From Stability to Chaos: Analyzing Gradient Descent Dynamics in Quadratic Regression

Welcome to our casual research seminar organized in the Department of Statistical Sciences at the University of Toronto. Our aim is to explore the diverse research conducted by our faculty, students, and postdocs. Talks usually last 30 to 45 minutes, followed by discussions. We cover current research, overviews of emerging topics, and more. Some pizza and soda will be offered before the seminar around 12pm.

Seminar organizers: Austin Brown & Archer Gong Zhang & Piotr Zwiernik.