[Opt-net] Compact Course and Workshop "Nonlinear Optimization" in Heidelberg, February 7-10

[Stefan Koerkel]

Compact Course and Workshop "Advances in Nonlinear Optimization"
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Organized by Heidelberg Graduate School of
Mathematical and Computational Methods for the Sciences
(HGS MathComp)

Date:  February 7-10, 2011, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Place: Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR),
       Im Neuenheimer Feld 368, 69120 Heidelberg, Room 432

*** Summary ***

The course is part of the doctoral teaching program of the Heidelberg
Graduate School. It combines a scientific workshop where leading
scientists from the field present results of their recent research
with a tutorial course where an overview on concepts, theory and
methods is given. This course focuses on the topic of Nonlinear
Optimization.

*** Workshop "Advances in Nonlinear Optimization" ***

Thursday, February 10

Confirmed Speakers:

* Moritz Diehl, Leuven
* Florian Jarre, Duesseldorf
* Christian Kanzow, Wuerzburg
* Oliver Stein, Karlsruhe

The workshop is preceded by a 3-day

*** Compact Course "Nonlinear Optimization" ***

Monday-Wednesday, February 7-9

* Morning: three 60 min lectures.
* Afternoon: computer tutorials.

Contents:

* Unconstrained and Constrained Optimization
* Quasi-Newton Methods
* Derivative Free Methods
* Globalization
* Interior Point Methods
* Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming

*** Target Group ***

Doctoral students, advanced master students
with experience in numerics and optimization.

*** Organizers and Lecturers ***

* Dr. Stefan Koerkel, HGS MathComp, Heidelberg University
* Dr. Sebastian Sager, HGS MathComp, Heidelberg University

*** Contact, Registration and Further Information ***

http://anlo11.uni-hd.de/