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EPFL2024

Optimization Algorithms for Decentralized, Distributed and Collaborative Machine Learning

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EPFL2024

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.2024

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Nature Portfolio2024

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Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2024

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.2024

Deep learning approach for identification of H II regions during reionization in 21-cm observations - II. Foreground contamination

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Oxford Univ Press2024

Saddle-to-Saddle Dynamics in Diagonal Linear Networks

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Robust Collaborative Learning with Linear Gradient Overhead

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The multivariate Serre conjecture ring

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Linear Complexity Self-Attention With 3rd Order Polynomials

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Ieee Computer Soc2023

A Statistical Framework to Investigate the Optimality of Signal-Reconstruction Methods

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EPFL2023

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EPFL2023

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EPFL2023

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EPFL2023

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The minimization of a data-fidelity term and an additive regularization functional gives rise to a powerful framework for supervised learning. In this paper, we present a unifying regularization functional that depends on an operator L\documentclass[12pt]{ ...

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