Polynomial time algorithm matches correlated Gaussian matrices without vanishing correlation.
problem Matching vertices in two correlated Erdős-Rényi graphs.
method Iterative matching algorithm for correlated Gaussian Wigner matrices.
result First polynomial time algorithm for graph matching with arbitrarily small constant correlation.
Investigates polynomial time algorithms for computing Khovanov homology of braids.
problem Computing Khovanov homology for general braids is intractable.
method Examines polynomial time algorithms for 3-braids and a variation of the scanning algorithm for more general braids.
result Shows that for 3-braids, Khovanov homology can be computed in polynomial time, while for more general braids, it can be computed in polynomial time for bounded homological degrees.
Polynomial-time methods count and sample DAGs from equivalence classes.
problem Counting and sampling DAGs from Markov equivalence classes.
method Polynomial-time algorithms for DAGs.
result Counting and sampling can be done in polynomial time.
Polynomial-time algorithm matches correlated random graphs with non-vanishing correlation.
problem Matching correlated random graphs with non-vanishing edge correlation.
method Iterative algorithm for polynomial-time recovery of latent matching.
result Algorithm succeeds in recovering latent matching as long as edge correlation is non-vanishing.
Polynomial-time algorithm learns causal graphs without parametric assumptions.
problem Learning causal graphs from data without assuming linearity or parametric forms.
method Model-free polynomial-time algorithm with finite-sample guarantees.
result Algorithm achieves linear cost in dimension and samples compared to optimal.
In this paper we study the adaptive learnability of decision trees of depth at most d from membership queries. This has many applications in automated scientific discovery such as drugs development and software update problem. Feldman solves the problem in a randomized polynomial time algorithm that asks $\tilde O(2^…
Polynomial-time algorithm for near-optimal community detection in graphs.
problem Node-private community estimation in stochastic block models.
method Explicit Lipschitz surrogate and accept-reject algorithm for sampling community labels.
result Achieves minimax rates for exact recovery with polynomial-time runtime and logarithmic privacy parameter.
New algorithm recovers sparse measures in polynomial time.
problem Recovering sparse measures from Fourier moments.
method Polynomial-time recovery method inspired by mean-field theory.
result Improves upon convex relaxation methods in specific parameter regime.
Algorithm classifies surface homeomorphisms with polynomial time complexity.
problem Classifying surface homeomorphisms with polynomial time complexity.
method Algorithm to compute curve distances and decide Nielsen-Thurston types.
result Polynomial time classification of surface homeomorphisms.
EKM solves the K-medoids problem in polynomial time.
problem The K-medoids problem in data analysis. method EKM is a novel algorithm using transformational programming and combinatorial generation.
result EKM solves the K-medoids problem in worst-case $O\left(N^{K+1}
ight)$ time complexity. Polynomial-time method solves complex combinatorial semi-bandits.
problem Optimal strategies for combinatorial semi-bandits with uncorrelated Gaussian rewards.
method Proposes a polynomial-time method to solve the Graves-Lai optimization problem for various combinatorial structures.
result First known approach to implement asymptotically optimal algorithms in polynomial time for combinatorial semi-bandits.
We describe a polynomial-time algorithm to compute a (tight) geodesic between two curves in the curve graph. As well as enabling us to compute the distance between a pair of curves, this has several applications to mapping classes. For example, we can use these geodesics to compute the asymptotic translation length, Ni…
Polynomial-time DP algorithm for learning Gaussians with matching sample complexity.
problem Learning Gaussian distributions while maintaining privacy.
method General framework for reducing DP estimation to non-private, polynomial-time algorithm for Gaussian learning.
result Matching sample complexity to information-theoretic upper bound for Gaussian learning.
Algorithm learns halfspaces with Tsybakov noise in polynomial time.
problem PAC learning halfspaces with adversarial noise.
method Reduction to certifying non-optimality, iterative process, warm-start algorithm.
result First polynomial-time algorithm for learning halfspaces with Tsybakov noise.
New algorithm learns decision trees faster than before.
problem Properly learning decision trees in polynomial time.
method Membership query algorithm with nO(loglogn) time complexity. result Achieved faster learning time for decision trees.
Polynomial-time methods count and sample DAGs from Markov classes.
problem Counting and sampling Markov equivalent DAGs.
method Polynomial-time algorithms for DAGs from Markov classes.
result Long-standing open problem solved, making practical infeasible strategies feasible.
