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Poster

Affine-Invariant Online Optimization and the Low-rank Experts Problem

Tomer Koren · Roi Livni

Pacific Ballroom #54

Keywords: [ Optimization ] [ Online Learning ]


Abstract: We present a new affine-invariant optimization algorithm called Online Lazy Newton. The regret of Online Lazy Newton is independent of conditioning: the algorithm's performance depends on the best possible preconditioning of the problem in retrospect and on its \emph{intrinsic} dimensionality. As an application, we show how Online Lazy Newton can be used to achieve an optimal regret of order $\sqrt{rT}$ for the low-rank experts problem, improving by a $\sqrt{r}$ factor over the previously best known bound and resolving an open problem posed by Hazan et al (2016).

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