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Concorso da RTDb di MAT/06 a Padova - scadenza 25/8/2016
by Marco Ferrante 25 Jun '24

25 Jun '24

Cari colleghi, vi segnalo che il Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università di Padova ha bandito un posto di ricercatore di tipo B nel settore MAT/06. Il bando è disponibile alla pagina http://www.math.unipd.it/it/news/?id=1898 La scadenza per la presentazione delle domande è il 25 agosto 2016. Marco Ferrante

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6-year position in probability in Vienna
by Fabio Toninelli 03 Jan '20

03 Jan '20

Dear friends and colleagues, the Technical University of Vienna is advertising a 6-year post-doctoral assistant position <https://tiss.tuwien.ac.at/mbl/blatt_struktur/anzeigen/10378?locale=en#p472.3> in probability (the position is comparable to a non-tenure track "junior professor position" in the German system). The successful candidate will work in the Mathematical Stochastics group, that I will start leading in March 2020. I would be grateful if you could forward this message to any suitable candidates (the application deadline is January 15, 2020). Candidates are encouraged to contact me directly by e-mail for any question related to this position. With best wishes and many thanks Fabio Toninelli -- Fabio Toninelli Institut Camille Jordan, Universite' Lyon 1 43 bd du 11 novembre 1918 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France Office 105, tel: +33 (0) 4 26 23 44 41

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Seminario Prof. Claudio Macci
by malongob＠unina.it 30 Nov '19

30 Nov '19

Il Prof. Claudio MACCI dell'Università di Roma Tor Vergata mercoledì 4 dicembre 2019 alle ore 16 nell'Aula E al III livello del Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni dell'Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II terrà un seminario dal titolo: Large deviations for risk measures in finite mixture models ABSTRACT Due to their heterogeneity, insurance risks can be properly described as a mixture of different fixed models, where the weights assigned to each model may be estimated empirically from a sample of available data. If a risk measure is evaluated on the estimated mixture instead of the (unknown) true one, then it is important to investigate the committed error. In this paper we study the asymptotic behaviour of estimated risk measures, as the data sample size tends to infinity, in the fashion of large deviations. We obtain large deviation results by applying the contraction principle, and the rate functions are given by a suitable variational formula; explicit expressions are available for mixtures of two models. Finally, our results are applied to the most common risk measures, namely the quantiles, the expected shortfall and the shortfall risk measure. Joint work with Valeria Bignozzi and Lea Petrella. La proponente Maria Longobardi

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Avviso seminario_Alessandra Faggionato_Giovedì 5 dicembre_ore 16
by Carlo Orrieri 28 Nov '19

28 Nov '19

Avviso di Seminario, università di Trento Stochastic homogenization in amorphous media and applications to interacting particle systems and random resistor networks Giovedì 5 dicembre 2019 Luogo: Polo Ferrari 1, via Sommarive, 5 - Povo (TN) - Aula A221 Ore: 16:00 Relatore: Alessandra Faggionato (Università La Sapienza, Roma) Abstract: We consider random walks on marked simple point processes with symmetric jump rates and unbounded jump range. Examples are given by simple random walks on Delaunay triangulations or Mott variable range hopping in doped semiconductors. We present homogenization results for the associated Markov generators. As a first application, we obtain the hydrodynamic limit of the exclusion process given by multiple random walks as above, with hard–core interaction. As a second application, we derive a limit theorem for the effective conductivity of some classes of random resistor networks. This result together with a percolation-type analysis allows to derive the low temperature scaling behavior of conductivity in some classes of strongly disordered media.

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premi banditi dalla Società Italiana di Statistica
by Antonio DI CRESCENZO 27 Nov '19

27 Nov '19

Sono disponibili sul sito della SIS bandi e regolamenti per i seguenti premi: – migliori tesi di dottorato di ricerca; – migliore tesi di Laurea Magistrale in Statistica Matematica (in ricordo del Prof. Oliviero Lessi); – Premio SIS 2019-2020 per la Didattica della Statistica. Maggiori informazioni sono accessibili agli indirizzi seguenti: http://www.sis-statistica.it/ita/9933/Premio%20per%20le%20migliori%20tesi%2… http://www.sis-statistica.it/ita/9960/Premio%20per%20la%20migliore%20tesi%2… http://www.sis-statistica.it/ita/9920/Premio%20per%20la%20Didattica%20della…

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Mini corso: ASYMPTOTICS FOR POSTERIOR BAYESIAN INFERENCE
by Matteo Ruggiero 27 Nov '19

27 Nov '19

Cari colleghi, nell’ambito del programma di Visiting Professors per la Laurea Magistrale in Stochastics and Data Science dell’Università di Torino, con piacere annunciamo il seguente mini corso: ---------------------------------------------- Botond SZABO (Leiden University) ASYMPTOTICS FOR POSTERIOR BAYESIAN INFERENCE ---------------------------------------------- Il corso avrà luogo in Corso Unione Sovietica 218/bis, 10134, Torino, secondo il seguente calendario: Dec 10: 14.00-16.00, Room 30 Dec 11: 14.00-16.00, Room 30 Dec 12: 11.15-13-15, Room 11 Dec 12: 14.00-16.00, Room 11 Il corso è rivolto agli studenti del secondo anno della Laurea Magistrale, ma la partecipazione è aperta a tutti gli interessati. Il programma completo di Visiting Professors, consultabile alla pagina https://www.master-sds.unito.it/go/visiting è supportato dalla Fondazione CRT e dalla “de Castro” Statistics Initiative (www.carloalberto.org/stats) del Collegio Carlo Alberto. Cordiali saluti, Matteo Ruggiero --- Matteo Ruggiero University of Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto www.matteoruggiero.it

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PostDoc position in Graz
by Daniela Bertacchi 26 Nov '19

26 Nov '19

Open Assistant position (PostDoc) for 2 1/2 years Graz University of Technology, Austria Institute of Discrete Mathematics Working Groups Structure Theory and Stochastics & Noncommutative Structures (Wolfgang Woess & Franz Lehner) Scheduled to start on March 1, 2020. Requirements: PhD in Mathematics or Technical Mathematics, awarded before the beginning of the engagement. Desired qualifications: scientific interest in the fields of Stochastic Processes (random walks) and their analytic counterparts, Graph Theory, Geometric Group Theory and Noncommutative Probability, possibly combining those topics. Readiness to collaborate in research projects in these areas. Workload 40 hours/week. Teaching duties of 4 hours per week per semester, in particular for Mathematics in the Engineering sciences, in German (!). For details + how to apply, see https://www.math.tugraz.at/~woess/position Wolfgang Woess Institut fuer Diskrete Mathematik, Technische Universitaet Graz, Steyrergasse 30, A-8010 Graz, Austria email: woess(a)TUGraz.at http://www.math.TUGraz.at/~woess <http://www.math.tugraz.at/~woess>

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concorso RTD-B MAT 06 all'Aquila
by davide gabrielli 25 Nov '19

25 Nov '19

Segnalo il bando di ricercatore a tempo determinato di tipo B nel settore scientifico disciplinare MAT/06 Probabilità e statistica matematica presso il Dipartimento di ingegneria e scienze dell'informazione e matematica dell'Università dell'Aquila. Il bando si trova al seguente link https://www.univaq.it/section.php?id=1532 Scadenza 19-12-2019 Si prega di darne la massima diffusione, cordiali saluti Davide Gabrielli

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Seminar Berthet @Bocconi
by Giacomo Zanella 25 Nov '19

25 Nov '19

We announce the following DEC Statistics seminar: Thursday, November 28 12:30 Meeting room 3-e4-sr03, Bocconi University, Via Roentgen 1, 3rd floor Quentin Berthet (Google Research) Title: Optimal transport methods in statistics and machine learning: theory and applications Abstract: Optimal transport is one of the foundational problems of optimization, and a very important topic in analysis. It asks how one can transport mass with a given measure to have another measure, with minimal global transport cost. The associated Wasserstein distance is a useful statistical tool to compare distributions, taking into account geometric properties of the data. In this presentation, I will talk about two recent projects on this topic. In the first one, we propose a novel approach for unsupervised embedding alignment, and show applications to natural language processing. It is based on a new approach for Wasserstein loss minimization (joint work with E. Grave and A. Joulin). In the second one, we provide new methods and guarantees for estimation of distributions with smooth densities, in the Wasserstein distance. We show that these tools, inspired by techniques in nonparametric statistics, yield information-theoretic optimal results. We also develop ideas to handle our proposed estimators in a computationally efficient manner, and explore some of the associated computational trade-offs (joint work with J. Weed). Kind regards, Giacomo Zanella The DEC statistics seminars schedule is available at http://www.unibocconi.eu/statseminar Please note: if you are a guest and you do not have a Bocconi ID Card to access to the Bocconi Buildings, please communicate your participation by sending an email to elisa.picassi(a)unibocconi.it