Abstract reviews algorithms for multi-index models, focusing on polynomial-time methods and their limitations.
problem Estimating the index space in multi-index models efficiently and accurately.
method Polynomial-time algorithms in Gaussian space, nonparametric gradient estimation, and neural network fitting.
result A gap exists between computationally efficient methods and information-theoretical minimum.
Polynomial-time algorithm estimates mean with bounded covariance using differential privacy.
problem Estimating mean of a d-variate distribution with differential privacy constraints.
method Sum of Squares (SoS) exponential mechanism for polynomial-time differentially private estimation.
result First polynomial-time algorithm with O(d) samples for mean estimation under pure differential privacy. Sparse PCA algorithm improves upon existing methods with better guarantees.
problem Recovering sparse vectors from Gaussian samples with adversarial perturbations.
method New algorithm running in polynomial time with improved β threshold.
result Better guarantees than Covariance Thresholding for large t.
Strongly polynomial algorithm for approximate Forster transforms and halfspace learning.
problem Computing approximate Forster transforms and halfspace learning.
method Strongly polynomial time algorithm for approximate Forster transforms and halfspace learning.
result First strongly polynomial time algorithm for distribution-free PAC learning of halfspaces.
Polynomial-time algorithm learns ReLU networks without assumptions.
problem Learning linear combinations of ReLU activations with Gaussian inputs.
method Random contractions of moment tensors and multi-scale analysis.
result First polynomial-time algorithm without additional assumptions.
New algorithm optimizes matrix reordering for noisy disordered matrices.
problem Optimizing matrix reordering for noisy disordered matrices in single-cell biology and metagenomics.
method Proposed a polynomial-time adaptive sorting algorithm to improve upon spectral seriation.
result Our algorithm achieves superior performance compared to existing methods in real datasets.
We show that the standard stochastic gradient decent (SGD) algorithm is guaranteed to learn, in polynomial time, a function that is competitive with the best function in the conjugate kernel space of the network, as defined in Daniely, Frostig and Singer. The result holds for log-depth networks from a rich family of ar…
We propose an algorithm for deciding whether a given braid is pseudo-Anosov, reducible, or periodic. The algorithm is based on Garside's weighted decomposition and is polynomial-time in the word-length of an input braid. Moreover, a reduction system of circles can be found completely if the input is a certain type of r…
MAP perturbation models have emerged as a powerful framework for inference in structured prediction. Such models provide a way to efficiently sample from the Gibbs distribution and facilitate predictions that are robust to random noise. In this paper, we propose a provably polynomial time randomized algorithm for learn…
Polynomial-time algorithm for list-decodable linear regression with batches.
problem Efficiently decoding linear regression with a fraction of adversarial data.
method Polynomial time algorithm using batches of i.i.d. samples.
result Returns a list of size O(1/α^2) with one item close to true parameter.
This work finds a point with small test error in polynomial time for mildly overparameterized neural nets.
problem Achieving small test error in mildly overparameterized neural networks.
method The work shows that the landscape of loss functions with explicit regularization has a property that all local minima and certain stationary points achieve small test error. It also proves the existence of polynomial time algorithms for finding such points in convolutional and fully connected neural nets.
result Polynomial time algorithms exist for finding points with small test error in mildly overparameterized neural nets.
Polynomial-time algorithm solves random parity games with high probability.
problem Solving random parity games efficiently.
method SWCP algorithm based on cycles in subgraphs.
result Polynomial-time solution for large-degree games with high probability.
Paper identifies reductive MDPs, solving them in polynomial time.
problem Computational hardness of general MDPs and tractability of finite-horizon MDPs.
method Defines reductivity, a new class of SSPs, and develops a polynomial-time solution.
result Optimal policies can be found in polynomial time for reductive SSPs and MDPs.
Polynomial-time algorithm for learning halfspaces with Gaussian-distributed data and adversarial noise.
problem Learning halfspaces in the presence of adversarial label noise.
method Iterative soft localization technique enhanced with appropriate testers.
result Output a halfspace with misclassification error $O(\opt)+\eps$.
We call an Ising model tractable when it is possible to compute its partition function value (statistical inference) in polynomial time. The tractability also implies an ability to sample configurations of this model in polynomial time. The notion of tractability extends the basic case of planar zero-field Ising models…
Polynomial-time algorithm for clustering mixtures with separation Δ=Ω(√(log k)).
problem Clustering mixtures of mean-separated Gaussians in high dimensions.
method Polynomial-time algorithm using implicit moment estimation.
result Achieves almost optimal clustering guarantee with separation Δ=Ω(√(log k)).
