ECE 6270: Convex Optimization

Spring 2026

  • Overview
  • Course Notes
  • Assignments

Introduction

  • Introduction to convex optimization
  • Examples of convex optimization problems

Unconstrained convex optimization

  • Convex sets and functions
  • Differentiable functions, convexity, and optimization
  • Gradient descent
  • Convergence analysis of gradient descent
  • Accelerated gradient descent: Heavy ball method and Nesterov's method