# Calendar

Calendar Table
Lec # | TOPICS | LecturerS | KEY DATES
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1 | Overview of Optimization Models; and Radiation Therapy | Freund |
2 | Computer Solution and Issues in Solving Linear Optimization | Freund |
3 | Applied Lagrange Duality | Freund |
4 | Simple Routines for Optimization | Freund |
5 | Telecommunications Systems Design Problem | Freund | Assignment 1 due
6 | Column Generation, I | Freund |
7 | Column Generation, II | Freund |
8 | Discrete Optimization, I | Magnanti | Assignment 2 due
9 | Convex Constrained Optimization Models | Freund |
10 | Discrete Optimization, II | Magnanti |
11 | Discrete Optimization, III | Magnanti |
| Midterm Exam |  | Assignment 3 due
12 | Pattern Classification: Separable Problems | Freund |
13 | Pattern Classification and QP Methods, I | Freund |
14 | QP and Nonlinear Methods, II | Freund |
15 | E-commerce Application | Freund |
16 | Truss Design and SOCP, I | Freund | Assignment 4 due
17 | Truss Design and SOCP, II | Freund |
18 | Issues in Non-Convex Optimization | Freund |
19 | Stochastic Linear Optimization, and Extensions | Freund | Assignment 5 due
20 | Stochastic LP and Benders Decomposition | Freund |
21 | Semi-Definite Optimization, I | Freund |
22 | Semi-Definite Optimization, II | Anthony | Assignment 6 due
23 | Traffic Control Models, I | Stier |
24 | Traffic Control Models, II | Stier | Computation project due