YUNIER BELLO–CRUZ (January 2022)
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Watson Hall 330, Northern Illinois University.
DeKalb, IL, USA - 60115 H(815)753-6764 Byunierbello@niu.edu
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www.math.niu.edu/˜bellocruzEDUCATION
2006 – 2009 Ph.D in Mathematics, Instituto de Matematica Pura e Aplicada (IMPA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2003 – 2005 M.Sc. in Mathematics, University of Havana (UH), Havana, Cuba.
1997 – 2002 B.S. in Mathematics, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba.
EMPLOYMENTS
Current Associate Professor, Dep. Mathematical Sciences, Northern Illinois University (NIU), DeKalb, IL, USA.
2016 – 2019 Assistant Professor (tenure track), Department of Mathematical Sciences, NIU, DeKalb, IL, USA.
2015 – 2016 Assistant Professor (with tenure), Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, Federal University of Goias (UFG), Goiania, GO, Brazil.
2013 – 2015 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia (UBC), Kelowna, BC, Canada.
2009 – 2015 Assistant Professor (tenure track), Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, UFG, Goiania, GO, Brazil.
2007 – 2009 Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
SELECTED SCHOLARSCHIPS, AWARDS AND HONORS
2021 – 2022 (Half Year Salary)Sabbatical Leave- Design and Analysis of Algorithms for Structured Optimization Problems (Ranked 1st of 19), NIU, USA.
2018 – 2021 ($ 99,143.00) (PI)National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant- DMS - 1816449 - Second-Order Variational Analysis in Structured Optimization and Algorithms with Applications, NIU, USA
2018 – 2019 ($ 9,000.00)Research and Artistry (R&A) Grant, Northern Illinois University – Design and Analysis of Efficient Algorithms for Solving Structured Optimization Problems, NIU, USA
07–08/2018 ($ 1,000.00)Travel Supportby NIU, USA 05–07/2017 ($ 8,000.00)Start-up Fundby NIU, USA
08/2015 (R$ 17,000.00)Travel Supportby CAPES and CNPq - International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, Pittsburgh, PA, and Research Visit to Oakland University, MI, USA
2014 – 2016 (R$ 36,000.00) (Sole PI)Productivity Research Grant- CNPq - 303492/2013-9, UFG, Brazil 2013 – 2016 (R$ 30,000.00)UNIVERSAL CNPq Grant- 474160/2013-0, UFG, Brazil
2013 – 2015 Postdoctoral Scholarshipby CNPq - 202677/2013-3 at University of British Columbia, Canada 2012 – 2016 (R$ 125,000.00)Project CAPES-MES-CUBA, CAPES Grant - 000226/2012-1, UFG, Brazil
2010 & 2011 Full Supportfor a month visiting position as P.C.I. Summer Postdoctoral Scholarship at IMPA, Brazil
11/2008 Travel Support by “National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (Conicyt)” - School on Variational Analysis at Center for Mathematical Modeling (CMM) - University of Chile, Chile
2006 – 2009 Ph.D. Scholarshipunder the sponsorship of CNPq-TWAS at IMPA, Brazil 02/2005&
09/2005
Travel Supportby “UMALCA” and “CIMPA” for The School of Mathematics of Latin America and the Caribbean at University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica and Center for Research in Mathematics, Mexico
SELECTED PEER-REVIEWS AND SERVICE
Editor Work (AE)
- Member of the Editorial Board of: (a) Journal of Applied and Numerical Optimization, (b) Fixed Point Theory and Applications,(c) Applied Set-Valued Analysis and Optimization,(d) Fixed Point Theory and Algorithms for Sciences and Engineering
Guess Editor - Special Issue: Splitting Algorithms in Optimization and Applicationsto appear inAlgorithms
- Special Issue: Optimization and Real World Applications to appear in Fixed Point Theory and Algorithms for Sciences and Engineering
Research Proposal Review:
- National Council for Scientific and Technological Development of Brazil (CNPq) - National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF) - Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Level -or Education- Personnel of Brazil (CAPES) - Mathematical Reviews - MathSciNet.
