# PHYSTAT Seminar: A general introduction to continuous optimization

- Institution: CERN
- Department: EP-IT Data science seminars
- Speaker: Christian Mueller
- Year: 2019
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science
- Source: [CERN](https://videos.cern.ch/record/3008544)
- Licence: [CERN](http://copyright.web.cern.ch)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In this talk, I will give an introduction to the field of continuous optimization. I will provide instances of optimization problems that appear in biology and physics through the concept of optimization landscapes. I will review sampling-based approaches as well as gradient-based methods and focus on concepts rather than derivations of specific algorithms. The lecture is intended for a general audience and will give some recipes for how to think about optimization in general. I will also give some examples related to deep learning if time permits. .

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## Lectures

1. [PHYSTAT Seminar: A general introduction to continuous optimization](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/cern/3008544/5affee6b7ef7), 1 h 8 min (CERN's player)