Prof Mokshay Madiman, Yale University, will be giving a IEOR Seminar on this friday, 27th August at 16.15PM.

Topic:   Fundamental Limits of Distributed Estimation and Multiuser Information-Theoretic Games

Abstract: The first part of the talk focuses on fundamental limits of distributed estimation, motivated by a toy model for sensor networks. In distributed estimation, it is of interest to relate the minimax risks of estimating a parameter for users who have

Title: Bivariate exponential distribution: Properties, Estimation and Applications.

Speaker: Prof Alladi Subramanyam, Mathematics, IITB

Time: 4pm, 20/8/10

Venue: 217, Mech Engg. Building

Abstract: The Pickands bivariate exponential distribution is first defined. The distribution is characterised by a function, say A(\cdot),
called the dependence function (along with the marginal means). One may specify a parametric model for A or take A itself as a parameter.

Title: How can data mining help to understand what makes an optimization problem hard, which algorithm will perform best, and why?

Speaker: Prof Kate Smith-Miles, School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University, Australia
Date and venue: Tuesday, 17 August, 4 p.m., Room 205, Mechanical Engineering Department

Abstract:

Dileep More received the award for Excellence in Thesis Work. The award was distributed on 06th August 2010 in the  48th
Convocation. The award includes a Certificate/Citation and Rs 20,000/-. He joined in IIM Calcutta as an assistant professor after completing PhD from IEOR in 2009. 

Prof Vivek Borkar from TIFR gave a talk on 28th June 2010.

Topic:   Learning Algorithms for Risk-Sensitive Control

Bio:        

IEOR website redesigning is under progress. It is expected to be complete before the July 15, 2010.

VISITS/EXTERNAL SEMINAR:

A talk by Santanu Dey

Santanu Dey from Georgia Institute of Technology gave a talk on 6th April 2010.

Title: The Chvatal-Gomory closure of an Ellipsoid is a Polyhedron.

SEMINAR/TALK FACULTY:

Talk by Narayan Rangaraj

Prof. Narayan Rangaraj gave an invited talk at S.P.Jain Institute of Management and Research on Sunday, 28th March, on "Service queuing, logistics strategy and network optimization" in a programme on Services Sciences,Management and Engineering.

CONFERENCE:

IEOR presentations in ACSOM 2009 - OM 13

GENERAL

Dileep More defends his Ph.D. Thesis

Dileep S. More defended his Ph.D. thesis titled "Some studies in supply chain flexibility" on 10 May, 2010. The external examiner for the defence was Prof G. Srinivasan from IIT Madras. Dileep is soon taking up an academic position at IIM Calcutta.