VOCAL 2024
Abstract Submission

25. Random Projections for Semidefinite Programming and Polynomial Optimization

Invited abstract in session TD-2: Conic and polynomial optimization, stream Conic and polynomial optimization.

Thursday, 14:45 - 16:15
Room: C 103

Authors (first author is the speaker)

1. Monse Guedes Ayala
The University of Edinburgh
2. Pierre-Louis Poirion
RIKEN-AIP
3. Lars Schewe
School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh
4. Akiko Takeda
University of Tokyo

Abstract

Random projections, a dimensionality reduction technique, have been found useful in recent years for reducing the size of optimization problems. In this presentation, we explore using random projections to approximate semidefinite programming (SDP) problems by reducing the size of matrix variables, thereby solving the original problem with less computational effort. We provide some theoretical guarantees on the quality of the projection. We also investigate the performance of the approach on semidefinite relaxations appearing in polynomial optimization, with a focus on combinatorial optimization problems.

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Status: accepted


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