PROGRAM
Days: Sunday, March 13th Monday, March 14th Tuesday, March 15th
Sunday, March 13th
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08:30-10:00 Session SA1: Tutorial: From Reinforcement Learning to Sequential Decision Analytics
Chair:
Location: Poinsett Ballroom
08:30 | Tutorial: A Unified Framework for Sequential Decisions Under Uncertainty (abstract) |
08:30-10:00 Session SA2: Advances in DFO I
Chairs:
Location: Gold Ballroom
08:30 | A Trust Region Method for the Optimization of Noisy Functions (abstract) PRESENTER: Shigeng Sun |
08:52 | Complexity Analysis of Trust-Region Optimization with Adaptive Sampling for Zeroth-Order Stochastic Oracles (abstract) PRESENTER: Yunsoo Ha |
09:14 | Analysis of Line Search and Trust Region Methods with Noise (abstract) PRESENTER: Albert Berahas |
09:36 | Efficient Implementation of Second-Order (Newton-like) Stochastic Optimization with Zeroth-Order or First-Order Information (abstract) |
08:30-10:00 Session SA3: Convex and Non-Convex Optimization for Machine Learning
Chairs:
Yangyang Xu and Yibo Xu
Location: Card Room
08:30 | Stochastic first-order Algorithms for a class of non-Lipschitz variational inequalities (abstract) |
08:52 | Adaptivity and Optimism in Acceleration (abstract) |
09:14 | Distributed stochastic inertial-accelerated methods with delayed derivatives for nonconvex problems (abstract) PRESENTER: Yangyang Xu |
08:30-10:00 Session SA4: Novel Solution Techniques in Discrete Optimization
Chair:
Location: Francis Marion Room
08:30 | Solving cut-generating linear programs via machine learning (abstract) PRESENTER: Danial Davarnia |
08:52 | Proximity Results In Mixed-integer Second Order Conic Programming (abstract) PRESENTER: Diego Moran |
09:14 | On The Structure Of DD-representable MIPs With Application To Unit Commitment (abstract) PRESENTER: Hosseinali Salemi |
09:36 | Second-Order Conic and Polyhedral Approximations of the Exponential Cone: Application to Mixed-Integer Exponential Conic Programs (abstract) PRESENTER: Weijun Xie |
08:30-10:00 Session SA5: Optimization Models and Methods for Disaster Relief and Emergency Response
Chair:
Location: Furman Room
08:30 | Using OR to Prioritize Transportation Network Resilience Investments (abstract) |
08:52 | Shared-Mobility-Based Evacuation Planning under Demand Uncertainty (abstract) PRESENTER: Kati Moug |
09:14 | Drone-Network Queuing Optimization Model for Emergencies (abstract) PRESENTER: Miguel Lejeune |
09:36 | Determining Optimal Fuel Strategies Under Uncertainty (abstract) PRESENTER: Faith Idoko |
08:30-10:00 Session SA6: Network Interdiction
Chair:
Location: Palmetto Room
08:30 | Optimizing Cooperative Interdependent Attack Graphs to compromise cyberinfrastructures (abstract) PRESENTER: Joseph Alameda |
08:52 | Multi-period Max Flow Network Interdiction with Restructuring for Disrupting Domestic Sex Trafficking Networks (abstract) PRESENTER: Daniel Kosmas |
09:14 | Best Response Intersection: An Optimal Algorithm for Interdiction Defense (abstract) PRESENTER: Andrew Mastin |
09:36 | Network Interdiction Games with Heterogeneous Transportation and Interdiction Costs (abstract) PRESENTER: Mathieu Dahan |
10:30-11:30 Session Plenary 1: Machine Learning and Optimization for Engineering
Location: Gold Ballroom
10:30 | Machine Learning and Optimization for Engineering (abstract) |
13:00-14:30 Session SB1: Applications and Theory of Chance Constrained Optimization
Chairs:
Nan Jiang and Weijun Xie
Location: Poinsett Ballroom
13:00 | ALSO-X and ALSO-X+: Better Convex Approximations for Chance Constrained Programs (abstract) PRESENTER: Nan Jiang |
13:22 | Optimization under rare chance constraints (abstract) PRESENTER: Anirudh Subramanyam |
13:44 | A risk-averse and chance-constrained two-stage stochastic programming model for pharmaceutical supply chain management under demand uncertainty (abstract) PRESENTER: Hamed Rahimian |
14:06 | Stochastic lot-sizing with substitution and service level constraints (abstract) PRESENTER: Jim Luedtke |
13:00-14:30 Session SB2: Advances in DFO II
Chairs:
Location: Gold Ballroom
13:00 | Derivative-Free Optimization via Adaptive Sampling Strategies (abstract) PRESENTER: Cem Karamanli |
