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mini-corso di Functional Statistics - Prof. Aldo Goia
by Emanuela Rosazza 03 Jul '18

03 Jul '18

Nell’ambito del Dottorato in Statistica e Finanza Matematica, il Prof. Aldo Goia (Università del Piemonte Orientale) terrà un mini-corso di dottorato su Functional Statistics Il calendario delle lezioni è il seguente: Martedì 10 luglio – ore 14-17 Giovedì 12 luglio – ore 14-17 Location: Aula Seminari 2062 del DISMEQ – Università di Milano-Bicocca – U7 – secondo piano La partecipazione è libera ma per motivi logistici è consigliata la registrazione inviando una mail a nicoletta.alghisi(a)unimib.it. Cordiali saluti, Emanuela ******************************************************************************************* Emanuela Rosazza Gianin Dipartimento di Statistica e Metodi Quantitativi Università di Milano-Bicocca Edificio U7 – 4° Piano Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi, 8 20126 Milano Tel. 02 64483208 Fax. 02 64483105 e-mail: emanuela.rosazza1(a)unimib.it *******************************************************************************************

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Call for Assistant Professor in Florence, deadline 5 of July
by Cecilia Mancini 03 Jul '18

03 Jul '18

Dear all, I ask you to forward this news to potentially interested candidates, thank you, best regards, Cecilia My Department in Florence, the Department of Management and Economics, is issuing a contract for Assistant Professor named RTD-B RTD-B is a Senior (Tenure-Track) Assistant Professor for three years. Subject to evaluation, the position will be converted in a tenured Associate Professorship. Applicants for this position must have at least three years of experience after PhD completion, and an already established research record. The initial gross salary is around 38k Euros per year Deadline: 5/7/2018 at 1 pm, the application has to be submitted on line The call is at https://www.unifi.it/p11366.html Unfortunately my university at moment only issues calls in Italian. If somene interested has problems to understand the call can write me I apologize for possible multiple postings

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Workshop su "Advances in Bayesian modelling", Venezia 5/7/2018
by Stefano Tonellato 27 Jun '18

27 Jun '18

Cari Colleghi, abbiamo il piacere di informarvi che giovedì 5 luglio, presso il DIpartimento di Economia dell'Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Campus economico di S. Giobbe, aula 6A, si terrà un workshop sul tema *“Advances in Bayesian modelling”*. La partecipazione è gratuita. Il programma della giornata è riportato in calce a questo messaggio. Cordiali saluti, Dear Colleagues, we are pleased to announce the mini-workshop "Advances in Bayesian modelling" organised by the Department of Economics, University Ca' Foscari of Venice, that will be held on Thursday, July 5, 2018, in S. Giobbe Economic Campus, room 6A. Participation is free. The program is reported below. Best regards, Matteo Iacopini Roberto Casarin Stefano Tonellato h. 09:30-09:45 *Welcome* *Monica Billio*, Head of the Department of Economics h. 09:45-10:30 *Spatio-temporal modelling using integro-difference equations* *Bruno Sansò*, University of California Santa Cruz h. 10:45-12:15 *Essays on the econometric modelling of temporal networks* PhD Candidate: *Matteo Iacopini*, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Université Paris I PhD Committee: *Federico Bassetti*, Polytechnic University of Milan *Monica Billio*, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice *Dominique Guégan*, Université Paris I *Christian Robert*, Université Paris-Dauphine and University of Warwick h. 14:00-14:45 *Bayesian models for complex-valued fMRI* *Raquel Prado*, University of California Santa Cruz h. 15:00-15:45 *On the computation of Kantorovich-Wasserstein distances between 2D-histograms* *Federico Bassetti*, Polytechnic University of Milan h. 15:45-16:15 *Coffee break* h. 16:15-17:00 *A Bayesian time-varying approach to risk neutral density estimation* *Enrique Ter Horst*, Universidad de Los Andes de Bogotà h. 17:15-18:00 *The conquest of inflation credibility in the U.S.: a Bayesian approach for inference on probabilistic surveys* *Marco Del Negro*, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Stefano Tonellato Associate professor of Statistics Department of Economics Università Ca' Foscari Venezia Phone: +39 041 234 7422 -- Nota automatica aggiunta dal sistema di posta.

