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Webinar of François Caron @ Unimib
by Federico Camerlenghi 13 Nov '20

13 Nov '20

Dear all, We are glad to announce the next DEMS webinar: Wednesday, 18th November 2020, time 13.00 (CET). link to attend: https://unimib.webex.com/unimib/onstage/g.php?MTID=eadc0aefcf2b20a4d5b65dfc… The speaker is *François Caron*, Department of Statistics, University of Oxford (UK). ******************************************************* *TITLE*. *A unified construction for series representations and finite approximations of completely random measures* *ABSTRACT*. Infinite-activity completely random measures (CRMs) have become important building blocks of complex Bayesian nonparametric models. They have been successfully used in various applications such as clustering, density estimation, latent feature models, survival analysis or network science. Popular infinite-activity CRMs include the (generalized) gamma process and the (stable) beta process. However, except in some specific cases, exact simulation or scalable inference with these models is challenging and finite-dimensional approximations are often considered. In this work, we propose a general and unified framework to derive both series representations and finite-dimensional approximations of CRMs. Our framework can be seen as a generalization of constructions based on size-biased sampling of Poisson point process [Perman et al., 1992]. It includes as special cases several known series representations and finite approximations as well as novel ones. In particular, we show that one can get novel series representations for the generalized gamma process and the stable beta process. We show how these constructions can be used to derive novel algorithms for posterior inference, including a generalization of the slice sampler for normalized CRMs mixture models introduced by Griffin and Walker [2011]. We also provide some analysis of the truncation error. Joint work with Juho Lee and Xenia Miscouridou https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.10733 *Details to attend the webinar.* Event number (access code): 174 366 0917 Event password: 18112020 Wednesday, November 18, 2020 1:00 pm, Europe Time (Rome, GMT+01:00) Event address for attendees: https://unimib.webex.com/unimib/onstage/g.php?MTID=eadc0aefcf2b20a4d5b65dfc… ******************************************************* The webinar is organized by the Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) of the University of Milano - Bicocca. -- Federico Camerlenghi Assistant Professor RTDb Department of Economics, Management and Statistics University of Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy. web-page: https://www.unimib.it/federico-camerlenghi

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BANDO RTDA Mat/06 - Dipartimento Scienze Statistiche - Sapienza Università di Roma
by Luisa Beghin 13 Nov '20

13 Nov '20

Cari tutti, è stato pubblicato il bando relativo ad una posizione di ricercatore a tempo determinato di tipo A, presso il Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche della Sapienza di Roma (con scadenza 3-12-2020). Bando RTDA/03/2020 Prot. n. 1240/2020 del 3.11.2020 - G.U. n. 86 del 3.11.2020 al seguente link: https://web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/dettaglio_bando/165882 Cordiali saluti. Luisa Beghin *************************************************************** Luisa Beghin Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche Fac. Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Informatica e Statistica "SAPIENZA" Università di Roma Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma T (+39) 06 49910543 F (+39) 06 4959241 https://sites.google.com/site/luisabeghin/ ***************************************************************** -- ________________________________________________________ Le informazioni contenute in questo messaggio di posta elettronica sono strettamente riservate e indirizzate esclusivamente al destinatario. Si prega di non leggere, fare copia, inoltrare a terzi o conservare tale messaggio se non si è il legittimo destinatario dello stesso. Qualora tale messaggio sia stato ricevuto per errore, si prega di restituirlo al mittente e di cancellarlo permanentemente dal proprio computer. The information contained in this e mail message is strictly confidential and intended for the use of the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, forward or store it on your computer. If you have received the message in error, please forward it back to the sender and delete it permanently from your computer system. --

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Webinar DIDONG LI
by Matteo Ruggiero 13 Nov '20

13 Nov '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> Venerdi 20 Novembre 2020, alle ore 17:00, si terrà il seguente webinar: ------------------------------------------------ Speaker: Didong Li (Princeton and UCLA) Title: Learning & Exploiting Low-Dimensional Structure in High-Dimensional Data Abstract: Data lying in a high-dimensional ambient space are commonly thought to have a much lower intrinsic dimension. In particular, the data may be concentrated near a lower dimensional subspace or manifold. There is an immense literature focused on approximating the unknown subspace and the unknown density, and exploiting such approximations in clustering, data compression, and building of predictive models. Most of the literature relies on approximating subspaces and densities using a locally linear, and potentially multi-scale, dictionary with Gaussian kernels. In this talk, we propose a simple and general alternative, which instead uses pieces of spheres, or spherelets, to locally approximate the unknown subspace. I will also introduce a curved kernel called the the Fisher–Gaussian (FG) kernel which outperforms multivariate Gaussians in many cases. Theory is developed showing that spherelets can produce lower covering numbers and mean square errors for many manifolds, as well as the posterior consistency of the Dirichlet process mixture of FG kernels. Results relative to state-of-the-art competitors show gains in ability to accurately approximate the subspace and the density with fewer components and parameters. Time permitting, I will also present some applications of spherelets, including classification, geodesic distance estimation and clustering. ------------------------------------------------ Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81832398725?pwd=QUl5eXNIM0xFSXNjTG9IaFZkL0lCQT09 <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F8183239872…> Meeting ID: 818 3239 8725 Passcode: 768768 Il webinar è organizzato dalla "de Castro" Statistics Initiative www.carloalberto.org/stats <http://www.carloalberto.org/stats> nell’ambito del Complex Data Modeling Research Network midas.mat.uc.cl/network <http://midas.mat.uc.cl/network> in collaborazione con il Collegio Carlo Alberto. Cordiali saluti Matteo Ruggiero --- Matteo Ruggiero University of Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto www.matteoruggiero.it

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Royal Satistical Society's meeting: "Data analysis and stochastic control: where do statistics and applied probability come together?"
by Tiziano De Angelis 12 Nov '20

12 Nov '20

Dear All, As part of the activities of the Applied Probability Section of the Royal Statistical Society, we are pleased to announce an (online) afternoon on the topic: "Data analysis and stochastic control: where do statistics and applied probability come together?" on Wednesday 9 December from 1.30pm to 4.30pm (GMT, London time). Registration via the website https://rss.org.uk/training-events/events/events-2020/sections/data-analysi… is mandatory and it is free for those (non-RSS-members) registering *before 30 November*. After that a £10 registration fee will be charged to non-members for participation. The meeting will include four talks and a panel discussion. Our speakers and panellists are: Beatrice Acciaio (ETH Zurich) Sam Cohen (University of Oxford) Blanka Horvath (King's College, London) John Moriarty (Queen Mary University, London) who will present their recent work in the field of data-driven stochastic control and will share their views on what applied probability can bring to the analysis of data. We encourage the participation of a heterogeneous audience of mathematicians and statisticians to contribute to a lively interdisciplinary discussion. Schedule: Meeting starts 1.30pm, first session: talks by Sam Cohen and Beatrice Acciaio Second session starts 2.45: talks by Blanka Horvath and John Moriarty Panel discussion starts 3.30pm For further information please check the dedicated webpage: https://rss.org.uk/training-events/events/events-2020/sections/data-analysi… Best wishes Alexander Cox (University of Bath) Tiziano De Angelis (University of Turin) Kathrin Glau (Queen Mary University, London) Nic Freeman (University of Sheffield)

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Seminario di Isaia Nisoli lun 16 nov 2020 (DinAmici & Milano Bicocca)
by Francesco Caravenna 11 Nov '20

11 Nov '20

Nell’ambito del ciclo "DinAmicI: Another Internet Seminar" (https://www.dinamici.org/dai-seminar/) Isaia Nisoli (Institute of Mathematics-Rio de Janeiro) terrà un seminario online la settimana prossima. Seguono i dettagli: ******************************************** Data: Lunedì 16 novembre 2020, h 14:00 Titolo: A simple system presenting Noise Induced Order Abstract: In this talk I will present a family of one dimensional systems with random additive noise such that, as the noise size increases, the Lyapunov exponent of the stationary measure transitions from positive to negative. This phenomena is known in literature as Noise Induced Order, and was first observed in a model of the Belosouv-Zhabotinsky reaction and its existence was proven only recently by Galatolo-Monge-Nisoli. In the talk I will show how this phenomena is strictly connected with non-uniform hyperbolicity and the coexistence of regions of expansion and contraction in phase space; the result is attained through a result on the continuity of the Lyapunov exponent of the stationary measure with respect to the size of the noise. Link: https://www.dinamici.org/event/isaia-nisoli-universidade-federal-de-rio-de-… ******************************************** Buona serata, Francesco Caravenna e Giampaolo Cristadoro

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Fwd: [owps] One World Probability Seminar Thursday November 12
by Faggionato, Alessandra 11 Nov '20

11 Nov '20

buongiorno giro il messaggio pensando che a qualcuno possa interessare (e sperando che non ci siano ripetizioni dato che a volte io non vedo - nemmeno nella spam - alcuni messaggi della mailing list). saluti alessandra ---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Ivan Corwin <ivan.corwin(a)gmail.com> Date: mer 11 nov 2020 alle ore 15:58 Subject: [owps] One World Probability Seminar Thursday November 12 To: <owps(a)lists.bath.ac.uk> One World Probability Seminar Thursday November 12, 2020: Tomorrow's speaker in the One World Probability Seminar is (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) Claudio Landim (IMPA) Title: Metastability as Markov chains model reduction Abstract: In this lecture, we review recent developments in the theory of the metastable behavior of continuous-time Markov chains. To illustrate it, we consider the evolution of the magnetization in the Ising model and the dynamics of the condensate in critical zero-range processes. (15:00-16:00 UTC) Insuk Seo (Seoul National University Title: Metastability of stochastic interacting systems Abstract: In this second presentation regarding the metastability of random dynamical systems, we focus on two specific models to understand how the general methodologies introduced in the first presentation can be applied. The first model is the Ising model on a finite, fixed, and large lattice without an external field at very low temperatures. We explain how the potential theory can be effectively employed for analyzing the said model, whose saddle between ground states comprises a large set of configurations with complicated structure. The second model is the zero-range process with sticky interaction. We elucidate how various approaches can be applied for handling the non-reversibility or the criticality associated with the stickiness of particles. The study on the Ising model is a collaboration with S. Kim, and the study on the zero-range process is a collaboration with C. Landim and D. Marcondes. ------------------------------------------------ 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://impa-br.zoom.us/j/93849865809?pwd=Nzg5TTJOai9KQkRXS0ROcHNjL2JVZz09 <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimpa-br.z…> 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 - Giovanni Conforti and Ruojun Huang (Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 14:00 and 15:00)
by Giacomo Filippo Di Gesu 09 Nov '20

