Presentations

Oral presentations

Presentations to Industry Partners

• V. Cheung, Robust Optimization: Applications in Portfolio Selection Problems, at Tata Consultancy Services, Hyderabad, India, Oct 6, 2009.
• I. El-Samahy, Provision of Reactive Power Services in Competitive Electricity Markets, Presentation at the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) of Ontario, Toronto, Canada, January 2008.
• H. Haghighat, "Implementation, Testing and Comparison of Reactive Power Dispatch Models for the Ontario Power System", IESO, Mississauga, Jan. 2009.
• H. Haghighat, "Implementation of a Reactive Power Market for Ontario Electricity Market", IESO, Mississauga, Nov. 2008.
• H. Haghighat, "Reactive Power Markets Procurement Results", IESO, Mississauga, July 2008.
• E.M. Jewkes, J. Hu and K. Alladini. EMS Project Status Report, presented on 13 September 2010 to the Region of Waterloo EMS Department.
• E.M. Jewkes, M.F. Anjos, J. Hu and K. Alladini. EMS Project Status Report, presented on 23 October 2009 to the Region of Waterloo EMS Department.

Conference presentations

• Investigators
• A.Y. Alfakih, Global rigidity and uniqueness of graph realizations in Euclidean space. ICCOPT-MOPTA 2007, 2nd International Conference on Continuous Optimization, Hamilton, Canada, August 2007.
• A.Y. Alfakih, On dimensional rigidity of bar and join frameworks. CORS 2007, Canadian Operational Research Society annual meeting, London, Canada, May 2007.
• M.F. Anjos. (Semi)Definitely the Future! A Course on Semidefinite Optimization. Invited Lecture to the Portuguese Operational Research Society (APDIO), Coimbra, Portugal, May 2011.
• M.F. Anjos. Valid Polynomial Inequality Generation in Polynomial Programming. Second Alpen-Adria Workshop on Optimization, Klagenfurt, Austria, May 2011. (invited plenary presentation)
• M.F. Anjos. An Iterative Scheme for Valid Polynomial Inequality Generation in Binary Polynomial Programming. Optimization Days 2011, Montreal, Canada, May 2011.
• M.F. Anjos. Valid Polynomial Inequality Generation in Polynomial Optimization. Workshop on Optimization, Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada, September 2011.
• M.F. Anjos. Valid Polynomial Inequality Generation in Polynomial Optimization. Industrial & Systems Engineering Seminar, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, U.S.A., June 2011.
• M.F. Anjos. Iterative Valid Polynomial Inequality Generation in Polynomial Optimization. Faculte de Mathematiques Pierre et Marie Curie, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie � Paris 6 (UPMC), Paris, France, May 2011.
• M.F. Anjos. An Iterative Scheme for Valid Polynomial Inequality Generation in Binary Polynomial Programming. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Charlotte NC, U.S.A., November 2011.
• M.F. Anjos. An Iterative Scheme for Valid Polynomial Inequality Generation in Binary Polynomial Programming. Optimization 2011, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2011.
• M.F. Anjos. Computational Experience with Copositive Programming-Based Approximations of the Stability Number. SIAM Conference on Optimization, Darmstadt, Germany, May 2011.
• M.F. Anjos. Direct Representation of the Resolution Rule Via Semidefinite Programming. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Charlotte NC, U.S.A., November 2011.
• M.F. Anjos. Valid Polynomial Inequality Generation in Binary Polynomial Optimization. Optimization Days, Montreal, Canada, May 2011.
• M.F. Anjos. On Mixed Integer Linear Programming Formulations for Unit Commitment Problems. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin TX, U.S.A., November 2010.
• M.F. Anjos, Recent Progress in Applying Semidefinite Programming to Discrete Optimization, presented at Opitmization Days, Montreal, Canada, May 2009.
• M.F. Anjos, Recent Results on the Application of Semidefinite Programming to Characterize Satisfiability, presented at MOPTA 2008, Guelph, Canada, August 2008.
• M.F. Anjos, Large-Scale Fixed-Outline Floorplanning Design Using Convex Optimization, INFORMS Conference on Optimization, Atlanta, GA, USA, March 2008.
• M.F. Anjos, Recent Progress in Applying Semidefinite Optimization to the Satisfiability Problem, presented at Optimization 2007, Porto, Portugal, July 2007.
• K. Bhattacharya, A Unified Framework for Reactive Power Management in Deregulation, IEEE Power Engineering Society Luncheon Meeting, Winnipeg Chapter, Winnipeg, 17th March 2008.
• K. Bhattacharya, Optimal operation of a disco in competitive electricity markets with elasticity effects, IEEE PES General Meeting, Tampa, USA, 2007.
• C. A. Ca�izares, PEV Impact on Ontario�s Grid. University of Toronto, November 22, 2011.
• C. A. Cañizares, Energy Hub Management System (EHMS) Project. PEO Future of Energy in Ontario Symposium, Oakville, November 12, 2011.
• C. A. Cañizares, Energy Hub Management System (EHMS) Project. University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy, June 1, 2011.
• C. A. Cañizares, Energy Hub Management System (EHMS) Project. ETH, Zurich, Italy, May 27, 2011.
• C. A. Cañizares, Energy Hub Management System (EHMS) Project. Politecnico Di Milano, Milan, Italy, May 25, 2011.
• C.A. Cañizares, Power Systems Research and the Future of Power Engineering, presentation, University of Cuenca, Ecuador, May 16, 2008.
• C.A. Cañizares, Power Systems Modeling and Stability Analysis, seminar, University of Cuenca, Ecuador, May 12-19, 2008.
• C.A. Cañizares, Power Systems Current and Future Research Issues, presentation, McGill University, Montreal, May 9, 2008.
• C.A. Cañizares, Power Systems Modeling and Stability Analysis, seminar, University of Merida, Venezuela, April 28-May 1, 2008.
• C.A. Cañizares, Optimizing Integrated Energy Systems in a Hydrogen Economy, presentation, Sustainable Development in Communities Workshop and Exhibit, McMaster University, November 26, 2007.
• C.A. Cañizares, Optimal Energy Flow of Integrated Energy Systems with Hydrogen Economy Considerations, Bulk Power Systems Dynamics and Control VII Symposium, IREP, Charleston, South Carolina, August 2007.
• C.A. Cañizares, Validation of a STATCOM Transient Stability Model through Small-Disturbance Stability Studies, IEEE International Conference on System of Systems Engineering, San Antonio, Texas, April 2007.
• Antoine Deza, Combinatorial Approaches to the Peg Solitaire game. S�minaire d'Optimisation Combinatoire, LAMSADE, Universit� Paris-Dauphine, France, June 2011.
• Antoine Deza, More Colourful Simplices. Discrete Mathematics Seminar, Universit� Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France, May 2011.
• Antoine Deza, Optimization algorithms: worst-case behaviour and related conjectures. Graph Theory and Combinatorial Optimization Seminar, Universit� Paris Sud (Paris XI), Orsay, France, December 2010.
• Antoine Deza, More Colourful Simplices. Algorithmic and combinatorics Seminar, Universit� Paris Diderot (Paris VII), France, November 2010.
• Antoine Deza, More Colourful Simplices. Veszpr�m Optimization Conference: Advanced Algorithms (VOCAL), Veszpr�m, Hungary, December 2010.
• Antoine Deza, Colourful Carath�odory Theorems. Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, November 2011.
• Antoine Deza, A further generalization of the colourful Carath�odory theorem. Workshop on Optimization, Fields Institute, Toronto, ON, September 2011.
• Antoine Deza, Small Octahedral Systems. 23rd Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry, Fields Institute, Toronto, ON, August 2011.
• Antoine Deza, Optimization algorithms: worst-case behaviour and related conjectures. Journ�es Poly�dres et Optimisation Combinatoire JPOC7, Valenciennes, France, June 2011.
• Antoine Deza, Optimization algorithms: worst-case behaviour and related conjectures. Advanced Optimization Seminar, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, March 2011.
• Antoine Deza, Optimization algorithms: worst-case behaviour and related conjectures. Quantitative Analysis and Decision Science Seminar, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, February 2011.
• A. Deza, Optimization algorithms: worst-case behaviour and related conjectures. Operations Research Seminar, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, October 2010.
• A. Deza, Combinatorial Approaches to the Peg Solitaire game. Algebraic Combinatorics Seminar, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel, July 2010.
• A. Deza, Optimization algorithms: worst-case behaviour and related conjectures. School of Mathematical Sciences Seminar, Tel Aviv University, Israel, July 2010.
• A. Deza, More Colourful Simplices. 8th French Combinatorial Conference, Paris, France, June 2010.
• A. Deza, More colourful simplices. Canadian Mathematical Society Session on Geometric and Combinatorial Aspects of Convex Optimization, Fredericton, New Brunswick, June 2010.
• A. Deza, Optimization algorithms: worst-case behaviour and related conjectures. Tutte Seminar, Department of Combinatorics and Optimization, University of Waterloo, Ontario, May 2010.
• A. Deza, More colourful simplices. Algebraic and Geometric Combinatorics Seminar, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, May 2010.
• A. Deza, More bounds on the diameter of convex polytopes. Canadian Mathematical Society Session on Recent Trends in Discrete Geometry, Windsor, Ontario, December 2009.
• A. Deza, More bounds on the diameter of convex polytopes. Canadian Mathematical Society Session on Recent Trends in Discrete Geometry, Windsor, Ontario, December 2009.
• A. Deza, Computational Approaches to the Hirsch Conjecture. Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, October 2009.
• A. Deza, More bounds on the diameter of convex polytopes. BIRS Workshop on Transversal and Helly-type Theorems in Geometry, Combinatorics and Topology, Banff, Alberta, September 2009.
• A. Deza, Convex polytopes: combinatorial, geometric, and computational. Computer Science Seminar, University of Tokyo, Japan, September 2009.
• A. Deza, Combinatorial Optimization Approach to the Peg Solitaire Game. Research Institute of Electronics Seminar, University of Shizuoka, Hamamatsu, Japan, August 2009.