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Extended deadline: MAF 2020 - 9th International Conference MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL METHODS FOR ACTUARIAL SCIENCES AND FINANCE
by Marco Corazza 25 Nov '19

25 Nov '19

*CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS - EXTENDED DEADLINE* *MAF 2020 - 9th International Conference MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL METHODS FOR ACTUARIAL SCIENCES AND FINANCE*April 15-17, 2020 - Geneve (CH) *https://www.unige.ch/maf2020/ <https://www.unige.ch/maf2020/>* * The Steering Committee is delighted to announce the 9th International Conference *MAF 2020*. * *MAF 2020* promotes interaction between *mathematicians* and *statisticians* in *actuarial sciences* and *finance*. * *MAF 2020* is open to *academicians* and to *professionals*, to encourage cooperation. * *MAF 2020* covers a *wide variety of subjects* in actuarial science and financial fields. * *MAF 2020* will be held at the *Université de Genève*, in *April 15-17*, *2020*. * *We invite submission of original contributions*. * *Important DEADLINE*: - Submission of 1-page abstracts: December 20th, 2019. - Organized session proposals: December 20th, 2019. - Submission of short papers (facultative): December 20th, 2019. - Early bird registration: December 20th, 2019. *The accepted short papers, at least 4 pages and at most 6 pages, will be included in a Springer Volume. * Keynote speakers - *Michael O'Neill*, Centre for Business Analytics, University College Dublin; - *Jaap Spronk*, Erasmus School of Economics (NEH) & Rotterdam School of Management - *Howell Tong*, London School of Economics and Political Science Apologies for cross-posting. The warmest regards, Marco CORAZZA | Ca'Foscari University of Venice (I) [Behalf of the Steering Committee] Manfred GILLI | University of Geneve (CH) Cira PERNA | University of Salerno (I) Claudio PIZZI | Ca'Foscari University of Venice (I) Marilena SIBILLO | University of Salerno (I)

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Seminatio Pierre Patie @ UniTo - 5 Dicembre
by Bruno Toaldo 25 Nov '19

25 Nov '19

********************************************************************* SEMINARI DI PROBABILITÀ E STATISTICA MATEMATICA DIPARTIMENTO DI MATEMATICA "G. PEANO" UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO ********************************************************************* Giovedì 5 Dicembre 2019 alle ore 14:00 nell'aula Magna del Dipartimento di Matematica "G. Peano" dell'Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Carlo Alberto 10, Il Prof. *Pierre Patie* (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA) terrà un seminario dal titolo *Completely monotone intertwining relations* Abstract: In this talk, we introduce the concept of completely monotone intertwining relations as a strengthening of usual intertwining relations between Markov semi-groups. We proceed by providing some interesting applications of this new idea which includes the characterization of ergodic constants and hypercontractivity estimates for non-self-adjoint semigroups. We illustrate these results by presenting several examples that have emerged from the recent literature: discrete-to-continuous interacting particle models, degenerate hypoelliptic Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes, and diffusion-to-jump Jacobi processes. This talk is based on a joint a work with L. Miclo (IMT Toulouse). Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare.

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First Announcement Conference SPDE&A Levico 2020
by Stefano Bonaccorsi 25 Nov '19

25 Nov '19

First Announcement of the Conference on Stochastic Partial Differential Equations & Applications - XI edition We are pleased to inform you that the "Conference on Stochastic Partial Differential Equations & Applications" will be held from June 1st to June 5th, 2020 in Levico Terme (Trento, Italy). This is the XI-th edition of a series of conferences on SPDEs which, during the years, has become one of the most popular occasions for the community to meet and discuss the latest developments. This year we have, for the first time, 4 mini-courses given by (1) Francesco Caravenna (Italy) (2) Martin Hairer (UK) (3) Martina Hofmanova (Germany) (4) Nikolay Tzvetkov (France) All the researchers in the field are invited to participate. We especially invite young researchers (at Ph.D. or Post-doctorate level) to attend the conference and give a short presentation in dedicated sessions we aim to organize. We are trying to secure funds to support their expenses. Any further information can be found in the website of the conference: https://spdelevico2020.wordpress.com/ Best regards, Stefano Bonaccorsi, Sandra Cerrai, Franco Flandoli, Lorenzo Zambotti (organizing committee)

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Seminario RYDER
by Pierpaolo De Blasi 22 Nov '19

22 Nov '19

STATISTICS SEMINARS @ COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO Venerdì 29 Novembre 2019, alle ore 12:00, presso il nuovo edificio del Collegio Carlo Alberto, in Piazza Arbarello 8, Torino, si terrà il seguente seminario: ------------------------------------------------ Robin RYDER (Université Paris Dauphine) A BAYESIAN NON-PARAMETRIC METHODOLOGY FOR INFERRING GRAMMAR COMPLEXITY Based on a set of strings from a language, we wish to infer the complexity of the underlying grammar. To this end, we develop a methodology to choose between two classes of formal grammars in the Chomsky hierarchy: simple regular grammars and more complex context-free grammars. To do so, we introduce a probabilistic context-free grammar model in the form of a Hierarchical Dirichlet Process over rules expressed in Greibach Normal Form. In comparison to other representations, this has the advantage of nesting the regular class within the context-free class. We consider model comparison both by exploiting this nesting, and with Bayes’ factors. The model is fit using a Sequential Monte Carlo method, implemented in the Birch probabilistic programming language. We apply this methodology to data collected from primates, for which the complexity of the grammar is a key question. (joint work with L. Murray, J. Rousseau and A. Thin) ------------------------------------------------ Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Il seminario è organizzato dalla "de Castro" Statistics Initiative (www.carloalberto.org/stats <http://www.carloalberto.org/stats>) in collaborazione con il Collegio Carlo Alberto. Cordiali saluti, Pierpaolo De Blasi --- University of Torino & Collegio Carlo Alberto https://sites.google.com/a/carloalberto.org/pdeblasi/ <https://sites.google.com/a/carloalberto.org/pdeblasi/>

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Mini-corsi a Strasburgo per studenti magistrali
by Dario Trevisan 21 Nov '19

21 Nov '19

Salve, segnalo questa iniziativa di mini-corsi di probabilità che si terranno a Strasburgo nella settimana 20-24 Gennaio 2020, http://irma.math.unistra.fr/stochastique/mc2020/ rivolta a studenti delle lauree magistrali francesi (M1) -- principalmente per pubblicizzare il loro M2 -- ma aperta alla presenza di studenti equivalenti italiani (primo anno di magistrale). Mi hanno comunicato che sono ancora a disposizione alcuni fondi per pagare/rimborsare viaggio e alloggio, e di fare pubblicità anche in Italia. Se siete a conoscenza di qualche studente particolarmente capace e interessato, magari che parli un po' di francese, invitatelo pure a mettersi direttamente in contatto con gli organizzatori (N. Juillet, X. Zeng). Saluti, Dario -- Dario Trevisan, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Dipartimento di Matematica, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 5, 56127 - Pisa (PI) Italy telephone: (+39) 050 2213832 mobile: (+39) 331 2899761 Skype: dario-trevisan e-mail: dario.trevisan AT unipi.it webpage: http://people.dm.unipi.it/trevisan/

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ECSO - CMS 2020 first Call for Papers
by Martina Nardon 20 Nov '19

