Large-Scale Optimization
FDS Colloquium: Emma Zang (Yale), “Harnessing AI and Digital Data: Unlocking New Frontiers in Family Research”
Abstract: AI and digital data have been increasingly used to explore a wide range of social science topics, yet their potential in family research […]
S&DS Seminar: Florentina Bunea (Cornell), “Learning Large Softmax Mixtures with Warm Start EM”
Mixed multinomial logits are discrete mixtures introduced several decades ago to model the probability of choosing an attribute xj 2 RL from p possible candidates, […]
FDS Colloquium: Bento Natura (Columbia), “Faster Exact Linear Programming”
Optional Zoom link: https://yale.zoom.us/j/99342713421 Abstract: We present a novel algorithm to solve various subclasses of linear programs, with a particular focus on strongly polynomial […]
Amin Karbasi granted 2024 Roberts Innovation Fund Award
Amin Karbasi (Member) and his Postdoctoral Associate Insu Han, along with their collaborator Amir Zandieh (Max Planck Institute), were recipients of a 2024 Roberts […]