International Linear Algebra Year
Linear Algebra in Optimization
April 22-25, 1996
Organized by CERFACS with the support of INPT-ENSEEIHT-IRIT.
Programme
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Monday April 22
Morning session : Tutorial.
Chairman : I. Duff (CERFACS, France and RAL, UK)
Invited talks :
Afternoon session : Tutorial.
Chairman : M. Dayde (ENSEEIHT-IRIT, France)
Invited talks :
Tuesday April 23
Morning session : Tutorial.
Chairman : J. Noailles (ENSEEIHT-IRIT, France)
Invited talks :
Afternoon session : Linear Algebra in Optimization.
Chairman : N. Gould (RAL, UK)
Invited talk :
Contributed talks :
- E. Spedicato (University of Bergamo, Italy),
ABS Linear Solvers for Optimization
- C. Ashcraft, R. Grimes, and J. Lewis
(Boeing Information and Support Services, USA),
Accurate Symmetric Indefinite Linear Equation Solvers
- A. de Falguerolles (Université Paul Sabatier, France),
A generalization of singular value decomposition
- N. Alexandrov (NASA Langley Research Center, USA),
Linear Algebra for Multidisciplinary Optimization
- A. Neumaier (Institut für Mathematik, Universität Wien, Austria)
and E. Groeneveld (Institut für Tierzucht und Tierverhalten,
Bundesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft, Germany),
Restricted maximum likelihood estimation of covariances in sparse
linear models
- O. Burdakov (CERFACS, France),
An MST-type algorithm for the optimal basis problem
Wednesday April 24
Morning session 1 : Applications.
Chairman : J.-B. Hiriart-Urruty (Université Paul Sabatier, France)
Contributed talks :
- R. Chiheb and G. Panassenko (Université Jean Monot, France),
Optimisation de formes pour la L-convergence: une méthode numérique
- V. Charvillat, Y. Yvinec, B. Rouland, and B. Thiesse
(ENSEEIHT-IRIT, France),
Challenges in Computer Vision Regression
- A. Avello and J.M. Jiménez (CEIT and University of Navarre,
Spain),
Kinematic and Dynamic Optimization of Multibody Systems
- M. Masmoudi, C. Massat-Rauzy, and P. Mader (CERFACS, France),
A new global optimization method for eigenvalue problems
- D. Noll (Université Paul Sabatier, France),
Image Restoration : An Approach via Eigenvalue Optimization
- R.B. Sidje and A. Williams (University of Queensland, Australia),
Fast Generalized Cross Validation
Morning session 2 : Parallel and high-performance computing.
Chairman : Ph. Berger (ENSEEIHT-IRIT, France)
Contributed talks :
- C. T. Le and J. Noailles (ENSEEIHT-IRIT, France),
Nonlinear Programming and Trajectory Optimization
- M. D'Apuzzo and G. Toraldo (Research Center
on Parallel Computing and Supercomputers, Italy),
Parallel Computational Issues of Projected Gradient Algorithms
for Convex Quadratic Programming with Box Constraints
- W. Gropp, L. Curfman McInnes, and B. Smith
(Argonne National Laboratory, USA),
Bringing Together Linear Algebra and Optimization:
A Practical Software Strategy Using PETSc 2.0
- R. Wunderling (Konrad Zuse-Zentrum
für Informationstechnik Berlin, Germany),
Parallelizing the Simplex Algorithm
Thursday April 25
Morning session : Algorithms for optimization.
Chairman : O. Burdakov (CERFACS, France)
Invited talks :
- J.J. Moré (Argonne National Laboratory, USA),
A preconditioned Newton method for
large-scale optimization,
(transparencies 83K)
- A.R. Conn (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA), N. Gould (RAL, UK), and
Ph.L. Toint (FUNDP, Namur, Belgium) (speaker),
A new primal-dual method for the solution of
nonconvex optimization problems with bounds and linear constraints,
(transparencies 39K)
- Yu.G. Evtushenko (speaker) and V.G. Zhadan
(Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia),
Space-transformation technique:
the state of the art
Contributed talk :
- J. Nocedal (Northwestern University, USA),
A. Sartenaer (FUNDP, Namur, Belgium) (speaker),
and C. Zhu (Northwestern University, USA),
On the Accuracy of Nonlinear Optimization Algorithms:
Preliminary Results for the Steepest-Descent Method
Afternoon session : Algorithms for optimization.
Chairman : M. Benzi (CERFACS, France and University of Bologna, Italy)
Invited talk :
Contributed talk :
- A. Dax (Hydrological Service, Israel),
A proximal point algorithm for minimax problems
Local organizing committee
Oleg Burdakov (CERFACS), Michel Daydé (ENSEEIHT-IRIT),
Iain Duff (CERFACS and RAL), and Nick Gould (RAL).
Location
The workshop took place in the picturesque town of
Albi, near Toulouse in South-West France.
The conference centre was 'Les Moulins Albigeois', which is located
under Hotel Mercure, close to the Tarn river.
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31057 Toulouse CEDEX
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