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Linear regression is effective at identifying interpretable trends in a data set, but averages out potentially different effects on subgroups within data. We propose an iterative algorithm based on the randomized Kaczmarz (RK) method to…
We propose the residual expansion (RE) algorithm: a global (or near-global) optimization method for nonconvex least squares problems. Unlike most existing nonconvex optimization techniques, the RE algorithm is not based on either stochastic…
The Kaczmarz and Gauss-Seidel methods both solve a linear system $\bf{X}\bf{\beta} = \bf{y}$ by iteratively refining the solution estimate. Recent interest in these methods has been sparked by a proof of Strohmer and Vershynin which shows…
With the growth of large data as well as large-scale learning tasks, the need for efficient and robust linear system solvers is greater than ever. The randomized Kaczmarz method (RK) and similar stochastic iterative methods have received…
One iteration of standard $k$-means (i.e., Lloyd's algorithm) or standard EM for Gaussian mixture models (GMMs) scales linearly with the number of clusters $C$, data points $N$, and data dimensionality $D$. In this study, we explore whether…
Gradient descent is a widely used iterative algorithm for finding local minima in multivariate functions. However, the final iterations often either overshoot the minima or make minimal progress, making it challenging to determine an…
This paper surveys randomized algorithms in numerical linear algebra for low-rank decompositions of matrices and tensors. The survey begins with a review of classical matrix algorithms that can be accelerated by randomized dimensionality…
Randomized Kaczmarz-type methods are widely used for their simplicity and efficiency in solving large-scale linear systems and optimization problems. However, their applicability is limited when dealing with inconsistent systems or…
The modern scale of data has brought new challenges to Bayesian inference. In particular, conventional MCMC algorithms are computationally very expensive for large data sets. A promising approach to solve this problem is embarrassingly…
We consider statistical and algorithmic aspects of solving large-scale least-squares (LS) problems using randomized sketching algorithms. Prior results show that, from an \emph{algorithmic perspective}, when using sketching matrices…
The coordinate descent (CD) method has recently become popular for solving very large-scale problems, partly due to its simple update, low memory requirement, and fast convergence. In this paper, we explore the greedy CD on solving…
The randomzied Kaczmarz method, along with its recently developed variants, has become a popular tool for dealing with large-scale linear systems. However, these methods usually fail to converge when the linear systems are affected by heavy…
This paper focuses on solving large-scale, ill-conditioned, and overdetermined sparse least squares problems that arise from numerical partial differential equations (PDEs), mainly from the random feature method. To address these…
The state-of-the-art methods for solving optimization problems in big dimensions are variants of randomized coordinate descent (RCD). In this paper we introduce a fundamentally new type of acceleration strategy for RCD based on the…
In recent studies on sparse modeling, $l_q$ ($0<q<1$) regularization has received considerable attention due to its superiorities on sparsity-inducing and bias reduction over the $l_1$ regularization.In this paper, we propose a cyclic…
Randomized neural networks (RaNNs), in which hidden layers remain fixed after random initialization, provide an efficient alternative for parameter optimization compared to fully parameterized networks. In this paper, RaNNs are integrated…
We present a simple, accurate method for solving consistent, rank-deficient linear systems, with or without addi- tional rank-completing constraints. Such problems arise in a variety of applications, such as the computation of the…
This paper proposes two distributed random reshuffling methods, namely Gradient Tracking with Random Reshuffling (GT-RR) and Exact Diffusion with Random Reshuffling (ED-RR), to solve the distributed optimization problem over a connected…
We study the convergence of a variant of distributed gradient descent (DGD) on a distributed low-rank matrix approximation problem wherein some optimization variables are used for consensus (as in classical DGD) and some optimization…
We give a randomized $1+\frac{5.06}{\sqrt{k}}$-approximation algorithm for the minimum $k$-edge connected spanning multi-subgraph problem, $k$-ECSM.