Date Topic Presenters Material
8/28/2012 Introduction Rob
8/30/2012 Math Background Rob Boyd and Vandenberghe, Appendix A
Convex Sets Matthew Biernat, Raghavendran Vijendran Convex Sets (Boyd and Vandenberghe)
Convex Functions Convex functions (Boyd and Vandenberghe)
Convex optimization problems Devansh Arpit, Mahmoud Abo Khamis Convex optimization problems (Boyd and Vandenberghe)
Duality Duality (Boyd and Vandenberghe)
10/23/2012 Approximation and Fitting Approximation and Fitting (Boyd and Vandenberghe)
10/25/2012 Approximation and Fitting Approximation and Fitting (Boyd and Vandenberghe)
10/30/2012 Statistical estimation Statistical estimation (Boyd and Vandenberghe)
11/1/2012 Statistical estimation Statistical estimation (Boyd and Vandenberghe)
11/6/2012 Geometric problems Geometric Problems (Boyd and Vandenberghe)
11/8/2012 Geometric problems Geometric Problems (Boyd and Vandenberghe)
11/13/2012 Convex Relaxations Lagrangian relaxations and randomization (Boyd and Vandenberghe), Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
11/15/2012 Class Cancelled!
11/20/2012 Convex Relaxations Lagrangian relaxations and randomization (Boyd and Vandenberghe), Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
11/27/2012 Sum of Squares Sum of Squares Constraints (Parrilo, Lall), Paper 1, Paper 2.
11/29/2012 Sum of Squares Sum of Squares Constraints (Parrilo, Lall), Paper 1, Paper 2.
12/4/2012 Ideals, Varieties Algebraic Geometry Dictionary (Lall)