13:22 | A Derivative-Free Algorithm for Least-Squares that Exploits Prior Simulation Outputs (abstract) PRESENTER: Shima Dezfulian |
13:44 | Stochastic Zeroth-order Riemannian Derivative Estimation and Optimization (abstract) PRESENTER: Jiaxiang Li |
13:00-14:30 Session SB3: Algorithmic Dynamics in Learning Problems
Chair:
Location: Card Room
13:00 | SGD in the Large: Exact Dynamics, Average-case Analysis, and Stepsize Criticality (abstract) PRESENTER: Courtney Paquette |
13:22 | Sharp convergence guarantees for iterative algorithms in random optimization problems (abstract) PRESENTER: Ashwin Pananjady |
13:44 | Overparameterized learning beyond the lazy regime (abstract) |
14:06 | Algorithmic Regularization in Model-free Overparametrized Matrix Factorization (abstract) PRESENTER: Lijun Ding |
13:00-14:30 Session SB4: Recent Advances in Integer and Matrix Optimization
Chair:
Location: Francis Marion Room
13:00 | A new perspective on low-rank optimization (abstract) PRESENTER: Ryan Cory-Wright |
13:22 | A Graph-based Decomposition Method for Convex Quadratic Optimization with Indicators (abstract) PRESENTER: Peijing Liu |
13:44 | The backbone method for ultra-high dimensional sparse machine learning (abstract) PRESENTER: Vassilis Digalakis Jr |
13:00-14:30 Session SB5: Emerging Applications in Urban Transportation
Chair:
Location: Furman Room
13:00 | Distributionally Robust Optimization Approaches for a Stochastic Mobile Facility Routing and Scheduling Problem (abstract) |
13:22 | Learning Model Predictive Controllers for Real-Time Ride-Hailing Vehicle Relocation and Pricing Decisions (abstract) PRESENTER: Pascal Van Hentenryck |
13:44 | Optimal Transportation Mode Selection and Capacity Allocation under Uncertainty (abstract) PRESENTER: Avnish Malde |
14:06 | Scheduling Mobile Parcel Lockers Under Customer Choice (abstract) PRESENTER: Yiling Zhang |
13:00-14:30 Session SB6: Optimization in Communication Networks
Chair:
Location: Palmetto Room
13:00 | An Exact Optimization Approach for Relay Node Location in Wireless Sensor Networks (abstract) PRESENTER: Ankan Mitra |
13:22 | Formulations of the max k-cut problem on classical and quantum computers (abstract) PRESENTER: Hamidreza Validi |
13:44 | Maximizing Node Activation Network Flow Problems under Non-simultaneous Flow Assumptions (abstract) PRESENTER: Robert Curry |
15:00-16:30 Session SC1: Stochastic and Robust Optimization
Chairs:
Location: Poinsett Ballroom
15:00 | On Data-Driven Prescriptive Analytics with Side Information: A Regularized Nadaraya-Watson Approach (abstract) PRESENTER: Grani Hanasusanto |
15:22 | Convex Chance-Constrained Programs with Wasserstein Ambiguity (abstract) PRESENTER: Haoming Shen |
15:44 | Markov chain-based policies for multi-stage stochastic integer linear programming with an application to disaster relief logistics (abstract) PRESENTER: Yongjia Song |
16:06 | Reward-Risk Ratio Optimization under Copula-Based Wasserstein Ambiguity (abstract) PRESENTER: Ran Ji |
15:00-16:30 Session SC2: Stochastic Bilevel Optimization Methods
Chairs:
Location: Gold Ballroom
15:00 | On a bilevel optimization approach to fair classification (abstract) PRESENTER: Kangwook Lee |
15:22 | Bilevel stochastic methods for optimization and machine learning: Bilevel stochastic descent and DARTS (abstract) PRESENTER: Tommaso Giovannelli |
15:44 | Bi-level Optimization for Robust and Efficient Learning (abstract) PRESENTER: Rishabh Iyer |
15:00-16:30 Session SC3: Nonconvex Approaches to Statistical Estimation
Chair:
Location: Card Room
15:00 | Bridging Convex and Nonconvex Optimization in Robust PCA: Noise, Outliers, and Missing Data (abstract) PRESENTER: Yuling Yan |
15:22 | Structured Local Solutions in Some Nonconvex Problems (abstract) |
15:44 | Clustering a mixture of Gaussians with unknown covariance (abstract) PRESENTER: Mateo Diaz |
16:06 | A superlinearly convergent subgradient method for sharp semismooth problems (abstract) PRESENTER: Vasileios Charisopoulos |
15:00-16:30 Session SC4: Algorithms for Discrete Optimization Problems
Chairs:
Location: Francis Marion Room
