Invited Talks

  1. Asymptotic Network Independence in Distributed Stochastic Gradient Methods, CAA YeS Forum, November 2021.

  2. Push-Pull Gradient Methods for Distributed Optimization in Networks. Peking University, January 2021.

  3. Push-Pull Gradient Methods for Distributed Optimization in Networks. Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, November 2020.

  4. Push-Pull Gradient Methods for Distributed Optimization in Networks. Tsinghua University, August 2020.

  5. Push-Pull Gradient Methods for Distributed Optimization in Networks. The Workshop on Control, Optimization and Security of Networked Systems, Southeast University, August 2020.

  6. Push-Pull Gradient Methods for Distributed Optimization in Networks. Tongji University, July 2020.

  7. A Push-Pull Gradient Method for Distributed Optimization in Networks. Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, January 2019.

  8. A Push-Pull Gradient Method for Distributed Optimization in Networks. Fudan University, Shanghai, December 2018.

  9. A Flocking-based Approach for Distributed Stochastic Optimization. CCDC Seminar, UC Santa Barbara, March 2017.

  10. A Swarming-based Approach for Asynchronous Stochastic Optimization. Humans and Autonomy Lab, Duke University, October 2016.

  11. Flocking for Distributed Stochastic Optimization. SAMSI Optimization Working Group VI, November 2016.

Conference Presentations

  1. Asymptotic Network Independence in Distributed Stochastic Gradient Methods, SIAM Conference on Optimization (OP21), July 2021.

  2. Push-Pull Gradient Methods for Distributed Optimization in Networks. China Systems Science Conference, Nanjing, May 2021.

  3. A Robust Gradient Tracking Method for Distributed Optimization over Directed Networks, 2020 IEEE 59th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), December 2020.

  4. A Distributed Stochastic Gradient Tracking Method. 2018 IEEE 57th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Miami, December 2018.

  5. A Push-Pull Gradient Method for Distributed Optimization in Networks. 2018 IEEE 57th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Miami, December 2018.

  6. A Push-Pull Gradient Method for Distributed Optimization in Networks. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, November 2018.

  7. A Flocking-based Approach for Distributed Stochastic Optimization. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Houston, October 2017.

  8. A Flocking-based Approach for Distributed Stochastic Optimization. Global Optimization Conference, Texas A&M University, March 2017.