papers

Publications (12)

stat.ML2026

Convergence analysis of a family of Zermelo-type iterations for the Bradley--Terry model

Ruijian Han, Ding Lu, Yiming Xu

Zermelo's algorithm is a classical method for computing the maximum likelihood estimator in the Bradley--Terry (BT) model, but its convergence can be slow in practice. To accelerat…

math.NA2022

Variational Characterization of Monotone Nonlinear Eigenvector Problems and Geometry of Self-Consistent-Field Iteration

Zhaojun Bai, Ding Lu

This paper concerns a class of monotone eigenvalue problems with eigenvector nonlinearities (mNEPv). The mNEPv is encountered in applications such as the computation of joint numer…

cs.LG2025

Hidden Convexity of Fair PCA and Fast Solver via Eigenvalue Optimization

Junhui Shen, Aaron J. Davis, Ding Lu +1

Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is a foundational technique in machine learning for dimensionality reduction of high-dimensional datasets. However, PCA could lead to biased outc…

cs.CV2018

Multi-scale prediction for robust hand detection and classification

Ding Lu, Yong Wang, Robert Laganiere +2

In this paper, we present a multi-scale Fully Convolutional Networks (MSP-RFCN) to robustly detect and classify human hands under various challenging conditions. In our approach, t…

math.NA2026

An NPDo Approach for Principal Joint Block Diagonalization

Ren-Cang Li, Ding Lu, Li Wang +1

Matrix joint block-diagonalization (JBD) frequently arises from diverse applications such as independent component analysis, blind source separation, and common principal component…

math.NA2020

Optimal Convergence Rate of Self-Consistent Field Iteration for Solving Eigenvector-dependent Nonlinear Eigenvalue Problems

Zhaojun Bai, Ren-Cang Li, Ding Lu

We present a comprehensive convergence analysis for Self-Consistent Field (SCF) iteration to solve a class of nonlinear eigenvalue problems with eigenvector-dependency (NEPv). Usin…

physics.plasm-ph2013

Effects of ion mobility and positron fraction on solitary waves in weak relativistic electron-positron-ion plasma

Ding Lu, Zi-Liang Li, Bai-Song Xie

Effects of ion mobility and positron fraction on solitary waves of envelop of laser field and potential of electrostatic field in weak relativistic electron-positron-ion plasma are…

math.NA2021

Backward Stability of Explicit External Deflation for the Symmetric Eigenvalue Problem

Chao-Ping Lin, Ding Lu, Zhaojun Bai

A thorough backward stability analysis of Hotelling's deflation, an explicit external deflation procedure through low-rank updates for computing many eigenpairs of a symmetric matr…

quant-ph2013

Vacuum pair production of charged scalar bosons in time-dependent electric fields

Zi-Liang Li, Ding Lu, Bai-Song Xie

Based on the quantum mechanical scattering model, the dynamical assist effect and the multiple-slit interference effect in electron-positron pair production from vacuum are general…

math.NA2023

Locally Unitarily Invariantizable NEPv and Convergence Analysis of SCF

Ding Lu, Ren-Cang Li

We consider a class of eigenvector-dependent nonlinear eigenvalue problems (NEPv) without the unitary invariance property. Those NEPv commonly arise as the first-order optimality c…

math.NA2024

Eigenvalue backward errors of Rosenbrock systems and optimization of sums of Rayleigh quotient

Ding Lu, Anshul Prajapati, Punit Sharma +1

We address the problem of computing the eigenvalue backward error of the Rosenbrock system matrix under various types of block perturbations. We establish computable formulas for t…

cs.LG2023

Scalable Spectral Clustering with Group Fairness Constraints

Ji Wang, Ding Lu, Ian Davidson +1

There are synergies of research interests and industrial efforts in modeling fairness and correcting algorithmic bias in machine learning. In this paper, we present a scalable algo…