15:00 | Comparing Solution Paths of Sparse Quadratic Minimization with a Stieltjes Matrix (abstract) PRESENTER: Ziyu He |
15:22 | An Abstract Model for Branch-and-Cut (abstract) PRESENTER: Aleksandr M. Kazachkov |
15:44 | Computational Comparison of Exact Solution Methods for 0-1 Quadratic Programs: Recommendations for Practitioners (abstract) PRESENTER: Richard Forrester |
16:06 | Multi-Module Capacitated Lot-Sizing Problem, and its Generalizations with Two-Echelons and Piecewise Concave Production Costs (abstract) PRESENTER: Kartik Kulkarni |
15:00-16:30 Session SC5: Learning under Uncertainty
Chair:
Location: Furman Room
15:00 | Online Learning and Pricing for Service Systems with Reusable Resources (abstract) PRESENTER: Huiwen Jia |
15:22 | Online Stochastic Optimization with Wasserstein Based Non-stationarity (abstract) PRESENTER: Jiashuo Jiang |
15:44 | Optimal Robust Classification Trees (abstract) PRESENTER: Nathan Justin |
15:00-16:30 Session SC6: Advances in Linear and Conic Optimization
Chair:
Location: Palmetto Room
15:00 | Convex Hull Results on Quadratic Programs with Non-Intersecting Constraints (abstract) PRESENTER: Alexander Joyce |
15:22 | Micro-grid Planning With Aggregator's Role In The Renewable Inclusive Prosumer Market (abstract) PRESENTER: Saurav Sharma |
15:44 | Faster First-Order Primal-Dual Methods for Linear Programming using Restarts and Sharpness (abstract) PRESENTER: Oliver Hinder |
16:06 | Copositive Duality for Discrete Markets and Games (abstract) PRESENTER: Cheng Guo |
16:45-18:15 Session SD1: Recent Advances in Stochastic Optimization under Distributional Ambiguity
Chairs:
Location: Poinsett Ballroom
16:45 | Distributionally risk-receptive and risk-averse network interdiction problems with general ambiguity set (abstract) PRESENTER: Sumin Kang |
17:07 | Distributionally Robust Two-Stage Convex Quadratic Programming (abstract) PRESENTER: Nazlican Arslan |
17:29 | Effective scenarios in Two-stage DRO: properties and acceleration of decomposition algorithms (abstract) PRESENTER: Chennan Zhou |
16:45-18:15 Session SD2: Advances in Optimization and Learning from Data
Chair:
Location: Gold Ballroom
16:45 | Two-stage stochastic programs with nonconvex recourse (abstract) |
17:07 | Algorithms for DC Programs based on Difference-of-Moreau-Envelopes Smoothing (abstract) PRESENTER: Kaizhao Sun |
17:29 | Generalized ADMM Framework for Non-overlapping Group Selection (abstract) PRESENTER: Chengyu Ke |
16:45-18:15 Session SD3: Frontiers in Stochastic and Nonlinear Optimization
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Location: Card Room
16:45 | Asymptotics of Stochastic Gradient Descent for Nonconvex Objectives with General Noise Models (abstract) |
17:07 | On Arbitrary Compression for Decentralized Consensus and Stochastic Optimization over Directed Networks (abstract) PRESENTER: M. Taha Toghani |
17:29 | Fast and Exact Matrix Factorization Updates for Nonlinear Programming (abstract) |
16:45-18:15 Session SD4: Nonconvexity in DC & AC Power Flow Models
Chair:
Location: Francis Marion Room
16:45 | A Linear Outer Approximation of Line Losses for DC-based Optimal Power Flow Problems (abstract) PRESENTER: Pascal Van Hentenryck |
17:07 | Joint Chance-Constrained Predictive Generation and Line Maintenance Planning with Operations Scheduling under Sensor-Driven Failure Uncertainty (abstract) |
17:29 | Tightening Quadratic Convex Relaxations for the AC Optimal Transmission Switching Problem (abstract) PRESENTER: Cheng Guo |
17:51 | Improving Microgrid Energy Management with storage via Stochastic Optimization and Machine Learning (abstract) PRESENTER: Francisco Jara-Moroni |
16:45-18:15 Session SD5: Two-Stage and Multi-Stage Stochastic Programming
Chair:
Location: Furman Room
16:45 | On the Value of Multistage Stochastic Facility Location with Risk Aversion (abstract) PRESENTER: Xian Yu |
17:07 | An Active-set Method For Two-Stage Stochastic Quadratic Programming (abstract) PRESENTER: Niloofar Fadavi |
17:29 | On Finite Adaptability in Two-stage Distributionally Robust Optimization (abstract) PRESENTER: Eojin Han |
17:51 | LP-based Approximations for Disjoint Bilinear and Two-Stage Adjustable Robust Optimization (abstract) PRESENTER: Ayoub Foussoul |
