Optimization for and with Machine Learning

The research project Optimization for and with Machine Learning (OPTIMAL) is an ENW-GROOT research project funded by NWO. It is a collaboration between researchers from Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI), Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and the University of Amsterdam (UvA).

A key component of machine learning is mathematical optimisation, that is used, for example, to train neural networks. The goal of this project is to provide new analysis and tools for optimisation problems and algorithms arising in machine learning, but also to use insights and tools from machine learning to improve optimisation methods. This explains the project title Optimization for and with Machine Learning (OPTIMAL).