This course discusses basic convex analysis (convex sets, functions, and optimization problems), optimization theory (linear, quadratic, semidefinite, and geometric programming; optimality conditions ...

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, Vol. 51, No. 2 (2013), pp. 1134-1162 (29 pages) Alternating linear schemes (ALS), with the alternating least squares algorithm a notable special case, provide one ...

Estimation of mixture densities for the classical Gaussian compound decision problem and their associated (empirical) Bayes rules is considered from two new perspectives. The first, motivated by Brown ...

Quantum process tomography is often used to completely characterize an unknown quantum process. However, it may lead to an unphysical process matrix, which will cause the loss of information with ...