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Seminario Prisma
by Domenico Marinucci 26 Jan '21

26 Jan '21

Cari colleghi Lunedì prossimo avrà inizio il ciclo mensile di seminari online promosso dal Gruppo UMI PRISMA: 1 Febbraio 2021, ore 16:00-18:00: Franco Flandoli, Mario Maurelli TITLE: Regularization by noise ABSTRACT: The presence of the irregular fluctuations of a noise sometimes improves the theory of differential equations, ordinary or partial, a phenomenon today called "regularization by noise". This joint talk will introduce the problem in finite dimensions, by some classical and some more recent examples and results. Then it moves to SPDEs, where the results are mostly recent and under investigation. The different roles of additive noise and multiplicative transport type noise, the latter with its fluid mechanic flavour, will be described. Collegamento Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3a667d2414be564c5d8fba30acffeb… Grazie per l'attenzione e scusate le ripetizioni, Domenico Marinucci e Claudia Ceci -- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Domenico Marinucci Dipartimento di Matematica Università di Roma Tor Vergata https://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~marinucc/ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

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Annuncio seminario - 28 gennaio ore 14:00 - Alessio Farcomeni
by Anna Paganoni 25 Jan '21

25 Jan '21

Buongiorno, ricordo il seguente Seminario MOX on-line di giovedì organizzato dal gruppo Stat@MOX. 28.1, ore 14:00 Link: https://mox.polimi.it/elenco-seminari/?id_evento=2001&t=763721 Speaker: Alessio Farcomeni, Università Roma Tor Vergata Titolo: Nowcasting the Italian epidemic outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 Abstract: In the talk, we briefly discuss the main epidemiological features of SARS-CoV-2 one year into the pandemic, giving also a short account of the public data available for Italy and of the main limits of lay analyses. We then discuss an accurate method for short-term forecasting ICU occupancy at local level. Our approach is based on an optimal ensemble of two simple methods: a generalized linear mixed regression model which pools information over different areas, and an area-specific non-stationary integer autoregressive methodology. Optimal weights are estimated using a leave-last-out rationale. Daily predictions between February 24th and November, 27th 2020 have a median error of 3 beds (third quartile: 8) at regional level, with coverage of 99% prediction intervals that exceeds the nominal one. Finally we present a different method based on a modified non-linear GLM for each indicator, including the potential effect of exogenous variables, based on appropriate distributional assumptions and a logistic-type growth curve. This allows us to accurately predict important characteristics of the epidemic (e.g., peak time and height). Based on joint works with Pierfrancesco Alaimo di Loro, Fabio Divino, Giovanna Jona Lasinio, Gianfranco Lovison, Antonello Maruotti, Marco Mingione Contatto: francesca.ieva(a)polimi.it Buona giornata Anna Maria Paganoni -- Anna Maria Paganoni MOX - Modeling and Scientific Computing Dipartimento di Matematica "F. Brioschi" Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 I-20133 Milano - Italy tel. +39 02 2399 4574 fax. +39 02 2399 4568 e.mail: anna.paganoni(a)polimi.it

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Announcement: STAR Online seminar - Speaker: Rama Cont
by michele giordano 25 Jan '21

25 Jan '21

Dear all, This is a reminder for the: STAR Online Seminars. The seminar will be held Friday 13. November from 11:00-12:00 . You will recieve the link for the Zoom room by registering for the seminar with the link provided at the end of this mail. The lecture will last for 45 minutes + questions. This week's speaker is Rama Cont - University of Oxford, with the seminar: Excursion risk Abstract: A broad class of dynamic trading strategies may be characterized in terms of excursions of the market price of a portfolio away from a reference level. We propose a mathematical framework for the risk analysis of such strategies, based on a description in terms of price excursions, first in a pathwise setting, without probabilistic assumptions, then in a probabilistic setting, when the price is modelled as a Markov process. We introduce the notion of δ-excursion, defined as a path which deviates by δ from a reference level before returning to this level. We show that every continuous path has a unique decomposition into such δ-excursions, which turn out to be useful for the scenario analysis of dynamic trading strategies, leading to simple expressions for the number of trades, realized profit, maximum loss and drawdown. When the underlying asset follows a Markov process, we combine these results with Ito's excursion theory to obtain a tractable decomposition of the process as a concatenation of independent δ-excursions, whose distribution is described in terms of Ito's excursion measure. We provide analytical results for linear diffusions and give new examples of stochastic processes for flexible and tractable modeling of excursions. Finally, we describe a non-parametric scenario simulation method for generating paths whose excursions match those observed in a data set. This is joint work with: Anna Ananova and RenYuan Xu. After the end of the seminar, you are invited to bring a cup of coffee/tea and have a chat in our Coffee in the Stars here you will have the chance to talk and interact with the other persons that attended the seminar, and have a digital "coffee break". We are looking forward to see you, online! Best regards, We are looking forward to see you, online! Best regards, Michele Giordano Doctoral research fellow Department of Mathematics University of Oslo, Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Register for the seminar: https://nettskjema.no/a/159180 Link for the seminar webpage: https://www.mn.uio.no/math/english/research/projects/storm/events/seminars/…

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PhD Statistics & Computer Science @Bocconi - prossima scadenza
by Antonio Lijoi 24 Jan '21

24 Jan '21

Cari tutti, ricordo la 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. 2021-2022). Vi sarei grato se voleste portare all'attenzione dei vostri studenti interessati la "call for applications", riportata di seguito. Saluti, AL ******************* PhD in Statistics and Computer Science - a.y. 2021-2022 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 * 20.280 euro per annum in the 1st and 2nd year 15.343 euro per annum in the 3rd and 4th year Further funding is available through teaching and research assistantship. Visit www.unibocconi.eu/admissionphd for detailed information. ** Applications are due by February 1, 2021 ** 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 curriculum is structured into two tracks: Statistics and Computer science. The first year includes courses that are compulsory for all enrolled PhD students. The second-year features track-specific and elective courses that provide students with a more specialized competence and focus on topics that may be the object of the doctoral dissertation. Dedicated mentorship is offered to students throughout their time at Bocconi. Multidisciplinary interchange with other graduate programs in Bocconi’s PhD School, as well as research experience abroad, are also encouraged. The Faculty includes internationally acknowledged top researchers in Statistics, Computer Science, Decision Theory, Statistical Physics and Machine Learning. The program also benefits from contributions of authoritative visiting professors who deliver short monographic courses. Highly qualified and motivated students with M.Sc. degrees in 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. For further information about the PhD program in Statistics and Computer Science at Bocconi, 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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Rivista Nuova Lettera Matematica
by Lorenzo Zambotti 24 Jan '21

24 Jan '21

Gentili colleghi e colleghe vi segnalo l’uscita del secondo numero della Nuova Lettera Matematica https://www.unipapress.it/it/book/nuova-lettera-matematica-2_280/ <https://www.unipapress.it/it/book/nuova-lettera-matematica-2_280/> cordiali saluti Lorenzo -- Lorenzo Zambotti Postal Address: Sorbonne Universite', LPSM - Boite courrier 158 4, place Jussieu - 75252 Paris cedex 05, France Bureau n. 22, 2eme etage, tours 16/26, Jussieu E-mail: lorenzo.zambotti(a)upmc.fr https://www.lpsm.paris/pageperso/zambotti

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ricercatore RTD-B a Pisa
by Marco Romito 22 Jan '21

22 Jan '21

Scrivo per annunciare il bando per una posizione RTDb nel settore MAT/06 presso il Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università di Pisa, con scadenza il 22 Febbraio 2021, ore 13:000 (CET). Il bando è disponibile alla pagina https://www.unipi.it/ateneo/bandi/ricercat/ricercator1/Procedura-1/index.htm Indicazioni per coloro che hanno conseguito il dottorato all'estero sono disponibili alla pagina https://www.unipi.it/ateneo/bandi/ricercat/ricercator1/Ricercator/index.htm ------------------------------------------ dear all I would like to announce a tenure track reearcher position (RTDb) in Probability at the University of Pisa. The deadline is on February 22, 2021, 13:00 (CET). The official call is available at the URL https://www.unipi.it/ateneo/bandi/ricercat/ricercator1/Procedura-1/index.htm The call is available in english at the URL https://www.unipi.it/ateneo/bandi/ricercat/ricercator1/Procedura-1/bando-in… The university has made guidelines available for those that have not got their Ph.D. in Italy (in italian, unfortunately), https://www.unipi.it/ateneo/bandi/ricercat/ricercator1/Ricercator/index.htm m.

