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Professor Montaz Ali

Position PROFESSOR
QualificationsBScHons, MSc, PhD
Phone 0117176139
Email Montaz.Ali@wits.ac.za
Organisational Unit School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0864-8146

TCSE profile 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Stochastic Methods for Global Optimization; Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming Problems; Optimal Control Theory; Operations Research; Industrial Mathematics

NRF RATING: B3

RESEARCH VISITS

  • Visiting Researcher: October, 1994; Department of Computer Science, ABO Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
  • Visiting Researcher: April 1996; Department of Mathematics, University of Trier, Trier, Germany.
  • Visiting Researcher: June-July 2002; Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
  • Visiting Researcher: 1st November-2002 to 31st October-2003, IMA, University of Minnesota, USA.
  • Visiting Researcher: 11 January-24 January, 2009, Process Design and System Engineering Laboratory, ABO Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
  • Visiting Researcher: Oxford Centre Collaborative and Applied Mathematics, two weeks during April 2010.
  • Visiting Researcher: 24th July to 19th September, 2010, CMM, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
  • Visiting Researcher: 20th to 29th January, 2011, Department of Mathematics, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.
  • Visiting Researcher: 1st February 2013-15 February 2013, Centre for Discrete Mathematics, University of Fuzhou, Fuzhou, China.
  • Visiting Researcher: 12-15 November, 2014, Process Design and System Engineering Laboratory, ABO Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
  • Visiting Researcher: 11-14 August, 2015, CMM, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
  • Visiting Researcher: September 28-October 6, 2016, Department of Chemical Engineering, ABO Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
RESEARCH SUPERVISION
  • P. Kaelo, PhD completed in 2005. Title: Population based unconstrained global optimization.
  • Aderemi Adewami, PhD completed in 2010. Title: Optimal space allocation.
  • Eric Newby, PhD completed in 2013. Title: MINLP (mixed integer nonlinear programming problem).
  • Ian Campbell, PhD Completed in 2013. Title: Constructive heuristics for airline scheduling problem.
  • Said Sima, PhD Completed in 2015. Title: Stochastic location routing problem.
  • Terry Leigh Oliphant, PhD Completed in 2015. Title: Trajectory based methods for nonlinear programming and MINLP.
  • Jacoba Hendrina Buhrmann, PhD Completed in 2016. The eect of Clustering on the Capacitated Location Routing Problem.
  • Salha Mamane (Co-supervised), PhD Completed in 2016. Title: Wishart Laws on Convex Cones.
  • Sakirudeen Akinkunmi Abdulsalaam (PhD: Maximum Clique Problem; 2016-)
  • Matthews Malebogo Sejeso (PhD: Compressed Sensing; 2016-)
  • Lerato Phokomela (PhD: Airline Scheduling; 2016-)
  • Denesh Reddy (PhD: Optimization in Multi-modal Freight Network; 2015-)
 
CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP
CURRENT TEACHING DUTIES
  • MINN7093: Applied Operations Research in Mineral Resources Management (MSc, Mining Engineering, 2015-)
  • COMS500: Large Scale Optimisation for Data Science (MSc, Data Science, 2018-)
  • AIMS (African Institute of Mathematical Sciences): Discrete Optimization (MSc, 2017)
  • COMS4050: Discrete Optimization and Optimization in Big Data (Honours, Data Science, 2016-)
  • APPM400: Optimal Control Theory (Honours, Computational and Applied Mathematics: 2017)
  • APPM400: Stochastic Methods for Global Optimization (Honours, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Mathematics of Finance, 1998-)
 
TOPICS TAUGHT
  • APPM108: Linear Programming (28 Lectures)
  • APPM204: Nonlinear optimization-II (28 Lectures)
  • APPM304: Nonlinear optimization and Game Theory-III (28 Lectures)
  • APPM260: Operations Research-III (42 Lectures)
  • AMMP400: Global optimization (28 Lectures, Honours)
  • APPM400: Bayesian Method (28 Lectures, Honours)
  • APPM400: Mathematical modelling (10 Lectures, Honours)
  • ELEN338: Probabilistic system and signal analysis (42 Lectures)
  • MINN7093: Applied Operations Research in Mineral Resources Management (16 Lectures, MSc)
  • COMS4050: Discrete Optimization and Optimization in Big Data (28 Lecture, Honours)
  • APPM400: Optimal Control Theory (28 Lectures, Honours)
  • AIMS (African Institute of Mathematical Sciences): Discrete Optimization (28 Lectures, MSc)
INVITED SEMINARS AND TALKS GIVEN
  • 1992: Department of Mathematical Sciences, Loughborough University of Technology,UK.