09 Nov '20

Dear colleagues, I would like to announce the following online seminar organized by the Probability group of the University of Pisa. The talks 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, Nov. 10, 14:00 Speaker: Giovanni Conforti (École Polytechnique) Title: A probabilistic approach to convex entropy decay for Markov chain Abstract: A powerful technique to quantify the trend to equilibrium and the best constants in the associated functional inequalities for diffusions on Riemannian manifolds consists in establishing convexity estimates for the relative entropy via the so called Gamma calculus. In order to adapt these ideas to the context of discrete Markov chains several notions of discrete curvature have been recently introduced and used to obtain concrete lower bounds for the logarithmic Sobolev constant in a number of situations. However, the picture is not fully clear yet and several natural questions remain unanswered. In this talk, I will present a more probabilistic approach to convex entropy decay which relies on the notion of coupling rates to bypass or replace discrete Böchner identities. If time allows, I will show how this approach produces explicit lower bounds in non perturbative setting, thus going beyond the weak-interaction/low high temperature regime. Tuesday, Nov. 10, 15:00 Speaker: Ruojun Huang (Scuola Normale Superiore) Title: Averaging principle and random growth Abstract: Motivated by questions in reinforced random walks and the asymptotic shape of their range, we study a simplified model of random growth in the continuum. In this model, random sets grow by increment of small bumps at the boundary, driven by a particle that is confined to move in its interior, reinforced by the last location of domain's increment. We prove scaling limit of the growing domain to an infinite dimensional ODE, when the bump size is sent to zero. We deduce a macroscopic shape theorem for the growing domain with fixed bump size, as time tends to infinity. Joint work with Amir Dembo, Pablo Groisman, and Vladas Sidoravicius.

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LTI@UniTO Webinars in Finance - Ugo Panizza (GIIDS Geneva), Nov 9 h. 12.45 & Sergei Glebkin (INSEAD), Nov. 11 h.15
by Luca Regis 05 Nov '20

05 Nov '20

| Dear colleagues, |||| LTI@UniTO (www.carloalberto.org/lti) is pleased to invite you to the following Webinars in Finance: *9 NOVEMBER 2020 | h. 12:45-13:45* || | *“Corporate foreign bond issuance and interfirm loans in China”* |** || *Ugo Panizza (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva)* Abstract: We use firm-level data to analyze international bond issuance by Chinese non-financial corporations. The interest rate differential between domestic and foreign interest rates increases the likelihood of dollar bond issuance by risky firms. Most strikingly, risky firms do more interfirm lending than non-risky firms. This lending rose significantly after the authorities sought to restrict the financial activities of risky firms in 2008-09. Risky firms try to boost profitability by engaging in speculative activities that mimic the behavior of financial institutions while escaping prudential regulation that limits risk-taking by financial firms. /Joint with Yi Huang and Richard Portes/ *Zoom Link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86538325685?pwd=SlFtZTlxQVI2cktZanhPOUlFWGVjQT09 <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86538325685?pwd=SlFtZTlxQVI2cktZanhPOUlFWGVjQT09> * Meeting ID: 865 3832 5685 Passcode: 460794 |(Attendance is limited to maximum 100 participants)| For more information https://www.carloalberto.org/event/ugo-panizza/ ------------ *11 NOVEMBER 2020 | h. 15:00 - 16:15* || *Sergei Glebkin (INSEAD)* || |*“Simultaneous Multilateral Search”*| || Abstract: This paper studies simultaneous multilateral search (SMS) in over-the-counter (OTC) markets: when searching, an investor contacts several potential counterparties and then trades with the one offering the best quote. Search intensity (how frequently one can search) and search capacity (how many potential counterparties one can contact) affect market qualities differently. Contrasting SMS to bilateral bargaining (BB), the model shows that investors might favor BB over SMS if search intensity is high or in distress. Such preference for BB hurts allocative efficiency and suggests an intrinsic hindrance in the adoption of all-to-all and request-for-quote type of electronic trading in OTC markets. /Joint with Bart Yueshen (INSEAD)./ *Zoom Link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81064877787?pwd=Z2grNzZwbGtXd25yakR3NkU4cFNFZz09 <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81064877787?pwd=Z2grNzZwbGtXd25yakR3NkU4cFNFZz09>* Meeting ID: 810 6487 7787 Passcode: 733237 ||(Attendance is limited to maximum 100 participants)|| For more information https://www.carloalberto.org/event/sergei-glebkin/ 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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Fwd: [owps] One World Probability Seminar Thursday November 5, 2020 (note time changes!!!)
by Faggionato, Alessandra 05 Nov '20

05 Nov '20

Buongiorno giro l'annuncio se qualcuno fosse interessato (nota: la mail di Corwin e' di ieri e il seminario e' oggi 5.11) Saluti Alessandra ---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Ivan Corwin <ivan.corwin(a)gmail.com> Date: mer 4 nov 2020 alle ore 15:52 Subject: [owps] One World Probability Seminar Thursday November 5, 2020 (note time changes!!!) To: <owps(a)lists.bath.ac.uk> One World Probability Seminar Thursday November 5, 2020: Tomorrow's speaker in the One World Probability Seminar is (Note: all times are in UTC. *Due to time changes, you should check what that translates to in your location*) ------------------------------------------------ (14:00-16:00 UTC) Alessandra Faggionato (University La Sapienza) Title: 2-scale convergence for random walks in random environment and applications to homogenization, hydrodynamics and resistor networks Abstract: The 2-scale convergence method was introduced by Nguetseng and Allaire in homogenization theory of partial differential equations and afterwards successfully adapted to stochastic homogenization, allowing to deal also with singular structures (see [Jikov&Piatnitski]). We focus here on 2-scale convergence for random walks. In the first talk we aim to provide a gentle introduction to 2-scale convergence for random walks in a random environment with symmetric rates. Using the Palm theory of random measures we discuss ergodicity issues at a 2-scale level. We then introduce a basic difference calculus and define 2-scale convergence of functions and gradients, corresponding to an enforced averaging property. Finally we discuss the fundamental compactness and structure theorem for bounded families of H^1-functions, where geometrical issues of square integrable forms and the homogenized matrix emerge. In the second talk we discuss some applications of the above 2-scale convergence for random walks in a random environment. A first one is given by the invariance principle of random walks on the supercritical percolation cluster of P. Mathieu and A. Piatnitski. We then discuss more in detail applications to the homogenization of the massive Poisson equation associated with the random walk, which also enters in the derivation of the hydrodynamic limit of exclusion and zero range processes. Finally, we discuss applications to random resistor networks, in particular to the conductance model and the Miller-Abrahams one associated to Mott variable range hopping in amorphous solids. ------------------------------------------------ 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://impa-br.zoom.us/j/94248802467?pwd=VlVQQzlsbjdKTHplRlRGbGlJRG5YUT09 <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimpa-br.z…> 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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Fwd: [owps] One World Probability Seminar Thursday November 5, 2020 (note time changes!!!)
by Silvestri, Vittoria 04 Nov '20

04 Nov '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Ivan Corwin <ivan.corwin(a)gmail.com> Date: mer 4 nov 2020 alle ore 15:52 Subject: [owps] One World Probability Seminar Thursday November 5, 2020 (note time changes!!!) To: <owps(a)lists.bath.ac.uk> One World Probability Seminar Thursday November 5, 2020: Tomorrow's speaker in the One World Probability Seminar is (Note: all times are in UTC. *Due to time changes, you should check what that translates to in your location*) ------------------------------------------------ (14:00-16:00 UTC) Alessandra Faggionato (University La Sapienza) Title: 2-scale convergence for random walks in random environment and applications to homogenization, hydrodynamics and resistor networks Abstract: The 2-scale convergence method was introduced by Nguetseng and Allaire in homogenization theory of partial differential equations and afterwards successfully adapted to stochastic homogenization, allowing to deal also with singular structures (see [Jikov&Piatnitski]). We focus here on 2-scale convergence for random walks. In the first talk we aim to provide a gentle introduction to 2-scale convergence for random walks in a random environment with symmetric rates. Using the Palm theory of random measures we discuss ergodicity issues at a 2-scale level. We then introduce a basic difference calculus and define 2-scale convergence of functions and gradients, corresponding to an enforced averaging property. Finally we discuss the fundamental compactness and structure theorem for bounded families of H^1-functions, where geometrical issues of square integrable forms and the homogenized matrix emerge. In the second talk we discuss some applications of the above 2-scale convergence for random walks in a random environment. A first one is given by the invariance principle of random walks on the supercritical percolation cluster of P. Mathieu and A. Piatnitski. We then discuss more in detail applications to the homogenization of the massive Poisson equation associated with the random walk, which also enters in the derivation of the hydrodynamic limit of exclusion and zero range processes. Finally, we discuss applications to random resistor networks, in particular to the conductance model and the Miller-Abrahams one associated to Mott variable range hopping in amorphous solids. ------------------------------------------------ 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://impa-br.zoom.us/j/94248802467?pwd=VlVQQzlsbjdKTHplRlRGbGlJRG5YUT09 <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimpa-br.z…> Please feel free to circulate this email. We hope to see you all tomorrow! One World Probability Team ******************************** Vittoria Silvestri Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics University "La Sapienza" Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 00185 - Rome ********************************

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Assistant Professor position in Stochastic Operations Research (The Netherlands)
by Kapodistria, S. 04 Nov '20

04 Nov '20

Assistant Professor in Stochastic Operations Research The Statistics, Probability and Operations Research (SPOR) cluster of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position in the area of Stochastics Operations Research (SOR). Position: Assistant Professor Department: Mathematics and Computer Science Application deadline: 11/12/2020 Reference number: V32.4689 For more information, please consult https://jobs.tue.nl/en/vacancy/assistant-professor-in-stochastic-operations…. On this website you can find extensive information about the position, including further details about the application procedure. Questions regarding the scientific aspects can be directed to prof.dr.ir<http://prof.dr.ir>. Sem Borst, s.c.borst[at]tue.nl<http://tue.nl> or prof.dr. Maria Vlasiou, m.vlasiou[at]tue.nl<http://tue.nl> For information about terms of employment, please contact the recruiter, Ms. Elly van den Eertwegh, e.a.m.v.d.eertwegh[at]tue.nl<http://tue.nl> or + 31 (0)6 39186476.

