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(Quasi)-Efficiently Learning Mixtures of Gaussians at the Statistically Optimal Separation Kothari, Pravesh
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Recovering a hidden signal or structure in the presence of random noise is a recurring theme in fundamental problems arising in computational complexity, cryptography, machine learning, and statistics. In the recent years, a Sum-of-Squares method, a hierarchy of generic semi-definite programming relaxations, has yielded a systematic approach for such "parameter estimation" problems.
In this talk, I'll illustrate the SoS method for parameter estimation by means of a recent application of to learning mixture of gaussians with information theoretically optimal cluster-separation in quasi-polynomial time. No sub-exponential time algorithm was previously known in this regime.
Based on joint works with Jacob Steinhardt and David Steurer.
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(Quasi)-Efficiently Learning Mixtures of Gaussians at the Statistically Optimal Separation
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Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery
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2018-08-15T11:07
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Recovering a hidden signal or structure in the presence of random noise is a recurring theme in fundamental problems arising in computational complexity, cryptography, machine learning, and statistics. In the recent years, a Sum-of-Squares method, a hierarchy of generic semi-definite programming relaxations, has yielded a systematic approach for such "parameter estimation" problems.
In this talk, I'll illustrate the SoS method for parameter estimation by means of a recent application of to learning mixture of gaussians with information theoretically optimal cluster-separation in quasi-polynomial time. No sub-exponential time algorithm was previously known in this regime.
Based on joint works with Jacob Steinhardt and David Steurer.
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61.0
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eng
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Author affiliation: Princeton University and Institute for Advanced Study
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2019-03-29
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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10.14288/1.0377647
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Unreviewed
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Postdoctoral
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