Optimization & Theory
43,292 papers (3 classified directly here)
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Optimization (17,731)
Learning Theory (6,809)
Bayesian Inference (6,267)
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)
Towards Acyclic Preference Evaluation of Language Models via Multiple Evaluators
AAAI 2026
Towards a Rigorous Understanding of the Population Dynamics of the NSGA-III: Tight Runtime Bounds
AAAI 2026
Towards Better Correctness and Efficiency in Code Generation
AAAI 2026
Towards Better IncomLDL: We Are Unaware of Hidden Labels in Advance
AAAI 2026
Towards Convexity in Anomaly Detection: A New Formulation of SSLM with Unique Optimal Solutions
JMLR 2026
Towards Federated Clustering: A Client-wise Private Graph Aggregation Framework
AAAI 2026
Toward Simultaneously Optimal Regret in U-Calibration
COLT 2026
Towards Nonlinear Sparse AUC Maximization via Compositional Stochastic Hard Thresholding
AAAI 2026
Towards Provably Unlearnable Examples via Bayes Error Optimization
AAAI 2026
Towards Reliable Test-Time Adaptation: Style Invariance as a Correctness Likelihood
WACV 2026
Towards Robust Edge Model Adaptation via Elastic Architecture Search
AAAI 2026
Towards Ultrasound-based Reliable Disease Diagnosis Using Causal Inference
AAAI 2026
Towards Understanding Generalization in DP-GD: A Case Study in Training Two-Layer CNNs
AAAI 2026
Towards Understanding In-Context Learning of Transformers Under Non-I.I.D. Scenarios
AAAI 2026
Toward the Frontiers of Reliable Diffusion Sampling via Adversarial Sinkhorn Attention Guidance
AAAI 2026
Toward Trustworthy AI for Decision Making in Population Health
AAAI 2026
TRACE: A Framework for Analyzing and Enhancing Stepwise Reasoning in Vision-Language Models
EACL 2026
TRACE: A Generalizable Drift Detector for Streaming Data-Driven Optimization
AAAI 2026
TRACE: Trajectory-based Activation Change Estimation for Task-specific Data Selection
AAAI 2026
TrackGS: Optimizing COLMAP-Free 3D Gaussian Splatting with Global Track Constraints
AAAI 2026
Tracking the Limits of Knowledge Propagation: How LLMs Fail at Multi-Step Reasoning with Conflicting Knowledge
EACL 2026
Tractable Sharpness-Aware Learning of Probabilistic Circuits
AAAI 2026
Tractable Weighted First-Order Model Counting with Bounded Treewidth Binary Evidence
AAAI 2026
Trade-offs in Large Reasoning Models: An Empirical Analysis of Deliberative and Adaptive Reasoning over Foundational Capabilities
AAAI 2026
Training-Free ANN-to-SNN Conversion for High-Performance Spiking Transformers
AAAI 2026