Since 2010 Applied Mathematics and Computation; BIT Numerical Mathematics; Computational Optimization and Applica- tions; European Journal of Operational Research ; IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing; Inverse Problems;
Journal of Computational Mathematics; Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications; Mathematical Program- ming; Numerical Algorithms; Optimization; Optimization Letters; SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization;
SIAM Journal on Optimization; Set-Valued and Variational Analysis .
TEACHING
Selected Courses taught at NIU
Session Course Scheduled Class Size Level and Notes
Spring/2022 MATH 792 – Applications Experience 4 hrs/week 8 Graduate Course
Spring/2022 MATH 435/535 – Numerical Analysis 4 hrs/week 21+0∗∗∗ (Under)Graduate Course Summer/2022∗ Iterative Methods for Structured Optimization Problems 2 weeks - Graduate Course
Fall/2021 Sabbatical Leave – – –
Spring/2021 MATH 336 – Ordinary Differential Equations∗∗ 4 hrs/week 31 Under Graduate Course Spring/2021 MATH 760 – Convex Analysis and Monotone Operators 4 hrs/week 7 Graduate Course
Fall/2020 MATH 336 – Ordinary Differential Equations∗∗ 4 hrs/week 31 Under Graduate Course Fall/2020 MATH 434/534 – Numerical Linear Algebra 4 hrs/week 17+5∗∗∗ (Under)Graduate Course Summer/2020 MATH 336 – Ordinary Differential Equations∗∗ 6 hrs/week 24 Under Graduate Course
Spring/2020 MATH 760 – Topics in Convex Analysis and Split. Algs. 3 hrs/week 1 Graduate Course Spring/2020 MATH 435/535 – Numerical Analysis 4 hrs/week 19+4∗∗∗ (Under)Graduate Course Spring/2020 MATH 336 – Ordinary Differential Equations∗∗ 4 hrs/week 31 Under Graduate Course
Fall/2019 MATH 497 – Models & Num. Meth. Systems Diff. Eq. 4 hrs/week 1 Under Graduate Course Fall/2019 MATH 336 – Ordinary Differential Equations∗∗ 4 hrs/week 26 Under Graduate Course
Fall/2019 MATH 662 – Numerical Analysis 4 hrs/week 7 Graduate Course
Spring/2019 MATH 336 – Ordinary Differential Equations∗∗ 4 hrs/week 30 Under Graduate Course Spring/2019 MATH 435/535 – Numerical Analysis 4 hrs/week 24+1∗∗∗ (Under)Graduate Course
Fall/2018 MATH 336 – Ordinary Differential Equations∗∗ 4 hrs/week 30 Under Graduate Course Fall/2018 MATH 434/534 – Numerical Linear Algebra 4 hrs/week 21+2∗∗∗ (Under)Graduate Course Spring/2018 MATH 336 – Ordinary Differential Equations∗∗ 4 hrs/week 25 Under Graduate Course Spring/2018 MATH 435/535 – Numerical Analysis 4 hrs/week 26+4∗∗∗ (Under)Graduate Course
Fall/2017 MATH 336 – Ordinary Differential Equations 4 hrs/week 25 Under Graduate Course Fall/2017 MATH 434/534 – Numerical Linear Algebra 4 hrs/week 12+5∗∗∗ (Under)Graduate Course Spring/2017 MATH 336 – Ordinary Differential Equations 4 hrs/week 23+20∗∗∗ Under Graduate Course
Selected Courses taught at UFG prior to coming to NIU
Session Course Scheduled Hours Class Size Level and Notes
March–July/2016 Linear Algebra 4 hrs/week 60 Under Graduate Course
March–July/2016 Numerical Calculus∗∗ 4 hrs/week 30 Under Graduate Course
August–December/2015 Linear Algebra 4 hrs/week 32 M.Sc Course
August–December/2015 Topics in Optimization 3 hrs/week 3 Ph.D Directed Course March–June/2015 Numerical Calculus 4 hrs/week 60+56∗∗∗ Under Graduate Course