20 Nov '19

* Apologies for cross-posting First Announcement and Call for Papers Joint EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION and COMPUTATIONAL MANAGEMENT SCIENCE Conference 1-3 July 2020, Venice, Italy We are delighted to invite you to Venice, Italy, 1-3 July 2020, at the Department of Economics, Ca’ Foscari University. ECSO - CMS 2020 is jointly organized by the Department of Economics of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, the CMS Journal and the EURO Working Group on Stochastic Optimization. ECSO 2020 is the 3rd edition of a stream of conferences organized by the EURO Working Group on Stochastic Optimization (EWGSO). The previous editions were held in Paris (2014) and Rome (2017). The scope of the conference is to bring together researchers and professionals in Stochastic Optimization and its applications in different fields spacing from economics and finance to supply chain, logistics, etc. CMS 2020 is the 17th edition of an annual meeting associated with the journal of Computational Management Science published by Springer. The aim of the conference is to provide a forum for theoreticians and practitioners from academia and industry to exchange knowledge, ideas and results in a broad range of topics relevant to the theory and practice of computational methods in management science. This joint event will provide a forum for fruitful discussions and interactions among researchers and professionals from industry and institutional sectors on decision making under uncertainty in a complex world. The conference will be within the scopes of both CMS and EWGSO and, in particular, it will focus on models, methods and computational tools in stochastic, robust and distributionally robust optimization and on computational aspects of management science with emphasis on risk management, valuation problems, measurement applications. Traditional fields of application, such as finance, energy, water management, logistics, supply chain management, and emerging ones, such as healthcare, climate risk and sustainable development, will be included. Venue: Department of Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice San Giobbe Campus – Cannaregio 873, 30121 Venice, Italy Webpage: www.unive.it/ecsocms2020 IMPORTANT DATES Abstract submission: March 1, 2020 Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2020 Early registration: April 15, 2020 A Best Student Paper Prize of 600 euro will be awarded. Papers should be nominated via e-mail by the students’ supervisors (ecsocms2020(a)unive.it) Deadline for the submissions to the prize is May 15. The program will include a devoted session for presenting the best papers to compete for the prize, such that the jury could make the final choice. The paper does not have to be published. The papers should be principally authored by the student, but co-authors are permitted as long as their contributions are clarified. Only registered participants’ papers will be considered for the prize. Jury for the Student Best Paper Prize: Stein-Erik Fleten (NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Milos Kopa (Charles University of Prague), Francesca Maggioni (University of Bergamo), Ruediger Schultz (University Duisburg-Essen). INVITED SPEAKERS DARINKA DENTCHEVA, Stevens Institute of Technology (USA) DAVID MORTON, Northwestern University (USA) GAH-YI BAN, London Business School (UK) DANIEL KUHN, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (CH) GIORGIO CONSIGLI, Università di Bergamo (I) Conference Secretariat: ecsocms2020(a)unive.it Conference hashtag: #ecsocms2020 Best Regards, Diana Barro, Stein-Erik Fleten and Martina Nardon Organizing and Program Committee Chairs -------------------------------------- Dr. Martina Nardon Dipartimento di Economia Università Ca' Foscari Venezia San Giobbe - Cannaregio, 873 30121 Venezia, Italy tel. +39 041 234 7413 --------------------------------------

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Fwd: [ST-NET] Edinburgh Lectureship/Readership in Probability and Stochastic Analysis
by Mario Maurelli 19 Nov '19

19 Nov '19

---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Martin Keller-Ressel <st-net(a)mailbox.tu-dresden.de> Date: lun 21 ott 2019 alle ore 18:46 Subject: [ST-NET] Edinburgh Lectureship/Readership in Probability and Stochastic Analysis To: st-net(a)zib.de <st-net(a)zib.de> Von: Goncalo dos Reis @UoE <g.dosreis(a)ed.ac.uk> --- Dear friends, dear colleagues, Permanent position in Probability and Stochastic Analysis Position: Lectureship (assistant prof)/Readership (associate prof) As part of an ambitious long-term plan for the School of Mathematics, the University of Edinburgh is making a substantial number of new appointments in the Mathematical Sciences, which includes expansion into part of the new £40M Bayes Centre. As part of this development, we are recruiting in Probability and Stochastic Analysis (broadly interpreted) to start on 1st June 2020 or around that date by mutual agreement. We expect candidates to have either an established record of first-class research or to be able to demonstrate excellent research potential. Those pursuing interdisciplinary research with links to other fields, for instance, Computing, Engineering, Finance, Physics, or links to industry are also encouraged to apply. In addition to carrying out high-quality research, the successful candidate will contribute to the teaching of undergraduate courses and the teaching and further development of our successful MSc programmes in Mathematical Finance. Salary Scale: £41,526 - £49,553 per annum. Very strong and experienced applicants may be appointed to a Readership, for which the salary is £52,559 - £59,135. Applications close at 5pm (UK time) on 29 November 2019 Interviews will take place in Edinburgh during the week 13-17 January 2020 Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Iain Gordon (Head of School) email hosmaths(a)ed.ac.uk. further details: https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobs… with kind regards to all Goncalo dos Reis _______________________________________________ St-net mailing list St-net(a)zib.de https://listserv.zib.de/mailman/listinfo/st-net --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dies ist das ST-NET, der (moderierte) Mail-Verteiler der DMV-Fachgruppe Stochastik e.V. Weitere Informationen finden Sie auf unserer Homepage: http://www.fg-stochastik.de This is ST-NET, the (moderated) mailing list of the DMV-Fachgruppe Stochastik e.V. For further information, please refer to our homepage: http://www.fg-stochastik.de Please note the guidelines for posting at http://www.fg-stochastik.de/beitraege-verschicken.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: Probability postdoc @ McGill
by Faggionato, Alessandra 19 Nov '19

19 Nov '19

---------- Messaggio inoltrato ---------- Da: *Louigi Addario-Berry* <louigi(a)gmail.com> Data: sabato 16 novembre 2019 Oggetto: Probability postdoc @ McGill A: "Linan Chen, Prof." <linan.chen(a)mcgill.ca>, Jessica Lin < jessica.lin(a)mcgill.ca>, Elliot Paquette <elliot.paquette(a)gmail.com> Dear colleague, We are advertising a 3-year postdoc in probability at McGill; details appear below. We would be grateful if you could pass along this ad to anyone who may be interested. The application deadline is December 10. Thanks very much, Louigi, Linan, Jessica and Elliot. -- To apply: https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/15010 The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at McGill University is advertising a three-year postdoctoral fellowship in probability theory and related fields. The postdoctoral fellow will include a teaching obligation of two courses per year. Candidates must have a doctoral degree in mathematics or a related discipline at the date of appointment, and must have demonstrated the capacity for independent research of excellent quality. The probability group includes four faculty members from the McGill Department of Mathematics and Statistics (Louigi Addario-Berry, Linan Chen, Jessica Lin and Elliot Paquette), as well as several faculty members from other McGill departments and other Montreal universities. The fellowship will include a generous salary, and additional funding will be available to the postdoc for research-related travel. Moreover, postdoctoral fellows, depending on their residency status, may pay a reduced tax rate (via the Québec program "Tax Exemption for Foreign Postdoctoral Trainees"). McGill University is committed to equity and diversity. We welcome and encourage applications from women, Indigenous persons, people with disabilities, members of racialized communities, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and other groups which are currently underrepresented within the mathematical community. Candidates are welcome to signal any leave that affected productivity, or any other circumstances that may have had an effect on their career path. This information will be considered to ensure the equitable assessment of the candidate’s record. McGill seeks to ensure the equitable treatment and full inclusion of people with disabilities by striving for the implementation of universal design principles transversally, across all facets of the University community, and through accommodation policies and procedures. Individuals who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence, accessibilityrequest.hr(a)mcgill.ca, or phone at 514-398-2477. Applications should be submitted via MathJobs.org and should include 3 references. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply; however, in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. To ensure full consideration applications must be received by December 10, 2019. -- Information about work permits, healthcare and benefits, parental leave, and other employment-related questions can be found at the following links. https://www.mcgill.ca/gps/postdocs https://www.mcgill.ca/gps/postdocs/international/workpermit https://www.mcgill.ca/gps/postdocs/fellows/healthcare https://www.mcgill.ca/gps/students/graduate-policies- and-regulations/parental-leave -- ************************************************* Prof. Alessandra Faggionato http://www1.mat.uniroma1.it/~faggionato/ Department of Mathematics University "La Sapienza" Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 00185 - Rome Office 5, Phone (0039) 06 49913252 *************************************************

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Seminar Wadsworth @Bocconi
by Giacomo Zanella 18 Nov '19

