M2ACS member are actively participating in scientific conferences and workshops. Below is a list of recent selected presentations given by M2ACS PIs.<\/p>\n
2016<\/h1>\n
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SAMSI Optimization Workshop, North Carolina, September, 2016\n
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Mihai Anitescu<\/strong>, SAMSI Optimization Workshop, Research Triangle Park, August 2016.\u00a0“Getting Out More from the Power Grid– Mathematical Challenges of Energy Systems”. With M2ACS team.<\/li>\n
Steve Wright<\/strong>\u00a0and Michael Ferris<\/strong>, Optimization Program Opening Workshop, SAMSI, North Carolina,\u00a0invited speaker, September 2016.<\/li>\n
Sven Leyffer<\/strong>, SAMSI Optimization Workshop, Research Triangle Park, NC, August\u00a02016. “Mixed-Integer PDE-Constrained Optimization”<\/li>\n
Jonathan\u00a0Weare<\/strong>, Mihai Anitescu<\/strong>, Chris DeMarco<\/strong>, and Charles Matthews, SAMSI optimization workshop, Research Triangle Park, August 2016. “Toward more faithful simulations of cascade failures in power systems.”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, Minneapolis, February 2016\n
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Mihai Anitescu<\/strong>, IMA Colloquium, Minneapolis, February 2016. “Getting Out More from the Power Grid– Mathematical Challenges of Energy Systems”. With M2ACS team.<\/li>\n
Alexandre M. Tartakovsky<\/strong> and David A. Barajas-Solano, Analysis\u00a0of power system stability under uncertainty: probability density\u00a0function (PDF) method; Institute for Mathematics and its\u00a0Applications Special Workshop: Optimization and Uncertainty\u00a0Quantification in Energy and Industrial Applications, Twin Cities,\u00a0MN, Feb. 22–24, 2016.<\/li>\n
Steve Wright<\/strong>, Workshop on Convexity and Optimization: Theory and Applications,\u00a0Institite for Mathematics and its Applications, Minneapolis, invited\u00a0speaker, February, 2015.<\/li>\n
Steve Wright<\/strong>, IMA Workshop on Optimization and Uncertainty Quantification in\u00a0Energy and Industrial Applications, speaker, February, 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
Mihai Anitescu<\/strong>, Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) Colloquium, Raleigh, December 2015\n
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Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) Colloquium, Raleigh, December 2015. “Advanced Math and Computing for Energy Systems”. With Francois Gilbert, Cosmin Petra, Shrirang Abhyankar, Emil Constantinescu, Hong Zhang. \nABB Colloquium, Raleigh, December 2015 : “The Use of Julia Language for Technical Computing”. With Francois Gilbert, Cosmin Petra, Miles Lubin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing, Paris, France, 2016\n
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Kibaek Kim<\/strong>, “Parallel Decomposition Methods for Structured MIP,” SIAM Parallel Processing 2016, Paris, France, April 2016.<\/li>\n
Cosmin Petra<\/strong>, “Scalable optimization of complex energy systems using high-performance computing,” SIAM Parallel Processing 2016, Paris, France, April 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
SIAM Conference on Uncertainty Quantification, Lausanne, April, 2016\n
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Cosmin Petra<\/strong>, Optimization-based parameter estimation of dynamic power grid systems, SIAM UQ, 2016.<\/li>\n
Charles Matthews with Ben Leimkuhler and Jonathan Weare<\/strong>, SIAM UQ, Lausanne, April 2016: “Ensemble preconditioning schemes for Bayesian inverse problems.”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
International Conference on Stochastic Programming, Buzios, Brazil, July 2016\n
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Kibaek Kim<\/strong>, “An Asynchronous Incremental Proximal Bundle Method for Dual Decomposition of Stochastic Mixed-Integer Programming,” 2016 International Conference on Stochastic Programming, Buzios, Brazil, July 2016.<\/li>\n
James Luedtke<\/strong>, “Stochastic integer programming,” Invited Tutorial<\/strong>, 2016 International Conference on Stochastic Programming, Buzios, Brazil, July 2016.<\/li>\n
