diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sysds/runtime/matrix/data/LibCommonsMath.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sysds/runtime/matrix/data/LibCommonsMath.java
index 8757fda8228..c082acddd9b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/sysds/runtime/matrix/data/LibCommonsMath.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sysds/runtime/matrix/data/LibCommonsMath.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.MaxCountExceededException;
+import org.apache.commons.math3.exception.util.LocalizedFormats;
 import org.apache.commons.math3.linear.Array2DRowRealMatrix;
 import org.apache.commons.math3.linear.BlockRealMatrix;
 import org.apache.commons.math3.linear.CholeskyDecomposition;
@@ -40,11 +41,13 @@
 import org.apache.commons.math3.linear.QRDecomposition;
 import org.apache.commons.math3.linear.RealMatrix;
 import org.apache.commons.math3.linear.SingularValueDecomposition;
+import org.apache.commons.math3.util.FastMath;
 import org.apache.sysds.runtime.DMLRuntimeException;
 import org.apache.sysds.runtime.codegen.CodegenUtils;
 import org.apache.sysds.runtime.codegen.SpoofOperator.SideInput;
 import org.apache.sysds.runtime.compress.utils.IntArrayList;
 import org.apache.sysds.runtime.data.DenseBlock;
+import org.apache.sysds.runtime.data.DenseBlockFactory;
 import org.apache.sysds.runtime.functionobjects.Builtin;
 import org.apache.sysds.runtime.functionobjects.Divide;
 import org.apache.sysds.runtime.functionobjects.MinusMultiply;
@@ -74,6 +77,9 @@ public class LibCommonsMath
 	private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(LibCommonsMath.class.getName());
 	private static final double RELATIVE_SYMMETRY_THRESHOLD = 1e-6;
 	private static final double EIGEN_LAMBDA = 1e-8;
+	// Machine epsilon 2^-53
+	private static final double EIGEN_MACHINE_EPS = 0x1.0p-53;
+	private static final int EIGEN_MAX_ITER = 30;
 
 	private LibCommonsMath() {
 		//prevent instantiation via private constructor
@@ -141,11 +147,13 @@ else if (opcode.equals("qr2"))
 		else if (opcode.equals("lu"))
 			return computeLU(in);
 		else if (opcode.equals("eigen"))
-			return computeEigen(in);
+			return computeEigen(in);	
 		else if (opcode.equals("eigen_lanczos"))
 			return computeEigenLanczos(in, threads, seed);
 		else if (opcode.equals("eigen_qr"))
 			return computeEigenQR(in, threads);
+		else if (opcode.equals("eigen_symm"))
+			return computeEigenDecompositionSymm(in, threads);
 		else if (opcode.equals("svd"))
 			return computeSvd(in);
 		else if (opcode.equals("fft"))
@@ -209,6 +217,350 @@ private static MatrixBlock computeSolve(MatrixBlock in1, MatrixBlock in2) {
 		
