Convex Optimisation Reading Group

The Convex Optimisation (CO) reading group is dedicated to reading the book by Boyd & Vandenberghe. We meet bi-weekly on Thursdays at 10:00 at the Alan Turing Institute. Each seminar lasts for 2 hours and is lead by one volunteer. The room will change depending on availability, so keep an eye on this webpage and the slack channel for updates.

Upcoming reading groups

20 February 2020, Thursday, at 10am, Patrick O’Hara

Chapter 3.4 onwards: Quasi-convex functions

Past reading groups

16 January 2020, Thursday, at 3PM, Dr Omer Deniz Akyildiz.

Chapter 3: Convex functions


28 November 2019, Thursday, at 10:30am, by Dr Kangrui Wang, in Jack Good (1st floor).

Chapter 2.3


14 November 2019, Thursday, at 10:30am, by Patrick O’Hara.

Chapters 2.2.4 - 2.2.5 plus a recap of definitions.


31 October 2019, Thursday, at 10:30am, by Patrick O’Hara.

Chapters 2.1.5 - 2.2.3 plus a brief recap of chapters 1 and 2.1.


17 October 2019, Thursday, at 3pm, by Patrick O’Hara.

An introduction to Convex Optimsation. Chapters 1 & 2.1.