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leonb [Approximate Optimization]
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 ===== Approximate Optimization ===== ===== Approximate Optimization =====
  
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 Large-scale machine learning was first approached as an engineering problem. For instance, to leverage a Large-scale machine learning was first approached as an engineering problem. For instance, to leverage a
 larger training set, we can use a parallel computer to run a known machine learning algorithm  larger training set, we can use a parallel computer to run a known machine learning algorithm 
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 objective function. Such approaches rely on the appealing objective function. Such approaches rely on the appealing
 assumption that one can decouple the statistical aspects from the computational aspects of the machine assumption that one can decouple the statistical aspects from the computational aspects of the machine
-learning problem. My [[:talks/largescale|NIPS 2007 tutorial]] made clear +learning problem. 
-that this assumption is incorrect, and that giving it up leads to considerably  +
-more effective learning algorithms.+
  
-The [[:papers/bottou-bousquet-2008|corresponding paper]] +This work shows that this assumption is incorrect, and that giving it up leads to considerably  
-develops a theoretical framework +more effective learning algorithms. A new theoretical framework 
-that takes into account the effect of approximate +takes into account the effect of approximate 
 optimization on learning algorithms. optimization on learning algorithms.
 +
 The analysis shows distinct tradeoffs for the  The analysis shows distinct tradeoffs for the 
 case of small-scale and large-scale learning problems. case of small-scale and large-scale learning problems.
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 complexity of the underlying optimization  complexity of the underlying optimization 
 algorithms in non-trivial ways. algorithms in non-trivial ways.
-For instance, a mediocre optimization algorithms, +For instance, [[:research:stochastic|Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD)]] algorithms 
-[[:research:stochastic|stochastic gradient descent]] +appear to be mediocre optimization algorithms and yet are shown to  
-is shown to perform very well on large-scale learning problems.+[[:projects/sgd|perform extremely well]] on large-scale learning problems. 
 + 
 + 
 + 
 +===== Tutorials ===== 
 + 
 +  * NIPS 2007 tutorial "[[:talks/largescale|Large Scale Learning]]"
 + 
 +===== Related ===== 
 + 
 +   * [[:research:stochastic|Stochastic gradient learning algorithms]] 
 +===== Papers =====
  
-===== Stochastic Gradient for Large-Scale Learning =====+<box 99% orange> 
 +Léon Bottou and Olivier Bousquet:  **The Tradeoffs of Large Scale Learning**,   
 +//Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems//, 20,  
 +MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2008.
  
-[[stochastic]]+[[:papers/bottou-bousquet-2008|more...]] 
 +</box>
  
 +<box 99% orange>
 +Léon Bottou and Yann LeCun:  **On-line Learning for Very Large Datasets**,  //Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry//, 21(2):137-151, 2005.
  
 +[[:papers/bottou-lecun-2004a|more...]]
 +</box>
  
 +<box 99% orange>
 +Léon Bottou:  **Online Algorithms and Stochastic Approximations**,  //Online Learning and Neural Networks//, Edited by David Saad, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1998.
  
 +[[:papers/bottou-98x|more...]]
 +</box>
  
-===== Active Learning =====+<box 99% blue> 
 +Léon Bottou:  //**Une Approche théorique de l'Apprentissage Connexionniste: Applications à la Reconnaissance de la Parole**//, Orsay, France, 1991.
  
-One simple way to handle large-scale learning problems is to chose examples wisely. +[[:papers/bottou-91a|more...]] 
-This idea was explored in our work on [[lasvm|Active and Online Support Vector Machines]]. +</box>
-But there is still much work to do about active learning as a way to handle very large data repositories.+
  
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