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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

https://bandi.unibo.it/ricerca/assegni-ricerca?id_bando=52894 [https://bandi.unibo.it/logo.png]<https://bandi.unibo.it/ricerca/assegni-ricerca?id_bando=52894> Assegni di ricerca<https://bandi.unibo.it/ricerca/assegni-ricerca?id_bando=52894> property= bandi.unibo.it

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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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3rd Asset Pricing Conference by LTI@UniTO - October 6th 2020 13.150-18.30 correct registration link
by Luca Regis 29 Sep '20

29 Sep '20

Apologies for re-posting, the previous announcement contained an incorrect link. ----------------------------------- Dear Colleagues, LTI@UniTO (www.carloalberto.org/lti) and Collegio Carlo Alberto are pleased to invite you to the *3rd Asset Pricing Conference by **LTI@UniTO*. This one-day online conference on October 6, 2020 hosted by the Collegio Carlo Alberto aims to promote the highest level and up-to-date research in asset pricing within the European academic community. Speakers and discussants are selected among the most innovative junior researchers and established scholars. The current edition devotes particular attention to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the financial markets and industry. The conference will take place on the zoom platform on* October 6th, 13:50-18:30*. Please register here: https://3rdassetpricingconference.eventbrite.it Conference Program 13:50 *Welcome* 14:00 E. Luciano (UniTo/CCA) “Risk aversion of insurance companies and Covid-19 effects” Discussant: I. Cooper (LBS) 14:40 P. Meanhout (INSEAD) “Generalized Robustness and Dynamic Pessimism” Discussant: P. Guasoni (Dublin) 15:30 C. Schlag (Goethe) “Non-substitutable consumption growth risk” Discussant: F. Trojani (Geneva/SFI) 16:10 J. Penasse (Luxembourg) “Understanding Alpha Decay” Discussant: G. Vilkov (Frankfurt School) *Short break* 17:00 J. Detemple (Boston) “Asset Prices and Pandemics” Discussant: B. Dumas (INSEAD) 17:40 M. Croce (Bocconi) *TBA*Discussant: A. Mele (USI/SFI) 18:20 *Farewell* Conference website: https://www.carloalberto.org/event/lti-3rd-asset-pricing-conference Best, Luca Regis -- Luca Regis Associate Professor Department of Economics and Statistics (ESOMAS) University of Torinosites.google.com/view/lucaregis Office: +39 011 670 6065www.carloalberto.org/lti

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3rd Asset Pricing Conference by LTI@UniTO, October 6 h. 13.50-18.30
by Luca Regis 29 Sep '20

29 Sep '20

Dear Colleagues, LTI@UniTO (www.carloalberto.org/lti) and Collegio Carlo Alberto are pleased to invite you to the *3rd Asset Pricing Conference by **LTI@UniTO*. This one-day online conference on*October 6, 2020*hosted by the Collegio Carlo Alberto aims to promote the highest level and up-to-date research in asset pricing within the European academic community. Speakers and discussants are selected among the most innovative junior researchers and established scholars. The current edition devotes particular attention to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the financial markets and industry. The conference will take place on the zoom platform on*October 6th, 13:50-18:30*. Please register here: https://3rdassetpricingconference.eventbrite.it <https://ltiwebinar15july.eventbrite.it/> *Conference Program* 13:50/Welcome/ 14:00 E. Luciano (UniTo/CCA) *“Risk aversion of insurance companies and Covid-19 effects” *Discussant: I. Cooper (LBS) 14:40 P. Meanhout (INSEAD)*“Generalized Robustness and Dynamic Pessimism” *Discussant: P. Guasoni (Dublin) 15:30 C. Schlag (Goethe)*“Non-substitutable consumption growth risk” *Discussant: F. Trojani (Geneva/SFI) 16:10 J. Penasse (Luxembourg)*“Understanding Alpha Decay” *Discussant: G. Vilkov (Frankfurt School) /Short break/ 17:00 J. Detemple (Boston)*“Asset Prices and Pandemics” *Discussant: B. Dumas (INSEAD) 17:40 M. Croce (Bocconi)/TBA /Discussant: A. Mele (USI/SFI) 18:20/Farewell/ Conference website: https://www.carloalberto.org/event/lti-3rd-asset-pricing-conference Best, 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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Link to Tyler Helmuth's talk (Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 14:00)
by Giacomo Filippo Di Gesu 28 Sep '20

28 Sep '20

Dear colleagues, the previously announced seminar by Tyler Helmuth will be accessible under the following link: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3af828e8fe540e4d39b10802fc3edd…> Tuesday, Sept. 29, 14:00 Speaker: Tyler Helmuth Title: Random spanning forests and hyperbolic symmetry Abstract: The arboreal gas is the probability measure that arises from conditioning the random subgraph given by Bernoulli(p) bond percolation to be a spanning forest, i.e., to contain no cycles. This conditioning makes sense on any finite graph G, and in the case p=1/2 gives the uniform measure on spanning forests. The arboreal gas also arises as a q—> 0 limit of the q-state random cluster model. What are the percolative properties of these forests? This turns out to be a surprisingly rich question, and I will discuss what is known and conjectured. I will also describe a tool for studying connection probabilities, the magic formula, which arises due to an important connection between the arboreal gas and spin systems with hyperbolic symmetry. Based on joint work with Roland Bauerschmidt, Nick Crawford, and Andrew Swan. Best regards, Giacomo

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Premio Cuozzo 2020
by Lucia Caramellino 25 Sep '20

25 Sep '20

Buongiorno. Ricevo ed inoltro bando del Premio Cuozzo 2020. Buona giornata, Lucia +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Lucia Caramellino Dipartimento di Matematica Università di Roma “Tor Vergata” Web: http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~caramell <http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~caramell> > Inizio messaggio inoltrato: > > Da: Filippo Bracci <fbracci(a)mat.uniroma2.it> > Oggetto: Premio Cuozzo 2020 > > Carissimi, > > ho il piacere di segnalarvi che è uscito il bando per la 13-ma edizione del Premio Cuozzo dedicato alla memoria di Michele Cuozzo. > > Il premio, di 3000 euro, sarà consegnato al vincitore a Dicembre 2020. > > Possono partecipare coloro che abbiano conseguito il titolo di Dottore di Ricerca in Matematica, o titolo riconosciuto equipollente, presso un’università o istituzione scientifica italiana. Il titolo deve essere stato conseguito nei 12 mesi precedenti la data di scadenza del bando. > > La scadenza è il 23 ottobre ore 12:00. > > Allego il bando, che sarà a breve disponibile sul sito del Dipartimento di Matematica dell’Università di Roma “Tor Vergata” . > > Vi prego di dare pubblicità tra gli interessati, > > a presto > > Filippo > > > > -- > ************************ > Prof. Filippo Bracci > Dipartimento di Matematica > Universita' di Roma "Tor Vergata" > Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1 > 00133 Roma - ITALIA > Tel: (+39-)06-7259 4643/4105 > Fax: (+39-)06-7259 4699 > E-mail: fbracci(a)mat.uniroma2.it <mailto:fbracci@mat.uniroma2.it> > Web-page: www.mat.uniroma2.it/~fbracci <http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~fbracci> > > > >

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Post-Doc position in Karlsruhe
by Giovanni Peccati 25 Sep '20

25 Sep '20

Dear Colleagues, I have been notified of an opening for a *3 years post-doc position in Karlsruhe*, in the domain of Stochastic Geometry. Here is the official link: http://www.pse.kit.edu/karriere/joboffer.php?id=54768&language=en With my best regards, Giovanni Peccati -- Prof. Giovanni Peccati ------------------------------------------ Head of the Department of Mathematics Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine ------------------------------------------ University of Luxembourg ----------------------------------------- homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/giovannipeccati/Home E-mail: giovanni.peccati(a)gmail.com

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(1+1)-year post-doc position in mathematical finance at UniPD
by Claudio Fontana 24 Sep '20

24 Sep '20

1+1 year post-doc position at the University of Padova (Italy) A one-year postdoctoral position is available at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Padova (Italy), with the possibility of renewal for a second year. The position is funded by the STARS@UniPD project PRISMA, directed by Claudio Fontana (personal webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/fontanaclaud <https://sites.google.com/site/fontanaclaud>). The PRISMA project is focused on the development of stochastic methods for the modelling of information in finance and insurance, and related research directions in probability and finance. We are looking for a highly motivated candidate with a solid background in stochastic analysis and mathematical finance. A PhD degree in these fields is a necessary requirement. Previous research experience in arbitrage theory, stochastic filtering, enlargement of filtrations, mean-field games, or interest rate modelling will be especially appreciated. The candidate should have the ability to drive discovery by working independently, interacting with colleagues with different backgrounds and establishing relevant collaborations. Knowledge of the Italian language does not represent a requirement and language classes are offered by the University of Padova. We offer excellent working conditions and a stimulating research environment. Salary is fixed at a top level for a post-doctoral position at the University of Padova, corresponding to about 2100 euros/month (net). Generous financial support is available for participation to conferences and workshops, research visits and collaborations. The selected candidate will not have mandatory teaching duties, but will have the possibility of teaching. The Probability and Finance group (https://www.math.unipd.it/en/research/research-areas/mathematics/probability <https://www.math.unipd.it/en/research/research-areas/mathematics/probability>) at the University of Padova is a dynamic research unit, with a strong international visibility and well-established connections with foreign institutions and world leaders in the field of mathematical finance. The University of Padova provides excellent support to foreign candidates. Padova is a beautiful city in the Venetian region, home to one of the oldest universities in the world, with a thriving student life and an excellent quality of life. The official call and instructions for application are available at https://www.math.unipd.it/news/bando-assegno-di-ricerca-metodi-stocastici-p… <https://www.math.unipd.it/news/bando-assegno-di-ricerca-metodi-stocastici-p…> To be considered, the application package (including reference letters) has to arrive before October 14, 2020, at 1pm CET. The position is expected to start as soon as possible, and not later than in January 2021. For any further information on this position, please contact Claudio Fontana at fontana(a)math.unipd.it <mailto:fontana@math.unipd.it> Best regards (and apologies for cross-posting), Claudio Fontana

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Postdoc position at the University of Oslo, Norway
by Valeria Vitelli 24 Sep '20

24 Sep '20

Dear colleagues, below the announcement of a postdoc position in Bayesian Statistics at the Oslo Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Oslo, Norway. Hope it will be of interest. all the best, Valeria Vitelli --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *A three-years postdoc position in Biostatistics is offered at the Oslo Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE), University of Oslo (UiO), Norway. * *Deadline for submission: 30th November 2020IMPORTANT! Deadline for contacting the UiO host: 30th October 2020* Project: Scalable inference for genomic data integration Summary: The project focuses on scalable statistical methods for the integration and analysis of multi-omic data sources. We plan development of horizontal (multi-omic) and vertical (meta-analytic) integrative Bayesian clustering methods during the project course with intended application to disease subtyping and signature/biomarker discovery. *Call, detailed **information and how to apply:* (the call is under the thematic area in "biostatistics") https://www.med.uio.no/english/research/scientia-fellows/apply/ *SCIENTIA FELLOWS* is a transnational research fellowship programme in the field of Health Life Sciences at UiO, funded by the EU Horizon 2020 under the Maria Skłodowska-Curie scheme. The purpose of the three years postdoc is to produce scientific results of the highest quality, in collaboration with your host at UiO and its other partners. You will also be part of UiO's career development programme designed for researchers at the beginning of their career, including our Health Innovator course which aims to provide researchers with tools and insight into how innovation can be put to work for the benefit of patients, the healthcare system and society. At completion of your three year term, your academic profile will be such that you can successfully apply to the best research positions worldwide. *UiO Hosts: *Valeria Vitelli ( https://www.med.uio.no/imb/english/people/aca/valeriv/) and David Swanson ( https://sojourningnorth.github.io/) *If you are interested in the position, please contact the UiO hosts by sending CV and links to your papers as early as possible and before October 30th, 2020.* You and your hosts will identify common research interests and discuss the concept of your research proposal. While you are responsible for the research proposal, you will discuss your application with the hosts, who will help you to write a good proposal. Finally, in order to apply for the position, you have to submit the research proposal (and other documents as specified in the call) by November 30th, 2020. The position will be at the Oslo Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE), UiO (https://www.med.uio.no/imb/english/research/centres/ocbe/) *Eligibility:* - You possess a PhD degree (at the latest by 1 January 2021) in statistics, biostatistics, mathematics, computer science or other related disciplines with a documented competence in statistics, biostatistics or mathematics. - You have not been resident in Norway for more than 12 months in the last 3 years. *Salary: 515 200 NOK/year (roughly 50K EUR/year)* A Fellow of the Scientia Fellows programme will be employed at UiO for three years. The place of work is the UiO campus in Oslo. The gross salary of a Fellow will amount to 515 200 NOK/year. UiO will cover full health insurance and pay towards your pension with the Norwegian pension fund. As an employee in Norway you have several welfare benefits. In addition UiO will support research costs (laptop, travel, courses etc) with 54 600 NOK per year. For further information related to moving and settling in Norway, please visit the website of the International Staff Mobility Office ( https://www.uio.no/english/about/jobs/ismo/) which will also assist incoming fellows and their families with relocation to UiO. For more information, contact the hosts mentioned below. -- Valeria Vitelli Oslo Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Biostatistics, University of Oslo, Norway mailto: valeria.vitelli(a)medisin.uio.no

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Pisa Online Seminar by Tyler Helmuth (Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 14:00)
by Giacomo Filippo Di Gesu 23 Sep '20

23 Sep '20

Dear colleagues, I would like to announce the following online seminar organized by the Probability group of the University of Pisa: Tuesday, Sept. 29, 14:00 on Microsoft Teams (the link will be sent in a forthcoming email) Speaker: Tyler Helmuth Title: Random spanning forests and hyperbolic symmetry Abstract: The arboreal gas is the probability measure that arises from conditioning the random subgraph given by Bernoulli(p) bond percolation to be a spanning forest, i.e., to contain no cycles. This conditioning makes sense on any finite graph G, and in the case p=1/2 gives the uniform measure on spanning forests. The arboreal gas also arises as a q—> 0 limit of the q-state random cluster model. What are the percolative properties of these forests? This turns out to be a surprisingly rich question, and I will discuss what is known and conjectured. I will also describe a tool for studying connection probabilities, the magic formula, which arises due to an important connection between the arboreal gas and spin systems with hyperbolic symmetry. Based on joint work with Roland Bauerschmidt, Nick Crawford, and Andrew Swan. Best regards, Giacomo _____________________ Giacomo Di Gesù Dipartimento di Matematica Università di Pisa Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 5 56127 - Pisa, Italy giacomo.digesu(a)unipi.it

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Webinar Passeggeri @Bocconi
by Giacomo Zanella 22 Sep '20

22 Sep '20

We announce the following DEC Statistics webinar: Date: Thursday, September 24, h12:00 Speaker: Riccardo Passeggeri (Sorbonne University) Title: On a class of completely random measures (CRMs) and its role in Bayesian analysis. The seminar will be mixed online and in-presence: - anybody can attend the seminar at the following link: https://zoom.us/j/92000724531 - members of Bocconi University can attend the meeting in presence at Roentgen building, floor -1, room AS-02, subject to appropriate prevention measures such as social distancing. Abstract: Quasi-infinitely divisible (QID) distributions have been recently introduced by Lindner, Pan and Sato (Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 370 (2018) 8483-8520). A random variable X is QID if and only if there exist two infinitely divisible (ID) random variables Y and Z s.t. X +Y = Z (in distribution) and Y is independent of X. In this talk, we present QID random measures, describe their properties and their role in Bayesian analysis. In particular, we show that QID random measures are dense in the space of all CRMs with respect to convergence in distribution. In other words, *any CRM can be approximated in distribution by a QID random measure*. Moreover, we demonstrate that there exists a one to one correspondence between the law of QID random measures and certain characteristic pairs (as it happens for the Poisson point processes). That is, *the characteristic function of a QID random measure has an explicit formulation written in terms of two (unique) deterministic objects*. Finally, we present a nonparametric Bayesian statistical framework based on QID random measures, which extends recent works of Michael Jordan, Tamara Broderick, Trevor Campbell and co-authors. Kind regards, Giacomo Zanella

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Online seminar Eddie Nikolova
by Marco Scarsini 20 Sep '20

20 Sep '20

Thursday 24 September, h 17:00 *Evdokia Nikolova, *University of Texas at Austin Risk-aversion and diversity in network routing <http://mailsender.luiss.it/lists/lt.php?id=cRpRCgUDSAUBBwBOVgFdBQs> Discussants: Valerio Dose and Marc Schröder Luiss | Viale Romania, 32 | Virtual Room* 70 This is the link to access the virtual room: https://luiss.webex.com/luiss/j.php?MTID=mcf4af3f6b4da7e8a19cf1fb052a70517 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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Call for interest - Assegno di ricerca @ Polimi
by Daniele Marazzina 17 Sep '20

17 Sep '20

Con preghiera di diffusione. Grazie mille -------------------------------------------------- Il Qfinlab, laboratorio di finanza quantitativa del Dipartimento di Matematica del Politecnico di Milano, in collaborazione con il gruppo di ricerca del Professor Agasisti del Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale, sta valutando la possibilità di bandire un assegno di ricerca della durata di un anno su tematiche relative all'educazione finanziaria, creazione di percorsi per le scuole e analisi di impatto. Eventuali persone interessate possono inviare il loro cv all'indirizzo qfinlab(a)polimi.it<mailto:qfinlab@polimi.it> . Per informazioni sul gruppo, si rimanda a www.qfinlab.polimi.it<http://www.qfinlab.polimi.it/> Cordialmente Daniele Marazzina Emilio Barucci

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Call for interest - Assegno di ricerca @ Polimi
by Daniele Marazzina 17 Sep '20

17 Sep '20

Con preghiera di diffusione. Grazie mille -------------------------------------------------- Il Qfinlab, laboratorio di finanza quantitativa del Dipartimento di Matematica del Politecnico di Milano, in collaborazione con il gruppo di ricerca del Professor Agasisti del Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale, sta valutando la possibilità di bandire un assegno di ricerca della durata di un anno su tematiche relative all'educazione finanziaria, creazione di percorsi per le scuole e analisi di impatto. Eventuali persone interessate possono inviare il loro cv all'indirizzo qfinlab(a)polimi.it . Per informazioni sul gruppo, si rimanda a www.qfinlab.polimi.it Cordialmente Daniele Marazzina Emilio Barucci

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seminar De Palma
by Dario Trevisan 17 Sep '20

17 Sep '20

Dear all, sorry for another message about today's seminar by G. De Palma. I just want to mention that there was an extra bracket in the google meet link. If you want to follow online please use the following link: meet.google.com/sdy-qmac-kch Regards, Dario -- Dario Trevisan, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Dipartimento di Matematica, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 5, 56127 - Pisa (PI) Italy telephone: (+39) 050 2213832 mobile: (+39) 331 2899761 Skype: dario-trevisan e-mail: dario.trevisan AT unipi.it webpage: http://people.dm.unipi.it/trevisan/

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PhD opportunity at the University of Leipzig
by Giovanni Conforti 16 Sep '20

16 Sep '20

Dear colleagues, Please find below the announcement for two Phd positions in the group of Max von Renesse. Best Regards Giovanni Conforti At the university of Leipzig we have two vacant PhD positions in the stochastic analysis group with a duration of three years under the supervision of Max von Renesse. Possible research directions concern applications of stochastic analysis e.g. in geometry, physics or statistics. Together with the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences (MPI-MIS) and some world class research groups Leipzig offers a lively and stimulating environment for research in a variety of intertwining mathematical disciplines. Each position comes with a teaching load of 2 hrs per week during semesters. The positions are to be filled by October 15th preferably. Some knowledge of basic German is helpful but no must. The ideal candidate (m./f.) has an excellent recent Masters or Diploma degree in mathematics or theoretical physics with a strong background in a combination of at least two of the following fields: stochastic analysis, differential geometry, (stochastic) PDE, optimal transport theory or statistics. Applications should include a CV, transcript of university diplomas and a list of up to three potential contacts for letters of recommendation. Further inquiries and applications should be sent to Prof. Dr. Max von Renesse, renesse(a)uni-leipzig.de. Application deadline is 24 September 2020.

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seminar by De Palma -- change of room
by Dario Trevisan 15 Sep '20

15 Sep '20

Dear colleagues, the previously announced seminar by G. De Palma, to be held on Thursday, September 17, in Pisa, will take place in a larger room (Aula Magna), to safely accommodate more participants (up to 25 people). If you wish to join us in person please write me an email. Regards, Dario %%% Location: Aula Magna, Dipartimento di Matematica, Pisa (due to restrictions to the number of participants, we strongly suggest to attend online) Google Meet Link: meet.google.com/sdy-qmac-kch) Time: September 17, 2020, 2 PM Speaker: Giacomo De Palma (MIT) Title: Adversarial robustness guarantees for random deep neural networks Abstract: The reliability of most deep learning algorithms is fundamentally challenged by the existence of adversarial examples, which are incorrectly classified inputs that are extremely close to a correctly classified input. We study adversarial examples for deep neural networks with random weights and biases and prove that the L^1 distance of any given input from the classification boundary scales at least as sqrt(n), where n is the dimension of the input. We also extend our proof to cover all the L^p norms. Our results constitute a fundamental advance in the study of adversarial examples, and encompass a wide variety of architectures, which include any combination of convolutional or fully connected layers with skipped connections and pooling. We validate our results with experiments on both random deep neural networks and deep neural networks trained on the MNIST and CIFAR10 datasets. Given the results of our experiments on MNIST and CIFAR10, we conjecture that the proof of our adversarial robustness guarantee can be extended to trained deep neural networks. This extension will open the way to a thorough theoretical study of neural network robustness by classifying the relation between network architecture and adversarial distance. -- Dario Trevisan, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Dipartimento di Matematica, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 5, 56127 - Pisa (PI) Italy telephone: (+39) 050 2213832 mobile: (+39) 331 2899761 Skype: dario-trevisan e-mail: dario.trevisan AT unipi.it webpage: http://people.dm.unipi.it/trevisan/

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Three Postdoc positions at WIAS-Interacting random systems group
by Luisa Andreis 14 Sep '20

14 Sep '20

Dear colleagues, at the Weierstrass Institute in Berlin we are looking to fill up to three postdoc positions. We would be grateful if you could bring this advertisement to any interested candidate. Here is a brief description of the call: "The successful candidates will analyze large interacting random systems using probabilistic methods within the newly established DFG priority program SPP 2265 "Random Geometric Systems" (https://www.wias-berlin.de/projects/SPP2265/ <https://www.wias-berlin.de/projects/SPP2265/>). The main research topics of these positions are phase transitions during coagulation and condensation. The third position is financed from other funds and offers more thematic flexibility within the research group and organizational responsibility. Please direct scientific queries to Prof. Dr. W. König (Koenig(a)wias-berlin.de <mailto:Koenig@wias-berlin.de>). Deadline for applications: 30.09.2020" For more details and to apply please visit https://www.wias-berlin.de/jobs/job.jsp?lang=1&year=20&number=15 <https://www.wias-berlin.de/jobs/job.jsp?lang=1&year=20&number=15> Best regards, Luisa Andreis Post-Doc researcher WIAS-Weierstrass Institute Mohrenstrasse 39, 10117 Berlin, Germany Personal webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/luisaandreis/home <https://sites.google.com/view/luisaandreis/home> Email: andreis(a)wias-berlin.de <mailto:andreis@wias-berlin.de>

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Seminar announcement
by Dario Trevisan 10 Sep '20

10 Sep '20

Dear colleagues, I would like to announce the following seminar by G. De Palma, in Pisa (and online, of course). Regards, Dario %%% Location: Sala Seminari, Dipartimento di Matematica, Pisa (due to restrictions to the number of participants, we strongly suggest to attend online) Google Meet Link: meet.google.com/sdy-qmac-kch) Time: September 17, 2020, 2 PM Speaker: Giacomo De Palma (MIT) Title: Adversarial robustness guarantees for random deep neural networks Abstract: The reliability of most deep learning algorithms is fundamentally challenged by the existence of adversarial examples, which are incorrectly classified inputs that are extremely close to a correctly classified input. We study adversarial examples for deep neural networks with random weights and biases and prove that the L^1 distance of any given input from the classification boundary scales at least as sqrt(n), where n is the dimension of the input. We also extend our proof to cover all the L^p norms. Our results constitute a fundamental advance in the study of adversarial examples, and encompass a wide variety of architectures, which include any combination of convolutional or fully connected layers with skipped connections and pooling. We validate our results with experiments on both random deep neural networks and deep neural networks trained on the MNIST and CIFAR10 datasets. Given the results of our experiments on MNIST and CIFAR10, we conjecture that the proof of our adversarial robustness guarantee can be extended to trained deep neural networks. This extension will open the way to a thorough theoretical study of neural network robustness by classifying the relation between network architecture and adversarial distance. -- Dario Trevisan, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Dipartimento di Matematica, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 5, 56127 - Pisa (PI) Italy telephone: (+39) 050 2213832 mobile: (+39) 331 2899761 Skype: dario-trevisan e-mail: dario.trevisan AT unipi.it webpage: http://people.dm.unipi.it/trevisan/

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Fw: STAR - STochastics And Risk - Online Seminars kick-off
by michele giordano 09 Sep '20

09 Sep '20

Dear all, It is soon time to kick-off the online seminar series: STAR - STochastics And Risk - Online Seminars. This series of seminars brings together all interested people in probability, stochastic analysis, control, risk evaluation, statistics, with a view towards applications, in particular to renewable energy markets and production. This series brings together the major research themes of the projects SCROLLER<https://www.mn.uio.no/math/english/research/projects/scroller/index.html>, SPATUS<https://www.mn.uio.no/math/english/research/projects/spatus/>, and STORM<https://www.mn.uio.no/math/english/research/projects/storm/>. If you would like to take part to the seminars series please register here.<https://nettskjema.no/a/159180#/page/1> <https://nettskjema.no/a/159180#/page/1> On Friday 18. September from 11:00-12:00 the first seminar will be held, and after that it will run on a weekly basis. The lecture will last for 45 minutes + questions, and afterwards you are invited to bring a cup of coffee/tea and have a chat in our "Coffe in the Stars". The first speaker is Andreas Petersson, with the seminar: Finite element approximation of Lyapunov equations for the computation of quadratic functionals of SPDEs Abstract: We consider the computation of quadratic functionals of the solution to a linear parabolic stochastic partial differential equation (SPDE) with multiplicative Gaussian noise on a bounded domain. The functionals are allowed to be path dependent and the noise is white in time and may be white in space. An operator valued Lyapunov equation, whose solution admits a deterministic representation of the functional of the SPDE solution, is used for this purpose and error estimates are shown in suitable operator norms for a fully discrete approximation of this equation. We also use these estimates to derive weak error rates for a fully discrete approximation of the SPDE itself. In the setting of finite element approximations, a computational complexity comparison reveals that approximating the Lyapunov equation allows us to compute quadratic functionals more cheaply compared to applying Monte Carlo or covariance-based methods directly to the discretized SPDE. We illustrate the theoretical results with numerical simulations. For more details on this event, see: https://www.mn.uio.no/math/english/research/projects/storm/events/seminars/… There you will find a list of all the speakers, abstracts, and more details about the seminar series. If you register to the seminars series, you will receive a mail with the details for the zoom meeting next week. We are looking forward to see you, online! Best regards, Michele and Giulia

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AMASES Annual Conference 2020 - September 18 - online
by Tiziano Vargiolu 09 Sep '20

09 Sep '20

Dear Friends, this is to invite you to participate in AMASES 2020, the annual conference of the Association for Mathematics Applied to Social and Economic Sciences, which will take place in remote mode on September 18, 2020. The event is free of charge, it will be streamed via the Zoom platform provided by the Department of Mathematics of the University of Padova. The Invited Speakers are: Andreas Tsanakas Faculty of Actuarial Science and Insurance, Cass Business School, City University of London ?Sensitivity Analysis: From Scenario Weights to Dependence Cascades? Piero Manfredi Department of Economics and Management, University of Pisa ?Mathematical modeling of infectious diseases: from Sir Ronald Ross to COVID-19? Salvatore Greco Department of Economics and Business, University of Catania ?The Robust Ordinal Regression and the constructive approach of Multiple Criteria Decision Aiding? You can find all the information on the webpage: https://www.amases.org/annual-conference-2020/ All the people interested in attending the meeting are kindly invited to fill in the registration form at the following address until September 16 https://tinyurl.com/amases2020 Best wishes, The organizers A. Buratto G. Callegaro R. Cambini C. Fontana M. Grasselli L. Grosset E. Sartori T. Vargiolu B. Viscolani Tiziano -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiziano Vargiolu Dipartimento di Matematica Phone: +39 049 8271383 Universita' di Padova Fax: +39 049 8271428 Via Trieste, 63 E-mail: vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it I-35121 Padova (Italy) WWW: http://www.math.unipd.it/~vargiolu --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Special Issue "Stochastic Optimization Methods in Economics, Finance and Insurance"
by c.ceci＠unich.it 09 Sep '20

09 Sep '20

Dear all, we are glad to inform you that submissions for the Special Issue "Stochastic Optimization Methods in Economics, Finance and Insurance" on Mathematics (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/mathematics) are open. The following is the official website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/mathematics/sections/financial_mathematics Research articles, reviews, communications and concept papers will be considered. The deadline is December 2020, but it will be postponed in the future. Since Mathematics is an open access journal, there is a fee (1200 CHF) to be paid at acceptance. Short description of the Special Issue: stochastic optimization finds numerous and various applications in economics, finance and insurance. Among these, we may cite optimal portfolio selection, optimal reinsurance and investment problems, utility maximization and application to valuation of financial and insurance derivatives, optimal management of pension fund and public debt, risk measures. This Special Issue aims at collecting original research papers or comprehensive reviews on the theory and applications of dynamic stochastic optimization in economics, finance and insurance. Advanced mathematical tools have been employed to handle with these problems including viscosity solutions approach, martingale methods, backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs), partial differential equations (PDEs), convex duality, filtering techniques and various numerical methods. Applications different from stochastic optimization will be possibly considered. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Please apologize for cross-posting. Guest Editor: Prof. Claudia Ceci Co-Guest Editor: Dr. Matteo Brachetta

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JOB: Assistant Professor in Data Science/Statistics at the University of Nottingham (Permanent)
by Fabrizio Leisen 09 Sep '20