Robust learning mixtures of linear regressions improve robustness.
problem Improving robustness in learning mixtures of linear regressions.
method Connecting mixtures of linear regressions and mixtures of Gaussians with thresholding for a quasi-polynomial time algorithm.
result The algorithm has significantly better robustness than previous results.
Low-degree method fails to predict robust subspace recovery problem.
problem Predicting computational tractability of robust subspace recovery problem.
method Low-degree polynomial framework, anti-concentration properties.
result Low-degree method fails to predict computational tractability of robust subspace recovery problem even up to high degree.
Polynomial time algorithm learns depth-2 neural networks with ReLU activations.
problem Learning depth-2 neural networks with non-zero bias terms and general ReLU activations.
method Robust tensor decomposition of Hermite expansions.
result Polynomial time and sample efficient learning of depth-2 networks with ReLU activations.
New algorithm speeds up learning of graphical models.
problem Learning graphical models with sparse structure efficiently.
method Vertex-greedy score-based algorithm for learning DAGs.
result Polynomial runtime for learning DAG models.
Polynomial-time algorithm learns high-dimensional halfspaces without labels.
problem Learning high-dimensional halfspaces with margins in polynomial time.
method Contrastive moments and polynomial-time algorithm.
result Establishes the unique and efficient identifiability of the hidden halfspace.
Polynomial-time algorithm for estimating covariance in corrupted Gaussian data.
problem Estimating covariance in data with up to 1-α fraction of adversarial corruptions.
method Uses low-degree sum-of-squares certificates for anti-concentration and hypercontractivity.
result Outputs a list of candidate parameters with high probability containing a nearly correct covariance.
New algorithms improve privacy in statistical estimation by making them robust.
problem Improving privacy in statistical estimation methods.
method Black-box reduction from privacy to robustness, using Sum-of-Squares method.
result Design of polynomial-time private estimators with optimal tradeoffs among sample complexity, accuracy, and privacy.
New polynomial-time solutions found for training ReLU networks, mirroring Max-Cut complexity.
problem Training two-layer ReLU neural networks with weight decay regularization.
method Developed a convex formulation and randomized algorithm to find approximate global optimizers.
result First polynomial-time approximation guarantees and hardness of approximation results for regularized ReLU networks.
The problem of high-dimensional path-dependent optimal stopping (OS) is important to multiple academic communities and applications. Modern OS tasks often have a large number of decision epochs, and complicated non-Markovian dynamics, making them especially challenging. Standard approaches, often relying on ADP, dualit…
Algorithm finds Dirichlet domains for hyperbolic surfaces.
problem Computing explicit Dirichlet domains for hyperbolic surfaces.
method Algorithm based on side pairings of fundamental polygons, using geometric-topological data structures.
result Algorithm runs in polynomial time, dependent on surface perimeter and genus.
Polynomial-time RL algorithm for constant actions under linear Bellman completeness.
problem Efficient online reinforcement learning with few actions.
method Polynomial-time algorithm based on linear function approximation.
result First computationally efficient algorithm for RL with constant actions under linear Bellman completeness.
Detecting correlated trees helps align sparse graphs.
problem Detecting correlation between trees for sparse random graphs.
method MPAlign message-passing algorithm for graph alignment.
result MPAlign succeeds in polynomial time for partial alignment.
Private learning of Gaussian Mixture Models without boundedness assumptions.
problem Private estimation of parameters of Gaussian Mixture Models with unbounded components.
method Reduction to non-private problem, blackbox privatization, Moitra and Valiant's algorithm.
result First sample complexity upper bound and polynomial time algorithm for privately learning GMMs.
New algorithms explain Naive Bayes classifiers in polynomial time and delay.
problem Computing explanations for Naive Bayes classifiers efficiently.
method Developed log-linear time and polynomial delay algorithms for PI-explanations.
result Efficiently computed PI-explanations for linear classifiers.
The paper provides an almost optimal learning and testing algorithm for sparse polynomials.
problem Learning and testing sparse multivariate polynomials efficiently.
method The paper presents an algorithm with sublinear query complexity in 1/ε and almost linear in s for learning and testing s-sparse polynomials. result The algorithm achieves almost optimal query complexity, making it the first of its kind.
It is a major unsolved problem as to whether unknot recognition - that is, testing whether a given closed loop in R^3 can be untangled to form a plain circle - has a polynomial time algorithm. In practice, trivial knots (which can be untangled) are typically easy to identify using fast simplification techniques, wherea…