Introduction to Julia and its ecosystems for optimization and modeling

We gave an overview of the Julia programming language for researchers in optimization theory and practice. The talk was divided in four parts:

• Introduction to the Julia language, key features and central mechanisms. Example use cases with linear algebra.
• The JuliaSmoothOptimizers ecosystem, organization & usage
• JuliaGraphs & the LightGraphs package, features and structure
• A quick tour of JuliaOpt & JuMP for structured, constrained optimization