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Junior Bayes webinars - 9 July - Espen Bernton and Alejandra Avalos-Pacheco
by Giacomo Zanella 06 Jul '20

06 Jul '20

We are delighted to announce the third and forth webinars of the series Junior Bayes Beyond the Borders (JB^3): an online seminar series jointly organized by the BayesLab (https://www.bayeslab.unibocconi.eu/) at Bocconi University and j-ISBA (https://j-isba.github.io/) the junior section of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis. JB^3 aims at highlighting the work of outstanding junior researchers in Bayesian Statistics (for more information visit www.bayeslab.unibocconi.eu/webinarseries<http://www.bayeslab.unibocconi.eu/webinarseries>). The two webinars will be: Date: 09 July 2020, 2pm UTC (4pm Italy time) Speaker: Espen Bernton (Columbia University) Title: Schrödinger bridge samplers Discussant: Michela Ottobre (Heriot Watt University) Date: 09 July 2020, 3pm UTC (5pm Italy time) Speaker: Alejandra Avalos-Pacheco (Harvard University) Title: Factor regression for dimensionality reduction and data integration techniques with applications to cancer data Discussant: Peter Mueller (UT Austin) The zoom links to join the webinars will be made available at www.bayeslab.unibocconi.eu/webinarseries<http://www.bayeslab.unibocconi.eu/webinarseries> a few hours before the webinars. Kind regards, Giacomo Zanella [La tua firma può scrivere un futuro. Aiuta gli studenti meritevoli a costruire il proprio. Dai il tuo 5x1000 alla Bocconi C.F. 80024610158] Please note that the above message is addressed only to individuals filing Italian income tax returns. 5x1000 is a percentage of Italian personal income tax that taxpayers can allocate to Universities, scientific research and non profit organizations.

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PhD Scholarship in probability theory Strasbourg-Göttingen
by Vlada Limic 02 Jul '20

02 Jul '20

A PhD scholarship in probability theory is available at University of Strasbourg, France. The studies will be comenthored by Dr. Vlada Limic (Strasbourg) and Prof.dr. Anja Sturm (Göttingen, Germany). The scholarship amount is 10800 EUR, for three consecutive years. Extra funding is planned to cover candidate's relocation costs and longterm stays in Göttingen. The research program is in probability theory, more precisely in the area of near critical random graphs and networks. Good language of English is required. Teaching duties (in French, possibly English) are optional, and they would be additionally remunerated. Strong candidates are encouraged to write directly to limic(a)math.unistra.fr. -- Kiva.org - Loans That Change Lives

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(NetSci2020-Satellite) Statistical Mechanics Methods for Networks
by Piero MAZZARISI 01 Jul '20

01 Jul '20

(RE-OPENED) CALL FOR ABSTRACTS NETSCI2020 - SATELLITE CONFERENCE "STATISTICAL MECHANICS METHODS FOR NETWORKS” https://sites.google.com/view/smmn <https://sites.google.com/view/smmn> The NetSci 2020 conference has been confirmed in on-line mode and we would like to draw your attention to a satellite session which will take place before the main conference. Since there are some available spots for contributed talks, we invite interested applicants to submit one-page abstract, to be considered for the satellite session. The objective of the Satellite conference on "Statistical Mechanics Methods for Networks” is to bring together academics, young researchers and PhD students working in the area of statistical models of both static and dynamic networks. A particular focus is then given to the study of methods based on Statistical Mechanics of networks, which permit the learning of mechanisms driving the formation and the evolution of the networked systems. The Satellite will provide an opportunity for participants engaged in research at the forefront of this area to discuss the novel results and may, in turn, suggest fruitful and relevant directions for future research. How: Submit your one page abstract through a form at https://sites.google.com/view/smmn/submission <https://sites.google.com/view/smmn/submission> Important dates: * Abstract/Paper submission deadline: 20.04.2020 14.07.2020 * Notification of acceptance: 27.04.2020 16-07-2020 - subject to change, depending on the final NetSci 2020 timeline Where: Online When: 17th September INVITED SPEAKERS: Rossana Mastrandrea (IMT Lucca) Andrey Lokhov (Los Alamos National Laboratory) TOPICS: - Graphs Ensembles - Network Reconstruction - Statistical Inference - Phase Transitions in Network Models - Percolation in Networks - Maximum Entropy for Networks - Statistically Validated Networks ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Piero Mazzarisi (Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa) Mateusz Wilinski (Uniwersytet Warszawski) PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Paolo Barucca (University College London) Agata Fronczak (Politechnika Warszawska) Fabrizio Lillo (Università di Bologna) Leto Peel (Université Catholique de Louvain) Tiago Peixoto (Central European University) Katarzyna Sznajd-Weron (Politechnika Wroclawska) Daniele Tantari (Università di Bologna)

