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Seminario Padova - Francesco Pedrotti
by alekos.cecchin＠unipd.it 16 Jan '24

16 Jan '24

Buongiorno a tutti, Vorremmo segnalarvi che venerdì prossimo (19 Gennaio) alle ore 14:30 in aula 1BC50 (Torre Archimede, Università di Padova) ci sarà un seminario per il ciclo di seminari in Probabilità e Finanza di: Francesco Pedrotti (Institute of Science and Technology Austria) <https://sites.google.com/view/francescopedrotti/home-page?authuser=0> https://sites.google.com/view/francescopedrotti/home-page?authuser=0 Title: Contractive coupling rates and curvature lower bounds for reversible Markov chains Date: January 19, 2024, at 14:30, room 1BC45 Abstract: Ricci curvature lower bounds for Riemannian manifolds have been linked to many functional inequalities: this has motivated the seminal independent works of Sturm and Lott and Villani, who extended the notion of curvature lower bound and many of its consequences to a large class of metric measure spaces. In spite of its generality, this theory does not apply to Markov chains on discrete spaces; for this reason, several adapted notions of curvature have been proposed, based on different equivalent characterizations of curvature of Riemannian manifolds. Different notions have different pros and cons: e.g., the entropic curvature of Erbar and Maas is hard to compute in some examples, while Olliviers coarse Ricci curvature is not known to imply a modified logarithmic Sobolev inequality. It is still an open problem to compare these notions. In the present work, adapting arguments of a recent article by Conforti, we show how contractive coupling rates (a concept naturally connected to Olliviers curvature) can be used to establish entropic curvature lower bounds for some examples of reversible Markov chains. Vi aspettiamo numerosi! Alberto Chiarini e Alekos Cecchin Sito web del seminario: https://www.math.unipd.it/~chiarini/seminars/

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Fwd: ERC PostDoc positions in stochastic analysis at Bielefeld University
by Marco Romito 15 Jan '24

15 Jan '24

ricevo e inoltro m. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Dear Colleagues, The research group "Stochastic Analysis in the Sciences" at Bielefeld University seeks candidates for two PostDoc positions in the field of stochastic analysis, in particular, stochastic PDEs, mathematics of machine learning, and stochastic dynamics. The positions are funded by the ERC CoG "FluCo". *Our offer* * PostDoc positions (TV-L E13 at 100%), flexible starting date. * Two year contract with possible extension(s). *Requirements* Interested candidates should have a background in one, or more, of the following areas: * stochastic PDE, or nonlinear PDE * mathematics of machine learning * stochastic dynamics *Application* * Deadlines end of/* January 2024* (see link below)/. Note that late applications may be considered until the position is filled. * Please submit your documents (CV, list of publications, transcript of PhD certificate, research statement, contact data of referees) via the website. For further information please visit https://uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/2976/research-positions-postdocs?…, or my webpage http://www.bgess.de. Best regards, Benjamin Gess -- Prof. Dr. Benjamin Gess (www.bgess.de <http://www.bgess.de/>) Universität Bielefeld <https://www.math.uni-bielefeld.de/>, Fakultät für Mathematik Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences <http://www.mis.mpg.de/index.html>, Leipzig

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BioInference 2024: call for abstracts - deadline 31st January
by Massimiliano Tamborrino 15 Jan '24

