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GALILEO GALILEI FOUNDATION
WORLD FEDERATION OF SCIENTISTS
ETTORE MAJORANA CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE

GALILEO GALILEI CELEBRATIONS
Four Hundred Years Since the Birth of MODERN SCIENCE

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS

«G. STAMPACCHIA»

33rd Workshop:

HIGH PERFORMANCE ALGORITHMS AND SOFTWARE FOR NONLINEAR OPTIMIZATION

ERICE-SICILY: 30 JUNE - 8 JULY 2001

Sponsored by the:

• Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research
• Sicilian Regional Government

PROGRAMME AND LECTURERS

Constrained and unconstrained optimization
Global optimization
Derivative-free methods
Interior point techniques for nonlinear programming
Large scale optimization
Linear and nonlinear complementarity problems
Nonsmooth optimization
Neural networks and optimization
Applications of nonlinear optimization

• P. Boggs, Sandia National Labs, Livermore, CA, USA
• A.R. Conn, Watson Research Ctr., IBM, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
• J. Dennis, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
• Y.G. Evtushenko, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, RU
• F. Facchinei, University of Rome "La Sapienza", I
• R. Fletcher, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK
• J.C. Gilbert, INRIA, Le Chesnay, F
• P.E. Gill, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
• D.GOLDFARB, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
• S. Lucidi, University of Rome "La Sapienza", I
• J.J. Moré, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
• S.G. Nash, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
• E. J. Polak, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
• E. Sachs, University of Trier, D
• D. Shanno, Rutgers University, Rutcor, NJ, USA
• P.L. Toint, University of Namur, B
• V.J. Torczon, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA
• R.J. Vanderbei, Princeton University, NJ, USA
• J.P. Vial, University of Geneva, CH
• M.H. Wright, Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ, USA
• S. Wright, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
• J.Z. Zhang, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, HC

PURPOSE OF THE WORKSHOP

The Workshop aims to assess the past and to discuss the future concerning Nonlinear Optimization. Recent achievements and promising research trends will be focused. Algorithmic and high performance software aspects will be emphasized, joining to theoretical advances to new computational experiences. Contributions from different and complementary standpoints, covering several fields of numerical optimization and its applications are expected.

APPLICATIONS

Persons wishing to attend the Workshop should apply in writing to:

• Professor Gianni Di Pillo
  Università di Roma "La Sapienza''
  Via Buonarroti 12
  00185 Roma, Italy
  e-mail: dipillo@dis.uniroma1.it

specifying:

i) Full name, address, age and nationality;
ii) Academic qualifications and number of publications;
iii) List of publications;
iv) Present position and place of work.

An application form is available at the URL: http://www.dis.uniroma1.it/~or/erice

Closing date for application: April 30, 2001

• PLEASE NOTE
  Participants must arrive in Erice on June 30, 2001, not later than 5 p.m.