% Key papers for Second-order and structured preconditioning (scime atlas, https://atlas.scime.ai). Authors are not included: add them from the paper pages. @inproceedings{neurips2018_adaptive_56837, title = {{Adaptive Methods for Nonconvex Optimization}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2018}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2018/poster/11930}, } @inproceedings{aaai2021_adahessian_66, title = {{ADAHESSIAN: An Adaptive Second Order Optimizer for Machine Learning}}, booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)}, year = {2021}, url = {https://aaai.org/papers/10665-adahessian-an-adaptive-second-order-optimizer-for-machine-learning/}, } @inproceedings{cvpr2019_large_14376, title = {{Large-Scale Distributed Second-Order Optimization Using Kronecker-Factored Approximate Curvature for Deep Convolutional Neural Networks}}, booktitle = {IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)}, year = {2019}, } @inproceedings{icml2018_shampoo_36986, title = {{Shampoo: Preconditioned Stochastic Tensor Optimization}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2018}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2018/poster/2380}, } @inproceedings{icml2019_adaptive_37136, title = {{Adaptive Stochastic Natural Gradient Method for One-Shot Neural Architecture Search}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2019}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2019/poster/3959}, } @inproceedings{aaai2016_expected_105120, title = {{Expected Tensor Decomposition with Stochastic Gradient Descent}}, booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)}, year = {2016}, url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/10292}, } @inproceedings{neurips2018_evolutionary_57106, title = {{Evolutionary Stochastic Gradient Descent for Optimization of Deep Neural Networks}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2018}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2018/poster/11587}, } @inproceedings{iclr2020_efficient_29484, title = {{Efficient Riemannian Optimization on the Stiefel Manifold via the Cayley Transform}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2020}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=HJxV-ANKDH}, } @inproceedings{icml2020_adaptive_37908, title = {{Adaptive Gradient Descent without Descent}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2020}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2020/poster/6239}, } @inproceedings{neurips2024_the_70158, title = {{The Road Less Scheduled}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/96925}, } @inproceedings{iclr2017_nonparametric_28217, title = {{Nonparametric Neural Networks}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2017}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=BJK3Xasel}, } @inproceedings{icml2019_efficient_37325, title = {{Efficient Full-Matrix Adaptive Regularization}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2019}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2019/poster/4302}, } @inproceedings{iclr2018_proximal_28473, title = {{Proximal Backpropagation}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2018}, url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2018/poster/202}, } @inproceedings{neurips2018_gradient_57182, title = {{Gradient Descent Meets Shift-and-Invert Preconditioning for Eigenvector Computation}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2018}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2018/poster/11289}, } @inproceedings{neurips2016_scalable_55981, title = {{Scalable Adaptive Stochastic Optimization Using Random Projections}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2016}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2016/poster/7247}, } @inproceedings{neurips2019_towards_59106, title = {{Towards Practical Alternating Least-Squares for CCA}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2019}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2019/poster/14386}, } @inproceedings{aaai2016_factorization_105008, title = {{Factorization Ranking Model for Move Prediction in the Game of Go}}, booktitle = {AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)}, year = {2016}, url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/10180}, } @inproceedings{neurips2022_gradient_63648, title = {{Gradient Descent: The Ultimate Optimizer}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2022}, url = {https://nips.cc/virtual/2022/poster/54591}, } @inproceedings{iclr2018_neumann_28689, title = {{Neumann Optimizer: A Practical Optimization Algorithm for Deep Neural Networks}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2018}, url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2018/poster/174}, } @inproceedings{iclr2022_doubly_31091, title = {{Doubly Adaptive Scaled Algorithm for Machine Learning Using Second-Order Information}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2022}, url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2022/poster/6864}, } @inproceedings{neurips2025_momentum_77827, title = {{Momentum-SAM: Sharpness Aware Minimization without Computational Overhead}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=XyCDB1Uiqa}, } @inproceedings{neurips2024_a_73212, title = {{A PID Controller Approach for Adaptive Probability-dependent Gradient Decay in Model Calibration}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/94224}, } @inproceedings{iclr2025_adaptive_82216, title = {{Adaptive backtracking line search}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://iclr.cc/virtual/2025/poster/29575}, } @inproceedings{icml2024_discounted_44728, title = {{Discounted Adaptive Online Learning: Towards Better Regularization}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2024/poster/33724}, } @inproceedings{icml2024_adaptive_45262, title = {{Adaptive Conformal Inference by Betting}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2024/poster/33190}, } @inproceedings{icml2025_training_45960, title = {{Training Deep Learning Models with Norm-Constrained LMOs}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2025/poster/46586}, } @inproceedings{icml2025_structured_46771, title = {{Structured Preconditioners in Adaptive Optimization: A Unified Analysis}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2025/poster/45803}, } @inproceedings{icml2025_exact_47041, title = {{Exact risk curves of signSGD in High-Dimensions: quantifying preconditioning and noise-compression effects}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2025/poster/45544}, } @inproceedings{icml2025_provable_47100, title = {{Provable and Practical Online Learning Rate Adaptation with Hypergradient Descent}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2025/poster/45486}, } @inproceedings{icml2025_lean_48290, title = {{Lean and Mean Adaptive Optimization via Subset-Norm and Subspace-Momentum with Convergence Guarantees}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://icml.cc/virtual/2025/poster/44323}, } @inproceedings{icml2026_rmnp_50319, title = {{RMNP: Row-Momentum Normalized Preconditioning for Scalable Matrix-Based Optimization}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=BC5aRMdRwp}, } @inproceedings{icml2026_adaptive_51682, title = {{Adaptive Sharpness-Aware Minimization with a Polyak-type Step size: A Theory-Grounded Scheduler}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=On2B3By7PT}, } @inproceedings{icml2026_singularity_53867, title = {{Singularity-aware Optimization via Randomized Geometric Probing: Towards Stable Non-smooth Optimization}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=jYf7VrKL6x}, } @inproceedings{icml2026_softsign_54221, title = {{Softsign: Smooth Sign in Your Optimizer For Better Parameter Heterogeneity Handling}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=n47bK7WM3U}, } @inproceedings{icml2026_learning_55016, title = {{Learning Rate Annealing Improves Tuning Robustness in Stochastic Optimization}}, booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=usZLsN3Dnv}, } @inproceedings{neurips2024_remove_71212, title = {{Remove that Square Root: A New Efficient Scale-Invariant Version of AdaGrad}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/96023}, } @inproceedings{neurips2024_regularized_74481, title = {{Regularized Adaptive Momentum Dual Averaging with an Efficient Inexact Subproblem Solver for Training Structured Neural Network}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2024}, url = {https://neurips.cc/virtual/2024/poster/93094}, } @inproceedings{neurips2025_a_74720, title = {{A Stable Whitening Optimizer for Efficient Neural Network Training}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=0T8i3uXq3O}, } @inproceedings{neurips2025_asgo_78550, title = {{ASGO: Adaptive Structured Gradient Optimization}}, booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)}, year = {2025}, url = {https://openreview.net/forum?id=fru52tkjHf}, }