Program for stream Derivative-free optimization

WC-02: DFO 1 - Derivative-free methods for stochastic optimization
Stream: Derivative-free optimization
Room: C VI
Chair(s): Vyacheslav Kungurtsev

• A derivative-free method for stochastic structured optimization problems
  Andrea Cristofari, Francesco Rinaldi
• A weak tail-bound probabilistic condition for function estimation in stochastic derivative-free optimization
  Damiano Zeffiro, Francesco Rinaldi, Luis Nunes Vicente
• Stochastic optimization in random subspaces: trust-region framework and subspace selection strategies
  Kwassi Joseph Dzahini, Stefan M. Wild

TD-04: DFO 2 - Advances in zeroth-order methods
Stream: Derivative-free optimization
Room: 105
Chair(s): Andrea Cristofari

• A Derivative-Free Trust-Region Method Based on Finite-Difference Gradient Approximations
  Dânâ Davar, Geovani Grapiglia
• Learning the right layers: a zeroth-order bi-level optimization strategy for semi-supervised learning on multilayer graphs
  Sara Venturini, Andrea Cristofari, Francesco Rinaldi, Francesco Tudisco
• Minibatch Stochastic Three Points Method for Unconstrained Smooth Minimization
  El Houcine Bergou
• Zeroth order descent with Structured Directions
  Silvia Villa, Marco Rando, Cesare Molinari, Lorenzo Rosasco

FD-01: DFO 3 - Derivative-free methods for challenging problems
Stream: Derivative-free optimization
Room: C V
Chair(s): Damiano Zeffiro

• Design of a cooling system for gas turbines – A DFO industrial application
  Filippo Marini, Margherita Porcelli, Elisa Riccietti
• Mixed interior-exterior point method for non-linear black-box optimization
  Andrea Brilli, Giampaolo Liuzzi, Stefano Lucidi
• Retraction based Direct Search Methods for Derivative Free Riemannian Optimization
  Vyacheslav Kungurtsev, Francesco Rinaldi, Damiano Zeffiro