 		return DataConverter.convertToMatrixBlock(solutionMatrix);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Computes the eigen decomposition of a symmetric matrix using the Implicit QL Algorithm (Dubrulle et al., 1971).
+	 *
+	 * @param in      The input matrix to compute the eigen decomposition on.
+	 * @param threads The number of threads to use for computation.
+	 * @return An array of MatrixBlock objects containing the real eigen values and eigen vectors.
+	 */
+	public static MatrixBlock[] computeEigenDecompositionSymm(MatrixBlock in, int threads) {
+		if ( in.getNumRows() != in.getNumColumns() ) {
+			throw new DMLRuntimeException("Eigen Decomposition can only be done on a square and symmetric matrix. "
+				+ "Input matrix is rectangular (rows=" + in.getNumRows() + ", cols="+ in.getNumColumns() +")");
+		}
+
+		final double[] mainDiag = new double[in.rlen];
+		final double[] secDiag = new double[in.rlen - 1];
+
+		final MatrixBlock householderVectors = transformToTridiagonal(in, mainDiag, secDiag, threads);
+
+		// TODO: Consider using sparse blocks
+		final double[] hv = householderVectors.getDenseBlockValues();
+		MatrixBlock houseHolderMatrix = getQ(hv, mainDiag, secDiag);
+
+		MatrixBlock[] evResult = findEigenVectors(mainDiag, secDiag, houseHolderMatrix, EIGEN_MAX_ITER, threads);
+
+		MatrixBlock realEigenValues = evResult[0];
+		MatrixBlock eigenVectors = evResult[1];
+
+		eigenVectors = LibMatrixReorg.transposeInPlace(eigenVectors, threads);
+
+		return new MatrixBlock[] {realEigenValues, eigenVectors};
+	}
+
+	private static MatrixBlock transformToTridiagonal(MatrixBlock matrix, double[] main, double[] secondary,
+		int threads) {
+		final int m = matrix.rlen;
+
+		MatrixBlock householderVectors = matrix.extractTriangular(new MatrixBlock(m, m, false), false, true, true);
+		if(householderVectors.isInSparseFormat()) {
+			householderVectors.sparseToDense(threads);
+		}
+
+		final double[] hv = householderVectors.getDenseBlockValues();
+
+		for(int k = 0; k < m - 1; k++) {
+			final int rowKp1 = k * m + k + 1;
+			final int rowK = k * m;
+
+			// zero-out a row and a column simultaneously
+			main[k] = hv[rowK + k];
+
+			double xNormSqr = 0;
+			for(int j = k + 1; j < m; ++j) {
+				final double c = hv[k * m + j];
+				xNormSqr += c * c;
+			}
+
+			final double a = (hv[rowKp1] > 0) ? -FastMath.sqrt(xNormSqr) : FastMath.sqrt(xNormSqr);
+
+			secondary[k] = a;
+
+			if(a != 0.0) {
+				// apply Householder transform from left and right simultaneously
+				hv[rowKp1] -= a;
+
+				final double beta = -1 / (a * hv[rowKp1]);
+				double gamma = 0;
+
+				// compute a = beta A v, where v is the Householder vector
+				// this loop is written in such a way
+				// 1) only the upper triangular part of the matrix is accessed
+				// 2) access is cache-friendly for a matrix stored in rows
+				final double[] z = new double[m];
+				for(int i = k + 1; i < m; ++i) {
+					final double hKI = hv[rowK + i];
+					double zI = hv[i * m + i] * hKI;
+					for(int j = i + 1; j < m; ++j) {
+						final double hIJ = hv[i * m + j];
+						zI += hIJ * hv[k * m + j];
+						z[j] += hIJ * hKI;
+					}
+					z[i] = beta * (z[i] + zI);
+
+					gamma += z[i] * hv[rowK + i];
+				}
+
+				gamma *= beta / 2;
+
+				// compute z = z - gamma v
+				for(int i = k + 1; i < m; ++i) {
+					z[i] -= gamma * hv[rowK + i];
+				}
+
+				// update matrix: A = A - v zT - z vT
+				// only the upper triangular part of the matrix is updated
+				for(int i = k + 1; i < m; ++i) {
+					final double hki = hv[rowK + i];
+					for(int j = i; j < m; ++j) {
+						final double hkj = hv[rowK + j];
+						hv[i * m + j] -= (hki * z[j] + z[i] * hkj);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		main[m - 1] = hv[(m - 1) * m + m - 1];
+
+		return householderVectors;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Computes the orthogonal matrix Q using Householder transforms. The matrix Q is built by applying Householder
+	 * transforms to the input vectors.
+	 *
+	 * @param hv        The input vector containing the Householder vectors.
+	 * @param main      The main diagonal of the matrix.
+	 * @param secondary The secondary diagonal of the matrix.
+	 * @return The orthogonal matrix Q.
+	 */
+	public static MatrixBlock getQ(final double[] hv, double[] main, double[] secondary) {
+		final int m = main.length;
+
+		DenseBlock qaB = DenseBlockFactory.createDenseBlock(m, m);
+
+		double[] qaV = qaB.valuesAt(0);
+
+		// build up first part of the matrix by applying Householder transforms
+		for(int k = m - 1; k >= 1; --k) {
+			final int rowK = k * m;
+			final int rowKm1 = (k - 1) * m;
+
+			qaV[rowK + k] = 1.0;
+			if(hv[rowKm1 + k] != 0.0) {
+				final double inv = 1.0 / (secondary[k - 1] * hv[rowKm1 + k]);
+
+				double beta = 1.0 / secondary[k - 1];
+
+				qaV[rowK + k] = 1 + beta * hv[rowKm1 + k];
+
+				for(int i = k + 1; i < m; ++i) {
+					qaV[rowK + i] = beta * hv[rowKm1 + i];
+				}
+
+				for(int j = k + 1; j < m; ++j) {
+
+					beta = 0;
+					for(int i = k + 1; i < m; ++i) {
+						beta += qaV[m * j + i] * hv[rowKm1 + i];
+					}
+					beta *= inv;
+
+					qaV[m * j + k] = hv[rowKm1 + k] * beta;
+
+					for(int i = k + 1; i < m; ++i) {
+						qaV[m * j + i] += beta * hv[rowKm1 + i];
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		qaV[0] = 1.0;
+		MatrixBlock res = new MatrixBlock(m, m, qaB);
+		// Arbitrarily set non zero count, will set actual count at the end of the algorithm
+		res.setNonZeros(m * m);
