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Consider the fundamental task of finding independent sets of (constant) size $k$ in a given $n$-node hypergraph. How is the time complexity affected by the sparsity of the input, i.e., the number of hyperedges $m$? Tur\'{a}n's theorem…
In this work we are interested in the problems of supervised learning and variable selection when the input-output dependence is described by a nonlinear function depending on a few variables. Our goal is to consider a sparse nonparametric…
We give the first input-sparsity time algorithms for the rank-$k$ low rank approximation problem in every Schatten norm. Specifically, for a given $n\times n$ matrix $A$, our algorithm computes $Y,Z\in \mathbb{R}^{n\times k}$, which, with…
We study the problem of approximating the eigenspectrum of a symmetric matrix $\mathbf A \in \mathbb{R}^{n \times n}$ with bounded entries (i.e., $\|\mathbf A\|_{\infty} \leq 1$). We present a simple sublinear time algorithm that…
This paper considers the sample-efficiency of preference learning, which models and predicts human choices based on comparative judgments. The minimax optimal estimation error rate $\Theta(d/n)$ in classical estimation theory requires that…
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For a matrix $A\in \mathbb{R}^{n\times d}$ with $n\geq d$, we consider the dual problems of $\min \|Ax-b\|_p^p, \, b\in \mathbb{R}^n$ and $\min_{A^\top x=b} \|x\|_p^p,\, b\in \mathbb{R}^d$. We improve the runtimes for solving these problems…
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We study high-dimensional least-squares regression within a subgaussian statistical learning framework with heterogeneous noise. It includes $s$-sparse and $r$-low-rank least-squares regression when a fraction $\epsilon$ of the labels are…