US-Mexico Workshop on Optimization and its Applications

该奖项为将于2011年1月在墨西哥瓦哈卡举行的优化问题联合研究研讨会提供资金。研讨会由史蒂芬·赖特(威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校)和何塞·路易斯·莫拉莱斯(墨西哥技术自主学院)联合举办。其目标包括促进两国研究人员之间的研究合作，并为学生提供与该领域的领先研究人员和从业人员互动的机会。该计划将侧重于能源和医疗保健中的应用以及优化的方法和各种理论方面的主题。这次会议将有业界的大力参与，还将包括一个面向与会学生和年轻研究人员的关于成像、机器学习和能源系统的短期课程。墨西哥与会者将得到墨西哥科学机构CONACyT的资助。除了讨论最优化研究前沿的理论课题外，本次研讨会还将讨论新的计算应用于能源和医疗保健系统领域的关键社会问题。两国学生的参与将有助于该领域的未来发展，并为未来的合作建立个人关系。

This award provides funding for a joint research workshop on optimization to be held in Oaxaca, Mexico, in January 2011. The workshop is being organized jointly by Stephen Wright (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Jose Luis Morales (Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico). Its objectives include promotion of research collaboration between researchers in the two countries and providing an opportunity for students to interact with leading researchers and practitioners in the field. The program will focus on topics such applications in energy and health care as well as methodologies and various theoretical aspects of optimization. The meeting will have strong participation from industry and will also include a short course for attending students and young researchers on imaging, machine learning, and energy systems. Mexican participants will be supported by a grant from CONACyT, the Mexican science agency.In addition to addressing theoretical topics at the frontier of optimization research, this workshop will also consider new computational applications to critical societal problems in the areas of energy and health-care systems. The participation of students from both countries will contribute to future developments in the field and establish personal relationships for future collaboration.