AIM Seminars 2022: Daniela Di Serafino

Online Seminars on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics, 2022 Edition
Organizers: Italia De Feis and Flavio Lombardi (Cnr-Iac)

On Some Research Lines in Optimization Methods for Machine Learning
Daniela Di Serafino
Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni "R. Caccioppoli"
UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II
Wednesday May 18, 2022 - 14.30

Abstract: Machine Learning (ML) and related "intelligent" computing systems, e.g. search engines, software for image and speech detection and classification, social media filtering devices and recommendation platforms, are widely used in today's society. They belong to an interdisciplinary research area, involving computer science, mathematics, statistics and application domains. Mathematical optimization and related numerical methods are one of the main pillars of this area, providing tools for the computation of the parameters that identify systems aimed at making decisions based on as-yet-unseen data. In this talk, I give a basic overview of optimization methods for ML, from first- to second-order approaches, together with their main properties, pros and cons, and future research directions.

Seminar activity partially supported by TAILOR, an EU-funded ICT-48 Network (GA 952215)