Events
From applications to structure and back
ESD Research Seminar by Antonio Frangioni – Professor Antonio Frangioni will summarise some of the main lines of his research in this seminar, emphasising how he is primarily driven by the desire of solving real-world, difficult optimisation problems.
Sum of squares submodularity
ESD Research Seminar by Georgina Hall – This talk will demonstrate the usefulness of t-sos submodularity through three applications: (i) a new convex approach to submodular regression, involving minimal manual tuning; (ii) a systematic procedure to derive lower bounds on the submodularity ratio in approximate submodular maximisation, and (iii) improved difference-of-submodular decompositions for difference-of-submodular optimisation.
Regression analysis of semiparametric Cox–Aalen transformation models with application to a randomised HIV/AIDS trial
ESD Research Seminar by Xi Ning – This talk will study a class of the semiparametric Cox-Aalen transformation models for regression analysis.
Zoning in emerging logistics systems: New theory and practice
ESD Research Seminar by Sheng Liu – New zoning methods and their applications to manage emerging logistics systems in retail and last-mile delivery will be discussed in this talk.
From prevention to treatment: Designing personalised healthcare operations through analytics
ESD Research Seminar by Wang Xiaodong (Frank) – Healthcare extends beyond the clinical setting; it is a complex system where patients navigate interconnected stages of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. In this talk, Frank provides an overview of his research, which examines healthcare systems through the lens of the patient journey.
Adaptive and robust optimisation algorithms for large scale machine learning
ESD Research Seminar by Ali Kavis – This seminar will investigate the shortcomings of classical approaches and explore how data-driven, adaptive mechanisms could help in theory and application.
Self-creating random walks for decentralised learning under Pac-Man attacks
ESD Research Seminar by Xingran Chen – In this seminar, we investigate an adversarial threat termed the “Pac-Man” attack, in which a malicious node probabilistically terminates any random walk (RW) that visits it.
Smart EV charging management in modern power systems: The transition from loads to grid assets
ESD Research Seminar by Can Berk Saner (aka John) – This talk examines accommodating large-scale EV penetration by managing charging and converting EVs from demanding loads into useful grid assets.
Befriending the quantum computing disruption: Lessons from double-bracket quantum algorithms
ESD Research Seminar by Marek Gluza – Dr Marek Gluza will explore what is likely to make up the disruption caused by quantum computing, how it will come about and when (or actually whether) it will happen.
Cascading failures in power grids and their containment
ESD Research Seminar by Bogdan Cautis – What if cascading failures in power grids and online information diffusion in the blogosphere are governed by similar viral diffusion models?
