Optimization & Theory
43,292 papers (3 classified directly here)
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Optimization (17,731)
Learning Theory (6,809)
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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)
MDK12-Bench: A Multi-Discipline Benchmark for Evaluating Reasoning in Multimodal Large Language Models
AAAI 2026
MDMLP-EIA: Multi-domain Dynamic MLPs with Energy Invariant Attention for Time Series Forecasting
AAAI 2026
Memorization and Expressivity in Transformers: A Learning-Theoretic Perspective
AAAI 2026
Memory Based Advantage Shaping for LLM-Guided Reinforcement Learning (Student Abstract)
AAAI 2026
Merlin: An Efficient Adaptive Cache Eviction Algorithm via Fine-Grained Characterization
OSDI 2026
Meta-Black-Box Optimization with Bi-Space Landscape Analysis and Dual-Control Mechanism for SAEA
AAAI 2026
Meta-Dependence in Conditional Independence Testing
UAI 2026
MetaEval: Measuring the Discrimination of Benchmarks for Efficient LLM Evaluation
AAAI 2026
Meta-Guided Sample Reweighting for Robust Cross-Modal Hashing Retrieval with Noisy Labels
AAAI 2026
MetaLead: A Comprehensive Human-Curated Leaderboard Dataset for Transparent Reporting of Machine Learning Experiments
EACL 2026
Methods for Optimization Problems with Markovian Stochasticity and Non-Euclidean Geometry
AAAI 2026
METP: Multi-Granularity Integration of External Covariates for Temporal Point Processes
AAAI 2026
Mind the Gap: Predicting, Explaining and Reducing Time-to-First-Comment (Reply Gap) in Online Mental-Health Communities
AAAI 2026
Minimax density estimation in the adversarial framework under local differential privacy
JMLR 2026
Minimax Limits of k-Fold Cross-Validation via Majority
COLT 2026
Minimax Optimal Convergence of Gradient Descent in Logistic Regression via Large and Adaptive Stepsizes
JMLR 2026
Minimax optimal differentially private synthetic data for smooth queries
COLT 2026
Minimum-Cost Network Flow with Dual Predictions
AAAI 2026
Minimum-Length Conformal Prediction Sets for Ordinal Classification
AAAI 2026
Misclassification-Aware Robust Learning from Multiple Human Labelers (Student Abstract)
AAAI 2026
Mitigating Length Bias in RLHF Through a Causal Lens
AAAI 2026
Mitigating Negative Flips via Margin Preserving Training
AAAI 2026
Mixing times of data-augmentation Gibbs samplers for high-dimensional probit regression
JMLR 2026
Mixture-of-Trees: Learning to Select and Weigh Reasoning Paths for Efficient LLM Inference
AAAI 2026
M-Loss: Quantifying Model Merging Compatibility with Limited Unlabeled Data
AAAI 2026