15 Jan '24

Dear all, a kind reminder that the deadline for the abstract submission for contributed talks or poster at BioInference2024 (5th -7th June at Warwick https://bioinference.github.io/2024/) is quickly approached, being it on the 31st January 2024. If you are interested on mathematical modelling and statistical methods for (widely defined/interpreted) biological problems, then please consider submitting an abstract here forms.gle/SBawnWD3k8iSS1Vt6<http://forms.gle/SBawnWD3k8iSS1Vt6> More info are reported below. Best, Massi on the behalf of the BioInference2024 organising committee ------------------------------------ The BioInference 2024 conference (https://bioinference.github.io/2024/) is taking place at the University of Warwick on the 5th-7th June 2024, and it will combine a data-driven meeting on day 1 (registration fee: £30) with the main two-day conference on the 6th and 7th June 2024 (registration fee: £70). Launched in 2022, BioInference aims to bring together researchers from across statistics and mathematical modelling who work with biological systems, and from all career stages, to foster discussions between the two communities and to prompt collaborations. The talks from the two previous BioInference conferences are available via our public YouTube channel (youtube.com/@bioinference5299<http://youtube.com/@bioinference5299>). The two-day conference will combine contributed talks and poster sessions. We now invite abstracts for oral/poster presentations on work either relating to statistical methods development (so long as those methods are applicable to biological systems) or on the application of statistical methods to solve biological problems. All presentations will be in-person. Abstracts can be submitted via a Google form (forms.gle/SBawnWD3k8iSS1Vt6<http://forms.gle/SBawnWD3k8iSS1Vt6>) and the deadline is on the 31st January 2024. It is our pleasure to confirm that this year's invited speakers are: * Alex Browning<https://alexbrowning.me/>, University of Oxford * Sarah Filippi<https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/s.filippi>, Imperial College London * Hong Ge<https://mlg.eng.cam.ac.uk/hong/>, University of Cambridge * Hamid Rahkooy<https://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/rahkooy/bio.html>, University of Oxford * Heba Sailem<https://www.hebasailem.com/>, King’s College London * Catalina Vallejos<https://www.ed.ac.uk/mrc-human-genetics-unit/research/vallejos-group>, University of Edinburgh The conference organising committee is committed to ensuring fair participation of individuals across all career stages, genders, races and ethnicities, ages, geographic locations, and universities. Data-driven meeting: problems and methodologies This year, we are also running an optional event on the 5th June at Warwick before the main conference starts. This aims to bring together mathematicians, statisticians and those who possess or generate datasets and would like to analyse them/answer some open questions. These may include biologists, clinicians etc in academia and industry. The idea of this meeting is to think about potential solutions to these data-based problems, gathering interest for possible collaborations between individuals across disciplines, institutions and career stages. The day would consist of a range of presentations by the experimental/business partners in the morning, and focus/discussion groups in the afternoon, aiming to start formulating an action plan to tackle the open challenges. The cost of attending day one is £30 in addition to the registration fee for the main conference. Kind regards, The BioInference Organisers Enrico Bibbona<https://www.polito.it/en/staff?p=enrico.bibbona> (Politecnico di Torino); Ioana Bouros<https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/ioana.bouros/> (Oxford); Julia Brettschneider<https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/statistics/staff/academic-research/brettschne…> (Warwick); Raiha Browning<https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/statistics/staff/academic-research/browning/> (Warwick); Fergus Cooper<https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/fergus.cooper/> (Oxford); Marina Evangelou<https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/m.evangelou> (Imperial College London); Aden Forrow<https://aforr.gitlab.io/> (Maine); Constandina Koki<https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/maths/people/staff/koki/> (Warwick); Ben Lambert<https://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-ben-lambert> (Oxford); Chon Lok Lei<https://chonlei.github.io/> (Macau); Massimiliano Tamborrino<https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/statistics/staff/academic-research/tamborrino/> (Warwick); Tom Thorne<https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/tom-thorne> (Surrey); Yongchao Huang<https://abdn.elsevierpure.com/en/persons/yongchao-huang> (Aberdeen). ------ Dr. Massimiliano Tamborrino Associate Professor and Fellow of Warwick International Higher Education Academy (WIHEA) Department of Statistics University of Warwick https://warwick.ac.uk/tamborrino

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PhD in Statistics & CS @Bocconi - scadenza invio domande
by Antonio Lijoi 15 Jan '24

