Here are some recent talks. I'll try to add a few more in the near future.
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Accelerating Gradient Descent by Stepsize Hedging
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Applied Algorithms for Machine Learning,
Paris, France, June 2024.
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Switched linear systems and infinite products of matrices
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SIAM Conference on Applied Algebraic Geometry,
Bern, Switzerland, July 2019.
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Semidefinite approximations of the matrix logarithm (and related functions)
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Caltech CMS, November 2018.
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Graph structure in polynomial systems: chordal networks
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2016 SIAM Annual Meeting,
plenary talk, July 2016.
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Dimension reduction for semidefinite programming
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Mathematical Optimization Down Under (MODU2016),
Melbourne, Australia, July 2016.
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Convex sets, matrix factorizations and positive semidefinite rank
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20th Conference of the International Linear Algebra Society (ILAS),
plenary talk, July 2016.
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From stable sets to sums of squares and cone factorizations
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Oberwolfach Workshop on Combinatorial Optimization, November 2011.
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An optimal architecture for decentralized control over posets
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ISL Colloquium, Stanford University, March 2011.
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Rank/sparsity minimization and latent variable graphical model selection
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IPAM Workshop on
Numerical Methods for Continuous Optimization, October 2010.
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Consistency of Preferences and Near-Potential Games
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Workshop on
Distributed Decisions via Games and Price Mechanisms, Lund University, Sweden, March 2010.
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The convex algebraic geometry of rank minimization
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International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (ISMP 2009),
plenary talk, August 2009.
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Semidefinite programming and convex algebraic geometry
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Foundations of Computational Mathematics (FoCM 2008),
plenary talk, June 2008.
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Exact semidefinite representations for genus zero curves
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Banff Workshop on "Positive polynomials and optimization", Banff, October 2006.
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Sum of squares optimization in the analysis and synthesis of control systems
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2006 American Control Conference (ACC 2006),
Eckman Lecture, June 2006.
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SOS/SDP methods: from optimization to games
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31th LNMB Conference on the Mathematics of Operations Research, Lunteren, The Netherlands, January 2006.