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Fwd: [owps] One World Probability Seminar Thursday 2nd July 2020:
by Faggionato, Alessandra 01 Jul '20

01 Jul '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Andreas Kyprianou <ak257(a)bath.ac.uk> Date: mer 1 lug 2020 alle ore 14:01 Subject: [owps] One World Probability Seminar Thursday 2nd July 2020: To: <owps(a)lists.bath.ac.uk> One World Probability Seminar Thursday 2nd July 2020: PLEASE NOTE WE ARE EXPERIMENTING WITH A NEW TIME: OWPS WILL START 1HR LATER THAN USUAL AT 1400 UTC Tomorrow's speakers in the One World Probability Seminar are ------------------------------------------------------------ 14.00 UTC: Ron Peled (Tel Aviv): Fluctuations of random surfaces and concentration inequalities for log-concave distributions Abstract: Random surfaces in statistical physics are commonly modeled by a real-valued function on a d-dimensional lattice, whose probability density penalizes nearest-neighbor fluctuations according to an interaction potential U. The case U(x)=x^2 is the well-studied lattice Gaussian free field, while one-dimensional random surfaces are equivalent to random walks. Our focus is on dimensions d>=2 and general U. Brascamp-Lieb-Lebowitz conjectured in 1975 that such random surfaces are localized in dimensions d>=3 under mild assumptions on U. Their work establishes the conjecture when U is uniformly convex (its second derivative is uniformly bounded from zero), as a consequence of the Brascamp-Lieb concentration inequality. To date, this remains the main case for which the conjecture is verified, with the result missing even when U(x) = x^4. We establish new concentration inequalities for log-concave distributions, extending the Brascamp-Lieb inequality, and use them to prove localization in many new cases, including the family U(x) = |x| ^p with p>1. Further consequences regard the maximum height for a class of random surfaces discussed by Deuschel-Giacomin (2000). The talk will be a gentle introduction to the model and the results. No prior knowledge of random surfaces or log-concave distributions will be assumed. Joint work with Alexander Magazinov. 15.00: UTC Omer Angel (Vancouver): Excited martingales Abstract: We consider a random walk that moves in the Z^2 that moves vertically on the first visit to each site and horizontally on subsequent visits. We give new lower bounds on the growth of the range of such walks. Joint with Mark Holmes and Alejandro Ramirez. ------------------------------------------------------------ As always, the Zoom-room link will appear on the OWPS seminar webpage: https://www.owprobability.org/one-world-probability-seminar But you can also link to it directly by clicking this link tomorrow: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83512390999 Meeting-ID: 835 1239 0999 Please feel free to circulate this email. We hope to see you all tomorrow! One World Probability Team For the videos you can also subscribe to the Youtube or Bilibili channels: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiLiEQGTp6bZEhuHDM-WNWQ and https://space.bilibili.com/151014650 -- ************************************************* 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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JB^3 webinar - 2 July - Lindsay Berry
by Giacomo Zanella 30 Jun '20

30 Jun '20

We are delighted to announce the second webinar of the series Junior Bayes Beyond the Borders (JB^3): an online seminar series jointly organized by the BayesLab (https://www.bayeslab.unibocconi.eu/) at Bocconi University and j-ISBA (https://j-isba.github.io/) the junior section of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis. JB^3 aims at highlighting the work of outstanding junior researchers in Bayesian Statistics (for more information visit: www.bayeslab.unibocconi.eu/webinarseries<http://www.bayeslab.unibocconi.eu/webinarseries>). The webinar will be: Date: 02 July 2020, 3pm UTC (5pm Italy time) Speaker: Lindsay Berry (Berry Consultants) Title: Bayesian dynamic modeling and forecasting of count time series Discussant: Christopher Glynn (University of New Hampshire) The link to join the webinar will be made available at www.bayeslab.unibocconi.eu/webinarseries<http://www.bayeslab.unibocconi.eu/webinarseries> a few hours before the seminar. Kind regards, Giacomo Zanella [La tua firma può scrivere un futuro. Aiuta gli studenti meritevoli a costruire il proprio. Dai il tuo 5x1000 alla Bocconi C.F. 80024610158] Please note that the above message is addressed only to individuals filing Italian income tax returns. 5x1000 is a percentage of Italian personal income tax that taxpayers can allocate to Universities, scientific research and non profit organizations.

