Flatiron Internal Conference: Flatiron-wide Algorithms and Mathematics

Session

Optimization Introductory Lecture 1

Oct 30, 2019, 9:10 AM

2nd Floor (Ingrid Daubechies Auditorium)

7. Optimization landscapes - a gentle multi-disciplinary introduction to optimization

Christian L. Mueller (CCM / LMU)

10/30/19, 9:10 AM

In this lecture, I will give an introduction to the field of continuous optimization. I will emphasize instances of optimization problems that appear in biology and physics through the concept of optimization landscapes. I will review sampling-based approaches as well as gradient-based methods and focus on concepts rather than derivations of specific algorithms. The lecture is intended to set...