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Post-doc position at Tor Vergata
by Davide Pirino 22 Jan '21

22 Jan '21

Dear all the Centre for Economic and International Studies <http://www.ceistorvergata.it/> of the University of Rome Tor Vergata <https://web.uniroma2.it/home/newlang/english> is promoting a one-year post-doc position (renewable up to two years) within the project HIDEA (Advanced econometric methods for high-frequency data) <http://dse.univr.it/hidea/index.html>financed by the PRIN 2017 program. You can apply on-line via the pica system using the link https://pica.cineca.it/uniroma2/f2-2021-0002/ Please find attached a copy of the call and a guide on how to apply (both in english). The deadline is February, 21, 2021. Should you have any questions concerning how to apply (or for further details on the position), please do not hesitate to contact me. Kind regards Davide Pirino

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Fwd: Postdocposition in Luxembourg for June 2021
by Giovanni Peccati 22 Jan '21

22 Jan '21

Ricevo ed inoltro. GP ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: ivan nourdin <inourdin(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2021 at 09:31 Subject: Postdoc position in Luxembourg for June 2021 To: Dear colleagues, I am currently advertising a postdoc position in Luxembourg. I would be grateful if you could forward the announcement below to potential candidates. Thanks a lot in advance! Best wishes, Ivan ============ *Postdoc position in Luxembourg for June 2021 (deadline for submission of application: March 1st)* University of Luxembourg, campus Belval Applications are invited for a postdoctoral fellowship in the field of stochastic analysis at the University of Luxembourg. The project is about Malliavin calculus, Stein's method, and related topics, in a broad sense. Areas of interest include stochastic analysis and its interplay with other fields of mathematics (in particular, but not exclusively, functional analysis and geometry). The position is for 3 years (36 months). The starting date is June 1st, 2021. Applications, including a CV, a list of publications and a research statement must be sent to Ivan Nourdin (ivan.nourdin(a)uni.lu) Applicants should also arrange for two letters of recommendation to be sent to the same address. Applications will be evaluated first after *March1st*, and then on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Requests for further information about the position should be also sent to the same address. -- Prof. Giovanni Peccati ------------------------------------------ Head of the Department of Mathematics Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine ------------------------------------------ University of Luxembourg ----------------------------------------- homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/giovannipeccati/Home E-mail: giovanni.peccati(a)gmail.com

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15 PhD Stipends with EPOC
by Massimiliano ... 21 Jan '21

21 Jan '21

Ricevo e inoltro. Saluti, Massimiliano ------ Dr. Massimiliano Tamborrino Assistant Professor Department of Statistics University of Warwick https://warwick.ac.uk/tamborrino -------------- PhD Stipends with EPOC Three of the PhD stipends below are in statistics, with double degrees between Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen and Bielefeld University. For more information about EPOC and the application procedure see www.epoc-itn.eu<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdsts.us5.…> Job Opening: 15 doctoral fellowships in Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network: Economic Policy in Complex Environments (EPOC) EPOC is looking for 15 highly motivated doctoral fellows to engage in cutting edge interdisciplinary research combined with a structured curriculum of training activities. It aims at advancing the state-of-the-art and the applicability of computationally intensive methods for decision and policy analysis in economics. The focus is on challenges characterized by their dynamic and complex nature, in particular in the domains of climate change and innovation. Doctoral fellows will gain expertise and skills in data science, network theory, agent-based simulation, and economic modelling, and will apply these skills in their individual research projects. Selected candidates will enter a 36 months work contract with the recruiting university of their project. Doctoral fellows will spend at least one year at two EPOC partner universities and pursue a double degree. Research and training is carried out by the EPOC consortium consisting of seven leading European universities and ten partner organisations. For more information about EPOC and the application procedure see www.epoc-itn.eu<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdsts.us5.…> All applications have to be submitted through the webpage. Planned start of the employment contract: Sep. 1, 2021 ----------------- Susanne Ditlevsen Professor Department of Mathematical Sciences University of Copenhagen Phone: +45 35 32 07 85 email: susanne(a)math.ku.dk<mailto:susanne@math.ku.dk> URL: http://www.math.ku.dk/~susanne/ Universitetsparken 5 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark -----------------------------

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Fwd: [owps] One World Probability Seminar Thursday January 21, 2021
by Faggionato, Alessandra 20 Jan '21

20 Jan '21

Buongiorno, inoltro l'annuncio per Il OWPS di domani. Grazie per l'attenzione Alessandra ---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: One World Probability <ow.probability(a)gmail.com> Date: mer 20 gen 2021 alle ore 09:15 Subject: [owps] One World Probability Seminar Thursday January 21, 2021 To: <owps(a)lists.bath.ac.uk> Tomorrow's speakers in the One World Probability Seminar are (Note: all times are in UTC. *Due to time changes, you should check what that translates to in your location*) ------------------------------------------------ (14:00-15:00 UTC) Speaker: Lorenzo Zambotti (Sorbonne Université) Title: Some stochastic PDEs for the future Abstract: We want to discuss some stochastic PDEs with distributional non-linearities, driven by space-time white noise. These equations are motivated for example by the scaling limits of critical pinning models. The well-posedness of such stochastic PDEs is still an open problem, despite the recent spectacular progresses in the field obtained by means of regularity structures and paracontrolled calculus, the lack of a viable stochastic calculus for SPDEs being a persistent major obstacle. A recent result by Athreya-Butkovsky-Le-Mytnik gives new hope to solve this long-standing problem. (15:00-16:00 UTC) Francesco Caravenna (University of Milano-Bicocca) Title: Hairer's Reconstruction Theorem without Regularity Structures Abstract: We give a new self-contained and elementary proof of Martin Hairer's Reconstruction Theorem, which is one of the cornerstones of his theory of Regularity Structures. We present it as a general result in the theory of distributions that can be understood without any knowledge of Regularity Structures themselves, which we do not even need to define. We will also discuss some applications of independent interest. (Based on joint work https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.09287 <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farxiv.org…> with Lorenzo Zambotti). ------------------------------------------------ The zoom link will appear the day before on the OWPS website: https://www.owprobability.org/one-world-probability-seminar <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.owpro…> It can also be directly accessed through the link below: <http://goog_1741272511> https://uniroma1.zoom.us/j/86530184507?pwd=N0cyVGw4MmIzR2dyV3JZeHhzZ2w5QT09 <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Funiroma1.…> Please feel free to circulate this email. We hope to see you all tomorrow! One World Probability Team -- ************************************************* 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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Pisa Online Seminars - Martin Saal (Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 14:00)
by Giacomo Filippo Di Gesu 19 Jan '21

19 Jan '21

Dear colleagues, I would like to announce the following online seminar organized by the Probability group of the University of Pisa. The talk will be accessible under the link Click here to join the meeting<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3a17115d7f6ef44c5e91974362906c…> Best regards, Giacomo Tuesday, Jan. 26, 14:00 Speaker: Martin Saal (SNS Pisa) Title: Dissipative SQG equations driven by space-time white noise Abstract: see attachement. ************************ Giacomo Di Gesù Dipartimento di Matematica Università di Pisa Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 5 56127 - Pisa, Italy giacomo.digesu(a)unipi.it<mailto:giacomo.digesu@unipi.it> https://sites.google.com/site/giacomodigesu/

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Fwd: postdoctoral position at University of Vienna
by Silvestri, Vittoria 19 Jan '21

19 Jan '21

Ricevo e inoltro con piacere. Cari saluti, Vittoria ******************************** Vittoria Silvestri Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics University "La Sapienza" Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 00185 - Rome ******************************** ---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Nathanael Berestycki <nberestycki(a)gmail.com> Date: mar 19 gen 2021 alle ore 16:34 Subject: postdoctoral position at University of Vienna To: GLAZMAN Alexander <alexander.glazman(a)univie.ac.at>, Marcin Lis < marcin.lis(a)univie.ac.at> Dear colleagues, A 3-year postdoctoral position in probability has just been advertised at the University of Vienna. You can see the ad for instance here <https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/17173>. The closing date for applications is on 14 February. We would be grateful if you could forward this to any suitable candidate. Meanwhile we send you our best wishes, and hope you stay well during what are undoubtedly challenging times for all of us. Nathanael Berestycki, Sasha Glazman, Marcin Lis

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Fwd: [owps] One World Probability Seminar
by Faggionato, Alessandra 19 Jan '21

