Optimization Tutorials

Part of the Long Program Modern Trends in Optimization and Its Application
September 14 - 17, 2010

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Morning Session
8:00 - 9:30 Check-In/Light Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
9:30 - 10:45
Christine Bachoc (Université de Bordeaux I)

Invariant semidefinite programs
PDF Presentation
10:45 - 11:15 Break
11:15 - 12:30
Michael Friedlander (University of British Columbia)

Algorithms for Sparse Optimization
PDF Presentation
12:30 - 1:00 OP2010 Core Orientation
12:30 - 2:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
2:30 - 3:45
Matthias Koeppe (University of California, Davis (UC Davis))

Generating function methods in discrete optimization
PDF Presentation
3:45 - 4:15 Break
4:15 - 5:30

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Morning Session
8:00 - 9:30 Continental Breakfast
9:30 - 10:45
Christine Bachoc (Université de Bordeaux I)

Invariant semidefinite programs
PDF Presentation
10:45 - 11:15 Break
11:15 - 12:30
Michael Friedlander (University of British Columbia)

Algorithms for Sparse Optimization
PDF Presentation
12:30 - 2:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
2:30 - 3:45
Matthias Koeppe (University of California, Davis (UC Davis))

Generating function methods in discrete optimization
PDF Presentation
3:45 - 4:15 Break
4:15 - 5:30

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Morning Session
8:00 - 9:30 Continental Breakfast
9:30 - 10:45
Jiawang Nie (University of California, San Diego (UCSD))

Semidefinite Programming Methods for Multivariate Polynomial Optimization

10:45 - 11:15 Break
11:15 - 12:30
Marc Teboulle (Tel Aviv University)

First Order Algorithms for Convex Minimization
PDF Presentation
12:30 - 2:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
2:30 - 3:45
Frank Vallentin (Technische Universiteit te Delft)

Grothendieck-type inequalities, semidefinite programs, and unique games

3:45 - 4:15 Break
4:15 - 5:30
Marc Teboulle (Tel Aviv University)

First Order Algorithms for Convex Minimization
PDF Presentation

Friday, September 17, 2010

Morning Session
8:00 - 9:30 Continental Breakfast
9:30 - 10:45
Jiawang Nie (University of California, San Diego (UCSD))

Semidefinite Programming Methods for Multivariate Polynomial Optimization

10:45 - 11:15 Break
11:15 - 12:30
Laurent El Ghaoui (University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley))

Robust optimization in machine learning.

12:30 - 2:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
2:30 - 3:45
Frank Vallentin (Technische Universiteit te Delft)

Grothendieck-type inequalities, semidefinite programs, and unique games

3:45 - 4:15 Break
4:15 - 5:30
Laurent El Ghaoui (University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley))

Safe feature elimination in l1-penalized optimization problems