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most citedStochastic Recursive Gradient Descent Ascent for Stochastic Nonconvex-Strongly-Concave Minimax Problems

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math.OC2026

High-Probability Last-Iterate Guarantees for Two-Point Gaussian Zeroth-Order Stochastic Gradient Descent

Haishan Ye

We establish a direct high-probability last-iterate guarantee for the standard same-sample two-point Gaussian zeroth-order SGD method in smooth, strongly convex stochastic optimiza…

math.OC2026

High-Probability Guarantees for Random Zeroth-Order Gradient Descent on Smooth Functions

Haishan Ye

Randomized zeroth-order methods are classically analyzed in expectation, but a black-box Markov conversion can give misleading high-probability guarantees, in particular by forcing…

math.OC2026

Stochastic Non-Smooth Non-Convex Optimization with Decision-Dependent Distributions

Chengchang Liu, Zongqi Wan, Haishan Ye +1

We study stochastic zeroth-order optimization with decision-dependent distributions, where the sampling law depends on the current decision and only noisy function values are avail…

math.OC2026

High-Probability Guarantees for Random Zeroth-Order (Stochastic) Gradient Descent

Haishan Ye

Zeroth-order optimization aims to minimize an objective function using only function evaluations, and is therefore fundamental in black-box optimization, hyperparameter tuning, ban…

cs.LG2026

Logarithmic High-Probability Regret for Online Convex Optimization with Two-Point Bandit Feedback

Haishan Ye

We study online convex optimization (OCO) with two-point bandit feedback against a non-anticipating adaptive adversary. In this setting, a learner competes with an adversarial sequ…

math.OC2024

Near-Optimal Distributed Minimax Optimization under the Second-Order Similarity

Qihao Zhou, Haishan Ye, Luo Luo

This paper considers the distributed convex-concave minimax optimization under the second-order similarity. We propose stochastic variance-reduced optimistic gradient sliding (SVOG…

math.OC2023

Optimal Decentralized Composite Optimization for Convex Functions

Haishan Ye, Xiangyu Chang

In this paper, we focus on the decentralized composite optimization for convex functions. Because of advantages such as robust to the network and no communication bottle-neck in th…

math.OC2023★ 1 cited

Decentralized Riemannian Conjugate Gradient Method on the Stiefel Manifold

Jun Chen, Haishan Ye, Mengmeng Wang +4

The conjugate gradient method is a crucial first-order optimization method that generally converges faster than the steepest descent method, and its computational cost is much lowe…

cs.LG2023

Mirror Natural Evolution Strategies

Haishan Ye

The zeroth-order optimization has been widely used in machine learning applications. However, the theoretical study of the zeroth-order optimization focus on the algorithms which a…

cs.LG2023★ 2 cited

Stochastic Distributed Optimization under Average Second-order Similarity: Algorithms and Analysis

Dachao Lin, Yuze Han, Haishan Ye +1

We study finite-sum distributed optimization problems involving a master node and local nodes under the popular -similarity and -strong convexity conditions. We propose…

math.OC2022

Snap-Shot Decentralized Stochastic Gradient Tracking Methods

Haishan Ye, Xiangyu Chang

In decentralized optimization, agents form a network and only communicate with their neighbors, which gives advantages in data ownership, privacy, and scalability. At the same…

cs.LG2022★ 2 cited

An Efficient Stochastic Algorithm for Decentralized Nonconvex-Strongly-Concave Minimax Optimization

Lesi Chen, Haishan Ye, Luo Luo

This paper studies the stochastic nonconvex-strongly-concave minimax optimization over a multi-agent network. We propose an efficient algorithm, called Decentralized Recursive grad…

math.OC2022★ 2 cited

On the Complexity of Decentralized Smooth Nonconvex Finite-Sum Optimization

Luo Luo, Yunyan Bai, Lesi Chen +2

We study the decentralized optimization problem , where the local function on the -th a…

math.OC2022★ 1 cited

Decentralized Stochastic Variance Reduced Extragradient Method

Luo Luo, Haishan Ye

This paper studies decentralized convex-concave minimax optimization problems of the form , where is the number…

math.NA2021★ 2 cited

Greedy and Random Broyden's Methods with Explicit Superlinear Convergence Rates in Nonlinear Equations

Haishan Ye, Dachao Lin, Zhihua Zhang

In this paper, we propose the greedy and random Broyden's method for solving nonlinear equations. Specifically, the greedy method greedily selects the direction to maximize a certa…

cs.LG2021★ 2 cited

Eigencurve: Optimal Learning Rate Schedule for SGD on Quadratic Objectives with Skewed Hessian Spectrums

Rui Pan, Haishan Ye, Tong Zhang

Learning rate schedulers have been widely adopted in training deep neural networks. Despite their practical importance, there is a discrepancy between its practice and its theoreti…

math.OC2021★ 2 cited

Explicit Superlinear Convergence Rates of Broyden's Methods in Nonlinear Equations

Dachao Lin, Haishan Ye, Zhihua Zhang

In this paper, we study the explicit superlinear convergence rates of quasi-Newton methods. We particularly focus on the classical Broyden's method for solving nonlinear equations.…

math.OC2021★ 3 cited

Explicit Superlinear Convergence Rates of The SR1 Algorithm

Haishan Ye, Dachao Lin, Zhihua Zhang +1

We study the convergence rate of the famous Symmetric Rank-1 (SR1) algorithm which has wide applications in different scenarios. Although it has been extensively investigated, SR1…

math.OC2021★ 5 cited

Explicit Convergence Rates of Greedy and Random Quasi-Newton Methods

Dachao Lin, Haishan Ye, Zhihua Zhang

Optimization is important in machine learning problems, and quasi-Newton methods have a reputation as the most efficient numerical schemes for smooth unconstrained optimization. In…

cs.LG2021★ 10 cited

DeEPCA: Decentralized Exact PCA with Linear Convergence Rate

Haishan Ye, Tong Zhang

Due to the rapid growth of smart agents such as weakly connected computational nodes and sensors, developing decentralized algorithms that can perform computations on local agents…

math.OC2020★ 5 cited

PMGT-VR: A decentralized proximal-gradient algorithmic framework with variance reduction

Haishan Ye, Wei Xiong, Tong Zhang

This paper considers the decentralized composite optimization problem. We propose a novel decentralized variance-reduction proximal-gradient algorithmic framework, called PMGT-VR,…

cs.LG2020★ 1 cited

Revisiting Co-Occurring Directions: Sharper Analysis and Efficient Algorithm for Sparse Matrices

Luo Luo, Cheng Chen, Guangzeng Xie +1

We study the streaming model for approximate matrix multiplication (AMM). We are interested in the scenario that the algorithm can only take one pass over the data with limited mem…

cs.LG2020★ 33 cited

Multi-consensus Decentralized Accelerated Gradient Descent

Haishan Ye, Luo Luo, Ziang Zhou +1

This paper considers the decentralized convex optimization problem, which has a wide range of applications in large-scale machine learning, sensor networks, and control theory. We…

cs.LG2020★ 8 cited

MiLeNAS: Efficient Neural Architecture Search via Mixed-Level Reformulation

Chaoyang He, Haishan Ye, Li Shen +1

Many recently proposed methods for Neural Architecture Search (NAS) can be formulated as bilevel optimization. For efficient implementation, its solution requires approximations of…