WORKSHOP ON GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION

JULY 11-12, 2011

Organized by

Department of Mathematics

Izmir University of Economics

 

1. Gün/1st  Day: 11 Temmuz Pazartesi/July 11, 2011

 09.00-09.15 Açılış Konuşması/Opening Speech:

            Konuşmacı: Dr. İsmihan Bayramoğlu (Izmir University of Economics)

     

       09.15-10.15

                  Konuşmacı/Speaker: Dr. Shu-Cherng Fang (NC State University, USA)

Title: Progress on Nonconvex Quadratic Optimization

 

       10.15-10.30 Coffee Break (Cookies, coffee and tea will be served)

 

       10.30-11.30

                  Konuşmacı/Speaker: Dr. Emre Alper Yıldırım (Koç University)

                  Title: On Tractable Approximations of Copositive Optimization: Theory and Practice

     

        11.30-11.45 Coffee Break (Coffee and tea will be served)

      

        11.45-12.45:

                  Konuşmacı/Speaker: Dr. David Gao (Virginia Tech University, USA)

                  Title: On the objectivity, canonical duality and triality in global optimization

 

12.45-14.15 Öğle Yemeği/Lunch

 

       14.15-15.15

                  Konuşmacı/Speaker: Dr. Kok Lay Teo (Curtin University, Australia)

Title: Optimal Control-Practical Motivation and Problem Formulations

 

15.15-15.45: Coffee Break and open questions for graduate and undergraduate students (Sponsored by Izmir University of Economics)

 

       15.45-16.45

Konuşmacı/Speaker: Dr. Refail Kasımbeyli (Izmir University of Economics)

Title: A Nonlinear Cone Separation Theorem and Applications in Nonconvex   Optimization

      

       16.45-17.45

                  Konuşmacı/Speaker: Dr. Murat Adıvar (Izmir University of Economics)

                  Title: Convex Optimization on Time Scales

 

2. Gün/2nd Day: 12 Temmuz Salı/July 12, 2011

 

       09.30-10.30

                  Konuşmacı/Speaker: Dr. Ruey Lin Sheu (National Cheng-Kung Univ., Taiwan)

Title: On Local Minimizers and Maximizers of the Double Well Potential Problem

                    

        

       10.30-10.45 Coffee Break (Cookies, coffee and tea will be served)

 

       10.45-11.45

         Konuşmacı/Speaker: Dr. Song Wang (The University of Western Australia)

            Title: On Numerical Solution of Free Boundary Problems Arising From Option Valuation

 

       11.45-12.45

                  Konuşmacı/Speaker: Dr. Ş. İlker Birbil (Sabancı University)

Title: An Agent-Based Environment for Solving Global  Optimization Problems  Cooperatively

 

12.45-14.00: Öğle Yemeği/Lunch

 

14.00-15.30: İzmirdeki Üniversitelerde yer alan lisansüstü öğrencilerle görüşme- Panel/Meeting with graduate students from Izmir Universities. (Coffee and tea will be served during the meeting) (Sponsored by Izmir University of Economics)