RECENT INVITED LECTURES
2003
Convex Duality in Nonconvex Quadratic Optimization
Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization
July 4 - 5, 2003, Istanbul, Turkey
Convex programming and Variational Inequalites:
Theory and Algorithms
Minerva School on Modern Optimization and its Applications in Engineering II
September 22 - 26, 2003, Thurnau, Germany.
2004
Duality and Lagrangian Methods
for Variational Inequalities
Research Workshop on Variational Limits, June 15 - 18, 2004
The Weizmann Institute of Science
A Tutorial in Nonlinear Programming
First Mathematical Programming Society
International Conference on Continuous Optimization
ICCOPT I July 31-August 4, 2004
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY 12180, USA
2005
Simple Gradient Based Methods
for Convex Optimization
VII French-Latin American Congress on Applied Mathematics,
January 11 - 18, 2005, CMM Santiago, Chile
Clustering and Optimization: A Guided Detour in Some Clustering Algorithms
Workshop on Algorithmic Techniques for Data Mining, May 30, 2005,
ORT Braude College, Karmiel, Israel
2006
The Regularized Total Least Squares Problem
via Convex Optimization
The International Conference on Nonlinear Programming with Applications (NPA2006)
29 May - 1 June, 2006, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
A Unified Continuous Optimization Approach
to Center Based Clustering Algorithms
Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization, June 30 - July 1, 2006,
Reykjavik, Iceland
2007
A Unified Continuous Optimization Framework for Clustering Algorithms
Optimisation, jeux et dynamique de la decision avec cout au changement: modelisation et algorithmes
June 25-26, 2007, University of Avignon, France
A Convex Optimization Approach for a Class of Nonconvex Quadratic Estimation Problems
International School of Mathematics ``G. Stampacchia''
46th Workshop, New Problems and Innovative Methods in Nonlinear Optimization
July 31 -- August 9, 2007, Erice, Italy
2008
A Fast Iterative Shrinkage Algorithm
for Convex Regularized Linear Inverse Problems
The Second International Conference on Nonlinear Programming with Applications (NPA2008)
7 April - 10 April, 2008, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science (AMSS), Beijing, China
A Chebychev Center Approach for Bounded Error Estimation Problems
Conference Dynamiques et Optimisation
June 9--11, 2008, Universite Paris 6, France
A Chebychev Center Approach for Bounded Error Estimation Problems
Conference on Nonlinear Analysis and Optimization
18 June - 24 June, 2008, The Technion, Haifa, Israel
2009
Fast Gradient-Based Schemes for Total Variation Minimization
Approximation and Optimization in Modern Image Restoration and Reconstruction
8 June - 12 June, 2009, Ile de Porquerolles, France
Nonconvex Quadratic Optimization: A Guided Detour
Conference on Variational Analysis and Optimization
9 September - 12 September, 2009, Montpellier, France
A Moving Balls Approximation Method for Smooth Constrained Minimization
Interdisciplinary Workshop on Fixed-Point Algorithms for Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering
1 November - 6 November, 2009, Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery, Canada
2010
An Elementary Algorithm for Smooth Constrained Minimization
Optimization Theory and Related Topics, 11-14 January, 2010
Technion and University of Haifa, Israel
First Order Algorithms for Convex Minimization
Modern Trends in Optimization and Its Application, Optimization Tutorials, September 14-17, 2010, IPAM, UCLA, Los Angeles
A Moving Balls Approximation Method for Smooth Constrained Minimization
Workshop on Numerical Methods for Continuous Optimization, October 11-15, 2010, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics,
UCLA, Los Angeles
2011
First Order Algorithms for Well-Structured Optimization Problems
SJOM--Sino-Japan Optimization Meeting, September 26-29, 2011, Beijing, China
First Order Algorithms: Theory and Applications
Optimization Methods Applied to Operations Research and Engineering, November 20-23, Ein Gedi, Dead Sea, Israel
2012
Smoothing and First Order Methods: A Unified Framework
SIAM Imaging Sciences Conference, May 19-22, 2012 – Philadelphia, USA
Nonsmooth Convex Minimization: To Smooth or not to Smooth?
ISMP 2012 -- International Mathematical Programming Symposuim, August 19--24, 2012 - Berlin, Germany
Conditional Gradient Algorithms for Rank-One Matrix
Approximations with a Sparsity Constraint
Advances in Mathematical Image Processing, September 4–6, 2012 - Gottingen, Germany
Elementary Algorithms for Well Structured Optimization Problems
International Conference on Imaging Science 2012, December 12-14 2012- Hong Kong