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Learning in Dynamical Models

[ODE and PDE estimation and inference, Optimization dynamics]

(Note:     students under my supervision;  * corresponding author.)

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• On large batch training and sharp minima: A Fokker-Planck perspective. [journal][reprint][preprint]​[older version]

Xiaowu Dai and Yuhua Zhu. 

Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice (JSTP), special issue on "Advances in Deep Learning", 2020.

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• Kernel ordinary differential equations. [journal][reprint][preprint]

Xiaowu Dai and Lexin Li.​ 

Journal of the American Statistical Association: Theory and Methods (JASA), 2022. [lead article]

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• Post-regularization confidence bands for ordinary differential equations. [journal][preprint]

Xiaowu Dai​* and Lexin Li. 

Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR), 2024.

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• Nonparametric estimation via partial derivatives. [journal​][preprint][UCLA StatsDS News​][UCLA Physical Sciences News​]

Xiaowu Dai*. 

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B (JRSSB), 2024. [lead article]

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