18 Nov '19

We announce the following DEC Statistics seminar: Thursday, November 21 12:30 Meeting room 3-e4-sr03, Bocconi University, Via Roentgen 1, 3rd floor Jenny Wadsworth (Lancaster University) Title: Towards higher-dimensional spatial and spatio-temporal extremes Abstract: The past decade has seen a huge effort in modelling the extremes of spatial processes. Significant challenges include the development of models with an appropriate asymptotic justification for the tail; ensuring model assumptions are compatible with the data; and the fitting of these models to (at least reasonably) high-dimensional datasets. I will review basic ideas of modelling spatial extremes, and introduce a more scalable approach via conditioning on a single site being extreme, which can also be applied in the space-time context. Furthermore, the sometimes-undesirable nature of conditioning on an extreme event at a particular location can be circumvented by an importance sampling algorithm to change the conditioning event. As we move towards being able to model extremes at more locations, we must also learn to deal with the complex structures of larger datasets, such as spatial nonstationarity in the extremal dependence. Some approaches to simplify these structures via deformations tailored to extremal dependence will also be discussed. Kind regards, Giacomo Zanella The DEC statistics seminars schedule is available at http://www.unibocconi.eu/statseminar Please note: if you are a guest and you do not have a Bocconi ID Card to access to the Bocconi Buildings, please communicate your participation by sending an email to elisa.picassi(a)unibocconi.it

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Seminar: okada@DISMEQ Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods, University of Milano-Bicocca
by Fulvia Pennoni 18 Nov '19

18 Nov '19

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** 21/11/2019 h.11.00 /Building U7 4th floor - Seminar Room 4026/ Department of Statistics and Quantitative-Methods, Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi, 8 - 20126 Milano ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING OF ASYMMETRIC RELATIONSHIPS Akinori Okada Professor Emeritus of the Rikkyo University, Tokyo okada(a)rikkyo.ac.jp Torgerson (1952) introduces his multidimensional scaling as the first practical method of representing proximity (similarity, dissimilarity) relationships among objects in a multidimensional space or a configuration. The method is called metric, which means that the observed proximities are assumed to be interval or ratio scaled values. Shepard (1962a, b) and Kruskal (1964a, b) introduced methods which are called nonmetric multidimensional scaling. Nonmetric multidimensional scaling assumes that the observed proximities are ordinal scaled values. This mean that only the information which of two proximities is larger (or smaller) than the other is utilized in the analysis. The nonmetric multidimensional scaling of Kruskal (1964a, b) has been used most frequently in practical applications of multidimensional scaling, and several multidimensional scaling methods based on the similar idea of Kruskal (1964a, b) have been introduced. The multidimensional scaling developed so far assumes that the proximity is symmetric. Several researchers focused their attention on the asymmetry in various sorts of proximity; similarity/dissimilarity judgment, same/different judgment, reaction time, social and psychological distance, and so on. It is meaningful to develop asymmetric multidimensional scaling which can represent asymmetric proximity relationships among objects in a configuration. Various kinds of procedures to analyze an asymmetric proximity matrix were invented. We concentrate on the multidimensional scaling which is based on the distance among points, each representing an object, in a multidimensional space (distance model). The asymmetric multidimensional scaling by Okada and Imaizumi (1987) represents asymmetric proximity relationships among objects by the interpoint distance in a multidimensional configuration. The distance between two points is symmetric. It is difficult to represent asymmetric relationships simply by the interpoint distance, because the distance itself is symmetric. The model of Okada and Imaizumi (1987), which is called Distance-radius model, represents an object by a point and a circle [two-dimensional model] (sphere [three-dimensional] or hypersphere [larger than three-dimensional]) centered at the point in a multidimensional space. Several models were derived from the model. Multidimensional scaling mentioned above, regardless of metric or nonmetric and of being able to represent asymmetry or not, analyzes one proximity matrix (object x object) or one-mode two-way proximities (Carroll and Arabie, 1980). To analyze a set of proximity matrices each comes from a source (object x object x source) or two-mode three-way proximities, INDSCAL was developed by Carroll and Chang (1970). INDSCAL can represent relationships among objects and how each source (individual) has different relationships among objects each other. While INDSCAL can represents differences among sources, it cannot represent the asymmetry in relationships among objects of each source. The model of Okada and Imaizumi (1997) is an extension of the Distance-radius model which can analyze a set of asymmetric proximity matrices or two-mode three-way asymmetric proximities. The asymmetric multidimensional scaling of Okada and Imaizumi (1997) can represents asymmetric relationships among objects, and how each source has different symmetric and asymmetric relationships among objects each other as well. Several models, which are less restricted or more restricted, have been derived from Okada and Imaizumi (1997). To analyze one-mode two-way asymmetric proximities, there is another asymmetric multidimensional scaling by Okada (2011) and Okada and Tsurumi (2012) which is based on the singular value decomposition. The asymmetric multidimensional scaling has been utilized to analyze mainly the data from marketing research or brand switching. Several models and procedures have been derived by extending the model of Okada (2011) which can, for example, evaluate newly introduced brands, diagnose brands, tell how to increase the dominance of a brand in the brand switching... Another sort of procedure to analyze one-mode two-way asymmetric proximities is asymmetric cluster analysis, which can represent asymmetric proximity relationships among objects by forming clusters (Okada & Iwamoto, 1966; Okada & Yokoyama, 2015). It is important and meaningful to develop not only multidimensional scaling but also cluster analysis as well so that we can use two different kinds of methods to analyze the same proximity data (Arabie & Hubert, 1994). There are quite a few number of applications of asymmetric multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis. While these applications are not mentioned here because of the space limitation, some of them will be mentioned in the talk. The present abstract deals only with researches of the author and his colleagues. Bove and Okada (2018) gives a review which covers a wide range of asymmetric multidimensional scaling and asymmetric cluster analysis in detail. Some books mention the analysis of asymmetric relationships. Borg and Groenen (2005) has a chapter of asymmetric multidimensional scaling. Coxon and Coxon (2001) refers to asymmetric multidimensional scaling. **/References/// Arabie, P. & Hubert, L. (1994). Cluster analysis in marketing research. In Bagozzi, R. F. (Ed.), A/dvanced methods marketing research/. pp. 160-199. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell. Bove, G., & Okada, A. (2018). Methods for the analysis of asymmetric pairwise relationships. Advances in Data Analysis and Classification, *12*, 5-31. Borg, I., & Groenen, P.J.F. (2005). /Modern multidimensional scaling: Theory and applications/(2nd ed.). New York: Springer. Carroll, J. D., & Arabie, P. (1980). Multidimensional Scaling. In M. R. Rosenzweig & L. W. Porter (Eds.), /Annual Review of Psychology/, *31*, 607-649. Carroll, J. D. & Chang, J. J. (1970). Analysis of individual differences individual differences in multidimensional scaling via an /N/-way generalization of “Eckart-Young” decomposition. /Psychometrika/, /35/, 283-319. Coxon, T.F., & Coxon, M.A.A. (2001). /Multidimensional scaling/ (2nd ed.). Boca Raton, FLChapman&Hall/CRC. Kruskal, J. B. (1964a). Nonmetric multidimensional scaling by optimizing goodness of fit to a nonmetric hypothesis. /Psychometrika/, /29/, 1-27. Kruskal, J. B. (1964b). Nonmetric multidimensional scaling: A numerical method. /Psychometrika/, *29,* 115-129. Okada, A. (2011). Analyzing social affinity for foreigners by spectral decomposition: Asymmetric multidimensional scaling of EASS 2008 Data [Supekutoru bunkai niyoru gaikokujin ni taisuru shinkinkan no bunseki: EASS 2008 no deta wo mochiita hitaishou tajigenshakudokoueihou no ouyou]. In JGSS Research Center, (Ed.), /JGSS Research Series/, /11/. (pp. 119-128). Osaka: Osaka University of Commerce. Okada, A., & Imaizumi, T. (1987). Nonmetric multidimensional scaling of asymmetric proximities. /Behaviormetrika, /*21*/,/ 81-96. Okada, A., & Imaizumi, T. (1997). Asymmetric multidimensional scaling of two-mode three-way proximities. /Journal of Classification/,*14, *195-224. Okada, A., & Iwamoto, T. (1996). University enrollment flow among the Japanese prefectures: A comparison before and after the Joint First Stage Achievement Test by asymmetric cluster analysis. /Behaviormetrika/, *23*, 169-185. Okada, A., & Tsurumi, H. (2012). Asymmetric multidimensional scaling of brand switching among margarine brands./Behaviormetrika/, *39*, 111-126. Okada, A., & Yokoyama, S. (2015). Asymmetric CLUster analysis based on SKEW-Symmetry: ACLUSKEW. In I. Morlini, M. Tommaso, & M. Vichi, (Eds.), /Advance in statistical models for data analysis/.//191-199. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag. Shepard, R. N. (1963a). The analysis of proximities: Multidimensional scaling with unknown distance function. I. /Psychometrika/, *27*, 125-140. Shepard, R. N. (1963b). The analysis of proximities: Multidimensional scaling with unknown distance function. II. /Psychometrika/, *27,* 219-246. Torgerson, W. T. (1952). Multidimensional scaling: I. Theory and method. /Psychometrika/, *17*, 401-419. ** /For more info:/***//**/fulvia.pennoni@unimib.it <mailto:fulvia.pennoni@unimib.it>/* -- Fulvia Pennoni Ph.D. Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods University of Milano-Bicocca https://sites.google.com/view/fulviapennoni

