Past talks
2012
- The ProKSI algorithm: distance-based Kriging based on proxy simulations for very high-dimensional global inversion. Invited talk, Collaborative research center SFB708, TU Dortmund, Germany.
- Distance-based Kriging relying on proxy simulations for inverse conditioning. Contributed talk, Ninth International Geostatistics Congress, Oslo, Norway.
- The ProKSI algorithm. Seminar talk, IMSV, Bern, Switzerland.
2011
- Beyond stationarity, beyond tensor products: the infinite playground of admissible kernels, or how to put more fun in Kriging?. Invited talk, Workshop "New Trends in Kriging" (Costa Brava Project), Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse. link.
- Customizing kernels., IMSV Seminar, Bern, Switzerland. link.
- Hasard et reconstruction de fonctions. Invited talk at the "Mathématiques et Société" seminar, Institut de Mathématiques, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland. link.
- An introduction to Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces, part I., IMSV Seminar, Bern, Switzerland. link.
- An introduction to Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces, part II., IMSV Seminar, Bern, Switzerland. link.
- On the optimization of noisy computer experiments with tunable precision., Operations Research Seminar, Tilburg University, The Netherlands. link.
- ReDICE Consortium Inaugural Meeting., IRSN, Paris (Fontenay-aux-Roses), France.
- Dealing with asynchronicity in Kriging-based parallel global optimization. Invited talk in session ES28, Computing and Statistics (ERCIM'11) conference, Senate House, University of London. link.
2010
- Méthodes EGO en grande dimension. Séminaire de montage du projet Re-Dice, INRIA, Paris, France.
- Building Kriging models using R and answering the question "how to plan the next simulation run(s)?". Invited seminar, Machining Technology Lab (ISF), T.U. Dortmund, Germany. link.
- Noisy EI and random metamodels. Invited talk at the optimization workshop of the Mascot Num research group (GDR), ENSCP, Paris, France. link.
- Plans d'expéeriences numériques hybrides pour l'optimisation/inversion. Séminaire de montage du projet Re-Dice, INRIA, Paris, France.
- Noisy Expected Improvement and on-line computation time allocation for the optimization of simulators with tunable fidelity. Contributed talk (presented by its first author V. Picheny) at the 2nd International Conference on Engineering Optimization, Lisbon, Portugal. link.
- Optimization of Noisy Computer Experiments with Tunable Precision. Contributed talk (presented by its first author V. Picheny) at the Workshop on Noisy Kriging-based Optimization, Bern, Switzerland. link.
- A Grid Computing Environment for Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments. Contributed talk (presented by its first author, Yann Richet) at useR!, the R User Conference 2010, NIST, Gaithersburg, USA. link.
2009
- Towards Gaussian Process-based Optimization with Finite Time Horizon. Invited talk at the 6th Autumn Symposium of the "Statistical Modelling" Research Training Group, T.U. Dortmund, Bommerholz, Germany. link.
- Two advances in Gaussian-Process based approximation and optimization. Talk at the 3e cycle romand de Statistique et de Probabilités Appliquées (Séminaire de Printemps), Les Diablerets, Switzerland. link.
- Métamodèles et optimisation: perspectives. Talk at the DICE consortium closing meeting, Renault, Technocentre Guyancourt, France. link.
- Krigeage et Algorithmes de la famille EGO: parallélisations, extensions, mise en pratique. Invited seminar at the geostatistics departement, Ecole des Mines de Paris, Fontainebleau, France.
- Krigeage et algorithmes de la famille EGO: autour du critère d'EI multipoints. Invited talk at the IMPEC seminar, CEA, Saclay, France. link.
- Spatial processes for functional approximation and global optimization. Invited seminar, IMSV, Bern, Switzerland.
- Two advances in Gaussian-Process based approximation and optimization. Talk at the Mascot09 meeting, Galilée institute (University Paris XIII) and Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris. link.
- Les mathématiques au secours de l'ordinateur. Invited talk at the "Mathématiques et Société" seminar, Institut de Mathématiques, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland. link.
- Multiples métamodèles pour l'approximation et l'optimisation de fonctions numériques multivariables. Ph.D. defense, Ecole des Mines, Saint-Etienne, France.
- Krigeage et Algorithmes de la famille EGO: parallélisations, extensions, mise en pratique. Présentation invitée au mini-séminaire d'optimisation, Renault, Technocentre Guyancourt, France.
- Gears design with shape uncertainties using Monte Carlo simulations and Kriging. Contributed talk (presented by its first author, R. Le Riche), 50th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Palm Springs, USA.
