Optimization methods are fundamental to data science and AI, enabling critical tasks such as sparse data recovery, clustering, dimensionality reduction, and data completion. They are also essential for training machine learning models, including neural networks.
However, existing optimization methods are being constantly challenged by the particular features of modern applications. For example, emerging problems related to data science and AI often involve a huge number of variables, complex data structure, and may require distributed data support.
Consequently, there is a rising demand for the development of new optimization methods customized for specific applications and ideally supported by provable efficiency guarantees. This workshop aims to bring together experts interested in the theory, design, and application of optimization methods. It will serve as a platform for sharing the latest advancements in Algorithmic Optimization, promoting idea exchange and scientific collaborations.

Confirmed Speakers :

Masoud Ahookhosh (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
Francis Bach (INRIA, France)
Nicolas Boumal (EPFL, Switzerland)
Coralia Cartis (University of Oxford, UK)
Etienne de Klerk (Tilburg University, Netherlands)
Nikita Doikov (EPFL, Switzerland)
Radu Dragomir (Télécom Paris, France) 
Pavel Dvurechensky (WIAS, Germany)
Mihai Florea (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
Robert Freund (MIT, USA)
Michel Gevers (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
François Glineur (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
Geovani Nunes Grapiglia (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
Niao He (ETH Zürich, Switzerland) 
Tibor Illés (Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary) 
Anatoli Juditsky (Université Grenoble Alpes, France)
George Lan (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Goran Lesaja (Georgia Southern University, USA) 
Boris Mordukhovich (Wayne State University, USA)
Ion Necoara (University Politehnica Bucharest, Romania)
Arkadi Nemirovski (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Yurii Nesterov (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
Panos Patrinos (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Peter Richtárik (KAUST, Saudi Arabia)
Anton Rodomanov (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, Germany)
Kees Roos (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)
Katya Scheinberg (Cornell University, USA) 
Damien Scieur (Samsung - SAIL Montréal, Canada) 
Vladimir Shikhman (Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany)
Vladimir Spokoiny (WIAS, Germany)
Tamás Terlaky (Lehigh University, USA) 
Philippe Toint (Université de Namur, Belgium)
Levent Tunçel (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Paul Van Dooren (Université catholique de Louvain)
Luis Nunes Vicente (Lehigh University, USA) 
Stephen Wright (University of Wisconsin, USA)
Yinyu Ye (Stanford University, USA)

Poster Presentation :

Zohreh Aminifard
Alexander Bodard
Nizar Bousselmi
Dânâ Davar
Zhicheng Deng
Brecht Evens
Mohammad Hamed Firouzehtarash
Nicolas Gillis
Susan Guaderi
Alireza Kabgani
Yassine Kamri
Aleksandr Lobanov
Elaheh Lotfian
Estelle Massart
Konstantinos Oikonomidi
Morteza Rahimi
Marcos Medeiros Raimundo
Teodor Rotaru
Anne Rubbens 
Seyed Amjad Seyedi
Bas Symoens
Timothé Taminiau
Sofiane Tanji
Guanchun Tong
Manu Upadhyaya
Charlotte Vermeylen
Nico Vervliet
Hongjin Wu
Moslem Zamani

Other participants :

Pierre-Antoine Absil
Michel Baes
Vincent Blondel
Lieven De Lathauwer
Olivier Devolder
Yves Genin
Osman Guler
Yvan Hachez
Julien Hendrickx
Miloica Jaćimović
Raphaël Jungers
Etienne Loute
Stefan Richter
Annick Sartenaer
Laurence Wolsey

Program committe :

Yurii Nesterov
François Glineur
Geovani Grapiglia

Organizing Committee :

François Glineur
Geovani Grapiglia
Nancy Guillaume
Séverine De Visscher

For more details about the event and the latest information, please visit the workshop website at: https://sites.uclouvain.be/algopt2024/