June 23, 2017
STOC 2017, Montreal, Canada
https://users.cs.duke.edu/~rongge/stoc2017ml/stoc2017ml.html
Submission deadline: May 27, 2017
Machine learning has gone through a major transformation in the last decade. Traditional methods based on convex optimization have been replaced by highly non-convex approaches including deep learning. In the worst-case, the underlying optimization problems are NP-hard. Therefore to understand their success, we need new tools to characterize properties of natural inputs, and design algorithms that work provably in beyond-worst-case settings. In particular, robustness and nonconvexity are two of the major challenges.
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