2014 HKBU CMIV Workshop on Optimization

15 May 2014
Hong Kong Baptist University

 
Time:  
10:00-17:00
Venue:  
FSC1217, Fong Shu Chuen Building,
Ho Sin Hang Campus, Hong Kong Baptist University
   
Speakers:
Ernie Esser, University of British Columbia, Canada
Jiyuan Tao, Loyola University Maryland, USA
Marc Teboulle, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Pierre Weiss, University of Toulouse, France
Zaiwen Wen, Peking University, China
Wotao Yin, UCLA, USA
Xiaoming Yuan, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
 
Program
10:00-10:40 Marc Teboulle
Performance of First-order Methods for Smooth Convex Minimization: A Novel Approach
10:40-11:20 Xiaoming Yuan
On the Convergence of Primal-Dual Hybrid Gradient Algorithm
11:20-12:00 Jiyuan Tao
The Completely-Q Property for Linear Transformations in Euclidean Jordan Algebras
12:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:40 Ernie Esser
Encouraging Rank One Solutions to Semidefinite Relaxations
14:40-15:20 Pierre Weiss
On the Minimization of Distances Between Measures, or How to Draw a Picture with a Spaghetti
15:20-15:40 Coffee Break
15:40-16:20 Zaiwen Wen
Optimization in Electronic Structure Calculation
16:20-17:00 Wotao Yin
Distributed Optimization over Network
 
Host:
Centre for Mathematical Imaging and Vision, and Department of Mathematics, Hong Kong Baptist University