Logistics

For a complete overview of practical information, see here.

• Instructors: Instructors: A. Bayen, G. Ranade

  • Contact: bayen, gireeja at berkeley (always copy the head TA )

  • Office hours: After class on Thursdays: Thu 2:00PM – 3:00PM, 642 SDH (when Bayen teaches) or 421 SDH (when El Ghaoui teaches).

• Teaching assistants:

  • Head TA: Sylvia Herbert (sylvia.herbert at berkeley)

  • GSIs/uGSIs:

    • Vignesh Subramanian (vignesh.subramanian at berkeley)

    • Armin Askari (aaskari at berkeley)

    • Helen Yang (helenlyang at berkeley)

    • Mong Ng (monghim.ng at gmail)

    • Tanya Veeravalli (tveeravalli19 at berkeley)

    • Suvansh Sanjeev (suvansh at berkeley)

    • Andrew Li (andrewyli at berkeley)

• Material:

  • We follow closely the textbook Optimization Models.

  • You can also find the livebook useful. A livebook is a platform that allows users to post questions on specific parts on the text. To access you need to register (it is free to do so). I will try my best to answer questions posted there.

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• Homeworks: there will be a total of 10 Homeworks; some require the use of Python.

• Exams: There will be two midterms (02/26/19 and 04/11/19, in class), and a final (05/16/19, 8-11AM).

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• Grading: 40% homework, midterms (30%), final (30%).

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• Discussion sections: See the front page's calendar!