Lecturer: Zsófia Lendek. TAs: Tassos Natsakis, Zoltan Nagy, Amalia Matyas, Lucian Busoniu. See also the Romanian-language version of the course: Optimizari.
This course concerns numerical methods for optimization. It is part of the Bachelor of Science program of the Automation Department, UTCluj (4th year 2nd semester). As prerequisites, knowledge of analysis and linear algebra is needed, together with notions of Matlab programming. The responsible lecturer is Zsófia Lendek.
Grading:
Below the schedule, including the partial exam and the project defense.
The lecture notes are available below:
In the practical classes, a set of assignments must be solved. You may work in groups of at most 2. An exercises is completed when the method is implemented and the corresponding problem is solved. For a (very) short introduction of the algorithms to be used and examples, see the lab guide. The Matlab files corresponding to the first lab session are available here.
This project aims to help students gaining experience with searching for literature, writing a survey, and presenting scientific work. The project will be performed in groups of three students. Project material:
Each group of students will be assigned one topic from the following list. Have a look at the topics to determine which of them fit your background and preferences best. Select at least three topics in order of your preference, and email your selection to the lecturer, including the names of all three students in the group in the message. You will then receive a confirmation email that contains the title of the (single) topic that has been allocated to your group, as well as its corresponding article. Your selection is not final until confirmed by the lecturer!
The following topics have already been taken:
Comments, suggestions, questions etc. related to this course or website are welcome; please contact the lecturer.