Salve,
Inoltro la seguente PhD call in Francia (Parigi + resto della Francia).
Cordiali saluti, FS
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Da: Tamara Grava <grava(a)sissa.it>
Inviato: giovedì 23 gennaio 2025 19:23
A: SAU FEDERICO <FEDERICO.SAU(a)units.it>; Chiara Franceschini <chiara.franceschini(a)unimore.it>
Oggetto: Borse cofund
Carissima Chiara e carissimo Federico,
spero tutto bene con voi.
Mattia Cafasso, che forse conoscete, mi chiede di pubblicizzare
questo bando di borse di dottorato co-fund.
Un caro saluto,
Tamara
Cofund MathPhdInFrance<https://mathphdinfrance.fr/>
24 PhD fellowships in Mathematical Sciences in France, starting in fall 2025.
Deadline for application is February 14th, 2025.
The main specificity of the programme is the requirement that each PhD thesis is done in co-supervision between a university in the Paris region <https://mathphdinfrance.fr/en/participating-laboratories-81.htm> (Île-de-France) and one in a French region outside Île-de-France<https://mathphdinfrance.fr/en/participating-laboratories-81.htm>.
Key features of the programme
Here are the main features of the programme :
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Co-supervision: each fellow will have two PhD supervisors, one in the Paris region and the other elsewhere in France. The fellow will be enrolled in one of the two universities (a preference can be indicated by the fellow at the time of application at Step 2) and she/he will benefit from the doctoral school and the doctoral training institute of the university in which he/she registers. The fellow will be in close contact with the supervisor and the co-supervisor, and will visit his/her co-supervisor on a regular basis.
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3-I secondments mobility: fellows are expected to spend 2 months of mobility (during the 3 years of the PhD).
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Full living allowance: fellows will receive a full living allowance slightly superior to the French normalized PhD salary (about 2300 euros gross, which is about 1850 euros per months net, including national health care)
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Travel expenses: travel to the co-supervision site will be reimbursed up to 350 euros per month.
In addition, each fellow will benefit from dedicated conferences and workshops, including training sessions for professional insertion, and involved in a « learning by doing » approach.
A detailed presentation of the program is available in the Guide For Applicants.<https://mathphdinfrance.fr/upload/Contenu/GuideForApplicants_MPIF_Call%202.…>
Timing and main information for the second call (2024-2025)
The selection procedure goes in two steps, see again the guide for applicants for more details:
Step 1 (deadline February 14th, 2025):
Candidates will have to provide documents and fill specific information online, mainly:
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Motivation letter.
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Recommendation letters (maximum 3 letters).
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Curriculum vitae with complete track record.
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Master grade certificates (all grades available at the date of submission) and master diploma if already obtained.
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A scientific document where applicants describe their research interests, and their ideas for PhD projects if they already have some (maximum 2 pages).
Note that it is not necessary to be already in contact with a French university or supervisor to apply to Step 1. The main criterion is the quality of the candidate, however the personal motivation and research interests/project ideas will also be evaluated.
Applications must be submitted in English
We are pleased to announce the following seminar:
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Speaker
Hugo Lavenant (Bocconi University)
Title
Optimal transport in the 21st century: historical highlights and insights
Abstract
Optimal transport has grown from a niche mathematical theory into a vibrant
field impacting probability theory, analysis, and geometry, with
applications in economics, machine learning, biology, and other
disciplines. In this presentation, I will highlight key milestones in its
development, illustrating how the addressed questions and the explored
applications have evolved over the years.
Time
Monday February 3, 2025, 11:30-13:00
Place
Luiss University
Viale Romania 32
00197 Roma
Aula Toti
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The seminar is intended as an introduction to a new reading group on
Optimal Transport, which will be held at Luiss every Wednesday 10:30-12:00
from February 12 onwards. The main reference will be the book “Optimal
Transport for Applied Mathematicians” by Filippo Santambrogio.
The reading group welcomes researchers and students from game theory,
statistics, machine learning, probability, applied mathematics, economics,
and related fields. Participation is open to all interested individuals,
fostering an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas.
You can obviously attend the seminar without any commitment to take part in
the reading group. Whoever is interested in the reading group is kindly
asked to fill out this form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf22R8P2IKSI8fBF0XZ0bEDkGEboGHESxf…>
. Participation is free, but, for logistic reasons, we need a list of
participants.
Marta Catalano and Marco Scarsini
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Marco Scarsini
Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza
Luiss University
Viale Romania 32
00197 Roma, ITALY
Dear colleagues and readers of the mailing list,
We are happy to announce the upcoming Workshop on Neural Dynamical Systems for Time-Series Data, taking place from April 23 to April 25, 2025, at the University of Vienna and the Wolfgang Pauli Institute.
This workshop will explore advancements in neural dynamical systems, focusing on topics such as neural and controlled differential equations, signature methods and reservoir computing, with applications across finance, biology, and medicine.
The event will feature invited talks, two minicourse sessions, and several contributed talks.
Researchers in the field, particularly PhD students and early-career scientists, are encouraged to submit their work for presentation at the workshop. To apply, please email ndstd25.statistik(a)univie.ac.at <mailto:ndstd25.statistik@univie.ac.at> with your name, affiliation, and the title and abstract of your proposed talk by February 28, 2024.
