SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

May 11-12, 2007
Workshop on Global Optimization:
Methods and Applications
Fields Institute

Organizers: Thomas F. Coleman (University of Waterloo), Panos Pardalos (University of Florida),
Stephen Vavasis (University of Waterloo)

OVERVIEW

This workshop will explore recent practical progress made in the area of global optimization, especially in reference to industry applications. Our goal is to develop connections amongst researchers and applications workers in this area and raise awareness of current methodologies and approaches amongst practitioners.

Intended Participants: The workshop is targeted to “methods” researchers in global optimization, applications researchers who use global optimization in their work, and prospective application users of global optimization. Academics will come from various disciplines: mathematics and computer science, engineering, science, and economics/finance. Industry participants can represent very diverse areas: energy-related industries, drug design and pharmaceuticals, finance and fund management, engineering design, environment resource planning,…

Program

Friday, May 11, 2007
9:00 - 9:15	Opening remarks - Thomas F. Coleman, University of Waterloo
Methodologies
9:15-10:00	Trust-Tech Paradigm for Computing High-quality Optimal Solutions: Method and Theory Hsiao-Dong Chiang, Cornell University
10:00-10:45	Deterministic Global Optimization: Advances in Convex Underestimation Methods and Applications Christodoulos A. Floudas, Princeton University
10:45 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45	A Lagrangean Based Branch-and-Cut Algorithm for Global Optimization of Nonconvex Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programs with Decomposable Structures Ignacio E. Grossmann, Carnegie Mellon University
Algorithms and Software
11:45 - 12:30	Global Optimization: Software Development and Advanced Applications János D. Pintér, Pinter Consulting Services Inc., Halifax
12:30 - 2:00	Lunch Break
2:00 - 2:45	Global Optimization with Branch-and-Reduce Nick Sahinidis, University of Illinois
Scientific and Engineering Applications
2:45 - 3:30	Nonlinear Integer Programming Applications in Biomedicine Panos M. Pardalos, University of Florida
3:30 - 3:45	Coffee Break
3:45 - 4:30	Global Optimization issues in Parametric Programming & Control Vivek Dua, University College London
Combinatorial and Geometric Applications
4:30 - 5:15	Extremal Problems for Convex Polygons Pierre Hansen, HEC Montreal
5:15 - 6:30	Reception (in the Fields Institute Foyer)
Saturday, May 12, 2007
9:00 - 9:45	Min-Max Optimization on the Multiple Depot Vehicle Routing Problem Yinyu Ye, Stanford University
9:45-10:30	VLSI Fixed-Outline Floorplanning Using Convex Optimization Anthony Vannelli, University of Guelph
10:30 - 10:45	Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:30	Analysis of Greedy Approximation with Nonsubmodular Potential Function Ding-Zhu Du, University of Texas, Dallas
	11:30 Closing Remarks - Panos Pardalos, University of Florida

Participant List as of May 4, 2007

Fullname	University Name
Alie, Colin	University of Waterloo
Alqahtani, Khalid	University of Waterloo
Anjos, Miguel	University of Waterloo
Chiang, Hsiao-Dong	Cornell University
Coleman, Thomas F.	University of Waterloo
Du, Ding-Zhu	University of Minnesota
Dua, Vivek	University College London
Floudas, Christodoulos A.	Princeton University
Grossmann, Ignacio E.	Carnegie Mellon University
Hansen, Pierre	HEC Montréal
Jeon, Moongu	Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Khor, Cheng Seong	University of Waterloo
Lee, Sangwook	Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Pardalos, Panos M.	University of Florida
Pintér, János D.	Pinter Consulting Services Inc.
Ravi, Peruvemba S.	Wilfrid Laurier University
Rendon, Augusto	University of Toronto
Romanko, Oleksandr	McMaster University
Sahinidis, Nikolaos V.	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Saif, Yousef	University of Waterloo
Singcuna, Sirikanya	University of Waterloo
Sun, Jiannan	University of Waterloo
Tuenter, Hans J. H.	Ontario Power Generation
Vannelli, Anthony	University of Waterloo
Vavasis, Stephen A.	University of Waterloo
Wongrat, Wongphaka	University of Waterloo
Ye, Yinyu	Stanford University
Zeng, Lixin	Validus Re
Zhou, William	SAS Institute Inc.
Zhu, Jiaping	McMaster University

 

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