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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
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| 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 |
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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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