To communicate: We do not use this site to communicate, post homeworks, etc. We use bCourses, and Piazza for student-GSI discussions. Homework is to be submitted on Gradescope (enroll code: 4PY76R).

Important dates:

Quiz 1: 9/28/2021

Quiz 2: 11/16/2021

Midterm: 10/19/2021

Final exam: 12/14/2021

Course Content

The course content will roughly follow the outline posted on the website, but is subject to change and evolve throughout the semester.

• Linear Algebra

1. Vectors, projections, matrices, symmetric matrices

2. Linear equations, least-squares and minimum-norm problems

3. SVD, PCA and related optimization problems

• Convex Optimization

1. Convex sets, convex functions, convex optimization problems

2. KKT optimality conditions, duality (weak and strong), Slater's condition.

3. Special convex models: LP, QP, GP, SOCP

4. Robustness

• Applications

1. Machine Learning

2. Control Systems

3. Engineering design

4. Finance

Instructor: Laurent El Ghaoui

Contact Information: (@berkeley.edu)

In case you want to email Professor El Ghaoui, please always cc the TA with most appropriate role(s) to your questions.

• [Instructor] Laurent El Ghaoui, elghaoui

• [HeadTA, Logistics] Fangda Gu, gfd18

• [bCourses/DSP/Piazza/GradeScope] Jingqi Li, jingqili

• [Content: HW] Aekus Bhathal, abhathal

• [Content: HW] Abhinav Gopal, abhinavg

• [Content: Exam] Tyler Westenbroek, westenbroekt

• [Content: Discussion] Michael Jayasuriya, mjayasur

• [Reader] Arnav Gulati, 22agulati

• [Reader] David Zhang, davidwzhang

• [Reader] Max Fu, max.fu.letian

• [Reader] Andy Dong, dxa

• [Reader] Andrew Lin, linandrew

Prerequisites: EECS 16A & EECS 16B OR Math 54, CS 70, Math 53.

Online resources: Piazza, Gradescope (4PY76R), and bCourses.

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