Adaptive Optimization Algorithms for Machine Learning
Slavomír Hanzely
Machine learning assumes a pivotal role in our data-driven world. The
increasing scale of models and datasets necessitates quick and reliable
algorithms for model training. This dissertation investigates adaptivity in
machine learning optimizers. The ensuing chapters are dedicated to various
facets of adaptivity, including: 1. personalization and user-specific models
via personalized loss, 2. provable post-training model adaptations via
meta-learning, 3. learning unknown hyperparameters in real time via
hyperparameter variance reduction, 4. fast O(1/k^2) global convergence of
second-order methods via stepsized Newton method regardless of the
initialization and choice basis, 5. fast and scalable second-order methods via
low-dimensional updates. This thesis contributes novel insights, introduces new
algorithms with improved convergence guarantees, and improves analyses of
popular practical algorithms.