PD Dr. rer. nat. habil. Sorin-Mihai Grad

Conferences, symposia, workshops and talks
  • As a speaker

    [57] Stochastic incremental mirror descent algorithms with Nesterov smoothing, International Online Conference on Optimization (ICOP22), Fez, Marocco, 19-21.01.2022 [invited talk]

    [56] Stochastic incremental mirror descent algorithms with Nesterov smoothing, International Conference on Nonlinear Analysis and Optimization (ICNAAO 2021), Varanasi, India, 21-23.12.2021 [invited talk]

    [55] Stochastic incremental mirror descent algorithms with Nesterov smoothing, Sixth Workshop on Optimisation, Metric Bounds, Approximation and Transversality - WoMBaT2021, Melbourne, Australia, 13-16.12.2021 [invited talk] [video]

    [54] Inducing strong convergence of trajectories in dynamical systems associated to monotone inclusions with composite structure, PGMO Days 2021, Palaiseau, France, 30.11-01.12.2021

    [53] Stochastic incremental mirror descent algorithms with Nesterov smoothing, Optimization Seminar of the Center for Mathematical Modeling of the University of Chile, Chile, 20.10.2021[invited talk]

    [52] Employing proximal point methods for solving nonlinear minmax location problems via conjugate duality, Superior National School of Advanced Techniques Paris, France, 01.04.2021 [invited talk]

    [51] An extension of proximal point algorithms beyond convexity, Fifth Workshop on Optimisation, Metric Bounds, Approximation and Transversality - WoMBaT2020, Melbourne, Australia, 30.11-04.12.2020 [invited talk] [video]

    [50] Strong convergence of trajectories of dynamical systems associated to monotone inclusions with composite structure, Optimization Seminar of the Corvinus Center for Operational Research, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary, 19.11.2020 [invited talk]

    [49] Dynamical systems with strongly convergent trajectories associated to monotone inclusions with composite structure, Research Seminar Analysis and Optimization, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Babeş - Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 08.10.2020 [invited talk]

    [48] An extension of proximal point algorithms beyond convexity, 1st Workshop of the Research Group on Applied Mathematics with Emphasis on Optimization, Mauerbach, Austria, 19-21.02.2020 [invited talk]

    [47] Inducing strong convergence of trajectories in dynamical systems associated to monotone inclusions with composite structure, IFIP Workshop on Inverse Problems, Imaging, and Optimization, Essen, Germany, 06-08.01.2020 [invited talk]

    [46] Inducing strong convergence of trajectories in dynamical systems with composite structure, XIV International Seminar on Optimization and Related Areas - ISORA 2019, Lima, Peru, 07-11.10.2019 [invited talk]

    [45] Combining duality and splitting proximal point methods for constrained optimization problems, 19th French-German-Swiss Conference on Optimization - FGS 2019, Nice, France, 17-20.09.2019

    [44] Combining duality and splitting proximal point methods, The Sixth International Conference on Continuous Optimization - ICCOPT 2019, Berlin, Germany, 04-08.08.2019

    [43] Proximal point methods for some constrained optimization problems, 71st Workshop on Advances in Nonsmooth Analysis and Optimization, Erice, Italy, 24.06-01.07.2019

    [42] Solving nonlinear minmax location problems with minimal time functions by means of proximal point methods via conjugate duality, Games, Dynamics and Optimization Workshop - GDO2019, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 09-11.04.2019 [invited talk]

    [41] Solving nonlinear minmax location problems with minimal time functions by means of conjugate duality and proximal point methods, Vienna Workshop of Computational Optimization 2018 - VWCO18, Vienna, Austria, 17.-19.12.2018

    [40] An inertial forward-backward method for solving vector optimization problems, 16th EUROPT Workshop - Advances in Continuous Optimization, Almeria, Spain, 11-13.07.2018

    [39] An inertial forward-backward proximal point method for solving vector optimization problems, International Conference on Variational Analysis and Nonsmooth Optimization - ICVANO 2018, Halle, Germany, 28.06-01.07.2018

