

Oleg P. Burdakov
Professional Activities
- Editor-in-Chief of the international journal
Optimization Methods and Software (Editorial
Board, contents)
- Affiliated Faculty of the Center
for Applied Optimization, University of Florida, USA
- Conference Chair for the 4th
International Conference on Optimization Methods and Software
(December 16-20, 2017, Havana, Cuba)
- Conference Chair for the 3rd
International Conference on Optimization Methods and Software (May
13-17, 2012, Chania, Greece)
- Conference Chair for the Joint
EUROPT-OMS Conference on Optimization (July 4-7, 2007, Prague,
Czech Republic)
- Conference Chair for the 1st
International
Conference on Optimization Methods and Software
(15-18.12.2002, Hangzhou, China)
- Workshop organizer for the
Workshop on Linear Algebra in Optimization (1996, Albi,
France)
- Workshop organizer for the
Workshop on Optimum Design of Multibody Systems (1996,
Toulouse, France)
- Member of the Mathematical Optimization Society and
the International
Society of Global Optimization
- Coordinator for Seminar
on Optimization
Curriculum Vitae and Publications
Awards and recognition
Research Interests
Numerical methods for solving optimization problems and systems of
nonlinear equations, in particular, Newton-type, stable secant and
interpolation methods, globalization strategies. Cardinality-constrained
optimization. Inverse problems, multilinear least-squares, nonsmooth
optimization and equations. Linear and nonlinear saddle problems and
monotone equations. Monotonic regression: data fitting and interpolation.
TSP-related problems. Hop-restricted shortest path and Steiner tree
problems in graphs.
Software
- Algorithms for solving partially
ordered monotonic regression problems in MATLAB
- LMTR
suite for unconstrained optimization in MATLAB
Teaching
- Nonlinear optimization, equations and least squares, a course for PhD
students (6FMAI07,
spring term 2021)
- Optimization, an Advanced Course (TAOP24,
spring term 2020)
- Introduction to Optimization (TAOP07,
spring term 2019)
- Operations research, an Advanced Course (TAOP62, spring term 2019)
- Introduction to Operations Research (TAOP52,
spring term 2019)
- Engineering Optimization (TAOP88,
autumn term 2020)
- Operations Research, an Advanced Course (TAOP37,
spring term 2015)
- Introduction to Operations Research (TAOP14,
autumn term 2016)
- Optimization (TAOP23,
autumn term 2014)