19 Jan '21

Buongiorno, vi giro il messaggio mandato alla mailing list del OWPS. Grazie per l'attenzione Alessandra ---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Andreas Kyprianou <ak257(a)bath.ac.uk> Date: lun 18 gen 2021 alle ore 19:28 Subject: [owps] One World Probability Seminar To: <owps(a)lists.bath.ac.uk> Dear All, (Apologies if you get this message more than once). Thank you for your ongoing support for the One World Probability Seminar. We would be grateful if you could please circulate the message below around your research networks, to help us reach probabilists who are not subscribers to the OWPS mailing list. Started last spring in response to the Covid-19 epidemic, the OWP seminar seeks to present top level speakers from around the world to a broad international audience of probabilists. It takes place each Thursday on Zoom and is simultaneously live streamed on YouTube (check the website to see the time in your local time zone). The weekly format is typically two talks on the same or related subjects, aimed at a broad audience. The first talk is usually a background talk, while the second highlights more contemporary research developments. You can find the details of the upcoming seminars, videos and slides of past- seminars, and instructions on how to subscribe to the OWPS mailing list on the OWPS website https://www.owprobability.org/one-world-probability-seminar The weekly seminars are announced to the mailing list the day before. We look forward to your participation in the seminar series this spring. Alessandra Faggionato and Amanda Turner (OWPS chairs, spring 2021)

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Elizabeth Meckes
by Giovanni Peccati 16 Jan '21

16 Jan '21

Dear Colleagues, this is a slightly unusual message. As you probably know, Elizabeth Meckes - an expert in random matrix theory and Stein's method - died unexpectedly in December 2020 after a short illness, while on sabbatical in Oxford. She was 40 years old: https://thedaily.case.edu/remembering-professor-of-mathematics-elizabeth-me… Yesterday, during a conference in Bonn, Persi Diaconis (her former PhD advisor) gave a talk about Elizabeth, her research and her personality. It is a beautiful and very touching speech, yet able to convey the universal joy of doing research and mentoring young colleagues. You can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xldMG911NN0&feature=emb_logo All my best, Giovanni -- Prof. Giovanni Peccati ------------------------------------------ Head of the Department of Mathematics Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine ------------------------------------------ University of Luxembourg ----------------------------------------- homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/giovannipeccati/Home E-mail: giovanni.peccati(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: [owps] One World Probability Seminar Thursday January 14, 2021
by Faggionato, Alessandra 13 Jan '21

13 Jan '21

Forwardo il messaggio sotto per chi non fosse iscritto alla OWPS mailing list. Buona serata Alessandra ---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: One World Probability <ow.probability(a)gmail.com> Date: mer 13 gen 2021 alle ore 18:27 Subject: [owps] One World Probability Seminar Thursday January 14, 2021 To: <owps(a)lists.bath.ac.uk> Tomorrow's speakers in the One World Probability Seminar are (Note: all times are in UTC. *Due to time changes, you should check what that translates to in your location*) ------------------------------------------------ (14:00-15:00 UTC) Speaker: Thomas Leblé (CNRS - Université de Paris (MAP5)) Title: Coulomb gases: a short introduction Abstract: Coulomb potentials are natural examples of systems with long-range interactions. They appear in statistical physics, random matrix theory, vortex systems, constructive approximation… and can be seen as a (possibly infinite) random collection of points that exhibit interesting stochastic features depending on the length scale and the temperature T. For example, their global arrangement is predicted by a mean field model and is found to be independent of T, whereas their local arrangement varies wildly with T while conserving strong, surprising rigidity properties all along. I will present some basic facts about the analysis of Coulomb gases and mention a few long-standing questions around which recent developments have taken place. (15:00-16:00 UTC) Sylvia Serfaty (NYU Courant) Title: Local laws and fluctuations for Coulomb gases Abstract: We are interested in the statistical mechanics of systems of N points with Coulomb interactions in general dimension for a broad temperature range. We discuss local laws characterizing the rigidity of the system at the microscopic level, as well as free energy expansion and Central Limit Theorems for fluctuations. ------------------------------------------------ The zoom link will appear the day before on the OWPS website: https://www.owprobability.org/one-world-probability-seminar <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.owpro…> It can also be directly accessed through the link below: https://uniroma1.zoom.us/j/84008096626?pwd=N3MyYUFaMElvazIrS3hzNE1aSnRRZz09 <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Funiroma1.…> Please feel free to circulate this email. We hope to see you all tomorrow! One World Probability Team -- ************************************************* 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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Talk by Arturo Jaramillo [Jan 19, 4:30pm - Zoom]
by Maurizia Rossi 13 Jan '21

13 Jan '21

Dear all, I would like to announce the following online seminar that will take place next week via the Zoom platform. Best regards, Maurizia Rossi *Tuesday, Jan 19 - 4:30pm *(Rome time zone) Speaker: *Arturo Jaramillo Gil* (*CIMAT -* Centro de Investigación en matemáticas, Mexico) Title: *Quantitative Erdös-Kac theorem for additive functions* Summary: The talk will take as a starting point the celebrated Erdös-Kac theorem; a result of great importance in probabilistic number theory, which establishes that the fluctuations of the number of prime factors in a uniform sample over {1,..., n} are asymptotically Gaussian. Naturally, after the publication of this result, many quantitative versions of it have been studied. LeVeque conjectured that the optimal rate was asymptotically equivalent to loglog(n)^(-1/2). This was later proved by Turan and Rényi by means of an ingenious manipulation of the underlying characteristic function. Unfortunately, up to this day, all the perspectives for solving LeVeque's conjecture are based on the use of non-trivial complex analysis tools, while the probabilistic perspective has been only successfully applied to obtain suboptimal rates of convergence. In this talk, we will give a purely probabilistic proof of LeVeque's conjecture which will allow us to address the problem in a general fashion by means of Stein's method techniques. *Link Zoom* https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88100676046?pwd=NTFjdlAyVjdSTE8rVnBmUGVWelFPdz09 *Meeting ID*: 881 0067 6046 *Passcode*: 680246 - - - Maurizia Rossi Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni Università di Milano-Bicocca

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XXII Workshop on Quantitative Finance - program available
by Cecilia Mancini 12 Jan '21

12 Jan '21

Dear All, we are glad to announce the program of the XXII Workshop on Quantitative Finance. This is available at the website: http://dse.univr.it/qfw2021/ where you can also (freely) register for the event (registration is necessary to get the zoom links). Looking forward to welcoming you virtually in Verona! The Organizing Committee (Letizia Pellegrini, Roberto Renò, Cecilia Mancini, Alessandro Gnoatto, Athena Picarelli, Marco Patacca, Maria Flora)

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6th workshop Energy Finance Italia - deadline approaching
by Tiziano Vargiolu 12 Jan '21

12 Jan '21

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 21:39:58 +0100 From: Paolo Falbo <paolo.falbo(a)unibs.it> Dear All, we are glad to announce the sixth edition of Energy Finance Italia. The conference will be organized by the Department of Economics and Management of the University of Brescia and will take place on February 22-23, 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at the moment we still cannot decide the format of the conference, whether fully online or hybrid. In any case, we will ta ke that decision in due time, and we will communicate it by means of our web site and our newsletter. Keynote speakers: - Nicola Secomandi, Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business "Quadratic hedging and applications to energy" - Carlos Ruiz Mora, Univ. Carlos III of Madrid "Strategic sales-mix management in power generation - Eleonora Bettinzoli, ARERA "Covid-19 and Finacial risk in the Italian electricity market" The deadline for the submission of a long abstract (max two pages) is *January 18, 2021* Notification of acceptance: January 28, 2021. Registration and payment of fees: February 8, 2021. All the information at the link http://energyfinanceitalia.unicam.it/index.php/energy-finance-italia-6-work… Best regards, Paolo Falbo on behalf of the Organizing Committee

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borse PhD - Paris
by Cristina TONINELLI 12 Jan '21

12 Jan '21

Buongiorno a tutti, scrivo per diffondere l'annuncio di un'offerta di 40 borse di PhD in matematica a Parigi riservate a candidati stranieri (20 borse con inizio settembre 2021 e 20 borse con inizio settembre 2022). Le borse sono riservate a studenti che non hanno trascorso piu' di 1 anno in Francia negli ultimi 3 anni che intendano svolgere il PhD in uno dei numerosi laboratori della Fondation Sciences Mathematiques de Paris. La data di scadenza per quest'anno e' il 13 febbraio 2021. Il sito del bando https://www.sciencesmaths-paris.fr/fr/cofund-mathinparis-842.htm Per ulteriori informazioni, i candidati interessati possono contattarmi direttamente via mail. buon anno a tutti Cristina Toninelli MathInParis2020 - sciencesmaths-paris.fr<https://www.sciencesmaths-paris.fr/fr/cofund-mathinparis-842.htm> Eligibility criteria. Mobility rule: Applicants may not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in France for more than 12 months in the three years immediately before the deadline of the co-funded program's call, i.e. from the 13 th of February 2018 to the 13 th of February 2021. Early-stage researchers: Candidates must have a master’s degree or an equivalent ... www.sciencesmaths-paris.fr --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cristina Toninelli Postal Address: Ceremade Univ.Paris Dauphine Place du Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny 75775 Paris Cedex 16 - France Office: B617 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: [owps] One World Probability Seminar - Spring Series
by Faggionato, Alessandra 11 Jan '21

