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Multi-agent

Monograph (Lecture Notes)

  • A. Nedić, J.-S. Pang, G. Scutari, and Y. Sun, Multi-agent Optimization. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Springer Verlag, CIME Subseries, 2018. [link]

Refereed Book Chapters

  • G. Scutari and Y. Sun, “Parallel and Distributed Successive Convex Approximation Methods for Big-Data Optimization,” in Multi-agent Optimization, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Springer Verlag, CIME Subseries, pp. 141–308, 2018 [DOI].

Journal Papers

  • X. Chen, T. Cao, and G. Scutari, “Enhancing Convergence of Decentralized Gradient Tracking under the KL Property,” IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, early access, 2026 [DOI].
  • Y. Sun, G. Scutari, and A. Daneshmand, “Distributed Optimization Based on Gradient-Tracking Revisited: Enhancing Convergence Rate via Surrogation,” SIAM J. on Optimization, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 354–385, 2022 [DOI].
  • J. Xu, Y. Tian, Y. Sun, and G. Scutari, “Accelerated Primal-Dual Algorithms for Distributed Smooth Convex Optimization over Networks,” Proc. International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS 2020), 2020.
  • I. Notarnicola, Y. Sun, G. Scutari, and G. Notarstefano, “Distributed Big-Data Optimization via Block-wise Gradient Tracking,” IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. 66, no. 5, pp. 2045–2060, May 2021 [DOI].
  • Y. Tian, Y. Sun, and G. Scutari, “Achieving Linear Convergence in Distributed Asynchronous Multiagent Optimization,” IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. 65, no. 12, pp. 5264–5279, 2020 [DOI].
  • A. Daneshmand, Y. Sun, G. Scutari, F. Facchinei, and B. Sadler, “Decentralized Dictionary Learning over Time-Varying Digraphs,” J. of Machine Learning Research, vol. 20, no. 139, pp. 1–62, 2019.
  • P. Di Lorenzo and G. Scutari, “NEXT: In-Network Nonconvex Optimization,” IEEE Trans. on Signal and Information Processing over Networks, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 120–136, June 2016 [DOI].
    Top 50 downloaded articles in IEEE TSIPN (Dec. 2016 – May 2018).
    Highly cited paper (ISI Web of Knowledge, 2017, 2018, 2019).
  • Y. Yang, G. Scutari, D. Palomar, and M. Pesavento, “A Parallel Stochastic Approximation Method for Nonconvex Multi-Agent Optimization Problems,” IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing, vol. 64, no. 11, pp. 2949–2964, June 2016 [DOI].
  • G. Scutari, F. Facchinei, P. Song, D. P. Palomar, and J.-S. Pang, “Decomposition by Partial Linearization: Parallel Optimization of Multi-agent Systems,” IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing, vol. 62, no. 3, pp. 641–656, Feb. 2014 [DOI].
    2015 IEEE Signal Processing Society Young Author Best Paper Award.
    Highly cited paper (ISI Web of Knowledge, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020).

Refereed Conference Papers

  • Y. Tian, Y. Sun, G. Scutari, and B. Du, “ASY-SONATA: Achieving Linear Convergence in Distributed Asynchronous Multiagent Optimization,” Proc. of the 56th Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton 2018), Oct. 2–5, 2018, Monticello, IL, USA.
  • I. Notarnicola, Y. Sun, G. Scutari, and G. Notarstefano, “Distributed Big-Data Optimization via Block-Iterative Convexification and Averaging,” Proc. of the 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Dec. 12–15, 2017, Melbourne, Australia.
  • I. Notarnicola, Y. Sun, G. Scutari, and G. Notarstefano, “Distributed Big-Data Optimization via Block Communications,” Proc. of the 2017 IEEE Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing (CAMSAP17), Dec. 10–13, 2017, Curaçao, Dutch Antilles.
    Best Student Paper Award.
  • A. Daneshmand, Y. Sun, G. Scutari, and F. Facchinei, “D2L: Decentralized Dictionary Learning over Dynamic Networks,” Proc. of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP17), March 5–9, 2017, New Orleans, USA.
  • A. Daneshmand, G. Scutari, and F. Facchinei, “Distributed Dictionary Learning,” Proc. of the 50th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Nov. 6–9, 2016, Pacific Grove, CA, USA.
  • Y. Sun, G. Scutari, and D. Palomar, “Distributed Nonconvex Multiagent Optimization Over Time-Varying Networks,” Proc. of the 50th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Nov. 6–9, 2016, Pacific Grove, CA, USA.
  • P. Di Lorenzo and G. Scutari, “Distributed Nonconvex Optimization Over Time-Varying Networks,” Proc. of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP16), March 20–25, 2016, Shanghai, China.
  • P. Di Lorenzo and G. Scutari, “Distributed Nonconvex Optimization Over Networks,” Proc. of the 6th IEEE International Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing, pp. 229–232, Dec. 13–16, 2015, Cancun, Mexico.
  • Y. Yang, G. Scutari, and D. Palomar, “Parallel Stochastic Decomposition Algorithms for Multi-Agent Systems,” Proc. of the 14th IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC13), pp. 180–184, June 16–19, 2013, Darmstadt, Germany.