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48 results for Riemannian acceleration

New algorithm accelerates optimization on Riemannian manifolds, including Wasserstein space.

problem Accelerating optimization methods in Riemannian geometry.
method Dynamic stepsize algorithms on Riemannian manifolds with specific vector transport.
result First provable accelerated gradient method in Wasserstein space.

We propose the first global accelerated gradient method for Riemannian manifolds. Toward establishing our result we revisit Nesterov's estimate sequence technique and develop an alternative analysis for it that may also be of independent interest. Then, we extend this analysis to the Riemannian setting, localizing the …

2020-01-24abs ↗pdf ↗

Riemannian cubics are critical points for the L2L^2 norm of acceleration of curves in Riemannian manifolds MM. In the present paper the LL^\infty norm replaces the L2L^2 norm, and a less direct argument is used to derive necessary conditions analogous to those for Riemannian cubics. The necessary conditions are exami…

2011-04-13abs ↗pdf ↗

New methods optimize functions on hyperbolic and spherical spaces, matching Euclidean rates up to logarithmic factors.

problem Optimizing functions on non-Euclidean spaces like hyperbolic and spherical geometries.
method Introduced accelerated global first-order methods for LL-smooth and geodesically convex functions on hyperbolic and spherical spaces.
result Achieved the same rates as accelerated gradient descent in Euclidean space, up to logarithmic factors.

A geometric framework for metrics of maximal acceleration which is applicable to large proper accelerations is discussed, including a theory of connections associated with the geometry of maximal acceleration. In such a framework it is shown that the uniform bound on the proper maximal acceleration implies an uniform b…

2019-06-28abs ↗pdf ↗

Sub-Riemannian cubics are a generalisation of Riemannian cubics to a sub-Riemannian manifold. Cubics are curves which minimise the integral of the norm squared of the covariant acceleration. Sub-Riemannian cubics are cubics which are restricted to move in a horizontal subspace of the tangent space. When the sub-Riemann…

2017-12-08abs ↗pdf ↗

In this work we propose a differential geometric motivation for Nesterov's accelerated gradient method (AGM) for strongly-convex problems. By considering the optimization procedure as occurring on a Riemannian manifold with a natural structure, The AGM method can be seen as the proximal point method applied in this cur…

2018-12-11abs ↗pdf ↗

New study shows acceleration in hyperbolic spaces is impossible for strongly geodesically convex functions.

problem Acceleration in hyperbolic spaces for strongly geodesically convex functions is impossible.
method Perturbing hard functions with sums of bump functions chosen by a resisting oracle.
result Acceleration is unachievable for any deterministic algorithm in hyperbolic spaces for strongly geodesically convex functions.

This paper analyzes two Lie group momentum optimization algorithms and their convergence rates.

problem Optimizing functions on Lie groups using momentum-based dynamics.
method Investigates Lie Heavy-Ball and Lie NAG-SC algorithms, quantifying their convergence rates under smoothness and convexity assumptions.
result Lie NAG-SC accelerates optimization over the momentumless case, while Lie Heavy-Ball does not.

Novel geometry-informed irreversible perturbation accelerates Langevin dynamics convergence.

problem Accelerating convergence of Langevin dynamics for Bayesian computation.
method Geometry-informed irreversible perturbation of Riemannian manifold Langevin dynamics.
result Improves estimation performance over irreversible perturbations that ignore geometry.

Several first order stochastic optimization methods commonly used in the Euclidean domain such as stochastic gradient descent (SGD), accelerated gradient descent or variance reduced methods have already been adapted to certain Riemannian settings. However, some of the most popular of these optimization tools - namely A…

2018-10-01abs ↗pdf ↗

RieCUR improves Robust PCA by combining Riemannian optimization and CUR decompositions.

problem Robust Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to recover low-rank and sparse matrices from their sum.
method Riemannian CUR (RieCUR) algorithm that combines Riemannian optimization and robust CUR decompositions.
result RieCUR achieves state-of-the-art performance in Robust PCA with improved robustness to outliers and comparable computational complexity.

Improved variance reduction for Riemannian non-convex optimization with adaptive batch size.

problem Optimizing non-convex functions on Riemannian manifolds.
method Batch size adaptation in R-SVRG, R-SRG, and R-SPIDER.
result Achieves lower total complexities for various non-convex functions.

Reduces necessary conditions for collision avoidance on curved spaces.

problem Finding non-intersecting trajectories for multiple agents on curved spaces.
method Reduction by Lie group symmetries of variational collision avoidance problems.
result Derives necessary conditions for reduced extremals.

We consider the minimization of a function defined on a Riemannian manifold M\mathcal{M} accessible only through unbiased estimates of its gradients. We develop a geometric framework to transform a sequence of slowly converging iterates generated from stochastic gradient descent (SGD) on M\mathcal{M} to an averaged i…

2018-02-26abs ↗pdf ↗

The Gauss-Newton method is analyzed for neural networks using Riemannian optimization techniques.

problem Training neural networks with smooth activations and convergence rates.
method Riemannian optimization perspective, analyzing the Gauss-Newton method in both underparameterized and overparameterized regimes.
result Geometric convergence rates independent of conditioning and eigenvalues, demonstrating accelerated convergence.

