PGMODAYS 2024: PGMODAYS 2024
PROGRAM

Days: Tuesday, November 19th Wednesday, November 20th

Tuesday, November 19th

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08:30-09:00Coffee Break
10:20-10:50 Session 4: PGMO Phd Prize, part I: Antoine Oustry
10:20
Global optimization of nonlinear semi-infinite programming problems: Applications in power systems and control (abstract)
10:50-11:20Coffee Break
11:20-12:50 Session 5A: Invited session: Quantum Computing for Combinatorial Optimization
11:20
Analog Quantum Computing for Combinatorial Optimization Problems (abstract)
11:50
Quantum Computing for Integer Quadratic Programming (abstract)
12:20
Resolution of a 9-nodes graph coloring instance using a QAOA based approach color instances of graph coloring problem (abstract)
PRESENTER: Philippe Lacomme
11:20-12:50 Session 5B: Invited session: New trends in bilevel optimization
11:20
BOBILib: Bilevel Optimization (Benchmark) Instance Library (abstract)
PRESENTER: Martin Schmidt
11:50
Random Cell Exploration and its applications to linear bilevel programming (abstract)
PRESENTER: David Salas
12:20
SDP Relaxations for polynomial Single-Leader-Multi-Follower Games (abstract)
PRESENTER: Didier Aussel
11:20-12:50 Session 5C: Invited session: New trends in Optimal Transport and Applications, Part I
11:20
Particle Methods for High-dimensional Multi-marginal Optimal transport (abstract)
11:50
Asymptotic log-Sobolev constants and the Polyak-Łojasiewicz gradient domination condition (abstract)
PRESENTER: Austin Stromme
12:20
Slicing Unbalanced Optimal Transport (abstract)
11:20-12:50 Session 5D: Optimal control
Chair:
11:20
Continuous-Time Optimal Control Problem under Signal Temporal Logic Constraints (abstract)
PRESENTER: En Lai
11:50
Extensions of KL class and Lyapunov Functions for the Maximization of Discrete-time Dynamical System States (abstract)
12:20
Continuous-time Optimal Control for Trajectory Planning of Autonomous Vehicles under Uncertainty (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ange Valli
11:20-12:50 Session 5E: Aspects in multi-objective and bi-level optimization
11:20
Block coordination of nonlinear networks and discrete optimization (abstract)
11:50
On the Kalai-Smorodinsky solutions for Bi-objective Spanning Tree Problem (abstract)
12:20
Sampling and Estimating the Set of Pareto Optimal Solutions in Stochastic Multi-Objective Optimization (abstract)
PRESENTER: Zachary Jones
11:20-12:50 Session 5F: Scenarios methods in stochastic control and applications
11:20
Scenario Tree Reduction via Wasserstein Barycenters (abstract)
PRESENTER: Daniel Mimouni
11:50
On problem-based scenario reductions (abstract)
PRESENTER: Benoît Tran
12:20
Scenario-Based Decomposition for Optimal Power Curtailment with Priority-Level Producers (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ksenia Syrtseva
11:20-12:50 Session 5G: Invited Session : Dynamical systems and algorithms with applications in optimization, sampling and variational analysis - part I
11:20
Global Optimization Algorithm through High-Resolution Sampling (abstract)
PRESENTER: Daniel Cortild
11:50
A Speed Restart Scheme for an Inertial System with Hessian-Driven Damping and Constant Coefficients (abstract)
PRESENTER: Huiyuan Guo
12:20
Tikhonov Regularized Exterior Penalty Methods For Hierarchical Variational Inequalities (abstract)
PRESENTER: Meggie Marschner
11:20-12:50 Session 5H: Shape Optimization and Optimal Control
11:20
Stochastic Approximation with the Two-Norm Discrepancy (abstract)
11:50
Stabilization and Optimal Control of an Interconnected SDE – Scalar PDE System (abstract)
PRESENTER: Gabriel Velho
12:20
Parametric Shape Optimization of Flagellated Micro-Swimmers Using Bayesian Techniques (abstract)
PRESENTER: Lucas Palazzolo
11:20-12:50 Session 5J: Optimal charging
11:20
Some Preliminary Insights on Project GAALACTIC: (Provably) Good Approximation ALgorithms for Administrating Curtailments in the Telecommunications Industry Context (abstract)
PRESENTER: Cédric Bentz
11:50
Optimal Operation of a Battery Energy Storage System Considering Cyclic Degradation and Revamping Strategies: a comparison of two formulations (abstract)
PRESENTER: Asja Alic
12:20
Online Moment Constrained Optimal Transport applied to Electric Vehicle Charging (abstract)
PRESENTER: Thomas Le Corre
12:50-14:10Lunch Break
12:50-13:20 Session 6: Semidefinite Programming
