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关于优化的联合研究研讨会提供资金。讲习班由Stephen Wright（威斯康星-麦迪逊大学）和Jose Luis Morales（墨西哥自治技术研究所）联合组织。它的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主要研究人员和实践者互动的机会。该计划将侧重于能源和医疗保健以及方法和各种优化理论方面的应用等主题。会议将有来自工业界的大力参与，还将包括一个针对与会学生和年轻研究人员的短期课程，内容涉及成像、机器学习和能源系统。墨西哥的参与者将得到墨西哥科学机构CONACyT的资助。除了解决优化研究前沿的理论问题外，本次研讨会还将考虑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.