October 13, 2022 (Day 1)
| Time | Topic |
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08:40 - 09:00 |
Opening Ceremony Prof. Defeng Sun, The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityDr Bo Bai, Huawei Session Chair: Dr Fan Zhang |
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09:00 - 09:40 |
Network Design Methodology for Capacity and Service Planning in Freight Transportation Prof. Teodor Gabriel Crainic, Université du Québec à MontréalSession Chair: Dr Fan Zhang |
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09:40 - 10:20 |
QPPAL: A Two-phase Proximal Augmented Lagrangian Method for High Dimensional Convex Quadratic Programming Problems Prof. Kim-Chuan Toh, National University of SingaporeSession Chair: Dr Fan Zhang |
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10:20 - 10:30 |
Discussion Break |
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10:30 - 11:10 |
Some Emerging Research Issues in On-demand Transportation Markets Prof. Hai Yang, The Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologySession Chair: Dr Junyan Liu |
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11:10 - 11:50 |
Non-Convex Orthogonal Group Synchronization via the Generalized Power Method Prof. Anthony Man-Cho So, The Chinese University of Hong KongSession Chair: Dr Junyan Liu |
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11:50 - 12:30 |
Several Challenging Practical and Theoretical Problems in Large Scale Optimizations Dr Fan Zhang, HuaweiSession Chair: Dr Junyan Liu |
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12:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch |
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14:30 - 15:10 |
On the Convergence Analysis of Variational Monte Carlo Methods Prof. Zaiwen Wen, Peking UniversitySession Chair: Dr Yancheng Yuan |
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15:10 - 15:50 |
Unifying Non-Convex Low-Rank Matrix Recovery Algorithms by Riemannian Gradient Descent Prof. Jianfeng Cai, The Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologySession Chair: Dr Yancheng Yuan |
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15:50 - 16:00 |
Discussion Break |
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16:00 - 16:40 |
Challenging Optimization Problems in GTS: Non-convex and 0-1 mixed integer programming problems Dr Dong Zhang, HuaweiSession Chair: Prof. Defeng Sun |
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16:40 - 17:20 |
HiGHS: Open-source Linear Optimization Software for the World Dr Julian Hall, University of EdinburghSession Chair: Prof. Defeng Sun |
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17:20 - 18:00 |
Solving QUBOs on Digital and Quantum Computers Prof. Dr. Thorsten Koch, Technische Universität Berlin and Zuse Institute BerlinSession Chair: Prof. Defeng Sun |
October 14, 2022 (Day 2)
| Time | Topic |
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09:00 - 09:40 |
Introduction to Practical Interior-Point Methods Prof. Yin Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, ShenzhenSession Chair: Prof. Xiaojun Chen |
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09:40 - 10:20 |
Branch-and-price for Two-dimensional Vector Packing Problems Prof. Qian Hu, Nanjing UniversitySession Chair: Prof. Xiaojun Chen |
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10:20 - 10:30 |
Discussion Break |
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10:30 - 11:10 |
Several Challenging Integer Linear Programming Problems in Practical Optical Networks Dr Junyan Liu, HuaweiSession Chair: Dr Yancheng Yuan |
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11:10 - 11:50 |
The Pickup and Delivery Problem with Time Windows and Incompatibility Constraints in Cold Chain Transportation Prof. Hu Qin, Huazhong University of Science and TechnologySession Chair: Dr Yancheng Yuan |
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11:50 - 12:30 |
Supermodularity in Two-stage Distributionally Robust Optimization Dr Jin Qi, The Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologySession Chair: Dr Yancheng Yuan |
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12:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch |
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14:30 - 15:10 |
Computationally Efficient Approximations for Distributionally Robust Optimization under Moment and Wasserstein Ambiguity Dr Kai Pan, The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversitySession Chair: Dr Junyan Liu |
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15:10 - 15:50 |
A Dynamic Discretization Discovery Algorithm for Continuous-Time Service Network Design with Holding Costs Prof. Zhou Xu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversitySession Chair: Dr Junyan Liu |
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15:50 - 16:00 |
Discussion Break |
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16:00 - 16:40 |
Heuristic Search for Combinatorial Optimization in EDA Dr Hui-Ling Zhen, HuaweiSession Chair: Dr Fan Zhang |
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16:40 - 17:20 |
Bandits with Correlated Contexts: Application to Product Ranking under Evolving Consumer Review Prof. Jie Song, Peking UniversitySession Chair: Dr Fan Zhang |
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17:20 - 18:00 |
Applications of Interior Point Methods: from Sparse Approximations to Discrete Optimal Transport Prof. Jacek Gondzio, University of EdinburghSession Chair: Dr Fan Zhang |