11 Jan '21

Forwardo messaggio in merito al OWPS Saluti Alessandra ---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Amanda Turner <turneramanda(a)gmail.com> Date: gio 7 gen 2021 alle ore 11:58 Subject: [owps] One World Probability Seminar - Spring Series To: <owps(a)lists.bath.ac.uk> Dear all, This email is to inform you that the spring series of the OWPS will start on January 14, beginning with talks by Thomas Leblé (Paris) and Sylvia Serfaty (NYU Courant). The seminars will take place each Thursday at 14:00-16:00 UTC on Zoom. A detailed announcement will be sent to the mailing list on Wednesday. The website https://www.owprobability.org/one-world-probability-seminar <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.owpro…> will shortly be updated with information on the seminars. Finally, it is our pleasure to thank Ivan Corwin and Milton Jara for organizing the previous OWPS series. Wishing you a happy new year, Amanda and Alessandra -- ************************************************* 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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Minicourse on Reinforcement Learning - Università di Trento
by Luigi Amedeo Bianchi 08 Jan '21

08 Jan '21

[English version below] Il Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università di Trento organizza all'interno del corso di laurea magistrale in Matematica, percorso Matematica per la Data Science, il crash course Reinforcement Learning: the way machines learn tenuto dal Prof. Maurizio Parton (Università di Chieti-Pescara), nei giorni 27, 29 gennaio e 3, 5 febbraio 2021. Il corso sarà in remoto e in lingua inglese. La partecipazione è gratuita, ma è necessaria la registrazione, mandando un'email a luigiamedeo.bianchi(a)unitn.it Il numero di posti disponibili per partecipanti esterni è limitato. Ulteriori informazioni alla pagina http://datascience.maths.unitn.it/events/rl2021/ The Department of Mathematics at the University of Trento organises within the Master's program in Mathematics, track Mathematics for Data Science, the crash course Reinforcement Learning: the way machines learn held by Prof. Maurizio Parton (University of Chieti-Pescara), on Jan. 27 and 29, and Feb. 3 and 5, 2021. The course will take place online and will be given in English. Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. To register, send an email to luigiamedeo.bianchi(a)unitn.it The number of places available for external participants is limited. Abstract: Reinforcement Learning (RL) is a machine learning technique where an agent learns to solve a decision problem by performing actions and assessing their results. RL has been acknowledged as a breakthrough technology by MIT in 2017. We will study the fundamentals of RL and will sketch the latest methods used to solve a variety of complex tasks, from gaming to computer science, finance, and robotics. This is a 12h crash course intended for students with a background in probability. The course is comprised of theory, applications and assignments. Some experience with Python may prove useful to fully profit from the exercises and assignments. Further information available on the following webpage: http://datascience.maths.unitn.it/events/rl2021/

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Reinforcement Learning challenge (Turing Institute, Jan 18-25)
by Alessandro Zocca 07 Jan '21

07 Jan '21

Ricevo e inoltro, si noti che la scadenza è domani. ------------------------------------------- Would you like to gain hands-on experience of Reinforcement Learning? Take part in testing RangL, a brand new open-source competition platform to accelerate progress in data-driven control problems, especially in the context of energy and transportation systems. Reinforcement Learning challenge 18-25 Jan 2021 The Alan Turing Institute • Free entry • Individuals and teams (two or more people) can apply • Three levels of difficulty available • All successful invitees supported with ‘Ask away!’ channel on Slack • Certificate of participation included Contact: rangl(a)turing.ac.uk before 8 January 2021. Participation is by invitation only so early application is advised. Check out the project web page at https://www.turing.ac.uk/research/research-projects/ai-control-problems ================================= Alessandro Zocca (he/his) Assistant Professor Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Department of Mathematics https://sites.google.com/site/zoccaale/

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CANSSI Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship (CDPF) Call for Candidates
by Giovanni Puccetti 07 Jan '21

07 Jan '21

Two CDPF scholarships are available for candidates interested in copula modeling. Mixed High-Dimensional Copulas for Multivariate Time Series in Public Health Supervisor: Bruno Rémillard, HEC Montréal Co-Supervisor: Bouchra Nasri, Université de Montréal Applications of Long-Memory Models and Copulas to the Reconstruction of Millennial Streamflow Levels Supervisor: Rafal Kulik, University of Ottawa Co-Supervisor: Bruno Rémillard, HEC Montréal The details are given in the following website: http://www.canssi.ca/research-and-training-opportunities/canssi-postdoctora… <http://www.canssi.ca/research-and-training-opportunities/canssi-postdoctora…> where other different projects can be found. Applications are due by January 19, 2021.

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Padova Online Seminar by Giacomo Di Gesù (Università di Pisa) [Friday, Jan. 15 at 14.30]
by alessandra bianchi 07 Jan '21

07 Jan '21

Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to the following Probability seminar that will take place on January 15 at 14.30 by the zoom platform. ________________________________________________________ Speaker: Giacomo Di Gesù (Università di Pisa) Title: Metastability for an SPDE via functional inequalities 15 JANUARY (Friday) - 14:30 zoom link: TBA (available on the webpage https://www.math.unipd.it/~bianchi/seminari/ ) Abstract: We consider a small perturbation by space-time Gaussian white noise of the Allen-Cahn equation. The latter is a nonlinear PDE, which can be seen as a gradient flow with respect to a double-well potential. The perturbed stochastic evolution is then a paradigmatic model exhibiting metastable dynamics: before exploring the full state space and reaching equilibrium, the system remains localized at the bottom of one well for a very long time. In the talk I will present a general approach to get metastability estimates in this infinite-dimensional setting. The focus is on sharp estimates that go beyond rough large deviation asymptotics and that are crucial for deriving coarse-grained effective dynamics. A key ingredient of the method is the systematic use of log-Sobolev inequalities in order to lift tunnelling calculations to infinite dimensions. As a main application we show how to compute the leading asymptotic behavior of the exponentially small spectral gap. We obtain an explicit formula expressed in terms of a certain Fredhom determinant as prefactor. This result shows that the gap behaves like the inverse of the average tunnelling time between wells and provides an alternative, spectral-theoretic way to prove the Eyring-Kramers formula. Based on joint work with Morris Brooks (IST Austria). -- Alessandra Bianchi Dip. di Matematica Università di Padova Via Trieste, 63 - 35121 Padova, Italy phone: +39 049 827 14 06 fax: +39 049 827 14 28 e-mail: bianchi(a)math.unipd.it http://www.math.unipd.it/~bianchi/

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Fwd: Vacancies in Leiden: 15 PhDs and postdocs in Mathematics, deadline January 31, 2021
by Faggionato, Alessandra 05 Jan '21

05 Jan '21

Ricevo da Luca Avena (Leiden) e con piacere inoltro Saluti Alessandra ---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Avena, L. <l.avena(a)math.leidenuniv.nl> Date: mar 5 gen 2021 alle ore 14:00 Subject: Vacancies in Leiden: 15 PhDs and postdocs in Mathematics, deadline January 31, 2021 Dear friends and colleagues, The very best wishes for a better 2021 to all of you! I would like to ask you to advertise within your network of potentially interested colleagues and students, 15 open vacancies for PhDs and Postdocs at our Math department in Leiden with deadline end of January. The application description can be found at this link: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies/2020/q4/20-572-phd-candidate… Thanks for the attention and see you hopefully soon. Sincerely, Luca -- ************************************************* 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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Assegno biennale presso il Dipartimento di Matematica, La Sapienza, Roma
by Faggionato, Alessandra 05 Jan '21