16:45-18:15 Session SD6: Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming
Chair:
Location: Palmetto Room
16:45 | On computing with some convex relaxations for the maximum-entropy sampling problem (abstract) |
17:07 | Tridiagonal Maximum-Entropy Sampling and Tridiagonal Masks (abstract) |
17:29 | Gaining or Losing Perspective (abstract) |
17:51 | Gaining or Losing Perspective for Convex Multivariate Functions (abstract) |
Monday, March 14th
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08:30-10:00 Session MA1: Applications and Theory in Distributionally Robust Optimization
Chair:
Location: Poinsett Ballroom
08:30 | A Decision Rule Approach for Two-Stage Data-Driven Distributionally Robust Optimization Problems with Random Recourse (abstract) PRESENTER: Xiangyi Fan |
08:52 | DFO: A Robust Framework for Data-driven Decision-making with Outliers (abstract) PRESENTER: Nan Jiang |
09:14 | Learning and Decision-Making with Data : Optimal Formulations and Phase Transitions (abstract) PRESENTER: Amine Bennouna |
09:36 | Decision Rule Approaches for Distributionally Robust Stochastic Bilevel Linear Programs (abstract) PRESENTER: Yiling Zhang |
08:30-10:00 Session MA2: Constrained Stochastic Optimization
Chairs:
Jiahao Shi and Baoyu Zhou
Location: Gold Ballroom
08:30 | SQP Methods for Nonlinear Equality Constrained Stochastic Optimization (abstract) PRESENTER: Albert Berahas |
08:52 | Accelerating Stochastic Sequential Quadratic Programming for Equality Constrained Stochastic Optimization using Predictive Variance Reduction (abstract) PRESENTER: Jiahao Shi |
09:14 | High Probability Complexity Bounds for Line Search Based on Stochastic Oracles (abstract) PRESENTER: Miaolan Xie |
09:36 | Worst-Case Complexity of an SQP Method for Nonlinear Equality Constrained Stochastic Optimization (abstract) PRESENTER: Michael O'Neill |
08:30-10:00 Session MA3: Complexity and Structure in First-Order Methods
Chair:
Location: Card Room
08:30 | On the Complexity of a Practical Primal-Dual Coordinate Method (abstract) PRESENTER: Ahmet Alacaoglu |
08:52 | Regularized Step Directions in Conjugate Gradient Minimization (abstract) |
09:14 | p-Norm Flow Diffusion for Local Graph Clustering (abstract) PRESENTER: Shenghao Yang |
09:36 | Survey Descent: A Multipoint Generalization of Gradient Descent for Nonsmooth Optimization (abstract) PRESENTER: X.Y. Han |
08:30-10:00 Session MA4: Novel Analysis of Cutting Planes Algorithms
Chair:
Location: Francis Marion Room
08:30 | On Polytopes with Linear Rank with respect to Generalizations of the Split Closure (abstract) PRESENTER: Yatharth Dubey |
08:52 | A reinterpretation of cutting planes (abstract) PRESENTER: John Hooker |
09:14 | Extended Relaxation and Cutting-planes for Linear Programs with Complementarity Constraints (abstract) PRESENTER: Haoran Zhu |
09:36 | Modeling Disjunctive Constraints via Junction Trees (abstract) PRESENTER: Bochuan Lyu |
08:30-10:00 Session MA5: Optimizing Network Design and Pricing in Emerging Transportation Systems
Chair:
Location: Furman Room
08:30 | Resiliency of on-demand multimodal transit systems during a pandemic (abstract) PRESENTER: Kevin Dalmeijer |
08:52 | Iterative Approaches for Integrating Rider Behavior into the Design of Large-Scale On-Demand Multimodal Transit Systems (abstract) PRESENTER: Beste Basciftci |
09:14 | Plan Your System and Price for Free: Fast Algorithms for Multimodal Transit Operations (abstract) PRESENTER: Qi Luo |
09:36 | Pricing in On-Demand (and One-Way) Vehicle Sharing Networks (abstract) PRESENTER: Xiaobing Shen |
08:30-10:00 Session MA6: Recent Advances in Networks Optimization and Machine Learning
Chair:
Location: Palmetto Room
08:30 | A Generalized Primal-Dual Algorithm Framework for Saddle Point Problems (abstract) PRESENTER: Xiaochun Niu |
08:52 | Mixed Integer Linear Optimization Formulations for Learning Optimal Binary Classification Trees (abstract) PRESENTER: Brandon Alston |
09:14 | Investigating the Impact of Preprocessing on Quantum Algorithms (abstract) PRESENTER: Moises Ponce |
10:30-11:30 Session Plenary 2: The ARPA-E Grid Optimization Competition
Location: Gold Ballroom