09 Sep '20

------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Assistant Professor in Data Science/Statistics** School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Nottingham Closing Date: Wednesday, 7th October 2020 Job Type: Research & Teaching - permanent post available from 04 Jan 2021. Salary: £36914 to £49553 per annum (pro-rata if applicable) depending on skills and experience. Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We are looking for an Assistant Professor to deliver outstanding teaching and research in Data Science or Statistics. This post, jointly funded for the first four years by Horizon (horizon.ac.uk) and the School of Mathematical Sciences (http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mathematics/index.aspx) provides a pathway to a permanent academic position for an early-career researcher. The role-holder will initially focus on research within Horizon (horizon.ac.uk), with minimal teaching, then transition by the fourth year to working evenly between research within Horizon and teaching in Mathematical Sciences. After four years, the role-holder will become a permanent member of staff within the School of Mathematical Sciences, complementing and enhancing activity in the Statistics and Probability Section. We are particularly seeking candidates with expertise in computational statistics, especially Bayesian methodology and applications, and machine learning, though we welcome applications from any candidates who can show how their expertise fits with the Horizon, the Statistics and Probability Section, and/or other research groups within the School of Mathematical Sciences. Importantly, candidates must be keen to bring their skills and experience into the interdisciplinary team within Horizon addressing the overall socio-technical challenges of the future Digital Economy. Applicants should hold (or shortly expect to receive) a PhD or equivalent in Statistics, Data Science or related area. We believe that talented and inclusive teams deliver the highest quality research and are seeking applications from excellent candidates who enhance the diversity of our existing team. The School is committed to creating opportunities for people traditionally under-represented in Mathematical Sciences. You will have a proven track record, or demonstrated potential, in publishing research of international quality in Statistics, Data Science or related area, and be able to evidence how you will: - Develop research proposals to attract funding from Research Councils, Industry, EU, and other sources - Contribute to disseminating research outputs at national/international conferences, workshops, and meetings - Plan and deliver high quality teaching on Statistics modules - Provide curriculum development within your own area of expertise and collaborate with colleagues to design modules and/or programmes - Demonstrate excellent communication, organisation, interpersonal and time management skills Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor Theodore Kypraios (Head of Statistics and Probability Section) by email at theodore.kypraios(a)nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted. More info (role profile, additional information, supporting information fro EU/EEA/Overseas nationals etc) can be found here: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/SCI245020 -- Fabrizio Leisen Professor of Statistics University of Nottingham School of Mathematical Sciences University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK http://sites.google.com/site/fabrizioleisen/

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REMINDER: MLDYN2020 - Scuola Normale Superiore, Nov 26-27 2020, Call for papers
by Giulia Livieri 09 Sep '20

09 Sep '20

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the organization of the 1st School in "Machine Learning of Dynamic Processes and Time Series Analysis” that will be held at Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa (Italy) on 26-27 November 2020. There are no fees. The purpose of this School is to present recent developments in Machine Learning focusing on dynamical systems. Applications will also be discussed, such as the forecasting of financial time series. The School provides 4 main lectures given by Christa Cuchiero, University of Vienna Lyudmila Grigoryevya, University of Konstanz Juan-Pablo Ortega, University of St. Gallen and CNRS Josef Teichmann, ETH Zurich Detailed information on the School, on the issues related to the Covid-19 and instructions for applications can be found at: www.mldyn2020sns.com <http://www.mldyn2020sns.com/> The registration and application deadline is September 30, 2020. The organizers, Fabrizio Lillo Giulia Livieri Stefano Marmi Piero Mazzarisi

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New David G Kendall Award for Young Researchers
by Antonio DI CRESCENZO 07 Sep '20

07 Sep '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: International Statistical Institute <info(a)isi-web.org> Date: lun 7 set 2020 alle ore 17:08 Subject: New David G Kendall Award for Young Researchers View online <https://mailings.isi-web.org/?nltr=NDU7NDg3ODtodHRwczovL21haWxpbmdzLmlzaS13…> <https://mailings.isi-web.org/?nltr=NDU7NDg3ODtodHRwOi8vd3d3LmJlcm5vdWxsaS1z…> <https://mailings.isi-web.org/?nltr=NDU7NDg3ODtodHRwczovL3d3dy5pc2ktd2ViLm9y…> Dear Members, The Bernoulli Society and the Royal Statistical Society has joined forces to launch a new award named in honour of David G Kendall, inaugural president of the Bernoulli Society and the 1981 recipient of the RSS Guy Medal in Gold. The David G Kendall Award <https://mailings.isi-web.org/?nltr=NDU7NDg3ODtodHRwczovL3Jzcy5vcmcudWsvdHJh…> is for early career researchers working in probability or mathematical statistics within eight years of getting their PhD (but could be extended for those having had a career break). It will be presented every other year, with the first in 2021. The €2,000 award should be used to cover the expenses of attendance at a BS or an RSS conference (typically the Bernoulli-IMS World Congress, the ISI World Statistics Congress or the RSS Annual Conference), where the recipient will receive their award and give a lecture. More about the nomination process is on the Bernoulli Society page <https://mailings.isi-web.org/?nltr=NDU7NDg3ODtodHRwOi8vd3d3LmJlcm5vdWxsaS1z…> . RSS President Deborah Ashby says: 'It is very exciting to be able to honour David Kendall’s memory by celebrating the work of young researchers. I hope that with this award, we can highlight some of the excellent research that’s currently taking place in mathematical statistics and probability.' Bernoulli Society President Claudia Klüppelberg adds: 'The Bernoulli Society (BS) is very proud to announce this joint BS and RSS Award in honour of David G Kendall. As their first president, BS would perhaps not exist without him, and now in his name a new and fruitful collaboration with RSS is initiated.’ Finally, David's son Wilfrid, says: 'DGK always put a high priority on encouraging career-young researchers, and urging them to make every effort to attend and speak at international conferences. And he was enormously proud of his RSS and Bernoulli affiliations. Consequently, I and the rest of the Kendall family are absolutely delighted that the RSS and Bernoulli Society are honouring his memory in this way.’ The award is based on donations – those who wish to donate can do so via the award page of RSS <https://mailings.isi-web.org/?nltr=NDU7NDg3ODtodHRwczovL3Jzcy5vcmcudWsvdHJh…>or the ISI <https://mailings.isi-web.org/?nltr=NDU7NDg3ODtodHRwczovL3d3dy5pc2ktd2ViLm9y…> page. Nominations should be sent to Bernoulli.President(a)ma.tum.de The deadline for nominations is 31 January 2021. Claudia Klüppelberg President of the Bernoulli Society http://www.bernoulli-society.org/ <https://mailings.isi-web.org/?nltr=NDU7NDg3ODtodHRwczovL21haWxpbmdzLmlzaS13…> <info@isi-web.org?body=Subscriber_ID:%204878%20(adicrescenzo@unisa.it)%0D%0AMailing:%20New+David+G+Kendall+Award+for+Young+Researchers%0D%0A%0D%0A&subject=UNSUBSCRIBE%20from%20mailing>

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POST DOCTORAL POSITION IN STATISTICS (DEADLINE: OCTOBER 6th, 2020)
by Alessandra Micheletti 07 Sep '20

07 Sep '20

The Centre of Excellence in Economics and Data Science (CEEDS) of the Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods, University of Milan, Italy, is seeking candidates for a 18-month postdoctoral fellowship in a research project on the theme “COVID-19: Small Area Epidemiological Models for Italy and Europe”. For further details, please see the full position call available at: https://www.unimi.it/it/ricerca/ricerca-lastatale/fare-ricerca-da-noi/asseg… The application form is available at: https://www.unimi.it/it/ricerca/fare-ricerca-da-noi/assegni-di-ricerca Applications should be sent via certified email (PEC) or standard email to unimi(a)postecert.it and assegni.ricerca(a)unimi.it before October 6th, 2020 at midnight. CVs should be sent to curriculum.assegni(a)unimi.it. For further information please contact assegni.ricerca(a)unimi.it. ********* Federica Nicolussi Giancarlo Manzi Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods Data Science Research Center University of Milan Via Conservatorio, 7 20122 Milan, Italy Tel.: +39 02 50321548 Emails: federica.nicolussi(a)unimi.it giancarlo.manzi(a)unimi.it ********* [image: MailScanner Signature Unimi] Il tuo 5x1000 al Fondo Ricerche Emergenza Coronavirus Università degli Studi di Milano - codice fiscale 80012650158 -- ------------------------------------ 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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I: ANNONCEMENT. Summer School @ CIRM: Distributed Control - Decentralization and Incentives
by Marco Alessandro Fuhrman 05 Sep '20

05 Sep '20

Buongiorno. Inoltro un avviso di scuola estiva presso il CIRM di Marsiglia. Cordiali saluti. Marco Fuhrman <signaturebeforequotedtext></signaturebeforequotedtext> -------- Messaggio originale -------- Da: Zhenjie REN <ren(a)ceremade.dauphine.fr> Data: 05/set/2020 13.16.33 Oggetto: ANNONCEMENT. Summer School @ CIRM: Distributed Control - Decentralization and Incentives P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} Dear All, I am glad to announce the forthcoming Summer School on “Distributed Control: Decentralization and Incentives”(https://distrib.sciencesconf.org/) that will take place at the CIRM in Luminy, from June 14 to 18, 2021. The summer school is open to all students (Master’s degree or PhD) interested in its topics. It will include: An Introduction to Mean-Field Games (4h30)- by Pr. Pierre Cardaliaguet (Université Paris-Dauphine) A Course on Principal-Agent Problems (4h30) - by Pr. Dylan Possamaï (ETH Zurich) A Course on Reinforcement Learning / Statistical Learning (4h30), by Pr. Romuald Elie (Deepmind & Université Gustave Eiffel) It will also include some lectures by expert practitioners : A lecture on Communication Networks (1h30) by Pr. Merouane Debbah (Centrale Supelec & Huawei Technologies) A lecture on Energy Markets (1h30) by Nadia Oudjane (EDF R&D) A lecture on Quantitative Finance (1h30) (speaker yet to be confirmed) It will also include some paper sessions and some poster sessions to allow the students to present the advancement of their research. The program will also include some spare time to allow the participants to discuss / advance their own research. The students willing to apply for the Summer School are invited to fill the online application form(https://forms.gle/eHyx654FMncNoGeZ6). The (accepted) students will have all their travel and accommodation expenses covered by the organisation. An outline of the event, including the themes covered is already available on the Summer School website. The Summer school is supported by the Chair “Finance and Sustainable Development”(http://events.chairefdd.org/), the “FiME Lab” Research Initiative(https://www.fime-lab.org/), the LABEX "Finance & Sustainable Growth"(Institut Louis Bachelier(https://www.institutlouisbachelier.org/en/homepage/)) and the CIRM(https://www.cirm-math.fr/). If you have any question regarding this event, you can send an email to: damien[dot]fessler[at]dauphine[dot]psl[dot]eu Do not hesitate to CIRCULATE this announcement to your colleagues and students. Best regards, Zhenjie <signatureafterquotedtext></signatureafterquotedtext>

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Ricercatore a tempo determinato (RTDA) - POLITECNICO DI MILANO
by Federico Bassetti 05 Sep '20

05 Sep '20

Con preghiera di massima diffusione, segnalo la pubblicazione del bando per Selezione pubblica per l'assunzione di 1 Ricercatore a tempo determinato (RTDA) Settore Scientifico Disciplinare - MAT/06 PROBABILITA' E STATISTICA MATEMATICA, bandita con Decreto Direttoriale n. 5396 del 29/07/2020, pubblicato sulla G.U. del 25/08/2020, n. 66 Sede: DIPARTIMENTO DI MATEMATICA - POLITECNICO DI MILANO Scadenza: 24/09/2020 Links: https://www.polimi.it/index.php?id=6196&tx_wfqbe_pi1[ID]=610

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Ricercatore Tipo B - sc 13/D1, ssd SECS-S/01
by Giovanni Puccetti 03 Sep '20

03 Sep '20

Alla pagina web http://www.unimi.it/it/ateneo/lavora-con-noi/reclutamento-ricercatori/selez… <http://www.unimi.it/it/ateneo/lavora-con-noi/reclutamento-ricercatori/selez…> è consultabile il bando per la selezione pubblica per un posto di ricercatore a tempo determinato ai sensi dell’art. 24, comma 3, lett. b), nel settore 13/D1 (SECS-S/01), presso il Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi Quantitativi dell’Università degli Studi di Milano. Scadenza per invio domande: ore 12 del 16 Settembre 2020. Il testo integrale del bando, con allegato il facsimile della domanda e con l’indicazione dei requisiti e delle modalità di partecipazione è anche disponibile alla pagina Web https://www.unimi.it/it/node/581/ <https://www.unimi.it/it/node/581/> scegliendo il settore concorsuale attraverso il motore di ricerca a inizio pagina.

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Post-Doc Position - Verona
by Alessandro Gnoatto 02 Sep '20

02 Sep '20

Job Description The Department of Economics (DSE, http://www.dse.univr.it/?lang=en) at the University of Verona is seeking to fill one position at the Postdoctoral level in any field of Economics and Finance. The position is ideally meant for newly minted or close to completion PhDs. The appointment is initially for three years but may be extended based on performance and availability of resources. It is expected to start in Spring 2021. The salary is approximately 2,100 euros per month (net). The evaluation will be based on the scientific quality of the candidate and his/her potential in developing research. Teaching is optional. Knowledge of Italian is not required. The DSE offers a vibrant research environment in the newly built campus of Santa Marta. According to the latest Italian Research Assessment Exercise (VQR), it ranks in the top 5% of the economics departments for the number of academics with only top publications and, according to REPEC, is in the top 10% in Italy for the proportion of cited publications. For additional information or any inquiry please write to postdoc(a)dse.univr.it <mailto:postdoc@dse.univr.it> Application Procedure Applications should be received by November 15, 2020. They should include a curriculum vitae, a cover letter with a clear statement of research interests and a detailed description of research skills, a representative research paper, and two reference letters. The application material should be uploaded on the EconJobMarket website https://econjobmarket.org/ or alternatively sent to postdoc(a)dse.univr.it <mailto:postdoc@dse.univr.it> Selected applicants will be interviewed at the 2020 European Job Market for Economists in Nottingham. Candidates who do not plan to attend the EJM should mention this in their cover letter and a selected group may be interviewed via Zoom/Skype. Submission materials required • Cover letter • Curriculum vitae • Job market paper • Other material (in one file) (optional) • Letters of reference: 2 -- Prof Alessandro Gnoatto, PhD Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche Università degli Studi di Verona Via Cantarane 24 37129, Verona, Italy Room 1.05 Tel: +39 045 802 8537 Homepage: www.alessandrognoatto.com E-mail: alessandro.gnoatto(a)univr.it -------------------------------------------------- View my research on my SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=1615989 --------------------------------------------------

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Workshop announcement - "Mean Field Games in Economics", September 7-8, 2020
by Alessandro Calvia 24 Aug '20

24 Aug '20

Dear colleagues, we are pleased to announce the upcoming online workshop "Mean Field Games in Economics", that will take place on September 7-8, 2020. The workshop is jointly organized by LUISS University and the Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF). The workshop is interdisciplinary in nature, with the aim of bringing together mathematicians and economists working on Mean Field Games either from a theoretical or an applied point of view. The workshop will be held from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. (both afternoons), on the Zoom platform, and will feature talks given by: Fernando Alvarez, the University of Chicago, Galo Nuño Barrau, Banco de España, Pierre Cardaliaguet, Université Paris-Dauphine, Benjamin Moll, London School of Economics, Alessio Porretta, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Panagiotis E. Souganidis, the University of Chicago. If interested in participating, please send an e-mail to acalvia(a)luiss.it by Monday, 31 August 2020, in order to give you all the relevant details and the link to access the workshop. Please, feel free to circulate this message to any colleagues or contacts you think may be interested. We are looking forward to seeing you online! The organizing committee, Alessandro Calvia Fausto Gozzi Francesco Lippi Giovanni Zanco

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postdoctoral position in Bern
by Fabio Bellini 24 Aug '20

24 Aug '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: <johanna.ziegel(a)stat.unibe.ch> Subject: Posting on Italian lists To: <fabio.bellini(a)unimib.it> ******************************************************** Postdoctoral position on Statistical Verification of Weather Warnings In the framework of a collaboration being currently set up between the University of Bern and the Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (Meteoswiss), we are calling for applications for a 2-year postdoctoral position (80%-100%) to be funded subject to successful completion of the collaboration contract. The main goal is to investigate and develop a statistical framework for the verification of weather warnings. Warnings are traditionally issued for specific (often fixed) regions in space, defined time periods, and certain event types. Existing verification therefore often interprets warnings as forecasts of binary categorical events and counts of hits, misses, and false alarms form the basis to assess quality of warnings. In contrast to standard weather forecasts, the non-event (no warning, no event) is often not well defined for warnings, and near hits/misses create difficulties. Furthermore, the temporal complexities of warnings should be considered. To maximize user-relevance, the framework for the verification of warnings will be developed in close collaboration with ongoing sociological studies at MeteoSwiss to better understand how warnings are used in practice. The recruited postdoctoral researcher will be mentored from the academic side by Prof. Johanna Ziegel, Institute for Mathematical Statistics and Actuarial Sciences, and affilliated with the Oeschger Center for Climate Change Research (University of Bern). The recruited Postdoc will also work a substantial part of her/his time at MeteoSwiss (near Zürich) under the guidance of Dr. Jonas Bhend and Dr. Mark Liniger. This will ensure an optimal know-how transfer on the understanding of the motivating problems, meteorological expertise, the exact user needs and practical applicability and the work can build upon prior experience at MeteoSwiss. The ideal candidate either has a PhD in statistics with a strong taste for applications in areas related to meteorology and climate sciences, or a PhD in climate sciences with a strong background in theoretical and applied statistics. In all cases, the position will require outstanding data analysis and implementation skills, very good communication and team player abilities, and academic writing proficiency. We offer a multi-disciplinary environment with the possibility to have an impact on science and society. The starting date is as soon as possible. Applications will be reviewed swiftly and selected candidates will be contacted for interviews. CV, motivation letter and names of three references to be sent to johanna.ziegel(a)stat.unibe.ch

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Fwd: PostDoc position within FOR 2402 at TU Berlin
by Mario Maurelli 23 Aug '20

23 Aug '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Sebastian Riedel <riedel(a)wias-berlin.de> Date: ven 14 ago 2020 alle ore 18:21 Subject: PostDoc position within FOR 2402 at TU Berlin To: Sebastian Riedel <riedel(a)math.tu-berlin.de> Dear colleagues, We would like to draw your attention to an open PostDoc position at Technische Universität Berlin. The position is part of the DFG research unit “Rough Paths, Stochastic Partial Differential Equations and Related Topics” (DFG Forschergruppe 2402, https://www.for2402.tu-berlin.de/v_menue/home/) More information can be found in the announcement below and under the link https://www.personalabteilung.tu-berlin.de/menue/jobs/stellenausschreibunge… (ID: 82691 II-486/20 or 82692 II-486/20). Please feel free to forward this job offer to anyone who might be interested. Best regards, Sebastian Riedel and Michael Scheutzow Within the framework FOR 2402 of the German Research Council “Rough Paths, Stochastic Partial Differential Equations and Related Topics” (DFG Forschergruppe 2402), we offer one PostDoc position. Working field: - Research within the project TP4: "Rough paths and random dynamical systems". Requirements: - successfully completed university degree (Master, Diplom or equivalent) and PhD in mathematics - very good knowledge in the fields of "Stochastic Analysis" (in particular rough paths and stochastic partial differential equations) and "Dynamical Systems" - good command of German and/or English required; willingness to learn either English or German is expected Applications received after the closing date 28/08/20 may also be considered. More information can be obtained from Dr. Sebastian Riedel ( riedel(a)math.tu-berlin.de) and Prof. Dr. Michael Scheutzow ( ms(a)math.tu-berlin.de <scheutzow(a)math.tu-berlin.de>). Dr. Sebastian Riedel Weierstraß-Institut Mohrenstraße 39 D-10117 Berlin, Germany Office: Raum 208 Phone: +49 30 20372-484 E-mail: riedel(a)wias-berlin.de Homepage: http://page.math.tu-berlin.de/~riedel/

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Seminario divulgativo su TASEP e LPP
by Enrico Scalas 21 Aug '20

21 Aug '20

Car* collegh*, tra i tanti successi recenti della probabilità vi e' l'analisi rigorosa di modelli di fisica statistica introdotti nel XX secolo. A questo proposito, Vi segnalo il seguente seminario divulgativo tenuto da Nicos Georgiou del Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università del Sussex e disponibile su YouTube: Nicos Georgiou Queues = Traffic = Zombies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6hCTdz0QVw dedicato al processo di esclusione totalmente asimmetrico (TASEP). Se conoscete persone interessate fate pure circolare questo annuncio. Cordiali saluti, Enrico Scalas

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Brazilian School of probability 2020
by Giuseppe Cannizzaro 07 Aug '20

07 Aug '20

Ricevo e inoltro First announcement : *XXIV Brazilian School of Probability* It is a pleasure to announce the XXIV EBP which will take place in the week of August 31st to September 4th. This year's school consists of two mini courses. The first course will be given by *Perla Sousi* (Cambridge) and will be about some of the most recent developments in mixing of Markov chains. The second course will be taught by *Martin Hairer* (Imperial College London) and will be about a recently discovered process, the Brownian Castle. The school will be fully online, using the platform Google Meet and can be moreover followed on the youtube channel of IMPA https://www.youtube.com/impabr. The school will take place every day starting at 9:30am Brasília local time (13:30 British Summer Time) with a talk by Perla Sousi and will be followed at 11:00am Brasília local time (15:00 British Summer Time) by a talk of Martin Hairer. More information under https://www.ime.unicamp.br/ebp2020/index.html. We would be grateful if you could advertise the school among your colleagues. With kind regards, Dirk Erhard, Milton Jara, Adriana Neumann, Christian Olivera

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RTD-A @Unisalento (SSD: 13/D4)
by Fabrizio Durante 05 Aug '20

05 Aug '20

Con preghiera di massima diffusione, segnalo la pubblicazione del bando per la copertura di n. 1 posto di RTD-A (SSD: SECS-S/06) presso il Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Economia dell'Università del Salento. L’attività di ricerca verte sullo sviluppo di metodi e strumenti matematici, ivi incluse le tecniche di calcolo e di elaborazione dei dati, per la costruzione di modelli matematici stocastici per l’analisi e il controllo ottimo di problemi relativi all’economia e alle scienze attuariali e finanziarie, con particolare attenzione alla loro applicabilità a “l'analisi dei mercati, dell'efficienza energetica e del comportamento dei consumatori”. Link: https://www.unisalento.it/bandi-concorsi/-/bandi/view/65239682 Scadenza: *29 agosto 2020* Per maggiori informazioni contattare Maria Chiarolla (maria.chiarolla@unisalento) e Fabrizio Durante (fabrizio.durante(a)unisalento.it) --- Fabrizio Durante Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Economia Centro Ecotekne Pal. C S.P. 6, Lecce - Monteroni LECCE (ITALY) Phone: +39 0832 29 8672 WWW: https://sites.google.com/site/fbdurante/ --

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Ricordo di Rosa Maria Mininni
by Nicola Cufaro Petroni 03 Aug '20

03 Aug '20

Care colleghe, cari colleghi, Venerdì 31 Luglio è venuta a mancare prematuramente la nostra collega Rosa Maria Mininni. Vogliamo ricordare Rosella per il suo impegno didattico costante e per la passione nel seguire i suoi giovani allievi. Il suo continuo interesse verso la ricerca l'ha portata ad occuparsi dei processi aleatori sia da un punto di vista teorico che applicativo, intessendo a tale riguardo fruttuosi legami con l'industria che hanno rafforzato l'identità dell'Università di Bari nel territorio. La sua visione del sapere e del ruolo dell'accademia l'ha spinta ad impegnarsi negli anni negli organi collegiali di ateneo e dipartimentali, facendosi apprezzare per la sua preparazione e per le sue doti umane e organizzative. Purtroppo non sempre ha ottenuto quanto meritato, e la malattia non le ha permesso di raggiungere traguardi ormai prossimi. Rosella lascia a noi colleghi di Dipartimento e a tutta la comunità italiana di Probabilità e Statistica Matematica un patrimonio di idee e azioni di cui fare tesoro. Yun Gang Lu, Nicola Cufaro Petroni, Marcello De Giosa, Vitonofrio Crismale, Stefano Rossi. -- ======================================================= Prof. Nicola Cufaro Petroni ------------------------------------------------------- Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università di Bari, and INFN Sezione di Bari via E. Orabona 4, 70125 Bari (Italy) Tel ++39 080 5443212/5232289; Cell ++39 338 7408287 Emailcufaro(a)ba.infn.it http://www.ba.infn.it/~cufaro/homepage.html ------------------------------------------------------- "Ὁ βίος βραχὺς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρὴ, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξὺς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερὴ, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή" Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Κῷος, Ἀφορισμοί I.1 =======================================================

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Junior research positions in machine learning at BCAM, Bilbao, Basque Country - Spain
by Gianni Pagnini 02 Aug '20

02 Aug '20

Dear Colleagues, The Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM) is offering several positions for young researchers to work on machine learning problems. This is an opportunity for MS and last year BS students to start a research career while learning very interesting topics. The offers include internships, PhD student, and research technician positions. Candidates are expected to have strong mathematical background with experience on software languages for numerical computing such as Matlab and Python. You can find below the description of the positions. Further informations are available at the links http://www.bcamath.org/en/research/internships <http://www.bcamath.org/en/research/internships> and http://www.bcamath.org/en/research/job <http://www.bcamath.org/en/research/job> I appreciate if you can distribute the announcement to potential candidates. Thank you very much. Regards, Gianni ——————————————————————————————————————————— PhD Fellowship Research topic title: Supervised learning for COVID-19 prognosis The PhD Student will work on the research project “Early prognosis of COVID-19 infections via machine learning” funded by AXA Research Fund. The researcher will develop techniques for supervised classification based on minimax approaches and apply such techniques to predict the future severity of COVID-19 infections using medical health records. Keywords: supervised learning, supervised classification, statistics, probability, optimization, linear algebra ——————————————————————————————————————————— Internship 1 Research topic title: Multidimensional supervised regression with applications in Physics Most of machine learning methods developed for supervised regression assume the output is a scalar. In numerous applications, the output of interest is a multidimensional quantiy. For instance, in Physics, outputs of interest are usually tensors. This project will develop and implement techniques for multidimensional regression utilizing kernel methods. In addition, the techniques developed will be tested using datasets obtained in numerical Physics. Keywords: machine learning, statistics, reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces, Matlab/Python ——————————————————————————————————————————— Internship 2: Research topic title: Machine learning for very short-term load forecasting Conventional techniques for load forecasting predict energy consumptions for next several hours while multiple energy management tasks require predictions for next minutes. This project will develop and implement machine learning techniques for very short-term load forecasting that provide predictions for next minutes. In addition, such techniques will be based on probabilistic online learning that provides uncertainty assessments and adapts to patterns’ changes Keywords: machine learning, statistics, load forecasting, Matlab/Python ——————————————————————————————————————————— Internship 3: Research topic title: Minimax supervised classification under covariate shift Supervised classification can be approached as a zero sum game between learner and nature. In the standard scenario examples at training are similar to those at prediction while in practical scenarios the example types change. This project will develop supervised classification techniques based on game theory for scenarios where examples are affected by covariate shift. Keywords: machine learning, statistics, optimization, Matlab/Python ——————————————————————————————————————————— Internship 4: Research topic title: Machine learning techniques for emerging 5G networks Methods developed in machine learning and artificial intelligence fields are currently being used in multiple engineering tasks. One such applications is communication networks and specifically 5G networks. This project will develop machine learning techniques that utilize data obtained in a 5G network to obtain predictors of variables such as quality of service based on controlled features for the management of 5G networks. Keywords: machine learning, statistics, data science, Matlab/Python ================================================================ — Gianni Pagnini Ikerbasque Research Associate BCAM - Basque Center for Applied Mathematics Alameda de Mazarredo, 14 E-48009 Bilbao, Basque Country - Spain Tel. +34 946 567 842 gpagnini(a)bcamath.org | www.bcamath.org/gpagnini ( matematika mugaz bestalde )

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some useful information
by Francesco Caravenna 31 Jul '20

31 Jul '20

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International Conference in Venice - CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
by Monica Billio 30 Jul '20