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Fwd: PhD fellowship in mathematical and computational methods for time series analysis
by Giovanni Peccati 17 Nov '19

17 Nov '19

Dear Colleagues, I am forwarding a message from K. Ebrahimli-Fard, advertising a prestigious doctoral position in Trondheim. All my best, Giovanni ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Kurusch Ebrahimi-Fard <kurusch.ebrahimi-fard(a)ntnu.no> Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 at 18:19 Subject: PhD fellowship in mathematical and computational methods for time series analysis To: giovanni.peccati(a)gmail.com <giovanni.peccati(a)gmail.com> Cc: Kurusch Ebrahimi-Fard <kurusch.ebrahimi-fard(a)ntnu.no>, Joscha Diehl < joscha.diehl(a)gmail.com> Dear Giovanni, I hope all is well! A few months ago we advertised an open call for applications for a *PhD fellowship on time series analysis* here at NTNU in Trondheim. A joint project with Joscha DIEHL (cc) from Greifswald. Unfortunately, our top candidate eventually accepted another offer. Therefore, we've decided to re-open the position: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/177938/phd-fellowship-in-mat… Joscha and I would appreciate it if you could bring this announcement to the attention of your students. Kind regards, Kurusch =========================================== Kurusch Ebrahimi-Fard Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU Department of Mathematical Sciences NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway Tel.: +47 735-935-27 (office) www: https://folk.ntnu.no/kurusche/ email: kurusch.ebrahimi-fard(a)ntnu.no <kurusch.ebrahimi-fard(a)ntnu.no> -- Prof. Giovanni Peccati ------------------------------------------ UR en Mathématiques Faculté des Sciences, de la Technologie et de la Communication ------------------------------------------ Université du Luxembourg ----------------------------------------- homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/giovannipeccati/Home E-mail: giovanni.peccati(a)gmail.com

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AN``AUTUMN'' DAY IN PROBABILITY AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS - 22 November 2019 (Jansen e Avena)
by Francesca Romana Nardi 15 Nov '19

15 Nov '19

Ecco il reminder per Venerdi` 22 Novembre. Vi aspettiamo numerosi Gianmarco Bet e Francesca R. Nardi From: Francesca Romana Nardi [mailto:francescaromana.nardi@unifi.it] Sent: Thursday, November 7, 2019 10:33 AM To: 'random(a)fields.dm.unipi.it' <random(a)fields.dm.unipi.it> Subject: AN``AUTUMN'' DAY IN PROBABILITY AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS - 22 November 2019 (Jansen e Avena) Carissimi, Vi annunciamo che prossimamente si terrà la nona giornata di seminari: AN ``AUTUMN'' DAY IN PROBABILITY AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS University of Florence Friday 22 November 2019 Lecturers: Sabine Jansen (Munich) and Luca Avena (Leiden) Location: Aula Tricerri Viale Morgagni 67, Firenze Informazioni su come arrivare alla pagina: <https://www.dimai.unifi.it/vp-285-come-arrivare-how-to-get.html> https://www.dimai.unifi.it/vp-285-come-arrivare-how-to-get.html Note pratiche: Stiamo prenotando un catering con cibi vegerariani e non, percio` abbiamo bisogno del numero di persone che vogliono mangiare insieme. A coloro che fossero interessati (per una migliore organizzazione) chiediamo di mandare un email a <mailto:francescaromana.nardi@unifi.it> francescaromana.nardi(a)unifi.it; <mailto:gianmarco.bet@unifi.it> gianmarco.bet(a)unifi.it; <mailto:angela.caporicci@unifi.it> angela.caporicci(a)unifi.it con l'intenzione di partecipare al seminario, al coffe break e al pranzo. PROGRAMMA Prof. Sabine Jansen (LMU Munich) Title: Large deviations and metastability for the Widom-Rowlinson model Abstract: The Widom-Rowlinson model is one of the few models in statistial mechanics for which a phase transition is rigorously proven. It is also popular in stochastic geometry and spatial statistics where it is called area interaction model and belongs to the broader class of quermass interaction models. After reviewing some relevant background about Gibbs measures for continuum interacting particle systems, I will discuss large deviations for the Widom-Rowlinson model in a joint high-density / low-temperature limit. I will also discuss metastability for a spatial birth and death process, a.k.a. continuum Glauber or grand-canonical Monte-Carlo, for which the Gibbs measure is reversible. Based on joint work with Frank den Hollander, Roman Kotecký and Elena Pulvirenti. Prof. Luca Avena (University of Leiden) Title: Explorations of networks through random spanning forests: theory and applications Abstract: David Wilson in the 1990s described a simple and efficient algorithm based on loop-erased random walks to sample uniform spanning trees and, more generally, weighted rooted trees or forests spanning a given graph. The goal of this lecture is to describe the resulting probability measure when Wilson's algorithm is used to sample rooted spanning forests. This forest-measure has a rich, flexible and explicit mathematical structure which makes it a powerful tool to design different algorithms to explore a given network. In the first part of the lecture, I will focus on fundamental aspects of this measure and how it relates to other objects of interest in statistical physics such as the well known Random-cluster model. I will in particular describe the main properties of related observables (e.g. set of roots, induced partition) which turn out to be determinantal processes with simple kernels and then discuss some progress in understanding related scaling limits. The second part of the lecture will be devoted to applications. In particular, depending on time, I plan to discuss four different algorithms aiming at: (1) sampling well-distributed points in a graph, (2) coarse-graning a given network, (3) processing signals on graphs (a novel gaph wavelet transform), (4) estimating the spectrum of the graph Laplacian. The core of this lecture is based on different joint collaborations with the following colleagues and students: Castell, Gaudillere, Melot, Milanesi (Marselle), Quattropani (Rome), Driessen, Koperberg, Magrini (Leiden) , Amblard, Barthelme, Tremblay (Grenoble). Program: 11.00-11.45 Introductory lecture: Jansen 11.45-12.00 Break 12.00-12.45 Seminar: Jansen 13.00-14.30 Lunch 14.30-15.15 Introductory lecture: Avena 15.15-15.30 Break 15.30-16.30 Seminar: Avena Organizers: G. Bet, F. Caravenna, N. Cancrini, E.N.M. Cirillo, F. Colomo, P. Dai Pra, A. De Masi, D. Fanelli, F. Flandoli, C. Giardina`, R. Livi, F. Martinelli, I.G. Minelli, F.R. Nardi, E. Presutti, B. Scoppola, E. Scoppola. Ricordiamo che ciascun oratore fara` una lezione introduttiva e divulgativa di 45 minuti pensata proprio per i non esperti, seguita da altri 45 minuti di tipo seminario (vedi programma). Maggiori informazioni e aggiornamenti sono reperibili alle pagine web http://web.math.unifi.it/users/fnardi/seminari/ o http://silicio.math.unifi.it/wordpress/probability/days-in-probability-and-… Vi aspettiamo numerosi Gianmarco Bet e Francesca R. Nardi Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica Università degli Studi di Firenze Viale Morgagni 67, Firenze, Italy

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Special issue "Stochastic Modeling in Biology" of the Journal "Mathematics" (ISSN 2227-7390)
by Mario Abundo 14 Nov '19

