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LearnToOpt

Learning to Optimize : Beyond Gradient-Based Optimization
Learning to Optimize : Beyond Gradient-Based Optimization

Many difficult real-world optimization problems require the usage of randomized derivative-free algorithms to cope with non-convexity and possibly multiple objectives. State-of-the-art solvers are designed with hand-crafted updates involving simple equations. This AEx project aims to leverage recent progress in reinforcement and deep learning to "automatically learn" new solvers.

Inria teams involved
RANDOPT

Contacts

Nikolaus Hansen

Scientific leader

Dimo Brockhoff

Scientific co-leader