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Workshop "Large Scale Random Structures" a Padova, 3-4 Luglio 2018
by Paolo Dai Pra 27 Jun '18

27 Jun '18

*********** Workshop announcement ************* Two days workshop on "Large scale random structures" 3-4 July 2018 Aula 2AB40, Torre Archimede Dipartimento di Matematica “Tullio Levi Civita” Via Trieste 63, 35121 Padova Workshop sponsored by PRIN 2015 "Large Scale Random Structures" (P.I. Fabio Martinelli) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ PROGRAM July 3rd 14:30 - 15:10 Francesco Caravenna: “Moment asymptotics for 2d directed polymer and stochastic heat equation in the critical window” 15:10 - 15:35 Matteo Quattropani: “Cover time of random walks on sparse random digraphs” 15:35 - 16:15 Elisabetta Scoppola: “Shaken dynamics for the 2d Ising model” 16:15 - 16:45 Coffee Break 16:45 - 17:25 Massimo Campanino: “Estimates for the entanglement of the Ising model with transverse magnetic field in one dimension“ 17:25 - 17:50 Alfie Hlafo Mimun: “Sharp phase transition for clusters with high conductivity in the Miller-Abrahams random resistor network” 17:50 - 18:30 Marco Formentin: “ Collective periodic behavior in the Ising model with dissipation” July 4th 9:00 - 9:40 Alessandra Faggionato: “Large deviations and uncertainty relations in periodically driven Markov chains with applications to stochastic thermodynamics” 9:40 - 10:05 Guglielmo Pelino: “Convergence, fluctuations and large deviations for finite state mean field games via the master equation” 10:05 - 10:30 Alekos Cecchin: “ On the convergence problem in mean field games: a two state model without uniqueness” 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break 11:00 - 11:40 Carlo Orrieri: “Optimal control and large deviations for interacting particle systems” 11:40 - 12:20 Alberto Gandolfi: “Brownian Loop Soup controlled Layering Complex Poisson Multiplicative Chaos” For more informations please visit the website: http://ricerca.matfis.uniroma3.it/LSRS/ <http://ricerca.matfis.uniroma3.it/LSRS/> Best wishes, Paolo Dai Pra Paolo Dai Pra Dipartimento di Matematica Via Trieste, 63 35121 Padova Tel. +39 0498271361 Fax +39 0498271428 daipra(a)math.unipd.it

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seminario Woess 3-7 in Bicocca
by daniela bertacchi 26 Jun '18

26 Jun '18

AVVISO DI SEMINARIO Il giorno 3-7-2018 alle ore 14:30 in aula 3014, presso il Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni dell'Università di Milano-Bicocca, il prof.Wolfgang Woess della Technische Universitaet di Graz, terrà un seminario dal titolo "Heat kernel oscillations for isotropic random processes on ultrametric spaces" Abstract: The family of hierarchical Laplacians on an ultrametric space is introduced and the associated isotropic semigroups of Markov transition operators are displayed. Focussing on the space-homogeneous situation, typical classes of such processes and operators are studied in more detail, where the return probabilities exhibit periodic oscillations. This comprises the operator fractional derivative (Taibleson Laplacian) on the p-adic numbers and random walks on locally finite groups such as the infinite sum of copies of a finite group and the infinite symmetric group. This is joint work with Alexander Bendikov (Wroclaw) and Wojciech Cygan (Wroclaw and Graz), based on previous joint work with Bendikov and Alexander Grigor'yan (Bielefeld). Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare.

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Corso :: Statistica Multivariata con R
by Pierpaolo Brutti 26 Jun '18

26 Jun '18

A tutti gli interessati. Nell'ambito della programmazione di corsi di formazione sul software statistico Open Source R <https://www.r-project.org/> il Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche <http://www.dss.uniroma1.it/it> di Sapienza Università di Roma ha attivato anche quest'anno il corso - *Statistica Multivariata con R <http://www.dss.uniroma1.it/it/node/6618>* XI edizione - Modulo Iscrizione <http://www.dss.uniroma1.it/it/node/6619> Il corso si terrà a Roma nei giorni *3, 4 e 5 Luglio 2018*. Sono rimasti alcuni posti disponibili Gli interessati sono pregati di visitare il sito: - Corsi-R@DSS <http://www.dss.uniroma1.it/it/node/6616> dove è possibile trovare ulteriori informazioni dettagliate sul programma e le modalità di iscrizione on-line. L'iniziativa si inserisce nell'ambito della promozione del software Open Source negli atenei, negli enti di ricerca e nella Pubblica Amministrazione. Grazie per l'attenzione. =========================================================== Pierpaolo Brutti Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche Sapienza Università di Roma Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 (00185) Roma <https://maps.google.com/?q=Piazzale+Aldo+Moro,+5+(00185)+Roma&entry=gmail&s…> =========================================================== -- ___________________________________________ *Il tuo 5 diventa 1000* Fai crescere la tua università Dona il 5 per mille alla Sapienza Codice fiscale: *80209930587* https://www.uniroma1.it/it/pagina/fai-crescere-la-tua-universita-con-il-cin… <https://www.uniroma1.it/it/pagina/fai-crescere-la-tua-universita-con-il-cin…>

