Topic: Two Decades of Low-Rank Optimization

Big data matrices are often low rank, and so modern optimization algorithms often require the use of low-rank decision variables. Such variables also arise naturally in certain optimization problems, irrespective of the input data. As a result, over the past two decades, low-rank optimization has grown as a critical area of research in optimization and machine learning. However, enforcing low-rank structure on a variable gives rise to severe...

The Concord Coalition and the Economics Department at the Tippie College of Business are hosting a panel discussion focused on the growing federal debt crisis, the future of Social Security, how to lower the cost of health care and how to stimulate long-term growth in the economy.

Our panelists are Anne Villamil, Professor of Economics at the Tippie College of Business, Ramji Balakrishnan, Professor of Accounting at the Tippie College of Business and Steve Robinson, Chief Economist at the...

The Clarence Tow Lectures in Economics presents Cameron Ellis, University of Iowa. 

This event is sponsored by the Clarence Tow Lecture Fund. 

Professor Daron Acemoglu is Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Register to attend via Zoom.

The Hawkinson Institute will host Wall Street Prep's Financial & Valuation Modeling seminar at the University of Iowa on the weekend of Jan. 21-22, 2023.

The seminars will be led by a former investment banker with applied expertise in financial and valuation modeling methodologies.

The course is valuable for seniors, juniors, and advanced sophomores interested in investment banking, private equity, equity research and related fields. Any Iowa student is welcome to participate. (Enrollment in...

The Hawkinson Institute will host Wall Street Prep's Financial & Valuation Modeling seminar at the University of Iowa on the weekend of Jan. 21-22, 2023.

The seminars will be led by a former investment banker with applied expertise in financial and valuation modeling methodologies.

The course is valuable for seniors, juniors, and advanced sophomores interested in investment banking, private equity, equity research and related fields. Any Iowa student is welcome to participate. (Enrollment in...