MOPTA 06

6th Annual MOPTA Conference

Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications

NEW: 129 Conference Pictures - enjoy

Includes: The joint Mathematical Programming Society (MPS) and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Lagrange Prize in Continuous Optimization presentation to
co-recipient Roger Fletcher
(Co-recipients are Sven Leyfler and Philippe Toint.)

Plenary/Invited Speakers

• Michael Ferris
  Prof. of Comp. Sc. and Ind. and Systems Engineering
  University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
  Title: GAMS, Condor and the Grid: Solving Hard Optimization Models in Parallel
• Charles Johnson
  Dept of Math, College of William and Mary,
  Williamsburg, Va
  Title: Positive, Path-Product and Inverse M-matrices
• Sven Leyffer
  Computer Scientist, Math and Comp. Sc. Division,
  Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Il
  Title: The Return of the Filter
• Zhi-Quan (Tom) Luo
  ADC Chair in Digital Technology, Dept of ECE,
  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  Title: Probabilistic Analysis of SDP Relaxation for Binary Quadratic Minimization with Application to Wireless Communication
• Michael Saunders
  Dept of Manag. Sc. and Eng. (MS&E),
  Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  Title: Matrix Factorization and Updating Methods
• Thomas F. Coleman
  Dean, Faculty of Mathematics, Department of Combinatorics and Optimization, The University of Waterloo
  Title: Calibration and Hedging of Equity-Linked Insurance Benefits Under a Jump Model
• Yinyu Ye
  Prof. of Manag. Sc. and Eng.
  Director, Industrial Affiliates Program, MS&E,
  Stanford University, Stanford, CA
  Title: A Semidefinite Programming Approach
  to Tensegrity Theory and
  Realizability of Graphs

Organizing Committee

• (Co-Chairs of program committee)
  Tony Vannelli, and Henry Wolkowicz
  Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo
  
  
• Abdo Alfakih , University of Windsor
• Antoine Deza, McMaster University.
• Samir Elhedhli, University of Waterloo

Advisory Committee

• Thomas F. Coleman, University of Waterloo
• Tamas Terlaky, McMaster University
• Levent Tuncel, University of Waterloo

Link to photos of participants

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