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10 PhD Positions in Stochastics and Algorithmics in NETWORKS (The Netherlands)
by Kapodistria, S. 04 Nov '20

04 Nov '20

10 PhD Positions in Stochastics and Algorithmics in NETWORKS (the Netherlands) The NETWORKS project is a collaboration of world-leading researchers from four institutions in The Netherlands: TU Eindhoven<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtu…>, University of Amsterdam<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%…>, Leiden University<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtu…> and the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI)<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtu…>. Research in NETWORKS focuses on stochastics and algorithmics for network problems. NETWORKS offers a highly stimulating research environment and an extensive training program for PhD students. Recently NETWORKS was awarded a COFUND grant the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, funded by the European Commission. The grant allows NETWORKS to expand its activities by opening positions for an additional 14 PhD students. As a NETWORKS-COFUND PhD student you can define your own PhD project in one of the research areas mentioned above, in collaboration with your NETWORKS supervisors. Application deadline 30 November 2020 Contract full time employment contract for 4 years Salary indication from €2.325 to €2.972 in 4 years Location The Netherlands (Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Leiden) Are you interested in the stochastics and algorithmics behind network problems? And would you like to be part of this project with its many activities? Then go to https://www.thenetworkcenter.nl/Open-Positions/openposition/29/14-PhD-Posit…<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thene…> On this website you can find an extensive information package about these positions, including further details about the application procedure.

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Postdoctoral positions Milano-Bicocca
by Maurizia Rossi 04 Nov '20

04 Nov '20

Dear all, There are some postdoctoral positions available at the University of Milano-Bicocca for candidates in all areas of Mathematics (deadline: November 20, 2020): https://www.unimib.it/ateneo/gare-e-concorsi/assegni-ricerca-tipo-a2-a2-typ… In particular, I encourage candidates in probability theory and related fields to submit their application. Best regards, Maurizia Rossi

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Fwd: 13 postdoctoral positions in Montreal
by Faggionato, Alessandra 02 Nov '20

02 Nov '20

Buongiorno, ricevo ed inoltro. Saluti Alessandra ---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Louigi Addario-Berry <louigi.addario(a)mcgill.ca> Date: dom 1 nov 2020 alle ore 01:14 Subject: 13 postdoctoral positions in Montreal To: Louigi Addario-Berry <louigi.addario(a)mcgill.ca> Dear Colleague, There are many postdoctoral positions available in Montreal for the coming academic year (at least 13). Further information below; I would be grateful if you could for circulate this message to anyone you believe may be interested in applying. These are for candidates in all areas of mathematics, but I am particularly interested in encouraging candidates in probability theory and related fields, to work with members of the probability lab <http://problab.ca/yul/en/>. Candidates are encouraged to contact lab members who they are interested in working with, as applications are more likely to be successful when they have lab support. Please note that the application deadlines are quite soon - November 13; candidates are encouraged to submit applications as soon as possible. There are two postdoctoral fellowship competitions. Further details on the two programs can be found on MathJobs ( https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/16367 and https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/16288 - English follows French in the second posting), and on the probability lab website linked above. In addition to the vibrant mathematical life in the probability laboratory and in Montreal more generally, candidates may be interested in the thematic program on probability and PDEs (link <http://problab.ca/ppde/>), which will take place in Montreal in the first half of 2022 (postponed from 2021 due to COVID), and featuring several workshops, mini-courses, and numerous long-term visitors from around the world. Sincerely, Louigi. -- Louigi Addario-Berry Director, CRM Probability Lab louigi.addario(a)mcgill.ca problab.ca/louigi <http://www.problab.ca/louigi> https://twitter.com/Methemedantics -- ************************************************* 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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Fwd: Postdoctoral positions at the University of British Columbia
by Faggionato, Alessandra 30 Oct '20

30 Oct '20

Ricevo ad inoltro... Saluti Alessandra ---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Omer Angel <angel(a)math.ubc.ca> Date: gio 29 ott 2020 alle ore 23:48 Subject: Postdoctoral positions at the University of British Columbia To: Alessandra Faggionato <faggiona(a)mat.uniroma1.it> Dear Alessandra, We would be grateful if you forward this information to any candidates who may be interested. The probability group at UBC plans to hire a postdoctoral fellow starting in the summer of 2021. This is a 3-year positions with a relatively low teaching load. Applicants should have obtained a recent (normally no earlier than 2018) Ph.D. in Mathematics or a closely related discipline, or expect to complete one before the starting date. Candidates should demonstrate excellent potential in research and teaching. Review of applications will begin after November 15, 2020, although applications received after this date may still be considered. Application is through mathjobs. The ad and full details may be seen at https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/16220 We especially welcome applications from women, visible minorities of other groups under-represented in mathematics. Please let me know if a different email address should be used. Please contact any of us for additional information: omer ------------------------------------------- Gordon Slade <slade(a)math.ubc.ca> Mathav Murugan <mathav(a)math.ubc.ca> Omer Angel <angel(a)math.ubc.ca> Jonathan Hermon <jonathan.hermon(a)gmail.com> -- ************************************************* 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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Fwd: [owps] One World Probability Seminar Thursday October 29, 2020 (note time changes!!!)
by Faggionato, Alessandra 29 Oct '20

29 Oct '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Ivan Corwin <ivan.corwin(a)gmail.com> Date: mer 28 ott 2020 alle ore 16:35 Subject: [owps] One World Probability Seminar Thursday October 29, 2020 (note time changes!!!) To: <owps(a)lists.bath.ac.uk> One World Probability Seminar Thursday October 29, 2020: Tomorrow's speaker in the One World Probability Seminar is (Note: all times are in UTC. *Due to time changes, you should check what that translates to in your location*) ------------------------------------------------ (14:00-16:00 UTC) Riddhipratim Basu (International Centre for Theoretical Sciences Tata) and Shirshendu Ganguly (U. C. Berkeley) Title: Some exponents governing the geometry of planar last passage percolation and the directed landscape Abstract: Planar last passage percolation models are canonical examples of stochastic growth in the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang universality class, where one considers oriented paths between points in a random environment accruing the integral of the noise along itself as its weight. Given the endpoints, the extremal path with the maximum weight is termed as the geodesic. As the endpoints are allowed to vary in space and time (one dimension for each), the joint ensemble of the weights gives rise to a four parameter space-time random energy field, whose conjectural universal weak limit, the Directed landscape, was recently constructed in a breakthrough work of Dauvergne, Ortmann and Virag. We shall discuss a few recent results identifying exponents that govern the space time geometry of this fundamental object and its prelimits. In the first talk we shall study the aging behavior at short and large scales establishing exponents dictating the decay of correlations of weights in time, in last passage percolation on the lattice with exponential weights. We shall describe two results corresponding to the droplet and flat initial conditions confirming conjectures made by Ferrari and Spohn a few years ago. In the second talk we shall describe results on fractal geometry specializing to a Brownian model. In particular, we study the coupling structure of the geodesic weight profiles at a fixed time (say 1) started at distinct points at time 0 by analyzing their difference function. Though in expectation this grows linearly, we show that the difference profile induces a random measure whose support is fractal and compute its dimension. We also relate the support of this measure to the exceptional set of points admitting disjoint geodesics. Beyond geometric and probabilistic arguments involving geodesic behavior, the key inputs used are one point fluctuation information, locally Brownian nature of the geodesic weight profile, and sharp estimates on rarity of disjoint geodesics, the latter two being consequences of an invariance property under resampling termed as the Brownian Gibbs property. These talks are based on a number of works jointly with subsets of Erik Bates, Alan Hammond, and Lingfu Zhang. ------------------------------------------------ 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://impa-br.zoom.us/j/93236291545?pwd=ZDBteUZEOGpSZWkrdVEyQXpXMUx0Zz09 <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimpa-br.z…> 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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Assegni di ricerca Matematica unibo
by Massimo Campanino 29 Oct '20

29 Oct '20

________________________________ E' ancora aperto il bando per due assegni di ricerca di dipartimento, si può trovare all’indirizzo https://bandi.unibo.it/ricerca/assegni-ricerca?id_bando=52894

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Padova Online Seminar by Federico Camia (NYU Abu Dhabi) [Friday, Nov. 06 at 14.00]
by alessandra bianchi 28 Oct '20

