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Optimization Methods for AI

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  • 5 Interactive Lessons and 44 topics mapped to the official exam objectives

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5Interactive Lessons
44Topics
20LiveLab
81Flashcards
81Glossary of terms

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Lessons

5 Interactive Lessons · 44 topics
01 Regularization Techniques for Generalization 7 topics · 4 LiveLab
  • Linear Regression
  • Logistic Regression
  • Generalized Linear Models
  • Support Vector Machines
  • Regularization, Lasso, and Ridge Regression
  • Population Risk Minimization
  • Neural Networks

4 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

02 Gradient Descent and Its Variants 15 topics · 4 LiveLab
  • Subgradient Descent
  • Mirror Descent
  • Accelerated Gradient Descent
  • Game Interpretation for Accelerated Gradient Descent
  • Smoothing Scheme for Nonsmooth Problems
  • Primal–Dual Method for Saddle-Point Optimization
  • Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers
  • Mirror-Prox Method for Variational Inequalities
  • Accelerated Level Method
  • Stochastic Mirror Descent
  • Stochastic Accelerated Gradient Descent
  • Stochastic Convex–Concave Saddle Point Problems
  • Stochastic Accelerated Primal–Dual Method
  • Stochastic Accelerated Mirror-Prox Method
  • Stochastic Block Mirror Descent Method

4 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

03 Convergence Analysis of Optimization Algorithms 11 topics · 6 LiveLab
  • Convex Sets
  • Convex Functions
  • Lagrange Duality
  • Legendre–Fenchel Conjugate Duality
  • Unconstrained Nonconvex Stochastic Optimization
  • Unconstrained Nonconvex Stochastic Optimization Part B
  • Nonconvex Stochastic Composite Optimization
  • Nonconvex Stochastic Block Mirror Descent
  • Nonconvex Stochastic Accelerated Gradient Descent
  • Nonconvex Variance-Reduced Mirror Descent
  • Randomized Accelerated Proximal-Point Methods

6 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

04 Convex vs. Non-Convex Optimization in AI 6 topics · 3 LiveLab
  • Random Primal–Dual Gradient Method
  • Random Primal–Dual Gradient Method Part B
  • Random Gradient Extrapolation Method
  • Random Gradient Extrapolation Method Part B
  • Variance-Reduced Mirror Descent
  • Variance-Reduced Accelerated Gradient Descent

3 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

05 Advanced Gradient-Based Optimization 5 topics · 3 LiveLab
  • Conditional Gradient Method
  • Conditional Gradient Sliding Method
  • Nonconvex Conditional Gradient Method
  • Stochastic Nonconvex Conditional Gradient
  • Stochastic Nonconvex Conditional Gradient Sliding

3 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →

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  • Performing Linear Regression Using OLS
  • Performing Logistic Regression for Binary Classification
  • Performing Classification Using SVM
  • Training a Neural Network Using the Adam Optimizer
  • Comparing the Convergence of Optimizers on a Loss Landscape
  • Applying SMD on a Convex Function
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