05 Jan '21

Buongiorno, in merito all'assegno di ricerca biennale con bando https://web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/sites/default/files/bando2020-8.pdf <https://web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/sites/default/files/bando2020-8.pdf> presso il Dipartimento di Matematica - La Sapienza (già pubblicizzato in questa mailing list), vi mando dei dati aggiuntivi in Inglese a supporto di potenziali candidati stranieri. Saluti Alessandra - Position: Assegno di Ricerca, *which is the equivalent of a post-doc position*. - Degree required at the moment of application: PhD. - Institution: Dipartimento di Matematica “Guido Castelnuovo”, SAPIENZA Università di Roma (https://www.mat.uniroma1.it/). - Field: Mathematics and its applications. - Duration: 2 years. - Estimated gross salary: 22.600 EUR per year (which corresponds to a net wage of about 1650 EUR per month). - Teaching load: no teaching duties. - Expected starting: Summer/Autumn 2021. Here is the link for the official call (unfortunately in Italian only): https://web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/sites/default/files/bando2020-8.pdf Applications shall be sent by registered letter, attested by an acknowledgment of receipt, or *by PEC*, the *deadline being January 20th, 2021* (the postmark serving as proof). For those of you who cannot speak/understand Italian, further information and/or assistance with the application process can be found at the URL https://sites.google.com/uniroma1.it/istruzioni-inglese-bando8-2020/guideto… The above link will also appear soon on the webpage of the Department of Mathematics. -- ************************************************* 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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Tenure Track position in Statistics at the Mathematical Institutes, Leiden University
by Anna Maria Paganoni 04 Jan '21

04 Jan '21

Dear colleagues, applications are invited for assistant professor (Tenure Track) position in Statistics at the Mathematical Institutes, Leiden University. We are looking for candidates with a strong background in Mathematical Statistics/Statistics or Probability and interest in statistical methodology and/or applications. More details about the application procedure can be found at https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies/2020/q4/20-573-assistant-pro… Closing date 15-th January For information please contact Marta Fiocco m.fiocco(a)math.leidenuniv.nl Anna Maria Paganoni MOX - Modeling and Scientific Computing Dipartimento di Matematica "F. Brioschi" Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 I-20133 Milano - Italy tel. +39 02 2399 4574 fax. +39 02 2399 4568 e.mail: anna.paganoni(a)polimi.it

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Fwd: Borse di studio per Master Data Science and Statistical Learning (MD2SL)
by Giacomo Scandolo 28 Dec '20

28 Dec '20

(aggiungo che il sito del master è https://md2sl.imtlucca.it/) -------- Messaggio Inoltrato -------- Oggetto: Borse di studio per Master Data Science and Statistical Learning (MD2SL) Data: Thu, 24 Dec 2020 10:03:30 +0100 Mittente: datascience(a)unifi.it Organizzazione: Universita' degli Studi di Firenze A: datascience(a)unifi.it Cari tutti, vi segnaliamo che è stato pubblicato il bando di selezione per il conferimento di *due Borse di Studio* finalizzate all'iscrizione al *Master di II livello in Data Science and Statistical Learning (MD2SL)*, promosso dal Florence Center for Data Science, attraverso il Dipartimento di Statistica, Informatica, Applicazioni (DISIA) "G. Parenti" dell'Università degli Studi di Firenze, e dalla Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca. Il bando e ulteriori dettagli sono disponibili al seguente link: https://www.disia.unifi.it/upload/sub/didattica/master/disia_Bando_Borse_Ma… <https://www.disia.unifi.it/upload/sub/didattica/master/disia_Bando_Borse_Ma…>, e sul sito del Florence Center for Data Science, tra le News: https://datascience.unifi.it/index.php/news/ <https://datascience.unifi.it/index.php/news/>. Scadenza per la presentazione delle domande: 14/01/2021 ore 13.00. Vi chiediamo gentilmente di diffondere l'annuncio tra i potenziali interessati. Grazie, Cordiali Saluti, Florence Center for Data Science

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assegno di ricerca
by benedetta.ferrario 28 Dec '20

28 Dec '20

Buongiorno. Segnalo un bando per assegno di ricerca (annuale ma rinnovabile un secondo anno) presso il DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE ECONOMICHE E AZIENDALI dell'Università di Pavia sul tema MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL MARKETS Trovate qui il bando in inglese http://www-assegni.unipv.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/BANDO-PICA-A-FRG2020… e qui in italiano http://www-assegni.unipv.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/BANDO-PICA-A-FRG2020… Grazie. Auguri di buone feste Benedetta

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assegno di ricerca
by benedetta.ferrario 28 Dec '20

28 Dec '20

Buongiorno. Segnalo un bando per assegno di ricerca (annuale ma rinnovabile un secondo anno) presso il DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE ECONOMICHE E AZIENDALI dell'Università di Pavia sul tema MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL MARKETS Trovate qui il bando in inglese http://www-assegni.unipv.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/BANDO-PICA-A-FRG2020… e qui in italiano http://www-assegni.unipv.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/BANDO-PICA-A-FRG2020… Grazie. Auguri di buone feste Benedetta

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Assegni di ricerca biennali e annuali
by Faggionato, Alessandra 22 Dec '20

22 Dec '20

Buongiorno segnalo i seguenti bandi per assegni di ricerca annuali e biennali al Dipartimento di Matematica della Sapienza: https://web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/dettaglio_bando_albo/168015 https://web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/dettaglio_bando_albo/168016 Grazie Saluti Alessandra -- ************************************************* 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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TU Graz, open position in Discrete Mathematics and Probability
by Daniela Bertacchi 22 Dec '20

22 Dec '20

Inoltro a tutti gli interessati il seguente annuncio (la posizione è quella attualmente occupata da Wolfgang Woess). ******************************************************************************** Full professor "Discrete Mathematics and Probability", TU Graz TU Graz is looking to appoint a tenured full professor of Discrete Mathematics and Probability, starting October 2022. We are looking for a highly qualified individual of international standing who has an excellent research profile and is committed to represent the intersection of Discrete Mathematics and Probability in both teaching and research. For more information please see the web apge https://www.tugraz.at/go/professorships-vacancies. Applications must be sent to the email address bewerbungen.mpug(a)tugraz.at no later than March 31, 2021. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Johannes Wallner Tel (+43) 316 873 8440 Institut fuer Geometrie der TU Graz, Kopernikusgasse 24, 8010 Graz. j.wallner(a)tugraz.at http://www.geometrie.tugraz.at/wallner --------------------------------- ------------------------------------

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Webinar DAVID ROSSELL
by Pierpaolo De Blasi 17 Dec '20

17 Dec '20

WEBINARS IN STATISTICS @ COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO <https://www.carloalberto.org/events/category/seminars/seminars-in-statistic…> Joint initiative with MIDAS COMPLEX MODELING RESEARCH NETWORK <http://midas.mat.uc.cl/network> Giovedi 17 Dicembre 2020, alle ore 17:00, si terrà il seguente webinar: ------------------------------------------------ Speaker: *David Rossell *(Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain) Title: *Approximate Laplace approximation* Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84312531120?pwd=VVJraStLVkR2M0w0ZXZnU3M0MFp2UT09 <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88252069649?pwd=V2Z3b1UrZVVWNWZ4OXhydUtIakxpUT09> Meeting ID: 843 1253 1120 Passcode: 105560 Abstract: Bayesian model selection requires an integration exercise in order to assign posterior model probabilities to each candidate model. The computation becomes cumbersome when the integral has no closed-form, particularly when the sample size is large, or the number of models is large. We present a simple yet powerful idea based on the Laplace approximation (LA) to an integral. LA uses a quadratic Taylor expansion at the mode of the integrand and is typically quite accurate, but requires cumbersome likelihood evaluations (for large n) an optimization (for large p). We propose the approximate Laplace approximation (ALA), which uses an Taylor expansion at the null parameter value. ALA brings very significant speed-ups by avoiding optimizations altogether, and evaluating likelihoods via sufficient statistics. ALA is an approximate inference method equipped with strong model selection properties in the family of non-linear GLMs, attaining comparable rates to exact computation. When (inevitably) the model is misspecified the ALA rates can actually be faster than for exact computation, depending on the type of misspecification. We show examples in non-linear Gaussian regression with non-local priors, for which no closed-form integral exists, as well as non-linear logistic, Poisson and survival regression. ------------------------------------------------ Il webinar è organizzato dalla "de Castro" Statistics Initiative www.carloalberto.org/stats in collaborazione con il Collegio Carlo Alberto e rientra nel Complex Data Modeling Research Network midas.mat.uc.cl/network Cordiali saluti, Pierpaolo De Blasi --- University of Torino & Collegio Carlo Alberto carloalberto.org/pdeblasi <https://sites.google.com/a/carloalberto.org/pdeblasi/>

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Conferenza online "Giovani probabilisti" a S. Pietroburgo 21-23 dicembre
by Massimo Campanino 17 Dec '20

17 Dec '20

Conferenza online "Giovani probabilisti" a S. Pietroburgo 21-23 dicembre https://site.unibo.it/current-trends-in-mathematics/en/events/st-petersburg…

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Post-Doc and PhD positions at WIAS, Berlin
by Luisa Andreis 17 Dec '20