30 Jul '20

19^th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CREDIT 2020 */Assessing and Managing Climate Change Risk: /* */Opportunities for Financial Institutions/* Venice, Italy 26 –27 September 2019 *COVID-19 update: the CREDIT 2020 Conference is both onsite and online but we are ready to move the conference remotely, if necessary.* *GRETA Associati*(Venice, Italy), *Cattolica Assicurazioni *(Verona, Italy), *European DataWarehouse* (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), *CRIF* (Bologna, Italy), *European Investment* *Fund *(Luxembourg), *European Investment Bank* (Luxembourg) and*Intesa Sanpaolo *(Milan, Italy) are co-sponsors of a Conference to be held in Venice on September 24-25, 2020. The objective of the Conference is to bring together academics, practitioners and PhD students working in the area of risk management. The conference will provide an opportunity for participants engaged in research at the forefront of this area to discuss both the causes and implications of recent financial and climate-related events and may, in turn, suggest fruitful and policy-relevant directions for future research. The Conference, organised under the auspices of the *Department of Economics and VERA - Venice centre in Economic and Risk Analytics for public policies* (University Ca’ Foscari of Venice), *ABI - Italian Banking Association*, *AIAF - Associazione Italiana per l'Analisi Finanziaria* and the *Joint Research Center*, *European Commission* (Ispra, Italy), is the *nineteenth *of a series dedicated to various aspects of credit risk. /The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the adoption of European Commission’s Action Plan on Sustainable Finance mark important international commitments to the objective of a more sustainable economy and society. However, their successful implementation is tightly related to the scaling up of low-carbon investments and divestment from carbon-intensive investments. This, in turn, requires an assessment of the credit risks stemming from investors’ exposure to economic activities and assets that could be stranded by climate change. For instance, regulators’ discussion about the revision of capital requirements aimed to foster green investments (i.e. a green-supporting or a brown-penalising factor) is hampered by the unclear understanding of the implications of a regulatory change on individual institutions and systemic financial risk. Thus, financing the low-carbon transition is primarily a discussion about credit risk./ /The financial sector, and in particular the banking and insurance industries need to develop new portfolios’ risk management strategies and to adjust their credit allocation practices to cope with the opportunities and challenges of the low-carbon transition in the economy and finance. All these changes call for a substantial amount of research to improve the knowledge of the mechanisms at play and to design tailored and effective policy tools./ The SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE consists of: *Monica Billio *(Ca’ Foscari University of Venice & GRETA, Programme Chair)** *Marina Brogi *(Sapienza University of Rome)** *Francesca Campolongo*(Joint Research Center, European Commission)** *Helmut Kraemer-Eis*(European Investment Fund)** *Rainer Haselmann*(Goethe University, Frankfurt)** *Irene Monasterolo*(Vienna University of Economics and Business)** *Steven Ongena *(University of Zurich, Swiss Finance Institute, KU Leuven & CEPR)** *Roberto Rigobon*(MIT Sloan School of Management)** *Stephen Schaefer*(London Business School) PROGRAMME *Thursday, September 24 2020* *08.30_Registration_* *09.00_Welcome and Opening Remarks_* *09.15_Session I: Regulation and Corporate Strategies_* •*Keynote talk: */TBA - /*Marina Brogi*,**Sapienza University of Rome •/Exporting Pollution: Where Do Multinational Firms Emit CO2? - /*Yeejin Jang*, University of New South Wales, Sidney(join with Itzhak Ben-David, Stefanie Kleimeier and Michael Viehs) •/National Climate Policies and Corporate Internal Carbon Pricing - /*Gianfranco Gianfrate*, EDHEC Business School, Rubaix(join with Nuno Bento and Joseph Aldy) *11.00_Coffee break_* *11.30_Session II: Climate Change_* •/Results presentation of EIBURS Project - /*Loriana Pelizzon*, SAFE-Goethe University Frankfurt & Ca’ Foscari University of Venice •/Climate Change Awareness: Empirical Evidence for the European Union - /*Claudio Morana*,**University of Milano-Bicocca, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin & Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (join with Donatella Baiardi) •/Climate Change Concerns and Mortgage Lending - /*Frank Weikai Li*, Singapore Management University(join with Tinghua Duan) *13.00_Lunch_* *14.15_Session III: Financial System_* •/The Next Step in Green Bond Financing - /*Dion Bongaerts*, Erasmus University Rotterdam(join with Dirk Schoenmaker) •*Unintended*/Consequences of the Global Derivatives Market Reform - /*Pauline Gandré*, University Paris Nanterre(join with Mike Mariathasan, Ouarda Merrouche and Steven Ongena) •*Better*/Fewer, but Better: Stock Returns and the Financial Relevance and Financial Intensity of Materiality - /*Costanza Consolandi*, University of Siena(join with Robert G. Eccles and Giampaolo Gabbi) *15.45_Coffee break and POSTER SESSION_* *16.45_Session IV Corporate Sustainability and Value_* •/Layered Goals-Based Portfolio Optimization Utilizing the Production Properties of ESG Bias - /*Gordon H. Dash*, University of Rhode Island(join with Nina Kajiji) •*Corporate*/Sustainability and Stock Returns: Evidence from Employee Satisfaction - /*Aaron Yoon*, Northwestern University, Chicago(join with Kyle Welch) •/Stranded Fossil Fuel Reserves and Firm Value - /*Eduardo Schwartz*, UCLA Anderson, Los Angeles, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver & NBER *_Social dinner_* *Friday, September 25 2020* **09.00*_Session V: Time of ESG and COVID 19_* •///Are//Women Directors Inherently ESG Friendly? Evidence from Board Gender Quotas //- /*Caroline Raskopf*, University Paris–Dauphine (join with Edith Ginglinger) •///Assessing the Impact of Compound Covid-19, Climate Change and Financial Risk: What Role for Policy Complementarities? - /*Irene Monasterolo*, Vienna University of Economics and Business & Boston University (join with Nepomuk Dunz, Andrea Mazzocchetti and Marco Raberto) •///ESG Integration at the Time of COVID-19 - /*Andrea**Gasperini*, AIAF, Milan (join with Sonia Artuso, Lorena Sorrentino and Ilaria La Torre) *10.30_Coffee break_ * *11.00_Session VI_* •//*Keynote talk: */The EU Technical Support to Design, Develop and Implement Reforms - /*Mario Nava*, European Commission, Brussels *11.30_PANEL Session_* *12.45_Lunch_* *14.15_Session VII: Sustainable Investment_* •///ESG Considerations in Venture Capital and Business Angel Investment Decisions: Evidence from Two Pan-European Surveys - /*Antonia Botsari*, European Investment Fund, Luxembourg (join with Frank Lang) •///Skills and Sentiment in Sustainable Investing - /*Andreas Brøgger*, Copenhagen Business Schooly (join with Alexander Kronies) •///Mind the Gap! Machine Learning, ESG Metrics and Sustainable Investment - /*Ariel A. G. Lanza*, Northwestern University, Chicago (join with Enrico Bernardini and Ivan Faiella) *15.45_Coffee break_* *16.15_Session VIII_* •//*Keynote talk: */How Finance Can Cure Cancer, Solve the Energy Crisis, and Fix Climate Change - /*Andrew W. Lo*, MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge *17.00_Closing Remarks and End of the Conference_* *REGISTRATION* To register for the Conference you are requested to complete the registration form that is available on our website (http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2020/credit2020.htm) Registration fees are: PhD Students*: 75 Euro + VAT Onsite participation**: 200 Euro + VAT Online participation***: 200 Euro + VAT *VAT is currently 22% * * Students will have to provide valid proof of their student status. ** Seats are limited in compliance with the new regulations to contain the spread of COVID-19. The onsite registration fees cover admission to all scientific sessions, lunches, and coffee service during the Conference. The onsite registration fees do not fully cover the conference dinner on *September 24th, 2020*, for which there is an extra charge of 90.00 Euro per person (conference attendees as well as accompanying persons). The online registration fees cover access to the platform on September 24th and 25^th , interactivity with authors and other participants. More detailed information soon available on the Conference website: http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2020/credit2020.htm

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International Conference in Venice - CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - errata corrige (title and dates)
by Monica Billio 29 Jul '20

29 Jul '20

19^th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CREDIT 2020 */Environmental, Social and Governance Risks/* Venice, Italy 24 –25 September 2020 *COVID-19 update: the CREDIT 2020 Conference is both onsite and online but we are ready to move the conference remotely, if necessary.* *GRETA Associati*(Venice, Italy), *Cattolica Assicurazioni *(Verona, Italy), *European DataWarehouse* (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), *CRIF* (Bologna, Italy), *European Investment* *Fund *(Luxembourg), *European Investment Bank* (Luxembourg) and*Intesa Sanpaolo *(Milan, Italy) are co-sponsors of a Conference to be held in Venice on September 24-25, 2020. The objective of the Conference is to bring together academics, practitioners and PhD students working in the area of risk management. The conference will provide an opportunity for participants engaged in research at the forefront of this area to discuss both the causes and implications of recent financial and climate-related events and may, in turn, suggest fruitful and policy-relevant directions for future research. The Conference, organised under the auspices of the *Department of Economics and VERA - Venice centre in Economic and Risk Analytics for public policies* (University Ca’ Foscari of Venice), *ABI - Italian Banking Association*, *AIAF - Associazione Italiana per l'Analisi Finanziaria* and the *Joint Research Center*, *European Commission* (Ispra, Italy), is the *nineteenth *of a series dedicated to various aspects of credit risk. /The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the adoption of European Commission’s Action Plan on Sustainable Finance mark important international commitments to the objective of a more sustainable economy and society. However, their successful implementation is tightly related to the scaling up of low-carbon investments and divestment from carbon-intensive investments. This, in turn, requires an assessment of the credit risks stemming from investors’ exposure to economic activities and assets that could be stranded by climate change. For instance, regulators’ discussion about the revision of capital requirements aimed to foster green investments (i.e. a green-supporting or a brown-penalising factor) is hampered by the unclear understanding of the implications of a regulatory change on individual institutions and systemic financial risk. Thus, financing the low-carbon transition is primarily a discussion about credit risk./ /The financial sector, and in particular the banking and insurance industries need to develop new portfolios’ risk management strategies and to adjust their credit allocation practices to cope with the opportunities and challenges of the low-carbon transition in the economy and finance. All these changes call for a substantial amount of research to improve the knowledge of the mechanisms at play and to design tailored and effective policy tools./ The SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE consists of: *Monica Billio *(Ca’ Foscari University of Venice & GRETA, Programme Chair)** *Marina Brogi *(Sapienza University of Rome)** *Francesca Campolongo*(Joint Research Center, European Commission)** *Helmut Kraemer-Eis*(European Investment Fund)** *Rainer Haselmann*(Goethe University, Frankfurt)** *Irene Monasterolo*(Vienna University of Economics and Business)** *Steven Ongena *(University of Zurich, Swiss Finance Institute, KU Leuven & CEPR)** *Roberto Rigobon*(MIT Sloan School of Management)** *Stephen Schaefer*(London Business School) PROGRAMME *Thursday, September 24 2020* *08.30_Registration_* *09.00_Welcome and Opening Remarks_* *09.15_Session I: Regulation and Corporate Strategies_* •*Keynote talk: */TBA - /*Marina Brogi*,**Sapienza University of Rome •/Exporting Pollution: Where Do Multinational Firms Emit CO2? - /*Yeejin Jang*, University of New South Wales, Sidney(join with Itzhak Ben-David, Stefanie Kleimeier and Michael Viehs) •/National Climate Policies and Corporate Internal Carbon Pricing - /*Gianfranco Gianfrate*, EDHEC Business School, Rubaix(join with Nuno Bento and Joseph Aldy) *11.00_Coffee break_* *11.30_Session II: Climate Change_* •/Results presentation of EIBURS Project - /*Loriana Pelizzon*, SAFE-Goethe University Frankfurt & Ca’ Foscari University of Venice •/Climate Change Awareness: Empirical Evidence for the European Union - /*Claudio Morana*,**University of Milano-Bicocca, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin & Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (join with Donatella Baiardi) •/Climate Change Concerns and Mortgage Lending - /*Frank Weikai Li*, Singapore Management University(join with Tinghua Duan) *13.00_Lunch_* *14.15_Session III: Financial System_* •/The Next Step in Green Bond Financing - /*Dion Bongaerts*, Erasmus University Rotterdam(join with Dirk Schoenmaker) •*Unintended*/Consequences of the Global Derivatives Market Reform - /*Pauline Gandré*, University Paris Nanterre(join with Mike Mariathasan, Ouarda Merrouche and Steven Ongena) •*Better*/Fewer, but Better: Stock Returns and the Financial Relevance and Financial Intensity of Materiality - /*Costanza Consolandi*, University of Siena(join with Robert G. Eccles and Giampaolo Gabbi) *15.45_Coffee break and POSTER SESSION_* *16.45_Session IV Corporate Sustainability and Value_* •/Layered Goals-Based Portfolio Optimization Utilizing the Production Properties of ESG Bias - /*Gordon H. Dash*, University of Rhode Island(join with Nina Kajiji) •*Corporate*/Sustainability and Stock Returns: Evidence from Employee Satisfaction - /*Aaron Yoon*, Northwestern University, Chicago(join with Kyle Welch) •/Stranded Fossil Fuel Reserves and Firm Value - /*Eduardo Schwartz*, UCLA Anderson, Los Angeles, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver & NBER *_Social dinner_* *Friday, September 25 2020* **09.00*_Session V: Time of ESG and COVID 19_* •///Are//Women Directors Inherently ESG Friendly? Evidence from Board Gender Quotas //- /*Caroline Raskopf*, University Paris–Dauphine (join with Edith Ginglinger) •///Assessing the Impact of Compound Covid-19, Climate Change and Financial Risk: What Role for Policy Complementarities? - /*Irene Monasterolo*, Vienna University of Economics and Business & Boston University (join with Nepomuk Dunz, Andrea Mazzocchetti and Marco Raberto) •///ESG Integration at the Time of COVID-19 - /*Andrea**Gasperini*, AIAF, Milan (join with Sonia Artuso, Lorena Sorrentino and Ilaria La Torre) *10.30_Coffee break_ * *11.00_Session VI_* •//*Keynote talk: */The EU Technical Support to Design, Develop and Implement Reforms - /*Mario Nava*, European Commission, Brussels *11.30_PANEL Session_* *12.45_Lunch_* *14.15_Session VII: Sustainable Investment_* •///ESG Considerations in Venture Capital and Business Angel Investment Decisions: Evidence from Two Pan-European Surveys - /*Antonia Botsari*, European Investment Fund, Luxembourg (join with Frank Lang) •///Skills and Sentiment in Sustainable Investing - /*Andreas Brøgger*, Copenhagen Business Schooly (join with Alexander Kronies) •///Mind the Gap! Machine Learning, ESG Metrics and Sustainable Investment - /*Ariel A. G. Lanza*, Northwestern University, Chicago (join with Enrico Bernardini and Ivan Faiella) *15.45_Coffee break_* *16.15_Session VIII_* •//*Keynote talk: */How Finance Can Cure Cancer, Solve the Energy Crisis, and Fix Climate Change - /*Andrew W. Lo*, MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge *17.00_Closing Remarks and End of the Conference_* *REGISTRATION* To register for the Conference you are requested to complete the registration form that is available on our website (http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2020/credit2020.htm) Registration fees are: PhD Students*: 75 Euro + VAT Onsite participation**: 200 Euro + VAT Online participation***: 200 Euro + VAT *VAT is currently 22% * * Students will have to provide valid proof of their student status. ** Seats are limited in compliance with the new regulations to contain the spread of COVID-19. The onsite registration fees cover admission to all scientific sessions, lunches, and coffee service during the Conference. The onsite registration fees do not fully cover the conference dinner on *September 24th, 2020*, for which there is an extra charge of 90.00 Euro per person (conference attendees as well as accompanying persons). The online registration fees cover access to the platform on September 24th and 25^th , interactivity with authors and other participants. More detailed information soon available on the Conference website: http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2020/credit2020.htm

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6 PhD positions in Machine Learning @ Sussex
by Enrico Scalas 23 Jul '20

23 Jul '20

Car* collegh*, vi segnalo la disponibilità di sei posti di dottorato all'Università del Sussex nell'ambito del progetto ERC "Bayesian Models and Algorithms for Fairness and Transparency" Per maggiori informazioni potete consultare il link seguente: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-funding/phd-funding/view/1166-6-PhD-Stu… Vi prego di diffondere l'avviso a studentesse/i potenzialmente interessat*. Cordiali saluti, Enrico Scalas

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dottorato all'Aquila
by davide gabrielli 21 Jul '20

21 Jul '20

E' uscito il bando per l'ammissione al dottorato in Matematica e Modelli presso l'Università dell'Aquila Il bando di concorso è disponibile sul sito dell'Ateneo al link https://www.univaq.it/section.php?id=2026 la versione in inglese si trova al link https://www.univaq.it/en/section.php?id=2026&lang_s=en I candidati dovranno presentare la domanda utilizzando esclusivamente l'apposita procedura online disponibile all'indirizzo https://pica.cineca.it/univaq/univaq-dott36/ e dovranno attenersi alle previsioni contenute nell'art. 5 del bando. La scadenza per la presentazione online delle domande è fissata alle ore 13.00 (ora italiana) del 27 agosto 2020 Bando ed informazioni si trovano anche sulla pagina del programma di dottorato in Matematica e Modelli http://people.disim.univaq.it/~dottorato_mate_mode/ si prega di darne la massima diffusione, saluti Davide Gabrielli

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Mathematical Methods for Finance
by Giovanni Puccetti 20 Jul '20

20 Jul '20

> Cari colleghi, > > alla pagina web > > https://www.unimi.it/it/ateneo/lavora-con-noi/reclutamento-professori/contr… <https://www.unimi.it/it/ateneo/lavora-con-noi/reclutamento-professori/contr…> > > è bandito l’insegnamento di Mathematical Methods for Finance (SECS-S/06) > presso l’Università degli Studi di Milano. > Vi pregherei di diffondere il bando tra potenziali candidati interessati. > > Grazie e cordiali saluti > — > Giovanni Puccetti > https://sites.google.com/site/giovannipuccetti/ <https://sites.google.com/site/giovannipuccetti/>

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[dimai-consiglio] Emanazione bandi reclutamento RTD, scadenza 30 Luglio
by Francesca Romana Nardi 18 Jul '20

18 Jul '20

vi comunico che sono usciti i seguenti bandi di reclutamento per il DIMAI, tutti con scadenza 30 Luglio 1 posto RTD/A MAT/06 Seguono il link con i dettagli. Invito a diffondere presso potenziali candidati interessati. Cordialmente, Francesca R. Nardi Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica Università degli Studi di Firenze Viale Morgagni 67, Firenze, Italy ----------------------------------------------------- L' avviso è stato pubblicato sulla G.U. n. 50 del 30 giugno 2020: Selezioni per la copertura di 33 posti di ricercatore a tempo determinato di tipologia a), ai sensi dell'art. 24, comma 3, della legge 30 dicembre 2010, n. 240 - (D.R. n. 602 del 4 giugno 2020) - (Albo Ufficiale repertorio n. 6135 ) visibile alla pagina https://www.unifi.it/p11821.html

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seminar announcement
by Franco Flandoli 18 Jul '20

18 Jul '20

Announcement On Wednesday 22, July, h. 14:00 (Pisa time) Philipp Forstner, TU Darmstadt will give a talk, invited by Scuola Normale Superiore: Title: SQG driven by Space-Time White Noise: An Approach using Regularity Structures Abstract: We show the existence of solutions of the 2D dissipative surface quasi-geostrophic equation driven by space-time white noise. Solutions will be obtained as a limit of solutions to regularised and renormalised equations. Therefore, we give a short introduction into the theory of regularity structures and show how the renormalisation procedure is done. The seminar can be attended at: https://meet.google.com/eyz-xwyc-ssn Franco Flandoli and Martin Saal

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seminario web Luisa Andreis, martedì 14 ore 17, Politecnico di Torino
by Enrico Bibbona 13 Jul '20

13 Jul '20

Martedì 14 luglio alle 17 si terrà il seminario di Luisa Andreis (WIAS, Berlin), virtualmente ospitata dal DISMA Politecnico di Torino, dal titolo The phase transition in random graphs and coagulation processes: a large deviation approach il link per seguire il talk è https://zoom.us/j/91884592112?pwd=dWxIYmlnUHFSUVVJLzF4Z1hCclcxQT09 Meeting ID: 918 8459 2112 Password: 9n1AQD Segue l'abstract Cordiali saluti, Enrico Bibbona Inhomogeneous random graphs are a natural generalization of the well- known Erdos Rényi random graph, where vertices are characterised by a type and edges are independent but distributed according to the type of the vertices that they are connecting. In the sparse regime, these graphs undergo a phase transition in terms of the emergence of a giant component exactly as the classical Erdos Rényi model. In this talk we will present an alternative approach, via large deviations, to prove this phase transition. This allows a comparison with the gelation phase transition that characterises some coagulation processes and with phase transitions of condensation type emerging in several systems of interacting components. This is an ongoing joint work with Wolfgang K ̈onig (WIAS and TU Berlin), Robert Patterson (WIAS) and Heide Langhammer (WIAS). Enrico Bibbona Associate Professor of Statistics Probability, Statistics and Optimization group Department of Mathematical Sciences "G. L Lagrange" Politecnico di Torino

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Junior Bayes webinar - 16 July - Christian Naesseth
by Giacomo Zanella 12 Jul '20

12 Jul '20

We are delighted to announce the fifth 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: 16 July 2020, 3pm UTC (5pm Italy time) Speaker: Christian A. Naesseth (Columbia University) Title: Machine learning using approximate inference: Variational and sequential Monte Carlo methods Discussant: Arnaud Doucet (University of Oxford) 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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One post-doc position (1 year, renewable up to 2 years) at CEIS Tor Vergata (School of Economics)
by Davide Pirino 10 Jul '20

10 Jul '20

Dear all the Centre for Economic and International Studies <http://www.ceistorvergata.it> of the University of Rome Tor Vergata <https://web.uniroma2.it/home/newlang/english> is promoting a one-year post-doc position (renewable up to two years) within the project HIDEA (Advanced econometric methods for high-frequency data) financed by PRIN 2017 program. You may find details of the call at the link http://web.uniroma2.it/module/name/Content/newlang/italiano/action/showpage… or at the link https://bandi.miur.it/bandi.php/public/fellowship/id_fellow/177186 The deadline is July, 23, 2020. Do not hesitate to contact me for any information on the call. Kind regards Davide Pirino

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Assistant Professorship in Statistics @ TU Delft
by Alessandra Cipriani 09 Jul '20

09 Jul '20

Ricevo ed inoltro. Alessandra Cipriani Dear all, At TU Delft, we have a vacant position in our statistics section. For more details, please view the vacancy text: https://www.tudelft.nl/over-tu-delft/werken-bij-tu-delft/vacatures/details/… The application deadline is September 30. Feel free to forward the announcement to potential candidates! With best regards, Geurt --- Prof. dr. ir. Geurt Jongbloed Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics Faculty Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science TU Delft W http://diamweb.ewi.tudelft.nl/~geurt/ Assistant: Cecilia van der Hoeven T +31 (0)15 27 81939 E Cecilia.vanderHoeven(a)tudelft.nl<mailto:Cecilia.vanderHoeven@tudelft.nl>

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MLDYN2020 - Scuola Normale Superiore, Nov 26-27 2020, Call for papers
by Piero MAZZARISI 08 Jul '20

08 Jul '20

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the organization of the 1st School in "Machine Learning of Dynamic Processes and Time Series Analysis” that will be held at Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa (Italy) on 26-27 November 2020. The purpose of this School is to present recent developments in Machine Learning focusing on dynamical systems. Applications will also be discussed, such as the forecasting of financial time series. The School provides 4 main lectures given by Christa Cuchiero, University of Vienna Lyudmila Grigoryevya, University of Konstanz Juan-Pablo Ortega, University of St. Gallen and CNRS Josef Teichmann, ETH Zurich Detailed information on the School, on the issues related to the Covid-19 and instructions for applications can be found at: www.mldyn2020sns.com <http://www.mldyn2020sns.com/> The registration and application deadline is September 30, 2020. The organizers, Fabrizio Lillo Giulia Livieri Stefano Marmi Piero Mazzarisi

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Corso in Trasferimento delle Tecnologie Matematiche per l'Innovazione - Seconda Edizione
by Maurizio Ceseri 08 Jul '20

08 Jul '20

A tutti gli interessati Visto il successo della prima edizione, lo Sportello Matematico per l'Innovazione e le Imprese <https://www.sportellomatematico.it/SMII/> sta organizzando la seconda edizione del corso in “Trasferimento delle Tecnologie Matematiche per l’Innovazione”. A seguito dell'emergenza COVID-19, la seconda edizione sarà interamente online. Il corso si svolgerà durante il periodo dal 1° Settembre al 10 Settembre 2020. Il corso è rivolto principalmente a giovani laureati in Scienze Matematiche e Fisiche, Ingegneria, Economia, Informatica e Statistica, con l’obiettivo di formare la figura professionale dell’Esperto in Trasferimento delle Scienze e Tecnologie Matematiche per l’Innovazione (in breve: Traduttore Tecnologico). Tale figura nasce per facilitare la comunicazione e promuovere collaborazioni tra imprese e centri di ricerca. Grazie alla sua formazione interdisciplinare, il Traduttore Tecnologico è in grado di abilitare un numero crescente di collaborazioni volte ad apportare benefici tangibili alle imprese e facilitare l’incontro e l’intermediazione tra i bisogni tecnologici delle PMI e le competenze nelle Scienze e Tecnologie Matematiche disponibili nel sistema della ricerca pubblica e privata, attraverso la mediazione e lo scambio continuo tra i diversi stakeholder Il corso è gratuito. Per favorire la partecipazione, il numero dei partecipanti è esteso a 50, selezionati sulla base del curriculum e di una lettera motivazionale. Modalità di presentazione Per procedere con la domanda di partecipazione, si prega di inviare entro il 31 Luglio 2020 il proprio CV aggiornato ed una lettera motivazionale di autopresentazione al seguente indirizzo email: sportello(a)sportellomatematico.it, indicando nell’oggetto “Domanda partecipazione – Corso Traduttore Tecnologico”. Per informazioni: www.corsotraduttoretecnologico.it Il Team dello Sportello Matematico CONTENUTI DEL CORSO Tecnologie Matematiche: cosa sono, come vengono applicate nelle imprese, tendenze del mercato della Ricerca e Innovazione, Prototipazione Virtuale e Digital Twinning. Trasferimento Tecnologico: contesto italiano ed internazionale, settori industriali, esperienze di successo e strategie di comunicazione. Gestione dell'Innovazione: concetti, fonti, forme, modelli ed ecosistemi dell'innovazione, Open Innovation e rapporto con la Proprietà Intellettuale Sistemi di Supporto alle Decisioni e Ricerca Operativa: abilitare il potenziale delle Tecnologie Matematiche nel Management. Attori e Strutture Organizzative: Best practices, il ruolo dello Sportello Matematico in Italia ed in Europa. SBOCCHI E OPPORTUNITÀ PROFESSIONALI Area Ricerca e Innovazione presso imprese manifatturiere e di servizi Trasferimento Tecnologico e Valorizzazione della Ricerca presso Università e Centri di Ricerca Tirocini formativi presso il progetto Sportello Matematico (IAC-CNR) Partecipazione a Progetti Europei su Tecnologie Matematiche per l’Innovazione Maurizio Ceseri Sportello Matematico per l'Innovazione e le Imprese Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo (IAC-CNR) via dei Taurini 19, 00185 Roma (Italy) Tel: (+39) 0649937369 Website: sportellomatematico.it

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Fwd: Summer School on PDE & Randomness
by Antonio DI CRESCENZO 07 Jul '20

07 Jul '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- Dear Colleagues, We hope that you are well and safe! We would like to advertise again the Summer School on PDE & Randomness that starts in less than two weeks on 20/07/20. The school aims to present some of the most exciting recent developments at the interface of Statistical mechanics, Stochastic Analysis and PDEs. It will feature four courses: • Roland Bauerschmidt (Cambridge): "Log-Sobolev inequality and the renormalisation group” • Hugo Duminil-Copin (IHES and university of Geneva): "Marginal triviality of the scaling limits of critical 4D Ising and ϕ^4_4 models” • Martin Hairer (Imperial College London): “Stochastic Yang-Mills” • Nicolas Perkowski (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany): "A Markovian perspective on some singular SPDEs” You can visit our webpage https://sites.google.com/view/oneworld-pderandom/home for more informations, abstracts for the lectures and the finalised schedule. If you are interested in the event please subscribe to our mailing list: send an empty email (completely empty, it is important to delete automatic signatures, etc.) with the subject "subscribe pderandom your name“ to sympa(a)lists.bath.ac.uk. Please feel free to forward this announcement to everyone who might be interested. Best wishes, Hendrik Weber and Andris Gerasimovics ------------------------------

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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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[owps] Bernoulli-IMS One World Symposium 2020: 24th to 28th of August. (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 25 Jun '20

25 Jun '20

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 18:47:00 +0100 From: Andreas Kyprianou <ak257(a)bath.ac.uk> To: owps(a)lists.bath.ac.uk Subject: [owps] Bernoulli-IMS One World Symposium 2020: 24th to 28th of August. 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, hold 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 in 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/ to see how you can participate and don?t forget to submit your abstract before July 13th! If you have questions, you can ask them after tomorrow's second OWPS talk of Augusto in the main room (questions to the speakers as usual in the breakout room). Please redistribute this mail as you like! All the best and ?see? you tomorrow or in August, Andreas & Leif

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Call for interest
by Domenico Marinucci 24 Jun '20

24 Jun '20

Call for interest : The Department of Mathematics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata invites expressions of interest for Senior (Tenure-Track) Assistant Professor ('RTD-B') and Tenured Associate Professor positions in the following areas of Mathematics: a) Data Analysis, Statistics and Machine Learning; b) Historical and pedagogical aspects of mathematics; c) Numerical optimization with special focus on big data and machine learning applications. More details can be found at the following link: https://www.mat.uniroma2.it/Docs_avvisi/call-of-interest.pdf Please feel free to forward this message to potentially interested candidates. -- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Domenico Marinucci Dipartimento di Matematica Università di Roma Tor Vergata https://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~marinucc/ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

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Fwd: [owps] One World Probability Seminar Thursday 25th June 2020
by Faggionato, Alessandra 24 Jun '20

24 Jun '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Andreas Kyprianou <ak257(a)bath.ac.uk> Date: mer 24 giu 2020 alle ore 13:23 Subject: [owps] One World Probability Seminar Thursday 25th June 2020 To: <owps(a)lists.bath.ac.uk> One World Probability Seminar Thursday 25th June 2020 Tomorrow's speakers in the One World Probability Seminar are ------------------------------------------------------------ 15.00: Augusto Teixeira (Rio): Random walks on dynamical random environments with non-uniform mixing (Part 1) 16.00: Marcelo Hilário (Belo Horizonte): Random walks on dynamical random environments with non-uniform mixing (Part 2) The first talk will be a non-technical introduction to the subject. ------------------------------------------------------------ Abstract: In these two consecutive talks we will discuss recent results on the limiting behavior of random walks on dynamical random environments. The strength of these results depends a great deal on space-time mixing properties imposed to the environment but also on other features like the dimension and the allowed transitions. In our case, we restrict ourselves to random walks evolving on one-dimensional random environments given by conservative interacting particle systems such as the simple symmetric exclusion process. For this setting, conservation of particles leads to poor-mixing conditions which complicates the applicability of some available tools. Our goal is to explain how renormalization can be used to handle these difficulties in order to obtain law of large numbers, large deviation estimates. The first talk will be a non-technical introduction to the subject. In the second talk, we provide a more detailed idea of how to prove the results. All the results were obtained on several joint works with Oriane Blondel, Frank den Hollander, Daniel Kious, Renato dos Santos and Vladas Sidoravicius. ------------------------------------------------------------ Please keep in mind that we are working with Central European summer time. As always, the Zoom-room link will appear on the OWPS seminar webpage: www.owprobability.org But you can also link to it directly by clicking this link tomorrow: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86868081342 Meeting-ID: 868 6808 1342 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 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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Special Issue on "Applied Mathematical Methods in Financial Risk Management"
by Elisa Mastrogiacomo 23 Jun '20

23 Jun '20

Apologize for cross-posting ******************************* Dear colleagues, we are Guest Editors of a Special Issue on "Applied Mathematical Methods in Financial Risk Management" for the journal Mathematics. Mathematics is an Open Access journal with a section on Financial Mathematics. See https://www.mdpi.com/journal/mathematics/ for details. Topics of particular interest for the special issue may include, but are not limited to: - risk management, - risk measures, - risk minimization, - portfolio optimization, - capital allocation, actuarial theory, - insurance premia, - ambiguity, - set-valued risk measures, - systemic risk. The deadline for submission is April 15, 2021. Due to Open Access, the fee to be paid at acceptance of the paper is of 1200 CHF. Please see https://www.mdpi.com/journal/mathematics/special_issues/applied_mathematica… for further details on the Special Issue. All those concerned are welcome to submit a scientific or a review paper. Best regards, Elisa Mastrogiacomo and Emanuela Rosazza Gianin

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Probability Webminar: Lucio Galeati (University of Bonn) [Padova 26/06, 11.00]
by barbato＠math.unipd.it 22 Jun '20

22 Jun '20

Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to the following Probability seminar that will take place on June 26, 2020 at 11 by the zoom platform. ---------------------------------------------------- Speaker: Lucio Galeati (University of Bonn) Title: Regularisation by noise and notions of irregularity June 26, 2020 (Friday) - 11:00 - zoom link: TBA The link and password to access the seminar will be available at the following webpage https://www.math.unipd.it/~bianchi/seminari/ Abstract: A natural question in the field of regularisation by noise phenomena is to understand under which conditions on a path $w$, the additively perturbed ODE $x'=b(x)+w'$ is well-posed, even when its unperturbed counterpart $x'=b(x)$ is not. In order to answer this question, Catellier and Gubinelli (SPA 2016) introduced the theory of nonlinear Young integrals and the concept of $\rho$-irregularity of $w$; they also proved that fBm paths are $\rho$-irregular. In this talk, I will first review their work and then present its more recent extensions. The property of $\rho$-irregularity can be linked to the regularity of the local time of $w$ and, in the case of Gaussian processes, can be established under a suitable local non-determinism (LND) condition. Moreover, it can be shown that $\rho$-irregular paths are necessarily nowhere $\alpha$-Holder continuous, for suitable values $\alpha=\alpha(\rho)$. This gives a rigorous proof of the frequently observed paradigm "the rougher the noise, the better the regularisation". Based on joint works with Massiliano Gubinelli. --------------- David Barbato Dip. di Matematica Università di Padova Via Trieste, 63 - 35121 Padova, Italy

