MINI-SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTATION AND OPTIMIZATION IN THE SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
February 3-4, 2016
| Day one | 3rd February 2016. |
|---|---|
| 9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Inauguration. |
| 9:30 a.m. | Tea and Snacks. |
| 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. |
Nisheeth Vishnoi Evolution and Computation |
| 11:00 a.m. | Tea. |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Mohammad Arshad Rahman Bayesian Estimation of Regression Models with Applications to Economics |
| 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | LUNCH BREAK. |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Elisa Celis Game Theory & Social Networks: Incentives, Cooperation and Power |
| 3:00 p.m. | Tea. |
| 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
Purushottam Kar Beyond Convenience, Beyond Convexity |
| 7:30 p.m. | Workshop Dinner. |
| Day two | 4th February 2016 |
|---|---|
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
Piyush Rai Bayesian Optimization |
| 10:00 a.m. | Tea. |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. |
Nisheeth Vishnoi Slime Molds, Linear Programming and Sparse Recovery |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Joydeep Dutta Themes in Convex Analysis and Optimization |
| 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | LUNCH BREAK. |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Vinay P. Namboodiri Optimization in Computer Vision |
| 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Poster Session and High Tea. |