  • 1993: School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Birmingham,UK.
  • 1994:Departmentof ComputerScience,˚AboAkademiUniversity,Finland.
  • 1995: EDC, School of Computing, Plymouth University, UK.
  • 1995: Department of InformationTech.& Industrial Management, University ofVaasa,Finland.
  • 1996: Department of Mathematics, University ofTrier, Trier, Germany.
  • 1996: Department of Computer Science, University of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany.
  • 2002: Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University,Kowloon, Hong Kong.
  • 2002: Talkonapplicationofgametheoryonderegulatedenergymarket,ES-KOM,MegawattPark,Johannesburg,SouthAfrica.
  • 2002-2003: Presented three talks in optimization at IMA, University of Minnesota, as part of the Optimization year at IMA.
  • 2003: Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Wisconsin,Milwaukee, USA.
  • 2003: Department of Mathematics, University of Louisiana, Lafayette,USA.
  • 2004:Department of Process and Material Engineering, Witwatersrand University,Johannesburg, South Africa (presented in a short course).
  • 2008: Annual General Meeting, Operations Research Society,Johannesburg Chapter, November, 2008. One hour presentation on industrialproblems.
  • 2009:Process Design and SystemEngineeringLaboratory,˚ABOAkademiUniversity, Turku, Finland, January 2009.
  • 2009:Department of Mathematics,˚ABOAkademiUniversity, Turku, Finland, January2009.
    Slides posted in:http://www.math.utu.fi/en/research/groups/opt/Seminar.html
  • 2010: CMM, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile (three talks).
  • 2010: Industrial Engineering, University of Concepcion, Concepcion,Chile.
  • 2010: Department of Mathematics,TechnicalUniversity Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso, Chile.
  • 2011: Department of Mathematics, University of Ilorin,Ilorin, Nigeria.
  • 2013: Department of Mathematics, University ofFuzhou,Fuzhou,China.
  • 2013: Public Lecture, School of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
  • 2014: School of Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
  • 2015: CMM, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile(two talks), August 13 &14.
  • 2015: School of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of KwaZulu Natal, SouthAfrica.
  • 2016: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University ofTurku,Finland, September 29th,2016.
PLENARY, SEMI-PLENARY, KEYNOTE AND INVITED TALKS
  1. Keynote Address, Annual General Meeting, Operations Research Society, Johannesburg Chapter, 12 November, 2008.
  2. Plenary Talk, International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving (SocProS), 2011, December 2022, 2011, IIT Roorkee, India
  3. Keynote Address, Workshop on ecient optimization in mine planning, Wits School of Mining, July 6, 2012
  4. Public Lecture, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, 25th September, 2013.
  5. Plenary Talk, International Conference on Mathematical Analysis and Optimization: Theory and Applications, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria, March 11 to March 14, 2014
  6. Plenary Talk, International Workshop on Mixed Integer Programming, organized by Optimization and System Engineering Research Group, Abo Akademi University, Turku, Finland, November 14, 2014 Professor M M Ali/curriculum vitae | September, 2017 6
  7. Invited Talk, South African Process Optimization Symposium, University of the Witwatersrand, 12 - 14 August, Johannesburg, 2014.
  8. Plenary Talk, International Conference on Mathematical Analysis and Optimization: Theory and Applications, 23rd to 26th March, 2015, University of Lagos, Nigeria
  9. Plenary Talk, South African Symposium on Numerical and Applied Mathematics, 30th March 10 1st April, 2015, University of Pretoria, South Africa
  10. Invited Talk, Third La Serena School for Data Science 2015, La Serena, Chile, August 15-22, 2015
  11. Semi-Plenary Talk, 57th Annual Conference of SASA (Soth African Statistical Association), SASA2015, 29th November to 2nd December, 2015, University of Pretoria, South Africa
  12. Keynote Address, International Workshop on Optimizing Industrial Processes for Cost Eective Operations, 5th to 8th March, 2017, University of Lagos, Nigeria.
  13. Plenary Talk, International Conference on Mathematical Analysis and Optimization: Theory and Applications, 9th to 11th March, 2017, University of Lagos, Nigeria.
  14. Invited Talk, Articial Intelligence Workshop, University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, March 1-3, 2017.
Publications

PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL (ISI) JOURNALS (REFEREED)

J1. M. M. Ali and R. Smith, ‘The Structure of Small Clusters Ejected by Ion Bombardment of Solid’, Vacuum,44, 377-379, 1993.
