Optimization & Theory
43,292 papers (3 classified directly here)
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Statistical Learning (4,564)
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Statistics (822)
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Information Theory (370)
Sample Complexity (282)
Sparse Optimization (241)
Game Theory (151)
Convex Optimization (132)
Optimal Transport (104)
Robust Optimization (84)
Distributed Optimization (73)
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Papers (including subtopics)
SCAN: Self-Calibrated AutoregressioN for High-Quality Visual Generation
AAAI 2026
SchemaGraphSQL: Efficient Schema Linking with Pathfinding Graph Algorithms for Text-to-SQL on Large-Scale Databases
EACL 2026
Scientifically-Interpretable Reasoning Network (ScIReN): Discovering Hidden Relationships in the Carbon Cycle and Beyond
AAAI 2026
Score-Based Model for Low-Rank Tensor Recovery
AAAI 2026
SCORE: Soft Label Compression-Centric Dataset Condensation via Coding Rate Optimization
WACV 2026
SCOUT: Selective Coupling via Optimal Unbalanced Transport for Interpretable Text Classification
ACL 2026
S-D-RSM: Stochastic Distributed Regularized Splitting Method for Large-Scale Convex Optimization Problems
AAAI 2026
SEAM: Bridging the Temporal-Semantic Granularity Gap for LLM-based Speech Recognition
EACL 2026
Second-Order Bounds for $[0,1]$-Valued Regression via Betting Loss
COLT 2026
Seeing What Matters: Visual Preference Policy Optimization for Visual Generation
CVPR 2026
SELENE: Selective and Evidence-Weighted LLM Debating for Efficient and Reliable Reasoning
EACL 2026
Self-Concordant Perturbations for Linear Bandits
COLT 2026
Self-Normalized Martingales and Uniform Regret Bounds for Linear Regression
COLT 2026
Self-Regulating Cars: Automating Traffic Control in Free Flow Road Networks
AAAI 2026
Semantic Volume: Quantifying and Detecting Both External and Internal Uncertainty in LLMs
AAAI 2026
Semi-supervised Domain Adaptation via Mutual Alignment through Joint Error
WACV 2026
Separating Oblivious and Adaptive Models of Variable Selection (Extended Abstract)
COLT 2026
SFedHIFI: Fire Rate-Based Heterogeneous Information Fusion for Spiking Federated Learning
AAAI 2026
Shape-of-You: Fused Gromov-Wasserstein Optimal Transport for Semantic Correspondence in-the-Wild
CVPR 2026
Shaping Parameter Contribution Patterns for Out-of-Distribution Detection
AAAI 2026
Shapley Value Approximation Based on k-Additive Games
AAAI 2026
SharedRep-RLHF: A Shared Representation Approach to RLHF with Diverse Preferences
AAAI 2026
SHARE: Synthesizing Heterogeneous Autism-support Records into Evidence-based Recommendations
AAAI 2026
Share Your Attention: Transformer Weight Sharing via Matrix-based Dictionary Learning
AAAI 2026
Sharp analysis of linear ensemble sampling
COLT 2026