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SIAG on Optimization

Public website for the SIAM Activity Group on Optimization.

This activity group fosters the development of optimization theory, methods, and software — and in particular the development and analysis of efficient and effective methods, as well as their implementation in high-quality software. It provides and encourages an environment for interaction among applied mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers, scientists, and others active in optimization.

Additional information about the SIAM Activity Group on Optimization may be found at SIAM.


Getting Involved

How to join SIAG/OPT

Membership in SIAM activity groups is open only to SIAM members. You can join SIAG/OPT or any other activity group when you initiate or renew your membership or via join SIAG.

Posting to SIAG/OPT

SIAG/OPT has a mailing list/discussion board on SIAM’s Engage platform. If you are a member of SIAG/OPT and have previously logged in to SIAM’s Engage platform, you may post messages to the SIAG/OPT membership by sending mail to siam-opt for redistribution. Typical messages include announcements of new books, new papers, conferences, workshop and job positions. For further questions, please refer to SIAM’s Engage FAQ.


Activities

SIAG Newsletter

SIAG/OPT Views and News is the newsletter for the SIAM Activity Group on Optimization. Topics covered include announcements of conferences, forthcoming books, new software, electronic archives, research questions and job openings. If you would like to submit an article to this newsletter please send your contributions by email directly to one of the Views and News editors.

SIAG/Optimization Prizes

Every three years SIAG/OPT award three prizes.

Best Paper Prize

The next SIAG/Optimization Best Paper Prize will be presented at the SIAM Conference on Optimization in 2023.

The SIAG/Optimization Best Paper Prize was first awarded in 1996. See the prize page for more details of the prize, including guidelines, past prize winners, and past prize committees.

The 2020 prize was awarded to Hamza Fawzi, James Saunderson, and Pablo Parrilo for their paper “Semidefinite Approximations of the Matrix Logarithm.”

Early Career Prize

The next SIAG/Optimization Early Career Prize will be awarded at the SIAM Conference on Optimization in 2026.

The SIAG/Optimization Early Career Prize was first awarded in 2020. See the prize page for more details of the prize, including guidelines, past prize winners, and past prize committees.

The 2020 prize was awarded to John Duchi.

Test of Time Prize

The first SIAG/Optimization Test of Time Prize will be awarded at the SIAM Conference on Optimization in 2023.

See the prize page for more details of the prize.

SIAG/OPT Conferences

We organize the triennial SIAM Conference on Optimization, and minisymposia at the SIAM Annual Meeting. Members of the activity group receive discounted registration.


Leadership

New Officers elected for 2023-2025

Congratulations to the following people who were elected to three year terms as officers of the SIAG from 2023 - 2025

Informal Job Descriptions of Officers

  1. Attendance of SIAG Chairs meeting at each SIAM National Meeting
  2. Writing Chair’s column for SIAG Newsletter
  3. Co-chair of programming committee for SIAM Optimization Meeting
  4. Renewal of SIAG Charter
  5. Formation of nominating committee
  6. Chairing SIAG business meeting
  7. Oversight and management responsibility for SIAG activities

Formal Job Descriptions of Officers

Past Officers of SIAG/Optimization

SIAG/OPT began operation in 1986


Other Sites of Interest


Business Meetings and Charters

SIAG/OPT Business Meetings

SIAG/OPT Charters