10:30 | The ARPA-E Grid Optimization Competition (abstract) |
13:15-14:45 Session MB1: New Algorithms for Solving Two-stage and Multistage Stochastic Optimization
Chairs:
Location: Poinsett Ballroom
13:15 | On Generating Lagrangian Cuts for Two-Stage Stochastic Integer Programs (abstract) PRESENTER: Jim Luedtke |
13:37 | Projection Cuts for Two-Stage Stochastic Mixed-Integer Programs (abstract) PRESENTER: Ruiwei Jiang |
13:59 | Dual Dynamic Programming for Data Driven Distributionally Robust Multistage Convex Optimization (abstract) PRESENTER: Shixuan Zhang |
14:21 | Computation Efficient Stochastic Optimization for Variable Efficiency Energy Storage (abstract) PRESENTER: Bolun Xu |
13:15-14:45 Session MB2: Optimization, Data Science, and Privacy
Chairs:
Andrew Lowy and Weijie Su
Location: Gold Ballroom
13:15 | A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach to Solving the Multidimensional Knapsack Problem (abstract) PRESENTER: Sabah Bushaj |
13:37 | A Top-Down Approach Toward Understanding Deep Learning (abstract) |
13:59 | Private Federated Learning Without a Trusted Server (abstract) PRESENTER: Andrew Lowy |
14:21 | Private optimization in the interpolation regime: faster rates and hardness results (abstract) PRESENTER: Hilal Asi |
13:15-14:45 Session MB3: Advances in Zeroth and First Order Optimization
Chairs:
Yuyuan Ouyang and Yibo Xu
Location: Card Room
13:15 | Optimal Methods for Risk Averse Distributed Optimization (abstract) PRESENTER: Zhe Zhang |
13:37 | Katyusha Acceleration for Convex Finite-Sum Compositional Optimization (abstract) PRESENTER: Yibo Xu |
13:59 | First and zeroth-order methods for constrained nonconvex optimization (abstract) PRESENTER: Zichong Li |
13:15-14:45 Session MB4: Online Optimization and Partitioning
Chairs:
Location: Francis Marion Room
13:15 | Tight Guarantees for Multi-unit Prophet Inequalities and Online Stochastic Knapsack (abstract) PRESENTER: Jiashuo Jiang |
13:37 | Robust online selection with uncertain offer acceptance (abstract) |
13:15-14:45 Session MB5: Algorithms and Models in Urban Transportation
Chair:
Location: Furman Room
13:15 | Joint Routing of Conventional and Range-Extended Electric Vehicles in a Large Metropolitan Network (abstract) PRESENTER: Anirudh Subramanyam |
13:37 | Incorporating Intuition in Last-Mile Routing (abstract) PRESENTER: Roshan Mahes |
13:59 | Stochastic Optimization Models for a Home Service Routing and Appointment Scheduling Problem with Random Travel and Service Times (abstract) PRESENTER: Karmel Shehadeh |
14:21 | Efficient Algorithms for Stochastic Ridepooling Assignment with Mixed Fleets (abstract) PRESENTER: Qi Luo |
13:15-14:45 Session MB6: Algorithms and Computation in Global Optimization
Chair:
Location: Palmetto Room
13:15 | Stochastic approximate cutting plane algorithms for continuous DR-submodular Maximization (abstract) PRESENTER: Hugh Medal |
13:37 | High-Dimensional Simulation Optimization via Brownian Fields and Sparse Grids (abstract) PRESENTER: Liang Ding |
13:59 | Algorithms for Computing Diverse Sets of Near-Optimal Solutions to Mixed-Integer Optimization Problems (abstract) PRESENTER: Izuwa Ahanor |
14:21 | A global optimization framework with machine learning models to inform early termination (abstract) PRESENTER: Guyi Chen |
15:15-16:15 Session Plenary 3: The Extreme of Interpretability in Machine Learning
Location: Gold Ballroom
15:15 | The Extreme of Interpretability in Machine Learning (abstract) |
16:30-18:00 Session MC1: New Directions in Stochastic Optimization: Theory and Models I
Chairs:
Location: Poinsett Ballroom
16:30 | Optimal Robust Policy for Feature-Based Newsvendor (abstract) PRESENTER: Luhao Zhang |
16:52 | Data-driven Multistage Distributionally Robust Optimization (abstract) PRESENTER: Rui Gao |
17:14 | Adjustability in Robust Linear Optimization (abstract) PRESENTER: Ningji Wei |
17:36 | Rockafellian Relaxation in Optimization under Uncertainty: Consistent Alternatives to Robust Formulations (abstract) PRESENTER: Louis Chen |
16:30-18:00 Session MC2: Nonlinear and Stochastic Optimization
Chairs:
Location: Gold Ballroom
16:30 | Conjugate gradient methods for nonconvex optimization (abstract) |