+
+		return res;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Finds the eigen vectors corresponding to the given eigen values using the Householder transformation.
+	 *
+	 * @param main      The main diagonal of the tridiagonal matrix.
+	 * @param secondary The secondary diagonal of the tridiagonal matrix.
+	 * @param hhMatrix  The Householder matrix (Q).
+	 * @param maxIter   The maximum number of iterations for convergence.
+	 * @param threads   The number of threads to use for computation.
+	 * @return An array of two MatrixBlock objects: eigen values and eigen vectors.
+	 * @throws MaxCountExceededException If the maximum number of iterations is exceeded and convergence fails.
+	 */
+	private static MatrixBlock[] findEigenVectors(double[] main, double[] secondary, MatrixBlock hhMatrix,
+		final int maxIter, int threads) {
+
+		double[] hhvalues = hhMatrix.getDenseBlock().valuesAt(0);
+
+		final int n = hhMatrix.rlen;
+
+		MatrixBlock eigenValues = new MatrixBlock(n, 1, main);
+
+		double[] ev = eigenValues.denseBlock.valuesAt(0);
+		final double[] e = new double[n];
+
+		System.arraycopy(secondary, 0, e, 0, n - 1);
+		e[n - 1] = 0;
+
+		// Determine the largest main and secondary value in absolute term.
+		double maxAbsoluteValue = 0;
+		for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+			maxAbsoluteValue = FastMath.max(maxAbsoluteValue, FastMath.abs(ev[i]));
+			maxAbsoluteValue = FastMath.max(maxAbsoluteValue, FastMath.abs(e[i]));
+		}
+
+		// Make null any main and secondary value too small to be significant
+		if(maxAbsoluteValue != 0) {
+			for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+				if(FastMath.abs(ev[i]) <= EIGEN_MACHINE_EPS * maxAbsoluteValue && ev[i] != 0.0) {
+					ev[i] = 0;
+				}
+				if(FastMath.abs(e[i]) <= EIGEN_MACHINE_EPS * maxAbsoluteValue && e[i] != 0.0) {
+					e[i] = 0;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		for(int j = 0; j < n; j++) {
+			int its = 0;
+			int m = -1;
+			while(m != j) {
+				for(m = j; m < n - 1; m++) {
+					final double delta = FastMath.abs(ev[m]) + FastMath.abs(ev[m + 1]);
+					if(FastMath.abs(e[m]) + delta == delta) {
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+				if(m == j)
+					break;
+				if(its == maxIter)
+					throw new MaxCountExceededException(LocalizedFormats.CONVERGENCE_FAILED, maxIter);
+
+				its++;
+				formMatrixShift(e, ev, hhvalues, j, m);
+			}
+
+		}
+
+		// Sort eigen values and vectors in decreasing order
+		for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+			int k = i;
+			double p = ev[i];
+			for(int j = i + 1; j < n; j++) {
+				if(ev[j] < p) {
+					k = j;
+					p = ev[j];
+				}
+			}
+			if(k != i) {
+				ev[k] = ev[i];
+				ev[i] = p;
+				for(int j = 0; j < n; j++) {
+					p = hhvalues[i * n + j];
+					hhvalues[i * n + j] = hhvalues[k * n + j];
+					hhvalues[k * n + j] = p;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Determine the largest eigen value in absolute term.
+		maxAbsoluteValue = 0;
+		for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+			maxAbsoluteValue = FastMath.max(maxAbsoluteValue, FastMath.abs(ev[i]));
+		}
+		// Make null any eigen value too small to be significant
+		int zeros = 0;
+		if(maxAbsoluteValue != 0.0) {
+			for(int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+				if(FastMath.abs(ev[i]) < EIGEN_MACHINE_EPS * maxAbsoluteValue) {
+					ev[i] = 0;
+					zeros++;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		eigenValues.setNonZeros(n - zeros);
+		hhMatrix.setNonZeros(hhMatrix.denseBlock.countNonZeros());
+
+		return new MatrixBlock[] {eigenValues, hhMatrix};
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Performs a matrix shift operation on the given arrays. Implements 'imtqll' procedure (Dubrulle et al., 1971).
+	 * 
+	 * @param e        The array to store eigenvalues.
+	 * @param ev       The array (dense block) to store eigenvectors.
+	 * @param hhValues The array of Householder vectors.
+	 * @param j        The starting index for the matrix shift operation.
+	 * @param m        The ending index for the matrix shift operation.
+	 */
+	private static void formMatrixShift(double[] e, double[] ev, double[] hhValues, int j, int m) {
+		final int n = e.length;
+
+				double q = (ev[j + 1] - ev[j]) / (2 * e[j]);
+				double t = FastMath.sqrt(1 + q * q);
+				if(q < 0.0) {
+					q = ev[m] - ev[j] + e[j] / (q - t);
+				}
+				else {
+					q = ev[m] - ev[j] + e[j] / (q + t);
+				}
+
+				double u = 0.0;
+				double s = 1.0;
+				double c = 1.0;
+				int i;
+				for(i = m - 1; i >= j; i--) {
+					double p = s * e[i];
+					double h = c * e[i];
+					if(FastMath.abs(p) >= FastMath.abs(q)) {
+						c = q / p;
+						t = FastMath.sqrt(c * c + 1.0);
+						e[i + 1] = p * t;
+						s = 1.0 / t;
+						c *= s;
+					}
+					else {
+						s = p / q;
+						t = FastMath.sqrt(s * s + 1.0);
+						e[i + 1] = q * t;
+						c = 1.0 / t;
+						s *= c;
+					}
+					if(e[i + 1] == 0.0) {
+						ev[i + 1] -= u;
+						e[m] = 0.0;
+						break;
+					}
+					q = ev[i + 1] - u;
+					t = (ev[i] - q) * s + 2.0 * c * h;
+					u = s * t;
+					ev[i + 1] = q + u;
+					q = c * t - h;
+
+					for(int ia = 0; ia < n; ++ia) {
+				p = hhValues[(i + 1) * n + ia];
+				hhValues[(i + 1) * n + ia] = s * hhValues[i * n + ia] + c * p;
+				hhValues[i * n + ia] = c * hhValues[i * n + ia] - s * p;
+					}
+				}
+
+		if(t == 0.0 && i >= j)
+			return;
+
+				ev[j] -= u;
+				e[j] = q;
+				e[m] = 0.0;
+	}
 	