March–June/2015∗∗∗∗ Advanced Calculus∗∗ 4 hrs/week 28 M.Sc Course
March–June/2013 Topics in Optimization 3 hrs/week 5 Ph.D Directed Course
March–June/2013 Differential Equations 4 hrs/week 58 Under Graduate Course
March–June/2013 Numerical Calculus 4 hrs/week 62 Under Graduate Course
March–June/2013 Advanced Calculus 4 hrs/week 32 M.Sc Course
August–December/2012 Optimization 4 hrs/week 15 Ph.D Course
August–December/2012 Numerical Calculus 4 hrs/week 62 Under Graduate Course
August–December/2012 Analytical Geometry 4 hrs/week 34 M.Sc Course
March–June/2012 Functional Analysis 4 hrs/week 12 Ph.D Course
March–June/2012 Numerical Calculus 4 hrs/week 62 Under Graduate Course
March–June/2012 Advanced Calculus∗∗ 4 hrs/week 30 M.Sc Course
August–December/2011 Optimization 4 hrs/week 12 Ph.D Course
August–December/2011 Numerical Calculus 4 hrs/week 60 Under Graduate Course
August–December/2011 Geometry I 4 hrs/week 29 M.Sc Course
March–June/2011 Numerical Calculus 4 hrs/week 58 Under Graduate Course
March–June/2011 Differential Equations 4 hrs/week 58 Under Graduate Course
August–December/2010 Calculus II 4 hrs/week 60 Under Graduate Course
August–December/2010 Differential Equations 4 hrs/week 58 Under Graduate Course
March–June/2010 Algebra 4 hrs/week 27 M.Sc Course
March–June/2010 Numerical Calculus 4 hrs/week 55 Under Graduate Course
Selected Courses taught at IMPA and UMCC prior to coming to UFG
Session Course Scheduled Class Size Level and Notes
March–June/2009 Optimization 2 hrs/week 12 TA at IMPA (Ph.D Course)
August–December/2008 Computational Methods in Optimization 2 hrs/week 13 TA at IMPA (Ph.D Course) March–June/2008 Mathematical Methods in Finance 2 hrs/week 25 TA at IMPA (M.Sc Course) August–December/2007 Numerical Analysis 2 hrs/week 28 TA at IMPA (M.Sc Course)
Sept./2005–January/2006 Calculus IV 6 hrs/week 60 Lecturer at UMCC
(∗)Summer School at FGV, RJ, Brazil. (∗∗)Course Coordinator. (∗∗∗)Joint Sections. (∗∗∗∗)The Year Gap is Because I was at UBC.
ARTICLES SUBMITTED TO REFEREED JOURNALS
{ R. Behling,Y. Bello-Cruz, H. Lara-Urdaneta, H. Oviedo, L.-R. Santos. Circumcentric directions of cones. arXiv:2112.08314(2021)1–8.
{ R. Behling,Y. Bello-Cruz, A. Iusem, L.-R. Santos. On the centralization of the circumcentered-reflection method. arXiv:2111.07022 (2021)1–24.
{ Y. Bello-Cruz, M.L.N. Gonçalves, N. Krislock. On inexact accelerated proximal gradient methods with relative error rules. arXiv:2005.03766 (2020)1–25.
{ Y. Bello-Cruz, O. Hazaimah. On the weak and strong convergence of a conceptual algorithm for solving monotone inclusions.
arXiv:2003.05604(2020)1–19.
ARTICLES PUBLISHED OR ACCEPTED IN REFEREED JOURNALS
[40] Y. Bello-Cruz, G. Li, T.T.A. Nghia. Quadratic growth conditions and uniqueness of optimal solution to Lasso. J. Optim. Theory Appl.
(2022)to appear.
[39] G. Araujo R. Arefidamghani, R. Behling,Y. Bello-Cruz, A. Iusem, L.-R. Santos. Circumcentering approximate reflections for solving the convex feasibility problem.Fixed Point Theory Algorithm. Sci. Eng. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13663-021-00711-6(2022)1–30.