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FYI: workshop Zeros of random polynomials - San Jose (California), Aug 2019
by Rossi Maurizia 25 Jun '18

25 Jun '18

Dear all, please find below the announcement. Best wishes! Maurizia Rossi --------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop Announcement: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Zeros of random polynomials ---------------------------------------------------------------- August 12 to August 16, 2019 American Institute of Mathematics Research Conference Center San Jose, California http://aimath.org/workshops/upcoming/randpolyzero ------------ Description: ------------ This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will be devoted to the zero distribution of random polynomials spanned by various deterministic bases. The workshop is organized by Norman Levenberg, Doron Lubinsky, Igor Pritsker, and Maxim Yattselev. For more details please see the workshop announcement page: http://aimath.org/workshops/upcoming/randpolyzero Space and funding is available for a few more participants. If you would like to participate, please apply by filling out the on-line form (available at the link above) no later than February 12, 2019. Applications are open to all, and we especially encourage women, underrepresented minorities, junior mathematicians, and researchers from primarily undergraduate institutions to apply. -------------------------------- AIM Research Conference Center: -------------------------------- The American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) hosts focused workshops in all areas of the mathematical sciences. AIM focused workshops are distinguished by their emphasis on a specific mathematical goal, such as making progress on a significant unsolved problem, understanding the proof of an important new result, or investigating the convergence between two distinct areas of mathematics. For more information, please visit http://www.aimath.org/workshops/upcoming/ --- Maurizia Rossi FSMP Postdoctoral Fellow MAP5, Université Paris Descartes 45, Rue des Saints Pères 75006 Paris (France)

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bando assegno ricerca area Scienze Sociali presso UNIFI
by Cecilia Mancini 25 Jun '18

25 Jun '18

Bandi per assegni di ricerca Bando per l'attivazione di 1 assegno di ricerca in area Scienze Sociali, di durata annuale, per candidati EU o Extra-Eu che abbiano conseguito all'estero il titolo di PhD e studiosi non italiani che abbiano conseguito il Dottorato di ricerca in Italia. Scadenza 3 luglio 2018. https://www.unifi.it/upload/sub/assegni/2018/dr_637_080618.pdf

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Short Course on Density-Based Minimum Distance Methods
by Claudio Agostinelli 25 Jun '18

25 Jun '18

Short Course on Density-Based Minimum Distance Methods 11 July 2018 Department of Mathematics, University of Trento The course is open, no fees are required. For organization reasons please send an email to claudio.agostinelli(a)unitn.it to confirm your presence. Full information at http://datascience.maths.unitn.it/events/dbmdm2018/index.html For further information please contact claudio.agostinelli(a)unitn.it ------------------------------------------------------------ Claudio Agostinelli Dipartimento di Matematica Universita' di Trento email: claudio.agostinelli(a)unitn.it ------------------------------------------------------------ Per favore non mandatemi documenti in Microsoft Office/Apple iWork. Spediscimi invece OpenDocument! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/ Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork documents. Send OpenDocument instead! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/ ------------------------------------------------------------

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Tenure-track position (RTDB) in probability - Pisa - correction
by Marco Romito 25 Jun '18

25 Jun '18

La scadenza del bando è il 18 luglio alle 13:00. Scusate l'errore. Please note that the deadline for the call is July 18, 1:00pm I apologise for the error. m. >> Scrivo per annunciare il bando per una posizione RTD-B nel settore >> MAT/06 presso il Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università di Pisa, con >> scadenza il19 luglio. Il bando è disponibile alla pagina >> >> https://alboufficiale.unipi.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/bando-b10_albo.pdf >> >> ------------------- >> >> dear all >> >> I would like to announce a tenure track researcher position (RTD-B) in >> Probability at University of Pisa. The official call (in italian) can be >> found at >> >> https://alboufficiale.unipi.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/bando-b10_albo.pdf >> >> The deadline isJuly 19, 2018. >>

