[cmath] Workshop on Nonlinear Optimization Algorithms and Industrial Applications

[Adam zarboni]

Overview of the program

Optimization is a rich and thriving discipline rooted in applied mathematics
but with applications across all the sciences, engineering, industry and
business. Whether one wants to minimize the cost of energy, the cost of
manufacturing difficulty, maximize accuracy of engineering design, or
maximize profit, the mathematical way to express one’s goal amounts to an
optimization problem. Some classes of optimization problems are so well
understood that problems in millions or even billions of variables are
routinely solved on a daily basis; others are so difficult that even small
instances can be challenging. This workshop will bring together researchers
and practitioners with a wide variety of expertise from universities and
from government and industrial laboratories.

The workshop will focus on algorithms for solving large-scale continuous
optimization problems, both convex and nonconvex, as well as their
industrial applications in a variety of contexts. Some talks will have a
theoretical focus (e.g., convergence theory, complexity); others will have a
more practical focus (e.g., computational practice), and others will focus
on specific problems arising in an industrial setting. 

The workshop will celebrate the 70th birthday of Andrew R. Conn, who,
arguably more than anyone, has made major contributions both to the theory
of algorithms for nonlinear optimization and application of algorithms
through high performance software tools to solve industrial optimization
problems of critical importance.

Registration: 

Please register below (this link includes the option to purchase banquet
tickets)

www.fields.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/register?form_selection=algorithms
<http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/register?form_selection=algorithms>  

 

Outline

Plans include 33 invited 25-minute talks as well as a poster session for
contributed presentations. The talks will be scheduled from 9:00 to 12:30
and 2:00 to 5:00 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Thursday will be
designated as Industry Day, with all talks focused on topics relevant to
industry, so participants from industry and students interested in
industrial careers are especially encouraged to attend on Thursday, and, if
they wish, present a poster in the poster session.

Thursday June 2 is being designated as Industry Day within the workshop. The
Industry Day speakers and the titles of their presentations are:

*         Miguel Anjos, Ecole Polytechnique, Montréal, Recent developments
in mathematical optimization for smart grids

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*         Sébastien le Digabel, Ecole Polytechnique, Montréal, Blackbox
optimization with the NOMAD software: Applications at Hydro-Quebec

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*         Bjarne Foss, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Production optimization for increased revenues from offshore oil and gas
operations

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*         Sven Leyffer, Argonne National Lab, Mixed-integer PDE-constrained
optimization: Applications and challenges

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*         Yuying Li, University of Waterloo, A data driven approach for
financial risk management

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*         Joaquim Martins, University of Michigan, Practical aircraft design
via numerical optimization: Current status and future directions

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*         Ulisses Mello, IBM Research, Brazil, Optimization challenges in
reservoir management

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*         Marcel Mongeau, Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile, Toulouse,
Solving air-traffic conflict problems via local continuous optimization

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*         Delphine Sinoquet, Institut Français du Pétrole, France,
Derivative free trust region methods for design of mooring lines of floating
offshore wind turbines

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*         Chandu Visweswariah, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Real life is
harder than mathematics: Case studies from chip design and smarter energy

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There will be a 2 hour “brainstorming session”, where lunch will be provided
so speakers and participants will have the opportunity to talk informally
about possible future plans for cooperation and collaboration between
academia and industry. At the end of the day there will be a two-hour poster
session. We encourage industrial participants, as well as students working
on industrial applications, to present their work in posters and continue
the conversation on academic-industrial collaboration.

Invited Speaker Abstract Submissions

Invited Speakers (listed above) should submit their abstracts here:

http://at.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/abstract/submit/cbko-01 

 Contributed Poster Abstract Submissions

Contributed poster abstracts should be submitted using this link. The poster
session will be held from 5pm to 7:30pm on Thursday June 2. Posters should
be no more than 4 ft by 4 ft in size. Graduate students and early career
researchers with PhDs awarded no more than 5 years ago are eligible to apply
for a travel grant. Please check box "Funding Application Form" in
Registration Form.

This program is organized by:

*         Michael L. Overton, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences,
NYU

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*         Oleksandr Romanko, IBM Canada

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*         Tamás Terlaky, Lehigh University

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*         Henry Wolkowicz, University of Waterloo

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