Workshop on Multilevel Optimization in VLSICAD

In the past fifteen years, multilevel optimization
algorithms for problems in VLSICAD have become an emerging
trend. To support an exchange between computational
mathematicians and VLSICAD researchers, Jason Cong and I
have organized a 3-day workshop beginning Sept. 17th, 2001,
at the UCLA Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics
(IPAM) at UCLA (www.ipam.ucla.edu). IPAM is a new NSF-funded
mathematical sciences research institute dedicated to
strengthening the ties between the mathematical sciences
with other sciences and engineering. The workshop will
consist of one day of tutorials and 2 days of
1-hour lectures and organized open discussion, with no
parallel sessions. We anticipate 35 -- 50 attendees.
Registration costs $95 for faculty and industry professionals,
$35 for graduate students and postdocs, and is open to all.