OBJECTIVES

The workshop aims to bring together eminent researchers and practitioners working in optimization, optimal control and their applications for exchanging information and ideas on the latest development in these fields.

SPONSORED BY THE

Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research
Sicilian Regional Government
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
National Cheng Kung University

TOPICS

Topics include, but are not limited to,

    optimal control
    unconstrained optimization
    constrained optimization
    complementarity and variational inequalities
    equilibrium problems
    semi-definite programs
    semi-infinite programs
    matrix functions and equations
    nonsmooth optimization
    generalized convexity and generalized monotonicity
    and their applications.

LECTURES

The workshop consists of invited lectures (45 minutes), contributed lectures (30 minutes) and contributed short communication (15 minutes).  There is no parallel sessions.  Proceedings including the invited lectures and a selection of contributed talks will be published.

INVITED LECTURES

Invited lectures include

Interior Point Methods and Entropic Proximal Methods in Optimization and Variational Inequalities
Alfred Auslender, Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, France

Non-Symmetric Eigenvalue Optimization Problems
James Burke, University of Washington, USA

Generalized Variational Principles for Vector-Valued and Set-Valued Maps
Guang-Ya Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Exact Penalties in Optimal Control Problems and Calculus of Variations
Vladimir F. Demyanov, St.-Petersburg University, Russia

Infeasible Interior Proximal-Like Methods for Convex Programming Problems with Applications to some Optimal Control Problems
Christian Kanzow, University of Hamburg, Germany

Advances and Perspectives in Inexact Restoration
Jose Mario Martínez, University of Campinas, Brazil

Equilibrium Problems
Antonino Maugeri, Università di Catania, Italy

Optimal Control of a Boundary Value Problem
Elijah Polak, University of California at Berkeley, USA

Optimization Problems in Statistics
Tamás Rapcsák, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary

New 'Efficient' Barrier Functions for Linear and Semidefinite Optimization
Kees Roos, Technoloy University of Delft, The Netherlands

Data Classification Through Global Optimization
Alex Rubinov, University of Ballarat, Australia

Generalized Monotonicity for Variational Inequalities and Equilibrium Problems
Siegfried Schaible, University of California at Riverside, USA

Sequential Quadratic Programming versus Sequential Convex Programming Methods and some Industrial Applications
Klaus Schittkowski, University of Bayreuth, Germany

Second Order Analysis of Semi-Definite and Semi-Infinite Programming Problems
Alexander Shapiro, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

ABS Methods for Linear Systems and Optimization with Extension to Diophantine Problems
Emilio Spedicato, University of Bergamo, Italy

Matrix Equations and Semidefinite Programming
Jie Sun, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Primal-Dual Interior-Point Methods for Semidefinite Programming
Michal Todd, Cornell University, USA

Analysis of some Matrix-Valued Functions
Paul Tseng, University of Washington, USA

Algorithms and Applications for Continuous Complementary Problem
Soon-Yi Wu, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Resource Allocation/Forecasting of Non-Profit Making Organizations by DEA
Xiang-Sun Zhang, Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences, China

The Barzilai-Borwein Method - Steepest Descent Resurgent
Roger Fletcher, University of Dundee, UK

LOCATION

The workshop will be held at the "Ettore Majorana" International Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy. The Centre is situated in the old pre-medieval city of Erice and the lecture halls are located in two restored monasteries and the ancient Palazzo Ventimiglia - former residence of the Viceroys of Sicily. More information about the other activities of the "Ettore Majorana" International Centre can be found on the website:- http://www.ccsrm.infn.it

DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL

    Franco Giannessi (Università di Pisa),
    E-mail: gianness@dm.unipi.it

DIRECTORS OF THE WORKSHOP

    Liqun Qi (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University),
    Kok Lay Teo (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University),

    E-mail: maqilq@polyu.edu.hk and mateokl@polyu.edu.hk

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

    Yuhong Dai (Chinese Academy of Sciences),
    Chuangyin Dang (The City University of Hong Kong),
    Andreas Fischer (The University of Dortmund),
    Alejandro Jofre (Universidad de Chile),
    Michel Théra (Université de Limoges),
    Xiaoqi Yang (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

There will be several organized sessions (clusters), and a limited number of places available for contributed participants.

The total fee is Euro 800. It includes local transportation, lodging and full board (arranged by the Centre), coffee breaks, one day excursion, social dinner and other social events. Due to the limited number of beds in Erice - an very ancient village - participants are kindly requested to share a room, indicating the partner; a single room will have an extra charge of 10%.

Participants are expected to arrive Erice on July 9 and to leave on July 17.

Those who wish to attend the workshop should fill the following form and send it by e-mail to Professor Franco Giannessi, the Director of the School, at gianness@dm.unipi.it, cc a copy to Professor Liqun Qi, the Director of the Workshop, at maqilq@polyu.edu.hk, as soon as possible, no later than April 30, 2001.

APPLICATION FORM

Application Form for Participation of the the 34th Workshop on "OPTIMIZATION AND CONTROL WITH APPLICATIONS" of the International School of Mathematics "G. Stampacchia", Erice, Sicily, Italy, July 9-17, 2001.

Last Name:

First Name:

Title:

Position:

Institute:

Address:

Country:

E-mail address:

Fax number:

Title of Proposed Talk:

Abstract:

Session (Cluster) Title (if applicable):

Session (Cluster) Organizer (if applicable):

Accommodation Request (Shared Room or Single Room, if for shared room, please either specify your preferred room mate or state your sex such that the Center could make the appropriate arrangement):
Accompanying Person(s) (if applicable, each accompanying person will pay 80% of the registration fee of a regular participant):

Arrival Date:

Departure Date:

Other requests:

HOW TO REACH ERICE

Erice is situated in the north-west corner of Sicily, in the south of Italy. The easiest way to reach it is either via Palermo or via Trapani. The Majorana Centre will then provide transportation to Erice from Palermo or Trapani airports, seaports or railway stations. More details will be given to admitted applicants.

A RELATED WORKSHOP

On June 30 - July 9, 2001, the International School of Mathematics "G. Stampacchia" will have another workshop on "High Performance Algorithms and Software for Nonlinear Optimization". Its directors are Gianni Di Pillo, Università di Roma "La Sapienza", and Almerico Murli, Università si Napoli "Federico II". For people who participate in the both workshops, the overall fee is 20% discounted.

FURTHER INFORMATION

e-mail:  Eva Yiu (maevayiu@polyu.edu.hk)
webpage:  http://www.polyu.edu.hk/~ama/events/EriceItaly-OCA2001an1.htm
or contact one of the directors of the workshop.

Last Updated on 10 May 2001

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