Mon.1 11:00–12:15

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H 0107 | APP Optimization in Healthcare (1/2)
Marta Sauter
Leonard Wirsching
Christina Schenk
11:00 Marta Sauter

Simultaneous Direct Approaches for Inverse Optimal Control Problems and Their Application to Model-Based Analysis of Cerebral Palsy Gait

11:25 Leonard Wirsching

Solution and Sensitivity Generation for Differential Equations with State-Dependent Switches -- an Application-Oriented Approach

11:50 Christina Schenk

Kinetic Parameter Estimation Based on Spectroscopic Data and Its Application to Drug Manufacturing Processes

H 0104 | BIG Optimization for Data Science (1/2)
Jong-Shi Pang
Defeng Sun
Gesualdo Scutari
11:00 Jong-Shi Pang

Multi-composite Nonconvex Optimization for Learning Deep Neural Network

11:25 Defeng Sun

A majorized proximal point dual Newton algorithm for nonconvex statistical optimization problems

11:50 Gesualdo Scutari

Distributed inference over networks: geometrically convergent algorithms and statistical guarantees

H 3004 | BIG Non-Convex Optimization for Neural Networks
Ruoyu Sun
Sijia Liu
Alex Schwing
11:00 Ruoyu Sun

Landscape of Over-parameterized Networks

11:25 Sijia Liu

On the convergence of a class of adam-type algorithms for non-convex optimization

11:50 Alex Schwing

Optimization for GANs via Sliced Distance

H 3002 | VIS Linear Complementarity Problem (1/2)
Marianna E.-Nagy
Tibor Illés
Janez Žerovnik
11:00 Marianna E.-Nagy

Constructing and analyzing sufficient matrices

11:25 Tibor Illés

Interior point algorithms for general linear complementarity problems

11:50 Janez Žerovnik

On sufficient properties for sufficient matrices

H 3007 | VIS Nash Equilibrium Problems and Extensions (1/2)
Jan Becker
Giancarlo Bigi
11:00 Jan Becker

Linear-quadratic multi-leader-follower games in Hilbert spaces

11:25 Giancarlo Bigi

Algorithms for generalized Nash games in semi-infinite programming

11:50

H 0111 | CON Conic Approaches to Infinite Dimensional Optimization (1/2)
Marcelo Forets
Benoît Legat
Chris Coey
11:00 Marcelo Forets

Algorithms for Flowpipe Approximation using Sum-of-Squares

11:25 Benoît Legat

Computing polynomial controlled invariant sets using Sum-of-Squares Programming

11:50 Chris Coey

Nonsymmetric conic optimization algorithms and applications

H 0112 | CON Recent Advances in Applications of Conic Programming
Yuzhu Wang
Shinichi Kanoh
Sena Safarina
11:00 Yuzhu Wang

Polyhedral Approximations of the Semidefinite Cone and Their Applications

11:25 Shinichi Kanoh

A centering ADMM for SDP and its application to QAP

11:50 Sena Safarina

A Cone Decomposition Method with Sparse Matrix for Mixed-Integer SOCP problem

H 2053 | CON Optimization and Quantum Information
Sander Gribling
Andreas Bluhm
Kun Fang
11:00 Sander Gribling

Quantum graph parameters and noncommutative polynomial optimization

11:25 Andreas Bluhm

Compatibility of quantum measurements and inclusion constants for free spectrahedra

11:50 Kun Fang

Polynomial optimization on the sphere and entanglement testing

H 1028 | CNV Convex-Composite Optimization (1/2)
Andre Milzarek
James Burke
Tim Hoheisel
11:00 Andre Milzarek

A globalized semismooth Newton method for nonsmooth nonconvex optimization

11:25 James Burke

Quadratic convergence of SQP-like methods for convex-composite optimzation

11:50 Tim Hoheisel

On the Fenchel conjugate of convex-composite functions

H 1029 | CNV Recent Advances in First-Order Methods for Constrained Optimization and Related Problems (1/4)
Dirk Lorenz
Angelia Nedich
Ion Necoara
11:00 Dirk Lorenz

Extensions of the randomized Kaczmarz method: sparsity and mismatched adjoints

11:25 Angelia Nedich

A Smooth Inexact Penalty Reformulation of Convex Problems with Linear Constraints

11:50 Ion Necoara

Minibatch stochastic first order methods for convex optimization

H 2038 | DER Recent Advances in Derivative-Free Optimization (1/3)
Coralia Cartis
Jeffrey Larson
Florian Jarre
11:00 Coralia Cartis

Dimensionality reduction techniques for global optimization

11:25 Jeffrey Larson

Manifold Sampling for Composite Nonconvex Nonsmooth Optimization

11:50 Florian Jarre

The use of second order cone programs in constrained derivative-free optimization

