Stochastic Algorithms for Constrained Continuous Optimization

Frank Curtis (Lehigh U, Bethlehem)

Jun 04. 2024, 11:30 — 12:00

I will present the recent work of my research group on the design, analysis, and practical performance of stochastic-gradient-based algorithms for solving constrained continuous optimization problems, such as those that arise in constrained machine learning model training.  I will summarize our work on stochastic interior-point and sequential-quadratic-programming algorithms, which we have shown to have (probabilistic and/or almost-sure) convergence guarantees under generally loose assumptions on the problem functions and stochastic errors in the objective gradient estimates.  The results of numerical experiments on physics-informed and fair learning problems demonstrates the practical performance of our proposed techniques.

Further Information
Venue:
ESI Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Recordings:
Recording
Associated Event:
One World Optimization Seminar in Vienna (Workshop)
Organizer(s):
Radu Ioan Bot (U of Vienna)
Yurii Malitskyi (U of Vienna)