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Poster

Fixed-Rank Approximation of a Positive-Semidefinite Matrix from Streaming Data

Joel A Tropp · Alp Yurtsever · Madeleine Udell · Volkan Cevher

Pacific Ballroom #20

Keywords: [ Sparsity and Compressed Sensing ] [ Algorithms ]


Abstract:

Several important applications, such as streaming PCA and semidefinite programming, involve a large-scale positive-semidefinite (psd) matrix that is presented as a sequence of linear updates. Because of storage limitations, it may only be possible to retain a sketch of the psd matrix. This paper develops a new algorithm for fixed-rank psd approximation from a sketch. The approach combines the Nyström approximation with a novel mechanism for rank truncation. Theoretical analysis establishes that the proposed method can achieve any prescribed relative error in the Schatten 1-norm and that it exploits the spectral decay of the input matrix. Computer experiments show that the proposed method dominates alternative techniques for fixed-rank psd matrix approximation across a wide range of examples.

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