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Probability Webminar: Elena Pulvirenti (University of Bonn) [Padova 03/07, 11.00]
by alessandra bianchi 22 Jun '20

22 Jun '20

Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to the following Probability seminar that will take place on July 3 at 11 by the zoom platform. ________________________________________________________ Speaker: Elena Pulvirenti (University of Bonn) Title: The Widom-Rowlinson model: metastability, mesoscopic and microscopic fluctuations for the critical droplet 3 JULY (Friday) - 11:00 - zoom link: TBA The link and password to access the seminar will be available at the following webpage https://www.math.unipd.it/~bianchi/seminari/ Abstract: We introduce the equilibrium Widom-Rowlinson model on a two-dimensional finite torus in which the energy of a particle configuration is attractive and determined by the union of small discs centered at the positions of the particles. We then discuss the metastable behaviour of a dynamic version of the WR model. This means that the particle configuration is viewed as a continuous time Markov process where particles are randomly created and annihilated as if the outside of the torus were an infinite reservoir with a given chemical potential. In particular, we start with the empty torus and are interested in the first time when the torus is fully covered by discs in the regime at low temperature and when the chemical potential is supercritical. In order to achieve the transition from empty to full, the system needs to create a sufficiently large droplet, called critical droplet, which triggers the crossover. We compute the distribution of the crossover time and identify the size and the shape of the critical droplet. The analysis relies on a mesoscopic and microscopic description of the surface of the critical droplet. It turns out that the critical droplet is close to a disc of a certain deterministic radius, with a boundary that is random and consists of a large number of small discs that stick out by a small distance. We will show how the analysis of surface fluctuations in the WR model allows us to derive the leading order term of the condensation time and also the correction order term. This is a joint work with Frank den Hollander (Leiden), Sabine Jansen (Munich) and Roman Kotecky (Prague & Warwick). -- 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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Phd position in mathematical statistics in Pau/Melbourne
by Ivan Kojadinovic 21 Jun '20

21 Jun '20

Dear Colleagues, Buongiorno, I hope that you are doing well in these complicated times. I would be very grateful if you could transfer the following link advertising a PhD position in mathematical statistics at the University of Pau jointly with the University of Melbourne to any of your potentially interested students or colleagues : http://ikojadin.perso.univ-pau.fr/phd-position.pdf Many thanks in advance for your help and apologies if you have already received this email by another channel. Grazie mille ! Ivan Kojadinovic

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Junior Bayes Beyond the Borders (JB^3) webinars
by Giacomo Zanella 19 Jun '20

19 Jun '20

We are delighted to announce 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. The seminar series aims at highlighting the work of outstanding junior researchers in Bayesian Statistics. The first edition (June/July 2020) will feature talks by this year's five Savage award finalists, see www.bayeslab.unibocconi.eu/webinarseries<http://www.bayeslab.unibocconi.eu/webinarseries> for more details. Each seminar will include a 45 minutes presentation by the speaker and a 10 minutes discussion by a senior scholar. The first webinar will be: Date: 25 June 2020, 3pm UTC (5pm Italy time) Speaker: Francois-Xavier Briol (University College London) Title: Stein's method for Bayesian computation Discussant: Nicolas Chopin (ENSAE Paris) The link to join the seminar 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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5PhD positions at Berlin-Oxford International Research Training Group (IRTG) 2544 “Stochastic Analysis in Interaction”
by Tiziano De Angelis 19 Jun '20

19 Jun '20

Dear All, I was asked to circulate the advert below. It looks like a very good opportunity for bright students. Best wishes Tiziano --------------------- The recently established Berlin-Oxford International Research Training Group (IRTG) 2544 “Stochastic Analysis in Interaction” offers 5 PhD positions (75% TVL E 13, about 1700 EUR p.m. after taxes, social security...) for 3 years starting October 1, 2020, or soon thereafter. Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), the IRTG is a joint research initiative of the stochastic analysis group of FU, HU, TU and WIAS Berlin with its counterpart at the University of Oxford. The advertised positions will be based in Berlin and will offer ample opportunities to interact also with members of the Oxford team, most notably in a 6-months exchange. Embedded in a truly international environment, the IRTG students will get excellent research training in a structured programme focussing on challenges at the mathematical foundations of Stochastic Analysis as well as on challenges arising from its various applications, e.g., in physics, biology, finance or data science. The combined expertise from the Berlin and Oxford groups will provide a significant breadth in depth and fertile ground for our students' ambitious research ideas. Successful candidates will have an MSc degree (or equivalent) in Mathematics (or a closely related field), strong knowledge of stochastic analysis, and feel eager to engage in the exchange of ideas with the teams in both Berlin and Oxford. Deadline for applications is August 10, 2020. Please see https://tub.stellenticket.de/de/offers/80625/ for the official job ad and for instructions how to apply. Our IRTG webpage www.math.tu-berlin.de/irtg offers more information on the Berlin-Oxford IRTG 2544.

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PhD Position in Mathematical Statistics at the University of Twente
by Gianluca Finocchio 17 Jun '20

17 Jun '20

The department of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science (EEMCS) of the University of Twente (UT) has an opening for three full-time, 4-year, fully-funded PhD positions to strengthen the newly started Theme Team in Sports, Data and Interaction. The PhD candidates will work closely together on an interdisciplinary project, combining the fields of Statistics, Human Media Interaction and Biomedical Signals and Systems. The focus of the position in statistics (Position 2: Statistical tools for modeling sports data) is on developing new statistical tools and approaches to model the sports data in a way that is suitable for use in interactive applications. The candidate will also collaborate to integrate these tools into a computational system for real-time analysis, in close collaboration with the other candidates.Possible directions to shape the research project are - Anomaly detection - nonparametric statistics and machine learning - time series analysis, specifically change-point detection - Simultaneous inference Candidates should have acquired a Master’s degree in mathematics, statistics, data science or a closely related domain with a strong background in probability and statistics, as well as some programming skills in R or Python.Further information can be found here https://www.utwente.nl/en/organisation/careers/!/1215111/3-phd-positions-at… apply online until June 30, 2020 using the webform provided on the above page. The intended starting date for all three candidates is September 1, 2020.For further information, please do not hesitate to contact Katharina Proksch (k.proksch(a)utwente.nl)

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6 fully funded PhD positions in MODELING AND ENGINEERING RISK AND COMPLEXITY
by Maria CHIAROLLA 16 Jun '20

16 Jun '20

N*ew 4-year PhD program in MODELING AND ENGINEERING RISK AND COMPLEXITY at a new School for Advanced** Studies of the University of Naples "Federico II"- ITALY* >From climate change and sustainability to seismic engineering and Industry 4.0, all the crucial challenges facing mankind today require the ability to understand and engineer ever growing reliable interdependent, complex and interconnected systems and infrastructures. The Call for Applications for the new 4 year PhD Program in Modeling and Engineering Risk and Complexity of the Scuola Superiore Meridionale (a brand new School for Advanced Studies in Naples) is now out and available at http://www.ssm.unina.it/en/calls-and-news/ We are looking for bright and ambitious students from any area of Mathematics, Science and Engineering to join this exciting new program. *6 fully funded 4-year scholarships are available this year* Each scholarship includes a stipend of EUR 19,000 per year which is increased by 50% when the student is spending time abroad Students are expected to spend at least 9-12 months abroad during their PhD. Each Scholarship also includes approx EUR 4,000 for research costs/travel per year Applicants must submit a brief scientific report (description of their MSc thesis work, CV, personal statement and reference letters) following the instructions provided at the website above *by* *no later than 30th June 2020.* Successful candidates will be announced the end of July 2020 with course officially starting on 2nd November 2020. For any further information contact the PhD Coordinator, Prof Mario di Bernardo, at merc(a)unina.it or check out the PhD website at: http://www.ssm.unina.it/en/modeling-and-engineering-risk-eng-and-complexity… -- Maria Chiarolla Full Professor of Mathematical Methods of Economics, Finance and Actuarial Sciences Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Economia Centro Ecotekne, Università del Salento, Lecce - ITALY --

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Mathematics of shuffling, Video Conference by Cheryl Praeger - June 23, at 2pm
by Pietro Caputo 15 Jun '20

15 Jun '20

ricevo e inoltro: -------- Messaggio originale -------- Da: riccardo colpi <colpi(a)math.unipd.it> Data: 13/06/20 10:15 (GMT+01:00) A: matematica(a)fermat.unipv.it, mat-direttori(a)fermat.unipv.it Oggetto: [mat-direttori] Videoconferenza Prof.ssa Cheryl Praeger - University of, Western Australia - 23 giugno ore 14:00 Gentili Colleghi, vi prego di diffondere presso i vostri colleghi l'invito a partecipare alla seguente videoconferenza del ciclo "Colloquia" del Dipartimento di Matematica "Tullio Levi-Civita" di Padova (in allegato la locandina): -------- LECTURER Cheryl Praeger, University of Western Australia -------- WHEN June 23, 2020 - From 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm -------- WHERE Online, YouTube address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7KTCA_1ntk -------- TITLE Mathematics of shuffling (https://www.math.unipd.it/news/mathematics-of-shuffling/ ) -------- ABSTRACT The crux of a card trick performed with a deck of cards usually depends on understanding how shuffles of the deck change the order of the cards. By understanding which permutations are possible, one knows if a given card may be brought into a certain position. The mathematics of shuffling a deck of 2n cards with two ``perfect shuffles'' was studied thoroughly by Diaconis, Graham and Kantor in 1983. I will report on our efforts to understand a generalisation of this problem, with a so-called ``many handed dealer'' shuffling kn cards by cutting into k piles with n cards in each pile and using k! possible shuffles. A conjecture of Medvedoff and Morrison suggests that all possible permutations of the deck of cards are achieved, as long as k is not 4 and n is not a power of k. We confirm this conjecture for three doubly infinite families of integers, but the conjecture remains open. We initiate a more general study of shuffle groups, which admit an arbitrary subgroup of shuffles. This is joint work with Carmen Amarra and Luke Morgan. -------- SHORT BIO SPEAKER Cheryl Praeger is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Western Australia. In 2007 she won an Australian Research Council Federation Fellowship and in 2010-14 she served as inaugural Director of the Centre for the Mathematics of Symmetry and Computation at UWA. Her mathematical research work has transformed our understanding of how groups act on large complex systems, through new theories, constructions, algorithms and designs, which exploit the classification of the finite simple groups. Professor Praeger received BSc and MSc degrees from the University of Queensland, a DPhil degree from the University of Oxford in 1973, and has received honorary doctorates from Universities in six countries on three continents. She has served on the Executive of the International Mathematical Union and on the Council and Executive of the Australian academy of Science. She is a former Vice President of the International Commission for Mathematical Instruction, and former Foreign Secretary of the Australian Academy of Science. She is Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, an Honorary member of the London Mathematical Society, and she was the first woman to be President of the Australian Mathematical Society of which she is now an Honorary Life Member. In 2019 she was awarded the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science in recognition of her incredible contribution to mathematics research and education in Australia and around the world. Professor Praeger has published more than 400 journal articles and five research monographs, many of them with her students (30 PhD students, 10 research masters students, 21 postdoctoral research associates) and research colleagues. She has played an active role supporting and mentoring young scientists, especially women. More infos are available here: https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/cheryl-praeger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Praeger Grazie, un caro saluto, Riccardo Colpi

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Fwd: Presentazione ENBA
by Irene Crimaldi 15 Jun '20

15 Jun '20

Dear all, we have scheduled a webinar to present the ENBA PhD track to potential candidates for the next doctoral cycle at IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca. The webinar is scheduled on Tuesday 23/06 from 11.00 am to 12.30 am. The webinar is organized as follows: Short Introduction - Massimo Riccaboni 5 m Economics - Ennio Bilancini 15 m Networks - Guido Caldarelli 15 m Business - Alessia Patuelli 15 m Analytics - Falco Bargagli Stoffi 15 m Q&A - 25 min max This is the link: meet.google.com/oky-svxy-cfn <https://meet.google.com/oky-svxy-cfn?hs=122&authuser=0> All the best, Irene > >> >> >>

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Workshop announcement: Stochastic Analysis Brats, June 23-26, 2020
by Dario Trevisan 12 Jun '20

12 Jun '20

Dear colleagues, we are pleased to announce the upcoming mini-workshop ``Stochastic Analysis Brats'' to be held on June 23-26, 2020. Its aim is to gather some brilliant young researchers in stochastic analysis and related topics, although only virtually, since we will use Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/jmf-ndtz-gnh The list of speakers include Carlo Bellingeri (TU Berlin) Martin Brückerhoff (Münster) Giuseppe Cannizzaro (Warwick) Alberto Chiarini (Eindhoven) Paolo Grazieschi (Bath) Marta Leocata (Roma LUISS) Pierre Perruchaud (Notre Dame) Leonardo Tolomeo (Bonn HCM) A detailed programme is available at the page https://sites.google.com/unipi.it/sabpisa/home Please feel free to circulate this message to those who may be interested to attend the event. Regards, Dario (on behalf of the organizers) -- Dario Trevisan, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Dipartimento di Matematica, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 5, 56127 - Pisa (PI) Italy telephone: (+39) 050 2213832 mobile: (+39) 331 2899761 Skype: dario-trevisan e-mail: dario.trevisan AT unipi.it webpage: http://people.dm.unipi.it/trevisan/

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Open PhD and post doc positions in stochastics and energy systems (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 12 Jun '20

12 Jun '20

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2020 05:07:39 +0000 From: Fred Espen Benth <fredb(a)math.uio.no> To: Tiziano Vargiolu <vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it> Subject: Open PhD and post doc positions in stochastics and energy systems Dear Tiziano, may I ask you for a favour: could you please send around to your network the announcement of two new positions in stochastics and energy systems in Oslo : https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/188863/phd-research-fellow-i… Best regards, Fred

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Time corrections to Univaq Random Talks: June 18th
by Fabio Antonelli 11 Jun '20

11 Jun '20

Sorry about this, but the time difference between Italy and Japan is 7 hours (not 6) so the talk Prof. Arturo Kohatsu-Higa, Dept .of Mathematical Sciences - Ritsumeikan University: "UPPER BOUNDS FOR THE JOINT DENSITY OF A STABLE PROCESS AND ITS MAXIMUM" will be on June 18th 2020 - 10:00 a.m. Fabio Antonelli

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Webinar Fabio Moneta (U. Ottawa) 17.06 h. 15 - LTI@UniTO Webinars in Finance
by Luca Regis 11 Jun '20

11 Jun '20

Dear Colleagues, LTI@UniTO (www.carloalberto.org/lti) and Collegio Carlo Alberto are pleased to invite you to the following seminar in Quantitative Finance, that will take place on June 17th at 3 pm CET via Zoom. Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.it/e/biglietti-holding-horizon-a-new-measure-of-acti… to get the Zoom link to join the webinar. /Speaker/: Fabio Moneta <https://telfer.uottawa.ca/en/directory/professors/moneta-fabio/> (University of Ottawa) Title: Holding horizon: a new measure of active investment management Abstract: This paper proposes a new holding horizon (HH) measure of active management and examines the relation between horizon and manager skill. Our HH measure identifies, in the cross-section, funds with higher future long-term alphas, while reported turnover identifies, in the time-series, when a particular fund is likely to exhibit a higher short-run alpha. The superior long-term performance of long-horizon funds is due to their selection of stocks with strong long-run fundamentals. Moreover, stocks largely held by long-horizon funds outperform stocks largely held by short-horizon funds by 2.7%-3.5% per year, adjusted for risk, over the following five-year period. We hope you will be able to join us! Best, 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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UNIVAQ RANDOM TALKS: Prof. Arturo Kohatsu-Higa - June 18th 11:00 a.m.
by Fabio Antonelli 11 Jun '20

11 Jun '20

If interested, please subscribe by https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfDWIEYewlpF_SWEeVV8DaTrzbftSTST8K… UNIVAQ RANDOM TALKS 5 Thursday June 18th 11:00 a.m. - ZOOM Videoconference platform Prof. Arturo Kohatsu-Higa Department of Mathematical Sciences Ritsumeikan University UPPER BOUNDS FOR THE JOINT DENSITY OF A STABLE PROCESS AND ITS MAXIMUM Abstract: In this article, we obtain integration by parts formulas for the joint law of a stable process and its maximum. The argument is based on a multi-level representation for the joint law which uses the theory of convex majorants for stable processes and the Chambers-Mallows-Stuck representation for stable random variables. As applications, we obtain regularity results for the joint law and upper bounds for the density and its space derivatives. Everybody is welcome, please subscribe by the following form The day of the seminar, participants will receive an invitation by e-mail (max. 100 participants)

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PhD position in Probability Theory and Analysis [TU Delft, supervisor: Dr. Richard C. Kraaij]
by fcollet＠math.unipd.it 10 Jun '20

10 Jun '20

*** Mi scuso per ricezioni multiple *** Cari Colleghi, ricevo e inoltro l'annuncio di una posizione (quadriennale) di Dottorato presso TU Delft (NL), sotto la supervisione del Dr. Richard C. Kraaij, su tematiche a cavallo tra Probabilità (processi di Markov e grandi deviazioni) e Analisi (equazioni di Hamilton-Jacobi e teoria del controllo). Per maggiori dettagli si veda il link: https://www.tudelft.nl/over-tu-delft/werken-bij-tu-delft/vacatures/details/… Vi pregherei gentilmente di diffondere la notizia tra potenziali candidati. Grazie e buona giornata, Francesca Collet

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Fwd: [owps] One World Probability Seminar Thursday 11th June 2020
by Faggionato, Alessandra 10 Jun '20

10 Jun '20

---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Andreas Kyprianou <ak257(a)bath.ac.uk> Date: mer 10 giu 2020 alle ore 08:57 Subject: [owps] One World Probability Seminar Thursday 11th June 2020 To: <owps(a)lists.bath.ac.uk> One World Probability Seminar Thursday 11th June 2020: Tomorrow we will have a double talk on "A new point of view on topological phase transitions“. The first talk will be more introductory and accessible for a large audience. ------------------------------------------------------------ 15.00 CEST: Christophe Garban (Lyon) 16.00 CEST: Avelio Sepúlveda (Lyon) Abstract: Topological phase transitions were discovered by Berezinskii-Kosterlitz- Thouless in the 70's. They describe intriguing phase transitions for classical spins systems such as the plane rotator model (or XY model). Part 1 : General introduction on the topological phase transitions. Without assuming any a priori background, we will discuss how this phase transition arises in cases such as : - the XY model (spins on Z^2 with values in the unit circle) - the integer-valued Gaussian Free Field - Abelian Yang-Mills on Z^4 We will also discuss some of the main contributions of Fröhlich and Spencer to this theory. Part 2 : A statistical reconstruction problem. We will connect topological phase transitions to a statistical reconstruction problem concerning the Gaussian Free Field and will show that the feasibility of the reconstruction undergoes a KT transition. The talks will be based mostly on the preprint: https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farxiv.org… ------------------------------------------------------------ Please keep in mind that we are working with Central European summer time. As always, the Zoom-room link will appear on the OWPS seminar webpage: https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.owprob… But you can also link to it directly by clicking this link tomorrow: https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.z… Meeting-ID: 876 7251 4177 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: PhD position in Prague
by Francesco Caravenna 08 Jun '20

08 Jun '20

Ricevo e inoltro. > Da: Jan Meinderts Swart <swart(a)utia.cas.cz> > Oggetto: PhD position in Prague > Data: 8 giugno 2020 11:24:26 CEST > > Dear everybody, > > There (still) is a (very nice!) open position for a PhD student at my institute, see: > http://staff.utia.cas.cz/swart/advertentie.html > The successful candidate will work with me and can choose a theme from > an extensive list of interesting open problems (see advertising). > > If you know of any suitable candidates, I would be grateful if > you can bring the position to their attention. > > Best regards, > Jan Swart

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One PhD and one PostDoc position (Univ. Vienna, Christa Cuchiero) (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 08 Jun '20

08 Jun '20

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2020 11:15:54 +0200 From: Lisa Carli <lisa.carli(a)univie.ac.at> To: vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it Cc: Christa Cuchiero <christa.cuchiero(a)univie.ac.at> PhD: Dear colleagues, the University of Vienna, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, invites applications for the position of a Prae-Doc (3 year appointment, 30hrs) at the intersection of Mathematical Finance, Stochastic Analysis and Machine Learning. The successful candidate will work in the START research project ?Universal structures in Mathematical Finance?, run by Prof. Christa Cuchiero. The focus of the project lies on universal structures that pertain literally to both, mathematics and finance. The goal is to explore this mathematical and financial universality and to provide a unifying stochastic framework, building on process classes which have, appropriately seen, universal approximation properties, well known also from the theory of machine learning. For detailed information please have a look at the Jobcenter of the University of Vienna (reference number 10843) https://univis.univie.ac.at/ausschreibungstellensuche/flow/bew_ausschreibun… Application Deadline: July 15th, 2020. The montly gross salary (according to FWF standards) amounts to 2.205,60? for 30hrs. The planned start of the position is autumn 2020. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- Post-Doc: Dear colleagues, the University of Vienna, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, invites applications for the position of a Post-Doc (up to 4 years, 40hrs) at the intersection of Mathematical Finance, Stochastic Analysis and Machine Learning. The successful candidate will work in the START research project ?Universal structures in Mathematical Finance?, run by Prof. Christa Cuchiero. The focus of the project lies on universal structures that pertain literally to both, mathematics and finance. The goal is to explore this mathematical and financial universality and to provide a unifying stochastic framework, building on process classes which have, appropriately seen, universal approximation properties, well known also from the theory of machine learning. For detailed information please have a look at the Jobcenter of the University of Vienna (reference number 10857) https://univis.univie.ac.at/ausschreibungstellensuche/flow/bew_ausschreibun… Application Deadline: July 15th, 2020. The montly gross salary (according to FWF standards) amounts to 3.889,50?. The planned start of the position is autumn 2020. -- Lisa Carli, MA Organisationsassistentin Universit?t Wien Fakult?t f?r Wirtschaftswissenschaften Institut f?r Statistik und Operations Research Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1; 1090 Wien Raum 4.512 T +43-1-4277-37046 lisa.carli(a)univie.ac.at isor.univie.ac.at

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JOB - Data Scientist for Energy, Climate and the Environment
by Matteo Fontana 08 Jun '20

08 Jun '20

Gentile Random; Vi inoltro un avviso per un assegno di ricerca in ambito statistica applicata / data science offerto dal Prof. Massimo Tavoni del Politecnico di Milano Cordiali Saluti Opening for a position for a data scientist to work for Prof. Massimo Tavoni<https://sites.google.com/site/massimotavoni/> at Politecnico di Milano. Duties include analyzing data coming from smart energy meters and coupling with observations on climate, air quality and other environmental variables. The selected candidate will work in a first class research team<http://www.cobham-erc.eu/team/>, who has ongoing research projects with international institutions and energy companies. Competencies include capacity to handle large databases and work with geospatial data, knowledge of scientific programming languages (e.g. Python, R, Julia), knowledge of regression and machine learning techniques, capacity to interact with a diverse team including environmental scientists and economists. Requirements include a Master's degree in a quantitative discipline, such as statistics, data science, computer science, mathematics, engineering, physics. Candidates considering pursuing a PhD are also encouraged to apply. For information, please send a CV to massimo.tavoni(a)polimi.it<mailto:massimo.tavoni@polimi.it> Dr. Matteo Fontana Postdoctoral Research Fellow MOX - Laboratory for Modelling and Scientific Computing Department of Mathematics - Politecnico di Milano e-mail: matteo.fontana(a)polimi.it<mailto:matteo.fontana@polimi.it>

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Isaac Meilijson's webinar @UniTO
by Bruno Toaldo 07 Jun '20

07 Jun '20

********************************************************************* WEBINAR DI PROBABILITÀ E STATISTICA MATEMATICA DIPARTIMENTO DI MATEMATICA "G. PEANO" UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO ********************************************************************* Martedì 23 Giugno 2020 alle ore 15:00 Il Prof. Isaac Meilijson (Tel Aviv University) terrà un seminario sulla piattaforma webex Collegamento riunione: https://unito.webex.com/unito/j.php?MTID=m28a1e666a170497b27a0d1e4d8772ff2 Password:ParolaRiunione Title: Random time transformation analysis of Covid19 2020 Speaker: Isaac Meilijson, Tel Aviv University Abstract: The SIR epidemiological equations model new affected and removed cases as roughly proportional to the current number of infected cases. The present report adopts an alternative that has been considered in the literature, in which the number of new affected cases is proportional to the α<1 power of the number of infected cases. After arguing that α=1 models exponential growth while α<1 models polynomial or linear growth, a simple method for parameter estimation in differential equations subject to noise, the random-time transformation RTT of Bassan, Meilijson, Marcus and Talpaz 1997, will be reviewed and applied to fit α and the other parameters in an attempt to settle the question as to the nature of Covid19. Joint work with Nitay Alon. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare.

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LTI@UniTO Webinar in Finance: Sohnke Bartram (Warwick Business School) 03.06 h.15
by Luca Regis 04 Jun '20

04 Jun '20

Dear Colleagues, LTI@UniTO (www.carloalberto.org/lti) and Collegio Carlo Alberto are pleased to invite you to the following seminar in Quantitative Finance, that will take place on June 3rd at 3 pm via Zoom. Please register here https://ltiwebinar3june.eventbrite.it/ to get the Zoom link. Speaker: Sohnke Bartram (Warwick Business School) Title: "Currency Anomalies" || |*Abstract *| | This paper is the first to study the cross-section of currency anomalies to explore alternative explanations for their existence. Using real-time data, currency anomalies are profitable during in-sample and out-of-sample periods, both before and after transaction costs, but trading profits decrease substantially after the publication of the underlying academic research. The decline is greater for anomalies with larger in-sample profits and lower arbitrage costs, and signal ranks and performance decay quickly, suggesting that currency anomalies reflect mispricing rather than compensation for risk or statistical bias. Mispricing is systematically related to mistakes and changes in analysts’ currency forecasts. In particular, analysts expect anomaly payoffs that are too low compared with actual anomaly profits. However, analysts update their forecasts to incorporate lagged anomaly information. These results are consistent with a behavioral explanation for currency anomalies. | -- 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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Ph.D. position in Mathematical Finance at Bielefeld University: new deadline JUNE 19
by Giorgio Ferrari 03 Jun '20

03 Jun '20

Dear All, this is to inform that the deadline for applications for the following position has been prolonged. *Ph.D. position in Mathematical Finance* (in particular on the theory of stochastic optimal control and optimal stopping with financial and economic applications) at Bielefeld University within the "Bielefeld Graduate School in Economics and Management" ( http://www.bigsem.de/ ) _*NEW DEADLINE*_ for applications: *June 19* *DETAILS* about the post and the application procedure can be found at: <https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/Universitaet/Aktuelles/Stellenausschreibungen/…> https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/Universitaet/Aktuelles/Stellenausschreibungen/… The successful candidate will be based at the Center for Mathematical Economics (IMW) of Bielefeld University ( https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/imw/ ) and will work under my supervision. All the best wishes, Giorgio Ferrari -- Questa e-mail è stata controllata per individuare virus con Avast antivirus. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Probability Webminar: Alberto Chiarini (TU Eindhoven) [Padova 12/06, 15.00]
by alessandra bianchi 03 Jun '20

03 Jun '20

Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to the following Probability seminar that will take place on June 12 at 15 by the zoom platform. ________________________________________________________ Speaker: Alberto Chiarini (TU Eindhoven) Title: Entropic repulsion for the occupation-time field of random interlacements by disconnection 12 JUNE (Friday) - 15:00 - zoom link: TBA The link and password to access the seminar will be available at the following webpage https://www.math.unipd.it/~bianchi/seminari/ Abstract: The model of random interlacements was introduced in 2007 by A.-S. Sznitman, motivated by questions about the disconnection of discrete cylinders or tori by the trace of simple random walk. Since then, it has gained popularity among probabilists due to its percolative properties and also because of its connections to the free field. Random interlacements on transient graphs can be constructed as a Poisson point process of doubly infinite trajectories. After reviewing this model, we will focus on the rare event that these trajectories disconnect a macroscopic body from infinity, in the strongly percolative regime. We will ask the following question: What is the most efficient way for random interlacements to enforce such disconnection? In other words, how do the trajectories of random interlacements look like conditionally on disconnection? -- 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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PostDoc Position at University of Innsbruck (Austria)
by Daniela Bertacchi 01 Jun '20

01 Jun '20

Ricevo e inoltro con preghiera di diffusione. Cordiali saluti, Daniela Bertacchi *************************************** Dear colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to an open PostDoc position at University of Innsbruck (Austria) starting on 01.08.2020 or later. Application deadline is 13.06.2020. The duration of the position is two years (Gross Salary: € 3.890 / month (14 times a year)). A PhD degree with focus on Probability and Stochastic Processes is required. German language skills are beneficial but not strictly required. The successful candidate is meant to carry out research in the field of stochastics. The position comes with 4 hours of teaching per week. The formal announcement can be found here: https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/karriereportal.details?asg_id_in=11284 Please forward this message to anyone you think might be interested and do not hesitate to contact Ecaterina Sava-Huss (Ecaterina.Sava-Huss(a)uibk.ac.at) for further details. Best wishes, Ecaterina Sava-Huss -- ----------------------------------------------------- Ecaterina Sava-Huss Department of Mathematics University of Innsbruck Technikerstrasse 13/7th floor/722b 6020 Innsbruck, Austria https://www.uibk.ac.at/mathematik/personal/sava-huss/ ----------------------------------------------------- <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Mail priva di virus. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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two 1-year (renewable to 2 years) postdoc positions at the Scuola Normale Superiore
by Stefano Marmi 01 Jun '20

01 Jun '20

Dear all, A call for two one-year research contracts (renewable up to 2 years) is open at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (Italy). The topics of the research are _"Quantitative construction and optimization of multi-factor portfolios in the equity and fixed income markets "_ and _"Portfolio construction and optimization of Multi-Asset Portfolios with a target volatility level, creation and optimization of “smart” Multi-Factor Portfolios in the Equity and Fixed Income asset classes "_ and it is part of a collaboration between Fineco and Scuola Normale. The research activity will be in tight collaboration with the Quantitative Team of Fineco Asset Management in Dublin. The details of the call are at - ITA: https://amministrazionetrasparente.sns.it/sites/default/files/bandi/assegni… - ENG: https://amministrazionetrasparente.sns.it/sites/default/files/bandi/assegni… The deadline is June 24. I would be grateful if you could forward this message to any potentially interested candidate. Thanks and all the best, Stefano Marmi

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8 PhD positions at GSSI (fwd)
by Michele Gianfelice 01 Jun '20

01 Jun '20

Salve, ricevo ed inoltro p.c.. Cordialmente, m.gianfelice ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Michele Gianfelice Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica Università della Calabria Telephone : +39 0984 496412 Campus di Arcavacata Fax : +39 0984 496410 Ponte P. Bucci - cubo 30B email: gianfelice(a)mat.unical.it I-87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS) www.mat.unical.it/~gianfelice/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 31 May 2020 01:18:52 +0200 From: Pierangelo Marcati <pierangelo.marcati(a)gssi.it> To: Pierangelo Marcati <p.marcati(a)gmail.com> Subject: 8 PhD positions at GSSI DEADLINE June,11 Dear Colleagues, This is to announce the opening for 8 PhD Fellowships in ?Mathematics in Natural, Social and Life Sciences? at Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) starting in October 2020 - deadline for application: June 11, 2020, info: https://applications.gssi.it/phd/ The 8 PhD fellowships including "4 years - ? 16.159,91 gross yearly - free accommodation - free luncheon vouchers and canteen", are awarded in the area of Mathematics of GSSI (https://www.gssi.it/people/professors/lectures-maths) Among them 2 fellowships are given within the GrowBot FET - EU project, under the direction of Professor Pierangelo Marcati. https://growbot.eu/ Interested candidates can apply to both programs by submitting two different applications. Students and researchers in Mathematics at GSSI are encouraged to interact with other scientific communities. At GSSI, we believe that the interdisciplinary endeavor is the most effective way to do science and benefit society. Mathematical models are ubiquitous in physics, engineering, information theory, social and life sciences, as they provide a formidable framework to describe the time evolution of deterministic, stochastic and complex systems, which is one of the main goals at GSSI. Within the PhD program in Mathematics in Natural, Social and Life Sciences a priority has been established on mathematical modeling, both towards the traditional areas of application, such as Physics or Engineering, and towards emerging issues in Biology and in the Social Sciences. GSSI mathematics researchers are interested in tackling many problems with complementary perspectives and methods. The area of Mathematics is characterized by four large macro-sectors: Applied Partial Differential Equations, Stochastic Analysis, Numerical methods and Continuum Mechanics modeling. Within these sectors there is a shared interest in problems related to fluid dynamics, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics and also its applications to data science. Important ideas of classical analysis, probability theory, mathematical physics and theoretical physics are used also for less traditional applications. Numerical linear algebra and numerical optimization help to design new models and accompanying numerical algorithms for applications in data mining, machine learning and network science. Continuum mechanics models, computational methods in fluid dynamics are used not only in their traditional field at the boundary between applied mathematics and theoretical engineering, but also in nonconventional problems like modeling the full heart function.

