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)
Quantitative Convergence Analysis of Projected Stochastic Gradient Descent for Non-Convex Losses via the Goldstein Subdifferential
ALT 2026
Quantized Stochastic Primal–Dual Methods for Distributed Optimization under Relaxed Global Geometry
UAI 2026
Quantum Algorithms for Spectral Sums
AAAI 2026
Quantum Lipschitz Bandits
AAAI 2026
Quantum Non-Linear Bandit Optimization
AAAI 2026
QuEENet: Quantum-Enhanced Expressive Network for Image Classification
WACV 2026
QuEPT: Quantized Elastic Precision Transformers with One-Shot Calibration for Multi-Bit Switching
AAAI 2026
Query Decomposition for RAG: Balancing Exploration-Exploitation
EACL 2026
Query Efficient Structured Matrix Learning
COLT 2026
Quota-Calibrated Fine-Grained Alignment with Context-Aware Marginals for Text-based Person Retrieval
CVPR 2026
Quota Marketplace: Dynamic Pricing for Efficient Allocation of ML Training Resources
OSDI 2026
QUOTA: Quantifying Objects with Text-to-Image Models for Any Domain
WACV 2026
Rademacher Complexity for Distributionally Robust Learning
AAAI 2026
Random Amalgamation of Adapters for Flatter Loss Landscapes: Towards Class-Incremental Learning with Better Stability
AAAI 2026
Randomization for Faster Exact Optimization of Discounted Markov Decision Processes
COLT 2026
Random Reshuffling Dominates Stochastic Gradient Descent
COLT 2026
Ranking Reasoning LLMs under Test-Time Scaling
ACL 2026
Rate-optimal community detection near the KS threshold via node-robust algorithms
COLT 2026
RB-LoRA: Rank-Balanced Aggregation for Low-Rank Adaptation with Federated Fine-Tuning
EACL 2026
RCMoE: A Communication-Efficient Random Compression Framework for Resource-Constrained Mixture-of-Experts Training
AAAI 2026
REACTION: Parameter-Efficient Learning for Recommendation
AAAI 2026
Realistic Curriculum Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous and Sustainable Marine Vessel Navigation
AAAI 2026
RealUHR: Harnessing Patch-Cascade Flows for Photorealistic Ultra-High-Resolution Synthesis
AAAI 2026
Reasoning or Memorization? Unreliable Results of Reinforcement Learning Due to Data Contamination
AAAI 2026
Reasoning with Exploration: An Entropy Perspective
AAAI 2026