The upcoming “Bridging Continuous and Discrete Optimization” boot camp from Simons Institute will be streamed live at the ECE Department — everyone is invited. Please see the following link for more information:
https://simons.berkeley.edu/workshops/optimization2017-boot-camp
This event will be held during the week August 21st-25th. It is an opportunity to learn about Continuous and Discrete Optimization from many distinguished researchers. Here at the UIC WaveOPT Lab, we are gathering to watch the live-streams of the event and invite you all from the ECE department to join us. Prior registration is not required.
You can access the workshop schedule here: https://simons.berkeley.edu/workshops/schedule/4786
The live-streams of the boot camp will be held according to the following schedule at UIC. Further information and updates will be posted on this page.
| Date | Room | Time |
| August 21 | SEO 1325 | 11 am – 6:30 pm |
| August 22 | SEO 1325 | 11:30 am – 7:30 pm |
| August 23 | SEO 1325 | 11:30 am – 7:30 pm |
| August 24 | SEO 1312 | 11:30 am – 7:30 pm |
| August 25 | SEO 1325 | 11:30 am – 4:30 pm |
Following is the list of lecture topics and their scheduled time in CDT:
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Monday, August 21st, 2017 |
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| 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Duality 1 |
| 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Duality 2 |
| 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | LP/SDP Hierarchies and Sum of Squares Proofs 1 |
| 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm | LP/SDP Hierarchies and Sum of Squares Proofs 2 |
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Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017 |
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| 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Duality 3 |
| 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Continuous Methods 1
Lorenzo Orecchia, Boston University; Maryam Fazel, University of Washington; and Stefanie Jegelka, MIT |
| 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | Continuous Methods 2
Lorenzo Orecchia, Boston University; Maryam Fazel, University of Washington; and Stefanie Jegelka, MIT |
| 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Robustness, Stochastics, Uncertainty 1
Sasha Rakhlin, University of Pennsylvania; Ben Recht, UC Berkeley; and Laurent El Ghaoui, UC Berkeley |
| 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm | Robustness, Stochastics, Uncertainty 2
Sasha Rakhlin, University of Pennsylvania; Ben Recht, UC Berkeley; and Laurent El Ghaoui, UC Berkeley |
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Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017 |
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| 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | LP/SDP Hierarchies and Sum of Squares Proofs 3 |
| 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | LP/SDP Hierarchies and Sum of Squares Proofs 4 |
| 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | Extended Formulations 1
Thomas Rothvoß, University of Washington; Prasad Raghavendra, UC Berkeley; and Hamza Fawzi, University of Cambridge |
| 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Extended Formulations 2
Thomas Rothvoß, University of Washington; Prasad Raghavendra, UC Berkeley; and Hamza Fawzi, University of Cambridge |
| 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm | Robustness, Stochastics, Uncertainty 3
Sasha Rakhlin, University of Pennsylvania; Ben Recht, UC Berkeley; and Laurent El Ghaoui, UC Berkeley |
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Thursday, August 24th, 2017 |
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| 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Extended Formulations 3
Thomas Rothvoß, University of Washington; Prasad Raghavendra, UC Berkeley; and Hamza Fawzi, University of Cambridge |
| 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Extended Formulations 4
Thomas Rothvoß, University of Washington; Prasad Raghavendra, UC Berkeley; and Hamza Fawzi, University of Cambridge |
| 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | Interior Point Methods 1
Steve Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Aaron Sidford, Stanford University; and Aleksander Mądry, MIT |
| 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Interior Point Methods 2
Steve Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Aaron Sidford, Stanford University; and Aleksander Mądry, MIT |
| 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm | Interior Point Methods 3
Steve Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Aaron Sidford, Stanford University; andAleksander Mądry, MIT |
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Friday, August 25th, 2017 |
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| 11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Continuous Methods 3
Lorenzo Orecchia, Boston University; Maryam Fazel, University of Washington; and Stefanie Jegelka, MIT |
| 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Continuous Methods 4
Lorenzo Orecchia, Boston University; Maryam Fazel, University of Washington; and Stefanie Jegelka, MIT |
| 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm | Interior Point Methods 4
Steve Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Aaron Sidford, Stanford University; and Aleksander Mądry, MIT |
P.S.: On August 24, the live-stream will be held at SEO 1312 (i.e. the WaveOPT Lab), instead of SEO 1325.