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Sketched gradient algorithms have been recently introduced for efficiently solving the large-scale constrained Least-squares regressions. In this paper we provide novel convergence analysis for the basic method {\it Gradient Projection…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-06-05 Junqi Tang , Mohammad Golbabaee , Mike Davies

Sketching and streaming algorithms are in the forefront of current research directions for cut problems in graphs. In the streaming model, we show that $(1-\epsilon)$-approximation for Max-Cut must use $n^{1-O(\epsilon)}$ space; moreover,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-23 Dmitry Kogan , Robert Krauthgamer

Randomized linear system solvers have become popular as they have the potential to reduce floating point complexity while still achieving desirable convergence rates. One particularly promising class of methods, random sketching solvers,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-23 Vivak Patel , Mohammad Jahangoshahi , Daniel Adrian Maldonado

In this paper, based on an optimization problem, a sketch-and-project method for solving the linear matrix equation AXB = C is proposed. We provide a thorough convergence analysis for the new method and derive a lower bound on the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-07 Wendi Bao , Zhiwei Guo , Weiguo Li , Ying Lv , Jichao Wang

We study randomized sketching methods for approximately solving least-squares problem with a general convex constraint. The quality of a least-squares approximation can be assessed in different ways: either in terms of the value of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-11-04 Mert Pilanci , Martin J. Wainwright

Random sketching is a dimensionality reduction technique that approximately preserves norms and singular values up to some $O(1)$ distortion factor with high probability. The most popular sketches in literature are the Gaussian sketch and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-21 Andrew J. Higgins , Erik G. Boman , Ichitaro Yamazaki

We address the statistical and optimization impacts of the classical sketch and Hessian sketch used to approximately solve the Matrix Ridge Regression (MRR) problem. Prior research has quantified the effects of classical sketch on the…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2018-05-08 Shusen Wang , Alex Gittens , Michael W. Mahoney

Linear bandits have become a cornerstone of online learning and sequential decision-making, providing solid theoretical foundations for balancing exploration and exploitation. Within this domain, matrix sketching serves as a critical…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Dongxie Wen , Hanyan Yin , Xiao Zhang , Peng Zhao , Lijun Zhang , Zhewei Wei

Count-sketch is a popular matrix sketching algorithm that can produce a sketch of an input data matrix X in O(nnz(X))time where nnz(X) denotes the number of non-zero entries in X. The sketched matrix will be much smaller than X while…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-11-30 Yuhan Wang , Zijian Lei , Liang Lan

We present a refined analysis of the classic Count-Sketch streaming heavy hitters algorithm [CCF02]. Count-Sketch uses O(k log n) linear measurements of a vector x in R^n to give an estimate x' of x. The standard analysis shows that this…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-10-22 Gregory T. Minton , Eric Price

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…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2015-05-26 Garvesh Raskutti , Michael Mahoney

Graph sketching has emerged as a powerful technique for processing massive graphs that change over time (i.e., are presented as a dynamic stream of edge updates) over the past few years, starting with the work of Ahn, Guha and McGregor…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-03-29 Michael Kapralov , Aida Mousavifar , Cameron Musco , Christopher Musco , Navid Nouri

We study the algorithmic problem of estimating the mean of heavy-tailed random vector in $\mathbb{R}^d$, given $n$ i.i.d. samples. The goal is to design an efficient estimator that attains the optimal sub-gaussian error bound, only assuming…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2020-02-19 Zhixian Lei , Kyle Luh , Prayaag Venkat , Fred Zhang

Graph sketching is a powerful paradigm for analyzing graph structure via linear measurements introduced by Ahn, Guha, and McGregor (SODA'12) that has since found numerous applications in streaming, distributed computing, and massively…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-09-30 Sepehr Assadi , Michael Kapralov , Huacheng Yu

We introduce a technique for estimating a structured covariance matrix from observations of a random vector which have been sketched. Each observed random vector $\boldsymbol{x}_t$ is reduced to a single number by taking its inner product…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-10-09 Sohail Bahmani , Justin Romberg

Least squares regression is a ubiquitous tool for building emulators (a.k.a. surrogate models) of problems across science and engineering for purposes such as design space exploration and uncertainty quantification. When the regression data…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-08 Nuojin Cheng , Osman Asif Malik , Yiming Xu , Stephen Becker , Alireza Doostan , Akil Narayan

Algorithmic Gaussianization is a phenomenon that can arise when using randomized sketching or sampling methods to produce smaller representations of large datasets: For certain tasks, these sketched representations have been observed to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-07-28 Michał Dereziński

Linear regression is one of the most fundamental linear algebra problems. Given a dense matrix $A \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times d}$ and a vector $b$, the goal is to find $x'$ such that $ \| Ax' - b \|_2^2 \leq (1+\epsilon) \min_{x} \| A x - b…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-28 Zhao Song , Junze Yin , Ruizhe Zhang

Projection-based iterative methods for solving large over-determined linear systems are well-known for their simplicity and computational efficiency. It is also known that the correct choice of a sketching procedure (i.e., preprocessing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-03 Elizaveta Rebrova , Deanna Needell

Sketching techniques have become popular for scaling up machine learning algorithms by reducing the sample size or dimensionality of massive data sets, while still maintaining the statistical power of big data. In this paper, we study…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-10-11 Jialei Wang , Jason D. Lee , Mehrdad Mahdavi , Mladen Kolar , Nathan Srebro