- Carrying out Kriging-based techniques for prediction and optimization. Invited talk (presented by me on behalf of O. Roustant), EURISBIS conference, Cagliari, Italy.
- The DiceKriging package: kriging-based metamodeling and optimization for computer experiments. Contributed talk (presented by its first author, O. Roustant), UseR! 2009 conference, Rennes, France.
2008
- Bilan de thèse. Comité de pioltage du consortium DICE, IRSN, Fontenay-aux-roses, France. link.
- Discrete mixtures of kernels for kriging-based optimization. Invited talk at the 7th Workshop on Quality Improvement Methods, T.U. Dortmund, Bommerholz, Germany. link.
- Kriging for computer experiments. Invited seminar, Sequel team, INRIA, Lille, France. link.
- Covariance kernels for spatial interpolation of symmetrical functions. Contributed talk, Joint Meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada and the Société Française de Statistique, Ottawa, Canada. link.
- Kriging and Invariances. Contributed talk (presented by Y. Richet), 8th ENBIS conference, Athens, Greece. link.
- Mixing Krigings for Global Optimization. Contributed talk, 8th ENBIS conference, Dortmund, Germany. link.
- A new look at Kriging for the Approximation of Noisy Simulators with Tunable Fidelity. Contributed talk (presented by O. Roustant), 8th ENBIS conference, Athens, Greece. link.
- Kriging with Heterogeneous Nugget Effect for the Approximation of Noisy Simulators with Tunable Fidelity. Contributed talk, Joint Meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada and the Société Française de Statistique, Ottawa, Canada.
- Métamodèles et optimisation: retour d'expérience. Invited talk (presented by its first author, Olivier Roustant), Comité de pilotage du consortium DICE, Aix-en-Provence, France.
- Iterative Designs of experiments for constraint approximation. Contributed talk (presented by its first author, V. Picheny), 8th ENBIS conference, Athens, Greece.
- Planification d'expériences pour approximation de contraintes. Contributed talk (presented by its first author, V. Picheny), MascotNum meeting, Cadarache, France.
- Applications of kriging modeling to the analysis of simulator codes, with a 27-D case study from nuclear engineering and some optimization problems. Invited talk (presented by its first author, O. Roustant), UCL, Louvain, Belgium.
- Separable Monte Carlo applied to laminated composite plates reliability. Contributed talk (presented by its first author, B. Smarslok), 49th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Schaumburg, USA.
2007
- Cours de Krigeage accelere. Crash-course with L. Carraro, O. Roustant, and C. Helbert, CEA LETI, Grenoble.
- Some new steps in the computation of multi-stage criteria for global optimization. Audioconference with the multdisciplinary optimization group, University of Florida - Ecole des Mines de St-Etienne.
- Présentation de thèse. Talk at the "Journée de l'Ecole Doctorale de Saint-Etienne", France.
- Krigeage et optimisation. DICE seminar, Renault, Technocentre Guyancourt, France.
- Gaussian-process-based approximation and optimization. Invited talk, Stochastic Characterization Group (prof. Renard), CHYN, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
- A note on the choice and the estimation of kriging models for the analysis of deterministic computer experiments. Contributed talk, Joint ENBIS-DEINDE 2007 Conference, Torino, Italy. link.
- Utilisation d'un métamodèle de krigeage en optimisation. Talk at the CSMA seminar, Journée "Nouvelles tendances en optimisation de structures dans un contexte multidisciplinaire", Compiègne, France. link.
- A multi-points criterion for deterministic parallel global optimization based on kriging. Contributed talk at the international conference on nonconvex programming (NCP07), INSA, Rouen, France. link.
- Métamodèles et optimisation., Comité de pilotage du consortium DICE, Saint-Etienne, France.
2006
- Multiple surrogates for global optimization. Audioconference with the multdisciplinary optimization group, University of Florida - Ecole des Mines de St-Etienne.
- AMEGO: aggregation of models for efficient global optimization. Audioconference with the multdisciplinary group, University of Florida - Ecole des Mines de St-Etienne.
- Global optimization of realizations of gaussian processes. Audioconference with the multdisciplinary group, University of Florida - Ecole des Mines de St-Etienne.
- Anisotropic kernels with few parameters. Audioconference with the multdisciplinary group, University of Florida - Ecole des Mines de St-Etienne.
- Surfaces de réponses multiples pour l'optimisation globale. Seminar at the "Département d'Etude des Réacteurs", CEA, Cadarache, France.
- L'optimisation à partir de métamodèles. Talk at the RedOpt seminar, Ecole Centrale Paris, France.
- PhD thesis overview. Talk, seminar of prof. Journel's team, Stanford University, USA.