Workshops

Fall 2017

Bridging Continuous and Discrete Optimization Boot Camp

Aug. 21 – Aug. 25, 2017

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Click on the titles of individual talks for abstract, slides and archived video (if applicable).

All events take place in the Calvin Lab Auditorium.

Monday, August 21st, 2017
8:30 am – 8:50 am		Coffee and Check-In
8:50 am – 9:00 am		Opening Remarks
9:00 am – 10:00 am		Duality 1 Michel Goemans, MIT
10:00 am – 11:00 am		Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm		Duality 2 Michel Goemans, MIT
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm		Lunch
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm		LP/SDP Hierarchies and Sum of Squares Proofs 1 Pablo Parrilo, MIT and Ankur Moitra, MIT
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm		Break
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm		LP/SDP Hierarchies and Sum of Squares Proofs 2 Pablo Parrilo, MIT and Ankur Moitra, MIT

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017
9:00 am – 9:30 am		Coffee and Check-In
9:30 am – 10:30 am		Duality 3 Michel Goemans, MIT
10:30 am – 11:00 am		Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm		Continuous Methods 1 Lorenzo Orecchia, Boston University; Maryam Fazel, University of Washington; and Stefanie Jegelka, MIT
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm		Lunch
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm		Continuous Methods 2 Lorenzo Orecchia, Boston University; Maryam Fazel, University of Washington; and Stefanie Jegelka, MIT
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm		Break
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm		Robustness, Stochastics, Uncertainty 1 Sasha Rakhlin, University of Pennsylvania; Ben Recht, UC Berkeley; and Laurent El Ghaoui, UC Berkeley
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm		Break
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm		Robustness, Stochastics, Uncertainty 2 Sasha Rakhlin, University of Pennsylvania; Ben Recht, UC Berkeley; and Laurent El Ghaoui, UC Berkeley

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017
9:00 am – 9:30 am		Coffee and Check-In
9:30 am – 10:30 am		LP/SDP Hierarchies and Sum of Squares Proofs 3 Pablo Parrilo, MIT and Ankur Moitra, MIT
10:30 am – 11:00 am		Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm		LP/SDP Hierarchies and Sum of Squares Proofs 4 Pablo Parrilo, MIT and Ankur Moitra, MIT
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm		Lunch
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm		Extended Formulations 1 Thomas Rothvoß, University of Washington; Prasad Raghavendra, UC Berkeley; and Hamza Fawzi, University of Cambridge
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm		Break
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm		Extended Formulations 2 Thomas Rothvoß, University of Washington; Prasad Raghavendra, UC Berkeley; and Hamza Fawzi, University of Cambridge
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm		Break
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm		Robustness, Stochastics, Uncertainty 3 Sasha Rakhlin, University of Pennsylvania; Ben Recht, UC Berkeley; and Laurent El Ghaoui, UC Berkeley

Thursday, August 24th, 2017
9:00 am – 9:30 am		Coffee and Check-In
9:30 am – 10:30 am		Extended Formulations 3 Thomas Rothvoß, University of Washington; Prasad Raghavendra, UC Berkeley; and Hamza Fawzi, University of Cambridge
10:30 am – 11:00 am		Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm		Extended Formulations 4 Thomas Rothvoß, University of Washington; Prasad Raghavendra, UC Berkeley; and Hamza Fawzi, University of Cambridge
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm		Lunch
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm		Interior Point Methods 1 Steve Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Aaron Sidford, Stanford University; and Aleksander Mądry , MIT
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm		Break
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm		Interior Point Methods 2 Steve Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Aaron Sidford, Stanford University; and Aleksander Mądry , MIT
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm		Break
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm		Interior Point Methods 3 Steve Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Aaron Sidford, Stanford University; and Aleksander Mądry , MIT

Friday, August 25th, 2017
9:00 am – 9:30 am		Coffee and Check-In
9:30 am – 10:30 am		Continuous Methods 3 Lorenzo Orecchia, Boston University; Maryam Fazel, University of Washington; and Stefanie Jegelka, MIT
10:30 am – 11:00 am		Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm		Continuous Methods 4 Lorenzo Orecchia, Boston University; Maryam Fazel, University of Washington; and Stefanie Jegelka, MIT
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm		Lunch
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm		Interior Point Methods 4 Steve Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Aaron Sidford, Stanford University; and Aleksander Mądry , MIT