14 Nov '19

APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING Dear Colleagues, The Journal "Mathematics" (ISSN 2227-7390) will publish the special issue "Stochastic Modeling in Biology" https://www.mdpi.com/journal/mathematics/special_issues/Stochastic_Modeling… of which I am guest editor. The deadline for manuscript submissions is 31 May 2020. The aim of this Special Issue is to publish original research articles covering advances in the theory of stochastic modeling in biology. In this framework, continuous and discrete time stochastic processes will be discussed, as well as stochastic differential equations, fractional differential equations, correlated processes, first-passage-time problems, stochastic optimal controls, parameter estimation, and simulation techniques. All the above topics are intended to be treated in the spirit of modeling the evolution of stochastic systems of interest in Biology. Potential topics include but are not limited to the following: -Stochastic processes for neuronal activity; -Jump-diffusion processes; -Markov and semi-Markov processes; -Time-changed processes; -Markov chains; -Fractional processes; -Fractional Brownian motion. I hope that you will consider this special issue as an interesting and useful forum for publishing your latest research work in stochastic modeling in Biology. I would be glad if you will submit a paper to this special issue. Your submission should be made at the web site: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/mathematics/special_issues/Stochastic_Modeling… The deadline for manuscript submissions is 31 May 2020. Best Regards, Mario Abundo ================================== Mario Abundo Dipartimento di Matematica Universita' di Roma "Tor Vergata" via della Ricerca Scientifica 00133 Roma, Italy e-mail: abundo(a)mat.uniroma2.it http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~abundo tel: +39 06 7259 4627 fax: +39 06 7259 4699 ==================================

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QFW2020 - Last call
by Maria Elvira Mancino 14 Nov '19

14 Nov '19

Dear All, please find the last call for papers for QFW2020 attached to this message. The submission deadline is now extended to December, 6th. Thanks, Stefania

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Fwd: Acri - YITP 2019
by Francesco Cesarone 13 Nov '19

13 Nov '19

Ricevo ed inoltro il seguente avviso per il bando “Young Investigator Training Program” promosso da ACRI (https://www.acri.it/) Il bando sostiene la partecipazione di giovani ricercatori, impegnati in strutture di ricerca all'estero, a congressi di rilevanza internazionale organizzati da Università ed Enti di ricerca italiani. https://www.acri.it/PublicFondazioniOnline/Detail/4863 https://www.acri.it/_upload/cartelle_documenti/BANDO_ACRI_YITP_2019.pdf Cordialmente, Francesco Cesarone ---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Vito Vicini <Vito.Vicini(a)acri.it> Date: lun 4 nov 2019 alle ore 12:35 Subject: Acri - YITP 2019 To: Francesco Cesarone <francesco.cesarone(a)uniroma3.it> Gentile Prof. Francesco Cesarone, facendo seguito ai colloqui intercorsi e alla pubblicazione del bando Acri “Young Investigator Training Program 2019”, Le sarei grato qualora potesse contribuire alla diffusione dello stesso tra le Università e i Centri di Ricerca che ritenesse potenzialmente interessati alla partecipazione. Nel ringraziarLa per quanto potrà fare, Le porgo i miei più cordiali saluti. Vito Vicini [cid:428113308@23122010-0E74] -- Video - Quantitative Finance Workshop 2018 - Uniroma3 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DrAdCK8ht8&feature=youtu.be> http://disa.uniroma3.it/qfw2018/ -- Francesco Cesarone - Ph.D. Ricercatore - Assistant Professor Dipartimento di Economia Aziendale Università Roma Tre Via Silvio D'Amico, 77 00145 - Roma tel: +39 06 57335744 Skype: francesco.cesarone email: francesco.cesarone(a)uniroma3.it Studio n. 20 piano V WWW: http://host.uniroma3.it/docenti/cesarone/

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Seminario Luca Avena a Pisa
by Dario Trevisan 13 Nov '19

13 Nov '19

Dear all, this is to announce the following research talk by Luca Avena, to be held in Pisa. PLACE: Aula Riunioni, Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Pisa (first floor). DATE & TIME: Wednesday, Nov 20, 2019, 2 PM SPEAKER: Luca Avena (Univ. Leiden) TITLE: Multiscale analysis of network data sets via random walk kernels. ABSTRACT: I will present a random walk approach to analyse data sets that are encoded into a network structure (a weighted graph). Random walks are natural objects to explore a given network and have been used as building blocks to design different type of algorithms such as the celebrated PageRank. The core of this lecture is on three new general algorithms aiming at: 1) sampling well-distributed points in a graph, 2) coarse graining a given network at different scales, 3) processing signals on graphs through a novel wavelets transform. As I will discuss, these algorithms can be good or not depending on the specific data set problem to be analyzed. The main emphasis will be given on the underlying mathematical structures which are of fundamental interest per se within probability theory and statistical phyisics. Partially based on joint work with Castell, Gaudilliere and Melot Best regards, Dario -- Dario Trevisan, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Dipartimento di Matematica, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 5, 56127 - Pisa (PI) Italy telephone: (+39) 050 2213832 mobile: (+39) 331 2899761 Skype: dario-trevisan e-mail: dario.trevisan AT unipi.it webpage: http://people.dm.unipi.it/trevisan/

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IWAP2020, THESSALONIKI, GREECE, 15-18 June 2020
by Antonio DI CRESCENZO 12 Nov '19

12 Nov '19

---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Alexander Bochkov <a.bochkov(a)gmail.com> Date: mar 12 nov 2019 alle ore 14:10 Subject: about IWAP2020, THESSALONIKI, GREECE, 15-18 June 2020 Dear Colleagues, The IWAP International Board and the organizers are pleased to announce that the 10th INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON APPLIED PROBABILITY, (IWAP2020) will take place in THESSALONIKI, GREECE, from 15 to 18 June 2020. For further information please visit the conference homepage: http://iwap2020.web.auth.gr For information: Prof. George Tsaklidis, e-mail: tsaklidi(a)math.auth.gr Sincerely yours, Alexander Bochkov

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Fwd: four postdoc positions in probability and stochastic processes - IME-USP - Brazil
by Daniela Bertacchi 12 Nov '19

12 Nov '19

Ricevo ed inoltro, con preghiera di diffusione a tutti gli interessati. ---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Fabio Machado <faprama(a)gmail.com> Date: gio 7 nov 2019, 21:59 Subject: four postdoc positions in probability and stochastic processes - IME-USP - Brazil To: Fabio Machado <faprama(a)gmail.com> Dear colleagues, We have just advertised four postdoc positions in probability and stochastic processes at IME-USP (São Paulo, Brazil) to begin from February 2020 (flexible). Further information is available at: https://mathhire.org/jobs/854 or https://www.science.hr/jobs/54984/four-postdoc-positions-in-probability-and… Please forward this information to anyone who might be interested. Many thanks in advance, Fabio Machado https://www.ime.usp.br/~fmachado/ -- *Fábio Prates Machado* - Professor Instituto de Matemática e Estatística Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.

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FW: Postdoc position in applied probability, Alan Turing Institute / QMUL
by Zocca, A. 11 Nov '19

11 Nov '19

Ricevo e inoltro, Cordiali saluti, Alessandro Zocca ----------------------------------------------------------- Assistant Professor Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Department of Mathematics https://sites.google.com/site/zoccaale/ From: John Moriarty <j.moriarty(a)QMUL.AC.UK> Date: Monday, November 11, 2019 at 12:36 Subject: Postdoc position in applied probability, Alan Turing Institute / QMUL Dear colleagues, it would be appreciated if you could forward the opportunity below to potentially interested candidates in applied probability. A postdoctoral position is available in the ‘Data-driven stochastic control’ project at the Alan Turing Institute, funded by the Institute and by my EPSRC fellowship. The successful applicant may sit either at Queen Mary or at the Turing. The role involves application of the theory of stochastic optimal control in data-driven settings, and the investigation of applications to artificial intelligence. The position may be of interest to researchers working in optimal stopping, optimal switching, backward stochastic differential and difference equations, model ambiguity and risk aversion. Applications close on 7th December and the expected start date is 1 January 2020 or as soon as possible thereafter, with an end date of 24 August 2021. For more details see https://webapps2.is.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/job.action?jobID=4824 and informal enquiries can be addressed to jmoriarty(a)turing.ac.uk<mailto:jmoriarty@turing.ac.uk>

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Special issue of Journal of Energy Markets
by Tiziano Vargiolu 09 Nov '19

09 Nov '19

Apologize for cross-posting Dear colleagues, Journal of Energy Markets will publish a special issue, associated to the workshop Energy Finance Italia 4 held in Milano in February 2019. However, this call is not limited to conference participants, but also extends to other researchers working on this topic. Topics of particular interest may include, but are not limited to: - integration of electricity markets, - market power and market strategies, - electricity market modeling and simulation, - impact of new technologies, - cross-border issues, - CO2 emissions trading, - green certificate markets, - risk management, - futures, forwards and derivatives, - price and volatility dynamics, - risk premia. Therefore, we hope that you will consider this issue as an interesting and useful forum for publishing your latest research work in the field. Your submission should be made by e-mail to one of the guest editors - Carlo Lucheroni <carlo.lucheroni(a)unicam.it> - Tiziano Vargiolu <vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it> The deadline for the submission of the full paper is December 31, 2019. We would be glad to receive your paper submission to the Journal of Energy Markets' special issue. With kind regards, Carlo Lucheroni and Tiziano Vargiolu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiziano Vargiolu Dipartimento di Matematica Phone: +39 049 8271383 Universita' di Padova Fax: +39 049 8271428 Via Trieste, 63 E-mail: vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it I-35121 Padova (Italy) WWW: http://www.math.unipd.it/~vargiolu --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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SMPGD'20, Institut Pasteur, Paris, January 23-24
by Julyan Arbel 07 Nov '19