17 Dec '20

Dear colleagues, I’d like to draw your attention to the following open positions (one PhD and one Post-Doc) in Berlin. Please, feel free to forward this announcement to anyone who might be interested. "The Weierstrass Institute in Berlin (WIAS) invites applications for a two positions, one at post-doctoral level and one for a PhD student. Both positions are in the newly founded Leibniz Junior Research Group “Probabilistic Methods for Dynamic Communication Networks” (Head: Dr. B. Jahnel); the positions are available immediately. The successful candidates will perform rigorous probabilistic and analytic mathematical work on dynamical spatial random geometric systems as models for future telecommunication networks, in collaboration with other group members and partners at WIAS, in industry and in academia. The research results shall be published in scientific journals and technical reports, and presented at conferences. The applicants must at a minimum hold a master’s degree in mathematics or related fields with high emphasis on probability. For the post-doctoral position a PhD in mathematics should be completed or very close to completion. Knowledge in statistical physics, interacting particle systems, or stochastic geometry will be important. Please direct scientific queries to Dr. B. Jahnel (Jahnel(a)wias-berlin.de <mailto:Jahnel@wias-berlin.de>). The appointment is initially limited for 24 months. The work schedule is 39 hours per week, and the salary is according to the German TVoeD scale. Please see the following links for more information and in order to apply: https://short.sg/j/8332092 <https://short.sg/j/8332092> (post-doc) and https://short.sg/j/8331747 <https://short.sg/j/8331747> (PhD). Please note that the deadline for applications is 31 December.” Best wishes, Luisa Andreis Post-Doc researcher WIAS-Weierstrass Institute Mohrenstrasse 39, 10117 Berlin, Germany Personal webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/luisaandreis/home <https://sites.google.com/view/luisaandreis/home> Email: andreis(a)wias-berlin.de

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Assistant Professor positions in the Department of Statistics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
by Antonio DI CRESCENZO 16 Dec '20

16 Dec '20

Diffondo su richiesta del collega Bernardo D'Auria un annuncio di posti per: Assistant Professor positions (tenure-track) in the Department of Statistics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid scadenza: 28 febbraio 2021 per dettagli: http://halweb.uc3m.es/seminarios/conv-tenure-track.pdf Cordiali saluti ============================================= Antonio Di Crescenzo Dipartimento di Matematica Università degli Studi di Salerno Via Giovanni Paolo II, n. 132 <https://maps.google.com/?q=Via+Giovanni+Paolo+II,+n.+132+%0D%0A84084+Fiscia…> 84084 Fisciano (SA) Italy Tel. +39-089-963349 E-mail(1): adicrescenzo(a)unisa.it E-mail(2): adicresc(a)gmail.com Web: http://www.unisa.it/docenti/antoniodicrescenzo/index Skype: antoniodicrescenzo =============================================

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Assistant Professor (3-year contract) position at DCU
by Paolo Guasoni 16 Dec '20

16 Dec '20

Dear Colleague, Dublin City University has a Assistant Professor (3-year contract) position in Mathematics: https://www.dcu.ie/sites/default/files/inline-files/bc0610-fsh-hci-assistan… The closing date for the application is January 6, 2021. 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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Fwd: Postdoctoral position in Probability at the University of Bath
by Silvestri, Vittoria 15 Dec '20

15 Dec '20

Segnalo con piacere questa opportunità di postdoc a Bath. Vittoria ---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Daniel Kious <dk746(a)bath.ac.uk> Date: lun 14 dic 2020 alle ore 23:11 Subject: Postdoctoral position in Probability at the University of Bath To: d.kious(a)bath.ac.uk < IMCEAEMAIL-+20d+2Ekious+40bath+2Eac+2Euk(a)gbrp265.prod.outlook.com> Dear Colleagues and Friends, I would greatly appreciate if you could bring the following announcement to the attention of the relevant applicants. A postdoctoral position in Probability is open at the University of Bath. The position is for two years, starting 1 July 2021, and the successful applicant will work with Dr Daniel Kious, on topics related to random walks and random environments. Please, find the full announcement at the end of this email. Applications are open and the deadline is 11 January 2021, see: https://www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/CC8004 In order to have the best chances, the applicants should provide the following: -an updated CV; -a list of publications; -a short research statement; -the names of two referees who agreed to write a letter of support, and one of them must be the current employer or a past employer. Best wishes, Daniel Kious. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ - A postdoctoral research position is available in the area of probability to start 1 July 2021. The position is available for 2 years and is funded by the EPSRC grant "Random walks in dynamic random environment" of Daniel Kious. You will be associated with the probability laboratory (Prob-L@B <https://www.bath.ac.uk/research-centres/probability-laboratory-at-bath/>) of the Department of Mathematical Sciences <https://www.bath.ac.uk/departments/department-of-mathematical-sciences/> at the University of Bath. Prob-L@B is one of the largest probability group in the UK and benefits from a very active and collaborative team, with expertise covering many areas of Probability, cultivating a high-level and friendly atmosphere. The successful applicant will be expected not only to work on the project, but also to interact with the other members of Prob-L@B. The area of research will be centred on the mathematical analysis of random walks in random environment or dynamic random environment, reinforced random walks or other processes with reinforcement, percolation, spin systems. The ideal candidate is expected to have a strong background in discrete probability theory, and have (or expect to obtain shortly) a PhD in Probability, or related areas. Our campus is surrounded by beautiful countryside, and the City of Bath with its historic charm and social activity only a short distance away creates an excellent environment in which to work. We encourage all staff to learn, develop new skills and progress their careers throughout their employment with us and believe our staff <https://www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/display.aspx?id=1091&pid=221#section3> are vital in creating the University’s inclusive and innovative community. We are committed to providing a family friendly workplace <https://www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/family-friendly-workplace/> and our staff have access to a number of services that promote wellbeing <https://www.bath.ac.uk/topics/wellbeing/> and improve work-life balance. We recognise the commitment, achievements and talents of our workforce through our offering of initiatives and benefits <https://www.bath.ac.uk/professional-services/pay-and-reward>, including (but not limited to): - Generous employer pension contributions - 39 days holiday (annual leave, discretionary days and bank holidays) - A flexible working environment - A commitment to personal and professional development - Ofsted outstanding rated onsite nursery - Salary exchange scheme (cycle to work) - Onsite private and NHS dentist, onsite medical centre - Employee discount scheme We aim to be an inclusive university, where *difference is celebrated*, respected and encouraged. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds leads to a better environment for our employees and students, creating a learning environment and organisational *culture that enhances **health and wellbeing* <https://www.bath.ac.uk/topics/wellbeing/> across our community. We are very proud to have recently received Ambassadors for Autism certification <https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/university-receives-ambassadors-for-au…> and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff <http://www.bath.ac.uk/hr/working/disability-support/index.html>. -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ - Dr Daniel Kious University of Bath - Prob-L@b email: d.kious(a)bath.ac.uk Office: 6 West 1.23 Phone: 01225 38 6186 ******************************** Vittoria Silvestri Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics University "La Sapienza" Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 00185 - Rome ********************************

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Webinar of Prof. Hinz at UNIBS, Department of Economics and Management (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 14 Dec '20

14 Dec '20

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 00:41:25 +0100 From: Pelizzari Cristian <cristian.pelizzari(a)unibs.it> To: Tiziano Vargiolu <vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it> Subject: Webinar of Prof. Hinz at UNIBS, Department of Economics and Management Ciao Tiziano, ti chiedo la cortesia di diffondere questo avviso di seminario ai tuoi canali. Ho gi? spedito questa e-mail al Segretario Generale dell'A.M.A.S.E.S.. Mi scuso per la scadenza ravvicinata. Grazie e a presto, Cristian *** Dear Colleagues, on December 17th, 2020 - 11:30 (CET), as part of the Research Seminars at the Department of Economics and Management, University of Brescia, the following webinar will take place: On Optimal Planning of Double-Spending Attacks presented by Prof. Juri Hinz, University of Technology Sydney, and organized by Prof. Paolo Falbo and Prof. Cristian Pelizzari Abstract Diverse concepts originating from the blockchain idea have gained popularity. However, there is concern about stability of such systems. In this setting, an attempt to spend the digital funds more than once (the so-called double-spending attack) has been analyzed by several authors. The present contribution addresses a refinement to this problem under realistic assumptions. Live presentation on: Google Meet. To participate, registration is required by filling out the following form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3_vL6Rzi7rNf7FiburuLBjC1cc32oA4U SHdQDaivS9_cB5w/viewform Subscribers will be e-mailed the link to the webinar meeting. *** -- Associate Professor of Mathematical Methods of Economics, Finance and Actuarial Sciences Department of Economics and Management University of Brescia Contrada S. Chiara, 50 25122 BRESCIA BS ITALY E-mail cristian.pelizzari(a)unibs.it Tel. 0039-030-2988516 Microsoft Teams contact Informativa sulla Privacy: http://www.unibs.it/node/8155