J2. M.M. Ali and C. Storey, ‘Topographical Multilevel Single Linkage’, Journal of Global Optimization,5, 349-358, 1994.
J3. M.M. Ali and C. Storey, ‘Modified Controlled Random Search Algorithms’, International Journal of Computer Mathematics,53, 229-235, 1994.
J4. M.M. Ali and C. Storey, ‘Aspiration Based Simulated Annealing Algorithm’, Journal of Global Optimization,11, 181-191, 1997.
J5. M.M. Ali, C. Storey and A. T¨orn, ‘Application of some stochastic global optimization algorithms to practical problems’, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications,95, 545-563, 1997.
J6. M.M. Ali, A. T¨orn and S. Viitanen, ‘A numerical Comparison of some modified controlled random search algorithms’, Journal of Global Optimization,11, 377-385, 1997.
J7. A. T¨orn, M.M. Ali and S. Viitanen, ‘Stochastic Global Optimization: Problem Classes and Solution Techniques’, Journal of Global Optimization,14, 437-447,1999.
J8. M. M. Ali, ‘A short range many-body interatomic potential for modelling bcc metals’, Pramana-Journal of Physics,53, 775-781, 1999.
J9. M. M. Ali, A. T¨orn and S. Viitanen, ‘A Direct Search Variant of the Simulated Annealing Algorithm for Optimization involving continuous variables’, Computers and Operations Research,29, 87-102, 2002.
J10. M. M. Ali and A. T¨orn, ‘Population set based global optimization algorithms: Some Modifications and numerical Studies’, Journal of Computers and Operations Research,31 (10), 1703-1725, 2004.
J11. H. W. J. Lee, M. M. Ali and K Wong, ‘Global Optimization for a Class of Optimal Discrete-valued Control Problem’, Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems, Series B,11 (6), 735-756, 2004.
J12. M. M. Ali, C. Khompatraporn and Z. Zabinasky, ‘A Numerical Evaluation of Several Stochastic Algorithms on Selected Continuous Global Optimization Test Problems’, Journal of Global Optimization,31, 635-672, 2005.
J13. N. P. Moloi and M. M. Ali, ‘An Iterative Global Optimization for Potential Energy Minimization’, Journal of Computational Optimization and Applications, 30 (2), 119-132, 2005.
J14. P. Kaelo and M. M. Ali, ‘A numerical Comparison of some modified differential evolution algorithms’, European Journal of Operations Research,169 (3), 1176- 1184, 2006.
J15 M. M. Ali, ‘Global optimization models in data network-A case study’, Computers and Operations Research,33 (5), 1437-1458, 2006.
J16 P. Kaelo and M. M. Ali, ‘Probabilistic adaptation of point generation schemes in some global optimization algorithms’, Journal optimization methods and software, 21 (3), 343-357, 2006 .
J17. P. Kaelo and M. M. Ali, ‘Some variant of the controlled random search algorithm’, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications,130 (2),253-264, 2006 .
J18. M. M. Ali, ‘Financial optimization models in data network, Journal of Global Optimization,35 (1), 27-52, 2006.
J19. M. M. Ali and P. Fatti, ‘A differential free point generation scheme in the differential evolution algorithm’, Journal of Global Optimization,35(4), 551-572, 2006.
J20. M. M. Ali, Roger Smith and Steve Hobday, ‘The Structure of Atomic and Molecular Cluster Optimized using Classical Potentials’, Computers and Physics Communications,175, 451-464, 2006.
J21. P. Kaelo and M. M. Ali ‘Integrated Crossover Rules in Real Coded Genetic Algorithms’, European Journal of Operations Research,176(1), 60-76, 2007.
J22. M M Ali, ‘Differential evolution with preferential crossover’, European Journal of Operations Research,181 (3), 1137-1147, 2007.
J23. P Kaelo and M. M. Ali, ‘Differential evolution algorithms using hybrid mutation’, Computational Optimization and Applications,37 (2), 231-246, 2007.
J24. M. M. Ali, ‘Synthesis of the distribution as an aid to stochastic optimization’, Journal of Computational Statistics and Data Analysis,52, 133-149, 2007.
J25. M. M. Ali and L. Masinga, ‘A nonlinear optimization model for optimal order quantities with stochastic demand, volume discount and price change’, Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization,3 (1), 139-154, 2007.
J26. M. M. Ali and P Kaelo, ‘Improved Particle Swarm Algorithms for Global Optimization’, Applied Mathematics and Computation,196, 578-593, 2008.