James Luedtke<\/strong>, “Power flow models with computationally tractable joint chance constraints,” 2016 International Conference on Stochastic Programming, Buzios, Brazil, July 2016.<\/li>\n
Jean-Paul Watson<\/strong>, “Stochastic Unit Commitment: Scenario Generation, Scalable Computation, and Experimental Results,” 2016 International Conference on Stochastic Programming, Buzios, Brazil. July 2016.<\/li>\n
Victor M. Zavala<\/strong>, International Conference on Stochastic Programming, June 2016, “Clustering-Based Preconditioning for Stochastic Programs”<\/li>\n
John Birge<\/strong>, Asset allocation using particle methods, International Conference on Stochastic Programming, Buzios, Brazil, June 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, Minneapolis, August, 2016\n
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Jeff Linderoth<\/strong>,\u00a0James Luedtke<\/strong>, and Steve\u00a0Wright<\/strong>, “Mathematical Optimization,”\u00a0Institute for\u00a0Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), Minneapolis, August 2016.<\/li>\n
Steve Wright<\/strong>, Jeff Linderoth<\/strong>, and James Luedtke<\/strong>,\u00a0New Directions program on Mathematical Optimization, Institute \nfor Mathematics and its Applications, Minneapolis, organizer\u00a0and lecturer, August, 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
Mihai Anitescu<\/strong>,\u00a0Schlumberger, Webinar, May 2016. “Optimization Under Uncertainty”. With Cosmin Petra, Victor Zavala.<\/li>\n
John Birge<\/strong>,\u00a0Alternative Pricing Policies and Market Design in Electricity Markets, Barbaros Tansel Memorial Lecture, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, March 2016<\/li>\n
John Birge<\/strong>, Using Optimization to Make the Grid Smart and Efficient, Turkish-American Scientists and Scholars Association annual meeting, Chicago, April 2016.<\/li>\n
Julie Bessac, Emil M. Constantinescu<\/strong>, and Mihai Anitescu,\u00a0Stochastic simulation of predictive space-time scenarios of wind speed\u00a0using observations and physical model outputs; AGU Fall Meeting 2016,\u00a0San Francisco, CA, Dec 12-16, 2016.<\/li>\n
Julie Bessac, Emil M. Constantinescu<\/strong>, and Mihai Anitescu,\u00a0Stochastic simulation of predictive space-time scenarios of wind speed\u00a0using observations and physical models; Session 243; Joint Statistical\u00a0Meetings 2016, Chicago, IL, July 30-August 4, 2016.<\/li>\n
Julie Bessac, Emil M. Constantinescu<\/strong>, and Mihai Anitescu,\u00a0Construction of stochastic scenarios of wind speed; 23rd Conference on\u00a0Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, New Orleans,\u00a0LA, January 11, 2016.<\/li>\n
Chris DeMarco<\/strong>, Automated Transmission Expansion and Routing Incorporating Electric and Geographic Criteria, Proc. of the 2016 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conferences (ISGT),\u00a0Minneapolis, MN, Sept 6-8, 2016.<\/li>\n
Michael Ferris<\/strong>, IPAM Workshop, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, invited speaker, January, 2016.<\/li>\n
Michael Ferris<\/strong>,\u00a0School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, invited speaker, April, 2016.<\/li>\n
Michael Ferris<\/strong>,\u00a0West Coast Optimization Meeting, University of Washington, Seattle, invited speaker, May 14, 2016.<\/li>\n
Michael Ferris<\/strong>,\u00a0NATCOR meeting, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, plenary<\/strong>, June 2016.<\/li>\n
Michael Ferris<\/strong>,\u00a0Emerging Topics in Sustainable Electric Power Systems series, University of Michigan, invited speaker, September 2016.<\/li>\n
Michael Ferris<\/strong>, IPAM Workshop, Optimization and Equilibrium in Energy Economics, University of California at Los Angeles, organizer and lecturer, January, 2016.<\/li>\n
Michael Ferris<\/strong>,\u00a0Summer School on Convex Optimization, University of Edinburgh, lecturer, June, 2016.<\/li>\n
Kibaek Kim<\/strong>,\u00a0High-Performance Computing in Optimization and Complex Energy Systems, Zuse-Institut Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2016.<\/li>\n
Kibaek Kim<\/strong>,\u00a0A Parallel Stochastic Mixed-Integer Programming Solver and Power System Applications, IEEE hpcGrid Working Group, 2016<\/li>\n