15 Jan '24

Cari tutti, ricordo l'imminente scadenza dell'1 febbraio per la presentazione delle domande di ammissione al dottorato di ricerca in Statistics and Computer Science presso l'Università Bocconi (a.a. 2024-2025). Vi sarei grato se voleste portare all'attenzione di vostri studenti interessati l’annuncio riportato sotto il messaggio. Saluti, AL *********************** PhD in Statistics and Computer Science - a.y. 2024-2025 Call for applications for PhD student positions *********************** The Bocconi PhD School provides 7 scholarships for the PhD in Statistics and Computer Science, and a position with tuition waiver. * Scholarship amount * 20,000 euros per annum Further funding may be available through teaching and research assistantship. Visit www.unibocconi.eu/admissionphd for detailed information and for starting the online application process. ** Applications are due by February 1, 2024 ** Within the PhD School at Bocconi University, the four-year PhD program in Statistics and Computer Science is a high profile and rigorous doctoral program that develops strong mathematical, statistical, computational and programming backgrounds. The program is structured into two curricula: Statistics (4 scholarships) and Computer Science (3 scholarships). Highly qualified and motivated students with M.Sc. degrees in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, Physics, Engineering and related areas, as well as other quantitatively-oriented fields, are encouraged to apply for admission. Applicants should hold, or be on their way to hold, a graduate degree or equivalent. Finally, students may apply to either one of the two curricula or to both. For further information, visit www.unibocconi.eu/phdstatscompscience and feel free to contact: Antonio Lijoi (antonio.lijoi(a)unibocconi.it) Angela Baldassarre, PhD administrative assistant (angela.baldassarre(a)unibocconi.it)

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Seminar in Statistics - FRANCESCA CRUCINIO
by Pierpaolo De Blasi 15 Jan '24

15 Jan '24

SEMINARS IN STATISTICS @ COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO <https://www.carloalberto.org/events/category/seminars/seminars-in-statistic…> Venerdi 19 Gennaio 2024, alle ore 12.00, presso il Collegio Carlo Alberto, in Piazza Arbarello 8, Torino, si terrà il seguente seminario: ------------------------------------------------ Speaker: Francesca Crucinio (ENSEAE, France) Title: *A connection between tempering and entropic mirror descent* Abstract: This talk explores the connections between tempering (for Sequential Monte Carlo; SMC) and entropic mirror descent to sample from a target probability distribution whose unnormalized density is known. We establish that tempering SMC is a numerical approximation of entropic mirror descent applied to the Kullback-Leibler (KL) divergence and obtain convergence rates for the tempering iterates. Our result motivates the tempering iterates from an optimization point of view, showing that tempering can be used as an alternative to Langevin-based algorithms to minimize the KL divergence. We exploit the connection between tempering and mirror descent iterates to justify common practices in SMC and propose improvements to algorithms in literature. ------------------------------------------------ Sarà possibile seguire il seminario anche in streaming: Join Zoom Meeting <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85042791274?pwd=V05aejBLYXEyL1lRNURFMUZIcy9PUT09> Il seminario è organizzato dalla "de Castro" Statistics Initiative www.carloalberto.org/stats -- Pierpaolo De Blasi University of Torino & Collegio Carlo Alberto carloalberto.org/pdeblasi <https://sites.google.com/a/carloalberto.org/pdeblasi/>

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3 post-doc positions in Mathematics for Finance and Insurance at the University of Torino
by Luca Regis 15 Jan '24

