# Computation of Non-symmetric Tensor Decomposition: Theory, Algorithms and Applications

> **NSF 01002526DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT** · Louisiana State University (LA) · $239,806

## Abstract

With the surge of artificial intelligence (AI) and data science, increasing data and parameters of machine learning models come with high-order structures, also known as tensors. Tensor decomposition (TD) is commonly used to compress the data and analyze the underlying information. This project aims to develop both theoretically justified and practically efficient TD algorithms, as well as algorithms for low-rank tensor approximations and tensor completions. Such tools have wide applications in data science, statistics, engineering, and industry, including multi-view learning, convolutional neural networks (CNNs), and large language models (LLMs). The project also includes training of undergraduate and graduate students studying in scientific computing and data science.

This project studies a range of challenging research tasks centered on the computation and analysis of tensor decompositions. A major goal is to overcome limitations of existing algebraic-based and optimization-based methods, which are either computationally expensive or theoretically insufficient.  The tensor decomposition algorithms utilized in this project are based on generating polynomials to reformulate and understand the non-symmetric TD. The developed TD algorithms will have the following advantages: computationally efficient in terms of speed and memory, easy to implement in linear algebra friendly software, have theoretical guarantees, can be used to detect certain tensor ranks, and support higher

## Key facts

- **NSF award ID:** 2514001
- **Awardee organization:** Louisiana State University (LA)
- **SAM.gov UEI:** ECQEYCHRNKJ4
- **PI:** Zequn Zheng
- **Primary program:** 01002526DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
- **All programs:** EXP PROG TO STIM COMP RES, COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE & ENGING
- **Estimated total:** $239,806
- **Funds obligated:** $239,806
- **Transaction type:** Standard Grant
- **Period:** 09/01/2025 → 08/31/2028

## Primary source

NSF Award Search: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2514001

## Citation

> US National Science Foundation, Award 2514001, Computation of Non-symmetric Tensor Decomposition: Theory, Algorithms and Applications. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-08 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nsf/2514001. Licensed CC0.

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