Kibaek Kim<\/strong>,\u00a0An Asynchronous Incremental Bundle Method for Dual Decomposition of Stochastic Mixed-Integer Programming, INFORMS Optimization Society Meeting, Princeton University, NJ, USA, 2016<\/li>\n
Barry Lee<\/strong>, Institute for Pure and Applied Math (IPAM), UCLA, January, 2106,\u00a0“An Elliptical Form for the Power Flow Problem”.<\/li>\n
Bernie Lesieutre<\/strong>, ETH-Zurich, June 2016, “An Elliptical Form for the Power Flow\u00a0Problem”.<\/li>\n
Sven Leyffer<\/strong>, Mathematics of Gas Transport, Berlin, Germany, October\u00a02016. “Mixed-Integer PDE-Constrained Optimization in Gas Networks”<\/li>\n
Guo Lin<\/strong>, Invited seminar at Department of Electric Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, June 28, 2016.<\/li>\n
Guo Lin<\/strong>,\u00a0Invited seminar at Department of Mathematics, Nanjing Information Engineering University, Nanjing, China, June 27, 2016.<\/li>\n
Guo Lin<\/strong>,\u00a0Invited seminar at Institute of Information Science, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China, June 25, 2016.<\/li>\n
Guo Lin<\/strong>,\u00a0Invited seminar at Department of Mathematics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, June 22, 2016.<\/li>\n
Guo Lin<\/strong>,\u00a0Invited seminar at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, June 6, 2016.<\/li>\n
Guo Lin<\/strong>,\u00a0Invited talk at International Conference on Applied Mathematics 2016 at CityU, Hong Kong, May 30-June 2, 2016.<\/li>\n
Guo Lin<\/strong>,\u00a0Invited seminar at Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, April 29, 2016.<\/li>\n
Guo Lin<\/strong>,\u00a0Invited talk at Workshop on Modeling and Analysis in Molecular Biology and Electrophysiology, Suzhou, China, June 17, 2016.<\/li>\n
Guo Lin<\/strong>,\u00a0Invited seminar Invited seminar at Naritech Company, Nanjing, China, June 7, 2016.<\/li>\n
Jeff Linderoth<\/strong>,\u00a0“Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming: Theory, algorithms and\u00a0applications”, (with Robert Weistmanel, ETH), Sponsored by \nMathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), University of \nSevilla, June, 2016.<\/li>\n
Jeff Linderoth<\/strong>, “Strong Convex Nonlinear Relaxations of the Pooling Problem,”\u00a0Plenary<\/strong>, Mathematical Programming Down Under (MODU 2016), Melbourne, Australia, July, 2016.<\/li>\n
Jeff Linderoth<\/strong>, “Strong Convex Nonlinear Relaxations of the Pooling Problem,”\u00a020th\u00a0Combinatorial Optimization Workshop,\u00a0Aussois, France, January, 2016.<\/li>\n
Cosmin Petra<\/strong>,\u00a0Scalable optimization of complex energy systems using high-performance computing, Joint Mathematics Meeting, 2016.<\/li>\n
Cosmin Petra<\/strong>, Modelling and solving SC-ACOPF problems in parallel, FERC Technical Conference on Increasing Market and Planning Efficiency through Improved Software, 2016.<\/li>\n
Emilie Purvine<\/strong>, Graph Clustering with Applications to Power Grid Data; Invited presentation at Valparaiso University Mathematics REU, July 2016.<\/li>\n
Jean-Paul Watson<\/strong>,\u00a0Stochastic Unit Commitment: Scenario Generation, Scalable Computation, and Experimental Results,\u00a0Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of\u00a0Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. April 2016.<\/li>\n
Jean-Paul Watson<\/strong>, Parallel Scenario-Based Decomposition Methods for Solving the Contingency-Constrained AC Optimal Power Flow Problem, Fifth International Conference on Continuous Optimization, Tokyo, Japan. August 2016.<\/li>\n
Charles Matthews with Ben Leimkuhler and Jonathan Weare<\/strong>, ICERM workshop: stochastic numerical algorithms, Providence, July 2016. “Ensemble preconditioning schemes for Bayesian inverse problems.”<\/li>\n
Charles Matthews with Ben Leimkuhler and\u00a0Jonathan Weare<\/strong>, SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , May 2016, “Overcoming bad scaling using ensemble samplers.”<\/li>\n
Lim, C.-H. and Wright, S. J.<\/strong>, “A Box-constrained approach for\u00a0hard permutation problems,” International Conference on Machine\u00a0Learning (ICML), 2016.<\/li>\n
