Shared at the request of Harbir Antil, Center for Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence (CMAI). Dear All, Happy New Year 2021! We cordially invite you to attend the second annual East Coast Optimization Meeting (ECOM) on April 1-2, 2021. hosted by Center for Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence (CMAI). ECOM is an annual two day workshop organized jointly between George Mason University and Sandia National Labs. This year ECOM will take place in a fully virtual format. The goal of ECOM is to introduce students and early-career researchers to current trends in optimization as well as to provide a strong networking environment between academia, industry, and the national laboratories. This year’s focus for ECOM is Optimization for Machine Learning The keynote speakers for the second ECOM are: - Prof. Frank E. Curtis (Lehigh University) - Prof. Wotao Yin (UCLA) More details and registration information is available here http://math.gmu.edu/~hantil/ECOM/2021/ Everyone is welcome to attend but registration is mandatory. Best, Harbir -- Elizabeth P. Dean, MTA, CMP Special Assistant to the Dean Volgenau School of Engineering George Mason University Nguyen Engineering Building, Suite 5100 4400 University Drive, MS 4A3 Fairfax, VA 22030 P: 703.993.1500 C: 203.605.2741 E: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [signature_430598799] [signature_1416758892]