15 Jan '24

Dear Colleagues, the ESOMAS Department (https://www.esomas.unito.it/do/home.pl) of the University of Torino, Italy, is looking to fill three post-doctoral positions within the following projects: - "Supply chain disruptions, financial losses and their prevention" (PI: prof. Elisa Luciano <https://www.carloalberto.org/person/elisa-luciano/>), 24 months, Yearly salary 36481 euros. The project is in cooperation with the Politecnico di Torino, LUISS Roma and Unione Industriali. Network management, resilience to real shocks and propagation of losses and defaults are first modelled in equilibrium, then calibrated to recent empirical evidence. - "Measuring, Managing and Hedging Indirect Climate-Transition Risk" (PI: prof. Luca Regis <https://sites.google.com/view/lucaregis>), 21 months renewable for 12 additional months, yearly salary 43082 euros. The project deals aims at tackling the problem of measuring the indirect (i.e. supply-chain related) risks to which firms are subject. Applications from both theoretical and empirical profiles are welcome. - "Leverage and Interest Rates" (PI: prof. Luca Regis <https://sites.google.com/view/lucaregis>), 12 months, 20267 euro. We look at the effects of changes in interest rates on the capital structure of business groups. Although the project is theoretical, the empirical study of model implications is in the agenda. Deadline: *January 22nd at 1 pm*. The call (in italian) is available here: call <https://pica.cineca.it/unito/assegni-di-ricerca-unito-2023-iv-econ/file/BAN…> Applications have to be sent via the online procedure at the following link: https://pica.cineca.it/unito/assegni-di-ricerca-unito-2023-iv-econ The start date is March 2024. No teaching load. Candidates who do not hold a Ph.D. yet can apply. Salaries are gross, but are exempt from income taxes. Post-docs need to pay only pension contributions (around 11%). For further information interested candidates can contact Elisa Luciano ( elisa.luciano(a)unito.it) and Luca Regis (luca.regis(a)unito.it) The ESOMAS Department is ranked among the best economics department in Italy and was awarded the "Dipartimenti d'Eccellenza" grant 2017-2022 and 2023-2027. The post-docs will work within the finance group at ESOMAS and within the CCA FINANCE initiative (https://www.carloalberto.org/cca-finance/ ) at Collegio Carlo Alberto (https://www.carloalberto.org/) in a dynamic and international research environment.

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Call for papers - Special Issue "Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics" (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 11 Jan '24

11 Jan '24

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 16:58:24 +0100 From: Andrea Mazzon <andrea.mazzon(a)univr.it> To: vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it Subject: Call for papers - Special Issue "Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics" Caro Tiziano, ti pregherei di diffondere presso la tua mailing list ed eventualmente anche alla lista Random il seguente avviso di Call for Papers. Un caro saluto e a presto, Andrea Dear Colleagues and Friends, we are pleased to announce the launching of a new Special Issue entitled “Financial Modeling with Frictions” for the journal "Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics" (ISSN 2297-4687, https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/applied-mathematics-and-statistics) We are serving as Guest Editors for this issue, with the support of Daniele Mancinelli and Ilaria Stefani. The Special Issue is dedicated to papers addressing various challenges related to the inclusion of multiple sources of frictions in market modeling. We aim to bring together rigorous and high-quality works, addressing classic problems in finance such as, but not limited to, arbitrage-free derivative pricing, portfolio optimization, risk management, and optimal execution algorithms. For more details on this Special Issue, please visit the website https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/60588/financial-modeling-with-f…. Given your expertise in several key areas addressed by the forthcoming Special Issue, we would be extremely pleased to receive your valuable contributions. The deadline for manuscript submissions is May 6, 2024. The deadline might be extended if there is a large expression of interest. Please consider that some discounted fees may be requested at the moment of submission. Submitted papers should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Please accept our apologies for any crossed emails. We hope that this invitation will be welcomed, and we look forward to working together in the future. Kind regards, Guest Editors Andrea Mazzon (University of Verona, Italy) Immacolata Oliva (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) Topic coordinators Daniele Mancinelli (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) Ilaria Stefani (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)

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Avviso bando Professore associato esterno 13/D4 Università di Udine (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 11 Jan '24

11 Jan '24

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 12:20:32 +0000 From: Antonino Zanette <antonino.zanette(a)uniud.it> To: Tiziano Vargiolu <vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it> Subject: Avviso bando Professore associato esterno 13/D4 Università di Udine Cara Tiziano, Ti prego di diffondere presso la tua mailing List (est possibile anche sulla lista random) il seguente avviso relativo a un bando per un posto di Professore associato esterno presso il Dipartimento di Scienze economiche e statistiche – Università di Udine - Settore concorsuale 13/D4 Metodi matematici dell’economia e delle scienze attuariali e finanziarie. I bandi sono stati pubblicati al seguente indirizzo : https://www.uniud.it/it/ateneo-uniud/concorsi-bandi-uniud/concorsi/bandi-do… La pagina web del bando contiene anche il link per la presentazione della domanda (con il sistema PICA CINECA). Scadenza del termine per la presentazione delle domande (8 Febbraio 2024). Un caro saluto, Antonino

