For registration information
please contact:

Janet Delsey
905-525-9140, ext. 24910
delsey@mcmaster.ca

Invited Talks

Distinguished researchers will give one-hour long invited talks on topics of wide interest. Confirmed invited speakers include:

Aharon Ben Tal, Technion, Haifa, Israel
Abstract: Adjustable Robust Optimization:  Analysis and Application

Dimitris Bertsimas, Sloan School of Management, MIT, MA - Biography
Abstract: Robust Optimization: A Tractable Theory of Stochastic Optimization

Larry Biegler, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA - Biography
Abstract: Large-scale Nonlinear Programming in Chemical Process Engineering

Jon Lee, IBM T.J. Watson Research Centre, NY - Biography
Abstract: Maximum-Entropy Sampling

Jong-Shi Pang, RPI, Troy, NY
Abstract:  Linear Complementarity Systems

Christine Shoemaker, Cornell University, NY
Abstract:  Response Surface Optimization for Computationally Expensive Non Convex Functions Including Environmental Applications

Garret Vanderplaats, Vanderplaats R&D Inc., Colorado Springs, CO - Biography
Abstract:  Industrial Optimization:  Status and Prospects