{"200561":{"#nid":"200561","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Joint CSE\/ISYE\/IDH Seminar: Stephen Wright","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker:\u003C\/strong\u003E Stephen Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle: \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOptimization in Learning and Data Analysis\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EOptimization tools are vital to data analysis and learning. The optimization perspective has provided valuable insights, and optimization formulations have led to practical algorithms with good theoretical properties. In turn, the rich collection of problems in\u003Cbr \/\u003Elearning and data analysis is providing fresh perspectives on optimization algorithms and is driving new fundamental research in the area. After a brief survey, we focus on several problems --- signal reconstruction, manifold learning, and regression\/classification ---\u003Cbr \/\u003Edescribing in each case recent research in which optimization algorithms have been developed and applied successfully.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBio: \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EProfessor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cs.wisc.edu\/\u0022\u003EComputer Sciences Department\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.engr.wisc.edu\/ie\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E at UW-Madison\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EInvestigator in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/discovery.wisc.edu\/home\/wisconsin\/research\/optimization\/optimization-home.cmsx\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EOptimization Theme\u003C\/a\u003E in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.discovery.wisc.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EWisconsin Institute for Discovery\u003C\/a\u003E at UW-Madison.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EPast Chair and current Vice Chair of the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mathprog.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMathematical Optimization Society\u003C\/a\u003E (formerly Mathematical Programming Society)\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.mathprog.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.siam.org\/prizes\/fellows\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESIAM Fellow\u003C\/a\u003E and Member of the Board of Trustees of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.siam.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESIAM\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMember of the Science Advisory Board of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ipam.ucla.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EIPAM\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cs.wisc.edu\/users\/swright\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.cs.wisc.edu\/users\/swright\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Optimization in Learning and Data Analysis"}],"uid":"27439","created_gmt":"2013-03-19 10:15:56","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:02:55","author":"Lometa Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2013-03-25T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2013-03-25T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2013-03-25T16:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2013-03-25 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2013-03-25 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2013-03-25 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1304","name":"High Performance Computing (HPC)"},{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"},{"id":"50877","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHost:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information please contact Dr. Le Song at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lsong@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elsong@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}