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Conference del prof. Phili Protter -June 8th 2020
by Fabio Antonelli 27 May '20

27 May '20

UNIVAQ RANDOM TALKS - The Ph.D. COLLOQUIUM ________________________________ Online conferences on Probability and Applications at DISIM - UNIVERSITÁ DI L'AQUILA Monday June 8th 2:30 p.m. - ZOOM Videoconference platform Prof. Philip Protter Statistics Department Columbia University Nonlinear Valuation in Credit Risk Everybody is welcome, please subscribe by the following form The day of the seminar, participants will receive an invitation by e-mail https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfivXQHs0ZbxtQG8anBnzTSy1Tq_uWN7sG… (max. 100 participants) No need to subscribe, if, in a previous form, you asked to be always included Abstract: In a series of recent papers, Damiano Brigo, Andrea Pallavicini, and co-authors have shown that the value of a contract in a Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA) setting, being the sum of the cash flows, can be represented as a solution of a decoupled forward-backward stochastic differential equation (FBSDE). CVA is the difference between the risk-free portfolio value and the true portfolio value that takes into account the possibility of a counter party's default. In other words, CVA is the market value of counter party credit risk. This has achieved noteworthy importance after the 2008 financial debacle, where counter party risk played an under-modeled but huge risk. In their analysis, Brigo et al make the classical assumption of conditional independence of the default times, given the risk-free market filtration. This does not allow for the possibility of simultaneous defaults. We weaken their assumption, replacing it with a martingale orthogonality condition. This in turn changes the form of the BSDE that arises from the model. My talk is based on joint work with Aditi Dandapani. --------------------------------- Fabio Antonelli DISIM - Università di L'Aquila

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Probability Webminar: Giuseppe Cannizzaro (University of Warwick) [Padova 05/06, 11.00]
by alessandra bianchi 27 May '20

27 May '20

Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to the following Probability seminar that will take place on June 05 at 11 by the zoom platform. ________________________________________________________ Speaker: Giuseppe Cannizzaro (University of Warwick) Title: A new Universality Class in (1+1)-dimensions: the Brownian Castle 05 JUNE (Friday) - 11:00 - zoom link: TBA The link and password to access the seminar will be available at the following webpage https://www.math.unipd.it/~bianchi/seminari/ Abstract: In the context of randomly fluctuating interfaces in (1+1)-dimensions two Universality Classes have generally been considered, the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang and the Edwards-Wilkinson. Models within these classes exhibit universal fluctuations under 1:2:3 and 1:2:4 scaling respectively. Starting from a modification of the classical Ballistic Deposition model we will show that this picture is not exhaustive and another Universality Class, whose scaling exponents are 1:1:2, has to be taken into account. We will describe how it arises, briefly discuss its connections to KPZ and introduce a new stochastic process, the Brownian Castle, deeply connected to the Brownian Web, which should capture the large-scale behaviour of models within this Class. This talk is based on a joint ongoing work with Martin Hairer. -- 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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PhD course "Fractional Brownian motion and non-Markovian modeling" by P. Pigato
by Lucia Caramellino 26 May '20

26 May '20

Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata” PhD School in Mathematics Announcement of a PhD course (10 hours, online) Paolo Pigato (Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", WIAS Berlin): Fractional Brownian motion and non-Markovian modeling Abstract. In several applications of stochastic analysis (financial engineering, telecommunication networks, ...), it is desirable to model real-world quantities which are non-Markovian, for example because the noise process exhibits slowly decaying auto-correlations and long memory. In this course we will focus on fractional Brownian motion, a prototypical example of non-Markovian process. Such process is a generalisation of Brownian motion with Holder regularity possibly different than 1/2 and it is not a martingale. We will consider large deviations problems, simulation methods and some examples of application. Schedule. - Friday June 05, 2020; h. 14-16 - Tuesday June 09, 2020; h. 14-16 - Thursday June 11, 2020; h. 14-16 - Tuesday June 16, 2020; h. 14-16 - Thursday June 19, 2020; h. 14-16 Information at http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~dott/corsi.html <http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~dott/corsi.html> http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~macci/corso-dottorato-pigato.htm <http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~macci/corso-dottorato-pigato.htm> How to join the course. The course will take place on the "Teams" platform. Those who do not have an account on Teams can join the course through Chrome or Edge. Please write to caramell(a)mat.uniroma2.it <mailto:caramell@mat.uniroma2.it> (subject: PhD course) to be part of the mailing list to which instructions for accessing the course will be sent.

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PhD in Computational Mathematics and Decision Sciences
by Giacomo Aletti 26 May '20

26 May '20

The admission procedure for the PhD program in Computational Mathematics and Decision Sciences at University of Pavia is now open, see http://phd.unipv.it/call-36/ We have 6 scholarships, of which 1 reserved for foreign (non-Italian) students. The deadline is June 24, 2020. Please share this call for applications with potential candidates. Giacomo Aletti -- ------------------------------- Giacomo Aletti, Full Professor (Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics) Department of Environmental Science and Policy (ESP) ADAMSS Centre (ex MIRIAM) Advanced Applied Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Università degli Studi di Milano Via Saldini, 50 20133 Milano, Italy Tel: +39-02-503.16158 Fax:+39-02-503.16090

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Fwd: [stoch-ned-l] COFUND: vacancies for PhD positions
by Gianmarco Bet 26 May '20

26 May '20

Cari colleghi, Vi segnalo numerose PhD openings nel programma NETWORKS in Olanda. Conosco personalmente i PI e il programma, e posso attestare che l’ambiente di ricerca è davvero ottimo. La scadenza è molto vicina, quindi vi invito a girare questo annuncio ai vostri studenti interessanti in probabilità applicata e/o combinatoria e/o modelli discreti. Sono a completa disposizione se voi (o i vostri studenti) avete domande specifiche. Un caro saluto, 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 22 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Mandjes, Michel via stoch-ned-l" <stoch-ned-l(a)lists.science.uu.nl> > Subject: [stoch-ned-l] COFUND: vacancies for PhD positions > Date: 8 May 2020 at 16:21:39 CEST > To: "Zanten, J.H. van via stoch-ned-l" <stoch-ned-l(a)lists.science.uu.nl> > Reply-To: "Mandjes, Michel" <m.r.h.mandjes(a)uva.nl> > > 14 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://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtu…>, University of Amsterdam <https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%…>, Leiden University <https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtu…> and the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) <https://eur04.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 > 31 May 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://eur04.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. > > _______________________________________________ > stoch-ned-l mailing list > SMS-VvS+OR/ > Section Mathematical Statistics of > The Netherlands Society for Statistics and Operations Research. > stoch-ned-l(a)lists.science.uu.nl > https://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/stoch-ned-l

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Postdoc in stochastic control at University of Uppsala (Sweden)
by Tiziano De Angelis 25 May '20

25 May '20

Dear All, Please find below links for 2 open postdoctoral positions in stochastic control at the University of Uppsala (Sweden). The deadline for application is 12 June. https://www.math.uu.se/the-department/vacant-positions/?positionId=334386 and https://www.math.uu.se/the-department/vacant-positions/?positionId=334402 Best wishes Tiziano

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Junior Professorship (W1) in Mathematical Economics at Bielefeld: NEW DEADLINE JUNE 05
by Giorgio Ferrari 24 May '20

24 May '20

Dear All, I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to inform that the deadline for applications for the post advertised below has been extended to *JUNE 05, 2020*. Best wishes and have a nice Sunday, Giorgio Ferrari %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% The *Center for Mathematical Economics *(Institut für Mathematische Wirtschaftsforschung, IMW) and the *Faculty of Business Administration and Economics* at Bielefeld University are seeking to fill the following position as soon as possible: *Junior Professorship (W1) in Mathematical Economics* We are looking for outstanding, internationally visible candidates in research and teaching who are qualified by excellent publications in one of the research areas of the Center for Mathematical Economics. Interdisciplinary research and teaching across faculties traditionally plays an important role at the Center for Mathematical Economics. We expect participation in the existing and planned joint third-party funded projects of the Center, the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, and other faculties, especially in the interdisciplinary context. The connection to the Collaborative Research Center 1283 `` Taming Uncertainty and Profiting from Randomness ... ’’ plays an important role for this professorship. We are looking for young researchers who can make a significant contribution to the economic sub-projects of the Collaborative Research Center; potential topics include dynamic game theory (differential games, mean-field games) as well as the analysis of financial markets (equilibrium models in continuous time), industrial dynamics (dynamic I.O.) or complex decisions under uncertainty (e.g. recursive dynamic utility). Teaching is to be provided in the research-oriented Master and Bachelor programs of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, especially in Mathematical Economics. The prerequisites for the position are a university degree, pedagogical aptitude and the special ability for scientific work, which is usually demonstrated by the outstanding quality of a doctorate. The position is initially for three years, and can be extended to six years after a positive evaluation. Applications from suitably qualified handicapped and severely handicapped persons are explicitly encouraged. Bielefeld University has received a number of awards for its achievements in the provision of equal opportunity and has been recognized as a family-friendly university. The university welcomes applications from women. Applications are handled according to the state's equal opportunity statutes. Applications with the usual documents (curriculum vitae, copies of certificates, list of publications with identification of up to 10 most important publications, a 2-page research and teaching concept) should preferably be submitted till *JUNE 05**, 2020* to: Bielefeld University Center for Mathematical Economics (IMW) Frau Buiwitt-Robson Postfach 10 01 31 33501 Bielefeld or by e-mail as a single PDF file to: IMW(a)uni-bielefeld.de Please refrain from submitting application folders and submit photocopies only, as the application documents will be destroyed at the end of the selection procedure. Please note that risks to confidentiality and unauthorized access by third parties cannot be ruled out when communicating via unencrypted e-mail. Information on the processing of personal data can be found at: https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/Universitaet/Aktuelles/Stellenausschreibungen/… -- Questa e-mail è stata controllata per individuare virus con Avast antivirus. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Fwd: [umr8050] Extension de la date limite de candidature M2 Bézout
by Lucia Caramellino 22 May '20

22 May '20

Ricevo e volentieri inoltro un annuncio di borsa di studio per un master presso Paris-Est, riservata a studenti stranieri. Per inciso, gli indirizzi del master sono: - mathematics: mathematics of finance and data; probability theory and statistics of new data; analysis and applications (images, compressed sensing); - computer science: imaging sciences; software; systems and services for the Internet of Things; smart systems and applications. Saluti, Lucia > De: "raphael danchin" <raphael.danchin(a)u-pec.fr <mailto:raphael.danchin@u-pec.fr>> > À: "umr8050" <umr8050(a)listes.math.cnrs.fr <mailto:umr8050@listes.math.cnrs.fr>> > Envoyé: Vendredi 22 Mai 2020 10:17:37 > Objet: [umr8050] Extension de la date limite de candidature M2 Bézout > > > Dear colleague, > > The 2020-2021 hiring campaign for the international Bézout master's program is now open until May 28, noon (Paris time). It is directed towards excellent students in mathematics or computer science (or both) from foreign institutions willing to pursue their studies in Université Paris Est at the master level. The laureates will receive a 11-month grant of about 1300€ per month and will be proposed a room on the campus. Furthermore, the best students will then be invited to join the PhD program of the Doctoral School MSTIC (Mathematics, Sciences and Information and Communication Technology) of Université Paris-Est. > > The details of the program and a link to the application website can be found here: http://bezout.univ-paris-est.fr/masters-scholarships/ <http://bezout.univ-paris-est.fr/masters-scholarships/> > > A description of the activities of the Bézout Labex can be found in the leaflet here: http://bezout.univ-paris-est.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bezout-leaflet.p… <http://bezout.univ-paris-est.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bezout-leaflet.p…> > Contact: Raphaël Danchin <danchin(a)u-pec.fr <mailto:danchin@u-pec.fr>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Lucia Caramellino Dipartimento di Matematica Università di Roma “Tor Vergata” Web: http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~caramell <http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~caramell>

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Master of Science in Economics (University of Rome "Tor Vergata")
by Paolo Gibilisco 22 May '20

22 May '20

Dear Colleagues, please find enclosed some information on the Master of Science in Economics of the Department of Economics and Finance of the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. Do not hesitate to contact me if you need further information. Best regards Paolo Gibilisco Associate Professor Department of Economics and Finance University of Rome “Tor Vergata” Via Columbia 2, Rome, 00133, Italy Phone: +39-06-72595956 Email: paolo.gibilisco(a)uniroma2.it <mailto:paolo.gibilisco@uniroma2.it> Home page: https://economia.uniroma2.it/def/faculty/142/gibilisco-paolo <https://economia.uniroma2.it/def/faculty/142/gibilisco-paolo#> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Colleague, I am pleased to announce the 2020/2021 edition of the Master of Science in Economics <https://economia.uniroma2.it/master-science/economics> at the Department of Economics and Finance of Tor Vergata University of Rome. I would be grateful if you could help me spread the information about our program and recommend us to your most talented and motivated students. The MSc Economics (LM-56) is a two-year graduate program entirely taught in English and designed for highly qualified students. It provides students with a thorough knowledge and understanding of the concepts, tools and methods of economics, together with the application of these methods to the analysis of economic problems. We are committed to providing our students with high quality teaching from some of the best in the Department, which was recognized as a department of excellence by the MIUR. We have already prepared contingency plans, including options for studying remotely, in the event that our standard practices must be changed due to the COVID-19 epidemic. An important characteristic of the program is that we follow our students closely. They are provided with academic support and a personal tutor who follows them throughout the entire program. Moreover, annual extra-curricular initiatives are organized to strengthen their professional skills and to allow easy access to employment or further academic opportunities. We offer study grants for the best students enrolling in the first year as well as monetary awards to the best-performing first-year students. Selected second-year students have the opportunity to attend a Dual Degree Program in partnership with the University of Gothenburg or the University of Konstanz. Additional funding is also awarded to students to encourage participation in Summer Schools, database purchases, GRE test and MATLAB Associate Level Certification. The MSc Economics is the ideal program for those who want to acquire advanced analytical skills to pursue a career in national and international institutions, or who want to prepare for a Ph.D. program in Economics. The excellent placement of our graduates may be consulted on the employment statistics page <https://economia.uniroma2.it/master-science/economics/employment-statistics…> and on the Alumni page <https://economia.uniroma2.it/master-science/economics/Alu/> of our website. Applications are currently open for the 2020/2021 academic year. The application deadline is June 30, 2020 for non-EU students and August 16, 2020 for EU students. The Call for applications is available here <https://economia.uniroma2.it/master-science/economics/admissions/>, feel free to share this link with interested candidates and other colleagues from your institution. I will be available to provide additional information during the Online Open Day on June 16, 2020 <https://economia.uniroma2.it/cal/855/msc-economics-online-open-day#.XsVCUC-…> at 5pm on Microsoft Teams. Should you wish to have additional information or discuss anything related to the program, please do not hesitate to contact me. Best regards, Alberto Iozzi Master of Science in Economics, Director ----------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Alberto Iozzi Department of Economics and Finance Tor Vergata University of Rome Via Columbia 2, 00133 Rome - Italy Tel. +39 06 7259 5923 Fax + 39 06 2040 219 Webpage: sites.google.com/view/albertoiozzi/home <https://sites.google.com/view/albertoiozzi/home> ----------------------------------------------------------------

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Webinar RIGON
by Pierpaolo De Blasi 22 May '20

22 May '20

WEBINARS IN STATISTICS @ COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO <https://www.carloalberto.org/research/webinars/> Venerdì 29 Maggio 2020, alle ore 15:00, si terrà il seguente webinar: ------------------------------------------------ Tommaso RIGON (Duke University) *A generalized Bayes framework for probabilistic clustering* Abstract: Clustering methods such as k-means and its variants are standard tools for finding groups in the data. However, despite their huge popularity, the underlying uncertainty can not be easily quantified. On the other hand, mixture models represent a well-established inferential tool for probabilistic clustering, but they are characterized by severe computational bottlenecks and may have unreliable solutions in presence of misspecifications. Instead, we rely on a generalized Bayes framework for probabilistic clustering based on Gibbs posteriors. Broadly speaking, in such a setting the log-likelihood is replaced by an arbitrary loss function and this arguably leads to much richer families of clustering methods. Our contribution is two-fold: first, we describe a clustering pipeline for efficiently finding groups and then quantifying the associated uncertainty. Second, we discuss two broad classes of loss functions which have advantages in terms of analytic tractability and interpretability. Specifically, we consider losses based on Bregman divergences and pairwise dissimilarities and we show they can be interpreted as profile and composite log-likelihoods, respectively. Full Bayesian inference is conducted via Gibbs sampling but efficient deterministic algorithms are available for point estimation. As an important byproduct of our work, we show that several existing clustering approaches can be interpreted as generalized Bayesian estimators under specific loss functions. Hence, our methodology can be also used to formally quantify the uncertainty in widely used clustering approaches. (joint work with Amy Herring and David Dunson, Duke University) ------------------------------------------------ Chiunque volesse collegarsi al webinar è pregato di inviare una email entro mercoledi 27 Maggio a pierpaolo.deblasi(a)unito.it Il webinar è organizzato dalla "de Castro" Statistics Initiative www.carloalberto.org/stats in collaborazione con il Collegio Carlo Alberto. 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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LMS Invited Lecture Series 2020
by Enrico Scalas 21 May '20

21 May '20

Car* collegh*, vi segnalo questo evento on-line: LMS Invited Lecture Series 2020 Fractional Calculus and Fractional Stochastic Calculus, Including Rough-Paths, with Applications, 15 Jun, 09:00 – 19 Jun, 16:00 https://www.lms2020.boguslavsky.net/ con lezioni di Yulia Mishura, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine e vari seminari su temi correlati. Dalla pagina web e' possibile registrarsi. Cordiali saluti, Enrico Scalas

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Postdoc position in Vienna
by Ulisse Stefanelli 21 May '20

21 May '20

Dear Colleagues, I would like to bring to your attention a postdoc opening (University Assistant) in Vienna, details are below. Kind regards Ulisse Stefanelli ************************************************ The Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Vienna is inviting applications for a University-Assistant position (postdoc), limited to 3 years. We are looking for a highly qualified researcher with strong background in calculus of variations or evolution equations, also of stochastic type. The start date is 1.7.2020 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position comes with max. 4h of teaching per week, mostly exercise classes. The monthly gross salary is in the range 3.8-4.3 K€, depending on the experience level. Applications have to be submitted via the jobcenter of the University of Vienna: https://personalwesen.univie.ac.at/jobs-recruiting/job-center/ by navigating to 'Aktuelle Stellenausschreibungen', reference number 10846. Informal enquiries to ulisse.stefanelli(a)univie.ac.at ________________________________________ Ulisse Stefanelli (Univ.-Prof., PhD) Faculty of Mathematics, University of Vienna Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1,1090 Vienna, Austria ulisse.stefanelli(a)univie.ac.at ________________________________________

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Annuncio Convegno Online
by Enrica Pirozzi 20 May '20

20 May '20

Carissimi nei pomeriggi dei giorni 1-2 e 8-9 Luglio si terrà in modalità online un workshop dal titolo: "Kick-Off Meeting of Prin 2017 Project: Stochastic Models for Complex Systems" (PRIN articolato nelle sedi di Lecce, Salerno e Napoli) dedicato alla presentazione dei primi risultati scientifici ottenuti nell'ambito del progetto. Per tutti i dettagli vi invitiamo a collegarvi al sito dedicato seguendo il link qui sotto: https://sites.google.com/view/kick-off-meeting/home Cari saluti 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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Posizione RTD-B in Machine Learning presso la Scuola IMT Lucca
by Irene Crimaldi 20 May '20

20 May '20

Caro Collega, la Scuola IMT Lucca (www.imtlucca.it) sta valutando l'opportunità di bandire a breve una posizione di ricercatore a tempo determinato di tipo B nell'area del Machine Learning. Dato che il tema è affrontato da varie comunità scientifiche, il settore scientifico disciplinare nel quale bandire verrà scelto a valle della raccolta di espressioni di interesse. Chiunque fosse interessato alla posizione di cui sopra è pregato di inviare al decano, Prof. Rocco De Nicola (rocco.denicola(a)imtlucca.it) un cv e un breve *statement* motivazionale, *preferibilmente entro il 15 giugno 2020.* Di seguito riporto il profilo che è stato recentemente deliberato dagli organi della Scuola. Pregherei di inoltrare questo messaggio a chiunque fosse a conoscenza di potenziali interessati. Rimango a disposizione per qualsiasi altro dettaglio. Cari saluti, Irene Crimaldi --------PROFILO: L'assunzione di un esperto di Machine Learning è finalizzata ad accrescere le competenze sui metodi quantitativi per lo sviluppo di modelli di sistemi dinamici e alla loro previsione, regolazione e ottimizzazione, della Scuola IMT. Questa figura da un lato alimenterà l’arsenale di competenze metodologiche della Scuola e dall'altro lato sarà funzionale a fornire strumenti quantitativi alle aree dell'economia e del management nonché dell'analisi e gestione del patrimonio, delle attività e dei fenomeni culturali. Il ricercatore, oltre a consolidate conoscenze ed ottime pubblicazioni nel settore del machine learning, con particolare riferimento alle tematiche dell’apprendimento basato su reti neurali e alberi decisionali, dell’identificazione di sistemi dinamici, degli algoritmi di ottimizzazione, della regressione e all’analisi statistica multivariata, dovrà dimostrare la capacità di applicare le proprie competenze a problemi reali e di collaborare in attività di ricerca di tipo multidisciplinare.

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Borse di dottorato in area Statistica / Data Science presso il Politecnico di Milano
by Laura Maria Sangalli 19 May '20

19 May '20

Prego di dare la massima diffusione presso i potenziali interessati ITA E' uscito il bando di ammissione al 36esimo ciclo di dottorato presso il Politecnico di Milano, con scadenza il ** 29 Maggio, ore 14 ** http://www.dottorato.polimi.it/fileadmin/files/dottorato/concorso_linkweb/B… Sono disponibili varie borse in area Statistica / Data Science. Nell'ambito del dottorato in Metodi e Modelli Matematici per l'Ingegneria sono disponibili 8 borse libere, per le quali i candidati possono proporre progetti in area Statistica / Data Science Contatti: alessandra.guglielmi(a)polimi.it, anna.paganoni(a)polimi.it, laura.sangalli(a)polimi.it Nell'ambito del dottorato in Data Analytics and Decision Sciences sono disponibili le borse - "Patient representation methods for risk stratification in oncology" Contatto: francesca.ieva(a)polimi.it - "Impact Analysis in Real World Clinical Oncology" Contatto: anna.paganoni(a)polimi.it - "Learning analytics to support policies and managerial decision making in educational institutions" Contatto: anna.paganoni(a)polimi.it - “Cyber-Capital and impact on the urban rent” Contatti: valeria.fedeli(a)polimi.it, simone.vantini(a)polimi.it - "Neurosciences and genomics: advanced data analytic methods" Contatto: laura.sangalli(a)polimi.it ENGLISH: Several fellowships are available for a PhD in the area of Statistics / Data Science at Politecnico di Milano, Italy: Call: http://www.dottorato.polimi.it/en/ Deadline for applications: 29 May 2020 at 14:00, Italian time Within the PhD program in Mathematical Models and Methods in Engineering 8 fellowships are available in the generic field of Mathematics and Statistics, that can be targeted to Statistics / Data Science Contacts: alessandra.guglielmi(a)polimi.it, anna.paganoni(a)polimi.it, laura.sangalli(a)polimi.it Within the PhD program in Data Analytics and Decision Sciences fellowships on the following topics are available: - "Patient representation methods for risk stratification in oncology" Contact: francesca.ieva(a)polimi.it - "Impact Analysis in Real World Clinical Oncology" Contact: anna.paganoni(a)polimi.it - "Learning analytics to support policies and managerial decision making in educational institutions" Contact: anna.paganoni(a)polimi.it - “Cyber-Capital and impact on the urban rent” Contacts: valeria.fedeli(a)polimi.it, simone.vantini(a)polimi.it - "Neurosciences and genomics: advanced data analytic methods" Contact: laura.sangalli(a)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 url: http://mox.polimi.it/~sangalli

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2020/21 PhD Programs at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
by Irene Crimaldi 19 May '20

19 May '20

*2020/21 PhD Programs at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca* Deadline for applications – July 10th 2020, 12 pm CEST Applications are now being accepted for the 2020/21 PhD Programs at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca (www.imtlucca.it) one of the six Schools of Excellence in Italy and one of the highest rated graduate schools in Europe according to the most recent U-Multirank survey. Highly motivated candidates from all disciplines are invited to apply for one of the *32 fully-funded positions.* The 32 scholarships are equally divided between the two doctoral Programs that integrate scientific competences of economics, engineering, computer science, neuroscience and behavioral psychology, physics, applied mathematics, statistics, history and sciences of cultural heritage. *Economics, Networks and Business Analytics* is one of the four field-specific tracks offered and is under the “Systems Science” PhD Program. This Track provides participants with a solid knowledge on modern analytical methods in economics and management. With its multidisciplinary approach, the track is unique in its deployment of a strong integration of concepts, analytical foundations, and practical expertise, to educate the new generation of economists, scientists and practitioners with distinctive capabilities in analyzing, interpreting, and managing complex socio-economic systems. Graduates will be trained to become researchers and decision makers in academia, policy and industry by integrating knowledge at the boundary of Economics, Statistical Physics, Computer and Social Sciences with the unifying language of Mathematics and Statistics. Close associations with a selected set of companies and institutions provide the opportunity to analyze relevant problems, motivating new analytical techniques from practical problem solving. Students are involved in the analysis of real world high dimensional data, in collaboration with companies and institutions. During their doctoral studies, students are encouraged to carry out their research with the School’s Research Units. ENBA students also have the possibility of completing their theses under the joint supervision (Double-degree) with KU Leuven or the University of Alicante. Courses are led by world-renowned researchers and provide students with all the theoretical skills and advanced tools required for rigorously tackling a multitude of analysis, design and management problems within the broad framework of systems analysis in economic, social, scientific, technological and cultural domains. Specialized faculty and staff create a network that provides key guidance and support throughout the PhD Program. Working closely with faculty, both in the classroom and in the development of research, students reach the highest levels of scholarly achievement. IMT School PhD graduates will be able to use the skills they acquired during their studies to recognize and resolve complex problems, to choose the most appropriate method or instrument to utilize when approaching these problems, even in disciplines outside of their primary field of research. All students are based in the recently restored San Francesco complex, *a fully integrated Campus* in the historical center of the beautiful Tuscan city of Lucca. The Campus includes renewed residential facilities, an on-site canteen, study and living rooms, a state-of-the-art library and outdoor recreational spaces, which foster a unique cultural,professional and social environment for our doctoral program. Eligible students, in addition to *free room and* *board,* will also receive a *research scholarship which amounts to approximately €15,300/year. *The scholarships are *fully-funded for up to four years,* with a possibility of graduating after the third year. The PhD Programs at the IMT School attracts students from around the world, providing a truly international environment. English is the official language of the School. Moreover, all students will have the opportunity to spend periods abroad at research institutes, laboratories or universities, both within the Erasmus+ framework and through ad hoc mobility agreements. Most IMT School PhD Graduates have reached prominent roles in academics, governmental institutions, public and private companies or professions across the globe. To find out more about the School, the admission requirements and how to apply, please visit the following link: https://www.imtlucca.it/en/phd/information-for-students *Deadline for applications – July 10th 2020, 12 pm CEST* Find the IMT School on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube for the latest news.

