- Invited Lecture, Department of Mathematics Colloquium, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, March 2024.
- SIAM Conference on Optimization (OP23), Seattle, WA, June 2023: Optimal control and optimal design of electromagnetic devices.
- 17th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, NM, July 2023: Toward scalable optimization methods for property-preserving finite element discretizations of transport problems.
- Trilinos User-Developer Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, October 2022: Extreme-scale Electromagnetics for Design and Control of Metamaterials.
- 7th International Conference on Continuous Optimization (ICCOPT), Bethlehem, PA, July 2022: Uniform flow in axisymmetric devices through permeability optimization.
- Virtual mini-symposium on Regularization and Augmented Lagrangian Techniques for Large-scale Optimization, Universität der Bundeswehr München, June 2022 (by invitation only): An Augmented Lagrangian Equality-constrained SQP (ALESQP) Method for Optimization in Function Space.
- Invited Lecture, SIAM Chapter of University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, April 2022.
- Invited Lecture, Sayas Numerics Seminar, Organized by University of Maryland, College Park, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, George Mason University and University of Delaware, November 2020.
- SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing (PP20), Seattle, WA, February 2020: Multigrid-in-Time SQP Methods for PDE-Constrained Optimization.
- 3rd Annual Meeting of the SIAM TX/LA Section, College Station, TX, October 2020 (virtual): An Augmented Lagrangian Equality-constrained SQP (ALESQP) Method for Function-space Optimization with General Constraints.
- IEEE-MTT-S International Conference on Numerical Electromagnetic and Multiphysics Modeling and Optimization (NEMO2019), Boston, MA, May 2019: Adjoint-based Parallel-in-time Optimization for Electromagnetics: From Source Inversion to Design.
- SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE19), Spokane, WA, February 2019: Scalable Optimization of Discrete-Time PDE Systems with Inequality Constraints.
- 6th International Conference on Continuous Optimization (ICCOPT), Berlin, Germany, August 2019: A multigrid-in-time augmented-Lagrangian method for constrained dynamic optimization.
- 23rd International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (ISMP2018), Bordeaux, France, July 2018: Multigrid-in-time methods for optimization with nonlinear PDE/DAE constraints.
- SIAM Conference on Uncertainty Quantification (UQ18), Garden Grove, CA, April 2018: Scalable Algorithms and Software for PDE-Constrained Optimization Under Uncertainty.
- Trilinos User-Developer Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, October 2017: Rapid Optimization Library (ROL).
- International Conference on Numerical Methods for Multi-Material Fluid Flows (MULTIMAT 2017), Santa Fe, NM, September 2017: Property preserving finite element methods via constrained optimization.
- SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE17), Atlanta, GA, March 2017: Inexact parallel-in-time solvers and SQP methods for PDE-constrained optimization.
- Invited Lecture, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Mexico, February 2016.
- SIAM Conference on Uncertainty Quantification (UQ16), Lausanne, Switzerland, April 2016: A Full- Space Approach to Stochastic Optimization with Simulation Constraints.
- 13th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics (USNCCM13), San Diego, CA, July 2015: Inexact full-space methods for simulation-based inverse problems and large-scale optimization.
- Invited Lecture, Applied and Computational Mathematics Seminar, Department of Mathematical Sciences, George Mason University, April 2015.
- Invited Lecture, Numerical Analysis Seminar, Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, April 2015.
- SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE15), Salt Lake City, UT, March 2015: Integration of Approximate Schur Preconditioners and SQP Algorithms for Nonlinear PDE Optimization under Uncertainty.
- Workshop on Modeling and Simulation of Transport Phenomena, Treis-Karden, Germany, July 2014: Optimization-based models and algorithms for feature-preserving finite element transport.
- Computing and Information Science (CIS) External Review, Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, NM, May 2013: Scalable Algorithms for Large-Scale Inversion and Design.
- Keynote Lecture, 5th Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled Problems, Ibiza, Spain, June 2013: Solving massive-scale inverse problems using matrix-free sequential quadratic programming (SQP) methods.
