Latest invited talks and lectures


2021

OA Problems with moving sets in fractional Sobolev spaces
Nonlocal PDEs and Calculus of Variations - IFIP TC7 Conference on System Modelling and Optimization
August 30 - September 3, Quito, Ecuador, 2021.

OA Optimal Control of a Model for Granular Material Accumulation
Estimation and Control of DPS - The 60th IEEE conference on Decision and Control
December 13-15, Austin, Texas, USA, 2021.

OA Stationary Variational Problems with Distributional Gradient Constraints
Control of PDEs with an Interface - SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications
July 19-23, 2021.

OA Optimal Selection of the Spatially Variant Differential Order in a Fractional Laplacian Model
Bilevel Optimization: Theory, Applications and Algorithms - SIAM Conference on Optimization
July 19-23, 2021.

2020

OA Spatially Weighted Variational Models in Image Processing
Applied Math Seminar
Mathematics Department, University of Georgia, December 2, 2020.

OA Short Notes on Research, Graduate Life, and Beyond
Graduate Seminar - Mathematical Sciences Colloquium
George Mason University, 2020.

2019

OA A Spatially Distributed Parameter Fractional Model in Image Processing
SIAM Conference on Analysis of Partial Differential Equations
La Quinta CA, US, December 11-14, 2019.

OA Stability of the Solution Set of Quasi-variational Inequalities
Workshop "Nonsmooth optimization"
Johann Radon Institute (RICAM), Linz, Austria, November 25-27, 2019.

OA Parabolic Quasi-Variational Inequalities: Applications, Theory and Open Problems
Mathematics Colloquium
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA, November 11, 2019.

OA Variational Models in Image Processing
Mathematics Department Faculty Symposium of the George Mason SIAM Student Chapter
George Mason University, Fairfax VA, US, November 15, 2019.

OA A Nonlocal Variational Model Related to the Spatially Variable Fractional Laplacian
Workshop "Optimal control and optimization for nonlocal models"
Johann Radon Institute (RICAM), Linz, Austria, October 28-30, 2019.

OA Quasi-variational Inequalities in Function Spaces: Applications, Theory and Solution Algorithms
Mathematical Sciences Colloquium,
George Mason University, Fairfax VA, US, October 4, 2019.

OAOA (Fall School) Quasi-variational inequalities: Theory, algorithms, and applications
Speakers: Jong-Shi Pang, Carlos N. Rautenberg, Hasnaa Zidani.
Lecture 1 - Lecture 2 - Lecture 3 - Lecture 4
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, September 23-25, 2019.

OA Spatially Distributed Parameters in Image Processing: From Total Variation to Fractional Models
Applied and Computational Math Seminar
George Mason University, Fairfax VA, US, September 13, 2019.

OA A Nonlocal Variational Model in Image Processing Associated to the Spatially Variable Fractional Laplacian
The sixth International Conference on Continuous Optimization (ICCOPT 2019)
Berlin, Germany, August 5 to August 8, 2019.

OA Spatially Distributed Parameter Models: A Fractional Approach
Kolloquium am Mathematik und Informatik
Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany, May 15, 2019.

OA (Plenary Talk) Quasi-variational Inequalities: Applications, Recent Trends and Methods
Weierstrass Institute Days 2019.
Erwin Schrödinger Institute, Berlin, Germany, March 4-5, 2019.

OA Parabolic Quasi-variational Inequalities with Gradient and Obstacle type Constraints
Modern Maximal Monotone Operator Theory
From Nonsmooth Optimization to Differential Inclusions

The Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics (ESI)
Vienna, Austria, January 28 to February 1, 2019.

2018 and before

OA Evolutionary Quasi-Variational Inequalities: Applications, Theory, and Numerics
V International Conference on Applied Mathematics, Design and Control
Mathematical Methods and Modeling in Engineering and Life Sciences

San Martin National University (Universidad Nacional de San Martín), Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 7-9, 2018.

OA Dissipative and Non-dissipative Evolutionary Quasi-variational Inequalities with Derivative Constraints
Joint meeting of the Italian Mathematical Union, the Italian Society of Industrial,
and Applied Mathematics and the Polish Mathematical Society

Wroclaw, Poland, September 17-20, 2018.