12:50
Restoring definiteness by advancing towards an inner SDP solution (at the edge of the SDP cone) (abstract)
14:10-15:00 Session 7: Plenary II: Huseyin Topaloglu
14:10
Incorporating Discrete Choice Models into Revenue Management Decisions (abstract)
15:00-15:30 Session 8: PGMO Phd Prize, part II: Tam Le
15:00
Nonsmooth calculus and optimization for machine learning: first-order sampling and implicit differentiation (abstract)
15:30-16:00Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Session 9A: Invited session: Auctions: algorithms and application in power and telecommunication markets
16:00
Optimal Strategy against Straightforward Bidding in Clock Auctions (abstract)
PRESENTER: Jad Zeroual
16:30
Learning in multi-unit uniform price auctions (abstract)
PRESENTER: Marius Potfer
17:00
Optimizing the coalition gain in Online Auctions with Greedy Structured Bandits (abstract)
16:00-17:30 Session 9B: Invited Session: Differential equations in machine learning
16:00
Stable Parameters of Mean-Field Neural ODEs (abstract)
PRESENTER: Samuel Daudin
16:30
Universal Approximation of Dynamical Systems by Semi-Autonomous Neural ODEs (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kang Liu
17:00
Incremental Learning in Diagonal Linear Networks (abstract)
16:00-17:30 Session 9C: Invited session: New trends in Optimal Transport and Applications, Part II
16:00
The dual charge method for the multimarginal optimal transport with Coulomb cost (abstract)
16:30
Regularized Optimal Transport: disentangling suboptimality and entropy (abstract)
PRESENTER: Hugo Malamut
17:00
Demographic parity in regression and classification within the unawareness framework (abstract)
PRESENTER: Vincent Divol
16:00-17:30 Session 9D: Stochastic optimization
16:00
A Derivative-Free Method for Chance-Constrained Problems with Right-Hand Side Uncertainty (abstract)
16:30
Comparison between Robust Optimization, Stochastic Programming and Distributionally Robust Optimization for Unit Commitment under uncertainty (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mathis Azéma
17:00
Distributionally Robust Standard Quadratic Optimization with Wasserstein Ambiguity (abstract)
16:00-17:30 Session 9E: Black-box and Global Optimization
16:00
Linear convergence of CMA-ES (abstract)
PRESENTER: Armand Gissler
16:30
Runtime Analysis of the SMS-EMOA for Many-Objective Optimization (abstract)
PRESENTER: Benjamin Doerr
17:00
Evolutionary Algorithms Are Robust to Noise out of the Box (abstract)
PRESENTER: Denis Antipov
16:00-17:30 Session 9F: Decomposition and related optimization methods
16:00
On the Duality between Frank-Wolfe and Cutting-Plane Algorithms (abstract)
PRESENTER: Thibault Moquet
16:30
Computing Usage Values for Prospective Studies in Energy Systems Using Spatial Decomposition (abstract)
17:00
A column generation approach for the routing of electricity technicians (abstract)
PRESENTER: Elise Bangerter
16:00-17:30 Session 9G: Invited Session: Optimization and heuristics in battery management
16:00
Management of a Battery on Short-Term Electricity Markets (abstract)
PRESENTER: Lionel Rolland
16:30
Operating a battery at minimum cost under reserve commitment constraints (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rose Sossou Edou
17:00
Valuation of aFRR Activation in Germany for a Standalone Battery (abstract)
16:00-17:30 Session 9H: Invited Session : Accelerated algorithms
16:00
A doubly nonlinear evolution system with threshold effects associated with dry friction (abstract)
PRESENTER: Manh Hung Le
16:30
Tikhonov Regularization in Continuous and Discrete Time Optimization (abstract)
17:00
A Search-Free O(1/k^{3/2}) Homotopy Inexact Proximal-Newton Extragradient Algorithm for Monotone Variational Inequalities (abstract)
PRESENTER: M. Marques Alves
16:00-17:30 Session 9I: Invited Session : Dynamical systems and algorithms with applications in optimization, sampling and variational analysis - part II
16:00
Making Wasserstein gradient flows noisy with Stochastic Moment Dynamic (abstract)
16:30
Stochastic Localization via Iterative Posterior Sampling (abstract)
17:00
Inertial Dynamics and Accelerated Gradient Methods for Strongly Convex Functions (abstract)
PRESENTER: Zepeng Wang
16:00-17:30 Session 9J: Games
16:00
Chance-constrained stochastic zero-sum games (abstract)
PRESENTER: Lucas Osmani
16:30