[38] R. Behling,Y. Bello-Cruz, L.-R. Santos. Infeasibility and error bound imply finite convergence of alternating projections. SIAM J. Optim.
31(2021)507–530.
[37] R. Arefidamghani, R. Behling,Y. Bello-Cruz, A. Iusem, L.-R. Santos. The circumcentered-reflection method achieves better rates than alternating projections. Comput. Optim. Appl. 79(2021)507–530.
[36] Y. Bello-Cruz, G. Li, T.T.A. Nghia. On the linear convergence of forward-backward splitting method: Part I–Convergence analysis. J.
Optim. Theory Appl. 188(2021)378–401.
[35] R. Behling,Y. Bello-Cruz, L.-R. Santos. On the circumcentered-reflection method for the convex feasibility problem. Numer. Algorithms 86(2021)1475–1494.
[34] Y. Bello-Cruz, G. Bouza Allende. On inexact projected gradient methods for solving variable vector optimization problems. Optim. Eng.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11081-020-09579-8(2020)1–24.
[33] Y. Bello-Cruz, J.G. Melo, R.V.G. Serra. A proximal gradient splitting method for solving convex vector optimization problems.
Optimizationhttps://doi.org/10.1080/02331934.2020.1800699(2020)1–21.
[32] R. Behling,Y. Bello-Cruz, L.-R. Santos. The block-wise circumcentered-reflection method. Comput. Optim. Appl. 76(2020)675–699.
[31] Y. Bello-Cruz, R. Díaz Millán, H.M. Phan. Conditional extragradient algorithms for solving variational inequalities. Pac. J. Optim. 15 (2019)331–357.
[30] R. Behling,Y. Bello-Cruz, L.-R. Santos. On the linear convergence of the circumcentered-reflection method. Oper. Res. Lett. 46 (2018)159–162.
[29] R. Behling,Y. Bello-Cruz, L.-R. Santos. Circumcentering the Douglas–Rachford method. Numer. Algorithms78(2018)759–776.
[28] Y. Bello-Cruz, Y. Shehu. An Iterative method for split inclusion problems without prior knowledge of operator norms. J. Fixed Point Theory Appl.19(2017)2017–2036.
[27] Y. Bello-Cruz. On proximal subgradient method for minimizing the sum of two nonsmooth convex functions. Set-Valued Var. Anal. 25 (2017)245–263.
[26] Y. Bello-Cruz, O.P. Ferreira, S.Z. Németh, L.F. Prudente. A semi-smooth Newton method for projection equations and linear complementarity problems with respect to the second order cone. Linear Algebra Appl. 513(2017)160–181.
[25] Y. Bello-Cruz, T.T.A. Nghia. On the convergence of the forward-backward splitting method with linesearches. Optim. Methods Softw.
31(2016)1209–1238.
[24] H.H. Bauschke,Y. Bello-Cruz, T.T.A. Nghia, H.M. Phan, X. Wang. Optimal rates of linear convergence of relaxed alternating projections and generalized Douglas-Rachford methods for two subspaces.Numer. Algorithms73(2016)33–76.
[23] Y. Bello-Cruz, O.P. Ferreira, L.F. Prudente. On the global convergence of the inexact semi-smooth Newton method for absolute value equation. Comput. Optim. Appl. 65(2016)93–108.
[22] Y. Bello-Cruz, R. Díaz Millán. A relaxed-projection splitting algorithm for variational inequalities in Hilbert space. J. Global Optim. 65 (2016)597–614.
[21] J.G. Barrios,Y. Bello-Cruz, O.P. Ferreira, S.Z. Németh. A semi-smooth Newton method for a special piecewise linear system with application to positively constrained convex quadratic programming. J. Comput. Appl. Math. 301(2016)145–167.
[20] Y. Bello-Cruz, W. de Oliveira. On weak and strong convergence of the projected gradient method for convex optimization in real Hilbert spaces.Numer. Funct. Anal. Optim. 37(2016)129–144.