16:52 | Retrospective Approximation For Smooth Stochastic Approximation (abstract) PRESENTER: Raghu Bollapragada |
17:14 | Implicit Regularization of Sub-gradient Method in Robust Matrix Recovery (abstract) PRESENTER: Jianhao Ma |
17:36 | Algorithms for Nonconvex Probabilistic PCA for Data With Heteroscedastic Noise (abstract) PRESENTER: Kyle Gilman |
16:30-18:00 Session MC3: Integer Programming for Machine Learning I
Chair:
Location: Card Room
16:30 | Efficient Sequential Experiment Design for Generalized Linear Models (abstract) PRESENTER: Yongchun Li |
16:52 | On the convex hull of convex quadratic optimization with indicators (abstract) PRESENTER: Andres Gomez |
17:14 | Integer Programming for Causal Structure Learning in the Presence of Latent Variables (abstract) PRESENTER: Rui Chen |
17:36 | Quant-BnB: A Scalable Branch-and-Bound Method for Optimal Decision Trees with Continuous Features (abstract) PRESENTER: Haoyue Wang |
16:30-18:00 Session MC4: Advances in Integer and Combinatorial Optimization
Chair:
Location: Francis Marion Room
16:30 | Toward Linear Convergence for Non-Smooth Optimization: Implications for Discrete Optimization Problems (abstract) |
16:52 | Multi-angle Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (abstract) PRESENTER: James Ostrowski |
17:14 | Deepest Cuts for Benders Decomposition (abstract) PRESENTER: Mojtaba Hosseini |
17:36 | Motion Planning for Drone Fleets using MINLP (abstract) PRESENTER: Nathan Runk |
16:30-18:00 Session MC5: Learning and Game Theory
Chair:
Location: Furman Room
16:30 | Federated Learning with Heterogeneous Data: A Superquantile Optimization Approach (abstract) PRESENTER: Krishna Pillutla |
16:52 | Quantity-Contingent Auctions and Allocation of Airport Slots (abstract) PRESENTER: Alexander Estes |
17:14 | Managing Misinformation on Social Media during Disasters: Machine Learning and Game-Theoretic Approaches (abstract) PRESENTER: Jun Zhuang |
16:30-18:00 Session MC6: Conic Optimization and Variational Analysis: Theory and Applications
Chair:
Location: Palmetto Room
16:30 | On the Convergence of Generalized Proximal Point Algorithms for Monotone Inclusion Problems (abstract) |
16:52 | Multiplicative Gradient Method: Theory and Applications (abstract) |
17:14 | Robust Interior Point Methods for Quantum Key Rate Computation for Quantum Key Distribution (abstract) PRESENTER: Haesol Im |
17:36 | A Strengthened Barvinok-Pataki Bound on SDP Rank (abstract) PRESENTER: Henry Wolkowicz |
Tuesday, March 15th
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08:30-10:00 Session TA1: Theory and Algorithms for Stochastic and Robust Optimization
Chair:
Location: Poinsett Ballroom
08:30 | Approximating Optimal Solutions to Biconvex Parametric Programs (abstract) PRESENTER: Andrew Pangia |
08:52 | A Lagrangian Dual Method for Two-Stage Robust Optimization with Binary Uncertainties (abstract) |
09:14 | Distributionally Robust Optimization with Decision-Dependent Information Discovery (abstract) PRESENTER: Qing Jin |
09:36 | On the Power of Static Assignment Policies for Robust Facility Location Problems (abstract) PRESENTER: Omar El Housni |
08:30-10:00 Session TA2: Nonlinear Composite and Constrained Optimization
Chairs:
Location: Gold Ballroom
08:30 | A New Randomized Primal-Dual Algorithm for Convex Optimization with Optimal Last Iterate Rates (abstract) PRESENTER: Deyi Liu |
08:52 | Decentralized Composite Optimization with Compression (abstract) PRESENTER: Yao Li |
09:14 | Towards Quantized Model Parallelism for Graph-Augmented MLPs Based on Gradient-Free ADMM Framework (abstract) PRESENTER: Junxiang Wang |
09:36 | Backtracking line search for nonlinear composite problems and applications (abstract) PRESENTER: Dimitri Papadimitriou |
08:30-10:00 Session TA3: Integer Programming for Machine Learning II
Chair:
Location: Card Room
08:30 | Sparse PCA: A New Scalable Estimator Based On Integer Programming (abstract) PRESENTER: Kayhan Behdin |
08:52 | Beyond Symmetry: Best Submatrix Selection for the Sparse Truncated SVD (abstract) PRESENTER: Yongchun Li |
09:14 | Integer Programming Approaches to Subspace Clustering with Missing Data (abstract) PRESENTER: Akhilesh Soni |
