Explores KKT conditions in convex optimization, covering dual problems, logarithmic constraints, least squares, matrix functions, and suboptimality of covering ellipsoids.
Explores Sum of Squares polynomials and Semidefinite Programming in Polynomial Optimization, enabling the approximation of non-convex polynomials with convex SDP.
Covers optimization techniques in machine learning, focusing on convexity, algorithms, and their applications in ensuring efficient convergence to global minima.