Speaker: Dr. Layne Watson, Virginia Tech
Date: Friday, December 4 , 2009
Time: 1:25 PM - 2:15 PM
Location: 3100 Torgersen

Abstract

Solving nonlinear systems of equations and inequalities is a fundamental problem in science and engineering, and has continued to be an active area of research by mathematicians for several centuries. Nonlinear systems of equations and optimization problems are closely related, and progress on one front translates to progress on the other. Optimization is of mathematical, economic, and ecological importance---many of society's grand challenges are essentially optimization problems. Global optimization problems are one driver for exascale computing. This talk will survey a recent approach to solving really hard nonlinear systems and optimization problems.