• A. Deza, Hyperplanes Arrangements with Large Average Diameter. Second Mathematical Society of Japan (MSJ-SI) Conference: Arrangements of Hyperplanes, Sapporo, Japan, August 2009.
• A. Deza, A continuous d-step conjecture for polytopes. Canada-Japan Workshop on Discrete and Computational Geometry, University of Tokyo, Japan, July 2009.
• A. Deza, Hyperplane Arrangements with Large Average Diameter. CORS/INFORMS International Meeting, Toronto, June 2009.
• A. Deza, Hyperplane Arrangements with Large Average Diameter. Second Canadian Discrete and Algorithmic Mathematics Conference, Montreal, May 2009.
• A. Deza, Computational Approaches to the Hirsch Conjecture in Low Dimension. Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Department Seminar, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, May 2009.
• A. Deza, Polytopes and Arrangements: Diameter and Curvature. Discrete Geometry, Fields Institute, Toronto, Ontario, November 2008.
• A. Deza, Some analogies between simplex and interior point methods. Operations Research, Computation and Analysis of Systems Seminar, University of Guelph, Ontario, November 2008.
• A. Deza, Some analogies between simplex and interior point methods. Operations Research Seminar, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, November 2008.
• A. Deza, (1) Klee-Minty cubes and the central path, and (2) Polytopes and arrangements: diameter and curvature. Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) Distinguished Lectures (2), University of Calgary, Alberta, November 2008.
• A. Deza, Polytopes and Arrangements: Diameter and Curvature. Discrete Optimization Day, Technion, Haifa, Israel, August 2008.
• A. Deza, The continuous $d$-step conjecture for polytopes. Combinatorics Seminar, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, July 2008.
• A. Deza, Polytopes and Arrangements: Diameter and Curvature. Computer Science and Mathematics Seminar, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, July 2008.
• A. Deza, Hyperplane Arrangements with Large Average Diameter. Algebraic and Geometric Combinatorics Seminar, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, June 2008.
• A. Deza, Topological and Geometric Graph Theory International Conference, Paris, France, May 2008.
• A. Deza, Curvature of Central Path in Linear Programming. 9th Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Conference on Optimization, Boston, Massachusetts, May 2008.
• A. Deza, Intriguing analogies between the diameter and curvature. Symposium on Numerical Analysis (in commemoration of Gene Golub), Waterloo, Ontario, February 2008.
• A. Deza, Intriguing analogies between the edge and central paths. Discrete Mathematics and Optimization Seminar, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, November 2007.
• A. Deza, Polytopes and Arrangements: Diameter and Curvature. American Mathematical Society session on Combinatorial Enumeration, Optimization, Geometry, and Statistics, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, November 2007.
• A. Deza, Polytopes and Arrangements: Diameter and Curvature. 2nd Mathematical Programming Society International Conference on Continuous Optimization, Hamilton, Ontario, August 2007.
• A. Deza, Polytopes and Arrangements: Diameter and Curvature. Workshop on Numerical Optimization: Methods, Theory and Applications, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto, Japan, July 2007.
• A. Deza, Polytopes and Arrangements: Diameter and Curvature. International Conference on Computational Geometry and Graph Theory, Kyoto University, Japan, June 2007.
• A. Deza, Hyperplane arrangements with large average diameter. International Workshop on Combinatorics, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan, June 2007.
• A. Deza, Line and plane arrangements with large average diameter, 5th Hungarian-Japanese Symposium on Discrete mathematics and its Applications, Sendai, Japan, April 2007.
• A. Deza, Polytopes and Arrangements: Diameter and Curvature. Workshop on Advances in Optimization, University of Tokyo,Japan, April 2007.
• A. Deza, Polytopes and Arrangements: Diameter and Curvature. Optimization - Modeling and Algorithms Conference, Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan, March 2007.
• S. Elhedhli, Ambulance Relocation for Emergency Medical Services (with J. Naoum-Sawaya). CORS-INFORMS International Meeting 2009, June 2009, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• S. Elhedhli, A New Lagrangean Approach to the Pooling Problem (with H. Almutairi). CORS-INFORMS International Meeting 2009, June 2009, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• S. Elhedhli, A Stochastic Programming Model for a Day Ahead Electricity Market with Real Time Shortage Pricing (with J. Zhang and D. Fuller). CORS-INFORMS International Meeting 2009, June 2009, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• S. Elhedhli, Ambulance Relocation for Emergency Medical Services (with J. Naoum-Sawaya). CORS-INFORMS International Meeting 2009, June 2009, Toronto, ON, Canada. .
• S. Elhedhli, Benders Decomposition Based on Analytic Centers and Branch-and-Cut (with J. Naoum-Sawaya). CORS-INFORMS International Meeting 2009, June 2009, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• S. Elhedhli, Freight Shipping Decisions in an Airfreight Forwarding Network (with Z. Li and J. Bookbinder). CORS-INFORMS International Meeting 2009, June 2009, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• S. Elhedhli, Green Supply Chain Design: A Nonlinear Mixed Integer Programming Formulation (with R. Merrick). CORS-INFORMS International Meeting 2009, June 2009, Toronto, ON, Canada.
• S. Elhedhli, Combining Combinatorial Benders Decomposition, Classical Benders Decomposition and Valid Cuts to Solve W-CDMA Network Design Problems (with J. Naoum-Sawaya). South Western Ontario Operational Research Day SWORD, January 2008, Waterloo.
• S. Elhedhli, An ACCPM based Benders decomposition for integer programming (with J. Naoum-Sawaya). Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications Conference MOPTA , Guelph, 2008.
• S. Elhedhli, Supply Chain Design for Response Time Sensitive Customers with Multiple Classes: A Simulation-Based Optimization Approach (with N. Vidyarthi, and E.M. Jewkes). CORS/Optimization Days 2008 joint conference, Universit Laval, Quebec City, May 12-14, 2008.
• S. Elhedhli, Combining Combinatorial Benders Decomposition, Classical Benders Decomposition and Valid Cuts to Solve WCDMA Network Design Problems (with J. Naoum-Sawaya). CORS/Optimization Days 2008 joint conference, Universit Laval, Quebec City, May 12-14, 2008.
• S. Elhedhli, Response Time Reduction in Make-to-Order and Assemble-to-Order Supply Chain Design (with N. Vidyarthi, and E.M. Jewkes). Canadian Operational Research Society National Meeting, May 2007, London, Ontario.
• S. Elhedhli, Response Time Reduction and Demand Allocation in Make-to-Order Supply Chain Design: A Simulation Based Optimization Approach (with N. Vidyarthi, and E.M. Jewkes). INFORMS National Conference, November 2007, Seattle, Washington.
• S. Elhedhli, Robust Optimization For Asset Liability and Risk Management Under Uncertainty (with Oleg Grodzevich and Henry Wolkowicz). ICCOPT/MOPTA 2007, January 2007, Hamilton, ON.
• S. Elhedhli, Combining Combinatorial Benders Decomposition, Classical Benders Decomposition and Valid Cuts to Solve W-CDMA Network Design Problems (with Joe Naoum-Sawaya). Optimization 2007, January 2007, Porto, Portugal.
• S. Elhedhli, Combining Combinatorial Benders Decomposition, Classical Benders Decomposition (with Joe Naoum-Sawaya). SWORD 2007: South Western Ontario Operational Research Day, January 2007, University of Waterloo, Ontario.
• S. Elhedhli, Make-to-Order Supply Chain Design for Response Time Sensitive Marketswith Multiple Customer Classes (with N. Vidyarthi, and E.M. Jewkes). SWORD 2007: South Western Ontario Operational Research Day, January 2007, University ofWaterloo, Ontario.
• S. Elhedhli, A Lagrangean Relaxation and a Heuristic Procedure for the Pooling Problem (with H. Almutairi). SWORD 2007: South Western Ontario Operational Research Day, January 2007, University of Waterloo, Ontario.
• S. Elhedhli, Response Time Reduction in Make-to-order and Assemble-to-order Supply Chain Design (with N. Vidyarthi, and E.M. Jewkes). Informs 2007, January 2007, Seattle, WA.
• S. Elhedhli, A Multi-period Stochastic Programming Model for a Day Ahead Electricity Market with Shortage Pricing (with J. Zhang and D. Fuller). Informs 2007, January 2007, Seattle, WA.
• D. Fuller, Improved Dantzig-Wolfe Decomposition of Variational Inequality Problems with an Application to a Multicommodity Energy Market Model. Optimization Days conference, Montreal, 2010.
• D. Fuller, Pricing of Binary Variables in Energy Market Equilibrium Models. INFORMS conference, San Diego, CA, 2009.
• D. Fuller, Subproblem Approximation in Dantzig-Wolfe Decomposition of Energy Market Equilibrium Models. INFORMS conference, San Diego CA, 2009.
• D. Fuller, Pricing of Binary Variables in Energy Market Equilibrium Models, at INFORMS conference, San Diego CA, October 2009.
• D. Fuller, Subproblem Approximation in Dantzig-Wolfe Decomposition of Energy Market Equilibrium Models, at INFORMS conference, San Diego CA, October 2009.
• D. Fuller, Subproblem Approximation in Dantzig-Wolfe Decomposition of Energy Market Equilibrium Models, at ISMP conference, Chicago IL, August 2009.
• D. Fuller, Pricing of Binary Variables in Energy Market Equilibrium Models, at CORS/INFORMS conference, Toronto, June 2009.
• D. Fuller, Pricing of Binary Variables in Energy Market Equilibrium Models, at Optimization Days conference, Montreal, May 2009.
• D. Fuller, A Benders Method for Solving Stochastic Complementarity Problems with an Application in Energy, INFORMS in Washington DC, October 2008.
• D. Fuller, Equilibrium Models with Both Continuous and Binary Variables: Applications to Energy Markets, at CORS/Optimization Days conference, Quebec City, May 2008.