28 Oct '20

Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to the following Probability seminar that will take place on November 06 at 14 by the zoom platform. ________________________________________________________ Speaker: Federico Camia (NYU Abu Dhabi) Title: Critical and near-critical scaling limits for the planar Ising model 06 NOVEMBER (Friday) - 14:00 - zoom link: TBA (available on the webpage https://www.math.unipd.it/~bianchi/seminari/ ) Abstract: The Ising model, proposed by Lenz in 1920 to describe ferromagnetism, is one the most studied models of statistical mechanics. Its two dimensional version has played a special role in rigorous statistical mechanics since Peierls’ proof of a phase transition in 1936 and Onsager’s derivation of the free energy in 1944. This continues to be the case today, thanks to new results on the continuum scaling limit. In this talk, I will first introduce the model and give a brief historical overview of some milestones in its analysis. I will then present recent results on its critical and near-critical scaling limits, focusing on the scaling behavior of the magnetization. In particular, I will discuss non-central limit theorems for the magnetization, the emergence of conformal invariance at the critical point, and exponential decay of correlations in the near-critical regime. (Based on joint work with R. Conijn, C. Garban, J. Jiang, D. Kiss, and C.M. Newman.) -- 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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I: Pubblicazione bando RTDb MAT/06
by Massimo Campanino 27 Oct '20

27 Oct '20

________________________________ E' stato pubblicato il bando per il posto di RTDb del settore MAT/06 Probabilità e Statistica Matematica. Il bando scade il 24/11 alle 12 ed è disponibile all'indirizzo https://bandi.unibo.it/s/apos5/rif-6246-bando-per-1-posto-da-ricercatore-a-…

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Bando RtdA - Mat/06 - Sapienza Roma
by Claudio Durastanti 27 Oct '20

27 Oct '20

Il Dipartimento di Scienze di Base e Applicate per l'Ingegneria ha aperto un bando per una posizione di ricercatore a tempo determinato di tipo A, per il settore Mat/06. Il bando completo è reperibile all'indirizzo internet: https://web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/dettaglio_bando_albo/165202 La scadenza per la presentazione delle domande è l'8 Novembre 2020. Cordiali saluti Claudio Durastanti -- Claudio Durastanti Dipartimento di Scienze di Base Applicate per l'Ingegneria La Sapienza - Università di Roma Via Antonio Scarpa 16 00161 Roma -- ________________________________________________________ Le informazioni contenute in questo messaggio di posta elettronica sono strettamente riservate e indirizzate esclusivamente al destinatario. Si prega di non leggere, fare copia, inoltrare a terzi o conservare tale messaggio se non si è il legittimo destinatario dello stesso. Qualora tale messaggio sia stato ricevuto per errore, si prega di restituirlo al mittente e di cancellarlo permanentemente dal proprio computer. The information contained in this e mail message is strictly confidential and intended for the use of the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, forward or store it on your computer. If you have received the message in error, please forward it back to the sender and delete it permanently from your computer system. --

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Online seminars on "Optimal stopping and related topics"
by Tiziano De Angelis 26 Oct '20

26 Oct '20

Dear Colleagues, we are pleased to announce a seminar series on "Optimal stopping and related topics" that will run approximately every fortnight, on Wednesdays at 5pm London time (GMT+1) using Zoom. Our first speaker is Xin Guo (UC Berkley) on 11 November 2020. The complete schedule is available on the dedicated website https://sites.google.com/view/optimalstopping/home and will be updated regularly. You can register to receive updates and reminders of upcoming seminars at https://sites.google.com/view/optimalstopping/sign-up A link to the Zoom session will be emailed to you one day prior to each talk. We hope to see many of you at the seminar series. Best wishes Tiziano De Angelis, Roxana Dumitrescu, Yerkin Kitapbayev, Mikhail Zhitlukhin

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COVER - COVid-19 Empirical Research video conferenza, 30 ottobre 2020
by Alessandra Micheletti 25 Oct '20

25 Oct '20

****************************** (Ci scusiamo in anticipo per eventuali invii multipli) *Venerdì 30 ottobre 2020* a partire dalle *ore 10.00* (ora italiana) si terrà la seguente video conferenza su zoom: "COVER - COVid-19 Empirical Research" organizzata dal Centro di Eccellenza in Economia e Data Science del Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi Quantitativi e dal Data Science Research Center dell'Università degli Studi di Milano. Il programma è contenuto nella locandina allegata. Il link zoom per partecipare è https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88915958775?pwd=WjRuQndqajl2NXYwaFRXNVRwbXBjQT09 La partecipazione è gratuita fino al raggiungimento del numero massimo di 300 partecipanti . ******************************* (Apologies for crossposting) *Friday, October 30, 2020* at *10:00 hrs* (CET). Video conference "COVER - COVid-19 Empirical Research" organized by the Center for Excellence in Economics and Data Science of the Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods and by the Data Science Research Center, University of Milan, Italy The program is in the attached leaflet. The zoom link for partecipating is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88915958775?pwd=WjRuQndqajl2NXYwaFRXNVRwbXBjQT09 Participation is free, but it is limited to 300 participants. ********************************* -- ------------------------------------ Alessandra Micheletti Associate Professor - Probability and Mathematical Statistics Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy - ESP Università degli Studi di Milano via Saldini 50, 20133 Milano, Italy phone: +39-02503-16130 fax: +39-02503-16090 http://users.mat.unimi.it/users/michel <http://www.mat.unimi.it/users/michel>

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Fwd: Position in Lausanne
by Elena Vigna 23 Oct '20

23 Oct '20

Dear Colleagues and Friends, The Department of Actuarial Science at the University of Lausanne (HEC Lausanne) is seeking to appoint an Associate Professor or an Assistant Professor. The candidates are expected to have a PhD in Actuarial Science or related discipline, excellent research achievements in the field of Actuarial Science and teaching experience both at the Bachelor and Master levels. Successful candidates will be expected to be able to teach in French and English after 6 years. https://bit.ly/3dO8hm9 - deadline for application: December 22, 2020. Please help us share this position. Many thanks and best wishes from Lausanne, Séverine Séverine Arnold (-Gaille), Prof. Dr.sc.act. University of Lausanne Faculty of Business and Economics Department of Actuarial Science Quartier UNIL-Chamberonne Bâtiment Extranef 1015 Lausanne Switzerland +41 21 692 33 72 severine.arnold(a)unil.ch <mailto:severine.arnold@unil.ch>

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BANDO PER 1 POSTO DA RTD SSD MAT/06 - Università di Bologna
by Andrea Pascucci 23 Oct '20

23 Oct '20

La presente per segnalarvi che è stato pubblicato il bando: RIF. 6246 – Bando per un posto da ricercatore a tempo determinato b) senior - Dipartimento di Matematica – MAT– MAT/06. Il bando è consultabile ai seguenti indirizzi: _Sito d'Ateneo:_ https://bandi.unibo.it/s/apos5/rif-6246-bando-per-1-posto-da-ricercatore-a-… <https://bandi.unibo.it/s/apos5/rif-6246-bando-per-1-posto-da-ricercatore-a-…> _Sito Miur:_ http://bandi.miur.it/jobs.php/public/cercaJobs <http://bandi.miur.it/jobs.php/public/cercaJobs> _Sito Euraxess (Portale Europeo):_ http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/ <http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/> Cordiali saluti, Andrea Pascucci -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Andrea Pascucci andrea.pascucci(a)unibo.it Dipartimento di Matematica http://www.dm.unibo.it/~pascucci P.zza di Porta S. Donato, 5 40126 Bologna - Italy Office Tel. +39-0512094428 Fax +39 0510821834 Skype: andrea.pascucci https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrea_Pascucci2 https://publons.com/author/482906/andrea-pascucci#profile Get DropBox here: http://db.tt/Y2GN2TCx ---------------------------------------------------------------

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Pisa Online Seminars - Tal Orenshtein and Gennaro Ciampa (Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 14:00 and 15:00)
by Giacomo Filippo Di Gesu 23 Oct '20

23 Oct '20

Dear colleagues, I would like to announce the following online seminar organized by the Probability group of the University of Pisa. The talks will be accessible under the link Join Microsoft Teams Meeting<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3A17115d7f6ef44c5e91974362906c…> Best regards, Giacomo Tuesday, Oct. 27, 14:00 Speaker: Tal Orenshtein (Berlin) Title: Aging in the Edwards-Wilkinson and KPZ universality classes. Abstract: Aging is an asymptotic property of non-equilibrium dynamical systems that captures non-trivial relaxation time temporal change; a canonical formulation is expressed in terms of the correlations of the system at two large times with a fixed relation. It was conjectured in Dembo-Deuschel '06 that one-dimensional KPZ models satisfy aging. In line with the progress on the one-time asymptotic behavior of KPZ in the past decade, this challenging problem gained attention in both the physics and the mathematical communities; there has been some experimental evidence for the phenomenon as well as related non-rigorous predictions and partial results. In the talk we shall see that for stationary systems one can use methods that rely solely on the variance asymptotics to achieve aging with an explicit aging function. We shall then derive aging for stationary models in the Edwards-Wilkinson universality class, which is easier to tackle. Moreover, we will demonstrate how to apply the methods to compute a formula for the space-time correlation scaling function in this case. In the remaining part of the talk we shall discuss aging for several stationary models in the KPZ class, including the KPZ fixed point, with the same aging function, matching the stationary KPZ equation prediction in Ferrari-Spohn '16. The talk is based on a recent work with Jean-Dominique Deuschel (TU Berlin) and Gregorio Moreno Flores (PUC Chile). Tuesday, Oct. 27, 15:00 Speaker: Gennaro Ciampa (Padova) Title: Strong convergence of the vorticity for the 2D Euler Equations in the inviscid limit Abstract: The goal of this talk is to study the inviscid limit of a family ω^ν of solutions of the 2D Navier-Stokes equations towards a renormalized/Lagrangian solution ω of the Euler equations. First I will prove the uniform-in-time L p convergence of ω^ν towards ω in the setting of unbounded vorticities. This improves a recent result proved by Constantin-Drivas-Elgindi in the bounded case. Then I will show that it is also possible to obtain an explicit rate in the class of solutions with bounded vorticity. The proofs are based on the stochastic Lagrangian formulation of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. In particular, the results are achieved by studying the zero-noise limit from stochastic towards deterministic flows of irregular vector fields. Based on a joint work with G. Crippa (Universität Basel) and S. Spirito (Università degli Studi dell’Aquila).