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Fwd: Two-year Postdoc in Statistics for COVID-19 modelling, Oslo, Norway
by DipIMAP 14 Dec '20

14 Dec '20

Forwardo anche questo con piacere... GPST > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Arnoldo Frigessi <arnoldo.frigessi(a)medisin.uio.no> > Subject: Two-year Postdoc in Statistics for COVID-19 modelling, Oslo, Norway > Date: 13 December 2020 at 22.15 GMT+1 > To: DipIMAP <scaliato(a)axp.mat.uniroma2.it> > > Two-year Postdoctoral Position in Statistics for COVID-19 modelling, Oslo, Norway > > The postdoc will develop new statistical methodology and models to describe and predict the dynamics of the COVID-19 pandemics in Norway and across the Nordic countries. This is part of a new exciting Nordic collaboration project financed by NordForsk with Tom Britton, Stockholm University, Arnoldo Frigessi, Oslo University and Lasse Leskelä, Alto University as co-PIs. If you are selected as postdoc, you will work in close collaboration with the three Nordic teams. We will work on the covid-19 dynamics in space and type, also across the Nordic borders; we will exploit human mobility data in real time described by telecom mobility data; develop methods for probabilistic short term prediction; evaluate and compare alternative interventions. The project has unique access to COVID-19 data streams. There is a possibility to extend the period for an additional year. You can find some more information here: https://nordicmathcovid.cs.aalto.fi > > The postdoc will be employed at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Oslo. You have a strong competence in statistical modelling and inference and have excellent skills in coding. > > This is a unique project, with multiple opportunities also to develop your own research themes, building your curriculum towards a tenure track/permanent position in a leading university. > > To apply, and for more details on the positions, see here: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/196535/2-year-postdoctoral-p… > > Deadline: 11th January 2021 > > We offer > * Salary up to 55.000 Euro per annum depending on qualifications. > * A career development programme designed for researchers at the beginning of their career. > * Health insurance and very attractive "Scandinavian" welfare benefits. > * A generous pension agreement. > * Oslo's family-friendly environment with its rich opportunities for culture and outdoor activities. > > Arnoldo Frigessi

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Announcement: STAR Online Seminar
by michele giordano 14 Dec '20

14 Dec '20

Dear all, This is a reminder for the: STAR Online Seminars. - The seminar will be held Friday 18. December from 11:00-12:00 . You will recieve the link for the Zoom room by registering for the seminar with the link provided at the end of this mail. The lecture will last for 45 minutes + questions. This week's speaker is Federica Masiero - Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, with the seminar: Regularizing properties and HJB equations for stochastic problems with delay Abstract: In this talk we consider stochastic differential equations with delay. It is well known that the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck transition semigroup doesn’t have regularizing properties, such as the strong Feller property. So in general, the associated Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation cannot be solved in mild sense by a classical fixed point argument. We present a result of existence of regular solutions for the HJB equations related to a stochastic controlled equation with delay in the control and in the case when, as it often occurs in applications, the objective function depends only on the “present” of the state and control variable. The result is based on partial regularization results for the associated Ornstein-Uhlenbeck semigroup. In analogy, we investigate partial reularizing properties in the case of delay in the state and with a special dependence on the past trajectory, and we solve in mild sense the associated HJB equation and the stochastic controlled problem related. The talk is mainly based on joint works with F. Gozzi and G. Tessitore. After the end of the seminar, you are invited to bring a cup of coffee/tea and have a chat in our Coffee in the Stars here you will have the chance to talk and interact with the other persons that attended the seminar, and have a digital "coffee break". We are looking forward to see you, online! Best regards, Michele Giordano Doctoral research fellow Department of Mathematics University of Oslo, Norway ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Register for the seminar: https://nettskjema.no/a/159180 Link for the seminar webpage: https://www.mn.uio.no/math/english/research/projects/storm/events/seminars/…

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Fwd: PhD Position in Statistics at the University of Amsterdam
by fcollet＠math.unipd.it 12 Dec '20

12 Dec '20

Ricevo ed inoltro. Buon weekend, Francesca ----- Forwarded message from Eni Musta <e.musta(a)uva.nl> ----- Dear colleagues, Applications are invited for a PhD position in Statistics at the Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics, University of Amsterdam. The PhD candidate will be supervised by Eni Musta and will work on the project "Shape-constrained estimation in survival analysis". The project aims at development of statistical methodology and theory for cure models using shape-constrained techniques. We are looking for candidates with a strong background in Mathematical Statistics/Statistics or Probability and interest in statistical methodology/theory. More details about the project and the application procedure can be found at: <https://www.uva.nl/en/content/vacancies/2020/12/20-753-phd-position-in-stat…>https://www.uva.nl/en/content/vacancies/2020/12/20-753-phd-position-in-stat…<https://www.uva.nl/en/content/vacancies/2020/12/20-753-phd-position-in-stat…><https://www.uva.nl/en/content/vacancies/2020/12/20-753-phd-position-in-stat…> Best regards, Eni Musta ----- End forwarded message -----

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Fwd: Two 3-year postdocs in statistics and mathematics for personalised breast cancer therapy, University of Oslo, Norway
by DipIMAP 11 Dec '20

11 Dec '20

Forwardo volentieri... Gianpaolo Scalia Tomba Begin forwarded message: From: Arnoldo Frigessi <arnoldo.frigessi(a)medisin.uio.no> Subject: Two 3-year postdocs in statistics and mathematics for personalised breast cancer therapy, University of Oslo, Norway Date: 4 December 2020 at 11.41 GMT+1 To: DipIMAP <scaliato(a)axp.mat.uniroma2.it> -----Original Message----- Are you interested in developing new mathematical, statistical or computational models and methods to determine the best personalised treatment for each breast cancer patient? Applications are invited for two postdoc positions of 3 years each at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Oslo. Ideally we wish to hire one postdoc with a strong competence in mathematical modelling and numerical analysis and one postdoc with a strong competence in statistical modelling, inference and computational statistics. The two postdocs will play a key scientific role in our two cross-disciplinary international projects funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 and EraCoSysMed. The project team includes experts in statistical and mathematical modelling of cancer, in molecular biology, genomics and clinical oncology. The project has access to unique data, including clinical, imaging and high-throughput genomic data from breast cancer patients recruited in concluded clinical trials. You find more information on the project here: www.rescuer.uio.no To apply, and for more details on the positions, see here: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/196515/two-3-year-postdoctor… Deadline: 11th January 2021 We offer * Salary up to 55.000 Euro per annum depending on qualifications. * A career development programme designed for researchers at the beginning of their career. * Possibility to make teaching and consulting experiences, if wished so * Health insurance and very attractive "Scandinavian" welfare benefits. * A generous pension agreement. * Oslo's family-friendly environment with its rich opportunities for culture and outdoor activities. ---------- Arnoldo Frigessi professor University of Oslo Oslo University Hospital Norway Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital Director http://www.med.uio.no/imb/english/research/centres/ocbe/ BigInsight Centre for research based Innovation Director http://www.biginsight.no contact: +4795735574 http://www.med.uio.no/imb/english/people/aca/frigessi/ <http://www.med.uio.no/imb/english/people/aca/frigessi/>

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Webinar at Unibo: A Kolmogorov PDE with non-linear drift: analysis and applications to stochastic filtering
by Andrea Pascucci 10 Dec '20

10 Dec '20

Giovedì 10 Dicembre, ore 17:00 on-line Antonello Pesce terrà un seminario dal titolo A Kolmogorov PDE with non-linear drift: analysis and applications to stochastic filtering Le istruzioni per partecipare al link https://www.dm.unibo.it/seminari/ -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Andrea Pascucci andrea.pascucci(a)unibo.it Dipartimento di Matematica P.zza di Porta S. Donato, 5 40126 Bologna - Italy Office Tel. +39-0512094428 Fax +39 0510821834 https://sites.google.com/view/andrea-pascucci/ Skype: andrea.pascucci https://www.mendeley.com/profiles/andrea-pascucci3/ Get DropBox here: http://db.tt/Y2GN2TCx ---------------------------------------------------------------

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Pisa Online Seminars - Jie-Xiang Zhu (Tuesday, Dec. 15 at 14:00)
by Giacomo Filippo Di Gesu 09 Dec '20

