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Persistent homology is a leading tool in topological data analysis (TDA). Many problems in TDA can be solved via homological -- and indeed, linear -- algebra. However, matrices in this domain are typically large, with rows and columns…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2021-08-23 Haibin Hang , Chad Giusti , Lori Ziegelmeier , Gregory Henselman-Petrusek

Sparse attention is a core building block in many leading neural network models, from graph-structured learning to sparse sequence modeling. It can be decomposed into a sequence of three sparse matrix operations (3S): sampled dense-dense…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-05-14 Zitong Li , Aparna Chandramowlishwaran

The factorization of skew-symmetric matrices is a critically understudied area of dense linear algebra, particularly in comparison to that of general and symmetric matrices. While some algorithms can be adapted from the symmetric case, the…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2026-05-06 Ishna Satyarth , Chao Yin , Devin A. Matthews , Maggie Myers , Robert van de Geijn , RuQing G. Xu

Nonnegative matrix factorization is a powerful technique to realize dimension reduction and pattern recognition through single-layer data representation learning. Deep learning, however, with its carefully designed hierarchical structure,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-07-31 Zhenxing Guo , Shihua Zhang

Inversion of sparse matrices with standard direct solve schemes is robust, but computationally expensive. Iterative solvers, on the other hand, demonstrate better scalability; but, need to be used with an appropriate preconditioner (e.g.,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-09-28 Hadi Pouransari , Pieter Coulier , Eric Darve

Solving large, sparse linear systems is a fundamental workload in scientific computing and engineering simulations, often dominating runtime and energy consumption in high-performance computing (HPC) applications. In this work, we explore…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2026-04-30 Dan Gluck , Yotam Mimran , Andrey Karenskih , Talya Vaknin , Omri Wolf , Ruti Ben-Shlomi , Johannes Gebert

Linear solvers are major computational bottlenecks in a wide range of decision support and optimization computations. The challenges become even more pronounced on heterogeneous hardware, where traditional sparse numerical linear algebra…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2024-01-26 Kasia Świrydowicz , Nicholson Koukpaizan , Maksudul Alam , Shaked Regev , Michael Saunders , Slaven Peleš

LU and Cholesky matrix factorization algorithms are core subroutines used to solve systems of linear equations (SLEs) encountered while solving an optimization problem. Standard factorization algorithms are highly efficient but remain…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-25 Adolfo R. Escobedo

To deal with high-dimensional unlabeled datasets in many areas, principal component analysis (PCA) has become a rising technique for unsupervised feature selection (UFS). However, most existing PCA-based methods only consider the structure…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-15 Xianchao Xiu , Chenyi Huang , Pan Shang , Wanquan Liu

We introduce a task-parallel algorithm for sparse incomplete Cholesky factorization that utilizes a 2D sparse partitioned-block layout of a matrix. Our factorization algorithm follows the idea of algorithms-by-blocks by using the block…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2016-01-26 Kyungjoo Kim , Sivasankaran Rajamanickam , George Stelle , H. Carter Edwards , Stephen L. Olivier

In this paper, we report an optimized union-find (UF) algorithm that can label the connected components on a 2D image efficiently by employing the GPU architecture. The proposed method contains three phases: UF-based local merge, boundary…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-08-30 Jun Chen , Qiang Yao , Houari Sabirin , Keisuke Nonaka , Hiroshi Sankoh , Sei Naito

In this paper, we aim to introduce a new perspective when comparing highly parallelized algorithms on GPU: the energy consumption of the GPU. We give an analysis of the performance of linear algebra operations, including addition of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-22 Abal-Kassim Cheik Ahamed , Alban Desmaison , Frederic Magoules

We propose a GPU-based distributed optimization algorithm, aimed at controlling optimal power flow in multi-phase and unbalanced distribution systems. Typically, conventional distributed optimization algorithms employed in such scenarios…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-17 Minseok Ryu , Geunyeong Byeon , Kibaek Kim

Recommendation systems, social network analysis, medical imaging, and data mining often involve processing sparse high-dimensional data. Such high-dimensional data are naturally represented as tensors, and they cannot be efficiently…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-10-22 Weiyun Jiang , Kaiqi Zhang , Colin Yu Lin , Feng Xing , Zheng Zhang

Modeling multimetallic systems efficiently enables faster prediction of desirable chemical properties and design of new materials. This work describes an initial implementation for performing multireference wave function method localized…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-05-08 Valay Agarawal , Rishu Khurana , Cong Liu , Matthew R. Hermes , Christopher Knight , Laura Gagliardi

The proposed article aims at offering a comprehensive tutorial for the computational aspects of structured matrix and tensor factorization. Unlike existing tutorials that mainly focus on {\it algorithmic procedures} for a small set of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-19 Xiao Fu , Nico Vervliet , Lieven De Lathauwer , Kejun Huang , Nicolas Gillis

We present a novel framework for Linear Combination of Unitaries (LCU)-style decomposition tailored to structured sparse matrices, which frequently arise in the numerical solution of partial differential equations (PDEs). While LCU is a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-29 Abeynaya Gnanasekaran , Amit Surana

Sparse tensors are prevalent in real-world applications, often characterized by their large-scale, high-order, and high-dimensional nature. Directly handling raw tensors is impractical due to the significant memory and computational…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-05-24 Zixuan Li , Mingxing Duan , Huizhang Luo , Wangdong Yang , Kenli Li , Keqin Li

Integral equations are commonly encountered when solving complex physical problems. Their discretization leads to a dense kernel matrix that is block or hierarchically low-rank. This paper proposes a new way to build a low-rank…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-01-28 Léopold Cambier , Eric Darve

We present a massively parallel solver that accelerates DC loadflow computations for power grid topology optimization tasks. Our approach leverages low-rank updates of the Power Transfer Distribution Factors (PTDFs) to represent substation…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-30 Nico Westerbeck , Joost van Dijk , Jan Viebahn , Christian Merz , Dirk Witthaut