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Assegno di Ricerca Epidemiologia ambientale - Università di Verona
by Alessandro Marcon 25 Jun '18

25 Jun '18

Presso il Dipartimento di Diagnostica e Sanità Pubblica dell'Università di Verona è indetta la selezione per un assegno di ricerca dal titolo: *Inquinamento industriale e salute in età pediatrica: lo studio prospettico “Viadana III” *aperto a laureati in Scienze Statistiche e altre discipline. Scadenza presentazione domanda: 2-lug-2018 Data della prova di ammissione: 10-lug-2018 Durata dell'assegno: 12 mesi (rinnovabile) Responsabile della ricerca: Dott. Alessandro Marcon ( alessandro.marcon(a)univr.it) Riferimenti: https://t.co/3nUuKf3rXn -- Alessandro Marcon, PhD Unit of Epidemiology & Medical Statistics Department of Diagnostics and Public Health University of Verona Strada Le Grazie 8, 37134 Verona, Italy tel. +39 045 8027668

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seminari martedì 26 a Pisa
by Franco Flandoli 23 Jun '18

23 Jun '18

Martedì 26 giugno, in aula Mancini (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa), si terranno i seguenti seminari: 9:30-10:25 Darryl Holm, Stochastic Advection by Lie Transport (SALT) for sub grid-scale models of fluid dynamics 10:30-11:25 Dan Crisan, Well-posedness properties of stochastic PDEs with transport noise 11:30-11:55 Wei Pan, Numerically modelling SALT SPDE and data assimilation 12:00-12:25 Marta Leocata, The Vlasov-Navier-Stokes equation as a mean field limit. Molti saluti, Franco Flandoli

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Tenure-track position (RTDB) in probability - Pisa
by Marco Romito 22 Jun '18

22 Jun '18

Scrivo per annunciare il bando per una posizione RTD-B nel settore MAT/06 presso il Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università di Pisa, con scadenza il 19 luglio. Il bando è disponibile alla pagina https://alboufficiale.unipi.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/bando-b10_albo.pdf ------------------- dear all I would like to announce a tenure track researcher position (RTD-B) in Probability at University of Pisa. The official call (in italian) can be found at https://alboufficiale.unipi.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/bando-b10_albo.pdf The deadline is July 19, 2018. m.

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annuncio minicorso Irene Gijbels
by Daniela De Canditiis 21 Jun '18

21 Jun '18

Nell'ambito della formazione CNR 2018 la prof.ssa Irene Gijbels (Department of Mathematics, Section of Statistics at the University of Leuven) terrà il seguente minicorso *title:* Regularization, penalization techniques and local modelling *location:* aula seminari dell'Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo sede di Roma via dei Taurini 19 (primo piano) *schedule*: -Lunedi 2/07/2018 ore 10:00 - 13:00 -Martedi 3/07/2018 ore 9:00 - 12:00 -Mercoledì 4/07/2018 ore ore 9:00 - 11:00 -Giovedì 5/07/2018 ore 9:00 - 11:00 in allegato un lista degli argomenti che verranno trattati, tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare -- Daniela De Canditiis, PhD Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo "M.Picone" (CNR) via dei Taurini, 19 -- 00185 Roma, Italy tel: +39 06 49937342 fax: +39 06 4404306 http://www.iac.rm.cnr.it/~danielad/

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Fwd: avviso seminario di matematica prof. Enrico Priola (22.06.2018)
by Franco Flandoli 20 Jun '18

20 Jun '18

SEMINARIO DI MATEMATICA Venerdì 22 giugno 2018 ore 11:00 *Scuola Normale Superiore* Pisa Aula Mancini *Enrico Priola* *(Università di Torino)* terrà un seminario dal titolo: *“**Poisson stochastic process and basic parabolic estimates**”* *Abstract:* We show how knowing Schauder or Sobolev-space estimates for the one-dimensional heat equation allows one to derive their multidimensional analogs for equations with coefficients depending only on time variable with the same constants as in the case of the one-dimensional heat equation. The method is quite general and is based on using the Poisson stochastic process. It also applies to other types of estimates and to equations involving non-local operators. It looks like no other methods are available at this time and it is a challenging problem to find an analytic approach to prove such results. In the talk I will concentrate on basic Sobolev estimates for the heat equation trying to explain the method. This is a joint work with N. V. Krylov. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Classe di Scienze Valeria Giuliani Scuola Normale Superiore Servizio alla Didattica e Allievi tel. 050 509260 Piazza dei Cavalieri, 7 56126 Pisa E-mail: valeria.giuliani(a)sns.it E-mail: classi(a)sns.it

