An Introduction to Optimization on Smooth Manifolds

Nicolas Boumal is Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, and an Associate Editor of the journal Mathematical Programming. His current research focuses on optimization, statistical estimation and numerical analysis. Over the course of his career, Boumal has contributed to several modern theoretical advances in Riemannian optimization. He is a lead-developer of the award-winning toolbox Manopt, which facilitates experimentation with optimization on manifolds.