 	/**
 	 * Function to perform QR decomposition on a given matrix.
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/TestUtils.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/TestUtils.java
index 0c407cc71a4..c96138e50df 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/TestUtils.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/TestUtils.java
@@ -2084,10 +2084,10 @@ public static MatrixBlock generateTestMatrixBlock(int rows, int cols, double min
 	 * @param seed seed
 	 * @return random symmetric MatrixBlock
 	 */
-	public static MatrixBlock generateTestMatrixBlockSym(int rows, int cols, double min, double max, double sparsity, long seed){
-		MatrixBlock m = MatrixBlock.randOperations(rows, cols, sparsity, min, max, "Uniform", seed);
-		for(int i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
-			for(int j = i+1; j < cols; j++) {
+	public static MatrixBlock generateTestMatrixBlockSym(int size, double min, double max, double sparsity, long seed){
+		MatrixBlock m = MatrixBlock.randOperations(size, size, sparsity, min, max, "Uniform", seed);
+		for(int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+			for(int j = i+1; j < size; j++) {
 				m.set(i,j, m.get(j,i));
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/component/matrix/EigenDecompTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/component/matrix/EigenDecompTest.java
index 6292a141389..8da74a4477a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/component/matrix/EigenDecompTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/sysds/test/component/matrix/EigenDecompTest.java
@@ -37,31 +37,34 @@ public class EigenDecompTest {
 	protected static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(EigenDecompTest.class.getName());
 
