Optimization & Theory
43,292 papers (3 classified directly here)
Subtopics · a paper can sit in several, so these overlap
Optimization (17,731)
Learning Theory (6,809)
Bayesian Inference (6,267)
Theory (5,579)
Statistical Learning (4,564)
Neural Network Optimization (4,155)
Stochastic Processes (2,948)
Stochastic Methods (1,283)
Loss Functions (1,220)
Distributed Learning (1,202)
Online Algorithms (1,013)
Statistics (822)
Generalization (376)
Information Theory (370)
Sample Complexity (282)
Sparse Optimization (241)
Game Theory (151)
Convex Optimization (132)
Optimal Transport (104)
Robust Optimization (84)
Distributed Optimization (73)
Approximation Algorithms (33)
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Papers (including subtopics)
A-FloPS: Accelerating Diffusion Models via Adaptive Flow Path Sampler
AAAI 2026
A Fortiori Case-Based Reasoning: From Theory to Data (Abstract Reprint)
AAAI 2026
A Fully Parameter-Free Second-Order Algorithm for Convex-Concave Minimax Problems
JMLR 2026
A Functional-Space Mean-Field Theory of Partially-Trained Three-Layer Neural Networks
JMLR 2026
A General Anchor-Based Framework for Scalable Fair Clustering
AAAI 2026
Agentic Design Review System
AAAI 2026
AgentSwift: Efficient LLM Agent Design via Value-Guided Hierarchical Search
AAAI 2026
Aggregate-Combine-Readout GNNs Can Express Logical Classifiers Beyond the Logic C2
AAAI 2026
A Knowledge Compilation Map for Quantum Information
AAAI 2026
Algorithm Design and Stronger Guarantees for the Improving Multi-Armed Bandits Problem
UAI 2026
Aligning Generative Music AI with Human Preferences: Methods and Challenges
AAAI 2026
Aligning Paralinguistic Understanding and Generation in Speech LLMs via Multi-Task Reinforcement Learning
EACL 2026
Aligning Text, Code, and Vision: A Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning Framework for Text-to-Visualization
EACL 2026
Almost Sure Convergence of Linear Temporal Difference Learning with Arbitrary Features
JMLR 2026
Almost sure null bankruptcy of testing-by-betting strategies
COLT 2026
AMaPO: Adaptive Margin-attached Preference Optimization for Language Model Alignment
AAAI 2026
Ambiguous Online Learning
COLT 2026
A Mean-Field Analysis of Neural Stochastic Gradient Descent-Ascent for Functional Minimax Optimization
JMLR 2026
A Model-Free Universal AI
UAI 2026
A Model of the Language Process
ACL 2026
A More Efficient Reduction from Outlier-Aware to Outlier-Free k-Median
AAAI 2026
A Multi-Objective Optimization Framework for Adaptive Weighting in Physics-Informed Machine Learning
AAAI 2026
An accelerated proximal bundle method for convex optimization
L4DC 2026
An Adaptive Sampling Framework for Diffusion-based Dataset Distillation with High Fidelity and Diversity
AAAI 2026
An Anytime Algorithm for Good Arm Identification
JMLR 2026