Talks and presentations

Convex and Nonconvex Optimization for Low Rank Matrix Completion

February 29, 2024

Presentation, Topics in Spectral Methods and Nonlinear Optimization, Chicago, IL, USA

This presentation reviews the progress of convex and nonconvex approaches that deal with low-rank matrix completion and aims to unravel the inherent synergies between these two approaches.

Inverse Autoregressive Flows

October 26, 2023

Presentation, Seminar in Advanced Bayesian Methodology, Chicago, IL, USA

This presentation discusses the interplay between Variational Inference and Normalizing Flows, and explains a specific type of NF called inverse autoregressive flow (IAF) proposed in this paper.