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 »