2001 ICOTA Sessions:     December 15, 2001, Saturday
 9:00-9:30   Opening Ceremony, SHB 508
9:40-10:20   Plenary Lecture :  Optimization Approaches to Pricing Theory,  David G. Luenberger  (Stanford University), SHB 508
10:20-10:40   Tea Break
10:40-11:20   Plenary Lecture :  Optimization with Extended Nonlinear Programming, R. Terry Rockafellar (University of Washington), SHB 508
11:20-12:00   Plenary Lecture :  Some Recent Advances in Mathematical Programs with Equilibrium Constraints, Masao Fukushima (Kyoto
                               University), SHB 508
 12:00-1:30   Lunch Time
Parallel    Sessions
Venue LSB LT1 LSB LT2 LSB LT3 LSB LT4 LSB LT5 LSB LT6
SATM
1:30-3:30
SATM1
Mini-Symposium on Reformulation Methods: I
SATM2
Invited Session on MPECS and Error Bounds
SATM3
Best Student Paper Presentation
SATM4
Mini-Symposium on Generalized Convexity and Nonlinear Lagrangians: I
SATM5
Contributed Session on Scheduling: I
SATM6
Contributed Session on Optimization Applications: I
3:30-3:50   Tea Break
SATP
3:50-5:50
SATP1
Mini-Symposium on Reformulation Methods: II
SATP2
Invited Session on Continuous Methods for Optimization
SATP3
Invited Session on Applications of Optimization in Signal Processing
SATP4
Mini-Symposium on Generalized Convexity and Nonlinear Lagrangians: II
SATP5
Contributed Session on Scheduling: II
SATP6
Contributed Session on Optimization Applications: II
2001 ICOTA Sessions:     December 16, 2001, Sunday
8:30-9:10   Plenary Lecture :  From Local to Global and From Convexity to Nonconvexity in Optimization, Panos M. Pardalos (University of
                               Florida), SHB 508
9:10-9:50   Plenary Lecture :  The Flight from Earth to Mars and Back via Optimal Trajectories, Angelo Miele (Rice University), SHB 508
9:50-10:10   Tea Break
Parallel    Sessions
Venue LSB LT1 LSB LT2 LSB LT3 LSB LT4 LSB LT5 LSB LT6
SUNA
10:10-12:10
SUNA1
Mini-Symposium on Reformulation Methods: III
SUNA2
Mini-Symposium on Financial Optimization: I
SUNA3
Invited Session on Recent Advances in Global Optimization
SUNA4
Mini-Symposium on Generalized Convexity and Nonlinear Lagrangians: III
SUNA5
Invited Session on Optimization Theory and Related Topics
SUNA6
Contributed Session on Control
12:10-1:30   Lunch Time
1:30-2:10   Plenary Lecture : General Problem Solvers for Combinatorial Optimization Problems by Metaheuristics, Toshihide Ibaraki (Kyoto
                              University), SHB 508
SUNM
2:30-3:50
SUNM1
Mini-Symposium on Reformulation Methods: IV
SUNM2
Mini-Symposium on Financial Optimization: II
SUNM3
Invited Session on Linear and Nonlinear Programming
SUNM4
Mini-Symposium on Generalized Convexity and Nonlinear Lagrangians: IV
SUNM5
Invited Session on Least Squares and Quadratic Forms
SUNM6
Invited Session on Geometric Theory of Optimization
3:50-4:10   Tea Break
SUNP
4:10-6:10
SUNP1
Mini-Symposium on Reformulation Methods: V
SUNP2
Mini-Symposium on Financial Optimization: III
SUNP3
Contributed Session on Global Optimization
SUNP4
Mini-Symposium on Generalized Convexity and Nonlinear Lagrangians: V
SUNP5
Contributed Session on Nonlinear Programming I
SUNP6
Contributed Session on Multiobjective Optimization
2001 ICOTA Sessions:     December 17, 2001, Monday
8:30-9:10   Plenary Lecture :  Semidefinite Programming for Discrete and Global Optimization: Approximation, Computation and Applications,
                               Yinyu Ye (University of Iowa), SHB 508
 
9:10-9:50   Plenary Lecture :  L1  Splines for Shape-Preserving Multiscale Geometric Modeling, Shu-Cheng Fang (North Carolina State
                               University), SHB 508
 
9:50-10:10   Tea Break  
Parallel    Sessions
Venue LSB LT1 LSB LT2 LSB LT3 LSB LT4 LSB LT5 LSB LT6
MONA
10:10-12:10
MONA1
Contributed Session on Dynamic Optimization and Dynamic Game
MONA2
Mini-Symposium on Financial Optimization: IV
MONA3
Invited Session on Nonconvex Optimization: Local and Global
MONA4
Mini-Symposium on Generalized Convexity and Nonlinear Lagrangians: VI
MONA5
Contributed Session on Nonlinear Programming II
MONA6
Invited Session on Optimization in Engineering Structure
 
12:10-1:30   Lunch Time  
MONM
1:30-3:50
MONM1
Invited Session on Optimization in Wireless Communications
MONM2
Invited Session on Control Theory, Techniques and Applications
MONM3
Invited Session on Industrial Optimization
MONM4
Contributed Session on Discrete Optimization
MONM5
Invited Session on
1: Lot-Sizing, Telecommunications Planning and Data Modeling
2: Network Design, Routing and Scheduling
MONM6
Invited Session on Optimization Techniques in Information Processing and Defense Applications
 
3:50-4:10   Tea Break  
MONP
4:10-5:30
MONP1
Invited Session on Optimization in Statistics
MONP2
Invited Session on Conic Optimization: Method and Applications
MONP3
Invited Session on Electricity Markets
MONP4
Invited Session on Optimization in Supply Chain
MONP5
Contributed Session on Nonlinear Programming III
MONP6
Invited Session on Operations Management Applications in Thailand
 
7:00-9:00   Banquet