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Call of Interest on High-Dimensional Networks Econometrics
by Roberto Casarin UNIVE 18 May '20

18 May '20

*Advertiser: Department of Economics, Ca' Foscari University Venice (Università Ca’ Foscari)** **Field(s) of specialization: Econometrics* Position type(s): Research Assistant Target date for applications: 25 May 2020 Application deadline: 31 May 2020 (accepting applications) CALL OF INTEREST POSITIONS AS RESEARCH FELLOW AT ITALIAN UNIVERSITIES: University of Bologna, *Ca' Foscari University*, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Under the Italian PRIN Project entitled “Hi-di network econometric analysis of high dimensional models with network structures in macroeconomics and finance – PROT. 2017TA7TYC” funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, the Departments of Economics at the University of Bologna, the *Department of Economics of the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice* and the Faculty of Economics and Management at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano are opening a call of interest for three positions as Research Fellow (one position for each university). The positions will be funded by the project up to 24 months. The research project covers the following topics: *(i) Development of novel multivariate econometric models and methods able to deal with network effects and to take into account time varying relationships. Attention will be paid on how latent factors drive economic systems and are subject to instability. Their roles will be studied and compared in the pre- and post-coronavirus era.** * *(ii) Analysis of interconnected networks: either physical or intangible networks, observed or estimated. Results will expand academic knowledge on statistical modelling of network event data in a broad range of areas including, but not limited to, social media information diffusion, economic/financial crises contagion and epidemic/disease spread phaenomena.** * (iii) Economic impact of uncertainty: uncertainty is expected to act as a key driving factor in the aftermath of the covid-19 shock and the focus will be also on the policy actions necessary at the macro level to offset the economic consequences of a shock of size never experienced by world economies after WW2. Interested researchers can express their willingness to apply not later than 31st May 2020. Applications should include the CV of the candidate a short research proposal related to the topics covered by the project, and the indication of the University where the research activity will be carried out. For further information please contact: *- Monica Billio (billio(a)unive.it) - Department of Economics of the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice** * - Giuseppe Cavaliere (giuseppe.cavaliere(a)unibo.it) - Departments of Economics at the University of Bologna - Francesco Ravazzolo (francescoravazzolo(a)unibz.it) - Faculty of Economics and Management at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano -- Roberto Casarin, PhD Professor of Econometrics University Ca' Foscari, Venice Address: San Giobbe 873/b 30121 Venezia, Italy Phone: +39 041.234.91.49 Web: http://sites.google.com/view/robertocasarin/ IMEF: http://www.unive.it/imef VERA: http://www.unive.it/vera ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1746-9190 -- Questa e-mail è stata controllata per individuare virus con Avast antivirus. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Webinar JACOB
by Pierpaolo De Blasi 16 May '20

16 May '20

WEBINARS IN STATISTICS @ COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO <https://www.carloalberto.org/research/webinars/> Venerdì 22 Maggio 2020, alle ore 12:00, si terrà il seguente webinar: ------------------------------------------------ Pierre JACOB (Harvard University) *Unbiased Markov chain Monte Carlo with couplings* Abstract: Various tasks in statistics involve numerical integration, for which Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods are state-of-the-art. MCMC methods yield estimators that converge to integrals of interest in the limit of the number of iterations. This iterative asymptotic justification is not ideal; first, it stands at odds with current trends in computing hardware, with increasingly parallel architectures; secondly, the choice of "burn-in" or "warm-up" is arduous. This talk will describe recently proposed estimators that are unbiased for the expectations of interest while having a finite computing cost and a finite variance. They can thus be generated independently in parallel and averaged over. The method also provides practical upper bounds on the distance (e.g. total variation) between the marginal distribution of the chain at a finite step and its invariant distribution. The key idea is to generate "faithful" couplings of Markov chains, whereby pairs of chains coalesce after a random number of iterations. This talk will provide an overview of this line of research. (joint work with John O'Leary, Yves Atchadé) Paper at: https://rss.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/rssb.12336 ------------------------------------------------ Chiunque volesse collegarsi al webinar è pregato di inviare una email entro mercoledi 20 Maggio a pierpaolo.deblasi(a)unito.it Il webinar è organizzato dalla "de Castro" Statistics Initiative www.carloalberto.org/stats in collaborazione con il Collegio Carlo Alberto. 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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Ph.D. position in Mathematical Finance at Bielefeld University
by Giorgio Ferrari 15 May '20

15 May '20

Dear All, this is to inform about a *Ph.D. position in Mathematical Finance* (in particular on the theory of stochastic optimal control and optimal stopping with financial and economic applications) at Bielefeld University within the "Bielefeld Graduate School in Economics and Management" ( http://www.bigsem.de/ ) *DEADLINE* for applications: *June 05* *DETAILS* about the post and the application procedure can be found at: <https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/Universitaet/Aktuelles/Stellenausschreibungen/…> https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/Universitaet/Aktuelles/Stellenausschreibungen/… The successful candidate will be based at the Center for Mathematical Economics (IMW) of Bielefeld University ( https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/imw/ ) and will work under my supervision. All the best wishes, Giorgio Ferrari -- Questa e-mail è stata controllata per individuare virus con Avast antivirus. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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RMTA 2020 New York May 25-29
by Davide Macera 14 May '20

14 May '20

ricevo ed inoltro: Dear colleague, we hope that you are in good health.You have registered for the conference "Random Matrices and Their Applications" (RMTA) which was supposed to take place in New York, May 25-29 2020. Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the conference will be reorganized online. You can check the tentative schedule on the new website: https://www.ceremade.dauphine.fr/dokuwiki/mega:e-rmta-2020 <https://slack-redir.net/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ceremade.dauphine.fr%2Fd…> We apologize for those of you who were supposed to present a poster: the poster session has been cancelled.Meanwhile, if you are interested to participate to the online RMTA conference, please register on the new website. Registration is free but mandatory to get the access details. We are looking forward to meeting you online!Best regards,Paul Bourgade, Djalil Chafaï, Alice Guionnet, Jamal Najim.

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COFUND: vacancies for PhD positions
by Matteo Quattropani 14 May '20

14 May '20

Ricevo ed inoltro. MQ 14 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://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtu…>, University of Amsterdam <https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%…>, Leiden University <https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtu…> and the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) <https://eur04.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 31 May 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://eur04.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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Bando dottorato congiunto Politecnico di Torino, Università di Torino e Indam (con link)
by Enrico Bibbona 14 May '20

14 May '20

Cari colleghi, vi chiedo di far circolare la notizia che il Politecnico di Torino, congiuntamente con L'Università di Torino e l'Indam offre 8 posizioni di dottorato. La domanda deve pervenire entro il 30 Aprile. http://dottorato.polito.it/en/call_for_applications Applicazioni di studenti interessati alla probabilità e alla statistica sono naturalmente benvenute. Cordiali saluti, Enrico Enrico Bibbona Associate Professor of Statistics Probability, Statistics and Optimization group Department of Mathematical Sciences "G. L Lagrange" Politecnico di Torino

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Probability Webminar: Saeda Marello (University of Bonn) [Padova 22/05, 11.00]
by alessandra bianchi 13 May '20

13 May '20

Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to the following Probability seminar that will take place on May 22 at 11 by the zoom platform. ________________________________________________________ Speaker: Saeda Marello (University of Bonn) Title: Metastability for the randomly dilute Curie-Weiss model with Glauber dynamics". 22 MAY (Friday) - 11:00 - zoom link: TBA The link and password to access the seminar will be available the day of the seminar at the following webpage https://www.math.unipd.it/news/metastability-for-the-randomly-dilute-curie-… Abstract: The Curie-Weiss model (CW) is a classical model of a ferromagnetic spin system in which all spins interact with each other, namely the interaction graph is complete. The randomly dilute Curie-Weiss model (RDCW) is a generalisation of the CW in which the deterministic interaction between pairs of spins is replaced by iid random coefficients. It can be also viewed as an Ising model on a random graph. We will show results in the case where the interaction coefficients are iid Bernoulli random variables with fixed parameter p, i.e. the interaction graph is an Erdős–Rényi random graph. After giving an introduction on metastability and on the well known results for the CW, we will focus on how the mean metastable hitting time in the RDCW can be approximated by that of the CW, asymptotically as the system size grows. The main methods we used are potential theoretic approach to metastability and concentration of measure inequalities. Based on joint work with Anton Bovier and Elena Pulvirenti. -- 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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Call for Expression of Interest: PhD in probability theory Göttingen-Strasbourg
by Vlada Limic 13 May '20

13 May '20

Dear colleague, This is to announce an opportunity for doctoral studies in probability theory starting Fall 2020, co-mentored by Anja Sturm (Göttingen) and Vlada Limic (Strasbourg). The research topics are in theoretical probability, more precisely in the area of near-critical random graphs and related processes. Interested candidates with strong mathematics research potential are encouraged to contact us, preferably by email, A. Sturm and V. Limic http://www.stochastik.math.uni-goettingen.de/~asturm/ https://irma.math.unistra.fr/~limic/ -- Kiva.org - Loans That Change Lives

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Fwd: Online Open Probability School is starting next week
by Faggionato, Alessandra 12 May '20

12 May '20

Buongiorno, inoltro con piacere l'annuncio per una scuola di probabilità online. Saluti Alessandra ---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Omer Angel <angel(a)math.ubc.ca> Date: mar 12 mag 2020 alle ore 06:17 Subject: Online Open Probability School is starting next week To: <faggiona(a)mat.uniroma1.it> Dear Alessandra, Our apologies if you receive multiple versions of this message. This is a second general announcement of OOPS: the Online Open Probability School, which will start next week (May 18), and will continue through most of the summer (https://www.math.ubc.ca/Links/OOPS) The school will feature a sequence of mini-courses on diverse topics in probability and related topics. All courses will take place online, and are open to all interested participants. Most courses will consist of three 1-hour lectures, though some will have longer lectures. Some courses will be accompanied by an introductory lecture or short research talks on topics related to the course. For information on these and on any suggested readings related to the courses please visit the above website. Please advertise OOPS to anyone who may be interested in the courses. They may also join our mailing list at https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/oops . The schedule for the first few weeks can be found on the website. Details about the first three mini-courses appear below. 1. Date and Time: May 18,19,21, 16:00 (UTC) Speaker: Jean-Christoph Mourrat Subject: Rank-one matrix estimation and Hamilton-Jacobi equations 2. Date and time: May 25,27,28, 16:00 (UTC) Speaker: Gady Kozma Subject: Critical and near-critical percolation 3. Date and time: June 1,2,4, 16:00 (UTC) Speaker: Nina Gantert Subject: Branching random walks: some recent results and open questions Please don't hesitate to contact any of us with questions, suggestions or ideas. Best wishes, Omer, On behalf of the organizers: Louigi Addario-Berry (louigi.addario(a)mcgill.ca) Omer Angel (angel(a)math.ubc.ca) Alex Fribergh (fribergh(a)dms.umontreal.ca) Sarai Alma Hernandez Torres (saraiht(a)math.ubc.ca) Thomas Hughes (hughes(a)math.ubc.ca) Mathav Murugan (mathav(a)math.ubc.ca) Edwin Perkins (perkins(a)math.ubc.ca) Lea Popovic (lea.popovic(a)concordia.ca) -- ************************************************* 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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bando di selezione al Center for Analysis Decisions and Society
by Antonio DI CRESCENZO 11 May '20

11 May '20

Cari colleghi, il Center for Analysis Decisions and Society, centro di ricerca congiunto di Human Technopole e del Politecnico di Milano, ha pubblicato un bando per la selezione di Group Leader. Trovate il bando qui: https://www.humantechnopole.it/en/join-us?p_p_id=JobViewer_INSTANCE_axOoepe… <https://www.humantechnopole.it/en/join-us?p_p_id=JobViewer_INSTANCE_axOoepe…> Potete pubblicizzare il bando ai vostri contatti potenzialmente interessati. Cordiali saluti, Antonio Di Crescenzo

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Webinar CASTILLO
by Pierpaolo De Blasi 08 May '20

08 May '20

WEBINARS IN STATISTICS @ COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO <https://www.carloalberto.org/research/webinars/> Venerdì 15 Maggio 2020, alle ore 12:00, si terrà il seguente webinar: ------------------------------------------------ Ismael CASTILLO (Sorbonne Université Paris) *Multiscale analysis of Bayesian CART* Abstract: This work affords new insights about Bayesian CART in the context of structured wavelet shrinkage. We show that practically used Bayesian CART priors lead to adaptive rate-minimax posterior concentration in the supremum norm in Gaussian white noise, performing optimally up to a logarithmic factor. To further explore the benefits of structured shrinkage, we propose the g-prior for trees, which departs from the typical wavelet product priors by harnessing correlation induced by the tree topology. Building on supremum norm adaptation, an adaptive nonparametric Bernstein–von Mises theorem for Bayesian CART is derived using multiscale techniques. For the fundamental goal of uncertainty quantification, we construct adaptive confidence bands with uniform coverage for the regression function under self-similarity. (joint work with Veronika Rockova, University of Chicago). ------------------------------------------------ Chiunque volesse collegarsi al webinar è pregato di inviare una email entro mercoledi 13 Maggio a pierpaolo.deblasi(a)unito.it Il webinar è organizzato dalla "de Castro" Statistics Initiative www.carloalberto.org/stats in collaborazione con il Collegio Carlo Alberto. 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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May 18th 2020: Prof. Giorgio Ferrari 's online seminar at University of L'Aquila
by Fabio Antonelli 08 May '20

08 May '20

------------------------------------------------ UNIVAQ RANDOM TALKS ________________________________ Online talks on Probability and Applications at DISIM - UNIVERSITÁ DI L'AQUILA Using Zoom Videoconference system Monday 18th 2:30 p.m. Prof. Giorgio Ferrari - Bielefeld University TITLE: Singular Control of the Drift of a Brownian System Everybody is welcome, please subscribe by the following form The day of the seminar, participants will receive an invitation by e-mail [https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/CWhLsT4lqNWzIjVe3mEN_7Iq4wxE9g204khy6mYxf…]<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclukp_QZeujS15nbL3IvtRKGJWvHkx-E5…> UNIVAQ RANDOM TALKS 3 - UNIVERSITÁ DI L'AQUILA<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclukp_QZeujS15nbL3IvtRKGJWvHkx-E5…> ONLINE May 18th 2020 - 2:30 p.m. Prof. Giorgio Ferrari - Bielefeld University: Singular Control of the Drift of a Brownian System docs.google.com No need to subscribe, if, in a previous form, you asked to be always included ABSTRACT: Consider a standard Brownian motion whose drift can be increased or decreased in a possibly singular manner. The objective is to minimize an expected functional involving the time-integral of a running cost and the proportional costs of adjusting the drift. The resulting two-dimensional degenerate singular stochastic control problem with interconnected dynamics is solved by combining techniques of viscosity theory and free boundary problems. We provide a detailed description of the problem's value function and of the geometry of the state space, which is split into three regions by two monotone curves. Our main result shows that those curves are continuously differentiable with locally Lipschitz derivative and solve a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. The optimal control is also constructed (weakly) under further specifications of the model. This talk is based on a joint work with Salvatore Federico (University of Siena) and Patrick Schuhmann (Bielefeld University). --------------------------------- Fabio Antonelli DISIM - Università di L'Aquila

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Reminder of Junior Professorship (W1) in Mathematical Economics at Bielefeld University: deadline MAY 15
by Giorgio Ferrari 08 May '20

08 May '20

Dear All, this is a gentle reminder of a *Junior Professorship (W1) in Mathematical Economics *at Bielefeld University. *Deadline for applications is May 15.* All the best wishes, Giorgio Ferrari %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% The *Center for Mathematical Economics *(Institut für Mathematische Wirtschaftsforschung, IMW) and the *Faculty of Business Administration and Economics* at Bielefeld University are seeking to fill the following position as soon as possible: *Junior Professorship (W1) in Mathematical Economics* We are looking for outstanding, internationally visible candidates in research and teaching who are qualified by excellent publications in one of the research areas of the Center for Mathematical Economics. Interdisciplinary research and teaching across faculties traditionally plays an important role at the Center for Mathematical Economics. We expect participation in the existing and planned joint third-party funded projects of the Center, the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, and other faculties, especially in the interdisciplinary context. The connection to the Collaborative Research Center 1283 `` Taming Uncertainty and Profiting from Randomness ... ’’ plays an important role for this professorship. We are looking for young researchers who can make a significant contribution to the economic sub-projects of the Collaborative Research Center; potential topics include dynamic game theory (differential games, mean-field games) as well as the analysis of financial markets (equilibrium models in continuous time), industrial dynamics (dynamic I.O.) or complex decisions under uncertainty (e.g. recursive dynamic utility). Teaching is to be provided in the research-oriented Master and Bachelor programs of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, especially in Mathematical Economics. The prerequisites for the position are a university degree, pedagogical aptitude and the special ability for scientific work, which is usually demonstrated by the outstanding quality of a doctorate. The position is initially for three years, and can be extended to six years after a positive evaluation. Applications from suitably qualified handicapped and severely handicapped persons are explicitly encouraged. Bielefeld University has received a number of awards for its achievements in the provision of equal opportunity and has been recognized as a family-friendly university. The university welcomes applications from women. Applications are handled according to the state's equal opportunity statutes. Applications with the usual documents (curriculum vitae, copies of certificates, list of publications with identification of up to 10 most important publications, a 2-page research and teaching concept) should preferably be submitted till *May 15, 2020* to: Bielefeld University Center for Mathematical Economics (IMW) Frau Buiwitt-Robson Postfach 10 01 31 33501 Bielefeld or by e-mail as a single PDF file to: IMW(a)uni-bielefeld.de Please refrain from submitting application folders and submit photocopies only, as the application documents will be destroyed at the end of the selection procedure. Please note that risks to confidentiality and unauthorized access by third parties cannot be ruled out when communicating via unencrypted e-mail. Information on the processing of personal data can be found at: https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/Universitaet/Aktuelles/Stellenausschreibungen/… -- Questa e-mail è stata controllata per individuare virus con Avast antivirus. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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15 PhD scholarships in Mathematical Sciences - University of Padova, Italy - Deadline June 16, 2020 - 13:00 (CEST)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 08 May '20

08 May '20

Fifteen PhD scholarships (9 funded by the University of Padova, 4 funded by external public/private bodies, 1 "industrial doctorate" and 1 higher-level apprenticeship contract) are available at University of Padova for candidates interested in the area of Mathematical Sciences (start of activities: October 1st, 2020). Eligibility The scholarship competition is open to applicants of any age or citizenship, holding a 2nd cycle degree or a single cycle degree from an Italian university or an equivalent qualification from other countries of at least four years' duration (applicants can get their qualification no later than 30th September 2020). Admission is decided on a preselection, based on qualifications, and an oral examination. Grant awarded The annual grant will be of euros 15,343.28. The grant will be awarded for three years and it will be subject to satisfactory progresses evaluated on a yearly basis. How to apply The call is published (deadline June 16, 1 pm CEST) at the page http://www.unipd.it/ricerca/dottorati-di-ricerca/bandi-e-graduatorie English version at the page http://www.unipd.it/en/node/1053 Applications are only accepted online using the link indicated in the call See https://dottorato.math.unipd.it/prospective-students Tiziano -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiziano Vargiolu Dipartimento di Matematica Phone: +39 049 8271383 Universita' di Padova Fax: +39 049 8271428 Via Trieste, 63 E-mail: vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it I-35121 Padova (Italy) WWW: http://www.math.unipd.it/~vargiolu --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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9 PhD scholarships in Statistical Sciences – University of Padova, Italy – Deadline June 16, 2020 - 13:00 (CEST)
by piacent 07 May '20

07 May '20

Nine PhD scholarships (7 funded by the University of Padova and 2 funded by the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo of which 1 is a fully funded grant reserved to foreign, non-italian, graduate students) are available at University of Padova for candidates interested in the area of Statistical Sciences (start of activities: October 1st, 2020). Eligibility The scholarship competition is open to applicants of any age or citizenship, holding a 2nd cycle degree or a single cycle degree from an Italian university or an equivalent qualification from other countries of at least four years’ duration (applicants can get their qualification no later than 30th September 2020). Admission is decided on the basis of qualifications only and does not require an entry examination. Grant awarded The annual grant will be of euros 18,052.04 (gross amount). This is an increased scholarship with respect to the standard University of Padova scholarship of euros 15,343.28. The additional amount of euros 2,708.76 is funded by the Department of Statistical Sciences "Department of Excellence" grant, financed by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR). The grant will be awarded for three years and it will be subject to satisfactory progresses evaluated on a yearly basis. How to apply The call is published (deadline June 16, 1 pm CEST) at the page http://www.unipd.it/ricerca/dottorati-di-ricerca/bandi-e-graduatorie English version at the page http://www.unipd.it/en/node/1053 Please, note that the curriculum has to be written by filling the template CV_XXXVI available from the Course web page http://www.stat.unipd.it/ricerca/ammissione and uploading the filled template in the online procedure. Applications are only accepted online using the link indicated in the call See http://www.stat.unipd.it/ricerca/ammissione or contact phd(a)stat.unipd.it Kindest regards, PhD Secretariat on behalf of prof. Massimiliano Caporin Coordinator of the PhD Course in Statistics University of Padova - Italy *We apologize for cross posting *

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ITN ETN funded PhD positions on large scale optimization for machine learning - University of Genova, Italy
by villa silvia 04 May '20

04 May '20

3 PHD positions to work broadly on large scale optimization for machine learning, supported by an ITN ETN project (https://trade-opt-itn.eu <https://trade-opt-itn.eu/>). All the projects will aim at developing theoretical and algorithmic ideas that can explain the success of current systems as well as suggest the development of novel practical and efficient solutions. Candidates must have strong mathematical and computational skills. Specific topics of interest include but are not limited to: • the development of optimization methods (stochastic, accelerated, distributed , parallel) for non-smooth and possibly non convex problems • exploitation of data geometric structure to develop efficient optimization and machine learning algorithms • unsupervised features learning from multivariate time series (in collaboration with the SME CAMELOT biomedical systems, https://www.camelotbio.com <https://www.camelotbio.com/>) While the emphasis is on methodological and computational aspects, the candidates will have the opportunity to work in close collaborations on a number of applications, in connections with the industrial partners of the project. All the research activities will be carried out at the University of Genova within a newly formed machine learning center across the Mathematics and Computer Science departments. The center counts over 10 faculties and 30 between PhD students + postdocs and provides a lively and dynamic work environment. Genova sits amidst of the Italian riviera and offer excellent life quality. PhD salaries are commensurated to international standards, including mobility and family allowance, according to Marie Curie actions. All position should start November 2020 (delays due to COVID19 are possible). Applicants need to apply to an open call that will be available by end of may. Eligibility criteria • Candidates must – at the date of recruitment – have obtained the MSc degree entitling you to embark on a doctorate • Candidates must – at the date of recruitment – be within the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of your research career and not have a doctoral degree • Mobility rule: candidates must not have resided or carried out your main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the host organisation you are applying (i.e. Italy) for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the recruitment date. Compulsory national service and/or short stays such as holidays are not taken into account. Please make sure you comply with the eligibility criteria before applying. You need to be able to provide documentation proving your eligibility for recruitment. You can read the full description of eligibility criteria in the Information Note for ITN Fellows. At this point, we recommend prospective candidates to make an expression of interest by filling this https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSddINJ-ox1MySLYyuTKDWvkYnmuBNkWSdA… <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSddINJ-ox1MySLYyuTKDWvkYnmuBNkWSdA…> within the ***31st of May***. ____________________________________________ A total of 15 PhD positions are funded by the project, to see them all please check: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/516136 <https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/516136>

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Fwd: PhD position in Statistics at KU Leuven
by fcollet＠math.unipd.it 04 May '20

04 May '20

Ricevo ed inoltro Buona giornata, Francesca Collet ---------------------------------------------- PhD position in statistics at KU Leuven Project The research group ORSTAT of KU Leuven (Belgium) has a vacancy for a full-time PhD scholarship for the period of September 1, 2020 until September 1, 2024, for scientific research in the field of statistics. The candidate will work in the area of survival analysis. He/she will work under the supervision of Ingrid Van Keilegom. Profile Candidates should hold a Master's degree in (bio)statistics, mathematics, or equivalent. An average degree of "distinction" during preliminary studies is required, as well as an appropriate command of written and spoken English. Offer We offer an employment as full-time doctoral scholar for 1 year, renewable till max. 4 years after positive evaluation. You will find a dynamic and pleasant working environment, in a group that is actively involved in scientific research at the highest international level. Application Applicants should submit their expression of interest to Ingrid Van Keilegom (ingrid.vankeilegom(a)kuleuven.be) together with their CV, letter of motivation, a list of passed courses and grades, copies of diplomas and coordinates of 2 referees as soon as possible and before May 15, 2020. ---------------------------------------------- Ingrid Van Keilegom ORSTAT, KU Leuven, HOG 05.112 Naamsestraat 69 3000 Leuven, Belgium +32 16 32 87 44 ingrid.vankeilegom(a)kuleuven.be<mailto:ingrid.vankeilegom@kuleuven.be> https://feb.kuleuven.be/ingrid.vankeilegom ----------------------------------------------

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New deadline for postdoc position (assegno di ricerca) at Luiss
by Fausto Gozzi 03 May '20

03 May '20

Dear colleagues, this is to inform you that the deadline of the postdoc call mentioned in the email below has been extended to June 16, 2020 at 2pm. All the best Fausto Gozzi >Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 08:19:13 +0200 >To: random(a)dm.unipi.it >From: Fausto Gozzi <faustogozziluiss(a)gmail.com> > > >Dear colleagues, > >this email is to inform about the following postdoc call at Luiss University >(THREE years) entitled > >"The Time-Space Evolution of Economic Activities: Mathematical >Models and Empirical Applications ' (scadenza 10/05/2020) > >https://economiaefinanza.luiss.it/ricerca/assegni-di-ricerca/bandi-di-conco… > > > >https://economiaefinanza.luiss.it/sites/economiaefinanza.luiss.it/files/Ban… > > >The postdoc is partly financed by a PRIN 2017 project. > >All the best > > >Fausto Gozzi > >-- > >Fausto Gozzi >Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza >LUISS - Guido Carli >Viale Romania, 32 >00197 Roma >Italy >tel 06.85225723 (office) >FAX 06.86506513 >e-mail: fgozzi(a)luiss.it >webpage: http://docenti.luiss.it/gozzi/ > >old address, sometimes still used: > >Fausto Gozzi >Dipartimento di Matematica >Universita' di Pisa >Largo Bruno Pontecorvo n.5 >56127 Pisa >Italy >tel 050/2213270 >e-mail: gozzi(a)dm.unipi.it >_______________________________________________ >Random mailing list > >Per informazioni e per disiscriversi: >https://fields.dm.unipi.it/listinfo/random >Per contattare gli amministratori: random-admin(a)fields.dm.unipi.it >Per inviare un messaggio alla mailing list: Random(a)fields.dm.unipi.it >Archivio dei messaggi inviati: https://fields.dm.unipi.it/pipermail/random Fausto Gozzi Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza LUISS - Guido Carli Viale Romania, 32 00197 Roma Italy tel 06.85225723 (office) FAX 06.86506513 e-mail: fgozzi(a)luiss.it webpage: http://docenti.luiss.it/gozzi/ old address, sometimes still used: Fausto Gozzi Dipartimento di Matematica Universita' di Pisa Largo Bruno Pontecorvo n.5 56127 Pisa Italy tel 050/2213270 e-mail: gozzi(a)dm.unipi.it

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Post-Doc Position in Freiburg: Linking Finance and Insurance
by Claudio Fontana 01 May '20

01 May '20

Un'interessante possibilità di post-doc all’Università di Friburgo (v. sotto). Buon primo maggio a tutti! Claudio Fontana > Applications are invited for a postdoc position at the Department of Mathematical Stochastics, University of Freiburg. > > The successful candidate will hold a Ph.D. and has an excellent profile in mathematical finance, insurance mathematics, stochastic processes or a related field. The position is funded by a DFG research grant and will study fundamental valuation questions in the area of insurance contracts linked to financial market. The excellent research environment in Freiburg offers optimal scientific conditions for deep and highest-level research. > > The contract is for an initial time of two years, an extension is possible. Review of applications begins immediately. The starting point is quite flexible, but we hope to start the work on this exciting project in summer. > For inquiries please contact Prof. Dr. Thorsten Schmidt (thorsten.schmidt at stochastik.uni-freiburg,de) Please send your application in PDF format (cover letter, CV, research statement) per email to Monika Hattenbach (htb at stochastik.uni-freiburg.de <http://stochastik.uni-freiburg.de/>) with reference „Post Doc Position“. > Additionally, we ask for two letters of reference which should be sent directly to the same address.