    [38] Modelling the power distribution in the Romanian Parliament, Symposium in Memoriam Ioan Boţ, Satu Mare, Romania, 23-24.02.2018 [invited talk]

    [37] Convex analysis and monotone operators: forward and backward, ERC Seminar for Analysis, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, 11.01.2018 [invited talk]

    [36] Duality in vector optimization, Seminar Stochastics and Finance Mathematics, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany, 12.12.2017 [invited talk]

    [35] A forward-backward method for solving vector optimization problems, 18th French - German - Italian Conference on Optimization, Paderborn, Germany, 25-28.09.2017

    [34] An inertial forward-backward method for solving vector optimization problems, CMO-BIRS Workshop Splitting Algorithms, Modern Operator Theory, and Applications, Oaxaca, Mexico, 17-22.09.2017 [invited talk] [video]

    [33] A forward-backward method for solving vector optimization problems, International Conference on Operations Research - OR2017, Berlin, Germany, 05-08.09.2017

    [32] Characterizations of minimality notions by means of quasi interior, Central European Set-Valued and Variational Analysis Meeting, Jena, Germany, 03.12.2016 [invited talk]

    [31] An inertial proximal point method for vector optimization problems, Optimization Seminar, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 01.12.2016 [invited talk]

    [30] An inertial proximal point method for vector optimization problems, International Conference on Operations Research - OR2016, Hamburg, Germany, 30.08-02.09.2016

    [29] Closedness type regularity conditions in convex optimization and beyond, Sixth International Conference in Optimization Theory and its Applications - ALEL 2016, Cartagena, Spain, 06-08.06.2016 [invited talk]
    # participation supported by ALEL

    [28] About closedness type regularity conditions in convex optimization, International Conference on Bilevel Optimization and Related Topics in honor of Stephan Dempe's 60th birthday - ICBO16, Dresden, Germany, 04-06.05.2016

    [27] An inertial proximal point method for vector optimization problems, Central European Set-Valued and Variational Analysis Meeting, Göttingen, Germany, 24.10.2015 [invited talk]

    [26] An iterative method for solving vector optimization problems, EURO-XXVII Conference, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 12.-15.07.2015
    # participation supported by DAAD

    [25] About closedness type regularity conditions in convex optimization, 13th EUROPT Workshop - Advances in Continuous Optimization, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 08.-10.07.2015

    [24] On biconjugates of infimal functions, International Conference on Operations Research - OR2014, Aachen, Germany, 02-05.09.2014 [joint work with G. Wanka]

    [23] Generalizations of the weak minimality, The Fourth Latin American Workshop on Optimization and Control - LAWOC 2014, Lima, Peru, 15-18.07.2014 [invited talk, joint work with E.L. Pop]
    # participation supported by IMCA

    [22] Vector duality for convex vector optimization problems by means of the quasi interior of the ordering cone, International Conference on Operations Research - OR2013, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 03-06.09.2013 [joint work with E.L. Pop]

    [21] Classical linear vector duality, The 21st International Symposium on Mathematical Programming - ISMP2012, Berlin, Germany, 19-24.08.2012 [joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka]

    [20] On classical linear vector optimization duality revisited, The IX Brazilian Workshop on Continuous Optimization, Luis Correia - Piaui, Brasil, 29.07-04.08.2012 [invited talk, joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka, chair of the session "Engineering and Economic Applications II"]
    # participation supported by DAAD

    [19] On linear vector duality, Constructive Nonsmooth Analysis and Related Topics, St. Petersburg, Russia, 18-23.06.2012 [joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka]

    [18] Classical linear vector optimization duality revisited, International Conference Optimization, Theory, Algorithms and Applications in Economics - A tribute to Juan Enrique Martinez-Legaz on the occasion of his 60th birthday, Barcelona, Spain, 24-28.10.2011 [joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka]
    # participation partially supported by CRM

    [17] Classical linear vector duality revisited, 10th International Symposium on Generalized Convexity and Monotonicity - GCM10, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 22-27.08.2011 [joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka]

