| Date | Presenter(s) | Topic | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/1 | Maitrey Mehta | Diverse Beam Search | [Paper] |
| 1/8 | Vivek Gupta and Abhinav Kumar | Basic I: Non-Convex Optimization | [Video][Monographs] |
| 2/15 | NA | Cancelled | NA |
| 2/22 | Vivek Gupta and Abhinav Kumar | Basic II: Non-Convex Optimization | [Video] [Monographs] |
| 3/1 | Vivek Gupta and Abhinav Kumar | Projected/Conjugate Gradient Descent | [PPT][Monographs] |
| 3/8 | Spring Break | Spring Break | Spring Break |
| 3/15 | Vivek Gupta | Accelerated Stochastic Gradient Descent | [Video][Slides] |