J27. N Karmitsa, M. M. Makela and M. M. Ali, ‘Limited Memory Interior Point Bundle Method for Large Inequality Constrained Nonsmooth Minimization’, Applied Mathematics and Computation,198 (1), 382-400, 2008.
J28. A Adewumi, B Sawyerr and M. M. Ali, ‘A heuristic solution to the university timetabling problem’, Engineering Computation,8, 1-10, 2009.
J29. M. M. Ali and Z. Kajee-Bagdadi, ‘A local exploration-based differential evolution algorithm for constrained global optimization’, Applied Mathematics and Computation,208, 31-48, 2009.
J30. Wenxing Zhu and M. M. Ali, ‘Discrete dynamic convexized method for nonlinearly constrained nonlinear integer programming’, Computers and Operations Research,36, 2723-2728, 2009.
J31. Wenxing Zhu and M. M. Ali, ‘Solving nonlinearly constrained global optimization problem via an auxiliary function method’, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics,230(2), 491-503, 2009.
J32. W. F. Sacco, N. Henderson, A. C. Rios-Coelho and M. M. Ali, ‘A differential evolution applied to Nuclear Reactor Core Design’, Annals of Nuclear Energy, 36, 1093-1099, 2009.
J33. M. M. Ali and Z. Kajee-Bagdadi, ‘Improved versions of the LEDE algorithm for constrained global optimization’, Applied Mathematics and Computation,215, 431-440, 2009.
J34.M. Z.Wangand M. M. Ali,‘Stochastic nonlinear complementarity problems: stochastic programming reformulation and penalty-based approximation method’, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications,144, 597-614,2010.
J35.M. M. Ali, ‘A recursive topographical differential evolution algorithm for potential energy minimization’, Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization,6(1), 29-46, 2010.
J36. M. Z. Wang and M. M. Ali, ‘Penalty-based SAA method of stochastic nonlinear complementarity problems’, Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization,6(1), 241-257, 2010.
J37. A Adewumi and M. M. Ali, ‘A Multi-level Genetic Algorithm for a Multi-Stage Space Allocation Problem, Mathematical and Computer Modelling,51(1-2), 109-126, 2010.
J38. M. M. Ali and M. N. Gabere, A simulated annealing driven multi-start algorithm for global optimization, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics,233, 2661-2674, 2010.
J39.N. Henderson, WF Sacco, N. Barufatti and M. M. Ali, ‘The Calculation of Crit- icalPointsof Thermodynamic Mixtures with Differential Evolution Algorithms’, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research,49, 1872-1882, 2010.
J40. M. M. Ali and M. Golalikhani, ‘An electromagnetism-like method for nonlinearly constrained global optimization’, Computers and Mathematics with Applications,60 (8), 2279-2285, 2010.
J41. J.Gloverand M. M. Ali, ‘Using radial basis functions to construct local volatility surfaces’, Applied Mathematics and Computation,217, 4834-4839,2011.
J42. M. Z. Wang, M. M. Ali and Gui-Hua Lin, ‘Sample average approximation method for stochastic complementarity problems with applications to supply chain super- networks’, Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization,7(2), 317-345, 2011.
J43. M. M. Ali, ‘Differential evolution with generalized differentials’, Journal of Com- putational and Applied Mathematics,235(8), 2205-2216, 2011.
J44. A. Andalaft-Chacur, M. Montaz Ali and J. Gonzalez Salazar, ‘Real options pric- ingbythe finite element method’, Computers and Mathematics with Applica- tions, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics,61(9), 2863-2873,2011.
J45.J.Chen,W.X. ZhuandM.M.Ali,‘Hybridsimulatedannealingalgorithm fornon-slicingVLSIfloorplanning’,IEEETransactiononSystemManand Cybernetics,Part-C,41 (4), 544 - 553, 2011.
J46. M. M. Ali and E. M. T. Hendrix, Preface:Special issue SAGO08, Journal of Global Optimization,50, 555-556,2011.
J47.J. Chen,W. X.Zhuand M. M. Ali,‘An exact algorithm for zero-one linear knapsack problem’, Journal of Global Optimization,50, 657-673,2011.
J48. B Sawyerr, M. M. Ali and A. Adewami, ‘A comparative study of some real coded genetic algorithms for unconstrained global optimization’, Optimization Methods and Software,26 (6), 945-970, 2011.
J49.M. Z.Wang,Guihua Lin,YuliGao and M. M. Ali, ‘Sample average approxima- tion method for a class of stochastic variational inequality problems’, Journal of Systems Science andComplexity,24 (6), 1143-1153, 2011.