    [16] Duality for vector optimization problems via a general scalarization, 24th European Conference on Operational Research - EURO-XXIV, Lisbon, Portugal, 11-14.07.2010 [joint work with R.I. Boţ; organizer & chair of the sessions "Convex duality in mathematical programming" & "Recent advances in the theory of mathematical programming"]
    # participation supported by DAAD

    [15] Closedness type regularity conditions for surjectivity results involving the sum of two maximal monotone operators, 8th EUROPT Workshop - Advances in Continuous Optimization, Aveiro, Portugal, 09-10.07.2010 [joint work with R.I. Boţ]

    [14] Lower semicontinuous type regularity conditions for subdifferential calculus, 24th Mini EURO Conference on Continuous Optimization and Information-Based Technologies in The Financial Sector - 24th MEC EurOPT 2010, Izmir, Turkey, 23-26.06.2010 [joint work with R.I. Boţ]

    [13] A general approach for studying duality in multiobjective optimization, 23rd European Conference on Operational Research - EUROXXIII, Bonn, Germany, 05-08.07.2009 [joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka]

    [12] Regularity conditions for formulae of biconjugate functions, 7th EUROPT Workshop - Advances in Continuous Optimization, Remagen, Germany, 03-04.07.2009 [joint work with R.I. Boţ; chair of the session "Regularity in convex programming"]

    [11] Generalized Moreau-Rockafellar results for composed convex functions, The Sixth International Conference on Nonlinear Analysis and Convex Analysis - NACA2009, Tokyo, Japan, 27-31.03.2009 [joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka]

    [10] Generalized Moreau-Rockafellar results for composed convex functions, International School of Mathematics "Guido Stampacchia", 48th Workshop: Nonsmooth Analysis Optimization and Applications, Erice, Italy, 09-17.05.2008 [joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka]

    [9] On strong and total Lagrange duality for convex optimization problems, NACA 2007: The Fifth International Conference on Nonlinear Analysis and Convex Analysis, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 31.05-04.06.2007 [joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka]
    # participation supported by DFG

    [8] A new framework for studying duality in multiobjective optimization, CODE 2007: Conférence de la SMAI sur l'Optimisation et la Décision, Institut "Henri Poincaré", Paris, France, 18-20.04.2007 [joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka]

    [7] A new framework for studying duality in multiobjective optimization, GREQAM Summer School Rationality, Social Learning and Complexity, Aix-en Provence, France, 25-29.09.2006 [joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka]
    # participation supported by GREQAM

    [6] Conjugacy and Fenchel duality for almost convex and nearly convex functions, International Conference on Applied Analysis and Differential Equations, Iaşi, Romania, 04-09.09.2006 [joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka]

    [5] New regularity conditions for Lagrange and Fenchel-Lagrange duality in infinite dimensional spaces, International Conference on Mathematics of Optimization and Decision Making, Guadeloupe, France, 18-21.04.2006 [joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka]
    # participation partially supported by SMAI

    [4] Weaker constraint qualifications in maximal monotonicity, Workshop of the PhD Students in Optimization from Saxony, Freiberg, Germany, 30.11.2005 [joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka]

    [3] Conjugate duality for composed convex optimization problems with a new constraint qualification, International Conference in Memoriam Gyula Farkas, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 23-26.08.2005 [joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka]

    [2] Fenchel-Lagrange versus geometric duality in convex optimization, Research Seminar Analysis and Optimization, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Babeş - Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 04.11.2004 [invited talk, joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka]

    [1] Farkas-type results with conjugate functions, 12th French-German-Spanish Conference on Optimization, Avignon, France, 20-24.09.2004 [poster, joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka]

  • As a co-author

    [28] Stochastic vector optimization and parameter-dependent stochastic optimal control, 13th German Probability and Statistics Days, Freiburg, Germany, 27.02-02.03.2018 [joint work with A. Jamneshan (lecturer)]

