SIAM Conference on Optimization 2020 (SIAM OP20) will be organized by our department and take place at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University on May 26 - 29, 2020.

Here is the conference website:

https://www.polyu.edu.hk/ama/events/conference/op20/en/

The conference is now calling for minisymposium proposals:

https://www6.polyu.edu.hk/ama/op20/ms/submission.php

Organizing Committee Co-Chairs

Tamás Terlaky, Lehigh University, USA Defeng Sun, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Organizing Committee Members

Xiaodong Hu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Adil Bagirov, Federation University, Australia Akiko Yoshise, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Peter Richtarik, KAUST, Saudi Arabia Gabriele Eichfelder, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany Fabio Schoen, University of Florence, Italy
Jean Bernard Lasserre, LAAS/CNRS, France Henry Wolkowicz, University of Waterloo, Canada Uday Shanbhag, Penn State University, USA Genetha Gray, Salesforce, USA Pietro Belotti, FICO, UK

Local Organizing Committee
Xiaojun Chen (Co-chair), PolyU
Defeng Sun (Co-chair), PolyU
Chuanying Dang, City University of Hong Kong
Ting Kei Pong, PolyU
Anthony Man-cho So, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Xiaoqi Yang, PolyU 
Xiaoming Yuan, Hong Kong University
Man-Chung Yue, PolyU
Zaikun Zhang, PolyU

Plenary Speakers
Amir Ali Ahmadi, Princeton University, USA

Donald Goldfarb, Columbia University, USA

Didier Henrion, University of Toulouse, France

Michael Hinze, University of Koblenz · Landau, Germany

Satoru Iwata, University of Tokyo, Japan

Ivana Ljubic, ESSEC Business School, France

R. Tyrrell Rockafellar, University of Washington, USA

Margaret Wiecek, Clemson University, USA

Minitutorials
I. Quantum Computing and Optimization, Speaker: Giacomo Nannicini, IBM, USA

II. AI, Machine Learning and Optimization, Speaker: Lin Xiao, Microsoft Research, USA

Description
The SIAM Conference on Optimization will feature the latest research on the theory, algorithms, software, and applications of optimization. A particular emphasis will be put on applications of optimization in AI and data science, quantum computing, health care, finance, aeronautics, control, operations research, and other areas of science and engineering. The conference brings together mathematicians, operations researchers, computer and computational scientists, engineers, software developers and practitioners, thus providing an ideal environment to share new ideas and important problems among specialists and users of optimization in academia, government, and industry.
Themes
Applications in Health Care
Applications in Energy Networks and Renewable Resources

Applications in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Combinatorial and Mixed Integer Nonlinear Optimization
Conic Linear Optimization
Derivative-free Optimization
Discrete and Combinatorial Optimization
Equilibrium Programming
Graphs and Networks
Nonlinear Optimization
Optimization in Engineering
PDE Based Optimization
Polynomial and SoS Optimization
Stochastic and Robust Optimization
Important Deadlines
Submission deadlines

October 27, 2019 Deadline Extended: November 7, 2019: Minisymposium Proposal Submissions.

December 1, 2019: Contributed Lecture, Poster and Minisymposium Presentation Abstracts.

Travel fund application deadline

December 12, 2019: SIAM Student Travel Award and Post-doc/Early Career Travel Award Applications.

Pre-registration deadline
March 10, 2020.

Hotel reservation deadline
March 10, 2020.