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Online seminar Edith Elkind
by Marco Scarsini 23 Oct '20

23 Oct '20

Thursday 29 October, h 17:00 *Edith Elkind,* University of Oxford Keeping Your Friends Close: Land Allocation with Friends <http://mailsender.luiss.it/lists/lt.php?id=cRpRCwAESAUABQFOVgFdBQs> Discussants: Marco Dall'Aglio and Riccardo Colini-Baldeschi Click here to access the Virtual Room <http://mailsender.luiss.it/lists/lt.php?id=cRpRCgYHSAUABQFOVgFdBQs> The paper can be found here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.03558 Information about future seminars can be found here: https://economiaefinanza.luiss.it/seminari/prossimi-seminari ******************************************************* Marco Scarsini Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza Luiss Viale Romania 32 00197 Roma, ITALY URL: http://docenti.luiss.it/scarsini/

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Avviso seminario lunedì 26/10 at 16:30
by Enrico Bibbona 22 Oct '20

22 Oct '20

Webinar at Politecnico di Torino on 26/10 at 16:30 Tung Nguyen, University of Wisconsin, Madison Title Deficiency zero for random reaction networks under Erdos-Renyi and stochastic block model frameworks. further details in the message below. Best regards, Enrico Enrico Bibbona Associate Professor of Statistics Probability, Statistics and Optimization group Department of Mathematical Sciences "G. L Lagrange" Politecnico di Torino ---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: <excellence.disma(a)polito.it> Date: gio 22 ott 2020 alle ore 09:39 Subject: Avviso seminario To: Gentilissimi, con la presente si comunica che lunedì 26 ottobre, ore 16:30, il dott. Tung Nguyen presenterà un seminario dal titolo: “Deficiency zero for random reaction networks under Erdos-Renyi and stochastic block model frameworks” Questo evento e parte del "Progetto di eccellenza", DISMA - Politecnico di Torino. Maggiori informazioni reperibili nella locandina allegata e sul sito: www.polito.it/disma-excellence/ Il seminario si terrà in forma telematica, tramite la piattaforma HangoutMeet. Per collegarsi, è necessario utilizzare il seguente link https://meet.google.com/aqk-pcti-gdp Accedendo al seminario, si prega di tenere microfono e videocamera disattivati (cliccando sulle relative icone, prima di richiedere l’accesso alla riunione). Per porre domande al termine del seminario, si prega di utilizzare la chat per chiedere la parola. Cordiali saluti - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dear colleagues, it is our pleasure to invite you to the seminar “Deficiency zero for random reaction networks under Erdos-Renyi and stochastic block model frameworks” by Mr Tung Nguyen. The seminar will be held on Monday, October 26, at 16:30. This event is part of "Progetto di eccellenza", DISMA - Politecnico di Torino. Further information available on the attached flyer and www.polito.it/disma-excellence/ The seminar will be an online event on HangoutMeet platform. To connect, please follow this link https://meet.google.com/aqk-pcti-gdp By connecting to the seminar, please switch both microphone and webcam off (click the icons before joining the meeting). The question time will be at the end of the talk. Please, use the chat to ask for the floor. Best regards, DISMA Politecnico di Torino Dipartimento di eccellenza 2018-2022

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ECMI Webinar "Math for Industry 4.0 – Models, Methods and Big Data", December 2 – 3, 2020
by Alessandra Micheletti 21 Oct '20

21 Oct '20

We'd like to invite speakers to give a presentation in our ECMI Webinar "Math for Industry 4.0 – Models, Methods and Big Data", December 2 – 3, 2020. Please feel free to forward this announcement to interested colleagues. In a joint activity of the Special Interest Groups "Mathematics for Big Data" and "Math for the Digital Factory" of the European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry (ECMI) this workshop strives to bring together data scientists, mathematicians, and engineers from academia and industry to discuss recent developments in digital manufacturing. The webinar consists of a combination of plenary and contributed scientific talks. There will be a session on digital twin technology with presentations highlighting theoretical concepts and practitioners from industry showing state of the art digital twin realizations. Another topic will be machine learning and artificial intelligence applications in automated manufacturing. In addition, we plan a session with representatives of the MANUFUTURE technology platform and the EU Industrial Technologies Programme (NMP) about challenges in manufacturing research and funding opportunities in the new Horizon Europe framework program. Further information about confirmed plenary speakers, submission of abstracts and pre-registration can be found on the event webpage, http://www.wias-berlin.de/workshops/MA4DIFA/. In case you have any further question, please contact us at ma4difa(a)wias-berlin.de. Looking forward to meeting you at this exciting event in industrial mathematics, Dietmar Hömberg, Nataša Krejić, Joachim Linn, Alessandra Micheletti -- ------------------------------------ Alessandra Micheletti Associate Professor - Probability and Mathematical Statistics Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy - ESP Università degli Studi di Milano via Saldini 50, 20133 Milano, Italy phone: +39-02503-16130 fax: +39-02503-16090 http://users.mat.unimi.it/users/michel <http://www.mat.unimi.it/users/michel>

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Fwd: [owps] One World Probability Seminar Thursday October 22, 2020
by Faggionato, Alessandra 21 Oct '20

21 Oct '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Ivan Corwin <ivan.corwin(a)gmail.com> Date: mer 21 ott 2020 alle ore 15:50 Subject: [owps] One World Probability Seminar Thursday October 22, 2020 To: <owps(a)lists.bath.ac.uk> One World Probability Seminar Thursday October 22, 2020: Tomorrow's speaker in the One World Probability Seminar is (Note: all times are in UTC) ------------------------------------------------ (14:00-15:00 UTC) Lionel Levine (Cornell University) Abelian Sandpiles and Abelian Networks. Abstract: The Abelian Networks are a class of interacting particle systems whose final state does not depend on the order of interactions. A revealing example is the Abelian Sandpile of Bak-Tang-Wiesenfeld, a toy model of sand cascading down a pile. This model has certain “non-universal” features, and we'll identify "slow mixing" as the culprit: The threshold state of the sandpile retains some memory of its initial state. Then we’ll explore the design space of Abelian Networks in search of a model with more universal features. A promising candidate is Activated Random Walk. (15:00-16:00 UTC) Leonardo Rolla (NYU-Shanghai, IMAS-Conicet, Warwick) Abstract: In this second talk, we will discuss one specific type of stochastic Abelian network called Activated Random Walks. Long-range effects intrinsic to its conservative dynamics and lack of a simple algebraic structure cause standard tools and techniques to break down, which makes the mathematical study of this model remarkably challenging. Yet, some exciting progress has been made in the last ten years, with the development of a framework of tools and methods which is finally becoming more structured. We will briefly recall the existing results and open problems, then focus on recent progress for one-dimensional symmetric walks with at density (Basu-Ganguly-Hoffman 2018), enhancement and continuity of the critical curve (Taggi 2020), scaling limit at criticality (Cabezas-myself 2020), symmetric walks at high sleep rate (Hoffman-Richey-myself 2020), and linear growth (Levine-Silvestri 2020). ------------------------------------------------ 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://impa-br.zoom.us/j/96520705847?pwd=MFJtMXIzVUFmN0w0aVZ3QktIZnBpUT09 <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimpa-br.z…> 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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STAR Seminar announcement: Speaker Samy Tindel, University of Purdue, Indiana
by michele giordano 21 Oct '20

21 Oct '20

Dear all, This is a reminder for the: STAR Online Seminars. The seminar will be held Friday 23. October 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 Samy Tindel - University of Perdue, Indiana, with the seminar: A coupling between Sinai’s random walk and Brox diffusion Abstract: Sinai’s random walk is a standard model of 1-dimensional random walk in random environment. Brox diffusion is its continuous counterpart, that is a Brownian diffusion in a Brownian environment. The convergence in law of a properly rescaled version of Sinai’s walk to Brox diffusion has been established 20 years ago. In this talk, I will explain a strategy which yields the convergence of Sinai’s walk to Brox diffusion thanks to an explicit coupling. This method, based on rough paths techniques, opens the way to rates of convergence in this demanding context. Notice that I’ll try to give a maximum of background about the objects I’m manipulating, and will keep technical considerations to a minimum. 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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Postdoc opportunity in France
by Stefano Favaro 21 Oct '20

21 Oct '20

Ricevo e inoltro. **** Hi Stefano, I am writing to you to advertise for potential postdoc positions in my department. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Details about the funding opportunity: The Jacques Hadamard foundation offers 7 post-doc grants for positions starting in October 2021 (Deadline for application is December 1st, 2020 <http://airmail.calendar/2020-12-01%2012:00:00%20UTC+1>). The duration of the postdoc will be 2 years. As for the previous years, candidates are allowed to submit their own research projects. For the first time, however, this year the foundation has retained a certain number of selected topics from its affiliated laboratories. I believe there is more chance of success for candidates applying on one of those topics. I have submitted one of the selected topic in ML. If you know potential candidates, I’de be happy to push their application. I cannot guarantee the funding, but I know that priority will be given to ML/AI topics, so there is a decent chance of success for strong candidates. Finally, let me add that I have proposed a ML oriented topic, but I am willing to consider all applications in relation with my other center of interests (statistics theory, Bayesian nonparametrics, etc..) More details about the funding application here: https://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/funding/accueil-294-postdoctoral-fello… <https://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/funding/accueil-294-postdoctoral-fello…> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- A few words about the university and the department: With 275 laboratories shared with the CEA, CNRS, IHES, INRAE, INRIA, INSERM, Onéra, Université Paris-Saclay represents 13% of the French research potential. Located south of Paris, on a vast territory (from Paris to Orsay, via Evry and Versailles), Université Paris-Saclay benefits from a strategic geographical and socio-economic position enhanced by its international visibility. Université Paris-Saclay operates on a classified and protected natural site, close to Paris, and at the heart of a particularly dynamic ecosystem. With of 48,000 students, 9,000 professors and lecturers, and 11,000 technical and administrative staff, Université Paris-Saclay is a driving force for the development of its territory and one of the best institutions in France. https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/en/about/universite-paris-saclay <https://www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/en/about/universite-paris-saclay> The Institut de Mathématiques d’Orsay (IMO) is the largest mathematical department of Université Paris-Saclay with more than 150 researchers (+ more than 100 PhD students). Most of areas of mathematics are represented within 5 groups (Harmonic analysis, PDEs, Arithmetic and algebraic geometry, Probability and Statistics, Topology). Hence, working at the IMO is a good opportunity to mix with excellent researchers and students from all disciplines. The IMO is located in Orsay, approximately 45min from Paris center by train. In July 2020, the University ranked 1st in Shanghai ranking’s in mathematics. https://www.imo.universite-paris-saclay.fr/ <https://www.imo.universite-paris-saclay.fr/> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Best regards, — Zacharie Naulet

