The 9th International Conference on Optimization:

Techniques and Applications (ICOTA 9)

December 12 - 16, 2013

Conference Program Overview (Update: December 7, 2013)

Venue: International Building (IB)

(DAY 1) 12 December 2013, Thursday

Time

Activity

Room

17:00-19:30

Registration Desk Open

1st Floor Lobby

18:00-20:00

Welcome Reception

12th Floor

(DAY 2) 13 December 2013, Friday

Time

Activity

Room

08:30-17:00

Registration Desk Open

1st Floor Lobby

09:00-09:30

Opening Ceremony

101

09:30-10:20

Keynote speech I by Professor George L. Nemhauser

Topic: Mixed-Integer Programming: Approaches to Improving Solution Performance

Chair: Professor Jong-Shi Pang

101

10:20-10:40

Tea Break

1st Floor

10:40-11:20

Plenary speech by Professor Ya-Xiang Yuan

Topic: Subspace Techniques for Nonlinear Optimization

Chair: Professor George L. Nemhauser

101

11:20-12:00

Plenary speech by Professor Liqun Qi

Topic: Hankel Tensors: Associated Hankel Matrices and Vandermonde Decomposition

Chair: Professor Masao Fukushima

101

12:00-12:20

Group Photo Taking

1st Floor Lobby

12:20-13:30

Luncheon

2nd Floor

13:30-14:05

Semi-Plenary speech by Professor Marco Antonio López Cerdá

Topic: The Calmness Property in Linear Semi-infinite Optimization

Chair: Professor Juan-Enrique Martínez-Legaz

201

Semi-Plenary speech by Professor Jane Ye

Topic: Solving Bilevel Programs with a Nonconvex Lower Level Program

Chair: Jie Sun

202

14:15-15:25

Parallel

Sessions

FA-1

Special Session: Algorithms and applications of conic programming

201

FA-2  

Special Session: Applications of decision making methods and analysis in Industrial Management

202

FA-3  

Special Session: Large-scale parallel optimization software

301

FA-4  

Linear and Nonlinear Programming

302

FA-5  

Equilibrium Problem

307

FA-6

Applications of Mathematical Modeling and Optimization Theory

308

FA-7

Heuristic Methods

311

15:25-15:45

Coffee Break

1st Floor

15:45-17:15

Parallel

Sessions

FB-1 

Special Session: Optimization Theory and Applications in Engineering

201

FB-2 

Special Session: Modeling and Optimization of Automatic Guided Vehicle Systems

202

FB-3 

Special Session: Global optimization: Theory and Applications

301

FB-4 

Multi-Objective Optimization

302

FB-5

Combinational Optimization & Integer Programming

307

FB-6

Special Session: Nonsmooth Optimization

308

FB-7 

Conic Optimization

311

18:00-20:00

Conference Banquet

* Taipei World Trade Center Club

* After the end of afternoon’s parallel sessions, buses will take participants from the conference venue (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology) to Taipei World Trade Center Club where the conference banquet will be held.

(DAY 3) 14 December 2013, Saturday

Time

Activity

Room

08:30-17:00

Registration Desk Open

2nd Floor

09:00-09:40

Plenary speech by Professor Po-Lung Yu

Topic: Optimization in Changeable Spaces

Chair: Professor Shinji Mizuno

202

09:40-10:20

Plenary speech by Professor Masao Fukushima

Topic: Equilibrium Problems with Equilibrium Constraints and Multi-Leader-Follower Game

Chair: Professor Liqun Qi

202

10:20-10:40

Tea Break

2nd Floor

10:40-11:20

Plenary speech by Professor Toh Kim Chuan

Topic: Algorithms for Large Scale Matrix Optimization

Chair: Professor Jie Sun

202

11:20-12:00

Plenary speech by Professor Jie Sun

Topic: Two-stage Stochastic Optimization with Risk Measure and Risk Aversity

Chair: Professor Toh Kim Chuan

202

12:00-12:40

Plenary speech by Professor Juan-Enrique Martínez-Legaz

Topic: On the Voronoi Mapping

Chair: Shu-Cherng Fang

202

12:40-13:30

Luncheon

2nd Floor

13:30-14:40

Parallel

Sessions

SA-1

Special Session: Recent Progresses on Quadratic Optimization

201

SA-2

Special Session: Nonlinear programming with applications

202

SA-3

Special Session: Discrete and Global Optimization (Part I)

