Dimitri Bertsekas
Dimitri P. Bertsekas (* 1942 in Athens ) is a Greek mathematician and computer scientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Life
Bertsekas studied electrical engineering at the National Technical University in Athens (diploma in 1965) and at George Washington University , where he received his master's degree in electrical engineering in 1969. In 1971 he received his PhD with Ian Burton Rhodes at MIT (Control of Uncertain Systems with a Set-Membership Description of the Uncertainty). He then taught at Stanford University , at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and from 1979 at MIT.
He deals with optimization problems including algorithmic aspects (nonlinear optimization, large-scale optimization), convex analysis, dynamic programming, stochastic control theory, optimization of networks (for example in communication, transport and electricity supply), parallel and distributed computing, and machine learning ( reinforcement Learning ).
In 2015 he received the George B. Dantzig Prize . He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering . He received the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) Computing Society Prize and in 2014 the Khachiyan Prize from the INFORMS Optimization Society and the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Prize from the American Automatic Control Council. In 2018 Bertsekas received the John von Neumann Theory Prize .
He published several textbooks and monographs, mostly published by Athena Scientific, a publishing house he helped found. In 2009 he received the Saul Gass Expository Writing Award for his textbooks.
His hobby is photography and he has also exhibited.
Fonts
- Dynamic Programming and Stochastic Control, Academic Press 1976
- with Steven E. Shreve: Stochastic Optimal Control: The Discrete-Time Case, Academic Press 1978
- Constrained Optimization and Lagrange Multiplier Methods, Academic Press 1982
- with John N. Tsitsiklis: Parallel and Distributed Computation: Numerical Methods, Prentice-Hall 1989
- Linear Network Optimization: Algorithms and Codes, MIT Press 1991
- with Robert Gallager: Data Networks, Prentice Hall, 2nd edition 1992
- Network Optimization: Continuous and Discrete Models, Athena Scientific 1998
- with JN Tsitsiklis: Neuro-Dynamic Programming, Athena Scientific, Cambridge, MA, 1996
- Nonlinear Programming, Athena Scientific 1995, 1999
- with John Tsitsiklis: Introduction to Probability, Athena Scientific 2002, 2nd edition 2008
- with Angelia Nedic, Asuman Ozdaglar: Convex Analysis and Optimization, Athena Scientific 2003
- Dynamic Programming and Optimal Control, Athena Scientific, 2 volumes, 1995, volume 1 in 3rd edition 2005, volume 2 in 4th edition 2012
- Convex Optimization Theory, Athena Scientific 2009
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dimitri Bertsekas in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bertsekas, Dimitri |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bertsekas, Dimitri P. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek mathematician and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Athens |