2011 Optimization Days

Optimization Days is an annual conference organized alternately by the Groupe d'Études et de Recherche en Analyse des Décisions (GERAD) and the Interuniversity Research Centre on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transportation (CIRRELT).

The conference aims to survey theories, numerical methods, and applications of optimization. It provides researchers from around the world the opportunity to exchange and to collaborate.

Dynamic programming and optimal control Game Theory Heuristics and metaheuristics Linear and integer programming Multicriteria decision aid Networks and graphs Non-linear programming Numerical methods Simulation Statistical methods and data mining Stochastic and robust optimization

Applications in all areas, and particularly in: Biology Energy, environment and natural resources Financial engineering and mathematical finance Marketing Operations management Robotics Scheduling Telecommunications Transportation

We especially encourage presentations on new methods of optimization and their applications. The conference languages will be French and English. In 2011, Optimization Days will be held at HEC Montréal, 3000 chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, near the Campus of the Université de Montréal.

Plenary speakers:

• Asuman Ozdaglar, MIT, U.S.A.
  Opinion Dynamics and Learning in Social Networks

• Warren B. Powell, Princeton University, U.S.A.
  Finding the Best Policy: The Curious Case of Approximate Dynamic Programming

• Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, University of Toronto, Canada
  Optimising and Adapting the Metropolis Algorithm

• Luís Nunes Vicente, University of Coimbra, Portugal
  Direct Multisearch for Multiobjective Optimization

Tutorials:

• Pierre Bernhard, INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France
  Robust Optimization in Finance

• Joaquim R.R.A. Martins, University of Michigan, U.S.A.
  Multidisciplinary Design Optimization: Theory and Applications

• Jan Modersitzki, University of Lübeck, Germany
  Optimal Image Registration - From Applications to Code

• Bruno Rémillard, GERAD, HEC Montréal, Canada
  Monte Carlo Methods for Testing Statistical Hypotheses

• Sylvain Sorin, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
  Zero-Sum Repeated Games

• Jean-Philippe Vial, ORDECSYS and University of Geneva, Switzerland
  Robust Optimization in Energy and Environmental Problems

The preliminary program will be available on our Web site early April 2011.

Important Dates:

• March 23, 2011 - Deadline for the summary submission
• April 8, 2011 - Deadline for the registration fee discount