H 3013 | MUL Applications of Multi-Objective Optimization (1/2)
Arun Pankajakshan
Bennet Gebken
Alexandra Schwartz
11:00 Arun Pankajakshan

A multi-objective optimal design of experiments framework for online model identification platforms

11:25 Bennet Gebken

Inverse multiobjective optimization: Inferring decision criteria from data

11:50 Alexandra Schwartz

A Generalized Nash Game for Computation Offloading

H 0105 | NON Nonlinear and Stochastic Optimization (1/4)
Jorge Nocedal
Fred Roosta
Frank E. Curtis
11:00 Jorge Nocedal

Analysis of the BFGS Method with Errors

11:25 Fred Roosta

Newton-MR: Newton's Method Without Smoothness or Convexity

11:50 Frank E. Curtis

NonOpt: Nonsmooth Optimization Solver

H 2032 | NON Smooth Optimization (1/2)
Elizabeth Wong
David Ek
Michael Saunders
11:00 Elizabeth Wong

A method for degenerate convex quadratic programming

11:25 David Ek

Newton-like approaches for approximately solving systems of nonlinear equations arising in interior-point methods

11:50 Michael Saunders

Experimental results with Algorithm NCL for constrained optimization

H 3006 | NON Mixed-Integer Optimal Control and PDE Constrained Optimization (1/3)
Christian Clason
Richard Krug
Falk Hante
11:00 Christian Clason

Discrete material optimization for the wave equation

11:25 Richard Krug

Domain decomposition of systems of hyperbolic equations

11:50 Falk Hante

Penalty-approaches for partial minima in mixed-integer optimal control

H 3012 | PLA Optimization of Biological Systems (1/2)
Anna Desilles
Victor Riquelme
Pedro Gajardo
11:00 Anna Desilles

HJB approach to optimal control problems with free initial conditions

11:25 Victor Riquelme

Optimal control of diseases in jailed populations

11:50 Pedro Gajardo

Links between sustainability standards, maximin, and viability: methods and applications

H 0106 | PDE Bilevel Optimization in Image Processing (1/2)
Juan Carlos De los Reyes
Michael Hintermüller
Kostas Papafitsoros
11:00 Juan Carlos De los Reyes

Bilevel Optimal Parameters Selection in Nonlocal Image Denoising

11:25 Michael Hintermüller

Several Applications of Bilevel Programming in Image Processing

11:50 Kostas Papafitsoros

Generating structure non-smooth priors for image reconstruction

H 2013 | PDE Infinite-Dimensional Optimization of Nonlinear Systems (1/3)
Fredi Tröltzsch
Yifeng Xu
Irwin Yousept
11:00 Fredi Tröltzsch

Sparse optimal control for a nonlinear parabolic equation with mixed control-state constraints

11:25 Yifeng Xu

AFEM for quasilinear magnetostatic phenomena

11:50 Irwin Yousept

Hyperbolic Maxwell variational inequalities of the second kind

H 1058 | ROB Advances in Robust Optimization (1/2)
Krzysztof Postek
Dick den Hertog
Shimrit Shtern
11:00 Krzysztof Postek

First-order methods for solving robust optimization problems

11:25 Dick den Hertog

Solving hard non-robust optimization problems by Robust Optimization

11:50 Shimrit Shtern

Data-Driven Two-Stage Linear Optimization: Feasibility and Approximation Guarantees

H 3025 | ROB Advances in Optimization Under Uncertainty
Paul Grigas
Anirudh Subramanyam
Prateek R Srivastava
11:00 Paul Grigas

New Results for Contextual Stochastic Optimization

11:25 Anirudh Subramanyam

Wasserstein distributionally robust two-stage convex optimization with discrete uncertainty

11:50 Prateek R Srivastava

A Semidefinite Programming Based Kernel Clustering Algorithm for Gaussian Mixture Models with Outliers

H 1012 | SPA Recent Advances in First-Order Methods
Russell Luke
Yakov Vaisbourd
Shoham Sabach
11:00 Russell Luke

Inconsistent Nonconvex Feasibility: algorithms and quantitative convergence results

11:25 Yakov Vaisbourd

Novel Proximal Gradient Methods for Sparsity Constrained Nonnegative Matrix Factorization

11:50 Shoham Sabach

Recent Advances in Proximal Methods for Composite Minimization

H 0110 | STO Stochastic Approximation and Reinforcement Learning (1/3)
Sean Meyn
Huizhen Yu
Alec Koppel
11:00 Sean Meyn

Quasi-Stochastic Approximation and Off-Policy Reinforcement Learning

11:25 Huizhen Yu

On Generalized Bellman Equations and Temporal-Difference (TD) Learning for Policy Evaluation in MDPs

11:50 Alec Koppel

Global Convergence of Policy Gradient Methods: A Nonconvex Optimization Perspective