Representation results for differential games and related neural-network approximations (abstract)
17:00
Escape Rate Games and Competitive Spectral Radii (abstract)
PRESENTER: Loïc Marchesini
Wednesday, November 20th

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08:30-09:00Coffee Break
10:00-10:30Coffee Break
10:30-12:30 Session 11A: Black-box and Global optimization
10:30
Runtime Analysis of the (μ + 1) GA: Provable Speed-Ups from Strong Drift towards Diverse Populations (abstract)
PRESENTER: Martin S. Krejca
11:00
Illuminating the Diversity-Fitness Trade-Off in Black-Box Optimization (abstract)
11:30
Difficulties of the NSGA-II with the Many-Objective LeadingOnes Problem (abstract)
12:00
Law-Smooth Update Scheme for the Cross-Entropy Optimization Algorithm and Application (abstract)
10:30-12:00 Session 11B: Large scale optimization
10:30
A regret minimization approach to fixed point iterations (abstract)
11:00
Defining Lyapunov functions as the solution of a performance estimation saddle point problem (abstract)
11:30
Nesterov momentum for convex functions with interpolation: is it faster than Stochastic gradient descent ? (abstract)
PRESENTER: Julien Hermant
10:30-12:00 Session 11C: Semidefinite programming and applications
10:30
Compact Knapsack: a Semidefinite Approach (abstract)
11:00
Minimal sparsity for scalable moment-SOS relaxations of the AC-OPF problem (abstract)
PRESENTER: Caio Luke
11:30
A regularized interior-point method for optimization problems with complementarity constraints (abstract)
10:30-12:30 Session 11D: Invited sessions: Mean-Field Games, Part I
10:30
Equilibrium in Functional Stochastic Games with Mean-Field Interaction (abstract)
11:00
A Stationary Mean-Field Equilibrium Model of Irreversible Investment in a Two-Regime Economy (abstract)
PRESENTER: René Aïd
11:30
Mean Field Games in a Stackelberg problem with an informed major player (abstract)
10:30-12:30 Session 11E: Stochastic and Robust optimization
10:30
Duality in Convex Stochastic Optimization (abstract)
11:00
Comparing Deterministic and Chance Constrained Models for Renewable-Powered Mini-Grids in Unreliable Grid Conditions (abstract)
11:30
An enumerative formula for the spherical cap discrepancy (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rene Henrion
12:00
Finite Adaptability in Robust Optimization: Asymptotic Optimality and Tractability (abstract)
PRESENTER: Anton Medvedev
10:30-12:30 Session 11F: Optimal control
10:30
Sensitivity Analysis and Optimal Control for the Chemical Master Equation (abstract)
PRESENTER: Arthur Bottois
11:00
Optimal Control for Linear Systems with L1-norm cost (abstract)
11:30
Mean field optimal control with piecewise deterministic Markov processes (abstract)
12:00
Stationary Regimes of Piecewise Linear Dynamical Systems with Priorities (abstract)
PRESENTER: Pascal Capetillo
10:30-12:30 Session 11G: Invited session: Quantum algorithms: graphs, groups, and walks

Proposee par Simonetto et Bourreau

10:30
Towards Graph Encoding for Quantum Computing with Neutral Atoms (abstract)
11:00
Quantum Optimization with Permutation Group-Structrure Ansatze (abstract)
11:30
Hybrid Quantum Search on Complex Networks: Noisy Spatial Search with Quantum Stochastic Walks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ugo Nzongani
12:00
Moderate Exponential-time Quantum Dynamic Programming Across the Subsets for Scheduling Problems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Eric Bourreau
10:30-12:30 Session 11H: Invited session: Bi-level problems in energy management
10:30
An Introduction to Witsenhausen Model and Games in Product Form (abstract)
11:00
Witsenhausen Model for Leader-Follower Problems in Energy Management (abstract)
11:30
Rochet-Choné Model, Bi-Level Optimization, and Quantization for Electricity Pricing (abstract)
12:00
How Difficult is it to Check if a Multilevel Optimization Problem is Unbounded? (abstract)
10:30-12:30 Session 11I: Scheduling and logistics
10:30
Integrated crew management for rail freight (abstract)
PRESENTER: Héloïse Gachet
11:00
A heuristics for Pickup and Delivery Problem with Cooperative Robots (abstract)
PRESENTER: Chi Thao Nguyen
11:30
Scheduling Autonomous Buses for On-Demand Transportation with Crossing Constraints (abstract)
12:00
Online Inventory Problems: Theory and Practice (abstract)
PRESENTER: Massil Hihat
10:30-12:30 Session 11J: Energy
10:30