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Fwd: 20thParisianModelValidationSeminar
by Maria Elvira Mancino 19 Jun '18

19 Jun '18

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Energy Economics Workshop 5-6 July Bolzano-Bozen
by Luca Rossini 19 Jun '18

19 Jun '18

Dear all, We would like to invite you to the*Workshop on Energy Economics* that the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano organizes at Bolzano, at NOI, on *July 5 and 6*: https://energyeconomics2018.events.unibz.it/ The event is part of a research activity at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano on the topic of energy economics with Alperia and Europe Energy as sponsor partners, see program <https://energyeconomics2018.events.unibz.it/program/>. The event consists of a mini course for PhD course on electricity markets given by Dr. Angelica Gianfreda; and presentations from international speakers, e.g. Hilde Bjornland, Yoosoon Chang, Warwick McKibbin and Rafal Weron. It also includes a talk on Energy & Blockchain, an argument that is recently receiving large interest; and a final panel with market experts. All the informations regarding the registration and the location of the events can be found at the link. We look forward to seeing you in Bolzano. Best, -- Luca Rossini, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher at Free University of Bozen (Italy) E-mail:luca.rossini@unibz.it;luca.rossini@unive.it;luca.rossini87@gmail.com Skype: luca.rossini14 Website:https://lucarossini.wixsite.com/luca-rossini

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DEADLINE APPROACHING: Workshop on BSDEs, Information and McKean-Vlasov equations
by Elena Issoglio 18 Jun '18

18 Jun '18

DEADLINE APPROACHING - 25 June 2018 Dear colleagues, This is a reminder for the Workshop on “BSDEs, Information and McKean-Vlasov equations”, 10-12 Sept, Leeds, UK. Note that submission of contributed talks and posters is closing soon. DEADLINEs * submission of talk or poster: June 25 * registration: July 16 To apply for a talk or poster, send your contribution (title and abstract) to Katia (k.colaneri(a)leeds.ac.uk<mailto:k.colaneri@leeds.ac.uk>) or Elena (e.issoglio(a)leeds.ac.uk<mailto:e.issoglio@leeds.ac.uk>) via email no later than June 25. PhD students from the UK are eligible to apply for partial reimbursement of expenses. All information, including invited speakers, can be found here https://conferences.leeds.ac.uk/bsdes2018 Please circulate to all potentially interested people. Best wishes, Elena Dr Elena Issoglio Lecturer in Financial Mathematics Office 11.02, School of Mathematics School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT E: e.issoglio(a)leeds.ac.uk<mailto:e.issoglio@leeds.ac.uk> T: 0113 34 3 4660

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Call postdoc SNS
by Daniele Tantari 17 Jun '18

17 Jun '18

A call for a one-year postdoc is open at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (Italy). The topic of the research is "Systemic risk in financial markets across time scales” and it is funded by the Scuola Normale. The details of the call are at IT: https://www.sns.it/scuola/opportunit%C3%A0-offerte-dalla -normale/bandi-di-concorso/assegni-di-ricerca ENG: https://en.sns.it/bando/research-contract-named-%E2% 80%9Csystemic-risk-financial-markets-across-time-scales%E2%80%9D The deadline is July 5. I would be grateful if you could forward this message to any potentially interested candidate. Thanks and all the best, Daniele Tantari

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mini corso Prof.ssa Di Nunno - cambio aula
by Emanuela Rosazza 15 Jun '18

15 Jun '18

Nell’ambito del Dottorato in Statistica e Finanza Matematica, la Prof.ssa Giulia Di Nunno (University of Oslo) terrà un mini-corso di dottorato su Malliavin Calculus and Applications to Finance Il calendario delle lezioni è il seguente: Mercoledì 13 giugno – ore 10-13 Giovedì 14 giugno – ore 10-13 Venerdì 15 giugno – ore 10-12 Location: Aula Seminari 4026 del DISMEQ – Università di Milano-Bicocca – U7 – quarto piano La partecipazione è libera ma per motivi logistici è consigliata la registrazione inviando una mail a nicoletta.alghisi(a)unimib.it. Cordiali saluti, Emanuela ******************************************************************************************* Emanuela Rosazza Gianin Dipartimento di Statistica e Metodi Quantitativi Università di Milano-Bicocca Edificio U7 – 4° Piano Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi, 8 20126 Milano Tel. 02 64483208 Fax. 02 64483105 e-mail: emanuela.rosazza1(a)unimib.it *******************************************************************************************

