Recent Talks
[] “Behavioral Measures and their Correlation with IPM Iteration Counts on Semi-Definite Programming Problems,” Cambridge University Judge School of Business, November, 2009.
[] “Primal-Dual Geometry of Level Sets and their Explanatory Value of the Practical Performance of Interior-Point Methods for Conic Optimization,” ETH Zurich, November 2009.
[] “On the Primal-Dual Geometry of Level Sets in Linear and Conic Convex Optimization,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, October 2009.
[] “Equivalence of Convex Problem Geometry and Computational Complexity in the Separation Oracle Model,” International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, Chicago, August 2009.
[] “Equivalence of Convex Problem Geometry and Computational Complexity in the Separation Oracle Model,” Foundations of Computational Mathematics, Hong Kong, June 2008.
[] “Improved Initialization of the Homogeneous Self-Dual Embedding Model for Solving Conic Convex Optimization ,” SIAM Conference on Optimization, Boston, May 2008.
[] “Designing and Delivering a Better Management Science Course for MBA Students,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, November, 2007.
[] “Randomized Methods for Solving Convex Problems: Some Theory and Some Computational Experience,” University of Southern California, October, 2007.
[] “Projective Re-Normalization for Improving the Performance of IPMs for Conic Optimization,” ICCOPT-2, Hamilton, Canada, August, 2007.
[] “On Efficient Randomized Methods for Convex Optimization,” Banff, Canada, November, 2006.
[] “Behavioral Measures and their Correlation with IPM Iteration Counts on Semi-Definite Programming Problems,” Northwestern University, October, 2006.
[] “Efficiency of a Re-scaled Perceptron Algorithm for Conic Systems,” with Alexandre Belloni and Santosh Vempala, International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August, 2006.
[] “Efficiency of a Re-scaled Perceptron Algorithm for Conic Systems,” with Alexandre Belloni and Santosh Vempala, 9th International Workshop on High Performance Optimization Techniques, Delft, The Netherlands, June, 2006.
[] “Projective Pre-Conditioners for Improving the Behavior of a Conic Inequality System,” with Alexandre Belloni, Cowles Foundation Conference on Optimization, Yale University, New Haven, March 2006.
[] “Projective Pre-Conditioners for Improving the Behavior of a Linear or Conic Inequality System,” with Alexandre Belloni, MIT Mathematics Department Applied Mathematics Colloquium, February 2006.
[] “Reducing the Solution Time for Convex Optimization Problems by Pre-Conditioning Transformations,” with Alexandre Belloni, Singapore-MIT Alliance Symposium, Singapore, January 2006.
[] “Randomized Methods for (Continuous) Deterministic Optimization and Associated Complexity Analysis,” with Alexandre Belloni, Stanford University, October 2005.
[] “Randomized Methods for (Continuous) Deterministic Optimization and Associated Complexity Analysis,” with Alexandre Belloni, Foundations of Computational Mathematics, Santander, Spain, July 2005.
[] “Projective Pre-Conditioners for Improving the Behavior of a Homogeneous Conic Linear System,” with Alexandre Belloni, SIAM Conference on Optimization, Stockholm, 2005.
[] “On the Behavior of the Homogeneous Self-Dual Model for Conic Convex Optimization,” SIAM Conference on Optimization, Stockholm, 2005.
[] “On the Causes of Variability in IPM Iterations on Semi-Definite Programming Problems,” with Fernando Ordóñez and Kim-Chuan Toh, SIAM Conference on Optimization, Stockholm, 2005.
[] “On the Symmetry Function of a Convex Set,” with Alexandre Belloni, Workshop on Large Scale Nonlinear and Semidefinite Programming, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario 2004.
[] “Computational Experience and the Explanatory Value of Condition Numbers for Linear Optimization,” with Fernando Ordóñez, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 2003.
