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)
ProRefine: Inference-Time Prompt Refinement with Textual Feedback (Student Abstract)
AAAI 2026
Provable Guarantees For Robust Feature Selection in Sparse Linear Models in High-Dimensions
UAI 2026
Provable Learning of Random Hierarchy Models and Hierarchical Shallow-to-Deep Chaining
COLT 2026
Provable Subspace Identification of Nonlinear Multi-view CCA
UAI 2026
Provably Correct k-Means Clustering of Persistence Diagrams
UAI 2026
Provably Data-Driven Projection Method for Quadratic Programming
AAAI 2026
Provably Efficient Reinforcement Learning in Continuous-Time Episodic MDPs with Poisson Decision Epochs
UAI 2026
Prune&Comp: Free Lunch for Layer-Pruned LLMs via Iterative Pruning with Magnitude Compensation
AAAI 2026
PSEO: Optimizing Post-hoc Stacking Ensemble Through Hyperparameter Tuning
AAAI 2026
Pseudo-Spiking Neurons: A Noise-Based Training Framework for Heterogeneous-Latency Spiking Neural Networks
AAAI 2026
PSPO: Prompt-Level Prioritization and Experience-Weighted Smoothing for Efficient Policy Optimization
AAAI 2026
PT-DCFR: Accelerating and Improving Deep CFR Using Population Based Training (Student Abstract)
AAAI 2026
PUFM: Efficient Point Cloud Upsampling via Flow Matching
AAAI 2026
Put the Space of LoRA Initialization to the Extreme to Preserve Pre-trained Knowledge
AAAI 2026
PVeRA: Probabilistic Vector-Based Random Matrix Adaptation
WACV 2026
py/cuTAGI: An Open-Source Library for Tractable Approximate Gaussian Inference in Bayesian Neural Networks
JMLR 2026
qa-FLoRA: Data-free query-adaptive Fusion of LoRAs for LLMs
AAAI 2026
QAL : A Loss for Recall-Precision Balance in 3D Reconstruction
WACV 2026
Q Cache: Visual Attention Is Valuable in Less than Half of Decode Layers for Multimodal Large Language Model
AAAI 2026
QCFace: Image Quality Control for boosting Face Representation & Recognition
WACV 2026
QiMeng-Kernel: Macro-Thinking Micro-Coding Paradigm for LLM-Based High-Performance GPU Kernel Generation
AAAI 2026
QuadraNet V2: Efficient and Sustainable Training of High-Order Neural Networks with Quadratic Adaptation
WACV 2026
QuanTaxo: A Quantum Approach to Self-Supervised Taxonomy Expansion
AAAI 2026
Quantifying and Improving Adaptivity in Conformal Prediction Through Input Transformations
AAAI 2026
Quantifying the Limits of Segmentation Foundation Models: Modeling Challenges in Segmenting Tree-Like and Low-Contrast Objects
WACV 2026