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PhD in Mathematics at Roma Tre University
by Pietro Caputo 15 Jun '18

15 Jun '18

PhD in Mathematics at Roma Tre University. The admission for 2018/19 is now open: http://www.matfis.uniroma3.it/dottorato/application.php?dott orato=matematica&tipo=Call+for+Application the deadline is June 26. The Department of Mathematics and Physics of the Roma Tre University has been recently awarded a large research grant, based on a research evaluation that placed it among the top departments in Mathematics and Computer Science in Italy http://www.anvur.it/attachments/article/1205/All6DElenco180Ammessi.pdf This grant will be used to support and expand in several ways the research activities of the Department, among which the Ph.D. program will play a very important role. We will finance more introductory and advanced courses taught by top level visiting scientists, we will organize thematic semesters on highly relevant research topics and we will fund participation of graduate students to international schools and conferences. The Ph.D. program covers many areas of research in Pure and Applied Mathematics, including Algebraic and Differential Geometry, Commutative Algebra, Logic, Nonlinear analisys and dynamical systems, Number Theory, Numerical Analysis, Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Theoretical Computer Science and applications. A presentation of the Ph.D. program, including the full list of members of the Ph.D. Board, can be found on the Ph.D. web page http://www.matfis.uniroma3.it/dottorato/dottorato.php?dottorato=matematica Ph.D. students at Roma Tre University are also allowed and encouraged to attend courses, seminars and research activities in the other universities of Rome.

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Short Summer School on Bayesian Statistics and its applications in Epidemiology and Neural Activity
by Claudio Agostinelli 14 Jun '18

14 Jun '18

Short Summer School on Bayesian Statistics and its applications in Epidemiology and Neural Activity 27-29 June 2018 Department of Mathematics, University of Trento The school is open to 30 participants, no fees are required, but registration is mandatory. Lectures will be delivered in English. Full information and registration form at http://datascience.maths.unitn.it/events/pds2018/index.html For further information please contact claudio.agostinelli(a)unitn.it ------------------------------------------------------------ Claudio Agostinelli Dipartimento di Matematica Universita' di Trento email: claudio.agostinelli(a)unitn.it ------------------------------------------------------------ Per favore non mandatemi documenti in Microsoft Office/Apple iWork. Spediscimi invece OpenDocument! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/ Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork documents. Send OpenDocument instead! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/ ------------------------------------------------------------

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Short Summer School on Bayesian Statistics and its applications in Epidemiology and Neural Activity
by Claudio Agostinelli 14 Jun '18

14 Jun '18

Short Summer School on Bayesian Statistics and its applications in Epidemiology and Neural Activity 27-29 June 2018 Department of Mathematics, University of Trento The school is open to 30 participants, no fees are required, but registration is mandatory. Lectures will be delivered in English. Full information and registration form at http://datascience.maths.unitn.it/events/pds2018/index.html For further information please contact claudio.agostinelli(a)unitn.it ------------------------------------------------------------ Claudio Agostinelli Dipartimento di Matematica Universita' di Trento email: claudio.agostinelli(a)unitn.it ------------------------------------------------------------ Per favore non mandatemi documenti in Microsoft Office/Apple iWork. Spediscimi invece OpenDocument! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/ Please do not send me Microsoft Office/Apple iWork documents. Send OpenDocument instead! http://fsf.org/campaigns/opendocument/ ------------------------------------------------------------

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PhD Positions @Unisalento
by Fabrizio Durante 13 Jun '18

