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Optimization methods play a central role in signal processing, serving as the mathematical foundation for inference, estimation, and control. While classical iterative optimization algorithms provide interpretability and theoretical…

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Understanding the orientation of geological structures is crucial for analyzing the complexity of the Earths' subsurface. For instance, information about geological structure orientation can be incorporated into local anisotropic…

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In this work, we investigate various approaches that use learning from training data to solve inverse problems, following a bi-level learning approach. We consider a general framework for optimal inversion design, where training data can be…

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In many experimental contexts, it is necessary to statistically remove the impact of instrumental effects in order to physically interpret measurements. This task has been extensively studied in particle physics, where the deconvolution…

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Tensors play a pivotal role in the realms of science and engineering, particularly in the realms of data analysis, machine learning, and computational mathematics. The process of unfolding a tensor into matrices, commonly known as tensor…

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Multivariate goodness-of-fit and two-sample tests are important components of many nuclear and particle physics analyses. While a variety of powerful methods are available if the dimensionality of the feature space is small, such tests…

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