogenization of degenerate integral functionals with linear growth

Stochastic distributed learning with gradient quantization and double-variance reduction

On The Convergence Of Stochastic Primal-Dual Hybrid Gradient

Localizing Unsynchronized Sensors With Unknown Sources

Critical Parameters for Scalable Distributed Learning with Large Batches and Asynchronous Updates

A Multi-Agent Primal-Dual Strategy for Composite Optimization over Distributed Features

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

On the convergence of stochastic primal-dual hybrid gradient

Convex Combination of Diffusion Strategies Over Networks