09:36 | Interpretable Clustering via Multi-Polytope Machines (abstract) PRESENTER: Connor Lawless |
08:30-10:00 Session TA4: Submodularity and Aggregation
Chair:
Location: Francis Marion Room
08:30 | Submodular Information Measures in Machine Learning (abstract) |
08:52 | On constrained mixed-integer DR-submodular minimization (abstract) PRESENTER: Qimeng Yu |
09:14 | Exact Formulation and Partitioning of the General Rank Aggregation Problem (abstract) PRESENTER: Sina Akbari |
09:36 | Approximate Condorcet Partitioning: Solving Very Large Rank Aggregation Problems at Scale (abstract) PRESENTER: Sina Akbari |
08:30-10:00 Session TA5: Location and Allocation Problems
Chair:
Location: Furman Room
08:30 | A Risk-Averse Multi-stage Stochastic Optimization Approach to the EAB Epidemic Problem in the US Forests (abstract) PRESENTER: Sabah Bushaj |
08:52 | A bi-objective covering tour problem to locate ballot drop boxes (abstract) PRESENTER: Adam Schmidt |
09:14 | Routing and resource allocation in non-profit settings with equity and efficiency measures under demand uncertainty (abstract) PRESENTER: Faisal Alkaabneh |
09:36 | Optimization of worker schedules to maintenance tasks (abstract) PRESENTER: Anlan Dong |
08:30-10:00 Session TA6: Logistics and Districting
Chair:
Location: Palmetto Room
08:30 | Edge-based Districting without Predetermined Centers: Model and Network Insights (abstract) PRESENTER: Zeyad Kassem |
08:52 | Bilevel models for location-based pricing problems in online retail (abstract) PRESENTER: Svetlana Riabova |
10:30-11:30 Session Plenary 4: Modeling and Duality in Domain Specific Languages for Mathematical Optimization
Location: Gold Ballroom
10:30 | Modeling and Duality in Domain Specific Languages for Mathematical Optimization (abstract) |
13:00-14:30 Session TB1: Large-Scale Linear Programs and Applications
Chair:
Location: Poinsett Ballroom
13:00 | Column-Randomized Linear Programs: Performance Guarantees and Applications (abstract) PRESENTER: Yi-Chun Chen |
13:22 | Self-guided Approximate Linear Programs (abstract) PRESENTER: Parshan Pakiman |
13:44 | Algorithms for Optimal Genetic Testing of Families (abstract) PRESENTER: Kanix Wang |
14:06 | Locating Charging Stations for Battery Electric Buses: a Data-Driven Optimization Approach (abstract) PRESENTER: Haoming Shen |
13:00-14:30 Session TB2: Nonlinear Constrained Optimization
Chair:
Location: Gold Ballroom
13:00 | A Globally Convergent Distributed Jacobi Scheme for Block-Structured Nonconvex Constrained Optimization Problems (abstract) PRESENTER: Anirudh Subramanyam |
13:22 | Some Strongly Polynomially Solvable Convex Quadratic Programs with Bounded Variables (abstract) PRESENTER: Shaoning Han |
13:44 | Optimal Algorithms for Differentially Private Monotone Stochastic Variational Inequalities (abstract) PRESENTER: Digvijay Boob |
14:06 | On the analytic reparametrization of the central path of semidefinite optimization (abstract) PRESENTER: Ali Mohammad Nezhad |
13:00-14:30 Session TB3: Optimization for Learning and Decision Making I
Chair:
Location: Card Room
13:00 | Sparse Multivariate Mixture of Experts for analyzing Marine Microbial Systems (abstract) PRESENTER: Sangwon Hyun |
13:22 | Optimal Data-Driven Optimization with Noisy Data (abstract) PRESENTER: Bart Paul Gerard Van Parys |
13:44 | Distributionally Robust End-to-End Portfolio Construction (abstract) PRESENTER: Giorgio Costa |
13:00-14:30 Session TB4: Heuristic and Iterative Approaches
Chair:
Location: Francis Marion Room
13:00 | Multi-Item Online Order Fulfillment in a Two-Layer Network (abstract) PRESENTER: Linwei Xin |
13:22 | A Heuristic Approach for a Districting Application on On-time Last-mile Express Delivery Services (abstract) PRESENTER: Roger Z. Ríos |
13:00-14:30 Session TB5: Energy and Agriculture
Chair:
Location: Furman Room
13:00 | Enhancing the Small-Signal Stability of Islanded Microgrids under Droop Control (abstract) PRESENTER: Mikhail Bragin |
13:22 | An Exact Method for Maintenance Planning Optimization in Nuclear Power Plants (abstract) PRESENTER: Ethan Deakins |
