Short CV

 

Selected publications (1997 -)

 

 Book

 
1. A. Ben-Tal, A. Nemirovski,
    Lectures on Modern Convex Optimization (preface), MPS-SIAM Series on Optimization, SIAM, Philadelphia, 2001

 Lecture Notes


1. A. Nemirovski,
    Efficient Methods  in Convex Programming
2. A. Nemirovski, 
    Interior Point Polynomial Time Methods in Convex Programming (Lecture Notes and Transparencies)
3. A. Ben-Tal, A. Nemirovski,
    Optimization I-II: Convex Analysis, Nonlinear Programming Theory, Standard Nonlinear  Programming Algorithms
    (Lecture notes, Transparencies, Assignments)
4. A. Nemirovski,
    Optimization II: Standard Numerical Methods for Nonlinear Continuous Optimization
5. A. Nemirovski,
    Lectures on Modern Convex Optimization (Lecture notes, Transparencies)
6. A. Nemirovski,
    Topics in Non-Parametric Statistics, in: M. Emery, A. Nemirovski, D. Voiculescu, Lectures on Probability
    Theory and Statistics, Ecole d'ete de Probabilities de Saint-Flour XXVIII - 1998, Editor: P. Bernard, Lecture
    Notes in Mathematics # 1738, Springer, 2000

 Papers


1997

        1. A. Nemirovski,
            Long-step method of analytic centers for fractional problems - Mathematical Programming v. 77 (1997) No. 2,

           191-224.
        2. A. Ben-Tal, A. Nemirovski,
            Stable Truss Topology Design via Semidefinite Programming - SIAM J. of Optimization v. 7 (1997), 991-1016.
        3. A. Goldenshluger, A. Nemirovski,
            Spatial adaptive estimation of functions satisfying differential inequalities - IEEE Transactions on Information
             Theory v. 43 (1997), 872-889
        4. A. Goldenshluger, A. Nemirovski,
            Spatial adaptive estimation of smooth nonparametric regression functions -Mathematical Methods of Statistics
            v. 6 (1997), 135-170

1998
        1. Yu. Nesterov, A. Nemirovski, 
            Multi-parameter surfaces of analytic centers and long-step surface-following interior point methods
            Mathematics of Operations Research v. 23 (1998), 1-38.
        2. A. Ben-Tal, A. Nemirovski,
            Robust convex optimization - Mathematics of Operations Research v. 23 No.4 (1998)

1999
        1. A. Nemirovski,
            On self-concordant convex-concave functions - Optimization Methods and Software v. 11-12 (1999), 303-384.
        2. A. Ben-Tal, M. Kocvara, A. Nemirovski, J. Zowe,
            Free Material Design via Semidefinite Programming. The Multiload Case with Contact Conditions - SIAM J. of

           Optimization v. 9 (1999), 813-832, and SIAM Review v. 42 (2000), 695-715.
        3. A. Ben-Tal, A. Nemirovski,
            Robust solutions of uncertain linear programs - OR Letters v. 25 (1999), 1-13.
        4. A. Nemirovski, U. Rothblum,
            On complexity of matrix scaling - Linear Algebra and Applications v. 302/303 (1999), 435-460.
        5. A. Nemirovski, C. Roos, T. Terlaky,
            On maximization of quadratic form over intersection of ellipsoids with common center - Mathematical
             Programming v. 86 (1999), 463-473.

2000
        1. A. Ben-Tal, A. Nemirovski, 
            Structural design via Semidefinite Programming - R. Saigal, H. Wolkowitcz, L. Vandenberghe, Eds.,
            Handbook on Semidefinite Programming, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000, 443-468.
        2. A. Ben-Tal, L. ElGhaoui, A. Nemirovski, 
            Robust Semidefinite Programming - R. Saigal, H. Wolkowitcz, L. Vandenberghe, Eds. Handbook on
            Semidefinite Programming, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000, 139-162.
        3.  A. Ben-Tal, A. Nemirovski,
            Robust solutions of Linear Programming problems contaminated with uncertain data – Mathematical
            Programming v. 88 (2000), 411-424.
        4. A. Ben-Tal, T. Margalit, A. Nemirovski,
            Robust Modeling of Multi-Stage Portfolio Problems - in: H. Frenk, K. Roos, T. Terlaky, S. Zhang, Eds.,
            High Performance Optimization, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000, 303-328.