- 9th International Conference on Large-Scale Scientific Computations, Sozopol, Bulgaria, June 2013: Fast algorithms for optimization-based remap and transport with feature preservation.
- Workshop on Numerical Methods for PDE Constrained Optimization with Uncertain Data, Mathematical Research Institute, Oberwolfach, Germany, January 2013 (by invitation only): Preconditioning of a Full-Space Trust-Region SQP Algorithm for PDE-constrained Optimization.
- 21st International Symposium on Mathematical Programming (ISMP 2012), Berlin, Germany, August 2012: A matrix-free trust-region SQP algorithm for large-scale optimization.
- Workshop on Modeling and Simulation of Transport Phenomena, Treis-Karden, Germany, July 2012: Optimization-Based Remap and Transport: A Divide and Conquer Strategy for Feature-Preserving Discretizations.
- Invited Lecture, Argonne National Lab, Lemont, IL, April 2012.
- 12th Copper Mountain Conference on Iterative Methods, Copper Mountain, CO, March 2012: Preconditioning of Matrix-Free Full-Space Trust-Region SQP Algorithms for Nonlinear PDE Optimization.
- 8th International Conference on Large Scale Scientific Computations, Sozopol, Bulgaria, June 2011: Optimization-based modeling with applications to transport: The optimization algorithm.
- SIAM Conference on Optimization (OP11), Darmstadt, Germany, May 2011: Integration of Data Reduction Techniques and Optimization Algorithms.
- SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE11), Reno, NV, March 2011: Optimization-Based Remap.
- 11th Copper Mountain Conference on Iterative Methods, Copper Mountain, CO, April 2010: A Robust Matrix-Free SQP Method for Large-Scale Optimization.
- NNSA BER Meeting on Transport Equations in Atmospheric Modeling, Sandia National Labs, NM, March 2010: Optimization-Based Constrained Modeling: A New Transport Paradigm.
- Invited Lecture, 9th Annual Red Raider Mini-Symposium, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, October 2009.
- Invited Lecture, Numerical Analysis Seminar, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, August 2009.
- 7th International Conference on Large-Scale Scientific Computations, Sozopol, Bulgaria, June 2009: Additive Operator Decomposition and Optimization-Based Reconnection with Applications.
- Workshop on Numerical Techniques for Optimization Problems with PDE Constraints, Mathematical Research Institute, Oberwolfach, Germany, January 2009 (by invitation only): Robust Solution Methods via Optimal Control Reformulation.
- Invited Lecture, Special Session on Scientific Computing and Advanced Computation, Joint Mathematics Meeting (AMS/MAA/SIAM), Washington, DC, January 2009.
- Invited Lecture, Applied Math Colloquium, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2008.
- 5th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS 2008), Venice, Italy, July 2008: Scalable Solution Methods for Advection-Dominated PDEs Using an Optimal Control Reformulation.
- John von Neumann Fellowship Lecture, Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, NM, November 2007: Analysis and Control of Numerical Uncertainty in PDE-Constrained Optimization.
- Invited Lecture, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, October 2007.
- 14th International Conference on Finite Elements in Flow Problems, Santa Fe, NM, March 2007: A Comparative Study of Galerkin and Mixed Galerkin Methods in Optimal Control Problems with Applications to Semiconductor Modeling.
- SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Costa Mesa, CA, February 2007: Solution of Optimal Control Problems Arising in the Modeling and Design of Semiconductors.
- SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing, San Francisco, CA, February 2006: Parallel Solution of Optimal Control Problems Using an Inexact SQP Algorithm.
- SIAM Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, July 2005: Use of Iterative Linear Solvers in a Lagrange-Newton SQP Algorithm for Large-Scale Nonlinear Optimization.
- SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Orlando, FL, February 2005: A Sequential Quadratic Programming Framework for Large-Scale PDE-Constrained Optimization.
- VIGRE Seminar on Simulation-Driven Optimization, CAAM Department, Rice University, Houston, TX, February 2005: A Domain Decomposition Preconditioner for Optimal Control Problems Governed by Advection-Diffusion PDEs.
- ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Houston, TX, January 2004: A General Software Framework for Trust-Region SQP Algorithms.