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One-year postdoctoral position at Politecnico di Torino
by Franco Pellerey 19 Oct '20

19 Oct '20

Dear colleagues, this is to inform you and your students that a one-year postdoctoral position for research studies in the field Mat/06 - "Probability and Statistics" is available at the Department of Mathematical Sciences of the Politecnico di Torino, with the possibility of renewal for a second year. The research subject mentioned in the announcement is very broad, and allows the selected candidate a large choice of specific topics, according to her/his personal interests, working under the supervision of the research program’s proponents (Probability and Applications, DISMA, Politecnico di Torino, https://www.disma.polito.it/en/research/research_groups/probability_and_app…) The holder of the grant will not have mandatory teaching duties, but will have the opportunity to carry out teaching activities, if desired. The call is open to all interested people until November 16th, 2020. Details about the call may be found at https://careers.polito.it/default.aspx?id=219/2020-AR Kind regards, F. Pellerey, M. Santacroce, P. Siri, B. Trivellato.

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Fwd: new online Joint Israeli Probability Seminar
by Pietro Caputo 19 Oct '20

19 Oct '20

ricevo e inoltro: ============================================================= We would like to invite you to participate in the new online Joint Israeli Probability Seminar. JIPS is a new initiative joint between: - Bar-Ilan University - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Technion - Israel Institute of Technology - Tel Aviv University - Weizmann Institute of Science The purpose of the seminar is to bring together researchers from around the globe studying various aspects of probability theory. The seminar will take place on Tuesdays and will usually consist of two talks - at 10am and 11am Israel time (9am & 10am CET). The seminar will be using the Zoom platform. Talks will be recorded and available online. We announce the first two talks below. If you would like to get future announcements you can either follow the JIPS calendar - HERE <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=o9sgdbqi3ftt42aobpmphnjbic%4…>, or join the seminar mailing group - HERE <https://groups.google.com/g/joint-israeli-probability-seminar>. You can find more information on the seminar website: https://sites.google.com/view/israel-prob-sem/home We hope to virtually see you @ JIPS. JIPS organizers: Omer Bobrowski - Technion Naomi D. Feldheim - Bar Ilan University Ohad N. Feldheim - Hebrew University of Jerusalem Gady Kozma - Weizmann Institute of Science Ron Peled - Tel Aviv University Eviatar B. Procaccia - Technion Ariel Yadin - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ================================================== The first two talks will take place on Tuesday 20/10/20. 10-11: *Clement Cosco(WIS) / Directed polymers on infinite graphs* We study the directed polymer model for general infinite graphs and random walks. We provide sufficient conditions for the existence or non-existence of phase transitions in terms of properties of the graph and of the random walk. We study in some detail (biased) random walk on various trees including the Galton-Watson trees, and provide a range of other examples that illustrate counter-examples to intuitive extensions of the simple random walk on the lattice. (Joint work with Inbar Seroussi and Ofer Zeitouni) 11-12: *Ofer Zeitouni (WIS) / Minima of random polynomials* We consider Gaussian random trigonometric polynomials and prove a limit theorem for their minimum modulus on the unit circle. I will describe the relevant background and various techniques employed in this and related problems. Somewhat surprisingly, a crucial step in the proof involves a characterization of Poisson processes due to Liggett, and its refinement due to Biskup-Louidor. (Joint work with Oren Yakir, TAU)

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Webinar MINWOO CHAE
by Pierpaolo De Blasi 19 Oct '20

19 Oct '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> Venerdi 23 Ottobre 2020, alle ore 12:00, si terrà il seguente webinar: ------------------------------------------------ Speaker: *Minwoo Chae*(Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea) Title: *Posterior asymptotics in Wasserstein metrics on the real line* Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88252069649?pwd=V2Z3b1UrZVVWNWZ4OXhydUtIakxpUT09 Meeting ID: 882 5206 9649 Passcode: 581405 Abstract: We use the class of Wasserstein metrics to study asymptotic properties of posterior distributions. The first goal is to provide sufficient conditions for posterior consistency. In addition to the well-known Kullback-Leibler condition on the prior, the true distribution and most probability measures in the support of the prior are required to possess moments up to an order which is determined by the order of the Wasserstein metric. We further investigate convergence rates of the posterior distributions for which we need stronger moment conditions. The required tail conditions are sharp in the sense that the posterior distribution may be inconsistent or contract slowly to the true distribution without these conditions. We apply the results to density estimation with a Dirichlet process mixture prior. ------------------------------------------------ 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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Seminario online Larry Wasserman
by Marco Perone Pacifico 17 Oct '20

17 Oct '20

Segnalo il seguente seminario online: SPEAKER: Larry Wasserman, Carnegie Mellon University TITOLO: Estimating Background Distributions in Particle Physics<https://economiaefinanza.luiss.it/seminar/2020/09/02/estimating-background-…> DISCUSSANTS: Pierpaolo Brutti e Hugo Lavenant DATA: giovedì 22 ottobre, ore 17:00 Per accedere al seminario usare questo link <https://luiss.webex.com/luiss/j.php?MTID=mc7aeaa48fd8e2a105eb34f4522a91c48> ABSTRACT: To test for new events in particle colliders, one needs a good estimate of the background distribution, that is the null distribution. I'll discuss our work on estimating the background distribution for di-Higgs events. Our methods are based on classifiers and optimal transport.This is joint work with Tudor Manole, Patrick Bryant, Mickael Kuusela and John Alison. Prossimi seminari presso il Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza della Luiss: https://economiaefinanza.luiss.it/seminari/prossimi-seminari Marco Perone Pacifico Full Professor of Statistics Department of Economics and Finance LUISS University Viale Romania 32 00197 Roma, ITALY La presente e-mail proviene da Luiss Guido Carli e s'intende inviata per scopi lavorativi. Tutte le informazioni ivi contenute, compresi eventuali allegati, sono da ritenersi esclusivamente confidenziali e riservati secondo i termini del vigente D.Lgs. 196/2003 in materia di privacy e del Regolamento europeo 679/2016 - GDPR. È vietato qualsiasi ulteriore utilizzo non autorizzato. Qualora la stessa Le fosse pervenuta per errore, La preghiamo di eliminarla immediatamente e di darcene tempestiva comunicazione. Grazie. This e-mail message is sent by Luiss Guido Carli for business purposes. All informations contained therein, including any attachments, are for the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain confidential and privileged information pursuant to Legislative Decree 196/2003 and the European General Data Protection Regulation 679/2016 - GDPR -. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by soon reply this e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. Thanks

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Postdoc position in Florence
by Gianmarco Bet 15 Oct '20

15 Oct '20

Dear colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to a recently-opened postdoc position at the University of Florence to work with Francesca R. Nardi and me on various metastability and cut-off topics Of course, the precise research directions will depend on the interests of the postdoc. You can find all the relevant details (including a brief summary of the research topics) at the link https://titulus.unifi.it/albo/viewer?view=files%2F003617972-UNFICLE-fbd4028… <https://titulus.unifi.it/albo/viewer?view=files/003617972-UNFICLE-fbd40280-…>, including instructions on how to apply. Please note that the deadline for applying is quite soon on October 23. Holding a PhD degree (or being close to completion of one) is highly preferred. Previous research experience in the topics above is a plus, but certainly not required. Please feel free to forward this announcement to anyone who might be interested, and don’t hesitate to contact Francesca and me for further information. Kind regards, Gianmarco ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Gianmarco Bet Junior researcher https://gianmarco.bet Phone: (+39) 055 2751491 Department of Mathematics and Informatics "U. Dini" University of Florence Viale Morgagni, 65 50134 Firenze, Italy Office 64 ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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PhD course by Prof. S. Levendorskii in Padova (Zoom)
by Giorgia Callegaro 14 Oct '20

14 Oct '20

Dear all, it is a pleasure to announce the forthcoming PhD course "Fourier-Laplace transform and Wiener-Hopf factorization in Finance, Economics and Insurance" given by Prof. Sergei Levendorskii for PhD students in Padova, starting from next week, online via Zoom. Here is a tentative program: - Lecture 1. Lévy models - Lecture 2. Evaluation of probability distributions and pricing European options in Lévy models - Lecture 3. Simplified trapezoid rule, Fast Fourier Transform and its variations - Lecture 4. Conformal acceleration techniques - Lecture 5. Barrier options with discrete monitoring and Bermudan options. Calculations in the state space - Lecture 6. Barrier options with discrete monitoring and Bermudan options. Calculations in the dual space - Lecture 7. Wiener-Hopf factorization - Lecture 8. Contingent claims with continuous monitoring, boundary value problems and Wiener-Hopf factorization - Lecture 9. Options with continuous monitoring, cont-d - Lecture 10. Affine models - Lecture 11. American options with infinite time horizon - Lecture 12. American options with finite time horizon and here is the schedule (Italian time): 1) 19th October 16.30-18 2) 21st October 16.30-18 3) 23rd October 16.30-18 4) 26th October 16.30-18 5) 28th October 16.30-18 6) 30th October 16.30-18 If interested and to obtain the link Zoom and attend the lectures, please send an e-mail to (me!): gcallega(a)math.unipd.it Thanks and have a nice afternoon, Giorgia Callegaro -- Giorgia Callegaro Associate Professor Department of Mathematics - University of Padova Via Trieste 63 , I-35121 Padova - ITALY Tel: +39-0498271481 Fax: +39-0498271499 E-Mail: gcallega(a)math.unipd.it <https://webmail.math.unipd.it/horde3/imp/message.php?mailbox=Sent&index=598#> Personal web-page: https://sites.google.com/site/giogiocallegaro/Home

