Sufficient Condition
Sufficient conditions, in scientific research, identify the minimal set of requirements needed to guarantee a specific outcome or property. Current research focuses on establishing sufficient conditions across diverse fields, including optimization algorithms (like stochastic gradient descent), neural network architectures (exploring connections between over-parameterization and extrapolation), and distributed systems (analyzing conditions for belief formation in fault-tolerant settings). This work is crucial for improving the reliability, efficiency, and understandability of various systems and algorithms, impacting fields ranging from machine learning and AI to robotics and distributed computing.
Papers
Necessary and sufficient condition for a generic 3R serial manipulator to be cuspidal
Durgesh Haribhau Salunkhe, Christoforos Spartalis, Jose Capco, Damien Chablat, Philippe Wenger
The merged-staircase property: a necessary and nearly sufficient condition for SGD learning of sparse functions on two-layer neural networks
Emmanuel Abbe, Enric Boix-Adsera, Theodor Misiakiewicz