Bernd Sturmfels; 3264 Conics in A Second
Bernd Sturmfels, MPI Leipzig / UC Berkeley Tuesday February 18, 2020, BAG 154, 4-5pm TITLE: 3264 Conics in A Second ABSTRACT: This lecture spans a bridge from 19th century geometry to 21st century...
View ArticleAlekh Agarwal; Optimality and Approximation with Policy Gradient Methods in...
Alekh Agarwal, Microsoft Research AI Tuesday Nov 12, 2019, CSE2 (Gates) G04, 4-5pm Title: Optimality and Approximation with Policy Gradient Methods in Markov Decision Processes Abstract: Policy...
View ArticleMarco Cuturi; Computational Optimal Transport
Marco Cuturi, Google Brain, Paris Tuesday Nov 19, 2019, CSE2 (Gates) G04, 4-5pm Title: Computational Optimal Transport Abstract: I will give in this talk a short introduction to optimal transport...
View ArticleCynthia Vinzant; Determinants, polynomials, and matroids
Cynthia Vinzant, Dept. of Mathematics, North Carolina State University Tuesday Oct 8, 2019, CSE2 (Gates) G04, 4-5pm Title: Determinants, polynomials, and matroids Abstract: The determinant of a...
View ArticleAmir Ali Ahmadi; Nonnegative polynomials: from optimization to control and...
CORE Series Amir Ali Ahmadi, ORFE, Princeton University Friday, May 17, 2019 ECE 037, 2:30-3:30pm Poster PDF *Title: Nonnegative polynomials: from optimization to control and learning *Speaker: Amir...
View ArticleRainer Sinn and Daniel Plaumann; From conic programming to real algebraic...
Rainer Sinn, Fachbereich Mathematik und Informatik, Freie Universität Berlin Daniel Plaumann, Fakultät für Mathematik, Technische Universität Dortmund Tuesday May 14, 2019, More Hall 234, 4pm-5:30pm...
View ArticleJesus De Loera; Variations on a theme by G. Dantzig: Revisiting the...
CORE Series Jesus De Loera, UC Davis Friday, November 30, 2018 Smith Hall 102, 3:30pm TITLE: Variations on a theme by G. Dantzig: Revisiting the principles of the Simplex Algorithm ABSTRACT: Linear...
View ArticleFrancis Bach; Can machine learning survive the artificial intelligence...
CORE Series Francis Bach, Inria and Ecole Normale Supérieure Thursday, November 8, 2018 Electrical Engineering Building (EEB) 105, 11:00am Poster PDF TITLE: Can machine learning survive the artificial...
View ArticleYurii Nesterov; Relative smoothness condition and its application to...
CORE Series Monday, May 21, 2018 SMI 205, 4:00PM Yurii Nesterov (CORE/INMA, UCL, Belgium) TITLE: Relative smoothness condition and its application to third-order methods ABSTRACT: In this talk, we...
View ArticleAaron Sidford; Faster Algorithms for Computing the Stationary Distribution
CORE Series Tuesday, May 8, 2018 SAV 264, 4:00PM Aaron Sidford, Stanford University (Management Science and Engineering) TITLE: Faster Algorithms for Computing the Stationary Distribution ABSTRACT:...
View ArticleJohn Duchi; Composite modeling and optimization, with applications to phase...
CORE Series Friday, Oct 20, 2017 SMI 211, 3:30PM John Duchi, Stanford University (Departments of Statistics and Electrical Engineering) TITLE: Composite modeling and optimization, with applications to...
View ArticleZaid Harchaoui; Catalyst, Generic Acceleration Scheme for Gradient-based...
CORE Series Tuesday, April 18, 2017 EEB 125, 4:00-5:00PM Zaid Harchaoui, University of Washington TITLE: Catalyst, Generic Acceleration Scheme for Gradient-based Optimization ABSTRACT: We introduce a...
View ArticleLiza Levina; Interpretable Prediction Models for Network-Linked Data
CORE Series Tuesday, April 11, 2017 EEB 125, 4:00-5:00PM Liza Levina, University of Michigan TITLE: Interpretable Prediction Models for Network-Linked Data ABSTRACT: Prediction problems typically...
View ArticleJon Lee; Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Optimization: Let’s get crazy!
CORE Series Tuesday, Jan 31, 2017 LOW 105, 4:00-5:00PM Jon Lee, University of Michigan TITLE: Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Optimization: Let’s get crazy! ABSTRACT: Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Optimization...
View ArticleDavid Shmoys; Models and Algorithms for the Operation and Design of...
CORE Series (Joint with CSE Theory Seminar) **Thursday**, Dec 1, 2016 11:00AM-12:00PM in CSE 403 David Shmoys, Cornell University TITLE: Models and Algorithms for the Operation and Design of...
View ArticleNina Balcan; Distributed Machine Learning
CORE Series Tuesday, May 24, 2016, 4:00 pm Electrical Engineering Building (EEB) 125 Maria-Florina Balcan, Carnegie Mellon University TITLE: Distributed Machine Learning ABSTRACT: We consider the...
View ArticleSébastien Bubeck; New Results at the Crossroads of Convexity, Learning and...
CORE Series Tuesday, Apr 19, 2016, 4pm LOW 102 Sébastien Bubeck, Microsoft Research ABSTRACT: I will present three new results: (i) the Cramer transform of the uniform measure on a convex body is a...
View ArticleKatya Scheinberg; Using randomized models in black-box, derivative free and...
CORE Series Tuesday, March 8, 2016, 4:00 pm SMI 304 Katya Scheinberg,Lehigh University. Using randomized models in black-box, derivative free and stochastic optimization ABSTRACT: Derivative free...
View ArticleAndrew Fitzgibbon; Learning about Shape
CORE Series Monday, March 30, 2015, 4pm EEB 125 Andrew Fitzgibbon, Microsoft Research, Cambridge. Learning about Shape Abstract: Vision is naturally concerned with shape. If we could recover a stable...
View ArticleDan Spielman; Spectral Sparsification of Graphs
May 8th, 2014, 3:30pm EEB 105 Dan Spielman, Department of Computer Science, Yale. Spectral Sparsification of Graphs Math Across Campus Seminar Abstract: We introduce a notion of what it means for one...
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