• D. Fuller, Equilibrium Models with Both Continuous and Binary Variables: Applications to Energy Markets, at GERAD, Montreal, April 2008.
• D. Fuller, Variational Inequality Formulations of Energy Market Models: a Decomposition Approach, at Workshop on Energy and the Environment, Montreal, January 2007.
• E.M. Jewkes and E. Almehdawe, Queueing Network Models of Ambulance Offload Delays. CORS/MITACS Joint National Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta, May 2010.
• T. Terlaky, Edge Path and Central Path: Diameter and Curvature. International Conference on Numerical Linear Algebra and Optimization, Urumqi, China, 8-12 September, 2007.
• T. Terlaky, The Present and Future of SeDuMi. ICCOPT 07 — MOPTA 07 Conference, Hamilton, Ontario, August 12-16, 2007.
• T. Terlaky, A (Re)implementation Challenge: Rewriting SeDuMi. EURO-XXII Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, July 9-11, 2007.
• T. Terlaky, Edge Path & Central Path: Diameter & Curvature. MITACS-CMS Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 30-June 3, 2007.
• T. Terlaky, Polytopes & Arrangements: Diameter & Curvature. CANADAM, Banff, Alberta, May 28-31, 2007.
• S. Vavasis, Finding large approximately rank-one submatrices using the nuclear norm and l1-norm (joint work with X. V. Doan), Householder Symposium XVIII, Lake Tahoe, CA, June 12-17, 2011.
• S. Vavasis, Finding large approximately rank-one submatrices using the nuclear norm and l1-norm (joint work with X. V. Doan), SIAM Conference on Algebraic Geometry, Raleigh, NC, Oct 6-9, 2011.
• S. Vavasis, Finding large approximately rank-one submatrices using the nuclear norm and l1-norm (joint work with X. V. Doan), Fields workshop on optimization, Toronto, ON, Sept. 26-29, 2011.
• S. Vavasis, Condition numbers for numeric and algebraic problems, invited minitutorial, Fields workshop on hybrid symbolic-numeric computation, University of Waterloo, Nov. 16-19, 2011.
• H. Wolkowicz, plenary invited talk. 2nd Alpen-Adria Workshop on Optimization 2011, University of Klagenfurt, Austria, May 12-14, 2011.
• H. Wolkowicz, talk. SIAM Conference on Optimization, Darmstadt, Germany, May 16-19, 2011.
• H. Wolkowicz. three talks on SDP algorithms and applications. ICIAM 2011, Vancouver, BC, July 18 - 22, 2011.
• H. Wolkowicz, Sensor Network Localization, Euclidean Distance Matrix Completions, and Graph Realization. Interdisciplinary Workshop on Fixed-Point Algorithms for Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, Banff, Alberta, Nov. 1-6, 2010.
• H. Wolkowicz, Theory and Applications of Degeneracy in Cone Optimization. Midwest Optimization Conference, Wayne State University, Oct 8-9, 2010.
• H. Wolkowicz, Theory and Applications of Degeneracy in Cone Optimization. 13th International Conference on Operational Research (KOI-2010), Sept. 29 - Oct. 1 2010.
• H. Wolkowicz, Sensor Network Localization, Euclidean Distance Matrix Completions, and Graph Realization. CMS Summer Meeting, Fredericton, New Brunswick, June 4-6, 2010.
• H. Wolkowicz, Recent progress in Matrix Rank Minimization. AFOSR Opt. and Discrete Math Program Review, Arlington, VA, April 19-21, 2010.
• H. Wolkowicz, Strong duality, complementarity, and duality gaps, in conic convex optimization. CMS Winter Meeting, Windsor, Ontario, Dec 5-7, 2009.
• H. Wolkowicz, Interdisciplinary Workshop on Fixed-Point Algorithms for Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, at BIRS, Nov 1 - 6 2009.
• H. Wolkowicz, Explicit Sensor Network Localization using Semidefinite Programming and Clique Reductions, Linear Algebra and Optimization (and OR) seminar at Stanford University, Oct 30 2009.
• H. Wolkowicz, Explicit Sensor Network Localization using Semidefinite Programming and Clique Reductions, at SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra, Embassy Suites Hotel, Monterey Bay-Seaside, Seaside, California, Oct. 26-29 2009.
• H. Wolkowicz, Thematic Program at Fields, Workshop on Complexity of Numerical Computation, Oct. 20 - 24 2009.
• H. Wolkowicz, Explicit Sensor Network Localization using Semidefinite Programming at INFORMS Annual Meeting 2009 San Diego San Diego Convention Center and Hilton San Diego, San Diego, California, Oct. 11- 14 2009.
• H. Wolkowicz, Robust Optimization: Applications in Portfolio Selection Problems, by Vris Cheung at the Continuous Optimization Seminar, University of Waterloo, Oct 1, 2009.
• H. Wolkowicz, Explicit Sensor Network Localization using Semidefinite Programming, at Mcmaster University, Advanced Optimization Laboratory, Aug 2009.
• H. Wolkowicz, Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications (MOPTA 2009), Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, Aug 19-21 2009.
• H. Wolkowicz, 7th International Conference on Numerical Optimization and Numerical Linear Algebra, in Lijiang, Yunan Provice, China, Aug 16-19 2009.
• H. Wolkowicz, Explicit Sensor Network Localization using Semidefinite Programming and Clique Reductions, invited plenary talk, at LINEAR AND NUMERICAL LINEAR ALGEBRA: THEORY, METHODS, and APPLICATIONS, at Northern Illinois University, Aug 12 - 14 2009.
• H. Wolkowicz, Explicit Sensor Network Localization using Semidefinite Programming. Tutte Seminar, University of Waterloo, Jul 2009.
• H. Wolkowicz, Tutorial on SDP and OR; and talk on Explicit Sensor Network Localization using Semidefinite Programming and Clique Reductions. INFORMS/CORS Annual Meeting 2009 Toronto Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, Canada June 14-17 2009.
• H. Wolkowicz, CAIMS 2009, Univ. of Western Ont., London, June 10-14 2009.
• H. Wolkowicz, (CT09), SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications being held jointly with the 2009 SIAM Annual Meeting, Denver July 6-10 2009.
• H. Wolkowicz, MITACS 2009 Annual Conference: at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton June 1-5, 2009.
• H. Wolkowicz, May 21: SHARCNET Research Day 2009.
• H. Wolkowicz, Sensor Network Localization, Euclidean Distance Matrix Completions, and Graph Realization, 2009 Haifa Matrix Theory Conference, Haifa, Israel, May 18-21, 2009.
• H. Wolkowicz, Sensor Network Localization, Euclidean Distance Matrix Completions, and Graph Realization, Southern Ontario Numerical Analysis Day (SONAD), University of Western Ontario, London ON, May 8, 2009.
• H. Wolkowicz, The First ACM International Workshop on Mobile Entity Localization and Tracking in GPS-less Environments, San Francisco, Sept 2008
• H. Wolkowicz, Large Scale Portfolio Optimization with Piecewise Linear Transaction Costs at MOPTA 8, at University of Guelph, Aug 18-20, 2008.
• H. Wolkowicz. 9th Workshop on Numerical Ranges and Numerical Radii (held in conjunction with IWOTA 2008), College of William and Mary, July 19-21, 2008.
• H. Wolkowicz, SIAM Annual Meeting , Town and Country Resort & Convention Center, San Diego, CA, July 7-11, 2008.
• H. Wolkowicz, Duality, Complementarity, and Regularization. Conic Convex Optimization at the Tutte Seminar, Department of Combinatorics and Optimization, University of Waterloo, July 4, 2008.
• H. Wolkowicz, Conference on Nonlinear Analysis and Optimization, Technion, Haifa, Israel, June 18-24, 2008.
• H. Wolkowicz, Foundations of Computational Mathematics conference, the City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, June 16-26, 2008.
• H. Wolkowicz, 5th ILAS Conference, Cancun, Mexico, June 16-20 2008.
• H. Wolkowicz, Householder Symposium XVII, Zeuthen, Germany, June 1-6, 2008.
• H. Wolkowicz, Second Congress Canada-France, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, June 1-6, 2008.
• H. Wolkowicz, Strong duality and stability in conic convex programming. 9th SIAM Conference on Optimization, SIAG/OPT, Boston, May 11-13, 2008.
• H. Wolkowicz, Southern Ontario Numerical Analysis Day (SONAD 2008) at York University, May 9, 2008.
• H. Wolkowicz, Dynamics of structured populations. BIRS, Banff, April 20-25, 2008.
• H. Wolkowicz, Tenth Copper Mountain Conference on Iterative Methods, April 6-11, 2008.
• H. Wolkowicz, Regularization and Trust Regions in Optimization. Waterloo Numerical Analysis Symposium, University of Waterloo, Feb. 29, 2008.
• H. Wolkowicz, Strong Duality and Stability in Conic Convex Optimization, seminar at McMaster University, Jan. 21, 2008.
• H. Wolkowicz, Workshop on Global Optimization: Methods and Applications, Fields Institute, Toronto, May 20-24, 2007.
• H. Wolkowicz, Sensor Network Localization, Euclidean Distance Matrix Completions, and Graph Realization. CAIMS/SCMAI 2007, Banff, Alberta, May, 2007.
• H. Wolkowicz, Sensor Network Localization, Euclidean Distance Matrix Completions, and Graph Realization at: Optimization and Control January 16-20, 2007.
• G. Zhang, K.K Lai, Multiple-level warehouse layout problems and trend: heuristic approaches. International Symposium on Graph Theory and Combinatorial Algorithms, Beijing, 2007.
• G. Zhang, An open source solution approach to configure a supply network with uncertain demand (work with S. Chen), ICCOPT-MOPTA 2007.
• G. Zhang, A two-stage stochastic programming method for designing multi-stage global supply chains with stochastic demand (work with B. Saboonchi). Supply Chain Management Symposium 2007, Toronto, 2007.
• Students
• E. Adams. A Semidefinite Programming Model for the Continuous Facility Layout Problem. Optimization Days 2011, Montreal, Canada, May 2011.
