Photo Yurii Nesterov

Professor, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL)
Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)
Department of Mathematical Engineering (INMA)
UCL website Mail:   CORE, 34 voie du Roman Pays, 1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
e-mail: Yurii.Nesterov@uclouvain.be   Tel: +32 10 474348   Fax: +32 10 474301

Teaching
  • INMA 2460: Nonlinear optimization (30/30; 2nd semester, English)
  • INMA 1375: Projects in Applied Mathematics (11.5 = 45/4; 2nd semester)
Current research directions
  • Smoothing technique for Structured Convex Optimization
  • Gradient methods for Convex Optimization
  • Second-order methods with provable global efficiency
  • Efficient Interior-Point Methods
  • Large graphs and networks (ARC)
Software implementations
(free download)
  • Nonlinear optimization systems   NopSy   Icon
  • Accelerated gradient schemes for Structural Optimization
  • Interior-Point Methods for Conic Optimization Problems
Fields of interest and expertise
  • Black-Box Convex Optimization
  • Theory of self-concordant functions and Interior-Point Methods
  • General Nonlinear Optimization
  • Positive polynomials and sums of squares
  • Approximate solutions of combinatorial problems
  • Equilibrium in transportation networks (models and algorithms)
Curriculum Vitae List of publications Last update: 25/01/2007