13 Jun '18

Con preghiera di diffusione *************************** Siinforma che è stato pubblicato il bando per n. 4 borse per l'ammissione al XXXIV Ciclo del Corso di dottorato in "*Economia, Management e Metodi Quantitativi*" presso l'Università del Salento <www.unisalento.it>, Lecce. La scadenza per la presentazione delle domande è il *10 Luglio 2018 alle ore 13*. Tutte le informazioni per la presentazione delle domande sono disponibili al seguente link: https://www.unisalento.it/bandi-concorsi/-/bandi/view/64271578 Gli studenti e/o i laureati interessati a svolgere ricerca su temi di economia, management e/o metodi quantitativi sono invitati a partecipare. A titolo esemplificativo, elenco alcune tematiche di ricerca di interesse per il Dottorato: Matematica per l'Economia, la Finanza e l'Impresa. Modelli matematici per le decisioni. Metodi quantitativi e Big Data. Statistica Multivariata. Statistica Inferenziale. Statistica Spaziale. Analisi delle serie storiche Grazie in anticipo. Cordiali Saluti Fabrizio Durante PhD Program Coordinator ----- Fabrizio Durante https://sites.google.com/site/fbdurante/

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Avviso di seminario
by Domenico Marinucci 12 Jun '18

12 Jun '18

AVVISO DI SEMINARIO Dipartimento di Matematica Università di Roma Tor Vergata Giovedì 14 Giugno Ore 12 Aula Dal Passo Speaker: Victor Panaretos (EPFL) DOUBLY SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF FUNCTIONAL TIME SERIES AND DNA MOLECULAR DYNAMICS The Karhunen-Loève (KL) expansion has evolved into the workhorse of functional data analysis: the Fourier representation it affords on the one hand serves as a basis for motivating methodology by analogy to multivariate statistics; and, on the other hand, appears as the natural means of regularization in problems such as regression, testing and prediction, which are ill-posed in the functional case. With the aim of obtaining a similarly canonical representation of dependent functional data, we develop a doubly spectral analysis of a stationary functional stochastic process, decomposing it into an integral of uncorrelated functional frequency components (Cramér representation), each of which is in turn expanded into a KL series. This Cramér-Karhunen-Loève representation separates temporal from intrinsic curve variation, and it is seen to yield a harmonic principal component analysis when truncated: a finite dimensional proxy of the time series that optimally captures both within and between curve variation. Empirical versions are introduced, and a rigorous analysis of their large-sample behaviour is provided under Brillinger mixing conditions. Our work is motivated by and applied to the study of the molecular dynamics of short strands of DNA; specifically, we consider the problem of determining whether the dynamics of such strands in solution are significantly affected by small perturbations of their base-pair composition, based on molecular dynamics simulations. (Based on joint work with Shahin Tavakoli, now at Warwick).

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Call for applications - PhD program in Methods and Models for Economic Decisions - Insubria
by elisa mastrogiacomo 11 Jun '18

11 Jun '18

*Dear colleagues,* *The official call for applications (for the academic year 2018/2019) to the PhD program in Methods and Models for Economic Decisions is online.* *For full details and the link where you can apply click here. <https://www.uninsubria.it/postlauream/metodi-e-modelli-le-decisioni-economi…>* *Students interested in the program should contact Prof. Matteo Rocca, at matteo.rocca(a)uninsubria.it <matteo.rocca(a)uninsubria.it>.* *As it is stated in the call, applicants have to submit 3 Recommendation Letters (Max. 3) by University staff and/or employers. The letters will be placed directly by the evaluators in the on-line procedure. Applicants will have to enter in the online registration form the name and e-mail address of the referent identified .* *The deadline to apply is July 31st 2018, 12pm (CET)* *We would be grateful if you could bring this information to the attention of possible applicants.* *Best regards,* *EM*

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6th FCPNLO, BCAM, Bilbao, 26-28 September 2018
by Gianni Pagnini 11 Jun '18

11 Jun '18

Dear Colleagues, I would like to promote the sixth edition of the workshop Fractional Calculus, Probability and Non-Local Operators that we be held at BCAM, Bilbao, Basque Country - Spain, in the days 26-28 September 2018. The workshop is an occasion to discuss in an informal environment recent developments and open problems related to Fractional Calculus, it is organised as a solutions-for-problems as well as a problems-for-solutions meeting by gathering specialists from different fields with complementary expertise and views. The program of the workshop includes invited speakers but it is also open to free submissions for talks and special financial support can be asked for young researchers. Invited Speakers: Larbi Alili (University of Warwick) Mirko D’Ovidio (La Sapienza University, Rome) Carlo Manzo (University of Vic) Lukasz Plociniczak (Wroclaw University of Science and Technology) Luz Roncal (BCAM, Bilbao) Laura Sacerdote (University of Torino) Trifce Sandev (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopie) Alessandro Taloni (Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, Roma) Enrico Valdinoci (University of Milan) Zoran Vondracek (University of Zagreb) For more information, please visit the webpage https://wp.bcamath.org/fcpnlo2018/ <https://wp.bcamath.org/fcpnlo2018/> or write me an email at gpagnini(a)bcamath.org <mailto:gpagnini@bcamath.org>. Looking forward to meeting you in Bilbao, Regards, Gianni Pagnini — 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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Fwd: Call of interest - Mathematics - Rome Tor Vergata
by Domenico Marinucci 09 Jun '18