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Phd position opened in Nancy, France
by Marianne Clausel 27 Jun '20

27 Jun '20

Dear all The university of Lorraine in France is opening a PhD position in machine learning. Feel free to contact Professor Radu Stoica (radu-stefan.stoica(a)univ-lorraine.fr) if you are interested https://drive.google.com/file/d/18bXFvaq90LRnGmSP15e64od7WQ1unkkn/view?usp=… Best Marianne

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online Workshop SMOCS2020
by Enrica Pirozzi 26 Jun '20

26 Jun '20

Dear Friend this is to remind that on July 1-2 and 8-9 there will be the online meeting: "Kick-Off Meeting of Prin 2017 Project: Stochastic Models for Complex Systems" (PRIN-project of University of Lecce, Salerno and Napoli) devoted to the presentation of scientific results obtained in the first year of the project and future research topics. For details see: https://sites.google.com/view/kick-off-meeting/home You are kindly invited to join the meeting. We recall that the registration is free but compulsory. Please send an email to: smocswn2020(a)gmail.com Subject: Registration including the following information Name: Family Name: Affiliation: E- mail: Best regards, Roberta Schiattarella, Mariella Longobardi, Nello Buonocore, Igia Caputo, Enrica Pirozzi. -- Enrica Pirozzi Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni Universita' di Napoli FEDERICO II Via Cintia, Monte S.Angelo, 80126, NAPOLI, ITALY Tel. 081 675634 https://www.docenti.unina.it/ENRICA.PIROZZI

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5 year Postdoc TU Berlin, Probability and Financial Mathematics Group
by Tiziano De Angelis 25 Jun '20

25 Jun '20

Dear All, I was asked to circulate the advert below for an excellent postdoc opportunity in Berlin. The deadline is 10 August. Best wishes Tiziano ------------------------------- Applications are invited for a Postdoc position 5 years, TV-L E13, 100% (>2300 EUR per month after taxes etc.) in the group of Prof. Peter Bank at TU Berlin’s department of Mathematics. We are particularly interested in stochastic optimization problems arising in finance and are looking for early career researchers who want to actively contribute to this field of research, for instance by working towards a habilitation. The teaching load is 4 hours per week during term and includes teaching of exercise classes in the department and the supervision of Bachelor and Master theses. Please see https://tub.stellenticket.de/de/offers/80735 for the formal details. The "usual documents" mentioned there are meant to include - a cover letter explaining the applicant’s movitation, - a scientific CV, - a list of publications and talks, - a description of future research plans (outlining, when applicable, the habilitation project), - teaching record, - at least two, preferably three letters of recommendation. Deadline for applications is August 10, 2020.

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Bernoulli-IMS One World Symposium 2020, held on 24th to 28th of August.
by Faggionato, Alessandra 25 Jun '20

25 Jun '20

Buongiorno, ricevo da Andreas Kyprianou e Leif Doering, ed inoltro a tutti voi (vedere sotto) Saluti Alessandra *********************************************************** Dear all, as a reaction to the current situation, a virtual alternative to the postponed 2020 Bernoulli-IMS World Congress in Seoul has been set up. The meeting will allow all researchers from PhD student to established researchers to present and discuss with the community their latest research on probability and mathematical statistics! Please join the *Bernoulli-IMS One World Symposium 2020, held on 24th to 28th of August,* jointly organized by the Bernoulli Society, IMS and the One World Probability Project. The symposium will be virtual with many new experimental features. No registration fees apply! The daily program will be arranged around live talks (each held twice to reach the entire planet): - 4 plenary lectures: Emmanuel Candes (Stanford), Martin Hairer (London), Kerrie Mengersen (Queensland), Wendelin Werner (Zurich) - 7 early career speakers All researchers around the world are invited to submit abstracts for 10 minute talks by July 13th which will be assessed by the 23 session chairs. Accepted 10 minute talks will have to be produced before August 9th. They will appear on the website and the YouTube channel one week before the symposium. In slots during the symposium, every speaker of a prerecorded 10 minute talk will have the chance to discuss live with the audience in one of the 23 session zoom rooms. It will never be easier to reach a large audience with the little effort of producing a 10 minute video at home! It’s easy, just go for it! To allow for discussions among participants, the symposium will run different kinds of interactive events. Have you ever participated in a workshop excursion of the world? Stay tuned! Go to https://www.worldsymposium2020.org/ <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.world…> to see how you can participate and don’t forget to submit your *abstract before July 13th*! Producing a 10 minute video is little work for maximum connectivity, give it a go and help us make this happen! *Please redistribute this mail as you like!* All the best and „see“ you in August, Andreas & Leif -- ************************************************* 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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ECSO-CMS 2021 First Announcement
by Martina Nardon 25 Jun '20