OA On the Optimal Control of Quasi-variational Inequalities
23rd International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (ISMP)
University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, July 1-6, 2018.

OA Optimization Problems with Quasi-variational Inequality Constraints
Oberwolfach Workshop "Challenges in Optimal Control of Nonlinear PDE-Systems"
Oberwolfach, Germany, April 8-14, 2018.

OA Density of Convex Sets in Sobolev Spaces with Applications to Optimization Problems
Oberseminar zur Numerik und Optimierung
Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany, November 1, 2017.

OA Density of Convex Set Intersections in Sobolev Spaces with Applications
Colloquium of the Oklahoma State University Mathematics Department
Stillwater OK, US, September 29, 2017.

OA Optimal Parameter Selection for a Weighted Total Variation Model in Image Reconstruction
Applied and Computational Math Seminar of George Mason University
Fairfax VA, US, September 22, 2017.

OA Optimal Control of Elliptic Quasi-Variational Inequalities
Colloquium of the Virginia Tech Mathematics Department
Blacksburg VA, US, September 15, 2017.

OA Robust Sensor Placement for Quasi-Variational Inequalities
Sensor Location in Distributed Parameter Systems
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN, US, September 6-8, 2017.

OA Stability and Control of Quasi-variational Inequalities with Non-unique Solutions
14th International Conference on Free Boundary Problems: Theory and Applications
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, July 9-14, 2017.

OA Optimal Sensor Location in Distributed Parameter Systems
International Workshop Optimal Control of Dynamical Systems
University of Graz, Graz, Austria, May 15-19, 2017.

OA Shape Optimization for Navier-Stokes with Mixed Boundary Conditions
Seminar of Analysis and Differential Equations,
Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, February 23, 2017.

OA Density of Convex Intersections in Sobolev Spaces with Applications
Seminar of Analysis and Applications,
Universty of Minho, Braga, Portugal, February 20, 2017.

OA Quasi-variational Inequalities with Non-local Differential Operators
European Conference on Computational Optimization 2016 (EUCCO 2016)
Katholieke Universiteit (KU) Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, September 12-14, 2016.

OAOA Optimal and Robust Sensor Placement
IMA Annual Program Year Workshop Computational Methods for Control of Infinite-dimensional Systems,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN, US, March 14-18, 2016.

OA A Quasi-variational Inequality with Gradient Constraints Approach to the Growth of Sandpiles and Related Processes
27th IFIP TC7 Conference 2015 on System Modelling and Optimization
Sophia Antipolis, France, June 29-July 3, 2015.

OA Density of Classes of Closed Convex Sets in Sobolev Spaces, Fenchel Duality and Applications
27th IFIP TC7 Conference 2015 on System Modelling and Optimization
Sophia Antipolis, France, June 29-July 3, 2015.

OA Robust Optimal Sensor Placement
IV International Conference on Applied Mathematics, Design and Control
Mathematical Methods and Modeling in Engineering and Life Sciences
San Martin National University (Universidad Nacional de San Martín), Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 4-6, 2015.

OA Analysis and Approximation of Evolutionary Quasi-variational Inequalities.
Berliner Oberseminar Nichtlineare partielle Differentialgleichungen (Langenbach-Seminar)
Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS), Berlin, Germany, June 24, 2015.

OA On the Optimal Sensor Placement Problem
XXIV Congreso de Ecuaciones Diferenciales y Aplicaciones, and
XIV Congreso de Matemática Aplicada (XXIV CEDYA / XIV CMA)

University of Cadiz (Universidad de Cádiz), Cádiz, Spain, June 8-12, 2015.

OA On a Shape Optimization Problem for Navier-Stokes Applied to Flow in a Duct.
International Conference on Inverse Problems and Optimal Control
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, December 4-6, 2014.

OA On a Bilevel Optimal Control Problem Arising in Image Reconstruction.
Workshop - Bilevel Optimal Control - Combining Theoretical and Numerical Approaches
Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany, October 20-22, 2014.

OA On the Control of a Double Obstacle Problem in Image Reconstruction.
6th International Conference on Complementarity Problems (ICCP 2014)
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany, August 4-8, 2014.



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