Optimization (BMAT2) - Odd Semester 2021

Term: Odd Semester 2021
Duration: Sep 21 - Dec 23, 2021

Course Name: Optimization (B. Math. II)
Course Description: Link to ISI course archives
Instructor: Soumyashant Nayak
TA: Indrajit Ghosh (Office: S6)
Class Schedule: Tue 08:55 a.m. - 10:55 a.m., Thu 08:55 a.m. - 09:55 a.m. (Zoomlink shared over email)

Textbooks:

1. S. Boyd, L. Vandenberghe, Convex Optimization.
2. H. Karloff, Linear Programming
3. M. J. Kochenderfer and Tim A. Wheeler, Algorithms for Optimization
4. R. Schneider, Convex bodies: the Brunn-Minkowski theory, (Chapter 1)

Assignments

• Assignment 1 (Due on: Oct 11, 2021)
• Assignment 2 (Due on: Oct 20, 2021)
• Assignment 3 (Due on: Nov 11, 2021)
• Assignment 4 (Due on: Nov 27, 2021)
• Assignment 5 (Due on: Dec 13, 2021)
• Assignment 6 (Due on: Jan 02, 2021)

Exams

• Midterm (Date: Nov 12-13, 2021)
• Final (Date: Jan 07, 2021)