25 Jun '20

_First Announcement_ *Joint EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION and COMPUTATIONAL MANAGEMENT SCIENCE Conference * *7-9 July 2021, Venice, Italy* The organizers are delighted to invite you to ECSO – CMS 2021 that will be held in Venice, Italy, 7-9 July 2021, at the Department of Economics - Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, in the San Giobbe Economics Campus. /The event was originally planned for July 2020 but due to the COVID-19 situation the conference is rescheduled to the next year./ ECSO - CMS 2021 is jointly organized by the Department of Economics of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, the CMS Journal and the EURO Working Group on Stochastic Optimization. ECSO 2021 is the 3rd edition of a stream of conferences organized by the EURO Working Group on Stochastic Optimization (EWGSO). The previous editions were held in Paris (2014) and Rome (2017). The scope of the conference is to bring together researchers and professionals in Stochastic Optimization and its applications in different fields spacing from economics and finance to supply chain, logistics, etc. CMS 2021 is the 17th edition of an annual meeting associated with the journal of Computational Management Science published by Springer. The aim of the conference is to provide a forum for theoreticians and practitioners from academia and industry to exchange knowledge, ideas and results in a broad range of topics relevant to the theory and practice of computational methods in management science. This joint event will provide a forum for fruitful discussions and interactions among researchers and professionals from industry and institutional sectors on decision making under uncertainty in a complex world.The conference will be within the scopes of both CMS and EWGSO and, in particular, it will focus on models, methods and computational tools in stochastic, robust and distributionally robust optimization and on computational aspects of management science with emphasis on risk management, valuation problems, measurement applications. Traditional fields of application, such as finance, energy, water management, logistics, supply chain management, and emerging ones, such as healthcare, climate risk and sustainable development, will be included. CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS DARINKA DENTCHEVA, Stevens Institute of Technology (USA) DAVID MORTON, Northwestern University (USA) GAH-YI BAN, London Business School (UK) DANIEL KUHN, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (CH) GIORGIO CONSIGLI, Università di Bergamo (I) Venue: Department of Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice San Giobbe Campus – Cannaregio 873, 30121 Venice, Italy Webpage: www.unive.it/ecsocms2021 <http://www.unive.it/ecsocms2021> Conference Secretariat: ecsocms2021(a)unive.it Conference hashtag: #ecsocms2021 _Call for papers and deadlines will be announced in Autumn_ A *Best Student Paper Prize* will be awarded. Papers should be nominated via e-mail by the students’ supervisors (ecsocms2021(a)unive.it) The program will include a devoted session for presenting the best papers to compete for the prize, such that the jury could make the final choice. The paper does not have to be published. The papers should be principally authored by the student, but co-authors are permitted as long as their contributions are clarified. Only registered participants’ papers will be considered for the prize. Jury for the Student Best Paper Prize: Stein-Erik Fleten (NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Milos Kopa (Charles University of Prague), Francesca Maggioni (University of Bergamo), Ruediger Schultz (University Duisburg-Essen). We are looking forward to seeing you in Venice. Best Regards, Diana Barro, Stein-Erik Fleten and Martina Nardon Organizing and Program Committee Chairs -------------------------------------- Dr. Martina Nardon Dipartimento di Economia Università Ca' Foscari Venezia San Giobbe - Cannaregio, 873 30121 Venezia, Italy tel. +39 041 234 7413 --------------------------------------

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