WCOM Autumn 2024: 20–21 September
Invitation
The autumn 2024 edition of the West Coast Optimization Meeting will be held on 20–21 September 2024 on the Vancouver Campus of the University of British Columbia.
The organizers (Michael Friedlander, Mark Schmidt, and Philip Loewen) are pleased to invite all interested participants. Please note that registration is required. (Details below.)
Locations
All scheduled scientific activities will take place in room 110 of the Hugh Dempster Pavilion, 6245 Agronomy Road, with latitude,longitude of 49.26119112323971, -123.24816733202749. The contact page links to maps and direction information.
The social event on Friday evening is in the ICICS/CS building, room X836. The closest exterior door is across Engineering Road from the Dempster Pavilion, with lat,long of about 49.26121737565622, -123.24830008127408.
Bonus: Interview with RTR
On the evening of the social dinner, Terry Rockafellar has agreed to share some of his thoughts, as prompted by interview questions from Michael Friedlander. This will start when it feels like the time is right, probably around 20:00, in the same room as the dinner.
Registration
Registration is free, easy, and required. Just send an email to Philip Loewen (loew@math.ubc.ca) giving your name, affiliation, and home page url, stating whether you plan to attend the social event.
Timetable
- Friday, September 20, 2024: Social dinner, room ICICS X836, starting at 18:30.
- Saturday, September 21, 2024: Technical presentations in room DMP 110. Come at 08:30 for coffee and pastry; talks start at 09:00. Select Schedule in the navigation menu for details.
WiFi
UBC is a node in the eduroam network; participants from other nodes can use eduroam. UBC Okanagan participants can use their usual UBC credentials.
All other participants should connect to the ubcvisitor network.
Support
We gratefully acknowledge financial support for WCOM Autumn 2024 from ...
UBCV Faculty of Science
UBCV Department of MathematicsWCOM News
News and announcements about the West Coast Optimization Meeting series are shared through a low-traffic mailing list named west-coast-opt@cs.ubc.ca. To get a particular email address onto the list, use that address to send a short email to majorodomo@cs.ubc.ca. The body of the email, in plain text, should say simply “subscribe west-coast-opt”. If this doesn't work, engage Philip Loewen (loew@math.ubc.ca) to collaborate in troubleshooting.
History
The WCOM has been held once or twice yearly since at least 1992 (the first two meetings were called the West Coast Optimization Seminar). Here is an incomplete list of past meetings.