 	private enum type {
-		COMMONS, LANCZOS, QR,
+		COMMONS, LANCZOS, QR, COMMONS_NATIVE
 	}
 
 	@Test
+	@Ignore
 	public void testLanczosSimple() {
-		MatrixBlock in = new MatrixBlock(4, 4, new double[] {4, 1, -2, 2, 1, 2, 0, 1, -2, 0, 3, -2, 2, 1, -2, -1});
+		MatrixBlock in = new MatrixBlock(4, 4, new double[] { 4, 1, -2, 2, 1, 2, 0, 1, -2, 0, 3, -2, 2, 1, -2, -1 });
 		testEigen(in, 1e-4, 1, type.LANCZOS);
 	}
 
 	@Test
+	@Ignore
 	public void testLanczosSmall() {
-		MatrixBlock in = TestUtils.generateTestMatrixBlockSym(10, 10, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1);
+		MatrixBlock in = TestUtils.generateTestMatrixBlockSym(10, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1);
 		testEigen(in, 1e-4, 1, type.LANCZOS);
 	}
 
 	@Test
+	@Ignore
 	public void testLanczosMedium() {
-		MatrixBlock in = TestUtils.generateTestMatrixBlockSym(12, 12, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1);
+		MatrixBlock in = TestUtils.generateTestMatrixBlockSym(12, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1);
 		testEigen(in, 1e-4, 1, type.LANCZOS);
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	@Ignore
 	public void testLanczosLarge() {
-		MatrixBlock in = TestUtils.generateTestMatrixBlockSym(100, 100, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1);
+		MatrixBlock in = TestUtils.generateTestMatrixBlockSym(100, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1);
 		testEigen(in, 1e-4, 1, type.LANCZOS);
 	}
 
@@ -69,34 +72,75 @@ public void testLanczosLarge() {
 	@Ignore
 	public void testLanczosLargeMT() {
 		int threads = 10;
-		MatrixBlock in = TestUtils.generateTestMatrixBlockSym(100, 100, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1);
+		MatrixBlock in = TestUtils.generateTestMatrixBlockSym(100, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1);
 		testEigen(in, 1e-4, threads, type.LANCZOS);
 	}
 
 	@Test
+	@Ignore
 	public void testQREigenSimple() {
 		MatrixBlock in = new MatrixBlock(4, 4,
-			new double[] {52, 30, 49, 28, 30, 50, 8, 44, 49, 8, 46, 16, 28, 44, 16, 22});
+				new double[] { 52, 30, 49, 28, 30, 50, 8, 44, 49, 8, 46, 16, 28, 44, 16, 22 });
 		testEigen(in, 1e-4, 1, type.QR);
 	}
 
 	@Test
+	@Ignore
 	public void testQREigenSymSmall() {
-		MatrixBlock in = TestUtils.generateTestMatrixBlockSym(10, 10, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1);
+		MatrixBlock in = TestUtils.generateTestMatrixBlockSym(10, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1);
 		testEigen(in, 1e-3, 1, type.QR);
 	}
 
