1EE 364B Convex Optimization An ADMM Solution to the Sparse Coding Problem

For our project, we apply the method of the alternating direction of multipliers and sequential convex optimization to sparse coding of images. The motivation behind sparse coding of images is to model how the brain is able to efficiently utilize the human visual system for a variety of tasks, such as separating a car from a background, as well as general classification tasks. Sparse coding aims to determine