[19] W.V. Ackooij,Y. Bello-Cruz, W. de Oliveira. A strongly convergent proximal bundle method for convex minimization in Hilbert spaces.
Optimization65(2016)145–167.
[18] Y. Bello-Cruz, A.N. Iusem. Full convergence of an approximate projection method for nonsmooth variational inequalities. Math. Comput.
Simulation114(2015)2–13.
[17] Y. Bello-Cruz, R. Díaz Millán. A variant of Forward-Backward splitting method for the sum of two monotone operators with a new search strategy. Optimization64(2015)1471–1486.
[16] Y. Bello-Cruz, G. Bouza Allende, L.R. Lucambio Pérez. Subgradient algorithms for solving variable inequalities. Appl. Math. Comput.
247(2014)1052–1063.
[15] H.H. Bauschke,Y. Bello-Cruz, T.T.A. Nghia, H.M. Phan, X. Wang. The rate of linear convergence of the Douglas-Rachford algorithm for subspaces is the cosine of the Friedrichs angle. J. Approx. Theory185(2014)63–79.
[14] Y. Bello-Cruz, R. Díaz Millán. A direct splitting method for nonsmooth variational inequalities. J. Optim. Theory Appl. 161(2014) 728–737.
[13] Y. Bello-Cruz, W. Oliveira. Level bundle-like algorithms for convex optimization. J. Global Optim. 59(2014)787–809.
[12] Y. Bello-Cruz, G. Bouza Allende. A steepest descent-like method for variable order vector optimization problems. J. Optim. Theory Appl.162(2014)371–391.
[11] Y. Bello-Cruz, L.R. Lucambio Pérez. A subgradient-like algorithm for solving vector convex inequalities. J. Optim. Theory Appl. 162 (2014)392–404.
[10] Y. Bello-Cruz. A subgradient method for vector optimization problems. SIAM J. Optim. 23(2013)2169–2182.
[09] Y. Bello-Cruz, S. Scheimberg, P.S.M. Santos. A two-phase algorithm for a variational inequality formulation of equilibrium problems. J.
Optim. Theory Appl. 159(2013)562–575.
[08] Y. Bello-Cruz, A.N. Iusem. An explicit algorithm for monotone variational inequalities. Optimization61(2012)855–871.
[07] Y. Bello-Cruz, H. Pijeira Cabrera, C. Márquez, W. Urbina Romero. Sobolev-Gegenbauer type orthogonality and a hydrodynamical
interpretation.Integral Transform. Spec. Funct. 22(2011)711–722.
[06] Y. Bello-Cruz, L.R. Lucambio Pérez, J.G. Melo. Convergence of the projected gradient method for quasiconvex multiobjective optimization.
Nonlinear Anal. 74(2011)5268–5273.
[05] Y. Bello-Cruz, A.N. Iusem. A strongly convergent method for nonsmooth convex minimization in Hilbert spaces. Numer. Funct. Anal.
Optim. 32(2011)1009–1018.
[04] Y. Bello-Cruz, H. Cabrera, W. Urbina Romero. On polar Legendre polynomials. Rocky Mountain J. Math. 40(2010)2025–2036.
[03] Y. Bello-Cruz, A.N. Iusem. Convergence of direct methods for paramonotone variational inequalities. Comput. Optim. Appl. 46 (2010)247–263.
[02] Y. Bello-Cruz, L.R. Lucambio Pérez. Convergence of a projected gradient method variant for quasiconvex objectives. Nonlinear Anal. 9 (2010)2917–2922.
[01] Y. Bello-Cruz, A.N. Iusem. A strongly convergent direct method for monotone variational inequalities in Hilbert spaces. Numer. Funct.
Anal. Optim.30(2009)23–36.
SUPERVISION AND GRADUATE STUDENTS
– POST-DOCTORAL SUPERVISION –
2012 Postdoctoral Supervision ofGemayqzel Bouza-Allende, Supported by CAPES Grant-000226/2012-1, Brazil Currently: Associate Professor at Faculty of Mathematics and Computation of the University of Havana, Cuba.