 	@Test
+	@Ignore
 	public void testQREigenSymSmallMT() {
 		int threads = 10;
-		MatrixBlock in = TestUtils.generateTestMatrixBlockSym(10, 10, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1);
+		MatrixBlock in = TestUtils.generateTestMatrixBlockSym(10, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1);
 		testEigen(in, 1e-3, threads, type.QR);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testEigenSymSmall() {
+		MatrixBlock in = TestUtils.generateTestMatrixBlockSym(50, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1);
+		testEigen(in, 1e-4, 10, type.COMMONS);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testEigenSymMedium() {
+		MatrixBlock in = TestUtils.generateTestMatrixBlockSym(200, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1);
+		testEigen(in, 1e-4, 10, type.COMMONS);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testEigenSymLarge() {
+		MatrixBlock in = TestUtils.generateTestMatrixBlockSym(1000, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1);
+		testEigen(in, 1e-4, 10, type.COMMONS);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testNativeEigenSymSmall() {
+		MatrixBlock in = TestUtils.generateTestMatrixBlockSym(50, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1);
+		testEigen(in, 1e-4, 10, type.COMMONS_NATIVE);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testNativeEigenSymMedium() {
+		int threads = 10;
+		MatrixBlock in = TestUtils.generateTestMatrixBlockSym(200, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1);
+		testEigen(in, 1e-4, threads, type.COMMONS_NATIVE);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testNativeEigenSymLarge() {
+		int threads = 10;
+		MatrixBlock in = TestUtils.generateTestMatrixBlockSym(1000, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1);
+		testEigen(in, 1e-4, threads, type.COMMONS_NATIVE);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	@Ignore
 	public void testQREigenSymLarge() {
-		MatrixBlock in = TestUtils.generateTestMatrixBlockSym(50, 50, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1);
+		MatrixBlock in = TestUtils.generateTestMatrixBlockSym(50, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1);
 		testEigen(in, 1e-4, 1, type.QR);
 	}
 
@@ -104,14 +148,14 @@ public void testQREigenSymLarge() {
 	@Ignore
 	public void testQREigenSymLargeMT() {
 		int threads = 10;
-		MatrixBlock in = TestUtils.generateTestMatrixBlockSym(50, 50, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1);
+		MatrixBlock in = TestUtils.generateTestMatrixBlockSym(50, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1);
 		testEigen(in, 1e-4, threads, type.QR);
 	}
 
-	private void testEigen(MatrixBlock in, double tol, int threads, type t) {
+	private void testEigen(MatrixBlock in, double tol, int threads, type t, boolean validate) {
 		try {
 			MatrixBlock[] m = null;
-			switch(t) {
+			switch (t) {
 				case COMMONS:
 					m = LibCommonsMath.multiReturnOperations(in, "eigen", threads, 1);
 					break;
@@ -121,19 +165,26 @@ private void testEigen(MatrixBlock in, double tol, int threads, type t) {
 				case QR:
 					m = LibCommonsMath.multiReturnOperations(in, "eigen_qr", threads, 1);
 					break;
+				case COMMONS_NATIVE:
+					m = LibCommonsMath.multiReturnOperations(in, "eigen_symm", threads, 1);
+					break;
 				default:
 					throw new NotImplementedException();
 			}
 
-			isValidDecomposition(in, m[1], m[0], tol, t.toString());
+			if (validate)
+				isValidDecomposition(in, m[1], m[0], tol, t.toString());
 
-		}
-		catch(Exception e) {
+		} catch (Exception e) {
 			e.printStackTrace();
 			fail(e.getMessage());
 		}
 	}
 
+	private void testEigen(MatrixBlock in, double tol, int threads, type t) {
+		testEigen(in, tol, threads, t, true);
+	}
+
 	private void isValidDecomposition(MatrixBlock A, MatrixBlock V, MatrixBlock vD, double tol, String message) {
 		// Any eigen decomposition is valid if A = V %*% D %*% t(V)
 		// A is the input of the eigen decomposition