• E. Adams. A Semidefinite Programming Model for the Facility Layout Problem. ICIAM 2011, Vancouver, Canada, July 2011.
• E. Adams and M.F. Anjos, A Semidefinite Programming Model for the Continuous Facility Layout Problem. Optimization Days, Montreal, QC. May 2010
• E. Adams, and M.F. Anjos, A Semidefinite Programming Model for the Continuous Facility Layout Problem. MITACS/CORS 2010 Conference, Edmonton, AB. 2010
• E. Adams, Solving Telecommunication Problems with Column Generation, MITACS Annual Conference 2009, Fredericton, New Brunswick, June 2009.
• A. Algarni, Reactive power ancillary service from wind farms, Electric Power Conference 2007, Montreal, October 2007.
• E. Almehdawe and E.M. Jewkes, Ambulance offload delays: A Queueing Network Perspective. CANQUEUE Conference, Hecla, Winnipeg, August 2010.
• E. Alemhdawe and E.M. Jewkes, The Ambulance Off-Load Delay Problem: A Queueing Newtwork Perspective. CanQueue Conference, August 2009, Windsor, Canada.
• E. Almehdawe and E.M. Jewkes, A Queueing Model of Ambulance Off-Load Delays. CORS-INFORMS International Conference, June 2009, Toronto, Ontario.
• B. P. Ames, Convex relaxation for the clique, k-disjoint clique, and clustering problems, ICIAM, Vancouver, B.C., July 18-22, 2011.
• B. P. Ames, Convex relaxation for the clique, k-disjoint clique, and clustering problems, SIAM Optimization Conference, Darmstadt, Germany, May 16-19, 2011.
• B. P. Ames, Convex relaxation for the planted clique, biclique and clustering problems. BIRS Workshop on Randomization, Relaxation and Complexity, Banff, Alberta, March 1-5, 2010.
• B. P. Ames, Convex relaxation for the planted clique, biclique and clustering problems. Minisymposium Presentation, SIAM Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, July 12-16, 2010.
• R. Avalos, C.A. Canizares, M.F. Anjos, A Practical Voltage Stability-Constrained Optimal Power Flow, IEEE PES 2008 General Meeting, Pittsburgh PA, July 2008
• R. Avalos, C.A. Canizares, K. Bhattacharya, Current State of Conservation and Demand Management, Internal Presentation to the ECE and MSc Department, University of Waterloo, September 2008
• C. Battistelli, Practical Security-Boundary-Constrained Dispatch Models for Electricity Markets. Power Systems Computation Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, August 2011.
• H. Barot, Optimal reactive power planning and compensation effects on transmission loss components, IEEE PES General Meeting 2007, Tampa, USA, 2007.
• A. Burlacu, Face Lattice Computation Under Symmetry, MOPTA, Lehigh University PA USA, August 2009.
• E. Çelebi, A Nash-Cournot Model to Assess Market Power in a Time of Use Electricity Market (work with J.D. Fuller). INFORMS 2007, Seattle, November 2007.
• E. Çelebi, A Nash-Cournot Model to Assess Market Power in a Time of Use Electricity Market (work with J.D. Fuller). CORS 2007, London, May 2007.
• E. Celebi, Market Power Analysis in Bilateral Electricity Markets with Time of Use (TOU) Pricing. Optimization Days Conference, Montreal, QC, May 2010.
• S. Chen, An open source solution approach to a supply chain problem with uncertain demand, CORS 2007.
• V. Cheung, Strong Duality and Facial Reduction in SDP: with Applications to Sensor Network Localization and Molecular Conformation. Computational and Analytical Mathematics, Burnaby, BC, May 16-20, 2011.
• X.V. Doan, Finding low-rank submatrices with nuclear and l1-norm. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, November 2010.
• X.V. Doan, On the complexity of non-overlapping multivariate marginal bounds for probabilistic combinatorial optimization problems. IPAM Robust Optimization Workshop, Los Angeles, CA, November 2010.
• X.V. Doan, On the complexity of non-overlapping multivariate marginal bounds for probabilistic combinatorial optimization problems. SP XII Conference, Halifax, NS, August 2010.
• X.V. Doan, A robust algorithm for semidefinite programming. SONAD Workshop, Waterloo, ON, May 2010
• I. El-Samahy, Optimal Provision of Reactive Power Ancillary Services in Competitive Electricity Markets, Poster presentation, The Second Canada-France Congress, Montreal, Canada, June 2008.
• I. El-Samahy, A Procurement Market Model for Reactive Power Services Considering System Security, Invited for presentation at the Panel “Reactive Power Management and Payment Mechanisms in Competitive Electricity Markets”, IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, June 2008.
• I. El-Samahy, An Optimal Reactive Power Dispatch Model for Deregulated Electricity Markets, IEEE-PES General Meeting, Tampa, Florida, July 2007.
• A. Engau, New preference models and optimization methods for complex decision problems with multiple criteria, INFORMS 2009 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, October 11-14, 2009 (interactive).
• A. Engau, New preference models and optimization methods for complex decision problems with multiple criteria, MITACS 2009 Annual Conference, Fredericton, NB, Canada, May 31 - June 5, 2009 (interactive).
• A. Engau, Combinatorial approaches to engineering design and layout optimization, Clemson Engineering Design and Applications Research (CEDAR) Seminar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson University, May 22, 2009.
• A. Engau, Warm starts and hip cuts for interior-point methods in combinatorial optimization, Operations Research Colloquium, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, The University of North Carolina at Chapel-Hill, May 21, 2009.
• A. Engau, Warm starts and hip cuts for interior-point methods in combinatorial optimization, Research Seminar, Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, April 28, 2009.
• A. Engau, Warm starts and hip cuts of interior-point methods in combinatorial optimization, Advanced Optimization Laboratory (AdvOL) Seminar Series, McMaster University, April 21, 2009.
• A. Engau, Advances and challenges in multiobjective programming theory and applications, Management Sciences Seminar, University of Waterloo, April 6, 2009.
• A. Engau, A primal-dual slack approach to warmstarting interior-point methods for linear programming, 11th INFORMS Computing Society Conference (ICS 2009), Charleston, SC, USA, January 11-13, 2009.
• A. Engau, On interior-point warmstarts for linear and combinatorial optimization, Continuous Optimization Seminar, Department of Combinatorics and Optimization, University of Waterloo, November 6, 2008.
• A. Engau, A look back and ahead to warmstarting interior-point algorithms, Operations Research Seminar, Department of Mathematical %and Statistical Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, September 16, 2008.
• A. Engau, A primal-dual slack approach to warmstarting interior-point methods for linear programming, 8th Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications Conference (MOPTA 2008), Guelph, ON, Canada, August 18-20, 2008.
• A. Engau, Multiple return estimation for robust portfolio optimization, 8th Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications Conference (MOPTA 2008), Guelph, ON, Canada, August 18-20, 2008 (interactive).
• A. Engau, Conic scalarization in finite-dimensional vector optimization, 9th SIAM Conference on Optimization (SIOPT 2008), Boston, MA, USA, May 10-13, 2008.
• A. Engau, Multiple return estimation for robust portfolio optimization, 9th SIAM Conference on Optimization (SIOPT 2008), Boston, MA, USA, May 10-13, 2008 (interactive).
• A. Engau, Effective decision-making and decomposition for large-scale systems engineering, Faculty Seminar, Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The State University of New York at Buffalo, February 19, 2008.
• A. Engau, Tradeoff-based decomposition and decision-making in multiobjective programming, Postdoc Presentation, Institute for Operations Research, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zuerich,January 31, 2008.
• A. Engau, Advances and challenges in multiobjective programming theory and applications, UC Denver Faculty Colloquium, Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, January 24, 2008.
• A. Engau, Solving multiobjective programs using scalarization and cone programming', INFORMS 2007 Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, USA, November 4-7, 2007.
• A. Engau, Optimization methods in multiple criteria decision making, South Western Ontario Operational Research Day (SWORD 2007), University of Waterloo, October 12, 2007.
• A. Engau, Using Domination and Approximation Concepts in Multiobjective Programming, presented at the Second International Conference on Continuous Optimization, Hamilton, Canada, August 2007.
• B. Ghaddar. An Iterative Scheme for Valid Polynomial Inequality Generation in Binary Polynomial Programming. IPCO XV, IBM Armonk, New York, USA, June 2011.
• B. Ghaddar, M.F. Anjos, and J. Vera, New Relaxations of the Quadratic Knapsack Problem using Polynomial Programming, INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, October 2009.
• B. Ghaddar, M.F. Anjos, and J. Vera, Formulating and Solving Binary Quadratic Problems using Polynomial Programming, 20th International Symposium of Mathematical Programming (ISMP), Chicago, August 2009.
• B. Ghaddar, M.F. Anjos, and J. Vera, Solving Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization Problems using Polynomial Programming, CORS/INFORMS International Meeting, Toronto, June 2009.
• B. Ghaddar, M.F. Anjos, A. Wiegele, and F. Liers, A Branch-and-Cut Algorithm for the Max-k-Cut Problem, MITACS Annual Conference, Fredericton, May 2009.
• B. Ghaddar, M.F. Anjos, A. Wiegele, and F. Liers, Solving Max-k-Cut Problems Using Semidefinite Programming, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., October 2008.
• P. Gillett. A Semidefinite Programming Approach for Complementarity Problems. Optimization Days 2011, Montreal, Canada, May 2011.
• O. Grodzevich, Robust Optimization For Asset Liability and Risk Management Under Uncertainty, At ICCOPT, August. 2007.
• H. Haghighat, C. A. Ca�izares, and K. Bhattacharya, Dispatching Reactive Power Considering All Providers in Competitive Electricity Markets. Proc. IEEE-PES General Meeting, Minneapolis, July 2010.
• A. Hajimiragha, Effects of Alternative-Fuel Vehicles on Air Quality in Ontario, Canada, 8th World Conference of Chemical Engineering, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August 23-27, 2009.
