Program Lunteren 2015

Tuesday January 13, 2015
10.15	Registration
10.50	Opening
11.00 - 11.45	Ehud Kalai: Rational learning in repeated games Abstract of the Presentation PDF-file of the Presentation
12.00 - 12.45	Benjamin Van Roy: Learning to Optimize: Exploration and Generalization Abstract of the Presentation PDF-file of the Presentation
12.45	Lunch
14.30 - 16.00	Parallel sessions PhD students
16.30 - 17.15	Robert Weismantel: Nonlinear integer Optimization Part 1: convex and concave functions Abstract of the Presentation PDF-file of the Presentation
17.15 - 18.00	Presentation of the Gijs de Leve Prize PDF-file of the Presentation of the winner: Arnoud den Boer
18.30	Dinner
20.00	Meeting members LNMB

Wednesday January 14, 2015
09.15 - 10.00	Alexandre Proutiere: Structured Bandit Optimization: Fundamental Limits and Efficient Algorithms Abstract of the Presentation PDF-file of the Presentation
10.30 - 11.15	Ehud Kalai: Learning, prediction and Stability in Bayesian Games Abstract of the Presentation PDF-file of the Presentation
11.30 - 12.15	Benjamin Van Roy: Learning to Optimize: Delayed Consequences Abstract of the Presentation PDF-file of the Presentation
12.15-12.30	Presentation PhD diplomas LNMB
12.30	Lunch
14.15 - 15.45	Parallel sessions PhD students
16.15 - 17.00	Robert Weismantel: Nonlinear integer Optimization Part 2: polynomial functions Abstract of the Presentation PDF-file of the Presentation
17.15 - 18.00	Alexandre Proutiere: Community Detection via Random and Adaptive Sampling Abstract of the Presentation PDF-file of the Presentation
18.30	Dinner
20.30	Meeting PhD students LNMB

Thursday January 15, 2015 NGB/LNMB Seminar "Back to school, learn about the latest developments in Operations Research" Topic: Operations Research in a Big Data age (Data Visualization and Big Data Optimisation); more details on this seminar will follow soon
09.30 - 10.00	Registration and coffee
10.00 - 10.05	Welcome by the chair of the NGB Albert Wagelmans (EUR)
10.05 - 10.30	Introduction to the topic by the day-chair Robert Bixby (Gurobi Optimization) Abstract of the Introduction PDF-file of the introduction
10.30 - 11.15	Tutorial "Constructing Maps to Visualize Big Data - Part I" Speaker: Laurens van der Maaten (TU Delft) Abstract of Part I + II of the Presentation PDF-file of both parts of the Presentation
11.15 - 11.30	Coffee/tea
11.30 - 12.00	Tutorial "Constructing Maps to Visualize Big Data - Part II", Speaker: Laurens van der Maaten (TU Delft) Abstract of Part I + II of the Presentation
12.00 - 12.45	Application of "Data Visualization" Speaker: Danny Holten (SynerScope) Abstract of the Presentation PDF-file of the Presentation Link to a video of the Enron analysis (see last slide presentation)
12.45 - 14.00	Lunch
14.00 - 14.45	Tutorial "Big Data Optimization - Part I" Speaker: Jean-Francois Puget (IBM) Abstract of the Presentation PDF-file of both parts of the Presentation
14.45 - 15.00	Coffee/tea
15.00 - 15.45	Tutorial "Big Data Optimization - Part II" Jean-Francois Puget (IBM) Abstract of the Presentation PDF-file of both parts of the Presentation
15.45 - 16.30	Applying Mathematical Optimization to Germany's Largest Gas Transport Network Speaker: Björn Geißler (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) Abstract of the Presentation PDF-file of the Presentation
16.30 - 16.45	Closing
16.45 - 17.30	Drinks