Title:   Algorithms for Variational Inequalities and Solvers for Quadratic Programming
Speaker: Aswin Kannan, Penn. State University
Time:    3pm, 6/12/2013 (Friday)
Venue:   LCC 11, Lecture Hall Complex

Abstract: This talk will focus on three different classes of problems arising in generic optimization 
settings. In the first part of the talk, we consider a class of monotone variational inequality problems. 

Title:   Analysis of MILP techniques for the Pooling Problem
Speaker: Santanu Dey, Georgia Institute of Technology
Time:    3pm, 5/12/2013 (Thursday)
Venue:   LCC 11, Lecture Hall Complex

Abstract: The pooling problem is a challenging non-convex optimization problem that is motivated by 
refinery processes in the petroleum industry, and also finds application in other areas such as waste water

Title: Computational Analysis of Waiting-time Distributions of BMAP/R/1 and BMAP/D/1 Queues Using Method of Roots

Title: Distributional Robust Optimization: Applications in Portfolio Optimization and Predictive Choice Analytics
Speaker:  Karthik Natarajan, Singapore University of Technology and Design

Time and Date: 10 a.m., Friday, November 8, 2013
Venue: ME 217, Mechanical Engineering Dept