301

SA-4

Optimization in Management Science

302

SA-5 

Combinational Optimization & Integer Programming

303

SA-6

Special Session: Conic Optimization (Part I)

304

SA-7

Special Session: Analysis and Optimization --- Theory, Method, Technique and Applications (Part I)

305

14:50-16:20

Parallel

Sessions

SB-1 

Special Session: Developments of splitting methods for convex optimization and their convergence rate analysis

201

SB-2

Special Session: Mathematical Programs with Equilibrium Constraints and Their Applications

202

SB-3

Special Session: Discrete and Global Optimization (Part II)

301

SB-4

Optimization in Management Science

302

SB-5

Applications of Mathematical Modeling and Optimization Theory

303

SB-6

Special Session: Conic Optimization (Part II)

304

SB-7

Special Session: Analysis and Optimization --- Theory, Method, Technique and Applications (Part II)

305

16:20-16:35

Tea Break

2nd Floor

16:35-18:05

Parallel

Sessions

SC-1

Optimization in Management Science

201

SC-2

Special Session: Semi-Infinite Programming

202

SC-3

Special Session: Nonconvex Programming: Local and Global Approaches (Part I)

301

SC-4

Heuristic Methods

302

SC-5

Linear and Nonlinear Programming

303

SB-6

Optimal Control & Global Optimization

304

SC-7

Special Session: Application of Optimization Models in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

305

 

(DAY 4) 15 December 2013, Sunday

Time

Activity

Room

08:30-17:00

Registration Desk Open

2nd Floor

09:00-09:50

Keynote speech II by Professor Jong-Shi Pang

Topic: On Nonconvex Nash Games

Chair: Professor Ya-Xiang Yuan

202

09:50-10:30

Plenary speech by Professor Kok Lay Teo

Topic: Optimal Control Problems with Stopping Constraints

Chair: Professor Soon-Yi Wu

202

10:30-10:50

Tea Break

2nd Floor

10:50-11:30

Plenary speech by Professor Xiaoqiang Cai

Topic: Fourth-Party Logistics, Internet of Things, and Cooperative Games

Chair: Professor Kok Lay Teo

202

11:30-12:10

Plenary speech by Professor Xiang-Sun Zhang

Topic: OR Methodology in Community Structure Analysis of Complex Networks

Chair: Professor Xiaoqiang Cai

202

12:10-13:10

Luncheon

2nd Floor

13:10-14:20

Parallel

Sessions

UA-1

Special Session: Optimal Control (Part I)

201

UA-2

Special Session: Optimization and Control with Applications (Part I)

202

UA-3

Linear and Nonlinear Programming

301

UA-4

Multi-Objective Optimization

302

UA-5

Applications of Mathematical Modeling and Optimization Theory

303

UA-6

Special Session: Optimization with Applications in Healthcare

304

UA-7

Special Session: Nonlinear Analysis and Optimization

305

14:30-16:00

Parallel

Sessions

UB-1

Special Session: Optimal Control (Part II)

201

UB-2

Special Session: Optimization and Control with Applications (Part II)

202

UB-3

Equilibrium Problem & Nonsmooth Programming

301

UB-4

Combinational Optimization & Integer Programming

302

UB-5

Applications of Mathematical Modeling and Optimization Theory

303

UB-6

Special Session: Analysis and Optimization --- Theory, Method, Technique and Applications (Part III)

304

UB-7

Special Session: Mathematical Modling with Application

305

16:00-16:20

 

Tea Break

2nd Floor

16:20-17:50

Parallel

Sessions

UC-1

Special Session: Optimal Control (Part III)

201

UC-2

Special Session: Optimization and Control with Applications (Part III)

202

UC-3

Other Topics

301

UC-4

Heuristic Methods

302

UC-5

Applications of Mathematical Modeling and Optimization Theory

303

UC-6

Stochastic and Dynamic Programmings

304

UC-7

Linear and Nonlinear Programming

305