J50. P.KaeloandM.M.Ali, ‘Numericalstudiesofsomegeneralizedcontrolledrandom searchalgorithms’, Asia Pacific JournalofOperationsResearch,29(2/3), paper- 1250016,pp.1-24,2012.
J51.M. M. Ali, M. Gabere and W. X. Zhu, ‘A derivative-freevariantcalled DFSA of Dekkers and Aarts’ continuous simulated annealing algorithm’, Applied Mathe- matics and Computation,219, 605-616, 2012.
J52. WenxingZhu, Geng Lin and M Montaz Ali, ‘Max-k-cutbythe discrete dynamic convexized method’, INFORMS Journal on Computing,25(1), 27-40, 2013.
J53.Barilee Baridam and M. M. Ali, An investigation of K-mean clustering to high and multi-dimensional biological data, Kybernetes,42 (4), 614-627, 2013.
J54.M. M. Ali and W. X. Zhu, ‘A penalty function-based differential evolution al- gorithm for constrained global optimization’, Computational Optimization and Applications,54, 707-739, 2013.
J55.J. Pedro, M. Dangor, O. Dahunsi and M. M. Ali, ‘Differential Evolution-Based Pid Control Of NonlinearFull-CarElectrohydraulic Suspensions’, Mathematical Problems in Engineering,2013, Article ID 261582, 13 pages, 2013.
J56. Babatunde A Sawyerr, Aderemi Adewumi and M. Montaz Ali, ‘Real-coded ge- netic algorithm with uniform random local search’, Applied Mathematics and Computation,228, 589-597,2014.
J57. Eric Newby and M. M. Ali, ‘A Note onConvexReformulation Schemes for Mixed Integer Quadratic Programs’, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications,160 (2), 457-469,2014.
J58. M. M. Ali, Mohsen Gol Alikhani and Jun Zhuang, ‘Different penalty approaches for solving constrained optimization problems with the electromagnetism-like method (EM)’, Optimization,63 (3), 403-419, 2014.
J59.E. A. E. Gumma, M. H. A. Hashim and M. Montaz Ali, ‘ADerivative-FreeAl- gorithm for Linearly Constrained Optimization Problems’, Computational Optimization and Applications,57 (3), 599-621, 2014.
J60. R. Phillips, M.Woolway,D.Fanucchiand M. Montaz Ali, ‘MathematicalModeling and Optimal Blank Generation in Glass Manufacturing’, Journal of Applied Mathematics, Vol. 2014, Article 959453, 12 pages, 2014.
J61.O.M. Bamigbola, M. Montaz Ali, and K. O. Awodele, ‘Predictive models of cur- rent, voltage and power losses on electric transmission lines’, Journal of Applied Mathematics,Vol.2014, Article ID 146937, 5 pages, 2014.
J62. G. Zheng and M. Montaz Ali, On the observability estimate for the fractional order parabolic equations on measurable sets, Abstract and Applied Analysis, Vol. 2014 , Article ID 361904, 5 pages, 2014.
J63.M. Z.Wangand M. M, Ali, On the ERM formulation and a stochastic approx- imation algorithm of the stochastic-R0EVLCP,Annals of Operations Research, 217, 513-534, 2014.
J64. O.M. Bamigbola, M. Montaz Ali, and M. O. Oke, ‘Mathematical modeling of electric power flow and the minimization of power losses on transmission lines’, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 241, 214-221, 2014.
J65. J. O. Pedro, M. Dangor, O. A. Dahunsi and M. M. Ali, ‘Intelligent Feedback Linearization Control of Nonlinear Electrohydraulic Suspension Systems Using Particle Swarm Optimization, Applied Soft Computing, Vol. 24, pp 50-62, 2014.
J66.Geng Lin,Wenxing Zhuand M. Montaz Ali, ‘A tabu search-based memetic algo- rithm for hardware/software partitioning’, Mathematical Problem in Engineer- ing,Vol.2014, Article ID 103059, 15 pages, 2014.
J67. G. Zheng, B. Z. Guo, and M. M. Ali, ‘Stability of optimal control of heat equation with singular potential’, Syemtems and Control Letters, Vol. 74, pp 18-23, 2014.
J68. M. Dangor, O. A. Dahunsi, J. O. Pedro and M. M. Ali, ‘Evolutionary algorithm- based PID controller tuning for nonlinear quarter-car electrohydraulic vehicle suspensions’, Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 78, pp 2795-2810, 2014.