2001
        1. A. Ben-Tal, T. Margalit, A. Nemirovski,
           The Ordered Subsets  Mirror Descent Optimization Method with Applications to Tomography - SIAM Journal on
           Optimization v. 12 (2001), 79-108
        2. A. Ben-Tal, A. Nemirovski,
            On polyhedral approximations of the second-order cone, Mathematics of Operations Research v. 26 No. 2
           (2001)

2002
        1. A. Ben-Tal, A. Nemirovski,
            Robust Optimization - Methodology and Applications - Mathematical Programming Series B, v. 92 (2002),
            453-480.
        2. A. Ben-Tal, A. Nemirovski,
            On approximate robust counterparts of uncertain semidefinite and conic quadratic programs --  Proceedings of
             20th IFIP TC7 Conference on System Modelling and Optimization, July 23-27, 2001, Trier, Germany
        4. A. Ben-Tal, A. Nemirovski, C. Roos,
             Robust solutions to uncertain quadratic and conic-quadratic problems - SIAM Journal on Optimization v. 13
            (2002), 535-560.
        5. A. Juditski, A. Nemirovski,
            On non-parametric tests of positivity/monotonicity/convexity - Annals of Statistics v. 30 No.2 (2002)
        6. A. Ben-Tal, A. Nemirovski,
            On tractable approximations of uncertain linear matrix inequalities affected by interval uncertainty - SIAM
            Journal on Optimization v. 12 (2002), 811-833.

2003
        1. A. Ben-Tal, A. Goryashko, E. Guslitzer, A. Nemirovski,
            Adjustable robust solutions of uncertain linear programs  - Mathematical Programming v. 99 (2004), 351-376.
        2. Barb, F.D., Ben-Tal, A., and Nemirovski, A.,
            Robust dissipativity of interval uncertain systems  - SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization v. 41 (2003),
            1661-1695.
        3. Ben-Tal, A., Nemirovski, A., Roos, C.,
            Extended Matrix Cube Theorems with applications to \mu-Theory in Control -  Mathematics of Operations
            Research v. 28 (2003), 497-523.
        4. Nemirovski, A.,
           On tractable approximations of randomly perturbed convex constraints -  Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE
           Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii USA, December 2003, 2419-2422.

2004
        1. A. Ben-Tal, A. Nemirovski,
            Restricted Memory Non-Euclidean Level Method for Large-Scale Convex Optimization  -  Mathematical
             Programming, On line First issue, DOI: 10.1007/s10107-004-0553-4 
        2. Nemirovski, A., Tuncel, L.,
            Cone-free path-following and potential reduction polynomial time interior point algorithms - Mathematical
            Programming, On line First issue,  DOI: 10.1007/s10107-004-0545-4
        3. Nemirovski, A.,
            Prox-method with rate of convergence O(1/t) for variational inequalities with Lipschitz continuous monotone
            operators and smooth convex-concave saddle point problems - SIAM Journal on Optimization v. 15 (2004),

            229-251.

