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The annual East Coast Optimization Meeting (ECOM) is an initiative to introduce students and early-career researchers to the current trends in optimization as well as to create a strong networking environment among academia, industry, and the national laboratories.

The focus of the third ECOM will be on Nonsmooth Optimization. Researchers from all optimization areas are encouraged to participate. The meeting comprises of mini-courses by two distinguished speakers targeted toward students and early career researchers, and public lectures. There will be some invited and contributed talks.

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Keynote Lecturers

• Amir Beck (Tel-Aviv University)
• Michael Ulbrich (TU Munich)

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Guest Speakers

• Aleksandr Aravkin (University of Washington)
• Damek Davis (Cornell University)
• Jelena Diakonikolas (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
• Courtney Paquette (McGill University)

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Organizing Committee

• Harbir Antil (Center for Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, George Mason University)
• Drew P. Kouri (Sandia National Laboratories)
• Denis Ridzal (Sandia National Laboratories)

Local Support Team: Evelyn Herberg, Ratna Khatri (US Naval Reserach Lab), Randy Price, Rainald Loehner, Carlos N. Rautenberg, Mahamadi Warma

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Registration

• Registration is mandatory and deadline to register is March 30, 2022. Please register here
• Deadline to submit contributed talks Closed.
• Virtual meeting link will be emailed to the registered participants
• Questions and concerns should be addressed to Harbir Antil at hantil [at] gmu.edu

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