• A. Hajimiragha, Optimal Transition to Low Emission Transportation in Ontario, Canada, MITACS 2009 Annual Conference, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, May 31-June 5, 2009.
• A. Hajimiragha, A Mixed Integer Programming Model to Help in Decision Making Towards Low Emission Transportation, CORS (Canadian Operational Research Society)-INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) International Conference , Toronto, June 14-17, 2009.
• A. Hajimiragha, Sustainable Convergence of Ontario's Electricity Network and Transport Sector, Dicovery09, Ontario Centres of Excellence, Ontario (OCE), Canada, May 11-12, 2009.
• A. Hajimiragha, Optimizing Integrated Energy Systems in a Hydrogen Economy, Sustainable Development in Communities Workshop & Exhibit, Organized by Energy Studies Review of McMaster University's DeGroote School of Business, Burlington, Ontario, November 26, 2007.
• B. Hu, C. A. Cañizares, and M. Liu, Secondary and Tertiary Voltage Regulation Based on Optimal Power Flows. Proc. Bulk Power Systems Dynamics and Control VIII Symposium, IREP, Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2010.
• J. Hu, E.M. Jewkes and M.F. Anjos, Modelling Ambulance Deployment with Tiered Response Time Standards. CORS/MITACS Joint National Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, May 2010.
• J. Hu, Modeling ambulance deployment and dispatch, CORS-INFORMS, Toronto ON, June 14 - 17, 2009.
• J. Hu, Modeling ambulance deployment and dispatch, MITACS Annual Conference, Fredericton NB, May 31 - June 5, 2009.
• W. Hua, More bounds on the diameters of convex polytopes. CMS Summer Meeting, Fredericton, New Brunswick, June 4-6, 2010.
• S. Huang, Finding Lower Bound of Colorful Simplicial Depth with Topology. AdvOL Optimization Seminars Series, McMaster University, January 2007.
• C. Kong, FLPLib: Facility Layout Problem Library, MITACS 2009 Annual Conference, Fredericton, May 2009.
• S. Karimi, Conjugate gradient with subspace optimization, SIAM Optimization Conference, Darmstadt, Germany, May 16-19, 2011.
• S. Karimi, Conjugate gradient with subspace optimization, ICIAM, Vancouver, BC, July 18-22, 2011.
• S. Karimi, Conjugate gradient with subspace optimization, Optimization Days, Montreal, QC, May 2-4, 2011.
• S. Karimi, A variant of conjugate gradient that uses some second-order information. Minisymposium Presentation, SIAM Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, July 12-16, 2010.
• N. Krislock, Explicit Sensor Network Localization using Semidefinite Representations and Clique Reductions. CORS-INFORMS International Meeting, Toronto, ON, June 2009.
• N. Krislock, Explicit Sensor Network Localization using Semidefinite Programming and Clique Reductions. SONAD (Southern Ontario Numerical Analysis Day), London, ON, May 2009.
• J. Landry, A Robust Optimization Approach to the Self-scheduling Problem Using Semidefinite Programming (with M.F. Anjos). CORS-INFORMS International Meeting 2009, Toronto, ON, Canada. June 2009.
• Y. Li, How Could Interior Point Methods Be Better? MITACS Annual Conference 2010, Edmonton, AB, May 2010.
• J. C. Mu�oz, Comparative Stability Analysis of DFIG-based Wind Farms and Conventional Synchronous Generators. Power Systems Conference and Exposition, Atlanta, US, March 2011.
• J. Naoum-Sawaya, An Analytic Center Benders Decomposition Branch-and-Cut Algorithm for Structured Integer Programs (with S. Elhedhli). INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego October 2009.
• E. Nematollahi, Volumetric Path and Klee-Minty Constructions, Euro XXII Conference in Prague, Czech Republic. University of Economics, July 2007.
• E. Nematollahi, Redundancy and Klee-Minty Constructions, Euro XXII Conference in Prague, Czech Republic. University of Economics, July 2007.
• E. Nematollahi, Volumetric Path and Klee-Minty Constructions, CORS: Canadian Operations Research Society. London, Canada. University of Western Ontario, May 2007.
• E. Nematollahi, Volumetric Path and Klee-Minty Constructions, SONAD: Southern Ontario Numerical Analysis Day. Oshawa, Canada. University of Ontario Institute of Technology, May 2007.
• D. Olivares, A Centralized Optimal Energy Management System for Microgrids. IEEE-PES General Meeting, Detroit, US, July 2011.
• O. Peshko, Image-based Computational Modelling of Organ Motion for Cancer Treament, Ontario Celebration of Women in Computing, Kingston, October 2010.
• O. Peshko, Image-based Tracking of Organ Motion for Radiation Therapy, Workshop on Imaging Sciences and Medical Applications, Coimbra, Portugal, June 2010.
• O. Peshko, Image-based Motion Tracking for Radiation Therapy, MITACS/CORS annual conference, Edmonton, AB, May 2010.
• O. Peshko, J. Modersitzki, D. Moseley, and T. Terlaky, Computationally Efficient Image-Based Tracking of Organ Motion for Cancer Treatment, Computational Engineering and Science / High Performance Computation workshop, Bethlehem, PA, October 2009.
• O. Peshko, J. Modersitzki, D. Moseley, and T. Terlaky, Motion Analysis and Modelling in Image-Guided Radiation Therapy, MOPTA conference, Bethlehem, PA, August 2009.
• O. Peshko, J. Modersitzki, D. Moseley, and T. Terlaky, Automatic Landmark Detection and Motion Estimation in Image-Guided Radiation Therapy, MITACS annual conference, Fredericton, NB, June 2009.
• O. Peshko, J. Modersitzki, D. Moseley, and T. Terlaky, Analysis and Modelling of Organ Motion in Image-Guided Radiation Therapy, CES Symposium, Hamilton, ON, Nov 2008.
• O. Peshko, D. Moseley, A. Hope and T. Terlaky, Extracting Phase from X-ray Images for Motion Modeling, SIAM conference on Imaging Science, San Diego, CA, July 2008.
• O. Peshko, D. Moseley, A. Hope and T. Terlaky, Analysis of Organ Motion in Image-Guided Radiation Therapy for Cancer Treatment, 2nd Canada-France Congress, Montreal, QC, June 2008.
• O. Peshko, D. Moseley, T. Craig, T. Terlaky, C. Menard, and C. Rocca, Software Tool for Prostate Motion Evaluation in Radiation Therapy, Grace Hopper Celebration for Women in Computing conference, Orlando, FL, October 2007.
• O. Peshko, D. Moseley, and T. Terlaky, Medical Image Registration, CES Symposium, Hamilton, ON, October 2007.
• O. Peshko, D. Moseley, T. Terlaky, C. Menard and T. Craig, and C. Rocca, Intra-Fraction Prostate Motion Evaluation with On-Line Fluoroscopic Imaging, Biomedical Imaging and Computer Vision Symposium, Waterloo, ON, September 2007.
• O. Peshko, T. Terlaky, D. Moseley, T. Craig, C. Menard, and C. Rocca, Tracking of Fiducial Markers for Prostate Cancer Treatment, ICCOPT MOPTA conference, Hamilton, ON, August 2007.
• O. Peshko, D. Moseley, T. Terlaky, C. Menard and T. Craig, Intra-Fraction Prostate Motion Evaluation with On-Line Fluoroscopic Imaging, AAPM conference, Minneapolis, MN, July 2007.
• O. Peshko, D. Moseley, T. Terlaky, C. Menard, T. Craig, and C. Rocca, Automatic Prostate Motion Estimation for Cancer Treatment, CMS MITACS conference, Winnipeg, MB, June 2007.
• M. Pirnia, Effect of FIT Mechanism on Social Welfare in Ontario�s Electricity Market. Optimization Days Conference, Montreal, May 2010.
• M. Pirnia, A Novel Approach for Calculating Capacity Payments in Electricity Markets Electricity Markets. INFORMS conference at San Diego, CA, 2009.
• I. Polik, A practical overview of conic optimization software. ICCOPT/MOPTA Conference, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, 2007.
• P. Rodd, Multi-period Worker Scheduling with Learning Effects (work with G. Zhang). CORS National Meeting 2007.
• O. Romanko, Constructing Sparse Replicating Portfolios by Weighted Regularized Optimization. MOPTA 2010 Conference, Bethlehem, PA, August 2010.
• O. Romanko, Constructing Sparse Replicating Portfolios by Weighted Regularized Optimization. 14th International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Toronto, ON, June 2010.
• O. Romanko, Constructing Sparse Replicating Portfolios by Regularized Optimization. MITACS Annual Conference 2010, Edmonton, AB, May 2010.
• O. Romanko, Bi-Parametric Convex Quadratic Optimization, INFORMS Annual Meeting 2009, San Diego, CA, USA, October 2009
• O. Romanko, Multiobjective Optimization via Parametric Programming: Algorithms and Applications, MOPTA 2009, Modelling and Optimization: Theory and Applications, Bethlehem, PA, USA, August 2009
• O. Romanko, Multiobjective Optimization via Parametric Programming: Algorithms and Financial Applications, CORS-INFORMS International Meeting 2009, Toronto, ON, Canada, June 2009
• O. Romanko, Credit Risk Portfolio Optimization, MITACS Annual Conference 2009, Fredericton, NB, Canada, June 2009
• O. Romanko, Multi-objective Optimization Via Parametric Programming: Models, Algorithms and Challenges, INFORMS Annual Meeting 2008, Washington, DC, USA, October 2008
• O. Romanko, Parametric Quadratic and Conic Optimization: Models, Algorithms and Applications, MITACS Annual Conference 2008, Second Canada-France Congress, Montreal, QC, Canada, June 2008
• O. Romanko, Multi-objective and Parametric Optimization in Financial Modelling. ICCOPT-MOPTA 2007 Conference, Hamilton, ON, August 2007
• O. Romanko, Parametric Analysis in Conic Linear Optimization. EURO XXII, European Conference on Operational Research, Prague, Czech Republic, July 2007
• O. Romanko, Multi-Objective Optimization via Parametric Analysis: Optimal Partition Based Approach. Joint EUROPT-OMS Meeting 2007, Prague, Czech Republic, July 2007.