Please visit our website, https://ndstd25.univie.ac.at <https://ndstd25.univie.ac.at/>, for further information and a list of confirmed invited speakers.
The organizing committee — Linus Bleistein, Christa Cuchiero, Nina Drobac, Adeline Fermanian, Paul Hager, Olivier Wintenberger — is looking forward to your contribution!
Best regards,
The Organizers
Dear all,
On Thursday 6th of February at 12:30pm, the Department of Methods and Models for Economy, Territory and Finance (MEMOTEF) at Sapienza University in Rome will host a seminar by Stefano Favaro, Università degli Studi di Torino e Collegio Carlo Alberto.
Title: Quasi-Bayes empirical Bayes: a sequential approach to the Poisson compound decision problem.
Abstract: The Poisson compound decision problem is a classical problem in statistics, for which parametric and nonparametric empirical Bayes methodologies are available to estimate Poisson's means in static or batch domains. We study the Poisson compound decision problem in a streaming or online domain, where a timely analysis can enhance decision-making and responsiveness to new information, especially for data arriving at high-velocity. By relying on a quasi-Bayesian sequential (learning) model for the data, often referred to as Newton's algorithm, we obtain sequential Poisson's mean estimates that are of easy evaluation, computationally efficient and with a constant computational cost as data increase, which is desirable for streaming data. Large sample asymptotic properties of the proposed estimates are investigated, also providing frequentist guarantees in terms of a regret analysis. We validate empirically our methodology, both on synthetic and real data, comparing against the most popular alternatives.
Joint work with Sandra Fortini (Bocconi University).
When: Thursday 06/02/2025, 12:30pm
Where: Via del Castro Laurenziano 9, 00161, Rome
Meeting room: Aula Di Fresco, 4th Floor (Ala Ammistrazione)
You are welcome to attend!
Best wishes,
Francesca Panero
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Dr Francesca Panero (she/her)
Assistant Professor in Statistics (RTT), Department of Methods and Models for Economics, Territory and Finance
Sapienza University, Rome
Visiting Fellow, Department of Statistics
London School of Economics and Political Science
Website: https://francescapanero.github.io
Carissimi,
segnalo la seguente Special Issue di EcoSta (Econometrics and Statistics)
con deadline posticipata al 30 Dicembre 2025.
Cordiali saluti,
Enea
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Issue on HIGH-DIMENSIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL DATA ANALYSIS
Econometrics and Statistics
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ecosta
Impact Factor 2 / Quartile 1 of Statistics & Probability
We are inviting submissions to the special issue of the journal
Econometrics and Statistics dedicated to High-dimensional and Functional
Data Analysis. Such data structures have been an important focus of
methodological, theoretical and applied statistics research for over two
decades, with applications areas including biostatistics, economics,
finance, chemometrics, environmetrics, genetics, geophysics, and
neuroimaging. The aim of this special issue is to collect research papers
concerned with computational and data-analytic
aspects of high-dimensional and functional data analysis. Papers in the
following areas are particularly welcome, as long as they pertain to the
general theme of the special issue:
Classification, clustering , discrimination, prediction;
Dependent data structures;
Hypothesis testing and model selection;
Nonparametric modeling;
Statistical Learning;
high-dimensional econometrics;
large panels.
In order to be considered for publication, a submission must have a
significant novel component in either high-dimensional or functional data
analysis with emphasis on methodological, computational or theoretical
aspects or novel analysis of important new data sets.
Authors who are uncertain about the suitability of their paper should
contact the editors.
Submissions will be refereed according to standard procedures for
Econometrics and Statistics. Information about the journal can be found at
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ecosta.
*The deadline for submissions is 30 December 2025*. However, papers can be
submitted at any time and once they are received, they will enter the
editorial system immediately.
Papers for the special issue should be submitted using the Elsevier
Electronic Submission tool EM:
https://www.editorialmanager.com/ecosta/. In the EM, please choose the
special issue on High-dimensional and Functional Data Analysis.
The special issue Guest Editors:
Frederic Ferraty, Toulouse Jean Jaures University, France
Email: ferraty(a)math.univ-toulouse.fr
Enea Bongiorno, University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy
Email: enea.bongiorno(a)uniupo.it
Erricos Kontoghiorghes, Cyprus University of Technology and Birkbeck
UNiversity of London, UK
Email: erricos(a)cut.ac.cy
Jeng-Min Chiou, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Email: jmchiou(a)stat.sinica.edu.tw
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Enea G. Bongiorno,
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale - Amedeo Avogadro
Via Perrone 18, 28100, Novara, Italia
Phone: +390321375317
enea.bongiorno(a)uniupo.it
upobook.uniupo.it/enea.bongiorno
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IWFOS 2025
6th International Workshop on Functional and Operatorial Statistics -
iwfos2025.uniupo.it <https://iwfos2025.uniupo.it/home>
Math-Stat Seminars at UPO
seminari-ms.uniupo.it/home-page
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Dear all,
This it the first announcement of the upcoming conference: "Mixing times between Probability, Computer Science and Statistical Physics", to be held in Trieste, ICTP<https://www.ictp.it/>, in the week May 5-9, 2025.
