ECE 580 Optimization Methods for Systems and Control

Fall 2015

Course Information

• Instructor:  Prof. Sarah Koskie

  • Instructor's Email:  skoskie@iupui.edu

• Assistant:   Archana Eadara

  • Assistant's Email:  aeadara@iupui.edu

  • Assistant's Office Hours: MW noon–1 pm, in SL-157

• Lectures:   MW 7:30–8:45 pm in SL-110

• Textbook:  An Introduction to Optimization, 4rd edition, by E. K. P. Chong and S. H. Zak, Wiley, 2013.

  • Textbook Errata  (Link updated August 31, 2015)

• Course Information (pdf)  (Updated September 2, 2015)

• Syllabus (pdf)   (Updated August 22, 2012)

• Prerequisites: Graduate Standing or permission from instructor. Corequisites: None.

• Lecture Notes

  • Newton and Secant Methods   (Updated September 28, 2011)

  • Using Elementary Row Operations to Invert a Matrix   (Updated November 22, 2011)

  • Transcript of Matlab Session Comparing Quasi-Newton Methods   (Updated October 25, 2012)

  • Slack, Surplus, and Free Variables and Example 15.11   (Updated November 22, 2011)

• Homework will be assigned approximately every other week. It is due in class at 7:30pm on the assigned date. Homework may also be submitted by email in advance of class. 

  • Homework Assignments   (Updated December 10, 2015)

  • Homework Solutions   (Updated December 23, 2015)

• Grading:
  • Midterm exams (60%):
    • Exam 1 (30%)
    • Exam 2 (30%)
  • Final exam (30%)
  • Homework (10%)

  • ECE Department Exam Policy

  • ECE580 Exam Policy

• Exam Solutions (Updated March 22, 2016)

• Some Useful Links:

  • IUPUI Campus-Wide Course Policies

  • IUPUI Graduate Office: Student Life and Support

  • List of Greek Letters and how to write them:    (Thanks to Harry Foundalis!);

  • Prof. E. K.P. Chong's ECE520/Math 520 Optimization Methods website

• ECE580 in other semesters:

  • ECE 580 Optimization Methods for Systems and Control (Spring 2023)

  • ECE 580 Optimization Methods for Systems and Control (Spring 2022)

  • In Spring, 2021, ECE 580 took place entirely online in Canvas, hence no materials are available here.

  • ECE 580 Optimization Methods for Systems and Control (Spring 2020)

  • ECE 580 Optimization Methods for Systems and Control (Spring 2019)

  • ECE 580 Optimization Methods for Systems and Control (Spring 2018)

  • ECE 580 Optimization Methods for Systems and Control (Spring 2016)

  • ECE 580 Optimization Methods for Systems and Control (Fall 2012)

  • ECE 580 Optimization Methods for Systems and Control (Fall 2011)