09 Dec '20

Dear colleagues, I would like to announce the following online seminar organized by the Probability group of the University of Pisa. The talk will be accessible under the link Click here to join the meeting<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3A17115d7f6ef44c5e91974362906c…> Best regards, Giacomo Tuesday, Dec. 15, 14:00 Speaker: Jie-Xiang Zhu (Fudan University / Université de Toulouse) Title: On optimal matching problem for Gaussian samples with dimension d ≥ 3 Abstract: Optimal matching problems are very classical in computer science, physics and mathematics. In this talk, we will discuss the related rates of convergence of empirical measures associated with n independent random points, whose common distribution is the normal Gaussian distribution in Euclidean space with dimension d ≥ 3. Our method is based on the PDE and mass transportation approach developed by L. Ambrosio, F. Stra and D. Trevisan. _____________________ Giacomo Di Gesù Dipartimento di Matematica Università di Pisa Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 5 56127 - Pisa, Italy giacomo.digesu(a)unipi.it

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LTI@UniTO seminar Wednesday November 25, 3pm, Albert Menkveld (VU Amsterdam)
by Luca Regis 09 Dec '20

09 Dec '20

|| || |Dear colleagues, | ||||||| LTI@UniTO (www.carloalberto.org/lti <www.carloalberto.org/lti>) and Collegio Carlo Alberto are pleased to invite you to the following webinar in Finance: | | “Equilibrium Bid-Price Dispersion” Speaker: Albert Menkveld (VU Amsterdam), _https://albertjmenkveld.com/about/ <https://albertjmenkveld.com/about/> _ Abstract: If bidding in a common-value auction is costly and if bidders do not know how many others are also bidding, all equilibria are in mixed strategies. Participation is probabilistic and bid prices are dispersed. The symmetric equilibrium is unique and yields simple analytic expressions. We use them to, for example, show that bid prices exhibit negative skewness. The expressions are further used to estimate the model based on bidding on an S&P500 security. We find that the number of bidders declined over time, making liquidity supply fragile. You can join the webinar via zoom at the following link: | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81439851376?pwd=YUFsWXFvNldTaEMrTW55VE5kaXJiQT09 <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81439851376?pwd=YUFsWXFvNldTaEMrTW55VE5kaXJiQT09> Meeting ID: 814 3985 1376 Passcode: 753282 Best regards, Luca Regis -- Luca Regis Associate Professor Department of Economics and Statistics (ESOMAS) University of Torino sites.google.com/view/lucaregis Office: +39 011 670 6065 www.carloalberto.org/lti ||

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Post-doc position at University of Milano on "Extension of Martingale Optimal Transport"
by Luciano Campi 09 Dec '20

09 Dec '20

Dear colleagues, I would be grateful if you could bring to the attention of your best graduate students and PhD holders that a two-year long post-doc research positions is available at the Department of Mathematics at the University of Milano. The research line of the post doc position concerns "Extension of Martingale Optimal Transport Theory" and will be coordinated by Prof. Luciano Campi and Prof. Marco Frittelli. All interested candidates are encouraged to participate to the selection procedure. All information (in Italian and in English) about the position, the application and the deadlines can be found at: https://www.unimi.it/it/ricerca/fare-ricerca-da-noi/assegni-di-ricerca <https://www.unimi.it/it/ricerca/fare-ricerca-da-noi/assegni-di-ricerca> https://www.unimi.it/sites/default/files/2020-11/bando%20assegni%20A%202020… <https://www.unimi.it/sites/default/files/2020-11/bando%20assegni%20A%202020…> Thanks very much Luciano Campi -------------------------------------------------------- Luciano Campi Full Professor University of Milan Department of Mathematics Email: luciano.campi(a)unimi.it Web: sites.google.com/site/lucianocampi1

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Avviso di Seminario
by Domenico Marinucci 09 Dec '20

09 Dec '20

Avviso di Seminario Speaker: Michele Salvi (Università di Roma Tor Vergata) Orario: Lunedì 14 dicembre, ore 13 Titolo: Scale-free percolation in continuous space Link al collegamento su Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MWI2ZWY1N2QtMTQ3Zi00… Abstract: The scale-free percolation random graph features three fundamental properties that are often present in large real-world structures (social networks, communication networks, inter-banking systems and so on), but which are never present at once in classical models: (1) Scale-free: the degree of the nodes follows a power law; (2) Small-world: two nodes are typically at a very small graph distance; (3) Positive clustering coefficient: two nodes with a common neighbour have a good chance to be linked. We study a continuous version of scale-free percolation and its possible application to the statistical analysis of a dataset provided by the French Ministry of Agriculture. We discuss some stochastic processes (random walks and particle systems) on this kind of structures with the final goal of understanding how an epidemic would spread. Il seminario rientra tra le attività del Progetto di eccellenza MIUR 2018-2022 Math@Tov. Grazie per l'attenzione, Domenico Marinucci -- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Domenico Marinucci Dipartimento di Matematica Università di Roma Tor Vergata https://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~marinucc/ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

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Padova Online Seminar by Gianmarco Bet (Università di Firenze) [Friday, Dec. 18 at 11.30]
by alessandra bianchi 09 Dec '20

09 Dec '20

Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to the following Probability seminar that will take place on December 18 at 11.30 by the zoom platform. ________________________________________________________ Speaker: Gianmarco Bet (Università di Firenze) Title: Detecting anomalies in complex networks 18 DECEMBER (Friday) - 11:30 zoom link: TBA (available on the webpage https://www.math.unipd.it/~bianchi/seminari/ ) Abstract: Recently there has been an increasing interest in the development of statistical techniques and algorithms that exploit the structure of large complex-network data to analyze networks more efficiently. For this talk, I will focus on detection problems. In this context, the goal is to detect the presence of some sort of anomaly in the network, and possibly even identify the nodes/edges responsible. Our work is inspired by the problem of detecting so-called botnets. Examples are fake user profiles in a social network or servers infected by a computer virus on the internet. Typically a botnet represents a potentially malicious anomaly in the network, and thus it is of great practical interest to detect its presence and, when detected, to identify the corresponding vertices. Accordingly, numerous empirical studies have analyzed botnet detection problems and techniques. However, theoretical models and algorithmic guarantees are missing so far. We introduce a simplified model for a botnet, and approach the detection problem from a statistical perspective. More precisely, under the null hypothesis we model the network as a sample from a geometric random graph, whereas under the alternative hypothesis there are a few botnet vertices that ignore the underlying geometry and simply connect to other vertices in an independent fashion. We present two statistical tests to detect the presence of these botnets, and we show that they are asymptotically powerful, i.e., they correctly distinguish the null and the alternative with probability tending to one as the number of vertices increases. We also propose a method to identify the botnet vertices. We will argue, using numerical simulations, that our tests perform well for finite networks, even when the underlying graph model is slightly perturbed. Our work is not limited in scope to botnet detection, and in fact is relevant whenever the nature of the anomaly to be detected is a change in the underlying connection criteria. Based on joint work with Kay Bogerd (TU/e), Rui Pires da Silva Castro (TU/e) and Remco van der Hofstad (TU/e). -- Alessandra Bianchi Dip. di Matematica Università di Padova Via Trieste, 63 - 35121 Padova, Italy phone: +39 049 827 14 06 fax: +39 049 827 14 28 e-mail: bianchi(a)math.unipd.it http://www.math.unipd.it/~bianchi/

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seminar series on Mathematics of Reaction Networks
by Daniele Cappelletti 07 Dec '20

07 Dec '20

Dear colleagues, This mail is to announce a new online seminar series on the “Mathematics of Reaction Networks” (MoRN). Reaction networks are mathematical models mainly used in biochemistry, with the scope of describing the dynamics of particles of different kinds that interact in a homogeneous environment. The mathematics used to study these models sits at the interface of stochastic process theory, algebra, graph theory, analysis. The seminar will take place twice a month over zoom (Thursday on the 2nd and 4th week of the month, 17.00 Rome time), and consist of two 25-minute long talks followed by longer discussions. The exciting program for the first three sessions is available on the seminar page: https://researchseminars.org/seminar/MoRN The first two talks will be given on Thursday November 12 by David Anderson from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (he will talk about connections between neural networks and the modeling regime of reaction networks) and Lea Popovic from Concordia University (she will introduce a multiscale stochastic model for interacting particles in a heterogeneous environment, and study its fluid limit). More details are given in the seminar webpage. New talks will appear on the seminar webpage, as well as the zoom link. If the speaker agrees, talks will be recorded and added to youtube with a private link, and the link will be shared on the seminar webpage. On the webpage you can subscribe to a mailing list, and you can add the seminar into your calendar. We will send a reminder two days before each talk to subscribed people. Best wishes, Daniele Cappelletti (co-organizing the seminar series with Elisenda Feliu and Stefan Mueller)

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