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AStat - Announcement: Algebraic Statistics Milestones
by Fabio Rapallo 14 Oct '20

14 Oct '20

Buongiorno a tutti, segnaliamo (inoltrando il messaggio in calce) due importanti novita' nel campo della Statistica Algebrica: - l'introduzione del codice 62R01 per 'Statistica algebrica' nella 2020 MSC classification - il primo volume (numerato 11 in riconoscimento del passato della comunita' di Statistica Algebrica) della rivista Algebraic Statistics https://msp.org/astat/ Cordiali saluti Fabio Rapallo Eva Riccomagno Maria Piera Rogantin ============================ Dear friends, The year 2020 has been very trying for many members of our community, but we can't fail to acknowledge two very important milestones for the field of algebraic statistics: that the 2020 MSC classification now includes 62R01 for 'algebraic statistics', and that a new journal has been established! It is with great pleasure that we announce the availability of the first issue of “Algebraic Statistics (AStat)”: —> https://msp.org/astat <— DOI: 10.2140/astat.2020.11-1 The first volume---numbered 11 to honour the past work of this community---will consist of two issues with a total of 11 papers, 5 of which are available online now. The second issue is forthcoming soon. AStat will be free to read until the end of 2021; thereafter, it will be available through an MSP or Project Euclid subscription. All papers become freely available 5 years after publication. Our publisher, MSP, is a nonprofit corporation based in Berkeley, USA. We see AStat as a primary forum serving the broad community in a focused way. As an interdisciplinary endeavor, by definition, a concerted effort will be made for AStat to serve various constituents interested in and interacting with algebraic statistics. We invite the community to send their best work in algebraic statistics to be considered for publication here. This may include contributions which connect statistical theory, methodology, or application to the world of algebra, geometry, and combinatorics in ways that may not be labeled as traditional. Do enjoy reading the first issue, and we look forward to welcoming your contributions to AStat. On behalf of the entire editorial board, Sonja and Thomas Managing Editors of Algebraic Statistics --- Sent via EditFlow by Sonja Petrović <sonja.petrovic(a)iit.edu> ============================ -- Fabio Rapallo Dipartimento di Economia Universita' di Genova

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Bando di assegni di ricerca
by Massimo Campanino 14 Oct '20

14 Oct '20

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R: R: Annuncio seminario Marta Sanz-Sole (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 13 Oct '20

13 Oct '20

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 09:57:12 +0000 From: michele giordano <g.michele(a)outlook.com> ------------------------- Dear all, This is an announcement of the: STAR Online Seminars. The seminar will be held on Friday 16. October from 11:00-12:00. You will recieve the link for the zoom room by registering for the seminar at the following link (https://nettskjema.no/a/159180) The lecture will last for 45 minutes + questions. This week's speaker is Marta Sanz-Sole from University of Barcelona, with the seminar: Stochastic wave equations with super-linear coefficients. Abstract: We consider a stochastic wave equation on $R^d , d \in {1, 2, 3}$, driven by a Gaussian noise in $(t, x)$, white in time. We assume that the free terms $b$ and $\sigma$ are such that, for $|x| \rightarrow \infty$, $|\sigma(x)| < \sigma_1 + \sigma_2|x| (\ln_+(|x|))^a , |b(x)| < \theta_1 + \theta_2|x| (\ln_+(|x|))^{\delta}$ , (1) where $\theta_2, \sigma_2 > 0, \delta , a > 0$, with $b$ dominating over $\sigma$. For any fixed time horizon $T > 0$ and with a suitable constraints on the parameters $a, \delta, \sigma_2$ and $\theta_2$, we prove existence of a random field solution to the equation and that this solution is unique, and bounded in time and in space a.s. The research is motivated by the article [R. Dalang, D. Khoshnevisan, T. Zhang, AoP, 2019] on a $1-d$ reaction-diffusion equation with coefficients satisfying conditions similar to (1). We see that the $L^\infty$- method used by these authors can be successfully implemented in the case of wave equations. This is joint work with A. Millet (U. Paris 1, Pantheon-Sorbonne). After the end of the seminar, you are invited to bring a cup of coffee or 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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Barcelona Mathematical Days 2020, 23-24 October
by Anna Paola Todino 13 Oct '20

13 Oct '20

Dear colleagues, I would like to announce the conference "Barcelona Mathematical Days 2020" which will take place in remote mode on October 23-24, 2020. - Registration is free but mandatory. - The deadline for registration is October 22. - The link is: https://bmd2020.espais.iec.cat/registration/ <https://bmd2020.espais.iec.cat/registration/> In particular there will be a probability session "Stochastic Analysis and Random Structures" organized by Eulàlia Nualart (UPF), Matthias Schulte (Heriot-Watt U) and Piotr Zwiernik (UPF). Best regards, Anna Paola Todino -- Anna Paola Todino Ruhr-University Bochum

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Junior researcher position in Statistics (Health Analytics) at Politecnico di Milano, Italy
by Laura Maria Sangalli 12 Oct '20

12 Oct '20

Please see the following announcement of a junior researcher (RTDa) position opening in the group of Applied Statistics at the Department of Mathematics, Politecnico di Milano. ————————————————————————————————————————— Dear colleagues, I would like to announce a *junior researcher* (RTDa) position opening in the group of Applied Statistics at the Department of Mathematics, Politecnico di Milano. Please kindly forward the following announcement to potential candidates. Best regards, Francesca Ieva ————————————————————————————————————————— *Junior Researcher position in Statistics * *Project title*: "Integration between study design and data analytics for generating credible evidence in the field of healthcare from heterogeneous sources of structured and unstructured data” ====================================================================== We are looking for a junior researcher (3 year contract, starting date is between Feb 2021 - March 2021) to join the research group of Applied Statistics working within the research plan between Politecnico and AstraZeneca. One key criticism of evidence-based medicine is that only a minority of patients benefits of even efficacious therapies, but all treated patients are exposed to the costs and potential harms of those therapies. As a result, the effect of any treatment is often uncertain in a specific patient. Personalized care and precision medicine are becoming the main perspectives for obtaining better health outcomes at sustainable costs. The activities will develop along these perspectives with particular focus towards integrating observational designs and big data analytics to obtain solid, reproducible evidence whose results are verifiable in terms of health and expenditure. To this end, the researcher will develop multiple lines of research on Health Analytics for monitoring the effect of innovative oncological drugs through Real World Data, in collaboration with highly qualified clinical research centers. The ideal candidate should have a background and skills in at least some of the following: - Data Science, Statistics, Health Economics, Applied Mathematics, Software/Mathematical Engineering. - Solid experience in the data management and data analysis with R, Python, Matlab or C++. - Working knowledge in at least one of the following topics: biostatistics, pharmacoepidemiology, applied statistics, health economics. The effort is of a collaborative nature so strong interpersonal and communication skills are required. Teaching for both statistics and medical programs will be required. Working language is Italian and English. **Deadline for applications** is *November 11th, 2020*. Information and details about procedure can be found at https://www.polimi.it/it/docenti-e-staff/bandi-e-concorsi/bandi-e-concorsi-… For any further information please send an e-mail to francesca.ieva(a)polimi.it<mailto:francesca.ieva@polimi.it>. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- —— Laura Maria Sangalli MOX - Dipartimento di Matematica Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 20133 Milano - Italy tel: +39 02 2399 4554 fax: +39 02 2399 4568 email: laura.sangalli(a)polimi.it<mailto:laura.sangalli@polimi.it> url: http://mox.polimi.it/~sangalli

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Bruti Liberati Prize
by Daniele Marazzina 11 Oct '20

11 Oct '20

Con preghiera di diffusione The Bachelier Finance Society and the Department of Mathematics of the Politecnico di Milano, in cooperation with Springer, are proud to announce the 2020 Nicola Bruti Liberati Prize for the best doctoral thesis defended in 2019-2020 in all subjects of Mathematical Finance, such as, but not limited to: Derivative Pricing, Computational Finance, Econometrics and Statistical Methods applied to Finance, Risk Analysis, Portfolio Optimization, Probability Methods in Finance, and Numerical Methods in Finance. Applications must be sent no later than February 1, 2021. For details: https://www.qfinlab.polimi.it/bruti-liberati-prize/

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Pisa Online Seminars - Mauro Mariani and Marielle Simon (Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 14:00 and 15:00)
by Giacomo Filippo Di Gesu 09 Oct '20

09 Oct '20

Dear colleagues, I would like to announce the following online seminar organized by the Probability group of the University of Pisa. The talks will be accessible under the link Join Microsoft Teams Meeting<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3a17115d7f6ef44c5e91974362906c…> <https://aka.ms/JoinTeamsMeeting> Best regards, Giacomo <https://aka.ms/JoinTeamsMeeting> Tuesday, Oct. 13, 14:00 Speaker: Mauro Mariani Title: Quasi-invariant measures for a model of evolutionary biology Abstract: I will discuss a class of random models for the genetic evolution of a population of individuals with asexual reproduction. Formally, this is a diffusion process on an infinite-dimensional simplex. subject to absorption. It has been largely investigated in the past, both numerically and analytically as a model for the Muller's ratchet. We prove the existence and uniqueness of quasi-invariant measures describing the long-time behavior of the genetic distribution of the population, conditioned to non-extinction. The seminar is mostly based on https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.14715 Tuesday, Oct. 13, 15:00 Speaker: Marielle Simon Title: Hydrodynamic limit for a facilitated exclusion process Abstract: In this talk we will be interested in a one-dimensional exclusion process subject to strong kinetic constraints, which belongs to the class of cooperative kinetically constrained lattice gases. More precisely, its stochastic short range interaction exhibits a continuous phase transition to an absorbing state at a critical value of the particle density. We will see that the macroscopic behavior of this microscopic dynamics, under periodic boundary conditions and diffusive time scaling, is ruled by a non-linear PDE belonging to free boundary problems (or Stefan problems). One of the ingredients is to show that the system typically reaches an ergodic component in subdiffusive time. Based on joint works with O. Blondel, C. Erignoux and M. Sasada