New method generates equilibrium glass configurations efficiently.

problem Sampling equilibrium configurations of amorphous materials is slow and difficult.
method Riemannian stochastic interpolation framework combining Riemannian stochastic interpolant and equivariant flow matching.
result Enforcing geometric and symmetry constraints significantly improves generative performance.

New method solves optimization problems on manifolds using symplectic integrators.

problem Optimization tasks on manifolds with nonlinear constraints.
method Dissipative extension of Dirac's theory of constrained Hamiltonian systems and geometric/symplectic numerical integrators.
result Developed algorithms achieve optimal convergence rates locally.

We propose an L-BFGS optimization algorithm on Riemannian manifolds using minibatched stochastic variance reduction techniques for fast convergence with constant step sizes, without resorting to linesearch methods designed to satisfy Wolfe conditions. We provide a new convergence proof for strongly convex functions wit…

2017-04-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Formulates mechanics for probability distributions on statistical manifold.

problem Formulating mechanics for probability distributions on statistical manifold.
method Information-geometric formulation of Classical Mechanics on statistical manifold, using dually-flat connection and Hilbert bundle structure.
result Provides coherent formalism for Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics on statistical bundle.

PF-LaCG removes the need for knowing smoothness and strong convexity parameters for locally accelerated CG.

problem Locally accelerated CG requires knowledge of smoothness and strong convexity parameters.
method Parameter-Free Locally Accelerated CG (PF-LaCG) algorithm.
result PF-LaCG achieves local acceleration without requiring knowledge of smoothness and strong convexity parameters.

Continuized Nesterov acceleration accelerates stochastic gradient descent and gossip algorithms.

problem Improving the convergence rate of stochastic gradient descent and gossip algorithms.
method Introducing a continuized variant of Nesterov acceleration, which mixes variables continuously and takes gradient steps at random times.
result The continuized Nesterov acceleration achieves convergence rates similar to Nesterov's original acceleration but with random parameters.

Accelerated gradient methods play a central role in optimization, achieving optimal rates in many settings. While many generalizations and extensions of Nesterov's original acceleration method have been proposed, it is not yet clear what is the natural scope of the acceleration concept. In this paper, we study accelera…

2016-03-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Develops accelerated methods for optimization using low-dimensional projected-gradient information.

problem Optimization with low-dimensional projected-gradient information and Nesterov acceleration.
method Randomized-subspace Nesterov accelerated gradient methods for smooth convex and strongly convex optimization.
result Established accelerated oracle-complexity guarantees and unified basis for comparing sketch families.

FedAc accelerates Federated Averaging for distributed optimization.

problem Efficiently optimizing distributed machine learning models.
method Federated Accelerated Stochastic Gradient Descent (FedAc) using a potential-based perturbed iterate analysis.
result FedAc achieves faster convergence and lower communication costs than previous methods.

This research accelerates sampling methods using Nesterov's Acceleration.

problem Improving sampling efficiency in MCMC methods.
method Developed a Hessian-Free High-Resolution ODE reformulation of NAG-SC, injected noise, and discretized the diffusion process.
result Quantified acceleration beyond underdamped Langevin in W2W_2 distance for log-strongly-concave targets.

This paper studies accelerations in Q-learning algorithms. We propose an accelerated target update scheme by incorporating the historical iterates of Q functions. The idea is conceptually inspired by the momentum-based accelerated methods in the optimization theory. Conditions under which the proposed accelerated algor…

2019-05-07abs ↗pdf ↗

In this study, the concept of dual Lorentzian homotetic exponential motions in is discussed and their velocities, accelerations obtained. Also, some geometric results between velocity and acceleration vectors of a point in a spatial motion are obtained. Finally, the theorems related to acceleration and acceleration cen…

2013-11-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Variance reduction is a simple and effective technique that accelerates convex (or non-convex) stochastic optimization. Among existing variance reduction methods, SVRG and SAGA adopt unbiased gradient estimators and are the most popular variance reduction methods in recent years. Although various accelerated variants o…

2018-06-28abs ↗pdf ↗

A novel online framework for analyzing multidimensional functional data.

problem Analysis of multidimensional functional data streams poses significant challenges.
method Online functional principal component analysis using tensor product splines on a Stiefel manifold with Riemannian stochastic gradient descent.
result Efficient and scalable modeling of multidimensional functional data.

Hamiltonian dynamics-based algorithms achieve deterministic and accelerated convergence for convex optimization.

problem Accelerating convex optimization
method Hamiltonian dynamics
result Hamiltonian dynamics-based algorithms achieve deterministic and accelerated convergence for convex optimization.