07 Nov '19

Dear all, FYI, the Statistical Methods for Post Genomic data (SMPGD) workshop will take place at Institut Pasteur in Paris on 23-24 January (more info below). Best, Julyan Arbel ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Franck Picard <franck.picard(a)univ-lyon1.fr> Date: 7 Nov 2019 at 13:08 +0100 To: smpgd-scientific(a)groupes.renater.fr, smpgd-organization(a)groupes.renater.fr <smpgd-organization(a)groupes.renater.fr> Subject: [smpgd-scientific] SMPGD'20, Institut Pasteur, Paris, January 23-24 - second call > dear members of the SMPGD scientific committee > > Could you forward the announcement of the SMGPD 2020 edition to your > national lists ? It appears that the information has not spread > everywhere in Europe yet ;-) > > All the best > > Franck > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Dear all, > > The 2020 edition of the Statistical Methods for Post Genomic data(SMPGD) > workshop will take place at Institut Pasteur in Paris on 23-24 January. > The workshop aimis to present works from mathematical to applied > statistics, but alsonew areas in high throughput biology that could need > new statisticaldevelopments. > > https://smpgd2020.sciencesconf.org/ > > The 2020 edition is organized by the Bioinformatics and Biostatistics > Hub (Institut Pasteur) and the main topicsare: Evolution of > inter-species interactions, Machine learning algorithms for > computational biology, and Evolution and epidemiology. > > The workshop will feature 4 keynote speakers: > > * Simona Cocco (Ecole des Neurosciences Paris Ile de France, Paris, > http://www.paris-neuroscience.fr/en/chercheurs-non-enp/simona-cocco ) > > * Julia Gog (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK > http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/people/j.r.gog/ ) > > * Louis Lambrechts (Institut Pasteur, Paris > https://research.pasteur.fr/en/team/insect-virus-interactions/ ) > > * Laurent Jacob (CNRS, LBBE, Université Lyon 1, Lyon > https://lbbe.univ-lyon1.fr/-Jacob-Laurent-.html ) > > Attendance is free, but registration is mandatory on the conference > website. Registration deadline is *January 7, 2020*. > > Submissions for posters and short talks are open and will close > on*November 15, 2019 at 23:59 pm*. Abstracts selected for a short > talkwill be announced on December 15, 2019. > > We are looking forward to meeting you in Paris. > > Best regards, > > Marie-Agnès Dillies, on behalf of the organizing committee (Alice > Cleynen, Franck Picard, Stéphane Robin and Anne Biton, Pascal Campagne, > Vincent Guillemot, Emeline Perthame, Stevenn Volant) >

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AN``AUTUMN'' DAY IN PROBABILITY AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS - 22 November 2019 (Jansen e Avena)
by Francesca Romana Nardi 07 Nov '19

07 Nov '19

Carissimi, Vi annunciamo che prossimamente si terrà la nona giornata di seminari: AN ``AUTUMN'' DAY IN PROBABILITY AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS University of Florence Friday 22 November 2019 Lecturers: Sabine Jansen (Munich) and Luca Avena (Leiden) Location: Aula Tricerri Viale Morgagni 67, Firenze Informazioni su come arrivare alla pagina: <https://www.dimai.unifi.it/vp-285-come-arrivare-how-to-get.html> https://www.dimai.unifi.it/vp-285-come-arrivare-how-to-get.html Note pratiche: Stiamo prenotando un catering con cibi vegerariani e non, percio` abbiamo bisogno del numero di persone che vogliono mangiare insieme. A coloro che fossero interessati (per una migliore organizzazione) chiediamo di mandare un email a <mailto:francescaromana.nardi@unifi.it> francescaromana.nardi(a)unifi.it; <mailto:gianmarco.bet@unifi.it> gianmarco.bet(a)unifi.it; <mailto:angela.caporicci@unifi.it> angela.caporicci(a)unifi.it con l'intenzione di partecipare al seminario, al coffe break e al pranzo. PROGRAMMA Prof. Sabine Jansen (LMU Munich) Title: Large deviations and metastability for the Widom-Rowlinson model Abstract: The Widom-Rowlinson model is one of the few models in statistial mechanics for which a phase transition is rigorously proven. It is also popular in stochastic geometry and spatial statistics where it is called area interaction model and belongs to the broader class of quermass interaction models. After reviewing some relevant background about Gibbs measures for continuum interacting particle systems, I will discuss large deviations for the Widom-Rowlinson model in a joint high-density / low-temperature limit. I will also discuss metastability for a spatial birth and death process, a.k.a. continuum Glauber or grand-canonical Monte-Carlo, for which the Gibbs measure is reversible. Based on joint work with Frank den Hollander, Roman Kotecký and Elena Pulvirenti. Prof. Luca Avena (University of Leiden) Title: Explorations of networks through random spanning forests: theory and applications Abstract: David Wilson in the 1990s described a simple and efficient algorithm based on loop-erased random walks to sample uniform spanning trees and, more generally, weighted rooted trees or forests spanning a given graph. The goal of this lecture is to describe the resulting probability measure when Wilson's algorithm is used to sample rooted spanning forests. This forest-measure has a rich, flexible and explicit mathematical structure which makes it a powerful tool to design different algorithms to explore a given network. In the first part of the lecture, I will focus on fundamental aspects of this measure and how it relates to other objects of interest in statistical physics such as the well known Random-cluster model. I will in particular describe the main properties of related observables (e.g. set of roots, induced partition) which turn out to be determinantal processes with simple kernels and then discuss some progress in understanding related scaling limits. The second part of the lecture will be devoted to applications. In particular, depending on time, I plan to discuss four different algorithms aiming at: (1) sampling well-distributed points in a graph, (2) coarse-graning a given network, (3) processing signals on graphs (a novel gaph wavelet transform), (4) estimating the spectrum of the graph Laplacian. The core of this lecture is based on different joint collaborations with the following colleagues and students: Castell, Gaudillere, Melot, Milanesi (Marselle), Quattropani (Rome), Driessen, Koperberg, Magrini (Leiden) , Amblard, Barthelme, Tremblay (Grenoble). Program: 11.00-11.45 Introductory lecture: Jansen 11.45-12.00 Break 12.00-12.45 Seminar: Jansen 13.00-14.30 Lunch 14.30-15.15 Introductory lecture: Avena 15.15-15.30 Break 15.30-16.30 Seminar: Avena Organizers: G. Bet, F. Caravenna, N. Cancrini, E.N.M. Cirillo, F. Colomo, P. Dai Pra, A. De Masi, D. Fanelli, F. Flandoli, C. Giardina`, R. Livi, F. Martinelli, I.G. Minelli, F.R. Nardi, E. Presutti, B. Scoppola, E. Scoppola. Ricordiamo che ciascun oratore fara` una lezione introduttiva e divulgativa di 45 minuti pensata proprio per i non esperti, seguita da altri 45 minuti di tipo seminario (vedi programma). Maggiori informazioni e aggiornamenti sono reperibili alle pagine web http://web.math.unifi.it/users/fnardi/seminari/ o http://silicio.math.unifi.it/wordpress/probability/days-in-probability-and-… Vi aspettiamo numerosi Gianmarco Bet e Francesca R. Nardi Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica Università degli Studi di Firenze Viale Morgagni 67, Firenze, Italy

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Borse di studio per attività di ricerca - Uni Pavia e UniCredit
by Giorgia Callegaro 07 Nov '19

