I would like to acknowledge the contributions of the following individuals to ORF 363:

• Georgina Hall for her instrumental role in brainstorming and development of course material in the initial offerings of the course.
• Stephen Boyd for brainstorming and for sharing the material of his graduate course at Stanford; Stephen Boyd and Michael Grant for the development of CVX.
• All my teaching assistants and co-instructors for helping me develop additional material for the course every year.
• Michael Bino, Tara Zigler, and Kim Lupinacci for outstanding technical and administrative support.
• All ORF 363 students for their constructive feedback and thoughtful questions which have guided me along the way.