2001 ICOTA Sessions: December 15, 2001, Saturday

9:00-9:30 Opening Ceremony, SHB 508

9:40-10:20 Plenary Lecture : Optimization Approaches to Pricing Theory, David G. Luenberger (Stanford University), SHB 508

10:20-10:40 Tea Break

10:40-11:20 Plenary Lecture : Optimization with Extended Nonlinear Programming, R. Terry Rockafellar (University of Washington), SHB 508

Plenary Lecture : Some Recent Advances in Mathematical Programs with Equilibrium Constraints, Masao Fukushima (Kyoto
11:20-12:00
University), SHB 508

12:00-1:30 Lunch Time

Parallel Sessions

Venue LSB LT1 LSB LT2 LSB LT3 LSB LT4 LSB LT5 LSB LT6
SATM SATM1 SATM2 SATM3 SATM4 SATM5 SATM6
1:30-3:30 Mini-Symposium on Invited Session on Best Student Paper Mini-Symposium on Contributed Session Contributed Session
Reformulation MPECS and Error Presentation Generalized Convexity on Scheduling: I on Optimization
Methods: I Bounds and Nonlinear Applications: I
Lagrangians: I

3:30-3:50 Tea Break

SATP SATP1 SATP2 SATP3 SATP4 SATP5 SATP6

3:50-5:50 Mini-Symposium on Invited Session on Invited Session on Mini-Symposium on Contributed Session Contributed Session
Reformulation Continuous Methods Applications of Generalized Convexity on Scheduling: II on Optimization
Methods: II for Optimization Optimization in Signal and Nonlinear Applications: II
Processing Lagrangians: II
 2001 ICOTA Sessions: December 16, 2001, Sunday

Plenary Lecture : From Local to Global and From Convexity to Nonconvexity in Optimization, Panos M. Pardalos (University of
8:30-9:10
Florida), SHB 508

9:10-9:50 Plenary Lecture : The Flight from Earth to Mars and Back via Optimal Trajectories, Angelo Miele (Rice University), SHB 508

9:50-10:10 Tea Break

Parallel Sessions

Venue LSB LT1 LSB LT2 LSB LT3 LSB LT4 LSB LT5 LSB LT6
SUNA SUNA1 SUNA2 SUNA3 SUNA4 SUNA5 SUNA6
10:10-12:10 Mini-Symposium on Mini-Symposium on Invited Session on Mini-Symposium on Invited Session on Contributed Session
Reformulation Financial Recent Advances in Generalized Convexity Optimization Theory on Control
Methods: III Optimization: I Global Optimization and Nonlinear and Related Topics
Lagrangians: III

12:10-1:30 Lunch Time

Plenary Lecture : General Problem Solvers for Combinatorial Optimization Problems by Metaheuristics, Toshihide Ibaraki (Kyoto
1:30-2:10
University), SHB 508
SUNM SUNM1 SUNM2 SUNM3 SUNM4 SUNM5 SUNM6
2:30-3:50 Mini-Symposium on Mini-Symposium on Invited Session on Mini-Symposium on Invited Session on Invited Session on
Reformulation Financial Linear and Nonlinear Generalized Convexity Least Squares and Geometric Theory of
Methods: IV Optimization: II Programming and Nonlinear Quadratic Forms Optimization
Lagrangians: IV

3:50-4:10 Tea Break

 SUNP SUNP1 SUNP2 SUNP3 SUNP4 SUNP5 SUNP6
4:10-6:10 Mini-Symposium on Mini-Symposium on Contributed Session Mini-Symposium on Contributed Session Contributed Session
Reformulation Financial on Global Generalized Convexity on Nonlinear on Multiobjective
Methods: V Optimization: III Optimization and Nonlinear Programming I Optimization
Lagrangians: V

2001 ICOTA Sessions: December 17, 2001, Monday

Plenary Lecture : Semidefinite Programming for Discrete and Global Optimization: Approximation, Computation and Applications,
8:30-9:10
Yinyu Ye (University of Iowa), SHB 508
Plenary Lecture : L1 Splines for Shape-Preserving Multiscale Geometric Modeling, Shu-Cheng Fang (North Carolina State
9:10-9:50
University), SHB 508
9:50-10:10 Tea Break

Parallel Sessions
Venue LSB LT1 LSB LT2 LSB LT3 LSB LT4 LSB LT5 LSB LT6
MONA MONA1 MONA2 MONA3 MONA4 MONA5 MONA6
10:10-12:10 Contributed Session Mini-Symposium on Invited Session on Mini-Symposium on Contributed Session Invited Session on
on Dynamic Financial Nonconvex Generalized Convexity on Nonlinear Optimization in
Optimization and Optimization: IV Optimization: Local and Nonlinear Programming II Engineering Structure
Dynamic Game and Global Lagrangians: VI

12:10-1:30 Lunch Time

MONM MONM1 MONM2 MONM3 MONM4 MONM5 MONM6
1:30-3:50 Invited Session on Invited Session on Invited Session on Contributed Session Invited Session on Invited Session on
Optimization in Control Theory, Industrial Optimization on Discrete 1: Lot-Sizing, Optimization
Wireless Techniques and Optimization Telecommunications Techniques in
Communications Applications Planning and Data Information
Modeling Processing and
2: Network Design, Defense Applications
Routing and
Scheduling

3:50-4:10 Tea Break

 MONP MONP1 MONP2 MONP3 MONP4 MONP5 MONP6
4:10-5:30 Invited Session on Invited Session on Invited Session on Invited Session on Contributed Session Invited Session on
Optimization in Conic Optimization: Electricity Markets Optimization in Supply on Nonlinear Operations
Statistics Method and Chain Programming III Management
Applications Applications in
Thailand

7:00-9:00 Banquet