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Two years postdoc grant at Luiss
by Sara 30 Apr '20

30 Apr '20

Dear colleagues, please circulate the following information about the postdoc grant. With my best wishes, Sara ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is the link to the call: https://economiaefinanza.luiss.it/ricerca/assegni-di-ricerca/bandi-di-conco rso-2020 and the description: RESEARCH PROJECTS Name of the research project Energy and capacity Head(s) Prof.ssa Sara BIAGINI Summary description of the project The goal of this two years project is the study of the newborn capacity markets. Hereby we propose an innovative approach to the problems, in a dynamic setup and with interplay among the economics agents, namely producers and retailers. Both types of agents face an utility maximization problem, to be solved via a blend of dynamic programming and duality techniques. The study of optimal strategies will reveal information on the structure of the relation between the capacity price and the energy price. The existence of Nash equilibria will lead to an equilibrium solution for the capacity price, and also will lead to the confirmation or modification of the actual incentives/penalties system. Thus, we expect both theoretical results on the resolutions of the problems, and relevant applied results, given the nature of the project itself. Countries in which the research can be conducted (apart from Italy) All Countries of residence of the candidates All Nationality of candidates All -- Sara Biagini, Professor of Mathematical Finance Department of Economics and Finance LUISS Guido Carli Address: viale Romania, 32 - 00197 Roma Web: http://sites.google.com/site/sarabiagini/ -- Sara Biagini, Professor of Mathematical Finance Department of Economics and Finance LUISS Guido Carli Address: viale Romania, 32 - 00197 Roma Web: http://sites.google.com/site/sarabiagini/

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I: Seminario prof. Claudia Ceci
by Fabio Antonelli 27 Apr '20

27 Apr '20

________________________________ Chiunque volesse partecipare da esterno all'Università di L'Aquila è pregato di inviare una email a fabio.antonelli(a)univaq.it entro lunedì 27 aprile alle 11:30 per essere invitato come ospite nel Team Lunedì 27 aprile alle ore 14:30 sul Team Pubblico Seminari Aleatori https://teams.microsoft.com/_#/school/conversations/Generale?threadId=19:52… la prof. Claudia Ceci dell'Università di Chieti-Pescara terrà il seminario dal titolo A BSDE-BASED APPROACH FOR THE OPTIMAL REINSURANCE PROBLEM UNDER PARTIAL INFORMATION Abstract. We investigate the optimal reinsurance problem under the criterion of maximizing the expected utility of terminal wealth when the insurance company has restricted information on the loss process. We propose a risk model with claim arrival intensity and claim sizes distribution affected by an unobservable environmental stochastic factor. By filtering techniques, we reduce the original problem to an equivalent stochastic control problem under full information. Since the classical Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman approach does not apply, due to the infinite dimensionality of the filter, we choose an alternative approach based on Backward Stochastic Differential Equations (BSDEs). Precisely, we characterize the value process and the optimal reinsurance strategy in terms of the unique solution to a BSDE driven by a marked point process. The talk is based on the paper: Brachetta M., Ceci C. (2019). A BSDE-based approach for the optimal reinsurance problem under partial information, tutti gli interessati sono benvenuti a collegarsi Fabio Antonelli ---------------------------------------------------------------- -- ------------------ Comunicazioni DISIM Universita' degli Studi dell'Aquila Dipartimento di Ingegneria Scienze dell'Informazione e Matematica L'Aquila

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proposta gruppi UMI su Intelligenza Artificiale e Machine Learning
by Ernesto De Vito 24 Apr '20

24 Apr '20

Carissimi, vi scrivo per segnalarvi che verra' presentata una proposta per la formazione di un gruppo UMI su tematiche matematiche legate all'Intelligenza Artificiale e al Machine Learning, di cui sarò il rappresentante. Si tratta di un'iniziativa interdisciplinare che coinvolge ricercatori di diverse aree matematiche. In fondo al messaggio trovate un documento che descrive brevemente le finalita' del gruppo, gli aspetti scientifici ed organizzativi. L'iniziativa si affianca a quella proposta dal Prof. Antonio Di Crescenzo, di cui siete stati informati qualche giorno fa su questa lista di distribuzione, e che trova tutto il mio sostegno. A mio parere, per le loro caratteristiche le due proposte non sono in contrapposizione, mi auguro sinceramente che entrambe abbiano successo e vi sia la possibilita' di instaurare una proficua collaborazione, poiché la probabilita' e la statistica sono sicuramente il fondamento matematico del Machine Learning. Se qualcuno di voi fosse interessato a partecipare al nostro progetto UMI, il cui termine di presentazione scade il 30 aprile ore 24, deve a) risultare iscritto all'UMI per il 2020 ed in regola con il pagamento della quota sociale come socio ordinario (e' possibile iscriversi ancora per qualche giorno); b) inviare un messaggio di posta elettronica a ernesto.devito(a)unige.it entro lunedì 27 aprile ore 24. Vi chiederei gentilmente di diffondere l'iniziativa a tutti coloro che sono potenzialmente interessati a partecipare al progetto. Resto a vostra disposizione per ogni chiarimento e suggerimento. Mi scuso per il poco anticipo con cui vi informo dell'iniziativa, ma ho aspettato di avere pronta una bozza di documento più stabile. Un caro saluto, Ernesto De Vito ---------------- Dipartimento di Matematica Universita' di Genova http://www.dima.unige.it/~devito/ ernesto.devito(a)unige.it %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Proposta per la costituzione di un gruppo UMI “Matematica per l’Intelligenza Artificiale ed il Machine Learning” Uno dei più vecchi sogni del nostro sapere e' quello di capire il funzionamento dell'intelligenza degli esseri umani e la possibilita' di emularne i processi cognitivi da parte di sistemi automatici. L’intelligenza artificiale rappresenta quindi una delle più grandi sfide della scienza moderna coinvolgendo un ampio spettro di discipline e il suo realizzarsi probabilmente portera' ad una nuova rivoluzione “industriale”, di cui si possono gia' constatare i primi effetti. Ad esempio, negli ultimi anni sono stati sviluppati sistemi di Intelligenza Artificiale in grado di risolvere compiti complessi considerati fuori portata per decenni, quali riconoscimento di immagini o del linguaggio e apprendimento di strategie complesse. Al centro di questi successi c’e' il Machine Learning, i cui algoritmi sono addestrati ad apprendere dai dati piuttosto che essere esplicitamente programmati dall’uomo per risolvere un compito specifico. Per sua natura l’Intelligenza Artificiale e' un campo di ricerca multidisciplinare che vede la matematica fortemente coinvolta in tutti i suoi tradizionali settori (logica, algebra, geometria, analisi matematica, probabilita', fisica matematica, analisi numerica e ricerca operativa). La matematica affronta la varieta' dei problemi che si presentano in Intelligenza Artificiale con modelli, metodi e applicazioni, rispondendo quindi ad esigenze di tipo teorico, numerico ed implementativo. In questo contesto, in Italia molti ricercatori hanno indirizzato i loro interessi verso l’Intelligenza Artificiale ed il Machine Learning, ottenendo anche importanti risultati riconosciuti a livello internazionale. Tuttavia manca un quadro di riferimento nazionale per la matematica, che raccolga e sia un incubatore di iniziative e diventi punto di riferimento per le tematiche dell’Intelligenza Artificiale all’interno della nostra comunita' Lo scopo principale della creazione del gruppo UMI di “Matematica per l’Intelligenza Artificiale ed il Machine Learning” e' quello di colmare tale lacuna agendo lungo tre direzioni: ricerca, insegnamento e divulgazione. Innanzitutto il gruppo si prefigge di mettere in contatto i ricercatori che si occupano di queste tematiche al fine di mettere a sistema le risorse favorendo le collaborazioni e la diffusione dei risultati. Oltre a sostenere le interazioni tra le varie discipline e a rafforzare i contatti con i più affermati centri di ricerca internazionali, il gruppo potra' anche avvalersi delle sinergie gia' presenti per rendere accessibili le problematiche attuali e gli argomenti di ricerca alla comunita' matematica italiana. Accrescere la visibilita' delle attivita' di ricerca matematica in questo ambito sara' anche prezioso per attrarre l’interesse e promuovere collaborazioni con altri scienziati in campi sia teorici che applicativi nonché con potenziali utilizzatori dei metodi e delle tecniche di Intelligenza Artificiale. In secondo luogo il gruppo intende promuovere discussioni sul ruolo di questa nuova disciplina in relazione alla formazione, sia a livello di laurea che post-laurea, con l’obiettivo di formare matematici ben preparati che lavorino attivamente su queste tematiche portando risultati originali a più ambiti matematici. Questa esigenza e' particolarmente sentita sia nella ricerca che nelle applicazioni, dove i problemi matematici posti sono di una complessita' tale da richiedere figure ad hoc. Infine il gruppo intende favorire la disseminazione delle tematiche dell’Intelligenza Artificiale e del ruolo della matematica al loro interno presso le scuole e, più in generale, la societa' civile, anche tenuto conto delle delicate implicazioni di carattere etico, legale e filosofico che sono connesse con le moderne applicazioni dell’Intelligenza Artificiale alla vita di tutti i giorni. In conclusione il gruppo ha tra i suoi principi fondanti l’armonizzazione di ricerca, didattica e divulgazione intorno a questa disciplina emergente. Uno strumento per perseguirla e' quello di mantenere contatti stretti con altre macroaree che se ne occupano, in particolare l’informatica e la fisica, sia all’interno che oltre l’ambiente accademico. Questo perché si ritiene fondamentale l’interazione interdisciplinare sia per i contributi teorici sia per quelli implementativi ed applicativi, che richiedono un dialogo aperto con gli esperti dei settori. Aspetti organizzativi e sociali L’attivita' del gruppo si concentrera' principalmente sui seguenti aspetti: a) Organizzazione dell’assemblea annuale del gruppo b) Organizzazione di seminari periodici, anche in modalita' telematica: seminari di ricerca, di formazione e di divulgazione. c) Contribuire all’organizzazione di scuole (dottorato/post-doc) e convegni. d) Organizzazione del sito web e) Newsletter (eventualmente integrata nel Notiziario UMI). f) Indagine conoscitiva allo scopo di individuare i ricercatori italiani attivi nel settore AI e ML. g) Contributo al dibattito etico e sociale dell'intelligenza artificiale.

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ECMI webinar announcement: Mathematics of the COVID-19 crisis
by Alessandra Micheletti 24 Apr '20

24 Apr '20

ECMI Webinar announcement: Mathematics of the COVID-19 crisis – In the eye of the storm The COVID-19 pandemic is currently generating considerable activity among applied and industrial mathematicians across Europe. The mathematics of modelling, simulation, and optimisation in all its various forms has experienced an unusual level of attention from authorities and from the media. In recent weeks, separate teams of researchers in countries across Europe (and elsewhere) have been busy with the urgent task of providing a rigorous basis for difficult political decisions. To aid exchange of ideas and preliminary results, to stimulate discussion, and to foster international collaboration, the European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry (ECMI) is organising a web seminar to be held on April 29, 2020 at 2:00-4:30 pm CET (=GMT+1) The webinar will bring together experts from different countries, who will outline their approaches in short presentations. The webinar is primarily an exchange between applied mathematicians, but it is public, and will be viewable on YouTube. To attend the seminar on YouTube in real time, please connect to this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC91b85JbKwOmWuGHP1mkUgg and select the live streaming window, under the “VIDEO” tab. Each talk will be 15-20 minutes long and will be followed by a session of questions. The attendees may use the YouTube live chat to address questions to the speakers. Information about speakers, times, and abstracts are at the URL: https://sites.google.com/view/math4covid/ -- ------------------------------------ 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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Borse dottorato congiunto PoliTO - UniTo - Indam
by Enrico Bibbona 24 Apr '20

24 Apr '20

A parziale correzione degli annunci precedenti, vi prego di pubblicizzare le seguenti informazioni. Il Politecnico di Torino, congiuntamente con L'Università di Torino e l'Indam offre - 8 posizioni di dottorato con borse a tematica libera - 6 posizioni di dottorato con borse a tematica vincolata La domanda deve pervenire entro il *14 Maggio*. Applicazioni di studenti interessati alla *probabilità *e alla* statistica* sono naturalmente benvenute, e sono particolarmente coerenti col tema T4 del progetto scientifico del DISMA - Dipartimento di eccellenza T4. Approximation and statistical interface in random reaction (and interaction) networks <https://areeweb.polito.it/disma-excellence/scientificProject.html#tema-quat…> Cordiali saluti, Enrico Enrico Bibbona Associate Professor of Statistics Probability, Statistics and Optimization group Department of Mathematical Sciences "G. L Lagrange" Politecnico di Torino

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Bando dottorato congiunto Politecnico di Torino, Università di Torino e Indam
by Enrico Bibbona 23 Apr '20

23 Apr '20

Cari colleghi, vi chiedo di far circolare la notizia che il Politecnico di Torino, congiuntamente con L'Università di Torino e l'Indam offre 8 posizioni di dottorato. La domanda deve pervenire entro il 30 Aprile. Applicazioni di studenti interessati alla probabilità e alla statistica sono naturalmente benvenute. Cordiali saluti, Enrico Enrico Bibbona Associate Professor of Statistics Probability, Statistics and Optimization group Department of Mathematical Sciences "G. L Lagrange" Politecnico di Torino

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Borse di dottorato in area Statistica / Data Science presso il Politecnico di Milano
by Laura Maria Sangalli 22 Apr '20

22 Apr '20

Prego di dare la massima diffusione presso i potenziali interessati ITA E' uscito il bando di ammissione al 36esimo ciclo di dottorato presso il Politecnico di Milano, con scadenza il ** 29 Maggio, ore 14 ** http://www.dottorato.polimi.it/fileadmin/files/dottorato/concorso_linkweb/B… Sono disponibili varie borse in area Statistica / Data Science. Nell'ambito del dottorato in Metodi e Modelli Matematici per l'Ingegneria sono disponibili 8 borse libere, per le quali i candidati possono proporre progetti in area Statistica / Data Science Contatti: alessandra.guglielmi(a)polimi.it, anna.paganoni(a)polimi.it, laura.sangalli(a)polimi.it Nell'ambito del dottorato in Data Analytics and Decision Sciences sono disponibili le borse - "Patient representation methods for risk stratification in oncology" Contatto: francesca.ieva(a)polimi.it - "Impact Analysis in Real World Clinical Oncology" Contatto: anna.paganoni(a)polimi.it - "Learning analytics to support policies and managerial decision making in educational institutions" Contatto: anna.paganoni(a)polimi.it - “Cyber-Capital and impact on the urban rent” Contatti: valeria.fedeli(a)polimi.it, simone.vantini(a)polimi.it - "Neurosciences and genomics: advanced data analytic methods" Contatto: laura.sangalli(a)polimi.it ENGLISH: Several fellowships are available for a PhD in the area of Statistics / Data Science at Politecnico di Milano, Italy: Call: http://www.dottorato.polimi.it/en/ Deadline for applications: 29 May 2020 at 14:00, Italian time Within the PhD program in Mathematical Models and Methods in Engineering 8 fellowships are available in the generic field of Mathematics and Statistics, that can be targeted to Statistics / Data Science Contacts: alessandra.guglielmi(a)polimi.it, anna.paganoni(a)polimi.it, laura.sangalli(a)polimi.it Within the PhD program in Data Analytics and Decision Sciences fellowships on the following topics are available: - "Patient representation methods for risk stratification in oncology" Contact: francesca.ieva(a)polimi.it - "Impact Analysis in Real World Clinical Oncology" Contact: anna.paganoni(a)polimi.it - "Learning analytics to support policies and managerial decision making in educational institutions" Contact: anna.paganoni(a)polimi.it - “Cyber-Capital and impact on the urban rent” Contacts: valeria.fedeli(a)polimi.it, simone.vantini(a)polimi.it - "Neurosciences and genomics: advanced data analytic methods" Contact: laura.sangalli(a)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 url: http://mox.polimi.it/~sangalli

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Corso JACOB
by Matteo Ruggiero 21 Apr '20

21 Apr '20

Cari colleghi, nell’ambito del programma di Visiting Professors per la Laurea Magistrale in Stochastics and Data Science dell’Università di Torino, siamo riusciti a confermare almeno parte delle attività previste per il secondo semestre in modalità telematica. Con grande piacere dunque annunciamo che a breve si terrà il seguente corso: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pierre JACOB (Harvard University) PROBABILITY COUPLINGS AND MONTE CARLO The course is about the method of coupling in probability and its use in Monte Carlo methods, which refer to algorithms generating samples from probability distributions of interest. The course includes an introduction to Monte Carlo methods (rejection sampling, importance sampling, MCMC), followed by an introduction to the coupling method. This includes the celebrated "coupling inequality" and various coupling interpretations of notions of distances between probability distributions, such as total variation and Wasserstein. The course then focuses on Markov chain methods and describes how couplings of Markov chains can be employed to quantify their convergence. The last part of the course covers various Monte Carlo methods that rely on explicit coupling constructions in their implementations, such as Coupling From The Past (Propp & Wilson 1996), debiasing techniques (Glynn & Rhee 2014) and some convergence diagnostics for MCMC (Johnson 1996). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Il corso è rivolto agli studenti del primo anno della Laurea Magistrale, e consisterà in materiale misto live e registrato, reso disponibile a partire dal 28 aprile nell’arco di 3/4 settimane. Eventuali interessati possono fare richiesta di partecipazione allo scrivente. Outline del corso e una versione preliminare delle lecture notes sono disponibili alla pagina https://sites.google.com/site/pierrejacob/cmclectures Il programma completo di Visiting Professors può essere consultato alla pagina http://www.master-sds.unito.it/do/home.pl/View?round=1&doc=visitingprofesso… Cordiali saluti, Matteo Ruggiero --- Matteo Ruggiero University of Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto www.matteoruggiero.it

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proposta di Gruppo UMI
by Antonio DI CRESCENZO 19 Apr '20

19 Apr '20

Gent.mi, nel recente passato, nei convegni "Italian Meeting on Probability and Mathematical Statistics", tenuti a Torino (2017) e Vietri sul Mare (2019), è emersa un'esigenza sentita e condivisa da molti di creare un organismo che possa raccogliere anche in modo istituzionalizzato le energie della comunità con interessi in ambito probabilistico e statistico. Un'ottima opportunità per realizzare tale progetto è emersa di recente, in quanto l'Unione Matematica Italiana ha aperto un bando per la creazione dei *Gruppi UMI* (cf. https://umi.dm.unibo.it/gruppi-umi/) A tale scopo, seguendo le linee del bando, è stata predisposta una proposta di istituzione di un Gruppo UMI, con l'intento di promuovere in modo coordinato attività di ricerca, didattiche e di terza missione inerenti discipline legate a temi stocastici. La proposta è stata formulata con l'aiuto di membri del Comitato Scientifico della prossima edizione del convegno, che si terrà a Bologna nel 2021 (cf. https://site.unibo.it/probstat/en) ad anche con l'apporto di diverse persone interessate. Una sintesi dei punti presenti nella richiesta è riportata in fondo alla mail. Per ricevere informazioni più dettagliate potete inviare una email a prisma.umi(a)gmail.com La proposta deve pervenire all'UMI entro il *30 aprile*, corredata dall'elenco di almeno *15 proponenti* (*iscritti all'UMI*). Per dare maggiore peso alla richiesta è opportuno avere un elevato numero di proponenti. Sperando che la proposta riscuota consenso, invito con piacere gli interessati a dare la disponibilità ad essere inseriti nell'elenco dei proponenti (scrivendo a: prisma.umi(a)gmail.com) Coloro che non sono soci possono comunque effettuare l'iscrizione all'UMI (cf. https://umi.dm.unibo.it/area-soci/associarsi/) per poter poi divenire proponenti del Gruppo. Vi ringrazio molto per l'attenzione, confidando della vostra collaborazione, e vi saluto con l'augurio che si possa superare al meglio l'emergenza epidemiologica in atto, Antonio Di Crescenzo =========================== DESCRIZIONE SINTETICA: Le attività del Gruppo avranno connotazione interdisciplinare coinvolgente varie aree della matematica anche in vista di ricadute in vari ambiti culturali e scientifici. Mantenendo l’attenzione agli sviluppi della probabilità e della statistica matematica lungo le molte direzioni che dominano la scena internazionale, esse promuoveremo anche l’interazione con settori attuali ed emergenti, con particolare riferimento allo sviluppo di metodi formali e strumenti probabilistici e statistici in diversi ambiti. Le attività si suddividono in - attività di ricerca (organizzazione di un convegno scientifico biennale e di mini-workshop su temi emergenti, coordinamento di seminari e corsi di dottorato, database aggiornato delle iniziative scientifiche, ...) - attività d’insegnamento (censimento di attività didattiche universitarie su temi stocastici, promozione di attività didattiche su temi stocastici a livello universitario e per la didattica della probabilità nella scuola, anche in collaborazione col Piano Nazionale Lauree Scientifiche per la Matematica, ...) - divulgazione dei risultati (attraverso convegni, canali istituzionali, ...) - interazione con vari settori della scienza e della società (incontri scientifici su temi stocastici della matematica industriale, incontri con attori dell’economia e delle istituzioni per public engagement, ...) -- ============================================= Antonio Di Crescenzo Dipartimento di Matematica Università degli Studi di Salerno Via Giovanni Paolo II, n. 132 <https://maps.google.com/?q=Via+Giovanni+Paolo+II,+n.+132+%0D%0A84084+Fiscia…> 84084 Fisciano (SA) Italy Tel. +39-089-963349 Fax: +39-089-963303 E-mail(1): adicrescenzo(a)unisa.it E-mail(2): adicresc(a)gmail.com Web: http://www.unisa.it/docenti/antoniodicrescenzo/index Skype: antoniodicrescenzo =============================================

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International Conference in Venice - CALL FOR PAPERS
by Monica Billio 17 Apr '20

17 Apr '20

CREDIT2020 <http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2020/credit2020.htm> *GRETA Associati* (Venice, Italy), *Cattolica Assicurazioni *(Verona, Italy), *CRIF* (Bologna, Italy), *European Investment* *Fund *(Luxembourg), *European Investment Bank* (Luxembourg) and*Intesa Sanpaolo *(Milan, Italy) are co-sponsors of a Conference to be held in Venice on September 24-25, 2020. The objective of the Conference is to bring together academics, practitioners and PhD students working in the area of risk management. The conference will provide an opportunity for participants engaged in research at the forefront of this area to discuss both the causes and implications of recent financial and climate-related events and may, in turn, suggest fruitful and policy-relevant directions for future research. The Conference, organised under the auspices of the *Department of Economics of the University Ca’ Foscari of Venice*, *ABI - Italian Banking Association*, *AIAF - Associazione Italiana per l'Analisi Finanziaria* and the *Joint Research Center*, *European Commission* (Ispra, Italy), is the *nineteenth *of a series dedicated to various aspects of credit risk. /The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the adoption of European Commission’s Action Plan on Sustainable Finance mark important international commitments to the objective of a more sustainable economy and society. However, their successful implementation is tightly related to the scaling up of low-carbon investments and divestment from carbon-intensive investments. This, in turn, requires an assessment of the credit risks stemming from investors’ exposure to economic activities and assets that could be stranded by climate change. For instance, regulators’ discussion about the revision of capital requirements aimed to foster green investments (i.e. a green-supporting or a brown-penalising factor) is hampered by the unclear understanding of the implications of a regulatory change on individual institutions and systemic financial risk. Thus, financing the low-carbon transition is primarily a discussion about credit risk./ /The financial sector, and in particular the banking and insurance industries need to develop new portfolios’ risk management strategies and to adjust their credit allocation practices to cope with the opportunities and challenges of the low-carbon transition in the economy and finance. All these changes call for a substantial amount of research to improve the knowledge of the mechanisms at play and to design tailored and effective policy tools./// // // // The organizers encourage submissions of papers on any topic within the overall theme of the conference and in the following areas in particular: * INVESTMENTS: Green Finance, Investments Principles, Real Estate Sustainability, Finance for Good; * POLICIES: Climate Policies, Climate Financial Risk; European Green New Deal, Social Sustainability * INFORMATION: Non Financial Disclosure, Climate risk disclosure, ESG Ratings, ESG Taxonomies The final program will include both submitted and invited papers. Acceptances received so far from invited speakers include *Marina Brogi* (Sapienza University of Rome) and *Andrew W. Lo *(MIT Sloan School of Management). The Conference will also feature panel discussions on researchers', practitioners' and policy makers’ views of the major issues at stake for embedding climate into credit risk. The Scientific Committee consists of: *Monica Billio *(Ca’ Foscari University of Venice & GRETA, Programme Chair)* Marina Brogi *(Sapienza University of Rome)* Francesca Campolongo* (Joint Research Center, European Commission)* Helmut Kraemer-Eis* (European Investment Fund)* Rainer Haselmann* (Goethe University, Frankfurt)* Irene Monasterolo* (Vienna University of Economics and Business)* Steven Ongena *(University of Zurich, Swiss Finance Institute, KU Leuven & CEPR)* Roberto Rigobon* (MIT Sloan School of Management)* Stephen Schaefer* (London Business School)* * Sponsors** *GRETA* <http://www.greta.it/> Cattolica Assicurazioni <https://www.cattolica.it/home-corporate/> CRIF <https://www.crif.it/> European Investment Fund <https://www.eif.org/> European Investment Bank <https://www.eib.org/en/> *IntesaSanpaolo* <http://www.group.intesasanpaolo.com/scriptIsir0/si09/eng_index.jsp> Auspices** ** <http://www.abi.it/Pagine/default.aspx> *Ca' Foscari - Economics Department* <http://www.unive.it/pag/16892> *ABI* <http://www.abi.it/Pagine/default.aspx> ** <http://www.abi.it/Pagine/default.aspx> AIAF <https://www.aiaf.it/> *JCR - European Commission <https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en> * ** *CALL FOR PAPERS* **COVID-19 update: As of the time of this writing (Mid April 2020), the CREDIT 2020 Conference is still planned for September 24-25, 2020 in Venice, Italy. With the event still five months away, it is difficult to anticipate what meeting and travel restrictions will exist in the fall. However, as the global fight against COVID-19 continues, we are exploring and planning alternatives to an in-person event but we hope to continue in Venice as planned. Thus, the paper submission and selection process will run just as expected and we warmly invite you all again to submit your papers to CREDIT 2020.** Those wishing to present a paper at the Conference should submit by *May 31, 2020* to the address given below (preferably in electronic format). Please indicate to whom correspondence should be addressed. Decisions regarding acceptance will be made by *June 30, 2020*. The final version of accepted papers must be received by August 31, 2020. Please send papers to: GRETA Associati San Polo, 2605 - 30125 Venice, ITALY Phone : +39 041 5238178 e-mail: credit(a)greta.it <mailto:credit@greta.it> *IMPORTANT DATES* *May 31, 2020*: Papers submission deadline *June 30, 2020*: Paper acceptance notification *August 31, 2020*: Deadline for sending final version of accepted papers More detailed information on the Conference website: http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2020/credit2020.htm *** Please accept our apologies for any crossed e-mails. ** Probably you are in our mailing list from very long time because you collaborated with us or with our associates, you asked to be informed about our activities, you attended our conferences or you submitted papers to our call for papers. If you would like to continue enjoying the benefits of keeping up to date with our future events, invitations, and developments, you do not need to do anything. 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bando assegno di ricerca - Luiss, scadenza 10 Maggio 2020
by Fausto Gozzi 17 Apr '20

17 Apr '20

Cari colleghi, segnalo l'assegno di ricerca, SSD SECS-S/06 (Metodi matematici dell'economia e delle scienze attuariali e finanziarie ), della durata di TRE anni, dal titolo: "The Time-Space Evolution of Economic Activities: Mathematical Models and Empirical Applications ' (scadenza 10/05/2020) https://economiaefinanza.luiss.it/ricerca/assegni-di-ricerca/bandi-di-conco… https://economiaefinanza.luiss.it/sites/economiaefinanza.luiss.it/files/Ban… L'assegno è bandito all'interno di un progetto di cofinanziato PRIN 2017 presso la Luiss - Guido Carli. Grazie per l'attenzione. Fausto Gozzi -- Fausto Gozzi Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza LUISS - Guido Carli Viale Romania, 32 00197 Roma Italy tel 06.85225723 (office) FAX 06.86506513 e-mail: fgozzi(a)luiss.it webpage: http://docenti.luiss.it/gozzi/ old address, sometimes still used: Fausto Gozzi Dipartimento di Matematica Universita' di Pisa Largo Bruno Pontecorvo n.5 56127 Pisa Italy tel 050/2213270 e-mail: gozzi(a)dm.unipi.it

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Junior Professorship (W1) in Mathematical Economics at Bielefeld University
by Giorgio Ferrari 16 Apr '20

16 Apr '20

Dear All, please find below the annoucement of a *Junior Professorship (W1) in Mathematical Economics *at Bielefeld University. Deadline for applications is May 15. All the best wishes, Giorgio Ferrari %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% The *Center for Mathematical Economics *(Institut für Mathematische Wirtschaftsforschung, IMW) and the *Faculty of Business Administration and Economics* at Bielefeld University are seeking to fill the following position as soon as possible: *Junior Professorship (W1) in Mathematical Economics* We are looking for outstanding, internationally visible candidates in research and teaching who are qualified by excellent publications in one of the research areas of the Center for Mathematical Economics. Interdisciplinary research and teaching across faculties traditionally plays an important role at the Center for Mathematical Economics. We expect participation in the existing and planned joint third-party funded projects of the Center, the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, and other faculties, especially in the interdisciplinary context. The connection to the Collaborative Research Center 1283 `` Taming Uncertainty and Profiting from Randomness ... ’’ plays an important role for this professorship. We are looking for young researchers who can make a significant contribution to the economic sub-projects of the Collaborative Research Center; potential topics include dynamic game theory (differential games, mean-field games) as well as the analysis of financial markets (equilibrium models in continuous time), industrial dynamics (dynamic I.O.) or complex decisions under uncertainty (e.g. recursive dynamic utility). Teaching is to be provided in the research-oriented Master and Bachelor programs of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, especially in Mathematical Economics. The prerequisites for the position are a university degree, pedagogical aptitude and the special ability for scientific work, which is usually demonstrated by the outstanding quality of a doctorate. The position is initially for three years, and can be extended to six years after a positive evaluation. Applications from suitably qualified handicapped and severely handicapped persons are explicitly encouraged. Bielefeld University has received a number of awards for its achievements in the provision of equal opportunity and has been recognized as a family-friendly university. The university welcomes applications from women. Applications are handled according to the state's equal opportunity statutes. Applications with the usual documents (curriculum vitae, copies of certificates, list of publications with identification of up to 10 most important publications, a 2-page research and teaching concept) should preferably be submitted till *May 15, 2020* to: Bielefeld University Center for Mathematical Economics (IMW) Frau Buiwitt-Robson Postfach 10 01 31 33501 Bielefeld or by e-mail as a single PDF file to: IMW(a)uni-bielefeld.de Please refrain from submitting application folders and submit photocopies only, as the application documents will be destroyed at the end of the selection procedure. Please note that risks to confidentiality and unauthorized access by third parties cannot be ruled out when communicating via unencrypted e-mail. Information on the processing of personal data can be found at: https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/Universitaet/Aktuelles/Stellenausschreibungen/… -- Questa e-mail è stata controllata per individuare virus con Avast antivirus. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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3-years post-doc position in Munich
by Faggionato, Alessandra 16 Apr '20

16 Apr '20

Buongiorno, vi inoltro l'annuncio per una posizione post-doc di 3 anni a Monaco. La scadenza e' prossima ma Markus Heydenreich mi ha scritto che anche le applications inviate la prossima settimana saranno prese in considerazione. Saluti Alessandra Faggionato ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VACANCY FOR A POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER IN PROBABILITY THEORY AT LMU MUNICH Subject to final confirmation from DFG, we have a vacancy for a scientific employee (fixed term) at the Mathematics Department at the University of Munich to join our research group in Probability Theory. The project is part of the newly established Priority Programme “Random Geometric Systems” (SPP 2265) funded by DFG. We are looking for a talented and motivated postdoctoral researcher to carry out a research project on the weight-dependent random connection model. The project is on the intersection of complex networks and (continuum) percolation theory in high dimensions. Prior research experience in percolation theory, spatial random networks, or random walks with dependencies (e.g. Mott's variable-range hopping) is appreciated. The position is fixed term for 36 months. Intended starting date is autumn 2020. The LMU Munich is one of the largest and most renowned universities in Germany. The Mathematics Department is located in the city center of Munich. Interested candidates are invited to submit applications (in German or English) containing full curriculum vitae, copies of relevant certificates, as well as name and contact details of three academic referees preferably by email to <m.heydenreich(a)lmu.de>. Applications received until April 17, 2020 will be fully considered; the hiring procedure continues until the position is filled. The university is an equal opportunity employer. Handicapped applicants will be given preference in the case of approximately equal qualifications. The university of Munich is interested in increasing the number of female faculty members and encourages women to apply. Please contact me directly for further questions about the project or the position. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Markus Heydenreich Mathematisches Institut Ludwig-Maximilans-Universität München http://www.math.lmu.de/~heyden/ -- ************************************************* 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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colloquium of A. Montanari - correction
by Marco Romito 14 Apr '20

14 Apr '20

dear all I am writing to update the broadcasting information about Andrea's talk on next Wednesday. In order to attend the online seminar, you can connect to https://meet.google.com/iwa-aetx-bky (needs authorization if you do not have a UniPi account and it is limited to 250 participants). The seminar will be also streamed live on the official YouTube channel <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfMLkaFzJYx6JoMxtGvvqJw> of the Department, at the URL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfMLkaFzJYx6JoMxtGvvqJw * MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS IN MODERN MACHINE LEARNING* /Andrea Montanari (Stanford University)/ April 15, 2020, 4pm (CEST) _Abstract_: The last fifteen years have witnessed dramatic advances in machine learning. This progress was mainly driven by engineering advances: greater computing power, and larger availability of training data. Not only the collection of methods that emerged from this revolution are not well understood mathematically, but they actually appear to defy traditional mathematical theories of machine learning. I will argue that future developments and applications will require to understand better the underlying mathematical principles. I will describe two recent examples of mathematical progress in this area that are connected to areas of modern mathematics: 1. Gradient flows in Wasserstein spaces; 2. Random matrix theory. [Based on joint work with: Song Mei, Phan-Minh Nguyen, Behrooz Ghorbani, Theodor Misiakiewicz]

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Call for papers: special issue of the J. Math. Ind. on COVID19
by Alessandra Micheletti 14 Apr '20