    [27] Proximal methods for solving nonlinear minimax location problems with perturbed minimal time functions via conjugate duality, Third Central European Set-Valued and Variational Analysis Meeting, Chemnitz, Germany, 25.11.2017 [joint work with O. Wilfer (lecturer)]

    [26] Weak minimality by means of the quasi-interior of the ordering cone, The Fourteenth International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 29-31.08.2013 [joint work with E. L. Pop (lecturer)]

    [25] Approaching the maximal monotonicity of bifunctions via representative functions, South Pacific Optimization Meeting - SPOM2013, Newcastle, Australia, 09-12.02.2013 [joint work with R.I. Boţ (lecturer)]

    [24] Approaching the maximal monotonicity of bifunctions via representative functions, The 21st International Symposium on Mathematical Programming - ISMP2012, Berlin, Germany, 19-24.08.2012 [joint work with R.I. Boţ (lecturer)]

    [23] Alternative generalized Wolfe type and Mond-Weir type vector duality, The 25th European Conference on Operational Research - EURO-2012, Vilnius, Lithuania, 08-11.07.2012 [joint work with E. L. Pop (lecturer)]

    [22] Comparing the optimality conditions obtained for a constrained vector optimization problem via different scalarizations, The 10th EUROPT Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization, Siauliai, Lithuania, 05-07.07.2012 [joint work with E. L. Pop (lecturer)]

    [21] Approaching the maximal monotonicity of bifunctions via representative functions, Constructive Nonsmooth Analysis and Related Topics, St. Petersburg, Russia, 18-23.06.2012 [joint work with R.I. Boţ (lecturer)]

    [20] New Wolfe and Mond-Weir type vector duality, The 10th International Seminar on Approximation Theory and its Applications, Sibiu, Romania, 24-27.05.2012 [joint work with E. L. Pop (lecturer)]

    [19] Characterizations for ε-duality gap statements for constrained convex optimization problems, The 10th International Seminar on Approximation Theory and its Applications, Sibiu, Romania, 24-27.05.2012 [joint work with H. V. Boncea (lecturer)]

    [18] Approaching the maximal monotonicity of bifunctions via representative functions, International Conference Optimization, Theory, Algorithms and Applications in Economics - A tribute to Juan Enrique Martinez-Legaz on the occasion of his 60th birthday, Barcelona, Spain, 24-28.10.2011 [joint work with R.I. Boţ (lecturer)]

    [17] Classical linear vector optimization duality revisited, 8th EUROPT Workshop - Advances in Continuous Optimization, Aveiro, Portugal, 09-10.07.2010 [joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka (lecturer)]

    [16] Closedness type and subdifferential regularity conditions for conjugate duality in infinite dimensional spaces, Dipartimento di Matematica Applicata U.Dini, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, 24.01.2008 [joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka (lecturer)]

    [15] Regularity conditions for Fenchel-Lagrange duality in infinite dimensional spaces, International Conference on Continuous Optimization - Modelling and Optimization: Theory and Applications 2007 - ICCOPT 07-MOPTA 07, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 133-16.08.2007 [joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka (lecturer)]

    [14] New regularity conditions for Lagrange and Fenchel-Lagrange duality in infinite dimensional spaces, The Second International Conference on Optimization and Optimal Control - COOC 2007, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 17-20.07.2007 [joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka (lecturer)]

    [13] Fenchel-Lagrange duality in infinite dimensional spaces, NACA 2007: The Fifth International Conference on Nonlinear Analysis and Convex Analysis, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 31.05-04.06.2007 [joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka (lecturer)]

    [12] A new regularity condition for subdifferential calculus and Fenchel duality in infinite dimensional spaces. Applications for maximal monotone operators, Seminario Mario Volpato, Department of Applied Mathematics, University Ca' Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy, 28.09.2006 [joint work with R.I. Boţ (lecturer) & G. Wanka]

    [11] A new regularity condition for subdifferential calculus and Fenchel duality in infinite dimensional spaces, Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, 22.09.2006 [joint work with R.I. Boţ (lecturer) & G. Wanka]

