Scientific Computing in Product and Process Discovery:
Advances In Global Optimization, Scheduling of Operations, Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics

Professor Christodoulos A. Floudas

Chemical Engineering , Princeton University

In this talk, we will provide an overview of the advances and challenges in mathematical modeling and optimization theory and algorithms. The scientific computing areas of focus will span several levels that include macroscopic, mesoscopic, and microscopic applications. More specifically, we will discuss powerful advances in (i) deterministic global optimization that has ubiquitous applications in all disciplines, (ii) novel continuous-time approaches for scheduling of process operations that open exciting new avenues for large-scale industrial applications in short-term, medium-range scheduling, and scheduling under uncertainty, and (iii) systems engineering approaches in bioinformatics and computational genomics that offer exciting opportunities for discovery in the areas of protein structure prediction and de novo protein design.