J69. E. Newby and M. M. Ali, ‘A Trust Region Based Derivative Free Algorithm for Mixed Integer Programs’, Computational Optimization and Applications, Vol. 60, pp 199-229, 2015.
J70. Juan Liu, Guojie Zheng, M. Montaz Ali, ‘Stability analysis of the anti-stable heat equation with uncertain disturbance on the boundary’, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications,Vol.428(2), pp. 1193-1201,2015.
J71.Guojie Zheng, Bao-Zhu Guo, M. Montaz Ali, ‘Continuous dependence of optimal control to controlled domain of actuator for heat equation’, Systems & Control Letters,Vol.79, pp. 30-38, 2015.
J72. Zhou Wei, M. Montaz Ali ‘Convex mixed integer nonlinear programming prob- lems and an outer approximation algorithm’, Journal of Global Optimization, Vol. 63, pp. 213-227, 2015.
J73.Babatunde A. Sawyerr, Aderemi O. Adewumi, M. Montaz Ali, ‘Benchmarking RCGAu on the Noiseless BBOB Testbed’, the Scientific World Journal (non ISI), Vol. 2015, Article ID 734957, 11 pages.
J74. ZhouWei,M. Montaz Ali, ‘Outer Approximation Algorithm for One Class ofConvexMixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming Problems with Partial Differen- tiability’, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications,Vol.167, pp. 644- 652,2015.
J75. Z. Wei and M. Montaz Ali, ‘Generalized Benders Decomposition for one Class of MINLPs with Vector Conic Constraint’, SIAM Journal on Optimization, Vol. 25(3), pp. 1809-1825, 2015.
J76.M. M. Ali, Aderemi O. Adewumi, Nachamada Blamah and OlabisiFalowo Math- ematical Modeling and Optimization of Industrial Problems, Journal of Applied Mathematics,Volume2015, Article ID 438471, 3 pages, 2015.
J77.Geng Lin,WenxingZhu, M. Montaz Ali, ‘An effective discrete dynamic convex- ized method for solving the winner determination problem’, Journal of Combi- natorial Optimization,Vol.32, pp.563-593, 2016.
J78. E. Newby and M. M. Ali, ‘Transformation based Preprocessing for Mixed Integer Quadratic Program’, Joutnal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 168,pp.1039-1045, 2016.
J79. Mingzheng Wang, Zili He, Tsan-Ming Choi and M. Montaz Ali, Vehicles Assign- ment with Over-Emission Intensity Considerations: A Perspective on Integrating the Market Mechanism with Government Control, IEEE Access,Vol. 4, pp.5098- 5110, 2016.
J80. Campbell, M. M. Ali, and M. L. Fienberg, Solving dial-a-ride problem using agent based simulation, South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, Vol.27 (3), pp.143-157, 2016.
J81. Geng Lin, Wenxing Zhu and M. M. Ali,  An effective hybrid memetic algorithm for the minimum weight dominating set problem, IEEE Transaction on Evolutionary Computation, 20 (6), pp.892-907, 2016.
J82. E. E. Newby and M. M. Ali, Linear transformation based solution methods for non-convex mixed integer quadratic programs, Optimization Letters, 11, pp.  967-981, 2017.
J83. Adam C. Earle, M. M. Ali and D Fannuchi, `An algorithm for minimum innity norm solution of under-determined linear systems', Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 175 (2), pp. 510-526, 2017.
J84. T. L. N. B. Oliphant and M. M. Ali,`A Trajectory-based Method for Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming Problems', to appear in Journal of Global Optimization, 2017
J85. O. A. Dahunsi, M. Dangor, Jimoh O. Pedro and M. Montaz Ali, `PID Control of Nonlinear Full-Car Electrohydraulic Suspensions Using Global and Evolutionary Optimization Techniques', Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control

ORGANIZER OF CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP

I am one of the organizers of the Industrial Mathematics Workshop in South Africa since 2004.

PRESENTATION IN CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

  1. International Conference in Vacuum Science, Loughborough University of Technology,UK, 1992.
  2. The Third International Conference in Adaptive Computing in Engineering Design and Control, Plymouth University, UK, 1996.
  3. South African Mathematical Association Conference (SAMS), Rand African University, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1998.
  4. International Conference in Optimization in Computational Chemistry andMolecular Biology : Local and Global Approaches, Princeton University, USA, 1999.
  5. International Workshop in Multi-disciplinary Design Optimization, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, 2000.
  6. International Workshop in Stochastic Global Optimization, Hanmer Springs, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2001.
  7. The First International Conference in Optimization and Industry, The Great Keppel Island, Central Queensland, Australia, 2001.