13:44 | An Open and Realistic Large-Scale Stochastic Unit Commitment Case: Data and Experimental Baseline (abstract) |
14:06 | Optimization of crop insurance policy selection and fertilizer management with water quality impacts (abstract) PRESENTER: Sarah Ryan |
13:00-14:30 Session TB6: Recent Updates on the Adaptive-Partition Method for Stochastic Models
Chair:
Location: Palmetto Room
13:00 | Adaptive partition‐based SDDP algorithms for multistage stochastic linear programming (abstract) PRESENTER: Yongjia Song |
13:22 | Exact Benders Adaptive-cut Method for Two-Stage Stochastic Programs (abstract) PRESENTER: Eduardo Moreno |
13:44 | Energy Storage Management Strategies under Uncertain Generation (abstract) PRESENTER: Helena García |
15:00-16:30 Session TC1: New Directions in Stochastic Optimization: Theory and Models II
Chairs:
Location: Poinsett Ballroom
15:00 | Nonnegative Tensor Completion Via Integer Optimization (abstract) PRESENTER: Caleb Bugg |
15:22 | Stratifying Online Field Experiments Using The Pigeonhole Design (abstract) PRESENTER: Jinglong Zhao |
15:44 | A General Approach to Solve Shape-Constrained Distributionally Robust Optimization via Importance-Weighted Sample Average Approximation (abstract) PRESENTER: Zhenyuan Liu |
16:06 | Rockafellian Functions: Theory and Applications (abstract) |
15:00-16:30 Session TC2: Advances in Nonlinear Optimization
Chair:
Location: Gold Ballroom
15:00 | On the Convergence of Projected Alternating Maximization for Equitable and Optimal Transport (abstract) PRESENTER: Minhui Huang |
15:22 | Complexity Bounds of Iterative Linearization Algorithms for Discrete Time Nonlinear Control (abstract) PRESENTER: Vincent Roulet |
15:44 | Reformulation-Perspectification Technique: General Methodology (abstract) PRESENTER: Danique de Moor |
16:06 | Nonconvex-Nonconcave Min-Max Optimization with a Small Maximization Domain (abstract) PRESENTER: Dmitrii Ostrovskii |
15:00-16:30 Session TC3: Optimization for Learning and Decision Making II
Chair:
Location: Card Room
15:00 | Fast Rates for Contextual Linear Optimization (abstract) PRESENTER: Yichun Hu |
15:22 | Learning Treatment Effects in Panels with General Intervention Patterns (abstract) PRESENTER: Tianyi Peng |
15:44 | bsnsing: A decision tree induction method based on recursive optimal boolean rule composition (abstract) |
15:00-16:30 Session TC4: Mixed Integer Optimization and Applications
Location: Francis Marion Room
15:00 | An Algorithm for Biobjective Mixed Integer Quadratic Programs (abstract) PRESENTER: Pubudu Jayasekara |
15:22 | Characterizing and Benchmarking QUBO Reformulations of the Knapsack Problem (abstract) PRESENTER: Rodolfo Alexander Quintero Ospina |
15:44 | An LP-based characterization of solvable QAP instances with chess-board and graded structures (abstract) PRESENTER: Lucas Waddell |
16:06 | Integer Programming Methods to Identify Nash Equilibrium Solutions for Platform Based Scheduling Games (abstract) PRESENTER: Lucky Cho |
15:00-16:30 Session TC5: Application and Computation
Chair:
Location: Furman Room
15:00 | Using Multicriteria Optimization and Simulated Annealing to Construct Political Districts (abstract) PRESENTER: Blake Splitter |
15:22 | Application of Decomposition and Coordination Techniques on Multiobjective Engineering Design Problems (abstract) PRESENTER: Philip de Castro |
15:44 | MOSDEX: Proposal for A New Standard for Data Exchange with Optimization Solvers (abstract) PRESENTER: Matthew Saltzman |
16:06 | Getting to the Scenes Faster: Facilitating the Movement of Multiple Emergency Response Vehicles in Two-way Roadways (abstract) PRESENTER: Jamal Nahofti Kohneh |
15:00-16:30 Session TC6: Emerging Applications in Optimization under Uncertainty
Chair:
Location: Palmetto Room
15:00 | Non-Adaptive Stochastic Score Classification and Explainable Halfspace Evaluation (abstract) PRESENTER: Rohan Ghuge |
15:22 | Evaluation of Waste Disposal Alternatives in Healthcare Systems (abstract) |
15:44 | Stochastic Job-Shop Scheduling: Implications on Supply-Chain Operations under Uncertainty (abstract) PRESENTER: Mikhail Bragin |
16:06 | Capacity Expansion for Deferred Surgeries via Robust Optimization (abstract) PRESENTER: Eojin Han |