Mihai Anitescu, a computational mathematician at Argonne National Laboratory, will present a semi-plenary address at the Second Mathematical Programming Society International Conference on Continuous Optimization August 13-16, 2007, in Hamilton, Ontario. ICCOPT, held every three years, is the world’s most prestigious conference in continuous optimization.

Anitescu’s presentation,“Emerging Design Challenges in the Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles,” will address the challenges and Argonne’s recent results in optimization of complex systems and in particular optimization of the advanced nuclear fuel cycle.