– PhD. STUDENTS –
2021 – (Ongoing) Ph.D. Dissertation ofCassandra Mohr, Department of Mathematical Sciences (DMS), NIU, USA.
"On the Linear Convergence of Accelerated Proximal Gradient Methods"
Currently: Teaching Assistant at Department of Mathematical Sciences, Northern Illinois University, USA.
2020 – (Ongoing) Ph.D. Dissertation (Co-supervision) ofNicolas F. Armijo, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
"Generalized Projection Equations and Complementary Problems"
Currently: Teaching Assistant at University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
2018 – 2020 (Supervised) Ph.D. Dissertation ofOday Hazaimah, DMS, Northern Illinois University, USA.
"Projective Splitting Methods for Maximal Monotone Mappings in Hilbert Spaces"
Currently: Adjunct Faculty at Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Saint Louis University, USA.
2012 – 2015 (Supervised) Ph.D. Dissertation ofReinier Diaz Millan, IME, UFG, Brazil.
"On Several Algorithms for Variational Inequality and Inclusion Problems"
Postdoc Fellow Position at School of Mathematical Sciences of the University of South Australia 2016-2017.
Currently: Associate Research Fellow, School of Information Technology, Deakin University, Australia.
– MSc. STUDENTS –
2016 (Supervised) Master Thesis ofHenrique Carvalho Rodrigues, IME, UFG, Brazil.
"An Introduction to Real Analysis: Continuous and Nondifferentiable Functions and Fractals" (in Portuguese) Currently: Secondary Professor, Brazil.
2013 (Supervised) Master Thesis ofRonan Gomes de Amorim, IME, UFG, Brazil.
"Introduction to Convex Analysis: Convex Sets and Functions" (in Portuguese).
Currently: Secondary Professor, Brazil.
2013 (Supervised) Master Thesis ofRayner Ferreira Barbosa da Costa, IME, UFG, Brazil.
"An Approach to the Vector Gradient Method" (in Portuguese).
PhD. Student at IME, UFG.
Currently: Assistant Professor at Pontifical Catholic University of Goias, Brazil.
2012 (Supervised) Master Thesis ofPedro Felippe da Silva Araujo, IME, UFG, Brazil.
"Linear Programming and its Applications: Definition and Methods of Solutions" (in Portuguese).
Currently: Secondary Professor, Brazil.
2012 (Supervised) Master Thesis ofCarlos Alberto Silva Sobrinho, IME, UFG, Brazil.
"Discrete Strategies in Game Theory" (in Portuguese).
Currently: Secondary Professor, Brazil.
SHORT RESEARCH VISITS
3 days/2021 Local Funds Support for visiting Prof. Nghia T.A. Tranat Oakland University, MI, USA.
6 days/2021 UFA Support for visiting Prof. W. Carballosa Torresat Florida International University, FL, USA.
6 days/2019 R&A and NSF Support for visiting Prof. G. Bouza Allendeat University of Havana, CUBA.
3 days/2019 NSF Support for visiting Prof. Heinz Bauschkeat University of British Columbia, BC, CANADA.
3 weeks/2019 R&A Support for visiting Prof. Francisco J. Aragón Artachoat University of Alicante, VA, SPAIN.
6 days/2019 NSF Support for visiting Prof. Nghia T.A. Tranat Oakland University, MI, USA.
7 days/2018 NIU’s Support for visiting Prof. O.P. Ferreiraat Federal University of Goias, GO, BRAZIL.
7 days/2017 NIU’s Support for visiting Prof. Nghia T.A. Tranat Oakland University, MI, USA.
3 weeks/2015 CNPq and CAPES’ Supports for visiting Prof. Nghia T.A. Tranat Oakland University, MI, USA.
7 days/2015 FGV’s Support for visiting Prof. Vincent Guiguesat Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV), BRAZIL.
10 days/2015 CNPq’s Grant (474160/2013-0) for visiting Prof. Guanghui Lanat University of Florida, FL, USA.