    [10] Almost and nearly convex functions: conjugacy and duality, Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, 22.09.2006 [joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka (lecturer)]

    [9] Brézis-Haraux-type approximation of the range of a monotone operator composed with a linear mapping, International Conference on Applied Analysis and Differential Equations, Iaşi, Romania, 04-09.09.2006 [joint work with R.I. Boţ (lecturer) & G. Wanka]

    [8] Brézis-Haraux-type approximation of the range of a monotone operator composed with a linear mapping, INTAS Summer School - Nonlinear analysis with applications in Economics, Energy and Transportation, Bergamo, Italy, 05-09.06.2006 [joint work with R.I. Boţ (lecturer) & G. Wanka]

    [7] Maximal monotonicity for the precomposition with a linear operator, International Conference on Mathematics of Optimization and Decision Making, Guadeloupe, France, 18-21.04.2006 [joint work with R.I. Boţ (lecturer) & G. Wanka]

    [6] Almost and nearly convex functions: conjugacy and duality, 8th International Conference on Approximation and Optimization in The Caribbean, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 03-07.04.2006 [joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka (lecturer)]

    [5] A new constraint qualification for the formula of the conjugate of composed functions in infinite dimensional spaces, 8th International Symposium on Generalized Convexity and Generalized Monotonicity, Varese, Italy, 04-08.07.2005 [joint work with R.I. Boţ (lecturer) & G. Wanka]

    [4] Fenchel-Lagrange versus geometric duality in convex optimization, 12th French-German-Spanish Conference on Optimization, Avignon, France, 20-24.09.2004 [joint work with R.I. Boţ (lecturer) & G. Wanka]

    [3] Multiobjective semidefinite programming duality, International Congress of Mathematicians, Peking, China, 20-28.08.2002 [joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka (lecturer)]

    [2] Duality for multiobjective convex semidefinite programming problems, Colleg Seminar in the post graduate programme GKAAM, Munich, Germany, 13.05.2002 [joint work with R.I. Boţ (lecturer) & G. Wanka]

    [1] Duality for multiobjective convex semidefinite programming problems, 12th Workshop of the GOR-Working Group "decision theory and praxis", Hohenheim, Germany, 21-23.03.2002 [joint work with R.I. Boţ & G. Wanka (lecturer)]

  • Participation without scientific contributions

    [11] Optimal Transport: from Geometry to Numerics - ESI Thematic Programme "Optimal Transport", Vienna, Austria, 13-17.05.2019

    [10] Numerical Algorithms in Nonsmooth Optimization Workshop - ESI Thematic Programme "Modern Maximal Monotone Operator Theory: From Nonsmooth Optimization to Differential Inclusions", Vienna, Austria, 25.02-01.03.2019

    [9] 90th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Vienna, Austria, 18-22.02.2019

    [8] Nonsmooth and Variational Analysis Workshop - ESI Thematic Programme "Modern Maximal Monotone Operator Theory: From Nonsmooth Optimization to Differential Inclusions", Vienna, Austria, 28.01-01.02.2019

    [7] Optimization Day 2018, Leipzig, Germany, 12.02.2018

    [6] Third Central European Set-Valued and Variational Analysis Meeting - CESVVAM2017, Chemnitz, Germany, 25.11.2017

    [5] International Workshop on Operator Theory and its Applications - IWOTA2017, Chemnitz, Germany, 14-18.08.2017

    [4] Terry Fest 2015 - International Conference on Variational Analysis, Optimization and Quantitative Finance in honor of Terry Rockafellar's 80th Birthday, Limoges, France, 18-22.05.2015

    [3] European Conference on Computational Optimization - EUCCO 2013, Chemnitz, Germany, 17-19.07.2013

    [2] Workshop on Integer Programming and Continuous Optimization, Chemnitz, Germany, 07-09.11.2004

    [1] Scuola Matematica Interuniversitaria 2001, Perugia, Italy, 29.07-31.08.2001
    # participation supported by SMI