Title: A Parametric Approach to Solving the Pooling ProblemSpeaker: Radu Baltean LugojanAffiliation: Department of Computing - Imperial College LondonLocation: Huxley BuildingTime: 5:00pmAbstract. We develop an algorithm solving specialised pooling problem instances and generating cutting planes for more generic instances. The approach parameterises the optimisation problem with respect to the pool concentration variables and uncovers embedded... Read more »

Title: Asymptotic Error Bounds for Control Constrained Singularly Perturbed Linear Quadratic Optimal Control ProblemsSpeaker: Sei HoweAffiliation: Department of Computing - Imperial College LondonLocation: Huxley BuildingTime: 4:00pmAbstract. About the speaker. Sei Howe is a PhD student in the QUADS group at Imperial College. She received her B.A in pure mathematics from Reed College, USA in 2011... Read more »

Title: Symmetry Groups and Topological Structure of Optimisation ProblemsSpeaker: Georgia KouyialisAffiliation: Department of Computing - Imperial College LondonLocation: Huxley BuildingTime: 5:00pmAbstract. About the speaker. Georgia Kouyialis is a PhD student in the Department of Computing (QUADS group), at Imperial College, under the supervision of Dr. Ruth Misener. She obtained the MSci (Hons) degree in Mathematics... Read more »

Title: Scheduling Algorithms for Energy Efficiency in Computing SystemsSpeaker: Dimitrios LetsiosAffiliation: Department of Computing - Imperial College LondonLocation: Huxley BuildingTime: 3:00pmAbstract. Energy consumption of computing devices has become an important issue nowadays. A major tool for efficient energy management in the system level is dynamic speed (frequency) scaling combined with job scheduling. In this context,... Read more »

Title: Mixed-integer convex optimizationSpeaker: Miles LubinAffiliation: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyLocation: Room 217 Huxley BuildingTime: 3:00pmAbstract. Mixed-integer convex optimization problems are convex problems with the additional (non-convex) constraints that some variables may take only integer values. Despite the past decades' advances in algorithms and technology for both mixed-integer *linear* and *continuous, convex* optimization, mixed-integer convex optimization... Read more »

Title: Pooling Problems: Advances in Theory and ApplicationsSpeaker: Fabian RigterinkAffiliation: School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences - The University of Newcastle AustraliaLocation: Room 554 Huxley BuildingTime: 3:00pmAbstract. The pooling problem is a nonconvex nonlinear programming problem with important applications. The nonlinearities of the problem arise from bilinear constraints that capture the blending of raw materials.... Read more »

Title: Optimisation with occasionally accurate data Speaker: Coralia Cartis Affiliation: Mathematical Institute - Oxford and Balliol College Location: Huxley building Time: 2:00pm (1 hour) Abstract. We present global rates of convergence for a general class of methods for nonconvex smooth optimization that include linesearch, trust-region and regularisation strategies, but that allow inaccurate problem information. Namely, we... Read more »

Title: On the Passage From Local to Global in Optimization - New Challenges in Theory and Practice Speaker: Prof. Panos M. Pardalos Affiliation: Departments of Industrial and Systems and Biomedical Engineering - University of Florida Location: Room 145 Huxley Building Time: 4:30pm (1 hour) Abstract. Large scale problems in the design of networks, energy systems, medicine and drug design,... Read more »

Title: On Robust Selection Problems Speaker: Marc Goerigk Affiliation: Department of Management Science - Lancaster University Location: Room LT1 Business School Time: 2:30pm (1 hour) Abstract. Robust optimisation considers problems that are affected by uncertain data: How can we find a solution that performs well, even if things don't go quite as planned? Typically, adding... Read more »

Title: Solution of an old problem in vector optimisation - Support function of the generalised Jacobian Speaker: Prof. Abbas Edalat Affiliation: Department of Computing - Imperial College Location: Room 217 Huxley Building Time: 3:00pm (1 hour) Abstract. Many optimisation problems are non-smooth in the sense that the objective function is not differentiable. This is invariably the case in many... Read more »