Whether it is in finance, supply chain or electricity production, finding the optimal way of designing, operating and maintaining our assets and processes is a key feature of the data-driven world we live in today. Especially in chemical and biochemical industries, a more competitive landscape combined with needs for shorter processing times while maintaining high product quality requires practitioners and researchers alike to learn and apply optimization techniques in their day-to-day work.
This course will provide the participants with the necessary theoretical and practical toolkit to tackle these challenges. We will start with unconstrained optimization, then move through the linear and quadratic programming cases, and cover extensively the modelling of decision making together with dynamic optimization, and finally optimization under uncertainty. These cornerstones of optimization are paired with extensive practical demonstrations and hands-on tutorials, where the participants will get to know how to approach today’s real-life optimization problems and their solutions.”
Course contents
Module 1: Python and optimization in chemical and biochemical processes
This module has an introduction to the open-source platform Python to be used for model implementations,
analysis and solution for various classes of optimization problems. The following will be introduced:
Module 2: Practical optimization techniques and tools
This Module starts with an introduction to general concepts of optimization, i.e. unconstrained optimization
(convexity), solution of unconstrained problems (convex/non-convex) and mathematical programming solvers.
Moreover, concepts and theory combined with examples on each of the following topics will be covered:
Lecturers
Jens Abildskov, Associate Professor, Technical University of Denmark
Richard Oberdieck, Numerical Specialist, PhD, Ørsted, Denmark
Seyed Soheil Mansouri, Assistant Professor, Technical University of Denmark
Remarks
Knowledge of Matlab/Python at the start of the course is an advantage, but not a requirement. Assuming that you have access to Matlab/Python, an introduction to these tools with exercises will be given during the course.
Fees and credits
Student: 2500 DKK (both modules covered)/Industry: 6000 DKK/Module
Individual module registration is available for industrial participants
The course is equivalent to 5 ECTS (each Module 2.5 ECTS)
The participants are expected to cover their own expenses related to the travelling and accommodation.
Registration takes place via course website (contact Gitte Læssøe - gnie@kt.dtu.dk) and will be confirmed once the payment is done. There is space for 25 persons in the course and the deadline to register is May 30, 2019.
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