  8. Workshop on 60th birthday for Professor Starfield, School of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Witwatersrand University, June 1, 2002.
  9. International Workshop on ”Travel and Transportation”, 11-15 November, IMA, University of Minnesota, USA, 2002.
  10. Hot Topics International Workshop on ”Data driven control and optimization”, 4-6, December, IMA, University of Minnesota, USA, 2002.
  11. InternationalWorkshop on ‘Industrial Strength Optimization’, 6-7 January, IMA, University of Minnesota, USA, 2003.
  12. Tutorial: Optimization in Simulation-Based Models, 8 January, IMA, University of Minnesota, USA, 2003.
  13. Workshop: Optimization in Simulation-Based Models, January, 9-16, IMA, University of Minnesota, USA, 2003.
  14. Tutorial: Semidefinite Programming and Robust Optimization, March 11, IMA, University of Minnesota, USA, 2003.
  15. Workshop: Semidefinite Programming and Robust Optimization, March 12-18, IMA, University of Minnesota, USA, 2003.
  16. Tutorial: Semidefinite Programming and Robust Optimization, March 19, IMA, University of Minnesota, USA, 2003.
  17. Tutorial: Network Management and Design, April 6, IMA, University of Minnesota, USA, 2003.
  18. Workshop: Network Management and Design, April 7-11, IMA, University of Minnesota, USA, 2003.
  19. Tutorial: Data Analysis and Optimization, May 5, IMA, University of Minnesota,USA, 2003.
  20. Workshop 7: Data Analysis and Optimization, May 6-9, IMA, University of Minnesota, USA, 2003.
  21. Conference: ‘The IMA at 20: Mathematics and its Impact’, June 5-June 9, 2003.
  22. 46th Annual Congress of the South African Mathematical Society, Witwatersrand University, November 2-7, 2003.
  23. Mathematics in Industry Study Group South Africa (MISGSA), Witwatersrand University, 19-23 January, 2004.
  24. Fifth International Conference on ‘Modeling, Computation and Optimization in Information System and Management Sciences’, July 1-3, 2004, University of Metz, France.
  25. Mathematics in Industry Study Group South Africa (MISGSA), Witwatersrand University, 24-28 January, 2005.
  26. 17th EURO Mini Conference: Continuous Optimization in Industry, June 29 - July 1, Pe´cs, Hungary, 2005.
  27. Workshop on Financial Optimization, July 4-8, University of Coimbra, Portugal, 2005.
  28. Mathematics in Industry Study Group South Africa (MISGSA), Witwatersrand University, 23-27 January, 2006.
  29. 21st European Conference on Operational Research, EURO XXI in Iceland July 2-5, 2006.
  30. International Conference on Modelling and Optimization of Structural System, University of Kwazulu Natal, Derban, South Africa, 22-24 January, 2007
  31. Mathematics in Industry Study Group South Africa (MISGSA), Witwatersrand University, 29 January 2007-2nd February, 2007.
  32. OPTIMIZATION2007: the sixth international conference on optimization, the Faculty of Economics, University of Porto, from the 22nd to the 25th of July, 2007, Portugal.
  33. ICIAM 07: 6th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematic, 16-20 July 2007, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
  34. Mathematics in Industry Study Group South Africa (MISGSA), Witwatersrand University, 24th -29th January 2008.
  35. NRF sponsored Graduate student Workshop, January 2008: a day long Workshop conducted and presented by myself.
  36. Mathematics in Industry Study Group South Africa (MISGSA), Witwatersrand University, 26th January -2nd February 2009.
  37. Conference of the Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA), University of the Stellenbosch, 20-23rd September, 2009.
  38. Mathematics in Industry Study Group South Africa (MISGSA), African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cape Town, 10th January -15th January, 2010.
  39. European Study Group with Industry ESGI-73, Monday 12 - Friday 16 April 2010, University of Warwick, UK.
  40. The International Conference on Continuous Optimization (ICCOPT), July 26- 29, 2010, Santiago, Chile.
  41. Winter School on stochastic optimization, July 24-25, 2010, Santiago, Chile.
  42. Invited participant, Industrial Mathematics Study Group with the Steel Industry, July, 5-8, 2010, Annaba, Algeria.
  43. Mathematics in Industry Study Group South Africa (MISGSA), Witwatersrand University, 10th January - 14th January, 2011.
  44. NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION, 3-6 January, 2011 Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman.
  45. MIP 2011, mixed integer programming workshop, June 20-23, University of Waterloo, Canada.
  46. Invited Plenary Speaker, SocProS 2011, December 20-22, 2011, IIT Roorkee, India. See http://ieirlc.org/conf/socpros2011/.