07 Nov '19

Carissimi tutti, vi comunico che all'Albo Ufficiale d'Ateneo di Pavia, alla pagina *http://www-5.unipv.it/alboufficiale/ <http://www-5.unipv.it/alboufficiale/>* è stato pubblicato in data 31/10/2019 il seguente bando (n. 1726): * Bando di concorso per il conferimento di n. *2* borse di studio per attività di ricerca dal titolo -Modelli di rischio finanziario- presso il Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali dell'Università degli Studi di Pavia - *Scadenza 20 novembre 2019 - ore 12:00* L’attività di ricerca verterà sulla tematica “*Modelli di rischio finanziario*” e si svolgerà presso la sede di Milano di Unicredit S.p.A. e sarà finanziata con fondi del contratto Unicredit, di titolarità della Prof.ssa Figini. Durata di mesi 12. L'importo totale della borsa è di € 15.600,00 e sarà corrisposto in rate mensili. Grazie per l'attenzione. Cordiali saluti, Giorgia Callegaro -- Giorgia Callegaro Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics - University of Padova Via Trieste 63 , I-35121 Padova - ITALY Tel: +39-0498271481 Fax: +39-0498271499 E-Mail: gcallega(a)math.unipd.it <https://webmail.math.unipd.it/horde3/imp/message.php?mailbox=Sent&index=598#> Personal web-page: https://sites.google.com/site/giogiocallegaro/Home

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Permanent position in Probability, Statistics, Actuarial or Financial Mathematics at DCU
by Paolo Guasoni 06 Nov '19

06 Nov '19

Dear Colleague, Dublin City University has an Assistant or Associate Professor (permanent) position in Probability, Statistics, Actuarial or Financial Mathematics: https://www.dcu.ie/sites/default/files/hr/bc1010_assistant_associate_profes… The closing date for the application is December 8, 2019. With best regards, Paolo Guasoni -- * *Séanadh Ríomhphoist/Email Disclaimer* *Tá an ríomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a sheoltar leis faoi rún agus is lena úsáid ag an seolaí agus sin amháin é. Is féidir tuilleadh a léamh anseo. <https://sites.google.com/view/seanadh-riomhphoist>* *This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for use by the addressee. Read more here. <https://sites.google.com/view/dcu-email-disclaimer>* * -- <https://www.facebook.com/DCU/> <https://twitter.com/DublinCityUni> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/dublin-city-university> <https://www.instagram.com/dublincityuniversity/?hl=en> <https://www.youtube.com/user/DublinCityUniversity>

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Advances in Financial Mathematics 2020 (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 06 Nov '19

06 Nov '19

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 18:47:21 +0100 From: Idris Kharroubi <idris.kharroubi(a)upmc.fr> To: undisclosed-recipients: ; Subject: Advances in Financial Mathematics 2020 The conference "Advances in Financial Mathematics 2020" supported by the chair Risques Financiers will take place from january 14 to january 17 2020 at the Cordeliers campus in Paris. It will address topics of particular relevance for the practice of financial risk management : market liquidity, market microstructure, risk measures, numerical methods, model calibration and model risk, robustness, credit/Default/Counterparty risk, regulatory aspects, non-linear valuation, hedging, systemic risk, game theory, blockchain. Registration is free but compulsory on the website https://fin-risks2020.sciencesconf.org/ On Behalf of the organizing committee, Idris Kharroubi Professor Laboratoire de Probabilit?s, Statistique et Mod?lisation Sorbonne University - Facult? of Science and Engineering

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PhD opportunities, Oxford-Imperial StatML
by Stefano Favaro 06 Nov '19

06 Nov '19

Ricevo e inoltro. Cordial saluti, Stefano Favaro **** Inizio messaggio inoltrato **** Da: Patrick Rebeschini <patrick.rebeschini(a)stats.ox.ac.uk> Oggetto: PhD opportunities, Oxford-Imperial StatML Data: 5 novembre 2019 23:45:22 CET A: "stefano.favaro(a)unito.it" <stefano.favaro(a)unito.it> RE: PhD opportunities in Modern Statistics and Statistical Machine Learning at Imperial and Oxford. Deadline for first application round: November 15. Are you interested in modern statistics and machine learning? Do you have a background in Maths, Statistics or related areas? If so then apply to the StatML CDT! StatML is a new Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) based at Imperial College London and the University of Oxford. We offer a transformative style of doctoral training, leading towards a PhD / DPhil, which provides opportunities to: • explore new research areas using modern statistical methods and machine learning; • make real scientific, societal and industrial impacts with your research; • experience and engage in peer to peer learning; • be involved in cohort based training; • work directly with leading industrial partners; • receive exposure to cutting edge researchers in two world-leading universities. We will offer about 15 studentships for entry in October 2020. Each student will be funded with a grant for four years of study. Typically, the funding is available for Home/EU students – we expect to have two admissions rounds with submission deadlines of 15 November 2019 and 24 January 2020. There are very limited funding opportunities for overseas students (see the website for details). StatML is funded by EPSRC with support from industrial partners. Please visit the StatML website to find out more: https://statml.io/ <https://statml.io/> Stefano Favaro University of Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto http://sites.carloalberto.org/favaro/

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post-doc position in St Petersburg
by Dario Trevisan 05 Nov '19

05 Nov '19

Salve, segnalo ai potenziali interessati un annuncio per una posizione post-doc presso L'Euler International Mathematical Institute a St Peterburg, ``in all areas of Mathematics, Theoretical Computer Science, Mathematical and Theoretical Physics''. Il salario corrisponde circa a 1450 euro netti mensili + biglietti aerei. La durata e' da 1 a 2 anni eventualmente rinnovabili per un altro anno. La domanda va fatta preferibilmente entro il 30.11.19. Per ulteriori dettagli, vedere http://www.pdmi.ras.ru/EIMI/ Saluti, Dario Trevisan -- Dario Trevisan, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Dipartimento di Matematica, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 5, 56127 - Pisa (PI) Italy telephone: (+39) 050 2213832 mobile: (+39) 331 2899761 Skype: dario-trevisan e-mail: dario.trevisan AT unipi.it webpage: http://people.dm.unipi.it/trevisan/

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14-15 nov: Giovanni Peccati mini-course at Roma Tor Vergata
by Anna Vidotto 05 Nov '19

05 Nov '19

*Mini-course* held by *Giovanni Peccati* (6 hours) Title: *The Malliavin-Stein method* Abstract: *I will provide a self-contained introduction to a collection of probabilistic techniques developed in the last decade, focussing on quantitative limit theorems for non-linear functionals of Gaussian fields, obtained by combining two techniques: (i) the Malliavin calculus of variations, and (ii) Stein's method for probabilistic approximations. I will develop in full detail at least one geometric application related to the structure of level sets of Gaussian fields, and I will try to point out a number of further directions of research, connected e.g. to concentration estimates, entropic bounds, discrete geometric structures and the analysis of Boolean functions.* *A systematically updated list of papers related to Malliavin-Stein techniques can be found here * https://sites.google.com/site/malliavinstein/home *The main reference of the matter is the monograph by I. Nourdin and myself: *https://tinyurl.com/y3h2n8e2 Place: Aula Dal Passo, Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Roma Tor Vergata Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma Schedule: - Thursday November 14th, from 2 PM to 5 PM - Friday November 15th, from 9:30 AM to 12:30 AM --------- Anna Vidotto PostDoc Researcher Dipartimento di Matematica Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata https://sites.google.com/view/annavidotto

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3-year postdoctoral fellowship in Statistics
by Samantha Leorato 01 Nov '19

01 Nov '19

Apologize for cross-posting. --------------------------------------------- Dear All, with this e-mail, we would like to inform you that the Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods (DEMM), University of Milan, Italy, launches a call for a full-time, 3-year fixed-term Postdoctoral Research Associate position to work on a statistical science programme grant funded by the Centre of Excellence in Economics and Data Science (CEEDS), awarded by the Italian Ministry of Education (MIUR). The research activity is to be carried out at the Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods of the University of Milan, under the supervision of Prof. Chiara Tommasi, within the research programme “Selection of the most informative observations”. The annual gross remuneration package for this position will be €32,000. The research project concerns adaptation and generalization of the optimal design theory and of some typical results of mathematical statistics, for selecting the most informative observations from a huge and complex data set. Details on the application can be found at https://www.unimi.it/it/ricerca/ricerca-lastatale/fare-ricerca-da-noi/asseg… <https://www.unimi.it/it/ricerca/ricerca-lastatale/fare-ricerca-da-noi/asseg…>. Deadline for application: November 15th 2019 Samantha Leorato ----------------------------------------------------- Associate Professor in Statistics Dept. Economics, Management, and Quantitative Methods University of Milan, via Conservatorio, 7 20122 Milano Samantha.Leorato(a)unimi.it https://sites.google.com/site/samanthaleorato/ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Samantha_Leorato -----------------------------------------------------

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