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We consider sketching algorithms which first compress data by multiplication with a random sketch matrix, and then apply the sketch to quickly solve an optimization problem, e.g., low-rank approximation and regression. In the learning-based…
This paper considers eigenpair computations of large symmetric matrices with the desired eigenvalues lying in a given interval using the contour integral-based block SS--RR method, a Rayleigh--Ritz projection onto a certain subspace…
Recently, Krukier et al. [Generalized skew-Hermitian triangular splitting iteration methods for saddle-point linear systems, Numer. Linear Algebra Appl. 21 (2014) 152-170] proposed an efficient generalized skew-Hermitian triangular…
A Gaussian process (GP) is a powerful and widely used regression technique. The main building block of a GP regression is the covariance kernel, which characterizes the relationship between pairs in the random field. The optimization to…
In this work, we present several tools for efficient sequential hierarchical least-squares programming (S-HLSP) for lexicographical optimization tailored to robot control and planning. As its main step, S-HLSP relies on approximations of…
We propose a general random subspace framework for unconstrained nonconvex optimization problems that requires a weak probabilistic assumption on the subspace gradient, which we show to be satisfied by various random matrix ensembles, such…
In this paper, a hierarchical Tucker low-rank (HTLR) matrix is proposed to approximate non-oscillatory kernel functions in linear complexity. The HTLR matrix is based on the hierarchical matrix, with the low-rank blocks replaced by Tucker…
We consider a sketched implementation of the finite element method for elliptic partial differential equations on high-dimensional models. Motivated by applications in real-time simulation and prediction we propose an algorithm that…
Sketch-and-solve (SAS) is a very successful method to efficiently estimate the solution of heavily overdetermined large linear least squares problems. It uses random sketching to reduce the size of the problem, hence reducing the…
Matrix sketching is a recently developed data compression technique. An input matrix A is efficiently approximated with a smaller matrix B, so that B preserves most of the properties of A up to some guaranteed approximation ratio. In so…
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…
Second-order optimization methods are among the most widely used optimization approaches for convex optimization problems, and have recently been used to optimize non-convex optimization problems such as deep learning models. The widely…
Network monitoring is vital in modern clouds and data center networks for traffic engineering, network diagnosis, network intrusion detection, which need diverse traffic statistics ranging from flow size distributions to heavy hitters. To…
Hierarchical matrices approximate a given matrix by a decomposition into low-rank submatrices that can be handled efficiently in factorized form. $\mathcal{H}^2$-matrices refine this representation following the ideas of fast multipole…
For linear systems $Ax=b$ we develop iterative algorithms based on a sketch-and-project approach. By using judicious choices for the sketch, such as the history of residuals, we develop weighting strategies that enable short recursive…
Typically, nonlinear Support Vector Machines (SVMs) produce significantly higher classification quality when compared to linear ones but, at the same time, their computational complexity is prohibitive for large-scale datasets: this…
We provide an exact analysis of a class of randomized algorithms for solving overdetermined least-squares problems. We consider first-order methods, where the gradients are pre-conditioned by an approximation of the Hessian, based on a…
Reformulation of a combinatorial problem into optimization of a statistical-mechanics system, enables finding a better solution using heuristics derived from a physical process, such as by the SA (Simulated Annealing). In this paper, we…
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…
This work considers the problem of learning the Markov parameters of a linear system from observed data. Recent non-asymptotic system identification results have characterized the sample complexity of this problem in the single and…