  47. Mathematics in Industry Study Group South Africa (MISGSA), African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cape Town, 9th January -13th January, 2012.
  48. 36th South African Symposium on Numerical and Applied Mathematics, 2nd to 4th April, 2012, Johannesburg.
  49. International workshop on Global Optimization, GOW2012, June 26-29, Hotel Pestana, NATAL, Brazil.
  50. Invited Keynote address, workshop on efficient optimization in mine planning, Wits School of Mining, July 6, 2012.
  51. INDUSTRIAL PROBLEM-SOLVING WORKSHOP ON MEDICAL IMAGING, Fields Institute, University of Toronto, Aug 20-24,2012.
  52. Mathematics in Industry Study Group South Africa (MISGSA), Witwatersrand University, 20th January -25th January, 2013.
  53. The International Conference on Continuous Optimization (ICCOPT), July 27-1 August, 2013, Lisbon, Portugal.
  54. Graduate Workshop on Industrial Problem, Witwatersrand University, 8th January-11th January, 2014.
  55. Mathematics in Industry Study Group South Africa (MISGSA), Witwatersrand University, 13th January -17th January, 2014.
  56. Invited Plenary Speaker, Intional Conference on Mathematical Analysis and Optimization: Theory and Applications, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria, March 11-March 14, 2014; http://icapta2014.unilag.edu.ng/index.php
  57. InternationalWorkshop on Global Optimization (MAGO 2014), September 1-4, 2014, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain.
  58. Invited Plenary Speaker, Intional Workshop on Mixed Integer Programming, organized by Optimization and System Engineering Research Group, Abo Akademi University, Turku, Finland, November 14, 2014.
  59. South African Process Optimization Symposium, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, August 12 to 14, 2014.
  60. Mathematics in Industry Study Group South Africa (MISGSA), African Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Cape Town, 12th January -16th January, 2015
  61. Invited Plenary Speaker, Intional Conference on Mathematical Analysis and Optimization: Theory and Applications, 23rd-26th March, 2015, University of Lagos, Nigeria
  62. Invited Plenary Speaker, South African Symposium on Numerical and Applied Mathematics, 30th March-1st April, 2015, University of Pretoria, South Africa http://www.sanum.co.za/index.php/sanum
  63. World Congress on Global OptimizationWCGO 2015, Gainesville, Florida - USA, Feb 22-25, 2015.
  64. International Workshop in ‘Mathematics in Data Science’, Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM), July 21-30, 2015.
  65. Invited Speaker, Third La Serena School for Data Science 2015, La Serena Chile, August 15-22, 20p15. http://www.aura-o.aura-astronomy.org/winter-school/content/2015-la-serena-school-data-science
  66. Semi Plenary: 57th Annual Conference of SASA, SASA2015, 29th November to 2nd December, 2015, University of Pretoria, South Africa
  67. The 58th Annual Congress of the South African Mathematics Society, University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, 4-6 November, 2015.
  68. Workshop on Theoretical Foundations of Big Data Analytics, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, December 7-11, 2015.
  69. Mathematics in Industry Study Group South Africa (MISGSA), African Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 11th January -15th January, 2016.
  70. XIV International Conference on Stochastic Programming, 25 June-July 1, Buzios, Brazil, 2016.
  71. 4th International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Optimization (NAOIV-2017), Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, 2-5 January 2017.
  72. Mathematics in Industry Study Group South Africa (MISGSA), African Institute of Mathematical Sciences, 16th January -20th January, 2017.
  73. Invited Plenary Speaker, International Conference on Mathematical Analysis and Optimization: Theory and Applications, 9th - 11th March, 2017, University of Lagos, Nigeria. http://icapta.unilag.edu.ng/handbill.php
  74. Keynote Address, International Workshop Conference on Optimizing Industrial Processes for Cost Eective Operations, 5th - 8th March, 2017, University of Lagos, Nigeria. http://icapta.unilag.edu.ng/handbill.php
  75. Invited Speaker, Articial IntelligenceWorkshop, University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, March 1-3, 2017.
  76. Southern African Association for Numerical and Applied Mathematics (SANUM2017), Wits, Johannesburg 27th-29th March, 2017.
  77. 15th EUROPT Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization (EUROPT 2017), Wednesday July 12th to Friday July 14, 2017, at HEC Montreal, Canada
  78. 21st Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS), July 17 to 21, 2017, the Quebec City Convention Centre, Quebec City, Canada.

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