Please check the dedicated website<https://indico.ictp.it/event/10831/overview> for further information, and do not hesitate to share this message with anyone who might be interested.
Grants & registration. A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee, but registration is required.
Best regards, the organizing committee
Dears,
The University of Milan is organizing the first Junior Milan Time Series
Workshop (Junior MiTSS) on *31 March 2025*.
The workshop is aimed at PhD students, postdocs, and junior researchers in
all the fields of time series econometrics, including panel data
econometrics and macroeconometrics.
The keynote speaker will be Roberto Casarin
<https://sites.google.com/view/robertocasarin/home?authuser=0> (Ca' Foscari
University of Venice).
Interested scholars are invited to submit an extended abstract of 1-3 pages
to *juniormitss(a)unimi.it <juniormitss(a)unimi.it>* by *7 February 2025*.
The notification of acceptance will be on 28 February 2025; unfortunately,
no travel funds are available.
Best regards
Luca
Dear all,
The Department of Economics and Finance at Luiss University in Rome
(*https://economiaefinanza.luiss.it
<https://economiaefinanza.luiss.it/>*) is pleased to announce the following
seminar:
*Speaker*: Victor M. Panaretos, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
(EPFL)
*Title*: *Distributional Regression and Autoregression via Mass
Transportation*
*When*: February 6th, 14:30
*Where*: Viale Romania, 32 00197 Rome
*Meeting room*: 405
*Abstract*: We present a framework for performing regression when both
covariate and response are probability distributions. Our framework is
based on the theory of mass transportation and links the conditional
Fréchet mean of the response to the covariate via an optimal transport map.
In the simplest context of distributions on the real line, we show how one
can define and compute a Fréchet least squares estimator of the regression
map, which attains the minimax convergence rate under minimal assumptions.
We also discuss possible extensions to higher dimensional laws and to
autoregressive settings, and how these seem to require additional
smoothness conditions for consistent estimation. Based on joint work with
Laya Ghodrati.
*Webpage*:
https://economiaefinanza.luiss.it/research-seminar/distributional-regressio…
*Should you be interested, please kindly send me an e-mail.*
Best wishes,
Alessia Caponera
Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to share with you the call for applications for
the MAPPA program, a DOUBLE-DEGREE MASTER PROGRAM IN MATHEMATICS
jointly offered by the UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA and PARIS DAUPHINE
UNIVERSITY (Paris Sciences & Lettres). This two-year program offers
three specialized study paths:
- MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
- PROBABILITY AND FINANCE
- PROBABILITY AND STATISTICAL MECHANICS
Admitted students will spend their first year in Padova and their
second year in Paris. Upon successful completion of the program,
students will be awarded two degrees: Laurea Magistrale in Matematica
(from Padova) and Master in Mathematics and Applications (from Paris
Dauphine). The master thesis will be conducted in collaboration with
two supervisors, one in Padova and one in Paris. Admission to the
program, limited to 10 students, will be based on CV, presentation
letters, and an interview. Financial support and fellowships are
available for admitted students.
For more information on the MAPPA program, please
visit: https://web.math.unipd.it/mappawp
The call for applications (bando) can be found here:
https://www.math.unipd.it/news/bando-di-concorso-n-1-2025-per-10-posti-per-…
The _DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS_ is MAY 12, 2024, AT 12:00.
Please share this opportunity with your bachelor students, and feel
free to contact me for further information.
Best Regards,
Claudio Fontana
Mercoledì *5 febbraio *alle ore *14.30, *Simone Baldassarri (Mathematical
Institute Leiden University) terrà il seminario dal titolo “*Opinion
dynamics on dense dynamic random graphs*”.
Abstract:
Describing the evolution of dynamic networks together with dynamic
processes running on them constitutes a major challenge in network science.
Despite considerable efforts in past years, and notable progress on an
intuitive and approximative level, our mathematical understanding of such
systems is still in its infancy. The focus of this talk will be two-opinion
voter models on dense dynamic random graphs. The goal is to understand and
describe the occurrence of consensus versus polarisation over long periods
of time. The former means that all vertices have the same opinion, the
latter means that the vertices split into two communities with different
opinions and few disagreeing edges. We consider three models for the joint
dynamics of opinions and graphs: one with one-way feedback and two with
two-way feedback. In the first model only coexistence is attainable,
meaning that both opinions survive, but with the presence of many
disagreeing edges. In the second model only consensus prevails, while in
the third model polarisation is possible. Key results cover functional laws
of large numbers for the densities of the two opinions, functional laws of
large numbers for the dynamic random graphs in the space of graphons, and a
characterisation of the limiting densities in terms of Beta-distributions.
Il seminario avrà luogo in presenza presso il Dipartimento di Matematica e
Fisica di Roma Tre
Aula B in Via della Vasca Navale 84, 00146 Roma
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Pietro Caputo
Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica
via della vasca navale 84, 00146 Roma, Italy.
www.mat.uniroma3.it/users/caputo
Tel +39 3460830076