30 days/2012 CAPES’ Grant (000226/2012-1) for visiting Prof. G. Bouza Allendeat University of Havana, CUBA.
50 days/2011 P.C.I. Summer Grant as researcher fellow with Prof. Alfredo Iusemat IMPA, RJ, BRAZIL.
50 days/2010 P.C.I. Summer Grant as researcher fellow with Prof. Alfredo Iusemat IMPA, RJ, BRAZIL.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Convex Analysis; Continuous Optimization; Mathematical Programming; Numerical Analysis; Operators
SELECTED CONFERENCES AND MEETING
{ Mathematics and Statistics Colloquium Series, Oakland University, MI, USA. November 15-17, 2021.
Invited Talk: Infeasibility and error bound imply finite convergence of alternating projections
{ 23rd Midwest Optimization Meeting, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, USA. October 29-30, 2021.
Invited Talk: On the Finite convergence of alternating projections
{ (Organizer) 21th Midwest Optimization Meeting, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA. October 18, 2019.
{ XIII Brazilian Workshop on Continuous Optimization, IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRAZIL. Sept. 23–27, 2019.
Invited Talk: A semi-smooth Newton Method for Projection Equations
{ 2019 Workshop on Variational Analysis and Optimization, University of British Columbia, BC, CANADA. August 12–13, 2019.
Invited Talk: Circumcentering Reflections
{ 20th Midwest Optimization Meeting, Miami University, Oxford, OH USA. October 12–13, 2018.
Invited Talk: A semi-smooth Newton Method for Projection Equations and Linear Complementarity Problems { XII Brazilian Workshop on Continuous Optimization, Foz do Iguacu, Parana, BRAZIL. July 23–27, 2018.
Invited Talk: On the Q-linear convergence of the FB splitting method and uniqueness of optimal solution to Lasso { 19th Midwest Optimization Meeting, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA. October 21, 2017.
Invited Talk: Circumcentering the Douglas-Rachford Method
{ XII International Conference Approximation and Optimization in the Caribbean, Havana, CUBA. June 5–10, 2016.
Invited Talk: On proximal (sub)gradient splitting method for nonsmooth convex optimization problems { XI Brazilian Workshop on Continuous Optimization, Manaus, BRAZIL. May 22–27, 2016.
Invited Talk: A relaxed Algorithm for solving nonsmooth variational inequalities { Joint Mathematics Meetings, Seattle, Washington, USA. January 6–9, 2016.
Invited Talk: On the complexity of the Proximal Gradient Iteration for Nonsmooth Convex Min. Problems in Hilbert Spaces { 4th Colloquium of Mathematics, Catalao, BRAZIL. November 16 - November 20, 2015.
Invited Talk: On the complexity of the proximal gradient method for nonsmooth convex minimization problems { Scientific Seminary of Optimization Research Group, Havana, CUBA. August 31 - September 6, 2015.
Invited Talk: Conditional Extragradient Algorithms for Variational Inequalities
{ 22nd International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (ISMP), Pittsburgh, PE, USA. July 12–17, 2015.
Invited Talk: On Proximal Forward-Backward Splitting Method for Convex Optimization Problems { Seminary of Optimization Group of IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL. April 1 , 2015.
Invited Talk: On proximal subgradient splitting method for minimizing the sum of two nonsmooth convex functions { VII Symposium on Numerical Analysis and Optimization, Curitiba, BRAZIL. February 24–25, 2015.
Invited Talk: On the convergence of the proximal forward-backward splitting method with linesearches { Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Antonio, TX, USA. January 10–13, 2015.
Invited Talk: On Proximal Forward-Backward Splitting Method for Convex Optimization Problems
{ Centre for Optimization, Convex Analysis and Nonsmooth Analysis, University of British Columbia, CANADA, Dec. 18, 2014.
Invited Talk: Conditional Extragradient Algorithms for Variational Inequalities
{ I Brazilian Congress of Young Researchers in Pure and Applied Mathematics, São Paulo, BRAZIL. December 10–12, 2014.