• O. Romanko, Parametric and Sensitivity Analysis in Conic Linear Optimization: Algorithms and Applications. CORS National Meeting 2007, London, ON, May 2007.
• O. Romanko, Parametric and Sensitivity Analysis in Conic Linear Optimization at 2nd International Conference on Algorithmic Operations Research (AlgOR2007), Vancouver, BC, January, 2007.
• S. Rouf, G. Zhang, Supply Planning Model for a Closed Loop System with uncertain Demand and Return, Canadian Operational Research Society, National Meeting 2007.
• B. Saboonchi, An Integrated Model for Production and Distribution Decisions in Multi-stage Global Supply Chains under Uncertainty (work with G. Zhang). CORS National Meeting 2007.
• S. Shankar, S. Shontz and S. Vavasis, A log-barrier method for mesh quality improvement, 20th International Meshing Roundtable, Oct 26-29, 2011.
• G. Taljan, Study of mixed wind-nuclear-hydrogen power plants, NAPS 2008, The 40th North American Power Symposium, University of Calgary, 28-30 September 2008.
• L.A. Tuan, Long-term congestion management by investment in gas-turbine generators: A cost-benefit analysis, 9th IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems, Clearwater, Florida, USA, January 2007.
• J. Vera, Cone Programming Relaxations for Complementarity Constraints, 2009 CORS/INFORMS International Meeting,Toronto,Canada, June 2009.
• J. Vera, New Relaxation Schemes for Polynomial Programing, MOPTA 2009, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA, August 2009.
• J. Vera, New Relaxation Schemes for Polynomial Programing, ISMP 2009, Chicago, IL, USA, August 2009.
• S. Wong, Comprehensive framework for long-term distribution system planning, IEEE PES Annual General Meeting 2007, Tampa, USA, 2007.
• F. Xie, More colourful simplices. Discrete Mathematics Days, Ottawa, ON, May 2010.
• F. Xie, On Extensions of Cyclic Arrangements. Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) Winter Meeting, Windsor, Ontario, December 2009.
• F. Xie, Hyperplane arrangements with large average diameter. CORS National Meeting, London, Ontario, May 2007.
• F. Xie, Hyperplane arrangements with large average diameter, Optimization Days 2007, Montréal, Québec, May 2007.
• Y. Zinchenko, Robust radiation therapy treatment planning for cancer treatment, International Conference on Continuous Optimization ICCOPT-II and MOPTA-07, Hamilton, Ontario, August 2007.
• Y. Zinchenko, Robust approach to intensity modulated radiation therapy treatment planning International Conference on the Use of Computers in Radiation Therapy (ICCR 2007), Toronto, Ontario, June 2007.
• H. Zhang, Minimizing the Number of Critical Vertices in Network Design, CMS-MITACS 2007 Joint Conference, Winnipeg, Canada, May-June, 2007.
• H. Zhang, Minimizing the Number of Critical Vertices in Network Design, the 1st Canadian Discrete and Algorithmic Mathematics Conference (CanaDAM 2007), Banff, Canada, May, 2007.
• H. Zhang, Minimizing the Number of Critical Vertices in Network Design, 2007 Ottawa-Carleton Discrete Mathematics Workshop, Ottawa, Canada, May, 2007.
• J. Zhang, A Multi-Period Stochastic Programming Model for a Day Ahead Electricity Market with Shortage Pricing, Canadian Operations Research Society (CORS) Conference.London, ON, Canada, May 2007, joint D. J. Fuller and S. Elhedhli.
• J. Zhu, Some results on spherical K-Means for document clustering (work with J. Peng). Joint conference: Second International Conference on Continuous Optimization, and Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications conference, McMaster Univeristy, Hamilton, 2007.

Invited presentations

• Investigators
• A.Y. Alfakih, On the uniqueness, dimensional rigidity and global rigidity of bar-and- joint frameworks. CanaDAM, 1st Canadian conference on discrete and algorithmic mathematics, Banff, Canada, May 2007.
• A.Y. Alfakih, On the set of graph realizations in Euclidean space. BIRS discrete geometry and topology in low dimensions, Banff, Canada, April 2007.
• M.F. Anjos. Valid Polynomial Inequality Generation in Polynomial Programming. Second Alpen-Adria Workshop on Optimization, Klagenfurt, Austria, May 2011.
• M.F. Anjos. (Semi)Definitely the Future! A Course on Semidefinite Optimization. Invited Lecture to the Portuguese Operational Research Society (APDIO), Coimbra, Portugal, May 2011.
• M.F. Anjos. Warm-Starts for Interior-Point Methods in Combinatorial Optimization, Institut fur Informatik Colloquium, Universitaet zu Koeln, Cologne, Germany, July 2010,
• M.F. Anjos. Computing exact solutions for row layout problems, EURO XXIV Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2010.
• M.F. Anjos. Second-Order Cone Relaxations of Binary Quadratic Problems via Polynomial Programming, EUROPT Workshop on Continuous Optimization, Aveiro, Portugal, July 2010.
• M.F. Anjos. (Semi) Definitely Going Global. Invited Tutorial Presentation for Optimization Days, Montreal, Canada, May 2010.
• M.F. Anjos. Recent progress in the application of SDP to discrete optimization, Mathematisches Institut, Heinrich-Heine-Universitat, Dusseldorf, Germany, April 2010.
• M.F. Anjos. Second-Order Cone Programming Relaxations of Binary Quadratic Problems, Minisymposium Diskrete Optimierung, TU-Graz, Graz, Austria, April 2010.
• M.F. Anjos. Polynomial Programming Relaxations of Binary Quadratic Problems, Operations Research, Universitat Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria, April 2010.
• M.F. Anjos. Warm-starts for Interior-Point Methods in Combinatorial Optimization, ISDS-Kolloquium, Universitat Wien, Vienna, Austria, April 2010.
• M.F. Anjos. Warm-starts for Interior-Point Methods in Combinatorial Optimization, Max-Planck-Institut fur Informatik, Saarbrucken, Germany, January 2010.
• M.F. Anjos. Warm-starts for Interior-Point Methods in Combinatorial Optimization, Universitat Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany, January 2010.
• M.F. Anjos. Novel Semidefinite Models and Improved Algorithms for Maximum-k-Cut Problems, Network Meeting of the Humboldt Foundation, Heidelberg, Germany, November 2009.
• M.F. Anjos. HIPCUT I - Background and Theory, INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego CA, U.S.A., October 2009. (HIPCUT II was presented by Alexander Engau.)
• M.F. Anjos, Recent Progress in the Application of Semidenite Programming to Discrete Optimization, DIMACS Workshop in Memory of Leo Khachiyan, Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ, U.S.A., March 2009.
• M.F. Anjos, Optimal and Near-Optimal Solutions for Very Large Single-Row Facility Layout Problems, Dept of Decision Sciences, Drexel University, Philadelphia, U.S.A., February 2009.
• M.F. Anjos, On Interior-Point Warmstarts for Linear and Combinatorial Optimization, Aussois 2009: Thirteenth International Workshop in Combinatorial Optimization, Aussois, France,January 2009.
• M.F. Anjos, Cone Programming Relaxations for Complementarity Constraints, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington DC, U.S.A., October 2008.
• M.F. Anjos, Provably Near-optimal Solutions for Very Large Single-Row Facility Layout Problems, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington DC, U.S.A., October 2008.
• M.F. Anjos, Recent Results on the Application of Semidenite Programming to Characterize Satisability, SIAM Conference on Optimization, Boston, MA, U.S.A., May 2008.
• M.F. Anjos, Solving Minimum k-Partition Problems Using Semidenite Programming, INFORMS Conference on Optimization, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A., March 2008.
• M.F. Anjos, A Branch-and-Cut Algorithm based on Semidenite Programming for the Minimum k-Partition Problem, Aussois 2008: Twelfth International Workshop in Combinatorial Optimization, Aussois, France, January 2008.
• M.F. Anjos, A Branch-and-Cut Algorithm based on Semidenite Programming for the Minimum k-Partition Problem, NCP07 International Conference on Nonconvex and Global Optimization, Rouen, France, December 2007.
• M.F. Anjos, Globally Optimal and Near-Optimal Solutions for Large Single-Row Facility Layout Problems, presented at the Second International Conference on Continuous Optimization, Hamilton, Canada, August 2007.
• M.F. Anjos, Finding Nash Equilibria in Electricity Markets: An AC-Network Approach, presented at the CORS Annual Meeting, London, Canada, May 2007.
• M.F. Anjos, Finding Nash Equilibria in Electricity Markets: An AC-Network Approach, presented at the Workshop on Advances in Optimization, Tokyo, Japan, April 2007.
• C. A. Cañizares, PEV Impact on Ontario�s Grid. University of Toronto, November 22, 2011.
• C.A. Cañizares, Storing electricity as Hydrogen: Does it make sense?, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, US, September 4, 2009.
• C.A. Cañizares, Storing electricity as Hydrogen: Does it make sense?, Universita degli Studi del Sannio, Benevento, Italy, July 10, 2009.
• C.A. Cañizares, Power Systems Stability Analysis, Politecnico di Milano, July 3-8, 2009.
• C.A. Cañizares, Storing electricity as Hydrogen: Does it make sense?, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, July 8, 2009.
• C.A. Cañizares, Storing electricity as Hydrogen: Does it make sense?, Energy and Environmental Systems Seminar Series, University of Cuenca, Ecuador, June 28, 2009.
• C.A. Cañizares, Storing electricity as Hydrogen: Does it make sense?, Energy and Environmental Systems Seminar Series, University of Calgary, April 20, 2009.
• C.A. Cañizares, On-line Oscillatory Instability Prediction and its Application to Power System Protection, School of Electric Power, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, August 8, 2008.
