Chi Jin

Orcid: 0000-0002-2865-5610

Affiliations:
  • Princeton University, Department of Electrical Engineering, NJ, USA
  • University of California, Berkeley, USA (PhD 2019)


According to our database1, Chi Jin authored at least 86 papers between 2012 and 2024.

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2024
Two-Timescale Gradient Descent Ascent Algorithms for Nonconvex Minimax Optimization.
CoRR, 2024

Thinking Fast and Slow: Data-Driven Adaptive DeFi Borrow-Lending Protocol.
CoRR, 2024

Towards Principled Superhuman AI for Multiplayer Symmetric Games.
CoRR, 2024

On Limitation of Transformer for Learning HMMs.
CoRR, 2024

FightLadder: A Benchmark for Competitive Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning.
Proceedings of the Forty-first International Conference on Machine Learning, 2024

Tuning-Free Stochastic Optimization.
Proceedings of the Forty-first International Conference on Machine Learning, 2024

Maximum Likelihood Estimation is All You Need for Well-Specified Covariate Shift.
Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Learning Representations, 2024

On the Provable Advantage of Unsupervised Pretraining.
Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Learning Representations, 2024

Consistency Models as a Rich and Efficient Policy Class for Reinforcement Learning.
Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Learning Representations, 2024

Thinking Fast and Slow: Data-Driven Adaptive DeFi Borrow-Lending Protocol.
Proceedings of the 6th Conference on Advances in Financial Technologies, 2024

2023
Provably Efficient Reinforcement Learning with Linear Function Approximation.
Math. Oper. Res., August, 2023

ZeroSwap: Data-driven Optimal Market Making in DeFi.
CoRR, 2023

Is RLHF More Difficult than Standard RL?
CoRR, 2023

Learning a Universal Human Prior for Dexterous Manipulation from Human Preference.
CoRR, 2023

Optimistic MLE: A Generic Model-Based Algorithm for Partially Observable Sequential Decision Making.
Proceedings of the 55th Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, 2023

Optimistic Natural Policy Gradient: a Simple Efficient Policy Optimization Framework for Online RL.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 36: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2023, 2023

Context-lumpable stochastic bandits.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 36: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2023, 2023

DoWG Unleashed: An Efficient Universal Parameter-Free Gradient Descent Method.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 36: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2023, 2023

Is RLHF More Difficult than Standard RL? A Theoretical Perspective.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 36: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2023, 2023

Efficient displacement convex optimization with particle gradient descent.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Machine Learning, 2023

Representation Learning for Low-rank General-sum Markov Games.
Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Learning Representations, 2023

Provable Sim-to-real Transfer in Continuous Domain with Partial Observations.
Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Learning Representations, 2023

Learning Rationalizable Equilibria in Multiplayer Games.
Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Learning Representations, 2023

Faster federated optimization under second-order similarity.
Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Learning Representations, 2023

Breaking the Curse of Multiagency: Provably Efficient Decentralized Multi-Agent RL with Function Approximation.
Proceedings of the Thirty Sixth Annual Conference on Learning Theory, 2023

2022
Representation Learning for General-sum Low-rank Markov Games.
CoRR, 2022

A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for Finding Non-Exploitable Strategies in Two-Player Atari Games.
CoRR, 2022

Efficient Φ-Regret Minimization in Extensive-Form Games via Online Mirror Descent.
CoRR, 2022

Sample-Efficient Reinforcement Learning of Partially Observable Markov Games.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 35: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2022, 2022

Efficient Phi-Regret Minimization in Extensive-Form Games via Online Mirror Descent.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 35: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2022, 2022

A Simple Reward-free Approach to Constrained Reinforcement Learning.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Machine Learning, 2022

Learning Markov Games with Adversarial Opponents: Efficient Algorithms and Fundamental Limits.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Machine Learning, 2022

The Power of Exploiter: Provable Multi-Agent RL in Large State Spaces.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Machine Learning, 2022

Provable Reinforcement Learning with a Short-Term Memory.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Machine Learning, 2022

Near-Optimal Learning of Extensive-Form Games with Imperfect Information.
Proceedings of the International Conference on Machine Learning, 2022

Minimax Optimization with Smooth Algorithmic Adversaries.
Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Learning Representations, 2022

Understanding Domain Randomization for Sim-to-real Transfer.
Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Learning Representations, 2022

When Is Partially Observable Reinforcement Learning Not Scary?
Proceedings of the Conference on Learning Theory, 2-5 July 2022, London, UK., 2022

2021
On Nonconvex Optimization for Machine Learning: Gradients, Stochasticity, and Saddle Points.
J. ACM, 2021

V-Learning - A Simple, Efficient, Decentralized Algorithm for Multiagent RL.
CoRR, 2021

Bellman Eluder Dimension: New Rich Classes of RL Problems, and Sample-Efficient Algorithms.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 34: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2021, 2021

Sample-Efficient Learning of Stackelberg Equilibria in General-Sum Games.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 34: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2021, 2021

Provable Meta-Learning of Linear Representations.
Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Machine Learning, 2021