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Saint-Flour 2024 - First announcement
by Pietro Caputo 11 Jan '24

11 Jan '24

------------------------------ *Da:* St Flour - Laboratoire de Mathématiques Blaise Pascal - Université Clermont Auvergne <stflour.lmbp(a)uca.fr> *Inviato:* giovedì 11 gennaio 2024 01:25 *A:* saintflour lmbp <saintflour.lmbp(a)listes.uca.fr> *Cc:* St Flour, Laboratoire de Mathématiques Blaise Pascal - Université Clermont Auvergne <stflour.lmbp(a)uca.fr> *Oggetto:* [saintflour] Saint-Flour 2024 - First announcement SAINT-FLOUR 2024 - FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT Dear colleagues The 52th Saint-Flour Probability Summer School will be held on July 1st -13th, 2024. This year's courses will be: Jean-Christophe Mourrat (ENS Lyon, France), Statistical mechanics of mean-field disordered systems. Sylvia Serfaty (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences New York University), Systems with Coulomb Interactions : Mean-field Limits and Statistical Mechanics. Christina Goldschmidt (University of Oxford), Scaling limits of random trees and critical random graphs. Abstracts and further information can be found here: https://lmbp.uca.fr/stflour/stflour-en.php Online application is open. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: APRIL 1st Best regards, The organizing committee ------------------------------------------------- Laboratoire de Mathématiques Blaise Pascal, CNRS UMR 6620 Université Clermont-Auvergne, Campus des Cézeaux 3, place Vasarely TSA 60026 CS 60026 63178 Aubière cedex, France Tel: +33 (0)4 73 40 70 50 <+330473407050> Fax: +33 (0)4 73 40 54 50 <+330473405450> stflour.lmbp(a)uca.fr

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Seminario di Michele Salvi alla Sapienza, Martedì 16/01/24
by Faggionato, Alessandra 11 Jan '24

11 Jan '24

Buongiorno Martedì 16 Gennaio Michele Salvi terrà un seminario di Probabilità al Dipartimento di Matematica della Sapienza Sotto trovate i dettagli. Grazie per l'attenzione Saluti Alessandra %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Speaker: Michele Salvi (Università di Tor Vergata) Where: Sala di Consiglio, Dip. di Matematica, Sapienza Università di Roma When: Tuesday 16 January, 14:00 (sharp) Title: *From the Uniform to the Minimum Spanning Tree* Abstract: A spanning tree of a graph G is a connected subset of G without cycles. The *Uniform Spanning Tree* (UST) is obtained by choosing one of the possible spanning trees of G at random. The *Minimum Spanning Tree* (MST) is realised instead by putting random weights on the edges of G and then selecting the spanning tree with the smallest weight. These two models exhibit markedly different behaviours: for example, their diameter on the complete graph with n nodes transitions from n^1/2 for the UST to n^1/3 for the MST. What lies in between? We introduce a model of *Random Spanning Trees in Random Environment* (RSTRE) designed to interpolate between UST and MST. In particular, when the environment disorder is sufficiently low, the RSTRE on the complete graph has a diameter of n^1/2 as the UST. Conversely, when the disorder is high, the diameter behaves like n^1/3 as for the MST. We conjecture a smooth transition between these two values for intermediate levels of disorder. This talk is based on joint work with Rongfeng Sun and Luca Makowiec (NUS Singapore). -- ************************************************* Prof. Alessandra Faggionato https://www1.mat.uniroma1.it/people/faggionato/ Department of Mathematics University "La Sapienza" Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 00185 - Rome Office 5, Phone (0039) 06 49913252 *************************************************

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