Steve Wright<\/strong>,\u00a0Winter School on Advances in Mathematics of Signal Processing, Hausdorff Institute for Mathematics, Bonn, invited lecturer, January, 2016.<\/li>\n
Steve Wright<\/strong>,\u00a0Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Class of ’27 lectures, March, 2016.<\/li>\n
Steve Wright<\/strong>, Mexico-US Workshop on Optimization and Applications, Merida, invited speaker, January, 2016.<\/li>\n
Steve Wright<\/strong>,\u00a0Workshop on Optimization and Data Assimilation, CERFACS, Toulouse, invited speaker, January, 2016.<\/li>\n
Steve Wright<\/strong>,\u00a0Algorithms and Applications of Optimization, Fields Institute, Toronto, invited speaker, June, 2016.<\/li>\n
Steve Wright<\/strong>,\u00a028th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO 2016), Poznan, Poland, plenary speaker<\/strong>, July, 2016<\/li>\n
Steve Wright<\/strong>,\u00a0Program on Mathematics of Data, Park City Mathematics Institute,\u00a0Park City, Utah, lecturer, July, 2016.<\/li>\n
Victor M. Zavala<\/strong>, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas, May 2016, “Algorithms for Multi-Stakeholder Decison-Making and Conflict Resolution”<\/li>\n
Victor M. Zavala<\/strong>,\u00a0King Adbullah University of Science and Technology, April 2016, “A Stochastic Programming Framework for Multi-Stakeholder Decison-Making and Conflict Resolution”<\/li>\n
Victor M. Zavala<\/strong>,\u00a0Technical University of Denmark, March 2016, “A Framework for Multi-Stakeholder Decison-Making and Conflict Resolution”<\/li>\n
Victor M. Zavala<\/strong>, U.S.-Mexico Workshop on Optimization, January 2016, “A CVaR Framework for Multi-Stakeholder Optimization”<\/li>\n
Victor M. Zavala<\/strong>,\u00a0Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, August 2016, “Advances in Stochastic Optimization: Software, Algorithms, and Applications”<\/li>\n
Victor M. Zavala<\/strong>,\u00a0Midwest Microgrid Consortium, July 2016, “Multi-Scale Control of Energy Networks”<\/li>\n
Victor M. Zavala<\/strong>,\u00a0Argonne National Laboratory, March 2016, “Interdependent Infrastructures: Models and Solvers”<\/li>\n
Victor M. Zavala<\/strong>,\u00a0IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, December 2015, “Nonlinear Programming Strategies on High-Performance Computers”<\/li>\n
Victor M. Zavala<\/strong>, Stochastic Programming: Formulations, Algorithms, and Applications. Offered:\n
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April\/July 2016, UW-Madison (20\/10 Students). Offered to CBE Graduate Students.<\/li>\n
April 2016, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (50 Students). Offered to Graduate Students and Technical Staff of Saudi Aramco.<\/li>\n
August 2016, UW-Madison (10 Students). Offered to Technical Staff of ExxonMobil, Johnson Controls, and Air Liquide.<\/li>\n
August 2016, Dow Chemical HQ (20 Students). Offered to Technical Staff of Dow Chemical.<\/li>\n
December 2016, ITESM-Mexico, Offered to Graduate Students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
Victor M. Zavala<\/strong>, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (Workshop on\u00a0Electricity Markets), May 2016, “Multi-Scale Control of Energy\u00a0Networks”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Mihai Anitescu<\/strong>, INFORMS, Philadelphia, November 2015: “Getting Out More from the Power Grid– Mathematical Challenges of Energy Systems”. With M2ACS team. keynote presentation<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
Kibaek Kim<\/strong>, “A Stochastic Electricity Market Clearing Formulation with Consistent Pricing Properties,”\u00a0INFORMS 2015 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2015.<\/li>\n
Kibaek Kim<\/strong>,\u00a0“Algorithmic Innovations And Software For The Dual Decomposition Method Applied To SMIP,”\u00a0INFORMS 2015 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2015.<\/li>\n
Jeff Linderoth<\/strong>,\u00a0“Strong Convex Nonlinear Relaxations of the Pooling Problem,”\u00a0INFORMS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, November, 2015.<\/li>\n
Steve Wright<\/strong>,\u00a0INFORMS Annual Meeting, keynote speaker<\/strong>, October 2015.<\/li>\n
