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Fall 2021

Geometric Methods in Optimization and Sampling Boot Camp

Aug 30, 2021 to Sep 3, 2021 
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Monday, August 30th, 2021
Day 1: Optimization
9:00 am–9:20 am
Coffee & Check In
9:20 am–9:30 am
Opening Remarks
9:30 am–10:30 am
10:30 am–11:00 am
Break
11:00 am–12:00 pm
12:00 pm–2:00 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm–3:00 pm
3:00 pm–3:30 pm
Break
3:30 pm–4:30 pm
4:30 pm–5:30 pm
Reception
Tuesday, August 31st, 2021
Day 2: Sampling
9:00 am–9:30 am
Coffee & Check In
9:30 am–10:30 am
Andreas Eberle (University of Bonn)
10:30 am–11:00 am
Break
11:00 am–12:00 pm
Andreas Eberle (University of Bonn)
12:00 pm–2:00 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm–3:00 pm
Maxim Raginsky (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
3:00 pm–3:30 pm
Break
3:30 pm–4:30 pm
Wednesday, September 1st, 2021
Day 3: Optimal Transport
9:00 am–9:30 am
Coffee & Check In
9:30 am–10:30 am
10:30 am–11:00 am
Break
11:00 am–12:00 pm
12:00 pm–2:00 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm–3:00 pm
Marco Cuturi (Google Brain)
3:00 pm–3:30 pm
Break
3:30 pm–4:30 pm
Jan Maas (IST Austria)
Thursday, September 2nd, 2021
Day 4: PDEs
9:00 am–9:30 am
Coffee & Check In
9:30 am–10:30 am
Katy Craig (UC Santa Barbara)
10:30 am–11:00 am
Break
11:00 am–12:00 pm
Katy Craig (UC Santa Barbara)
12:00 pm–2:00 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm–3:00 pm
3:00 pm–3:30 pm
Break
3:30 pm–4:30 pm
Dejan Slepčev (Carnegie Mellon University)
Friday, September 3rd, 2021
Day 5: Algebraic Methods
9:00 am–9:30 am
Coffee & Check In
9:30 am–10:30 am
Avi Wigderson (IAS School of Mathematics) & Michael Walter (University of Amsterdam & QuSoft)
10:30 am–11:00 am
Break
11:00 am–12:00 pm
Avi Wigderson (IAS School of Mathematics) & Michael Walter (University of Amsterdam & QuSoft)
12:00 pm–2:00 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm–3:00 pm
3:00 pm–4:00 pm
Jonathan Leake (TU Berlin)