• C.A. Cañizares, On-line Oscillatory Instability Prediction and its Application to Power System Protection, Department of Electric Power Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Baoding Campus, China, August 6, 2008.
• C.A. Cañizares, Voltage Stability Constrained OPFs and their Application to Market Clearing and Dispatch, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing Campus, China, August 4, 2008.
• C.A. Cañizares, Power System Analysis Techniques and Tools: Past, Present and Future, University of Calgary, Seminar, October 19, 2007.
• C.A. Cañizares, Power Systems Research and the Future of Power Engineering, University-Industry Dinner, University of Calgary, Keynote speech, October 18, 2007.
• C.A. Cañizares, Stability-Constrained OPFs and their Applications in Energy Auctions, University of Calgary, Seminar, October 2007.
• C.A. Cañizares , Power System Analysis Techniques and Tools: Past, Present and Future, Italian Power Engineering Research Group Meeting Caserta, Italy, Keynote Speech, September, 2007.
• C.A. Cañizares, Stability-Constrained OPFs and their Applications in Energy Auctions, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, Seminar, September 2007.
• C.A. Cañizares, Power System Stability and Blackouts, Federal University, Itajubá, Brazil, Seminar, August 2007.
• C.A. Cañizares, Power System Stability and Blackouts, Tercer Congreso Internacional de Ingenierías Eléctrica y Electrónica (3CIIE E), Bogotá, Colombia, Seminar, March 2007.
• C.A. Cañizares, Simulation, Modeling and Analysis of FACTS Controllers, Tercer Congreso Internacional de Ingenierías Eléctrica y Electrónica (3CIIE E), Bogotá, Colombia, Seminar, March 2007.
• C.A. Cañizares , Power System Stability and Blackouts, University of Seville, Seville, Spain, Seminar, February 2007.
• C.A. Cañizares, FACTS, University of Seville, Seville, Spain, Seminar, February 2007.
• C.A. Cañizares, Power System Stability and Blackouts, University of Castilla la Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain, Seminar, January 2007.
• Antoine Deza, Combinatorial Approaches to the Peg Solitaire game. S�minaire d'Optimisation Combinatoire, LAMSADE, Universit� Paris-Dauphine, France, June 2011.
• Antoine Deza, More Colourful Simplices. Discrete Mathematics Seminar, Universit� Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France, May 2011.
• Antoine Deza, More Colourful Simplices. Algorithmic and combinatorics Seminar, Universit� Paris Diderot (Paris VII), France, November 2010.
• Antoine Deza, Optimization algorithms: worst-case behaviour and related conjectures. Graph Theory and Combinatorial Optimization Seminar, Universit� Paris Sud (Paris XI), Orsay, France, December 2010.
• A. Deza, Polytopes and Arrangements: Diameter and Curvature, American Mathematical Society session on Combinatorial Enumeration, Optimization, Geometry, and Statistics, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, November 2007.
• A. Deza, Some intriguing analogies between simplex and interior point methods, Chemical Engineering Seminar, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, September 2007.
• A. Deza, Polytopes and Arrangements: Diameter and Curvature, Systems and Information Engineering Seminar, Tsukuba University, Japan, July 2007.
• A. Deza, Combinatorial Optimization: Problems and Algorithms , Information Science Seminar, Denki University, Tokyo, Japan, July 2007.
• A. Deza, Polytopes and Arrangements: Diameter and Curvature , Seminar on Advanced Computation and Optimization, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan, July 2007.
• A. Deza, Polytopes and Arrangements: Diameter and Curvature, Combinatorial Mathematics Seminar, Tokyo University, Japan, May 2007.
• A. Deza, Polytopes and Arrangements: Diameter and Curvature , Information Science Seminar, Tokyo University, Japan, March 2007.
• A. Deza, Colourful Simplicial Depth, Combinatorial Seminar, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan, March 2007.
• A. Deza, Polytopes and Arrangements: Diameter and Curvature, Mathematical and Computing Sciences Seminar, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, February 2007.
• S. Elhedhli, Supply Chain Design For Time-sensitive Markets: Models, Solution Approaches, and Managerial implications. MASDAR Institute of Science and Technology, March 11, 2009.
• S. Elhedhli, Benders Decomposition Based on an Interior Point Cutting Plane Method and Branch and cut (with J. Naoum-Sawaya). ISMP 2009, August 2009, Chicago, IL, USA.
• S. Elhedhli, Mini-Case Design, Writing, and Discussion at an Introductory OR Course. CORS/Optimization Days 2008 joint conference Universit Laval, Quebec City, May 12-14, 2008.
• S. Elhedhli, Joe Naoum Sawaya and Samir Elhedhli, âUsing Analytic Centers to Find Feasible Solutions in Mixed Integer Programmingâ, INFORMS, October 2008, Washington DC
• S. Elhedhli, A Branch-and-price Algorithm for the Bin Packing Problem with Conflicts (with L. Li and M. Gzara). INFORMS 2007 meeting, January 2007, Seattle, WA, USA.
• S. Elhedhli, Response Time Reduction and Demand Allocation in Make-to-Order Supply Chain Design: A Simulation Based Optimization Approach (with N. Vidyathi and E.M. Jewkes). CORS 2007, January 2007,London, ON, CA.
• S. Elhedhli, A New Lagrangean Approach to the Pooling Problem. Informs Washington DC.
• E.M. Jewkes and M. Majedi, "A Queueing Model of Ambulance Offload Delays", November 2008, Industrial Engineering Department, Swanson School of Engineering, Pittsburg.
• E.M. Jewkes and M. Majedi, "Stochastic Models for Emergency Systems Design", November 2008, CORS Distinguished Speaker Series.
• T. Terlaky, Pivot v/s interior point methods: pros and cons. PIMS Lecture, University of Calgary, Calgary, October, 2007.
• T. Terlaky, Klee-Minty cubes and the central path. PIMS Lecture, University of Calgary, Calgary,October, 2007.
• T. Terlaky, Polytopes and arrangements: diameter and curvature. PIMS Lecture, University of Calgary, Calgary, October, 2007.
• T. Terlaky, Interior Point Methods for Conic Linear Optimization: SDO and SOCO. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, September, 2007.
• T. Terlaky, Interior Point Methods for Nonlinear Optimization. CIME Summer School on Nonlinear Optimization, Cetraro, Italy, July 2007.
• T. Terlaky, Interior Point Methods for Conic Linear Optimization. CIME Summer School on Nonlinear Optimization, Cetraro, Italy, July 2007.
• T. Terlaky, Pivot versus Interior Point Methods: Pros and Cons. CIME Summer School on Nonlinear Optimization, Cetraro, Italy, July 2007.
• T. Terlaky, Interior Point Methods for Linear Optimization: Advances and Impact. CIME Summer School on Nonlinear Optimization, Cetraro, Italy, July 2007.
• T. Terlaky, Duality Theory for Linear Optimization Based on Interior Point Methods: Initialization by Embedding, Rounding to exact solution. CIME Summer School on Nonlinear Optimization, Cetraro, Italy, July 2007.
• T. Terlaky, Interior Point Methods for Linear Optimization: Advances and Impact. AMSI/MASCOS Industry workshop & ICE-EM short course: The mathematics of electricity supply and pricing Holiday Inn, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, April 2007.
• T. Terlaky, IPMs for Conic Linear Optimization: LO, SOCO, SDO, Robust LO. AMSI /MASCOS Industry workshop & ICE-EM short course: The mathematics of electricity supply and pricing Holiday Inn, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, April, 2007.
• T. Terlaky, IPMs for Nonlinear (Conic) Optimization. AMSI / MASCOS Industry workshop & ICE-EM short course: The mathematics of electricity supply and pricing Holiday Inn, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, April 2007.
• T. Terlaky, The Volumetric Path and the Klee-Minty Example. Workshop on Advances in Optimization, Tokyo, Japan, April 2007.
• T. Terlaky, Edge Path & Central Path: Diameter & Curvature. Complementarity, Duality and Global Optimization, Gainswille, Florida, February-March 2007.
• T. Terlaky, Edge Path & Central Path: Diameter & Curvature. Computational Mathematics Colloquium Series, University of Waterloo, ON, February 2007.
• S. Vavasis, Workshop on sparse random structures: analysis and computation, Ban International Research Station, January 25-29, 2010, Ban, AB.
• S. Vavasis, SIAM Conference on Applied Linear Algebra, October 26{29, 2009, Monterey Bay, California (I am organizer of a minisymposium on rank minimization)
• S. Vavasis, International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, August 24{28, 2009, Chicago, Illinois.
• S. Vavasis, Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications (MOPTA) 2008, August 18-20, 2008, University of Guelph, Ontario.
• S. Vavasis, Householder Symposium XVII on Numerical Linear Algebra, June 1-6, 2008, Zeuthen, Germany.
• S. Vavasis, SIAM Optimization Meeting, May 10-13, 2008, Boston, MA (I was organizer of a minisymposium on nonnegative matrix factorization).
• S. Vavasis, Waterloo Symposium on Numerical Analysis (in commemoration of Gene Golub), February 29, 2008, Waterloo (I was co-organizer with Alan George).
• S. Vavasis, SIAM Conference on Geometric Design and Computing, November 4-8, 2007, San Antonio, TX, (I was co-organizer with G. Srijuntongsiri of a minisymposium on numerical methods for intersection problems)
• S. Vavasis, International Conference on Continuous Optimization (ICCOPT), August 13-16, 2007, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.
• S. Vavasis, Workshop on Global Optimization, Fields Institute, Toronto, ON, May 2007 (co-organizer).
• S. Vavasis, Workshop on Computational and Conformal Geometry, Stony Brook, NY, April 2007 (co-organizer).
• S. Vavasis, Conference on the 50th Anniversary of Computational Mathematics at Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, March, 2007
• H. Wolkowicz, Taking advantage of Degeneracy in Cone Optimization. Modern Trends in Optimization and Its Application, Workshop II: Numerical Methods for Continuous Optimization, IPAM at UCLA, Oct. 11-15, 2010
• H. Wolkowicz, Theory and Applications of Degeneracy in Cone Optimization. Colloquium, Dept. Math. & Stats, McMaster University, Sept. 24, 2010.