Distributed Economic Dispatch in Power Networks Harnessing Data Center Flexibility (abstract)
11:00
A Domain-Specific Modelling Language for a Multi-Energy Planning Tool (abstract)
PRESENTER: Thomas Bittar
11:30
The Share of Decarbonization Efforts between French Regions : A Bilevel Optimization Model (abstract)
PRESENTER: Prunelle Vogler
12:00
Eddy current imaging of defects inside the steam generator with an inverse method (abstract)
PRESENTER: Morgane Mathevet
12:30-14:10Lunch Break
14:10-15:00 Session 12: Plenary IV: Paola Goatin
14:10
Traffic Flow Models for Current and Future Mobility Challenges (abstract)
15:00-15:30Coffee Break
15:30-17:00 Session 13A: Invited Session: Algorithmic optimization and online decision-making
15:30
Safe treatment of infeasible convex optimization problems via the augmented Lagrangian (abstract)
PRESENTER: Roland Andrews
16:00
Is maze-solving parallelizable? (abstract)
16:30
Optimization-based efficient algorithms for robot dynamics simulation and control (abstract)
15:30-17:00 Session 13B: Smart grid -- optimizing flexibilities
15:30
Smart Charging and Optimization of Personalized Flexibility Services for Electric Vehicles’s Users (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rita Safi
16:00
Multi-Agent Contextual Combinatorial Multi-Armed Bandits with Linear Structured Super Arm: application to energy management optimization in Smart Grids (abstract)
16:30
Towards Effective Datasets for Training Data-driven Models for Smart Grid Security Assessment (abstract)
PRESENTER: Juan J Cuenca
15:30-17:00 Session 13C: Pricing of energy
15:30
Dynamic Parking Pricing for Electric Vehicles at public Charging Stations (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alix Dupont
16:00
Electricity dispatch and pricing using agent decision rules (abstract)
PRESENTER: Andy Philpott
16:30
Optimal Operation and Valuation of Electricity Storages (abstract)
PRESENTER: Teemu Pennanen
15:30-17:30 Session 13D: Quantum algorithms for combinatorial optimization
15:30
Comparative study of quantum methods in the resolution of track findings instances (abstract)
PRESENTER: Lacomme Philippe
16:00
Comparative Analysis of Quantum Annealing and Quantum-Classical Hybrid Solver on Cut Problems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ali Abbassi
16:30
Application of Quantum computing to settle the large number of financial transactions (abstract)
15:30-17:30 Session 13E: Invited session: Polynomials, Optimization, and Sampling
15:30
Efficient sampling of constraint spaces in practice (abstract)
16:00
Minimal Euclidean Distance degree of Segre-Veronese varieties (abstract)
16:30
Rational SOS certificates of any polynomial over its zero-dimensional gradient ideal (abstract)
PRESENTER: Chaoping Zhu
17:00
The Stochastic Central Path : Sampling the Optimal Solution of a Convex Program with Random Parameters (abstract)
15:30-17:00 Session 13F: Invited sessions: Mean-Field Games, Part II
15:30
A mean-field-game approach to overfishing (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ziad Kobeissi
16:00
On common noise in finite state space mean field games (abstract)
PRESENTER: Charles Meynard
16:30
Strategic geometric graphs through mean field games (abstract)
15:30-17:00 Session 13G: Large scale stochastic dynamic programming
15:30
State Abstraction Discovery for Infinite Horizon Dynamic Programming (abstract)
PRESENTER: Orso Forghieri
16:00
Relative Value Iteration for Infinite-Horizon SDDP: Application to Hydroelectric Problem (abstract)
PRESENTER: Francis Durand
16:30
Dynamic two-stage programming for the stochastic lot-sizing problem with inventory bounds and lost sales (abstract)
PRESENTER: Victor Spitzer
15:30-17:00 Session 13H: Invited Session : New algorithms for old problems
15:30
Explicit Convergence Rate of the Proximal Point Algorithm under R-Continuity (abstract)
PRESENTER: Michel Thera
16:00
A Fresh Look at Algorithms for Solving Smooth Multiobjective Optimization Problems (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sorin-Mihai Grad
16:30
A Newton-type Method for Constrained Optimization (abstract)
15:30-17:00 Session 13I: Learning and optimization
Chair:
15:30
Machine Learning-Driven Inflow Forecasting for Optimizing Hydropower Maintenance Scheduling (abstract)
PRESENTER: Maissa Daadaa
16:00
Generalized Kantorovich-Rubinstein Duality and Applications to Dictionary Learning (abstract)
PRESENTER: Joel Garde