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Aggiornamento: il Seminario di Probabilita' di Roma Tre del 12-10-2020 (Thomas Finn) si terra' in modalita' Mista
by Alexandre Stauffer 09 Oct '20

09 Oct '20

SEMINARIO Probabilita' Thomas Finn (University of Bath) Titolo: Non-equilibrium multi-scale analysis and coexistence in competing first passage percolation Lunedi' 12 Ottobre 2020 ORE 14:00 Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica Universita' degli Studi Roma Tre Largo San Leonardo Murialdo,1 - Pal.C - Aula 211 Abstract We consider a natural random growth process with competition on Z^d called first passage percolation in a hostile environment (FPPHE), in which two processes compete for the occupancy of sites. The first starts at the origin and spreads through the edges of Z^d at rate 1, while the second is initially dormant in seeds, which are distributed as a product of Bernoulli random variables of parameter p on Z^d, and grows from a seed at rate lambda>0 once either process attempts to occupy that seed. Depending on the value of p and lamba, the model observes a rich behaviour with multiple phase transitions. We prove that there is a coexistence phase in which both processes occupy a positive density of sites, which is a stark contrast to the behaviour of other competition models on Z^d. In studying FPPHE, we introduce a novel approach to multi-scale analysis that can be used to analyse processes with non-equilibrium dynamics. Indeed, FPPHE lacks both equilibrium dynamics and monotonicity (adding a seed could benefit the first process), preventing the use of a more standard multi-scale approach. In this talk, we outline our main results for FPPHE and provide an overview for how this new multi-scale approach can be applied. Il seminario si svolgera' in modalita' MISTA: IN PRESENZA: presso l'aula 211, palazzina C di Largo San Leonardo Murialdo 1. La capienza massima dell'aula e' di circa 10 persone; preghiamo chi intenda partecipare in presenza di scrivere un messaggio a astauffer(a)mat.uniroma3.it DA REMOTO: Per partecipare al seminario cliccare sul seguente link https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OTk4MzI5MzktY2EzNS00…

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Inaugural David G. Kendall Award: Call for Nominations
by Antonio DI CRESCENZO 06 Oct '20

06 Oct '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: International Statistical Institute <info(a)isi-web.org> View online <https://mailings.isi-web.org/?nltr=NjY7NDg3ODtodHRwczovL21haWxpbmdzLmlzaS13…> Inaugural David G. Kendall Award: Call for nominations The award committee invites nominations for the Bernoulli Society-Royal Statistical Society David G Kendall Award for Young Researchers. The award is open to those who obtained their PhD after January 1st 2013 (with extensions for disruptions to the candidate’s work available at the committee’s discretion). This new prize for an excellent young researcher will be awarded every two years. The subject will alternate between probability and mathematical statistics. The inaugural award, to be made in Summer 2021, is dedicated to probability theory. The name of the prize honours David G Kendall, who was the first president of the Bernoulli Society and was awarded the RSS Guy Medal in Gold in 1981. The prize will be presented at either a Bernoulli Society conference (typically the Bernoulli-IMS World Congress or the ISI-WSC) or RSS conference (as specified by the applicant). The prize consists of a certificate and the award of €2,000 to cover the expenses of attendance at the conference. Nominations should be communicated to the award committee through grg(a)statslab.cam.ac.uk and be signed by two members of the BS or the RSS. They must include the name, affiliation, and brief curriculum vitae (including a list of publications) of the nominee, a statement of no more than 100 words summarizing the case for nomination, a list of the best 3 articles, and a review of no more than 2 pages of the nominee's research contributions. Award Committee - Geoffrey Grimmett (Cambridge University and Heilbronn Institute) - Saul Jacka (University of Warwick and Alan Turing Institute) - Gesine Reinert (Oxford University and Alan Turing Institute) - Ruth Williams (University of California, San Diego) *Deadline for nominations:* *Sunday 31 January 2021* More details <https://mailings.isi-web.org/?nltr=NjY7NDg3ODtodHRwOi8vd3d3LmJlcm5vdWxsaS1z…> on the prize. <https://mailings.isi-web.org/?nltr=NjY7NDg3ODtodHRwczovL21haWxpbmdzLmlzaS13…>

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Fwd: Open positions for PhD studies at the Faculty of Mathematics at Bielefeld University
by Marco Romito 06 Oct '20

06 Oct '20

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Open positions for PhD studies at the Faculty of Mathematics at Bielefeld University Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2020 12:59:06 +0200 From: Benjamin Gess <benjamin.gess(a)gmail.com> To: marco.romito(a)unipi.it Dear Marco, there are currently still some open positions for PhD studies at the Faculty of Mathematics at Bielefeld University. The positions (TV-L E13 75%) are funded by the German Research Foundation with a net income of approximately 2000 EUR per month. If you know of any prospective PhD students please feel free to pass on this information. Applications are accepted at any time from now on until all positions have been filled. The education and research program is carried out within the German–Korean International Research Training Group (IRTG) 2235. The IRTG concentrates on advanced techniques from Analysis including Geometric, Stochastic and Numerical Analysis together with latest developments in neighboring fields such as Mathematical Physics, Machine Learning and Probability Theory. Applications by female candidates are particularly welcome. More information can be found here: https://irtg.math.uni-bielefeld.de/doctoral_positions/open2020 Best wishes, Ben and Michael

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Seminario di Thomas Finn a Roma Tre il 12 ottobre alle 14:00
by Pietro Caputo 05 Oct '20

05 Oct '20

Title: Non-equilibrium multi-scale analysis and coexistence in competing first passage percolation Speaker: Thomas Finn (University of Bath) Lunedi' 12 Ottobre 2020 ORE 14:00 Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica Università degli Studi Roma Tre Largo San Leonardo Murialdo,1 - Pal.C - Aula 211 Abstract We consider a natural random growth process with competition on Z^d called first passage percolation in a hostile environment (FPPHE), in which two processes compete for the occupancy of sites. The first starts at the origin and spreads through the edges of Z^d at rate 1, while the second is initially dormant in seeds, which are distributed as a product of Bernoulli random variables of parameter p on Z^d, and grows from a seed at rate lambda>0 once either process attempts to occupy that seed. Depending on the value of p and lamba, the model observes a rich behaviour with multiple phase transitions. We prove that there is a coexistence phase in which both processes occupy a positive density of sites, which is a stark contrast to the behaviour of other competition models on Z^d. In studying FPPHE, we introduce a novel approach to multi-scale analysis that can be used to analyse processes with non-equilibrium dynamics. Indeed, FPPHE lacks both equilibrium dynamics and monotonicity (adding a seed could benefit the first process), preventing the use of a more standard multi-scale approach. In this talk, we outline our main results for FPPHE and provide an overview for how this new multi-scale approach can be applied.

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Online seminar Krishna Dasaratha
by Marco Scarsini 02 Oct '20

02 Oct '20

Thursday 8 October, h 17:00 *Krishna Dasaratha**,* Harvard University Innovation and Strategic Network Formation <http://mailsender.luiss.it/lists/lt.php?id=cRpRCgAESAUAAQxOVgFdBQs> Discussants: Leonie Baumann and Eduard Talamàs Click here to access the Virtual Room <http://mailsender.luiss.it/lists/lt.php?id=cRpRCgYHSAUAAQxOVgFdBQs> The paper can be found here: https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.06872 Information about future seminars can be found here: https://economiaefinanza.luiss.it/seminari/prossimi-seminari ******************************************************* Marco Scarsini Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza Luiss Viale Romania 32 00197 Roma, ITALY URL: http://docenti.luiss.it/scarsini/

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Fwd: [owps] One World Probability Seminar Thursday October 1, 2020
by Francesco Caravenna 30 Sep '20

30 Sep '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Ivan Corwin <ivan.corwin(a)gmail.com> Date: mer 30 set 2020 alle ore 09:03 Subject: [owps] One World Probability Seminar Thursday October 1, 2020 To: <owps(a)lists.bath.ac.uk> One World Probability Seminar Thursday October 1, 2020: Tomorrow's speaker in the One World Probability Seminar is (Note: all times are in UTC) ------------------------------------------------ (14:00-15:00 UTC) Rongfeng Sun (National University of Singapore): Scaling limits of disorder relevant systems. Abstract: In this talk, I will give an overview of continuum and weak disorder scaling limits of statistical mechanics systems which are disorder relevant, that is, disorder perturbations of an underlying pure system that alter its large scale behaviour, however small is the perturbation. Examples include the directed polymer model in dimension 1, the disordered pinning model, and the random field perturbation of the critical two-dimensional Ising model. (15:00-16:00 UTC) Adam Bowditch (University College Dublin): The two-dimensional continuum random field Ising model. Abstract: The critical two-dimensional Ising model with random field perturbation acting as site disorder is a well known example of a disorder relevant system. If the disorder strength is suitably weakened as the lattice mesh is refined then the model admits a continuum scaling limit. I will discuss this procedure and compare the continuum model with and without the random field perturbation. ------------------------------------------------ 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 is can also be directly access through the link below: https://impa-br.zoom.us/j/96846977028?pwd=QVFpcUVkSFpNQnFjZXhoMWJzWEhaQT09 <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimpa-br.z…> Please feel free to circulate this email. We hope to see you all tomorrow! One World Probability Team

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