• H. Wolkowicz, Theory and Applications of Degeneracy in Cone Optimization. EURO XXIV, Lisbon, Portugal, July 11-14, 2010.
• H. Wolkowicz, Theory and Applications of Degeneracy in Cone Optimization. The 8th EUROPT Workshop "Advances in Continuous Optimization, Aveiro, Portugal, July 9-10, 2010.
• H. Wolkowicz, Theory and Applications of Degeneracy in Cone Optimization. Nonlinear Optimization, Variational Inequalities and Equilibrium Problems, Erice, Italy, July 2-10, 2010.
• H. Wolkowicz, Modelling and Solving Large Scale Sensor Network Localization Problems. URA seminar, University of Waterloo, May 26, 2010
• H. Wolkowicz, Strong Duality, Complementarity, and Duality Gaps in Conic Convex Optimization. HPOPT 2008, Tilburg University, The Netherlands, June 11-13, 2008.
• H. Wolkowicz, Sensor Network Localization, Euclidean Distance Matrix Completions, and Graph Realization, at the Colloquium at McGill University, C.S. Dept, October 2007.
• H. Wolkowicz, A Workshop on Optimizaation given at MSRI, Berkeley Calif. Two weeks of talks, 2007.
• H. Wolkowicz, Sensor Network Localization, Euclidean Distance Matrix Completions, and Graph Realization at: Optimization and Control January 16-20, 2007. Part of the IMA Thematic Year on Applications of Algebraic Geometry September 2006 - June 2007.
• H. Wolkowicz, Sensor Network Localization, Euclidean Distance Matrix Completions, and Graph Realization in the session on Numerical Linear Algebra and Optimization: theme organizer - 9 speakers; at CAIMS/SCMAI 2007 at Banff Centre, Alberta. May 2007.
• H. Wolkowicz, SIAM Workshop on Combinatorial Scientific Computing (CSC07), Costa Mesa, CA, February 2007.
• H. Wolkowicz, SIAM Workshop on Computational Science and Engineering, Costa Mesa, CA, February 2007.
• G. Zhang, Optimal Acquisition Policy for aSupply Networkwith Uncertain Demand and Price Discounts, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China, July 2007.
• Students
• A. Engau, HIPCUT I (Background and Theory) & II (Algorithm and Applications), INFORMS 2009 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, October 11-14, 2009.
• A. Engau, An objective decomposition-coordination method for interactive decision-making, INFORMS 2009 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, October 11-14, 2009.
• A. Engau, Warm starts and hip cuts for interior-point methods in combinatorial optimization, 20th International Symposium of Mathematical Programming (ISMP 2009), Chicago, IL, USA, August 23-28, 2009.
• A. Engau, A hybrid interior-point cutting-plane method for conic relaxations of discrete optimization problems, CORS-INFORMS 2009 International Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada, June 14-17, 2009.
• A. Engau, Recent advances of interior-point algorithms for high-performance discrete optimization, MITACS 2009 Annual Conference, Fredericton, NB, Canada, May 31 - June 5, 2009.
• A. Engau, On football and airports and having fun with advanced linear programming, OR at Clemson -- A Symposium in Celebration of the Careers of Lin Dearing and Rick Jarvis, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University, May 23, 2009.
• A. Engau, HIPCUT -- A hybrid interior-point cutting-plane method for discrete optimization, Optimization Days (Journees de l'Optimisation) (JOPT 2009), Montreal, QC, Canada, May 4-6, 2009.
• A. Engau, On interior-point warmstarts for combinatorial optimization problems, INFORMS 2008 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, October 12-15, 2008.
• A. Engau, HIPCUT -- A hybrid interior-point cutting-plane method for integer programming, DIMACS Workshop on Algorithmic Challenges in Optimization, Game Theory and Computer Science: in Memory of Leo Khachiyan, Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS), Rutgers University, March 9-10, 2009.
• B. Ghaddar, Solving Non-convex Binary Quadratic Problems via Second-order Cone Programming. EURO XXIV, Lisbon, July 2010.
• B. Ghaddar, New Relaxations of the Quadratic Knapsack Problem using Polynomial Programming. INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, October 2009.
• B. Ghaddar, Conic Relaxations for Binary Quadratic Problems using Polynomial Programming. Institut f�r Informatik, Universit�t zu K�ln, July 29, 2010.
• B. Ghaddar, New Relaxations for Binary Quadratic Polynomial Programming Problems. Department of Discrete Mathematics, Technische Universit�t Dortmund, July 27, 2010.
• B. Ghaddar, Cut Generation Schemes for Polynomial Programs. Department of Econometrics and Operations Research, Tilburg University, June 23, 2010.
• B. Ghaddar, A Semidefinite Programming Branch-and-Cut Algorithm for the Minimum k-Partition Problem, presented at the Second International Conference on Continuous Optimization, Hamilton, Canada, August 2007.
• A. Hajimiragha, Impact of a Hydrogen Economy on the Optimal Planning and Operation of Integrated Energy Systems, In Conference for Power Engineering Leaders of Tomorrow, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, Sept. 5-7, 2008. (14 PhD candidates from universities around the world were selected and invited to present their research work in different fields of power engineering.)
• I. Jankovits, A Convex Optimization Framework for the Unequal-Areas Facility Layout Problem, presented at the Second International Conference on Continuous Optimization, Hamilton, Canada, August 2007.
• I. Jankovits, A Convex Optimization Framework for the Unequal-Areas Facility Layout Problem, presented at the CORS Annual Meeting, London, Canada, May 2007.
• N. Krislock, Semidefinite Facial Reduction for Euclidean Distance Matrix Completion (with H. Wolkowicz). First Alpen-Adria Workshop on Optimization, University of Klagenfurt, Austria, June 2010.
• N. Krislock, Sensor Localization using Semidefinite Facial Reduction (with H. Wolkowicz). Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, March 2010.
• N. Krislock, Sensor Localization using Semidefinite Facial Reduction (with H. Wolkowicz). Convex Analysis, Optimization and Applications, Les Houches, France, January 2010.
• N. Krislock, Explicit Sensor Network Localization using Semidefinite Representations and Clique Reductions, MPS ISMP, Chicago, IL, August 2009.
• N. Krislock, Sensor Network Localization, Euclidean Distance Matrix Completions, and Graph Realization, MOPTA (Modelling and Optimization: Theory and Applications), Guelph, ON, August 2008.
• N. Krislock, Sensor Network Localization, Euclidean Distance Matrix Completions, and Graph Realization, SIAM Conference on Optimization, Boston, MA, May 2008.
• N. Krislock, Sensor Network Localization, Euclidean Distance Matrix Completions, and Graph Realization, ICCOPT-MOPTA Conference, Hamilton, ON, August 2007.
• N. Krislock, Sensor Network Localization, Euclidean Distance Matrix Completions, and Graph Realization, CORS National Meeting, London, ON, May 2007.
• J. Ostrowski, Symmetry in Scheduling Problems (with M.F. Anjos and A. Vannelli). Oberwolfach Mini-Workshop : "Exploiting Symmetries in Optimization", August 22-28, 2010.
• J. Ostrowski, Symmetry in Scheduling Problems (with M.F. Anjos and A. Vannelli). Mixed Integer Programming (MIP) Workshop Series 2010, Atlanta GA, July 26-29, 2010.
• J. Ostrowski, Symmetry in Scheduling Problems (with M.F. Anjos and A. Vannelli). Optimization Days, Montreal, May 10-12, 2010.
• J. Ostrowski, Strong Formulations for the Unit Commitment Problem (with M.F. Anjos and A. Vannelli). CCECE 2010 (Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering), Calgary, May 2-5, 2010.
• Y. Zinchenko, Robust radiation therapy treatment planning for cancer Treatment, International Conference on Continuous Optimization ICCOPT-II and MOPTA-07, Hamilton Ontario, August 2007.

Poster presentations

• Investigators
• M.F. Anjos, Recent progress in applying semidefinite optimization to the satisfiability problem, presented at C&O@40 Conference, Waterloo, Canada, June 2007.
• H. Wolkowicz, Anchored Graph Realization and Sensor Localization poster session at IMA Annual Program Year Workshop on Optimization and Control, January 2007.
• Students
• K. Ghobadi, A Heat-Transfer Problem, ICCOPT II confereceMcMaster University, August 2007.
• H.R. Ghaffari, The new class of Fractional Optimization, ICCOPT-MOPTA joint conference, Hamilton, August. 2007.
• H.R. Ghaffari, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Fractional Optimization, CMS-MITACS joint conference, Winnipeg,Jun-July 2007.
• S. Gregov, Berge metrics for binary strings, CMS-MITACS Joint Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 2007.
• J. Hatzl and S. Wagner, Combinatorial properties of a general domination problem with parity constraints, presented at C&O@40 Conference, Waterloo, Canada, June 2007.
• N. Krislock, Sensor Network Localization, Euclidean Distance Matrix Completions, and Graph Realization, ICCOPT-MOPTA Conference, Hamilton, ON, August 2007.
• Y. Ding and N. Krislock, Sensor Network Localization, Euclidean Distance Matrix Completions, and Graph Realization, CORS National Meeting, London, ON, May 2007.
• O. Romanko, Multi-Objective and Parametric Optimization: Models, Algorithms and Applications in Finance, at CMS-MITACS Joint Conference 2007, Winnipeg, MB, May-June 2007.
• I. Pólik, SeDuMi: a package for conic optimization, presented at the 2007 IMA workshop on Optimization and Control, 2007.
• F. Xie, Hyperplane arrangements with large average diameter, Second Mathematical Programming Society International Conference on Continuous Optimization, Hamilton, Canada, August 2007.
• H. Zhang, Minimizing the Number of Critical Vertices in Network Design, CMS-MITACS 2007 Joint Conference, Winnipeg, Canada, May 31 - June 3, 2007.