arXiv Machine Learning

Stability Annealing Selects the Implicit Bias of Smoothed Sign Descent: A Rate-Indexed Barrier Path on Separable Data

arXiv:2607. 06013v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Adaptive gradient methods can favor max-margin separators that differ from gradient descent, yet a fixed positive numerical stability constant eventually changes the update geometry again.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 19

The Hidden Cost of Approximation in Online Mirror Descent

arXiv:2511. 22283v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Online mirror descent (OMD) is a fundamental algorithmic paradigm that underlies many algorithms in optimization, machine learning and sequential decision-making.

By Ofir Schlisselberg, Uri Sherman, Tomer Koren, Yishay Mansour
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 11

Mirror Descent Beyond Euclidean Stability: An Exponential Separation in Initialization Sensitivity

arXiv:2606. 11431v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Mirror Descent (MD) extends Gradient Descent (GD) beyond Euclidean geometry and has recently reappeared as a lens for KL-regularized policy optimization in reinforcement learning and LLM post-training.

By Shira Vansover-Hager, Matan Schliserman, Ofir Schlisselberg, Tomer Koren