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)
Sharp Bounds for Treatment Effect Generalization under Outcome Distribution Shift
CLeaR 2026
Sheaf Graph Neural Networks via PAC-Bayes Spectral Optimization
AAAI 2026
Shrinking the Teacher: An Adaptive Teaching Paradigm for Asymmetric EEG-Vision Alignment
AAAI 2026
SICNav: Safe and Interactive Crowd Navigation Using Model Predictive Control and Bilevel Optimization (Abstract Reprint)
AAAI 2026
SIDE: Surrogate Conditional Data Extraction from Diffusion Models
AAAI 2026
Simulation-based Calibration of Uncertainty Intervals under Approximate Bayesian Estimation
JMLR 2026
Simulation-Driven Railway Delay Prediction: An Imitation Learning Approach
AAAI 2026
Simultaneous Blackwell Approachability and Applications to Multiclass Omniprediction
COLT 2026
Single-Network Asymptotics for Causal Inference with Partial Network Data
UAI 2026
skwdro: a library for Wasserstein distributionally robust machine learning
JMLR 2026
SkyMoE: A Vision-Language Foundation Model for Enhancing Geospatial Interpretation with Mixture of Experts
AAAI 2026
Sleep-Like Replay Reduces Loss-Landscape Sharpness to Improve Generalization (Student Abstract)
AAAI 2026
Small Models Exhibit Limited Answer Consistency in Repetition Trials of the Multiple-Choice MMLU-Redux and MedQA Benchmarks
AAAI 2026
SMIDT: High-Performance Inference Framework for MoE Models with Dynamic Top-K Routing
AAAI 2026
SMiLE: Provably Enforcing Global Relational Properties in Neural Networks
AAAI 2026
SMoFi: Step-wise Momentum Fusion for Split Federated Learning on Heterogeneous Data
AAAI 2026
Smoothed Online Optimization for Target Tracking: Robust and Learning-Augmented Algorithms
ALT 2026
SOLAR: Switchable Output Layer for Accuracy and Robustness in Once-for-All Training
WACV 2026
SoMe: A Realistic Benchmark for LLM-based Social Media Agents
AAAI 2026
SOTA: Self-adaptive Optimal Transport for Zero-Shot Classification with Multiple Foundation Models
CVPR 2026
SPA: Achieving Consensus in LLM Alignment via Self-Priority Optimization
AAAI 2026
Space Alignment Matters: The Missing Piece for Inducing Neural Collapse in Long-Tailed Learning
AAAI 2026
Space-Efficient Language Generation in the Limit
COLT 2026
SparK: Query-Aware Unstructured Sparsity with Recoverable KV Cache Channel Pruning
AAAI 2026
Sparse Nonparametric Contextual Bandits
ALT 2026