Invited Talk: On Proximal Forward-Backward Splitting Method for Nonsmooth Optimization Problems { West Coast Optimization Meeting, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, CANADA. September 20–21, 2014.
{ SIAM Conference on Optimization, San Diego, USA. May 19–22, 2014.
Invited Talk: A Relaxed Projection Splitting Algorithm for Nonsmooth Variational Inequalities in Hilbert Spaces.
{ XI International Conference on Operations Research, University of Havana, CUBA. March 11–14, 2014.
Invited Talk: A Relaxed-Projection Splitting Algorithm for Variational Inequalities in Hilbert Spaces.
{ COCANA Seminar UBC, University of British Columbia, CANADA, February 13, 2014.
Invited Talk: On Forward-Backward Splitting Methods.
{ West Coast Optimization Meeting, University of Victoria, Victoria, CANADA. October 4–5, 2013.
{ I Optimization meeting of the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, BRAZIL. February 4–8, 2013.
Plenary Talk: Subgradient algorithms for vector optimization problems.
{ IX Brazilian Workshop on Continuous Optimization, Luis Correia. BRAZIL. July 29 to August 4, 2012.
Invited Talk: A subgradient method for vector optimization problems.
{ International Conference on Advances in Optimization and Related Topics, Barcelona, SPAIN. November 29 to Dec. 3, 2010.
Invited Talk: A strongly convergent direct method for monotone variational inequalities in Hilbert spaces.
{ VIII Brazilian Workshop on Continuous Optimization, Mambucaba, BRAZIL. July 13–17, 2009.
Invited Talk: An explicit method for variational inequalities.
{ Workshop on Variational Analysis, on the occasion of Rafael Correa’s 60th birthday, Center for Mathematical Modeling (CMM), University of Chile, Santiago de Chile, CHILE. November 10–13, 2008.
Poster:Forcing strong convergence of Korpelevich-type algorithm in Hilbert spaces.
{ School on Variational Analysis, CMM, University of Chile, CHILE. November 6–19, 2008.
{ School of Mathematics of Latin America and the Caribbean (EMALCA), Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas (CIMAT), Guanajuato, MEXICO. August 1–12, 2005.
{ School of Mathematics of Latin America and the Caribbean (EMALCA), University of Costa Rica, February 14–19, 2005.
{ IV Summer School (MECESUP), Centro de Modelamiento Matemático, University of Chile, CHILE. Nov. 29 to Dec. 17, 2004.
MISCELLANY
Skills: JULIA, MATLAB, MATHEMATICA, SCILAB, FORTRAN, PYTHON Languages: English, Portuguese,Spanish(Mother Tongue)
Hobby: Chess(FIDE ELO = 2088) – Chess Champion of the University of Havana (years 2000&2001).
– Winning Prize at $1000 Sinquefield Blitz Chess Tournament (2017).
Citations: MathSciNet–331, SCOPUS –484,GoogleScholar–897, ResearchGate –793, Web of Science –453
Co-authors: (# of works) ...(&29)...
Araujo G.(1)&Arefidamghani R.(2)&Barrios, J.G.(1)& Bauschke, H.H.(2)&Behling, R.(9)&Bouza Allende, G.(3)&de Oliveira, W.(3)& Diaz Millan, R.(4)& Ferreira, O.P.(3)&Gonçalves, M.L.N.(1)
&Iusem, A.N.(8)&Krislock, N.(1)&Lara-Urdaneta, H.(1)&Li, G.(2)&Lucambio Perez, L.R.(4)&
Marquez, C.(1)& Melo, J.G.(2)&Nemeth, S.Z.(2)& Nghia, T.T.A.(5)&Oviedo, H.(1)& Pang, H.M.(3)
& Pijeira-Cabrera, H.(2) & Prudente, L.F.(2)& Santos, L.R.(9) &Santos, P.S.M.(1) & Scheimberg, S.(1)& Serra, R.V.G.(1)& Shehu, Y.(1)&Urbina, W.O.(2)& Van ackooij, W.(1)&Wang, X.(2)