A Sharp Analysis of Model-based Reinforcement Learning with Self-Play.
Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Machine Learning, 2021

Near-Optimal Representation Learning for Linear Bandits and Linear RL.
Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Machine Learning, 2021

Provable Rich Observation Reinforcement Learning with Combinatorial Latent States.
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Learning Representations, 2021

A Local Convergence Theory for Mildly Over-Parameterized Two-Layer Neural Network.
Proceedings of the Conference on Learning Theory, 2021

2020
Bridging Exploration and General Function Approximation in Reinforcement Learning: Provably Efficient Kernel and Neural Value Iterations.
CoRR, 2020

Provably Efficient Reinforcement Learning with Kernel and Neural Function Approximations.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 33: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2020, 2020

On the Theory of Transfer Learning: The Importance of Task Diversity.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 33: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2020, 2020

Sample-Efficient Reinforcement Learning of Undercomplete POMDPs.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 33: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2020, 2020

Near-Optimal Reinforcement Learning with Self-Play.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 33: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2020, 2020

On Gradient Descent Ascent for Nonconvex-Concave Minimax Problems.
Proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Machine Learning, 2020

What is Local Optimality in Nonconvex-Nonconcave Minimax Optimization?
Proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Machine Learning, 2020

Reward-Free Exploration for Reinforcement Learning.
Proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Machine Learning, 2020

Learning Adversarial Markov Decision Processes with Bandit Feedback and Unknown Transition.
Proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Machine Learning, 2020

Provably Efficient Exploration in Policy Optimization.
Proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Machine Learning, 2020

Provable Self-Play Algorithms for Competitive Reinforcement Learning.
Proceedings of the 37th International Conference on Machine Learning, 2020

Near-Optimal Algorithms for Minimax Optimization.
Proceedings of the Conference on Learning Theory, 2020

2019
Machine Learning: Why Do Simple Algorithms Work So Well?
PhD thesis, 2019

Stochastic Gradient Descent Escapes Saddle Points Efficiently.
CoRR, 2019

A Short Note on Concentration Inequalities for Random Vectors with SubGaussian Norm.
CoRR, 2019

Minmax Optimization: Stable Limit Points of Gradient Descent Ascent are Locally Optimal.
CoRR, 2019

2018
Sampling Can Be Faster Than Optimization.
CoRR, 2018

Stability and Convergence Trade-off of Iterative Optimization Algorithms.
CoRR, 2018

Minimizing Nonconvex Population Risk from Rough Empirical Risk.
CoRR, 2018

Stochastic Cubic Regularization for Fast Nonconvex Optimization.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 31: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2018, 2018

On the Local Minima of the Empirical Risk.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 31: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2018, 2018

Is Q-Learning Provably Efficient?
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 31: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2018, 2018

Accelerated Gradient Descent Escapes Saddle Points Faster than Gradient Descent.
Proceedings of the Conference On Learning Theory, 2018

2017
Gradient Descent Can Take Exponential Time to Escape Saddle Points.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 30: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2017, 2017

How to Escape Saddle Points Efficiently.
Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Machine Learning, 2017

No Spurious Local Minima in Nonconvex Low Rank Problems: A Unified Geometric Analysis.
Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Machine Learning, 2017

Global Convergence of Non-Convex Gradient Descent for Computing Matrix Squareroot.
Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics, 2017

2016
Differentially Private Data Releasing for Smooth Queries.
J. Mach. Learn. Res., 2016

Matching Matrix Bernstein with Little Memory: Near-Optimal Finite Sample Guarantees for Oja's Algorithm.
CoRR, 2016

Local Maxima in the Likelihood of Gaussian Mixture Models: Structural Results and Algorithmic Consequences.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 29: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2016, 2016

Provable Efficient Online Matrix Completion via Non-convex Stochastic Gradient Descent.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 29: Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2016, 2016

Efficient Algorithms for Large-scale Generalized Eigenvector Computation and Canonical Correlation Analysis.
Proceedings of the 33nd International Conference on Machine Learning, 2016

Faster Eigenvector Computation via Shift-and-Invert Preconditioning.
Proceedings of the 33nd International Conference on Machine Learning, 2016

Streaming PCA: Matching Matrix Bernstein and Near-Optimal Finite Sample Guarantees for Oja's Algorithm.
Proceedings of the 29th Conference on Learning Theory, 2016

2015
Robust Shift-and-Invert Preconditioning: Faster and More Sample Efficient Algorithms for Eigenvector Computation.
CoRR, 2015

Computing Matrix Squareroot via Non Convex Local Search.
CoRR, 2015

Escaping From Saddle Points - Online Stochastic Gradient for Tensor Decomposition.
Proceedings of The 28th Conference on Learning Theory, 2015

2014
Differentially Private Data Releasing for Smooth Queries with Synthetic Database Output.
CoRR, 2014

2012
Dimensionality Dependent PAC-Bayes Margin Bound.
Proceedings of the Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 25: 26th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems 2012. Proceedings of a meeting held December 3-6, 2012


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