        4. A. Nemirovski,
            Regular Banach spaces and large deviations of random sums
        5. Ben-Tal, A., Golany, B., Nemirovski, A., Vial, J.-Ph.,
           Supplier-Retailer Flexible Commitments Contracts: A Robust Optimization Approach - Manufacturing
            & Service Operations Management v. 7 No. 3 (2005) 248-273
        6. Nemirovski, A., Shapiro, A.,
            Scenario Approximations of Chance Constraints - in: Calafiore, G., Dabbene, F., Eds., Probabilistic
            and Randomized Methods for Design under Uncertainty, Springer, 2006
        7.  Lu, Z.,  Monteiro, R.D.C., Nemirovski, A., 
            Large-Scale Semidefinite Programming via Saddle Point Mirror-Prox Algorithm – to appear (2006) in Mathematical 
           Programming Series B, Special Issue on Large-Scale Optimization and Semidefinite Programming
         8. Nemirovski, A.
            Sums of Random Symmetric Matrices and Quadratic Optimization under Orthogonality Constraints

            to appear (2006) Mathematical Programming Series B, Special Issue on Large-Scale Optimization and
            Semidefinite Programming

         9. Nemirovski, A., Shapiro, A.

             Convex Approximations of Chance Constrained Programs – to appear (2006) in SIAM Journal on Optimization


2005

 

1.       Ben-Tal, A., Boyd, S., Nemirovski, A.

   Control of Uncertainty-Affected Discrete Time Linear Systems via Convex Programming   

2.       Juditski, A., Nemirovski, A.,

   De-Noising Signals of Unknown Local Structure

3.       Nemirovski, A.,

              Advances in Convex Optimization:  Conic Programming – to appear in Volume I (Plenary Lectures) of International

              Congress of Mathematicians, Madrid 2006, European Mathematical Society, 2006

 

 2006

 

1.       Ben-Tal, A., Boyd, S., Nemirovski, A.,

            Extending the Scope of Robust Optimization: Comprehensive Robust Counterparts of Uncertain Problems

              - Mathematical Programming v. 107 (2006),  63-89

            2.  Ben-Tal, A., Nemirovski, A.

             Selected Topics in Robust Convex Optimization – to appear (2006) in Mathematical Programming Series B,

             Special Issue (Plenary Lectures) of ISMP 2006

             3. Drafts of selected chapters from the book Robust Optimization (in progress) by Ben-Tal, A., Bertsimas, D.,

    El Ghaoui, L.,   Nemirovski, A.,  Sim, M.

    Table of Contents

    Chapter 2: Uncertain Linear Optimization problems and their Robust Counterparts

    Chapter 3: Robust Counterpart Approximations of Scalar Chance Constraints

     Chapter 4: Globalized Robust Counterparts of Uncertain LO problems

     Chapter 7: Exercises to Part I

     Chapter 8: Robust Conic Optimization: the Concepts

     Chapter 9: Uncertain Conic Quadratic Problems with Tractable RC’s

    Chapter 10: Uncertain Conic Quadratic Problems: Tight Tractable Approximations of RC’s

     Chapter 11: Uncertain Semidefinite Problems with Tractable RC’s

    Chapter 12: Uncertain Semidefinite Problems: Tight Tractable Approximations of RC’s

               Chapter 13: Safe Tractable Approximations of Chance Constrained Uncertain Conic Quadratic  

                   and Semidefinite Problems

               Chapter 14: Globalized Robust Counterparts of Uncertain Conic Problems

               Chapter 15: Exercises to Part II

               Appendix

Selected  presentations
        1. Nemirovski, A.
           What can be expressed via Conic Quadratic and Semidefinite Programming? (1998)
        2  A. Nemirovski,
           The Matrix Cube Theorem (2001)
        3. Nemirovski, A.,
            Mathematics of Robust Optimization (2003)
        4. Nemirovski, A.,
            De-Noising Signals of Unknown Local Structure (2003)
        5. Nemirovski, A.
            Cone-free primal-dual polynomial time interior point methods (2003)
        6. Nemirovski, A.
            Beyond the scope of  interior-point methods:  Simple methods for extremely large-scale convex programs
           (2004)

        7. Nemirovski, A.

            Robust Optimization and  Dynamical Decision-Making  (2005)

        8. Nemirovski, A.

            Selected Topics in Robust Convex Optimization (2006)

        9. Nemirovski, A.

             Advances in Convex Optimization: Conic Programming (2006)