West Coast Optimization Meeting: Spring 2013
- Date: 05/04/2013
Lecturer(s):
Lieven Vandenberghe (UCLA)
Decomposition in semidefinite programming
Nikhil Devanur (Microsoft Research)
Prior-robust algorithms for online matching
Richard Tapia (Rice University)
Inverse, Shifted Inverse, and Rayleigh Quotient Iteration as Newton's Method
Zelda Zabinsky (University of Washington)
Adaptive Random Search for Global Optimization with an Interacting Particle Algorithm
Aleksandr Aravkin (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center)
Piecewise linear quadratic and quadratic support functions in regularized regression, machine learning, system identification, and ESPECIALLY Kalman smoothing.
Terry Rockafellar (University of Washington)
Risk and Regret in Stochastic Optimization
Ben Taskar (University of Washington)
Inference and Optimization in Determinantal Point Processes
Decomposition in semidefinite programming
Nikhil Devanur (Microsoft Research)
Prior-robust algorithms for online matching
Richard Tapia (Rice University)
Inverse, Shifted Inverse, and Rayleigh Quotient Iteration as Newton's Method
Zelda Zabinsky (University of Washington)
Adaptive Random Search for Global Optimization with an Interacting Particle Algorithm
Aleksandr Aravkin (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center)
Piecewise linear quadratic and quadratic support functions in regularized regression, machine learning, system identification, and ESPECIALLY Kalman smoothing.
Terry Rockafellar (University of Washington)
Risk and Regret in Stochastic Optimization
Ben Taskar (University of Washington)
Inference and Optimization in Determinantal Point Processes
Location:
University of Washington
Schedule:
May 4, 2013, 8:00am - 4:00pm.
8:00 - 8:30 Light Breakfast.
Morning Session Talks (8:30 - 12:00)
8:30 - 8:40: Welcome
8:40 - 9:20: Lieven Vandenberghe
9:20 - 10:00: Nikhil Devanur
10:00 - 10:20: Coffee Break
10:20 - 11:00: Richard Tapia
11:00 - 11:40: Zelda Zabinsky
11:40 - 1:30: Lunch Break
Afternoon Session (1:30 - 4:30)
1:30 - 2:10: Aleksandr Aravkin
2:10 - 2:50: Terry Rockafellar
2:50 - 3:10: Coffee Break
3:10 - 3:50: Ben Taskar
3:50 - 5:30: Discussion
May 4, 2013, 8:00am - 4:00pm.
8:00 - 8:30 Light Breakfast.
Morning Session Talks (8:30 - 12:00)
8:30 - 8:40: Welcome
8:40 - 9:20: Lieven Vandenberghe
9:20 - 10:00: Nikhil Devanur
10:00 - 10:20: Coffee Break
10:20 - 11:00: Richard Tapia
11:00 - 11:40: Zelda Zabinsky
11:40 - 1:30: Lunch Break
Afternoon Session (1:30 - 4:30)
1:30 - 2:10: Aleksandr Aravkin
2:10 - 2:50: Terry Rockafellar
2:50 - 3:10: Coffee Break
3:10 - 3:50: Ben Taskar
3:50 - 5:30: Discussion
Other Information:
The conference lectures will take place in Smith Hall room 211.
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