[DMANET] Optimization and Big Data (Workshop, Trek & Colloquium), Edinburgh, May 1-3, 2013 (headline speaker: Steve Wright)

Event Announcement:

Optimization and Big Data (Workshop, Trek & Colloquium)
Edinburgh, Scotland, May 1-3, 2013

Website + Registration:

http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~prichtar/Optimization_and_Big_Data

No registration fee thanks to EPSRC funding (Mathematics for Vast
Digital Resources + The Centre for Numerical Algorithms and
Intelligent Software)

May 1-2: Workshop (Fourteen 40-minute talks, 7 on each day)

Confirmed speakers:

Olivier Fercoq (Edinburgh)
Jacek Gondzio (Edinburgh)
Zaid Harchaoui (INRIA)
Desmond Higham (Strathclyde)
Martin Jaggi (Ecole Polytechnique)
Anatoli Juditsky (Joseph Fourier)
Imre Polik (SAS)
Shai Shalev-Shwartz (Jerusalem)
Martin Takac (Edinburgh)
Steve Wright (Wisconsin-Madison)

+ Poster Session (best poster wins an iPad mini - sponsored by SAS)

May 3:

Morning: Trek to Arthur's Seat (a 350m years old extinct volcano in
the city centre)

Afternoon: Colloquium Talk by Steve Wright, Best Poster Award
Ceremony, Networking Reception

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Peter Richtarik
Lecturer / Assistant Professor
School of Mathematics
University of Edinburgh
6317 James Clerk Maxwell Building
King's Buildings
Mayfield Road
Edinburgh EH9 3JZ
Scotland, United Kingdom
Tel: +44(0)131 650 5049
Email: Peter.Richtarik@ed.ac.uk





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Scotland, with registration number SC005336.


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