Santosh S. Vempala
10 papers · 2015–2026 · 4 venues · across top CS/AI venues
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Machine Learning
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Optimization
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Artificial Intelligence
(3)
Bayesian & Probabilistic Β· Machine Learning
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Mathematics
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markov chain monte carlo
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warm start
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convex optimization
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convergence analysis
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stochastic process
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sample complexity
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graph theory
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activation function
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uniform sampling
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random walk
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hamiltonian monte carlo
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riemannian manifold
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mixing time
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diffusion model
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tensor decomposition
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independent component analysis
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barrier function
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dikin walk
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matrix decomposition
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Papers
The Geometry of Efficient Nonconvex Sampling
COLT 2026
Does GPT Really Get It? A Hierarchical Scale to Quantify Human and AIβs Understanding of Algorithms
AAAI 2025
Gaussian Cooling and Dikin Walks: The Interior-Point Method for Logconcave Sampling
COLT 2024
In-and-Out: Algorithmic Diffusion for Sampling Convex Bodies
NeurIPS 2024
Sampling Polytopes with Riemannian HMC: Faster Mixing via the Lewis Weights Barrier
COLT 2024
The k-Cap Process on Geometric Random Graphs
COLT 2023
The Mirror Langevin Algorithm Converges with Vanishing Bias
ALT 2022
Efficient Convex Optimization with Membership Oracles
COLT 2018
Cortical Learning via Prediction
COLT 2015
Max vs Min: Tensor Decomposition and ICA with nearly Linear Sample Complexity
COLT 2015