John Birge<\/strong>,\u00a0Long Term Capacity Contracting with Renewables, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, November 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
INFORMS Annual Meeting, INFORMS Computing Society Conference, Richmond, VA, January, 2015\n
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Jeff Linderoth<\/strong>, “Orbital Conflict,” INFORMS Computing Society Meeting,\u00a0Richmond, VA, January, 2015.<\/li>\n
James Luedtke<\/strong>, “Decomposition algorithms for two-stage chance-constrained stochastic programs,” INFORMS Computing Society \nConference, Richmond, VA, January 2015.<\/li>\n
Cosmin Petra<\/strong>,\u00a0Realtime stochastic optimization of complex energy systems on\u00a0high-performance computers, INFORMS Computing Society, 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, March, 2015\n
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Mihai Anitescu<\/strong>, SIAM-CSE, Salt Lake City, March 2015. “Data-driven model for solar irradiation based on satellite observations”. With Illias Bilionis and Emil Constantinescu.<\/li>\n
Cosmin Petra<\/strong>, On the role of wind correlation in the economic dispatch of power grid systems, SIAM CSE, 2015.<\/li>\n
David A. Barajas-Solano, Alexandre M. Tartakovsky<\/strong>, Debojyoti Ghosh, Emil M. Constantinescu, Shrirang Abhyankar and Zhenyu Huang, Probability Density Methods for the Analysis of Power Grids Under Uncertainty; SIAM Conference on Computational Science & Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, Mar. 14–18, 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, Pittsburgh, July, 2015\n
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Steve Wright<\/strong>, International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, Pittsburgh,\u00a0plenary speaker<\/strong>, July, 2015.<\/li>\n
Michael Ferris<\/strong>, International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, Pittsburgh,\u00a0speaker, July, 2015.<\/li>\n
Kibaek Kim<\/strong>,\u00a0Computing Feasible Solutions in Dual Decomposition Method\u00a0Applied to Stochastic Integer Programming, ISMP Meeting 2015,\u00a0Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2015.<\/li>\n
Jeff Linderoth<\/strong>, “Using IP for Solving Nonconvex Quadratic Programs with Box Constraints,”\u00a022nd International Symposium on \nMathematical Programming, Pittsburgh, July, 2015.<\/li>\n
James Luedtke<\/strong>, “Strong convex relaxations of the pooling problem,” 2015 International Symposium on Mathematical\u00a0Programming, Pittsburgh, PA, July 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
Mihai Anitescu<\/strong>,\u00a0EPRI \u00e2\u0080\u0093 Innovation Summit, Huntington Beach, October 2015: “New Modeling Frameworks for Planning and Operations”, with Francois Gilbert, Cosmin Petra, Miles Lubin, Victor Zavala.<\/li>\n
Mihai Anitescu<\/strong>, The National Renewable Energy Lab Colloquium, Golden, July 2015. “HPC for Optimization under Uncertainty in Energy Systems”. With Cosmin Petra, Francois Gilbert, Victor Zavala.<\/li>\n
Mihai Anitescu<\/strong>, Grid Optics Workshop, Richland, September 2015 : M2ACS: “Multifacted Mathematics for Complex Energy Systems”. With M2ACS team.<\/li>\n
John Birge<\/strong>,\u00a0Alternative Pricing Policies and Market Design in Electricity Markets, University of Texas at Dallas, October 2015.<\/li>\n
John Birge<\/strong>,\u00a0Alternative Pricing Policies and Market Design in Electricity Markets, University of Oklahoma, October 2015.<\/li>\n
John Birge<\/strong>,\u00a0Alternative Pricing Policies and Market Design in Electricity Markets, University of Michigan, October 2015.<\/li>\n
John Birge<\/strong>, Particle-Filtering Approaches for Dynamic Stochastic Optimization, I-Sim Workshop, Purdue University, July 2015.<\/li>\n
Michael Ferris<\/strong>, 17th British-French-German Conference on Optimization, Imperial College, London, plenary speaker, June, 2015.<\/li>\n
Michael Ferris<\/strong>, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, invited speaker, February, 2015.<\/li>\n
Michael Ferris<\/strong>,\u00a0Optimization, Sparsity and Adaptive Data Analysis, Chinese Academy of Sciences, plenary speaker, March, 2015.<\/li>\n