School of Technology and Computer Science Seminars

Convex Optimization and Variational Inequalities

by Prof. Joydeep Dutta (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur)

Monday, July 4, 2011 from to (Asia/Kolkata)
at Colaba Campus ( A-212 (STCS Seminar Room) )
Description
This talk concerns the basic facts of convex optimization and variational inequalities. We will discuss about subgradients and provide important examples. Further we will discuss some important algorithms for non-smooth convex optimization like the projected subgradient method. We will also discuss some important algorithms for solving finite dimensional varitaional inequality problems.