Description:

Talk Title: How is it Possible to Train Deep Neural Networks?

Jorge Nocedal is the Walter P. Murphy Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences and (by courtesy) Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics at Northwestern University. Nocedal is also the Director of the Center for Optimization and Statistical Learning. Nocedal's main area of research is optimization, with applications in machine learning, engineering design, and the physical sciences. Research activities range from the design of new algorithms, to their software implementation and mathematical analysis. Areas of emphasis include large scale problems (with millions of variables), optimization under uncertainty, and parallel computing.

Learn more about Jorge Nocedal's research

The NSF-Simons National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology Seminar Series aims to bring together a mix of mathematicians and biologists to foster discussion and collaboration between the two fields. The seminar series will take place on Fridays from 10am - 11am at the NITMB offices in the John Hancock Center in downtown Chicago. There will be both an in-person and virtual component.