Recent Talks

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• Non-Redundant Pupil Masking
  Princeton TPF Group, Nov 6 2009
• The Limits of High-Contrast Imaging in Visible Light
  Princeton TPF Group, Oct 31 2009
• Optimization in Engineering Design
  High-Performance Computing Workshop, Lehigh University, Oct 2009
• Direct Imaging of Extrasolar Planets
  StarConn09, Wesleyan University, Jun 2009
• Linear Stability of Ring Systems
  PACM, Fine Hall, Princeton University, Mar 2009
• Extinguishing Poisson's Spot with Linear Programming
  INFORMS Computing Society, Charleston SC, Jan 2009
• The Search for Earth-like Planets: Yes We Can
  Princeton Alumni Association of Canada, Toronto, Nov 2008
• Making Dark Shadows with Linear Programming
  Univ. of Waterloo, Nov 2008
• Optimization in Engineering Design
  MAE, Princeton Univ., Oct 2008
• Digitizing the Universe
  Lunch 'n Learn, Feb 2008
• Purple America: Using Color to Convey Information
  Politics Department, Dec 2007
• Astrophotography
  AstroCon IV, June 2007
• Stability of Ring Systems with Oblate Central Body
  AstroCon IV, June 2007
• Detecting ExtraSolar Planets: A Survey of Methods and Results
  NJAA, May 2007
• Optimized vs. Hypergaussian Occulters: A Comparative Sensitivity Analysis
  NASA Ames, May 2007
• Parametric Linear Programming and Portfolio Optimization
  Cowles Foundation, Yale University, Mar 2007
• High-Contrast Space Occulter
  TPF-Lite Meeting, Princeton University, Mar 2007
• Pupil Mapping (aka PIAA)
  TPF-Lite Meeting, Princeton University, Mar 2007
• Linear Stability of Ring Systems
  PACM, Fine Hall, Princeton University, Mar 2007
• Backyard Astrophotography: A How-To Story
  AAAP, Peyton Hall, Princeton University, Feb 2007
• Extreme Optics and the Search for Earth-Like Planets
  ISMP, Rio de Janeiro, August 2006
• Diffraction Analysis of Apodized Pupil Mapping Systems
  SPIE, Orlando FL, May 2006
• Deep Shadow Occulters
  Nowhere, April 2006
• JPL/Princeton TPF Review. Pupils: Masking vs. Mapping
  JPL Review, Princeton University, Nov 5 2005
• Diffraction Analysis of 2-D Pupil Remapping for High-Contrast Imaging
  SPIE, San Diego CA, Aug 2005
• Fresnel Analysis of Shaped Pupil Systems for Planet Finding
  SPIE, San Diego CA, Aug 2005
• Horsing Around on Saturn
  New Trends in Astrodynamics II, Princeton NJ, June 2005
• Frontiers of Stochastically Nondominated Portfolios
  New Horizons talk at Sac Capital Mgmt, June 2005
• Parametric Linear Programming and Portfolio Optimization
  SIAM Stockholm, June 2005
• The Search for Earth-Like Planets
  Georgia Tech, Apr 2005
• Search for Earth-Like Planets: NASA's Terrestrial Planet Finder Mission
  AAAP, Peyton Hall, Princeton University Apr 2005
• On Fair and Balanced Presentations of Election Results
  PACM, Fine Hall, Princeton University, Feb 2005
• Engineering Applications of Nonlinear Optimization
  INFORMS Denver, Oct 2004
• Optimization Problems Arising in Optics and Mechanics
  Center for Applied Mathematics, Cornell Univ, Oct 2004
• Astroimages from New Jersey
  UACNJ, Jenny Jump, Sept 2004
• CCD Imaging with Small Instruments in Light-Polluted Skies
  UACNJ, Jenny Jump, June 2004
• Shaped-Pupil Coronagraphs as High-Contrast Imagers for TPF
  LSNSDP, University of Waterloo, May 2004