14 Apr '20

Sorry for multiple posting. I would like to announce that the Journal of Mathematics in Industry <https://mathematicsinindustry.springeropen.com/>, with the support of the European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry – ECMI <https://ecmiindmath.org/> , has decided to publish a special issue entitled: *Mathematical models of the spread and consequences of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemics. Effects on health, society, industry, economics and technology*. This is a call for papers. The *Journal of Mathematics in Industry* is a high-quality *open-access* journal that brings together research on developments in mathematics for industrial applications, where industry is understood as *any activity of economic and/or social value. * In the disruptive period we are living in, in the middle of the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemics, scientists, and in particular mathematicians and statisticians, are investing an unprecedented effort to forecast the course of the pandemic and to suggest measures to mitigate its unfortunate effects. We are conscious that this pandemic will very likely deeply affect our societies, production, health management, and many other aspects of human life. That is why there is an urgency to provide scientifically reliable studies of the many aspects of the problem to policy makers. This special issue will be devoted to articles that propose data-driven mathematical and statistical models of the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and/or of its foreseeable consequences on public health, society, industry, economics and technology. The editors of this special issue and the scientists of the ECMI Consortium will guarantee a *fast and fair peer-to-peer review procedure*, in order to provide society with a timely and reliable injection of scientific insights. Given the importance of the subject, *the APCs of all the articles accepted for this special issue will be waived.* Interested authors, during the submission procedure, will be asked to note whether their paper is tied to a Thematic Series or not, under the Additional Information section. Please select the MATHCOVID19 option, and apply for the waive of the APCs. Corresponding authors coming from an ECMI center may enter the ECMI code for APCs waive procedure (please refer to your national representative in the ECMI council to have this code). *Guest editors:* · Alessandra Micheletti, Università degli Studi di Milano (Lead guest editor) · Adérito Araújo, University of Coimbra · Neil Budko, Delft University of Technology · Ana Carpio, Universidad Complutense de Madrid · Matthias Ehrhardt, Bergische Universität Wuppertal *Topics of interest:* Scenarios of containment and mitigation; Socio-economic costs of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic; Spatio-temporal spread of SARS-CoV-2; Estimating the unreported number of virus cases; Bats-Hosts-Reservoir-People (BHRP) virus transmission; *Methods of interest and keywords:* mathematical epidemiology, mathematical modelling, SIR-type models, delay differential equations, waning immunity models, quarantine models, θ-SEIHRD model, parameter estimation, numerical simulation, incidence forecast methods, econometric models, contagion models, Poisson autoregressive models, basic reproduction number, optimal control, dynamical system, time delay process, parameter identification, outbreak, prediction, isolation, transmission risk, data-driven time-dependent transmission rate, risk assessment of virus outbreaks, fitting dynamic models to epidemic outbreaks with quantified uncertainty, short-term forecasting epidemic waves, big data analysis and prediction, data mining, risk modelling and simulation, Epidemic prevention and control, outbreak emergency management, Impact of the epidemic on the economy, finance, society, companies -- ------------------------------------ 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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colloquium of A. Montanari
by Marco Romito 08 Apr '20

08 Apr '20

dear all I am writing to announce the following Colloquium at the Mathematics department, Pisa University. *MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS IN MODERN MACHINE LEARNING** */Andrea Montanari (Stanford University)/ April 15, 2020, 4pm Abstract: The last fifteen years have witnessed dramatic advances in machine learning. This progress was mainly driven by engineering advances: greater computing power, and larger availability of training data. Not only the collection of methods that emerged from this revolution are not well understood mathematically, but they actually appear to defy traditional mathematical theories of machine learning. I will argue that future developments and applications will require to understand better the underlying mathematical principles. I will describe two recent examples of mathematical progress in this area that are connected to areas of modern mathematics: 1. Gradient flows in Wasserstein spaces; 2. Random matrix theory. [Based on joint work with: Song Mei, Phan-Minh Nguyen, Behrooz Ghorbani, Theodor Misiakiewicz] In order to follow the exposition the audience can join the live streaming at the URL: https://stream.meet.google.com/stream/ea5a4a6c-6b34-428a-b45c-b0d625ee5610

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Bando PhD in Economics 2020-21 -Ca' Foscari University
by Antonella Basso 04 Apr '20

04 Apr '20

Dear Colleague, I would be grateful if you could bring to the attention of your best students the new edition 2020-2021 of the PhD Program in Economics offered by the Ca' Foscari University of Venice. The PhD Program in Economics aims at training selected students for a career as economists in academic institutions or in research departments of national and international organizations, public institutions, private corporations, central banks, financial institutions. Our recent PhDs first placement include positions both in Italian and foreign Universities such as Università Libera di Bolzano, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Luiss Guido Carli, Università degli studi di Padova, King’s College London, Boston University, Aberdeen Univeristy, University of Addis Abeba and Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. Some PhDs were employed by private companies such as Morgan Stanley-London, Microsoft and public and private research centers: Banca d’Italia, Bundesbank, Banque Centrale du Luxembourg, European Central Bank, Ecuador Ministry of Education. The considerable diversification of research areas covered by the members of Department of Economics and their international reputation provide an excellent environment where students of most fields in economics can find research ideas and tight guidance for their doctoral studies. The PhD program has a duration of four years. For the academic year 2020-2021, 6 positions are available. Five of them come with a scholarship (around 15,300 € per year), one is reserved for non-Italian applicants who can prove to have their own scholarship covering four years. Deadline for application is *April 21st 2020*, 13h00 (Italian time). Information and application procedure can be found at http://www.unive.it/phdapplication Information on the PhD in Economics can be found at http://www.unive.it/phdeconomics Any questions on the program may be addressed to the PhD Secretariat at: sse(a)unive.it <mailto:sse@unive.it> Thank you for your cooperation Best regards Antonella Basso ********************************************************************************************** Caro Collega, Ti scrivo per segnalarti l’apertura del bando per il programma di dottorato in Economics offerto dal dipartimento di Economia dell’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia. Quest’anno sono disponibili 5 posti con borsa quadriennale (circa 15.300€ annui per l’intera durata del dottorato), più un posto per studenti stranieri in possesso di borsa di studio propria. Il bando si chiude il *21 aprile 2020 alle 13.00,* ora italiana. Il dottorato ambisce a preparare un gruppo selezionato di studenti per la carriera accademica, ma anche per ricoprire posizioni in research departments di organizzazioni internazionali, istituzioni pubbliche, imprese private banche centrali e istituzioni finanziarie. I primi placement dei nostri più recenti dottori di ricerca includono contratti o assegni di ricerca presso atenei, italiani o stranieri, (Università Libera di Bolzano, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Luiss Guido Carli, Università Ca’ Foscari e Università degli studi di Padova). Alcuni dottori hanno invece intrapreso la carriera universitaria come ricercatori presso atenei stranieri: King’s College London, Boston University, Univeristy of Aberdeen, University of Addis Ababa, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law. Altri invece hanno trovato la loro prima occupazione presso enti o aziende privati (Euromonitor International a Vilnius, Morgan Stanley-London, Microsoft) e enti di ricerca pubblici o istituzioni pubbliche (Banca d'Italia, Bundesbank, Banque Centrale du Luxembourg, Banca Centrale Europea, Tertiary Education Commission e Ecuador Ministry of Education). Il programma di dottorato ha una durata quadriennale. Il primo anno i dottorandi seguono un intenso programma di corsi avanzati. Gli studenti ammessi al secondo anno si concentrano sul lavoro di tesi e partecipano attivamente alla vita del dipartimento. L'ampio spettro di interessi di ricerca e la reputazione internazionale della faculty di area economica e quantitativa di Ca’ Foscari, così come il ricco programma di seminari e workshop di livello internazionale organizzati in dipartimento permettono agli studenti di lavorare in un ambiente stimolante per tutta la durata del corso di dottorato. Gli studenti più meritevoli ricevono l’adeguato supporto, anche economico, per partecipare a conferenze e workshop internazionali e per poter competere sul job market internazionale. Puoi trovare maggiori dettagli riguardo il bando a questo link: http://www.unive.it/phdapplication Informazioni dettagliate sul PhD in Economics a Ca’ Foscari: http://www.unive.it/phdeconomics Qualsiasi richiesta di informazioni riguardo il programma può essere rivolta alla Segreteria del dottorato all'indirizzo: sse(a)unive.it <mailto:sse@unive.it> Cordiali saluti Antonella Basso -- Antonella Basso Prorettore alla Programmazione e Valutazione - Prorector at Planning and Valuation Dipartimento di Economia Università Ca' Foscari Venezia Fondamenta S. Giobbe - Cannaregio 873 30121 Venezia - Italy Tel. +39-041-2346914 E-mail address:basso@unive.it Web page:http://www.unive.it/data/persone/5591751

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Fwd: Call for abstracts OICA online conference, deadline April 13th, 2020
by Elena Vigna 03 Apr '20

03 Apr '20

-------- Messaggio Inoltrato -------- Oggetto: Call for abstracts OICA online conference, deadline April 13th, 2020 Data: Thu, 2 Apr 2020 22:11:30 +0000 Mittente: LOISEL STEPHANE <stephane.loisel(a)univ-lyon1.fr> A: LOISEL STEPHANE <stephane.loisel(a)univ-lyon1.fr> Dear RIANA colleagues and friends, Can you please forward this announcement to your network and encourage your colleagues and PhD students to submit abstracts and/or attend ? Thanks, Best, Stephane Dear Colleagues and Friends, We organise at the end of the month (April 28-29, 2020) an _online_ conference in actuarial science, data science and finance. Abstract submission deadline : April 13th, 2020. Scientific committee : Hansjoerg Albrecher (Lausanne), Katrien Antonio (Leuven), Benjamin Avanzi (Melbourne), Pauline Barrieu (LSE), Mercè Claramunt (Barcelona), Nicole El Karoui (Paris), Romuald Elie (Berkeley), Stéphane Loisel (ISFA, chair), Mogens Steffensen (Copenhagen), Ruodu Wang (Waterloo), Hailiang Yang (Hong-Kong U.) We hope that’ll be able to submit an abstract : http://oica.univ-lyon1.fr <http://oica.univ-lyon1.fr> Details about the purpose of the conference are below. Parallel session talks are 15mins long. Take care and stay safe, Stéphane Loisel PS Registration is free but compulsory. ** *About OICA Conference* /(Online International Conference in Actuarial science, data science and finance)/ Covid19 is going to change the financial markets and the insurance-reinsurance network. As actuarial science, data science and finance researchers, we cannot easily help for the current phase as we are not medical doctors or epidemiologists. But we can help to mitigate/manage the financial/risk management consequences by carrying out relevant research in 2020-2021. For this we need to learn NOW from experts and decision makers what the research challenges are. Therefore we are organising an online conference on April 28-29, 2020 with two goals : * Enabling researchers and young researchers to present actuarial / data science / financial research that was done before covid19 (therefore NOT related to covid19) * Having 1 or 2 roundtables that describe covid19 implications on the economy, and which help us to know which research topics we could investigate in the future if we want to help (WACA roundtables : What Actuaries Could Accomplish researchwise in 2020-21). We also planned (classical) plenary talks on topics that could be useful for post-covid research, as well as a quite different talk by José Blanchet about a social platform startup that he created in response to covid19 in US and Mexico and the associated data science future challenges. INVITED PLENARY SPEAKERS *Beatrice ACCIAIO */(LSE, London, United Kingdom)/** *José BLANCHET */(Stanford University, CA, USA)/ *Caroline HILLAIRET */(ENSAE, Paris, France)/ *Nora PANKRATZ */(UCLA, CA, USA)/ *Jae Kyung WOO */(UNSW, Sydney, Australia)/ ** To be clear, this event is NOT about presenting super-fast, opportunistic research on epidemiology produced by actuaries. It is about presenting classical actuarial/data science/finance research works that have been done before, and reflecting about how we can contribute researchwise for the future. As almost everyone is at home at that time, we think that the timing is possible. We’ll have sessions in the morning, lunch time and up to evening to accomodate participants in different locations. The roundtables will be held between 11am and 4pm French time to maximize audience (including Asia-Pacific and America). We hope that you’ll join us to this OICA-WACA conference and roundtable (please use French accent to sound like Shakira’s song) !

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ABC World Seminar
by Massimiliano ... 03 Apr '20

03 Apr '20

Dear all, I hope you are keeping safe and well. Inspired by the One World Probability Seminar, we decided to run The ABC World Seminar, a weekly/fortnightly series of seminars that will take place on Blackboard collaborate on Thursdays at 9am [UK time]. The idea is to gather members and disseminate results and innovation during these weeks and months under lockdown. The first speaker will be Dennis Prangle on "Distilling importance sampling" on 9th April. Please sign up to the mailing list https://listserv.csv.warwick.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/abc_world_seminar to be able to join the talk. Full details are available on the webpage https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/statistics/news/upcoming-seminars/abcworldsem… Please share this email to anyone who may be interested. Best wishes, Massimiliano Tamborrino, on behalf of the ABC World Seminar Organisers. ------ Dr. Massimiliano Tamborrino Assistant Professor Department of Statistics University of Warwick https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/statistics/staff/academic-research/tamborrino

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Vacancy for Lecturer, Financial Computing Group, University College London, deadline 27 April 2020
by Guido Germano 01 Apr '20

01 Apr '20

Dear Colleague, our Financial Computing and Analytics Group has advertised a lecturer position with application deadline on 27 April 2020: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BZQ100/lecturer-in-financial-computing The job description is attached. This position has been held by Simone Righi, who at the end of June 2020 will leave for the Department of Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Kind regards Guido Germano Dr Guido Germano, Associate Professor, UCL Department of Computer Science Programme Director and Admissions Tutor, UCL MSc Computational Finance Research Associate, Systemic Risk Centre, London School of Economics Associate Editor, Advances in Complex Systems www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/g.germano

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First announcement: 10th AMaMeF Conference *2021* - SAVE THE DATE!
by Tiziano Vargiolu 31 Mar '20

31 Mar '20

Dear Colleague, on behalf of the organising committee, it is a pleasure to announce that the 10th AMaMeF Conference will take place in Padova on June 22-25, *2021*. The conference will feature plenary lectures, invited sessions and contributed sessions covering the forefront areas of research in theoretical and quantitative finance, risk, insurance. Abstract submission for contributed talks and posters will be announced in due time. Follow the development at the website (in continuous development): https://events.math.unipd.it/AMAMEF2021/ Please help to distribute this announcement among your all contacts. Welcome to Padova in June 2021! Tiziano -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiziano Vargiolu Dipartimento di Matematica Phone: +39 049 8271383 Universita' di Padova Fax: +39 049 8271428 Via Trieste, 63 E-mail: vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it I-35121 Padova (Italy) WWW: http://www.math.unipd.it/~vargiolu --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: New online Oxford Discrete Mathematics and Probability seminar
by Silvestri, Vittoria 31 Mar '20

31 Mar '20

Segnalo un'altra iniziativa di seminari online, gestita dal gruppo di Oxford. Il primo seminario è oggi pomeriggio (Rob Morris, IMPA) alle 15:00. Cari saluti, Vittoria ******************************** Vittoria Silvestri Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics University "La Sapienza" Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 00185 - Rome ******************************** Begin forwarded message: *From:* Christina Goldschmidt <goldschm(a)stats.ox.ac.uk> *Date:* 27 March 2020 at 16:40:54 GMT *To:* "APPLIEDPROB(a)jiscmail.ac.uk" <APPLIEDPROB(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> *Subject:* *New online Oxford Discrete Mathematics and Probability seminar* *Reply-To:* Christina Goldschmidt <goldschm(a)STATS.OX.AC.UK> Dear colleagues, We hope that you are all well, and finding a way to adjust to our new circumstances. We are writing to announce the new Oxford Discrete Mathematics and Probability Seminar, which will take place on Tuesdays, on Zoom, starting on 31st March, and will feature talks in both Combinatorics and Probability. For the first week we will have a single seminar at 2pm (UK time); in most future weeks we will also have a second seminar at 3.30pm. The talks are open to everybody: please feel free to forward this announcement to anyone you think might be interested. The first two talks will be: 31st March, 2pm: Rob Morris (IMPA), Erdős covering systems 7th April, 2pm: Louigi Addario-Berry (McGill), Hipster random walks. More details can be found at http://people.maths.ox.ac.uk/scott/dmp.htm . This will be something of an experiment while we get to grips with the technology, but we're excited about the possibilities this format might bring! We are aware of several other excellent such initiatives going on, and will be keen to share our experiences and learn what works. We have set up a mailing list for seminar announcements, discmathprob(a)maillist.ox.ac.uk. In order to subscribe, please send an email to sympa(a)maillist.ox.ac.uk with subject “subscribe discmathprob Firstname Lastname” (replace “Firstname” and “Lastname” appropriately); leave the message body blank. You should receive a message to let you know that your subscription has been successful. Our intention (of course with the agreement of the speakers) is to record the seminars and put them on YouTube for an indefinite period of time, to act as a resource for the community. This has consequences from the perspective of data protection since, by default, if you participate, personal data consisting of your username, audio and video may be recorded. If you wish to participate but do not want your personal data recorded, you should please make sure to turn off your video and mute your microphone. All best wishes, Christina Goldschmidt and Alex Scott. -- Christina Goldschmidt | http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~goldschm | she/her Department of Statistics and Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford ------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the APPLIEDPROB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=APPLIEDPROB&A=1

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Associate Professor Position @ Luxembourg University
by Giovanni Peccati 30 Mar '20

30 Mar '20

Dear Colleagues, The *Department of Mathematics* of the *Faculty of Science, Technology, and Medicine* (FSTM) of the *University of Luxembourg* (UL) has an opening for an *Associate Professor in Mathematics (promotion track) – Area of Statistics and Machine Learning*. - Ref: *F1-50011779* (to be mentioned in all correspondence) - Full-time position (40 hrs/week) - Earliest starting date: September 2020 - Permanent position, with promotion track (after 5 years there is the possibility of being promoted to full professor after an evaluation). In case of an excellent more senior candidate, appointment at the level of full professor can be considered Deadline: *May 31, 2020* (NB: the previous deadline for this position was March 31, 2020 - we decided to postpone it by two months, mainly because of the current international crisis). All details can be found at the address: http://emea3.mrted.ly/2f9vz With my best regards, Giovanni Peccati -- Prof. Giovanni Peccati ------------------------------------------ Head of the Department of Mathematics Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine ------------------------------------------ University of Luxembourg ----------------------------------------- homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/giovannipeccati/Home E-mail: giovanni.peccati(a)gmail.com

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Datathon on Covid-19
by Fabrizio Lillo 30 Mar '20

30 Mar '20

Dear colleagues, please find below the announcement of a Datathon (real-time forecasting competition) on Covid-19 just started. Feel free to distribute to all interested parties. Best regards, Fabrizio Lillo ------------------------------------- Announcement and call for participation at Real-time Epidemic Datathon https://www.epidemicdatathon.com Real-time Epidemic Datathon is a collective open-source real-time forecasting challenge aimed at joining forces to push modeling limits further for real-time epidemic forecasting at large scale. Organized by ETH Zürich, UCLA, EU SoBigData++ project, NYU COURANT, and other partner organizations. The goal of this project is to bring together researchers and students from different disciplines (e.g., computer science, epidemiology, physics, statistics, applied math, ...) and advance real-time epidemic modeling frameworks. We provide a platform for scientific exchange and discussion. Participating teams can submit predictions of COVID-19 case evolutions in different countries and evaluate/compare their modeling approaches. Who can join? Everyone can join and contribute in various ways: (i) register as a developer (individual or with a team) of a real-time epidemic forecasting model, (ii) register and monitor scientific developments (see our disclaimer section), or (iii) share the news about this event and help us to reach more contributors. -------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Fabrizio Lillo Dipartimento di Matematica Università di Bologna ITALY Personal website: fabriziolillo.wordpress.com University website: www.unibo.it/sitoweb/fabrizio.lillo <http://fabriziolillo.wordpress.com/> phone: +39 050509159

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One World Probability Seminar
by enrico priola 30 Mar '20

30 Mar '20

Dear All, maybe you already know https://www.wim.uni-mannheim.de/doering/one-world/ All the best. Enrico -- Enrico Priola Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Pavia Via Adolfo Ferrata 5, 27100 Pavia tel +39 0382 985639

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Open combined PhD-Junior Lecturer position at VU Amsterdam
by Zocca, A. 26 Mar '20

26 Mar '20

Dear colleagues, Here is the announcement for a combined PhD + lectureship position in the math department where I work at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam: PhD-Junior Lecturer position The department of Mathematics at the VU is advertising for a combined PhD - Junior Lecturer position in Mathematics. This is a position meant for a PhD student who also wants to acquire teaching experience and contribute to the educational program of the department as a junior lecturer. The position is for 6 years instead of the usual 4 for a “standard” PhD student. The PhD position is not tied to a particular topic nor supervisor: the research can be in any area that falls within the expertise available in the department. You can find more information for this position at https://workingat.vu.nl/ad/phd-judo-in-mathematics/o44o25 The deadline for applications is April 19th. The link above provides most of the information needed (salary, research-to-teaching ratio, benefits, etc.), but feel free to contact me for further details or if you may be interested to apply to work in the area of applied probability or reinforcement learning. Best regards, Alessandro Zocca ================================ Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam https://sites.google.com/site/zoccaale/

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Call for PhD
by Faggionato, Alessandra 25 Mar '20

25 Mar '20

Buongiorno, ricevo da Alberto Chiarini ed inoltro. Saluti Alessandra ---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Chiarini, A. <a.chiarini(a)tue.nl> Date: mer 25 mar 2020 alle ore 11:15 Subject: Call for PhD To: faggiona(a)mat.uniroma1.it <faggiona(a)mat.uniroma1.it> ... Applications are invited for a PhD position at TU Eindhoven (TU/e), under the supervision of Alberto Chiarini. This PhD project is part of a larger collaboration between the Analysis and Stochastics groups of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, and the PhD student will benefit from being embedded in both groups. The subject of the PhD project will be decided together with the student, and will be chosen from a range of topics on the interface between probability theory and analysis, including Gaussian free fields, particle systems, large deviations, gradient flows and partial differential equations. Ideally, applicants have a sound training in probability theory (including stochastic processes and stochastic differential equations), analysis (including partial differential equations and functional analysis), and measure theory. Students with deficiencies in one of these areas but who are strong in others are nonetheless encouraged to apply. PhD positions at TU/e are salaried, fixed-term, four-year positions; We offer you: - An exciting job in a dynamic work environment. - A full time appointment for 4 years at Eindhoven University of Technology. - The salary is in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement of the Dutch Universities, increasing from approximately € 2.325 per month initially, to € 2.972 in the fourth year. - An attractive package of fringe benefits, including end-of-year bonus (8,3% in December), an extra holiday allowance (8% in May), moving expenses and excellent sports facilities. Applicants are encouraged to send their applications as early as possible; the position will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate is found. The starting date is open for discussion. In case you decide to apply, please complete the following form: Form for application <https://forms.gle/Ejrurx7w8Mkggrw88> https://forms.gle/Ejrurx7w8Mkggrw88 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science MetaForum Groene Loper 5 5612 AZ Eindhoven The Netherlands -- ************************************************* 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: One World Probability Seminar
by Faggionato, Alessandra 24 Mar '20

24 Mar '20

cari tutti, vi giro un messaggio ricevuto da andreas kyprianou. saluti alessandra faggionato %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Dear all, Firstly, we hope this email finds you safe and well. As we look forward to the next few weeks and months being under lockdown, we are all confronted with the reality of building up new communication channels. This presents us with an unprecedented opportunity that has arguably been long overdue. We would like to invite you to participate in a new grass roots project: the *One World Probability Seminar.* https://www.wim.uni-mannheim.de/doering/one-world/ *Every Thursday at 15:00 and 16:00 Central European Time, *two seminars will take place on line via the free webinar tool Zoom. Follow the information and link on the webpage and just tune in. No need to register, no need to announce your presence, we have capacity for an audience of up to 500 viewers. The short-term goal is to provide access to a seminar for as many researchers as possible, bringing a sense of normality and academic closeness. *For the indefinite future, the seminar is intended to foster ideas among our truly global research community and to help reduce our impact on climate change.* As a grass roots project, the seminar will evolve with time - in particular please keep a close eye on the webpage which will provide updated information of speakers. We have speakers lined up for the next month or so, and we hope you will all feel enthused to participate in the long term. * Please circulate this email as widely as you can.* Andreas Kyprianou and Leif Doering. -- Professor Andreas Kyprianou Co-director of EPSRC CDT SAMBa Department of Mathematical Sciences University of Bath BA2 7AY -- ************************************************* 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: Fw: One World Probability Seminar: This Thursday opening seminar
by Enrico Scalas 23 Mar '20

23 Mar '20

Car* collegh*, Spero stiate bene. Vi segnalo l'iniziativa qua sotto (e scusate se vi e' gia' arrivata la notizia). Cordiali saluti, Enrico Scalas ------------------------------ *From:* Andreas Kyprianou <ak257(a)bath.ac.uk> *Sent:* Monday, March 23, 2020 4:42 PM *To:* Leif Doering <doering(a)uni-mannheim.de> *Subject:* One World Probability Seminar: This Thursday opening seminar Dear all, Firstly, we hope this email finds you safe and well. As we look forward to the next few weeks and months being under lockdown, we are all confronted with the reality of building up new communication channels. This presents us with an unprecedented opportunity that has arguably been long overdue. We would like to invite you to participate in a new grass roots project: the *One World Probability Seminar.* https://www.wim.uni-mannheim.de/doering/one-world/ *Every Thursday at 15:00 and 16:00 Central European Time, *two seminars will take place on line via the free webinar tool Zoom. Follow the information and link on the webpage and just tune in. No need to register, no need to announce your presence, we have capacity for an audience of up to 500 viewers. The short-term goal is to provide access to a seminar for as many researchers as possible, bringing a sense of normality and academic closeness. *For the indefinite future, the seminar is intended to foster ideas among our truly global research community and to help reduce our impact on climate change.* As a grass roots project, the seminar will evolve with time - in particular please keep a close eye on the webpage which will provide updated information of speakers. We have speakers lined up for the next month or so, and we hope you will all feel enthused to participate in the long term. Please circulate this email as widely as you can. Andreas Kyprianou and Leif Doering. -- Professor Andreas Kyprianou Co-director of EPSRC CDT SAMBa Department of Mathematical Sciences University of Bath BA2 7AY -- Professor Andreas Kyprianou Co-director of EPSRC CDT SAMBa Department of Mathematical Sciences University of Bath BA2 7AY

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PhD position in Prague: Duality Techniques in Interacting Particle Systems
by Marco Formentin 23 Mar '20

23 Mar '20

PhD position in Prague: Duality Techniques in Interacting Particle Systems The Institute of Information Theory and Automation of the Czech Academy of Sciences, in cooperation with Charles University (Prague) offers a: PhD position Duality Techniques in Interacting Particle Systems For a period of 4 years. Preferred starting date September 1, 2020 or according to agreement. The successful candidate will work under the supervision of Jan Swart on topics chosen from a list of concrete problems. For more information: http://staff.utia.cas.cz/swart/advertentie.html Applicants are encouraged to send their applications as early as possible; the position will be filled as soon as a suitable candidate is found.

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Special Issue on Algorithms for complex network and its applications
by Yilun Shang 22 Mar '20

22 Mar '20

CALL FOR PAPERS Algorithms https://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/special_issues/complex_network Submission Deadline: 15 September 2020 ********* Manuscripts can be submitted continuously until the deadline. Once a paper is submitted, the review process will start immediately. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal. All accepted papers will be listed together in an online special issue published in the journal website. ********* Network science has become an important and growing field in today’s society as many sectors using information technology, wireless communications, big data, and the Internet of Things are formed by a large number of interacting components and underpinned with self-organizing principles. The need to understand algorithms underlying complex networks, large-scale structures, and the dynamics governing them is imperative. In this Special Issue we invite authors to submit high-quality papers from both theoretical/mathematical and practical points of view addressing algorithm-related problems arising from complex networks. Some of the topics of interest include (but are not limited to): Algorithms for random structure Combinatorial algorithms Complex network analysis Network visualization Community detection algorithms Web analytics Artificial intelligence Sensor networks Social network analysis Biological network analysis Algorithms for wireless networks Simulation for complex networks Network synchronization algorithms Distributed algorithms Optimization algorithms Guest Editors Joanna Józefowska, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland Yilun Shang, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK *** Instructions for submission *** Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website. Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Algorithms is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI. Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1000 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions. For further information, please contact the guest editors at Joanna.Jozefowska(a)cs.put.poznan.pl yilun.shang(a)northumbria.ac.uk

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Statistical Mechanics Methods for Networks - satellite during NetSci2020
by Mateusz Wilinski 22 Mar '20

22 Mar '20

*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 was postponed to September. The situation is dynamic and it is still unclear what will be the final outcome. Nevertheless, we would like to draw your attention to a satellite session, which will surely follow the main conference. 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 by email to *mateusz.wilinski(a)sns.it <mateusz.wilinski(a)sns.it>* *Important dates**:* * Abstract/Paper submission deadline: 20.04.2020 * Notification of acceptance: 27.04.2020 *- **subject to change, depending on the final NetSci 2020 timeline* *Where and When:* TBA *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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OSD2020-postponed
by malongob＠unina.it 21 Mar '20

21 Mar '20

Dear all, we strongly hoped that the spread of Covid-19 would quickly attenuate, but it is now clear that, even if the situation were to become stable in Italy, there would be difficulties in reaching the conference venue for participants from abroad. For this reason, we regret to announce that the 14th International Conference on Ordered Statistical Data (OSD2020) has been postponed by one year, i.e., to May 2021 (same location - Vietri sul Mare, Italy). New announcements with the new dates of the conference will be send to all of you in October. We hope that the coronavirus outbreak will end soon, and we expect to see you next year. The OSD2020 Chief Organizers Maria Longobardi, Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics Associate Professor of Probability and Mathematical Statistics E-mail: maria.longobardi(a)unina.it Dipartimento di Biologia Università degli Studi di Napoli FEDERICO II Via Cintia - 80126 Napoli - Italy Studio 114 - V livello del Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni Tel. +39 081 675620

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ECSO - CMS 2020 suspended
by Martina Nardon 20 Mar '20

20 Mar '20

_Important Announcement_ Joint EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION and COMPUTATIONAL MANAGEMENT SCIENCE Conference Venice 1-3 July 2020 *Due to the uncertainty caused by the Coronavirus outbreak, the chairs of the Scientific and Organizing Committees of Ecso-Cms2020 have decided to suspend the conference and postpone it, in order to guarantee a safe and successful participation. The conference will be rescheduled in 2021. * *Further information will be announced through the conference website soon *www.unive.it/ecsocms2020 *Submissions that have already been made are still valid and can be later updated or withdrawn. Registration is suspended.* 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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BaYSM 2020 -- Postponed
by Federico Camerlenghi 17 Mar '20

17 Mar '20

Dear all, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Bayesian Young Statistician Meeting (BaYSM 2020) will be postponed by one year, i.e. to the two days 25-26 June 2021. BaYSM 2021 will be held at the same location (Kunming, China) and right before the postponed ISBA 2020 world meeting. We will invite you to visit the webpage of the event-- https://baysm2020.uconn.edu/-- that will be updated with the new dates and deadlines. We will send a new call for abstract after the summer. Note that we will consider only abstracts that will be sent in the new submission window. We hope that the coronavirus pandemic will end soon, and to see you all at the BaYSM meeting next year. On behalf of the BAYSM2021 organizing committee, best regards, Federico Camerlenghi -- Federico Camerlenghi Department of Economics, Management and Statistics University of Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy. web-page: https://www.unimib.it/federico-camerlenghi

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