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most citedAnalysis and Implementation of an Asynchronous Optimization Algorithm for the Parameter Server

29 citations · 46 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

cs.LG2020★ 8 cited

Advances in Asynchronous Parallel and Distributed Optimization

Mahmoud Assran, Arda Aytekin, Hamid Feyzmahdavian +2

Motivated by large-scale optimization problems arising in the context of machine learning, there have been several advances in the study of asynchronous parallel and distributed op…

eess.SY2020

Application of Monte Carlo Tree Search in Periodic Schedule Design for Networked Control Systems

Burak Demirel, Arda Aytekin

We analyze the closed-loop control performance of a networked control system that consists of independent linear feedback control loops, sharing a communication network with $M…

math.OC2020★ 3 cited

A flexible framework for communication-efficient machine learning: from HPC to IoT

Sarit Khirirat, Sindri Magnússon, Arda Aytekin +1

With the increasing scale of machine learning tasks, it has become essential to reduce the communication between computing nodes. Early work on gradient compression focused on the…

cs.DC2019★ 5 cited

Harnessing the Power of Serverless Runtimes for Large-Scale Optimization

Arda Aytekin, Mikael Johansson

The event-driven and elastic nature of serverless runtimes makes them a very efficient and cost-effective alternative for scaling up computations. So far, they have mostly been use…

math.OC2018★ 1 cited

POLO: a POLicy-based Optimization library

Arda Aytekin, Martin Biel, Mikael Johansson

We present POLO --- a C++ library for large-scale parallel optimization research that emphasizes ease-of-use, flexibility and efficiency in algorithm design. It uses multiple inher…

math.OC2016★ 29 cited

Analysis and Implementation of an Asynchronous Optimization Algorithm for the Parameter Server

Arda Aytekin, Hamid Reza Feyzmahdavian, Mikael Johansson

This paper presents an asynchronous incremental aggregated gradient algorithm and its implementation in a parameter server framework for solving regularized optimization problems.…

math.OC2015

An Asynchronous Mini-Batch Algorithm for Regularized Stochastic Optimization

Hamid Reza Feyzmahdavian, Arda Aytekin, Mikael Johansson

Mini-batch optimization has proven to be a powerful paradigm for large-scale learning. However, the state of the art parallel mini-batch algorithms assume synchronous operation or…