• New Orbits for the Equimass n-Body Problem
  LSNSDP, University of Waterloo, May 2004
• Shaped Pupils (and Other Stuff)
  JPL Review, Princeton University, Mar 23 2004
• New Pupil Masks for High-Contrast Imaging
  SPIE San Diego, CA, Aug 2003
• The Terrestrial Planet Finder Mission
  Starquest'03, Hope NJ Jun 2003
• The Terrestrial Planet Finder Mission
  New Jersey Astronomy Group, Montclair State University Jun 2003
• Engineering Applications of Nonlinear Optimization
  Courant Institute, NYU May 2003
• On Designing NASA's Terrestrial Planet Finder Space Telescope
  Lehigh University, PA Apr 2003
• New Orbits for the Equimass n-Body Problem
  New Trends in Astrodynamics, College Park MD, Jan 2003
• Designing a Space Telescope to Image Earth-like Planets
  Statistics, Rutgers, Dec 2002
• Frontiers of Stochastically Nondominated Portfolios
  IOE Univ. of Michigan, Oct 2002
• CCD Astrophotography with a 3.5 inch Questar (30.0 MB!!! -- But downloads a page at a time)
  Stella-Della, Ottsville PA, Oct 2002
• Terrestrial Planet Finder: Detecting and Characterizing Earth-like Planets Orbiting Nearby Stars (2.0 MB)
  UACNJ, Jenny Jump NJ, Sept 2002
• Optimal Shaped Pupil Coronagraphs for Extrasolar Planet Finding (1.7 MB)
  SPIE, Hawaii, Aug 2002
• Shape Optimization in Designing the ``Terrestrial Planet Finder'' Telescope (2.2 MB)
  SIAM, Toronto, May 2002
• Least Action Principle and the $n$-Body Problem
  PACM, Feb 2002
• Engineering Applications of Nonlinear Optimization (772 KB)
  Oberwolfach workshop on Continuous Optimization with Industrial Applications, Jan 2002
• Tutorial: New Directions in Linear Programming
  INFORMS, Miami Beach, Nov 2001
• On Solving SOCPs with an Interior-Point Method for NLP
  INFORMS, Miami Beach, Nov 2001
• Solving Trajectory Optimization Problems as Large-Scale NLPs
  INFORMS, Miami Beach, Nov 2001
• Interior-Point Methods for Nonlinear Programming
  Large-Scale Optimization, Erice Sicily, July 2001
• Nonlinear Optimization: Algorithms and Models
  McMaster University, June 2001
• Nonlinear Programming Models: A Survey
  NJ INFORMS, Rutgers University, Nov 2000
• Recent Progress with an Interior-Point Method for Large-Scale Nonlinear Programming
  ISMP 2000, Atlanta Georgia, Aug 2000
• An Interior-Point Algorithm for Nonconvex Nonlinear Programming
  Level(3) Communications, July 2000
• Interior-Point Methods for Second-Order-Cone and Semidefinite Programming
  25th Lunteren conference on the Mathematics of Operations Research, Jan 2000
• An Interior-Point Algorithm for Nonconvex Nonlinear Programming
  25th Lunteren conference on the Mathematics of Operations Research, Jan 2000
• Interior-Point Methods for Second-Order-Cone and Semidefinite Programming
  Oberwolfach workshop on Continuous Optimization with Industrial Applications, Jan 2000
• Using LOQO to Solve Second-Order Cone Programming Problems.
  SIAM Conf. on Optimization, Atlanta GA, May 1999
• Convex Optimization: Interior-Point Methods and Applications.
  Math Dept., Princeton University, Apr 1999
• A Martingale System Theorem for Stock Investments
  DIMACS workshop on New Market Models in Finance, Rutgers Univ., Apr 1999
• An Interior-Point Algorithm for Nonconvex Nonlinear Programming.
  Montreal INFORMS, Spring 1998