Events Optec Agenda Detail
Part 1: Nonlinear Programming (Feb 8, 9-12)
An overview of the methods for solving a finite dimensional
optimization problem with constraints will be presented. A brief review of
fundamentals suitable for small problems will be given. Then a description of
what changes when the problem becomes "large" and the underlying
matrices are "sparse". Details of a large sparse sequential quadratic
programming (SQP) method and a large sparse primal-dual interior point
(barrier) algorithm will then be presented.
Part 2: Optimal Control (Feb 9, 9-12)
Abstract: Methods for "transcription" or
conversion of a problem formulated in terms of differential and/or
differential-algebraic equations will be described. A brief review of methods
for numerical solution of dynamic systems, will be followed by a discussion of
the optimal control problem. Various alternatives for discretization will be
described, as well as a technique for mesh refinement. Extensions of the
paradigm to parameter estimation or "inverse problems" will also be
covered.
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Two OPTEC professors have been awarded three "Gouden Krijtjes", the yearly teaching awards given by the organization of engineering students (vtk). Prof. Lombaert was awarded the prize for the best course in civil engineering, and Prof. Diehl the prizes for the best professor and the best course in mathematical engineering (where he teaches numerical optimization). They received these awards at the yearly "proffentap" where experienced students taught them how to draft beer professionally.
