STAT 280: Slides (constantly updated)

Cong Ma, University of Chicago, Winter 2026

1. Introduction

2. Optimality Conditions

3. Convex Sets

4. Convex Functions

5. Convex Optimization Problems

6. Gradient Descent

7. Newton's method

8. Duality (see Canvas)

9. Constrained Optimization Algorithms

10. Interior Point Methods

11. Nonconvex Optimization

12. Stochastic Gradient Descent