Experience

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Publications 

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• PhD Thesis

1. Parallel and Decentralized Algorithms for Big-data Optimization over Networks, PhD Thesis, Purdue University, 2021.

• Journal Papers

1. Hybrid random/deterministic parallel algorithms for convex and nonconvex big data optimization

with F. Facchinei, V. Kungurtsev, and G. Scutari

In IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, volume 63, number 15, pages 3914-3929, August 2015.

2. Decentralized dictionary learning over time-varying digraphs

with Y. Sun, G. Scutari and F. Facchinei, and Brian M. Sadler

in Journal Machine Learning Research (JMLR), 20(139), 1-62, 2019.

3. Second-order guarantees of distributed gradient algorithms

with G. Scutari and  S. Kungurtsev

In SIAM Journal on Optimization, 30(4), 3029–3068, 2020.

4. Distributed optimization based on gradient-tracking revisited: enhancing convergence rate via surrogation

with Y. Sun and G. Scutari

In SIAM Journal on Optimization, 32 (2), 354-385, 2022.

• Conference Papers

1. Newton Method over Networks is Fast up to Statistical Precision

with G. Scutari, P. Dvurechensky and A. Gasnikov

in Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), PMLR 139:2398-2409, 2021.

2. D2L: Decentralized dictionary learning over dynamic networks

with Y. Sun, G. Scutari and F. Facchinei

in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), pages 4084-4088, New Orleans, LA, March 2017. 

3. Second-order guarantees of gradient algorithms over networks

with G. Scutari, V. Kungurtsev

in Proceedings of 2018 56th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, pages 359-365, Monticello, IL, 2018.

4. Flexible selective parallel algorithms for big data optimization

with F. Facchinei, V. Kungurtsev, and G. Scutari

in Proceedings of the 48th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, pages 3-7, Pacific Grove, CA, November 2014.

5. Distributed dictionary learning

with Y. Sun, G. Scutari and F. Facchinei

in Proceedings of the 50th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers,  pages 1001-1005, Pacific Grove, CA, November 2016.