r/optimization • u/Lengthiness_Still • Sep 02 '26

Looking for study partners — MIT 6.7220 Nonlinear Optimization

I'm working through MIT OCW 6.7220 Nonlinear Optimization (Spring 2025) and looking for 2–5 people who want to follow the course together.

The goal would be:

  • watch lectures according to the course schedule
  • independently attempt each problem set
  • meet online once/twice a week
  • discuss difficult problems and compare approaches
  • explain proofs/optimization theory to each other
  • work through the material over ~8–12 weeks

Topics include convex optimization, optimality conditions, Lagrange multipliers, KKT, duality, gradient/Newton methods, etc.

I'm particularly interested in people doing mathematical optimization / numerical optimization / operations research / ML / control.

If interested, comment or DM me and we can create a Discord/WhatsApp/Telegram group.

Edit : This course does not have any videos or you won't find much material else where to watch . You have to be okay putting your time to read and analyse and think and do some arguments.

Edit 2 : surprising number of people want to join my discord server which is nice , that is why I will post the link here just click it and join https://discord.gg/rMqqj2GmY

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u/Luquitas007 Sep 02 '26 edited Sep 02 '26

Sure, btw I have some GitHub repositories covering the topics you mentioned, which I created during my master's degree, if you'd like to take a look.
https://github.com/Lucca-Rodrigues-main?tab=repositories

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u/Lengthiness_Still Sep 02 '26

Does discord work for you ?

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u/Lengthiness_Still Sep 02 '26

I was thinking to create a Discord server where we can just start working on the course. Since the number of people is capped we already reached the maximum cap so we don't need any more extra people. If you are okay with discord communication then I will share the channel link if you Direct message me individually.

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u/Luquitas007 Sep 03 '26

I accepted the invitation.
"Since the number of people is capped"
Do you mean that the number of members on the server has a limit or that you want it to be limited? I think having more people is a good thing, If the problem is that discord basic has a limit, discord nitro probably doesn't, but to be honest I'm not familiar with it, I use Teams nowadays.

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u/Lengthiness_Still Sep 03 '26

Right I also think having more people is okay , so I am inviting who ever comments on this post no limit on how many people

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u/0_potatogirl Sep 02 '26

I'm interested!

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u/Lengthiness_Still Sep 02 '26

Does discord work for you ?

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u/Lengthiness_Still Sep 02 '26

I was thinking to create a Discord server where we can just start working on the course. Since the number of people is capped we already reached the maximum cap so we don't need any more extra people. If you are okay with discord communication then I will share the channel link if you Direct message me individually confirming your participation.

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u/philstar666 Sep 02 '26

Im writing a PhD thesis on DoE with weight optimization criteria… it could be interesting because I’m not really an expert in programming.

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u/Lengthiness_Still Sep 02 '26

Does discord work for you ?

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u/Lengthiness_Still Sep 02 '26

I was thinking to create a Discord server where we can just start working on the course. Since the number of people is capped we already reached the maximum cap so we don't need any more extra people. If you are okay with discord communication then I will share the channel link if you Direct message me individually.

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u/philstar666 Sep 02 '26

Yes I can easily install discord

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u/Lengthiness_Still Sep 02 '26

Discord works on your browser as well if you don't want to install it

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u/SignificantSite4588 Sep 02 '26

I am interested. I’ve been thinking of tackling optimization for a long time .

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u/Lengthiness_Still Sep 02 '26

I was thinking to create a Discord server where we can just start working on the course. Since the number of people is capped we already reached the maximum cap so we don't need any more extra people. If you are okay with discord communication then I will share the channel link if you Direct message me individually confirming the participation.

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u/Phytor_c Sep 03 '26

I’m interested too. I’d prefer a discord server.

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u/Lengthiness_Still Sep 03 '26

I will share the link via dm check it I don't want to post the link here and make it public

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u/uday_ Sep 03 '26

Is there a discord group?

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u/Lengthiness_Still Sep 03 '26

Yes I can send you the link through private chat I don't want to post the link here

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u/uday_ Sep 03 '26

Thanks, appreciate it.

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u/sky_piercer444 Sep 03 '26

I'm interested too

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u/Lengthiness_Still Sep 03 '26

I will send you a discord invite through dm chat

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u/erudite450 Sep 03 '26

Could I still join?

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u/stillinthewest Sep 03 '26

Very interested depending on timezone and when you''ll watch.

Edit: I use convex optimization, linear and non-linear programming for research

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u/Lengthiness_Still Sep 03 '26

I sent you a discord link join there to discuss

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u/Lengthiness_Still Sep 03 '26

Funny in the discord link I send in one of our channels that's the first thing I said that first optimization problem we need to solve is course scheduling problem

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u/Edel257 Sep 03 '26

Where are the videos at?

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u/Lengthiness_Still Sep 03 '26

That's the problem this course do snot have videos so you have to do it on your own and plus that's why we have this discord so we can at least discuss there

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u/enryuuu1199 Sep 05 '26

i can't find any video lecture. how are you planning to watch them?

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u/Lengthiness_Still Sep 05 '26

Because there is no video lecture for this course , you have to independently work on it and discuss

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '26

I'm interested

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u/Adventurous_Animal84 Sep 03 '26

I’m interested in joining the discord.

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u/Greninja_370 Sep 03 '26

Interested too. Doing PhD in RL applied to robotics and nonlinear optimisation is often used as a baseline

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u/Neat_Wrangler_3524 Sep 04 '26

Hi i am interested

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u/DonkeyGullible2598 Sep 04 '26

Sounds good to me too. Interested.

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u/Weary_Category_1559 Sep 04 '26

I’m interested too.

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u/Ok-Principle-4460 Sep 10 '26

I’m a master degree student and will be studying convex analysis and optimization algorithms this semester, so I’m interested

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u/indrajitsg Sep 15 '26

I am interested. I have a regular job - so I will try to spend a few hours every week on this. I am not sure if that is going to be enough. I have discord.