09 Jun '18

***************** 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 any area of Pure and Applied Mathematics. Who we are: Our Department has been consistently ranked in top positions within Italy and Europe in Research Assessment Exercises held over the last decade; it is the only Italian institution ranking in the top 100 worldwide for Mathematics according to the ARWU ranking of 2017. Moreover, the Department has been recently ranked first in Italy and hence financed by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) under the program "Departments of Excellence" for the 2018-2022 period. More information about the Department and this program can be found at https://www.mat.uniroma2.it/ see also http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/Progetto/ What we offer: - Associate Professor is a tenured position. Applicants should have an established track-record of publications in top international journals and evidence of leadership and recognition in the international academic community, including grant applications and project management. Standards of excellence in teaching are also expected. The initial gross salary of an Associate Professor is around 50k Euros per year. The net amount after taxes depends on the total personal income, the composition of the family and other parameters. To apply for an associate professorship in Italy, the candidates must hold the "Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale" (Italian National Habilitation) as Associate Professor, or must have been declared eligible by the Italian Ministery of University and Research (MIUR), or must be currently employed in an equivalent position in Italy or in a foreign Department. - Senior (Tenure-Track) Assistant Professor (RTD-B) is for three years. Subject to evaluation, the position will be converted in a tenured Associate Professorship. Applicants for this position must have at least three years of experience after PhD completion, and an already established research record. The initial gross salary is around 38k Euros per year A four-year tax exemption on 90% of the salary is available according to the Italian tax law for those candidates who have been residing outside Italy for 2 years or more. All positions will start not earlier than 2019. Moreover, the MIUR Excellence Grant will provide special funds to attract PhD students and PostDocs to join the Department and host large scientific events as well as other activities such as PhD courses, seminars and workshops. Procedure: Applicants should express their interest by sending an email to progetto(a)mat.uniroma2.it, including a Curriculum Vitae and a list of publications. The subject of the email should be Associate-surname or RTDB-surname. Selected candidates could be invited for a seminar. There are no restrictions regarding the nationality of the applicants. Please note that this is a call for interest, not a job vacancy announcement; i.e., this call is only a preliminary stage aimed to collect expressions of interest, and it is not a formal application for positions. On the basis of the collected EoIs, the Department will decide whether or not to open a position in specific subdisciplines. Academic positions in Italy can only be awarded through a public competition or direct appointment. The Department will contact the applicants to inform them about the opening of the formal positions and the required documentation. For additional information, please contact us at: progetto(a)mat.uniroma2.it

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seminario DISMA-Politecnico di Torino
by Paola Siri 09 Jun '18

09 Jun '18

Mercoledì 13 Giugno alle ore 15.00 presso l’aula 1D del Politecnico di Torino (Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 - 10129 Torino) il prof. GIOVANNI PISTONE (Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino) terrà un seminario dal titolo Non-Parametric Information Geometry with Derivatives Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Paola Siri Barbara Trivellato ———————————————————————- Paola Siri DISMA - Politecnico di Torino Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 - 10129 Torino tel. +39 11 090 7550 e-mail: paola.siri(a)polito.it

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Postdoc position in Geometric Methods for Deep and Reinforcement Learning at RIST
by Luigi Malagò 08 Jun '18

08 Jun '18

=========================================================== *Subject*: Postdoc position in Machine Learning (1 year, renewable up to 2.5 years) *Institution*: RIST - Romanian Institute of Science and Technology, Cluj-Napoca *Keywords*: Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Stochastic Optimization, Optimization over Manifolds, Information Geometry, Riemannian Geometry *Application deadline*: 30 June 2018 (applicants are encouraged to apply earlier) *Salary*: around 2190 euro net *Official announcement*: http://rist.ro/en/details/news/postdoc-positio ns-in-deep-learning-and-machine-learning.html =========================================================== Dear colleagues, the Romanian Institute of Science and Technology (RIST) has an opening for a postdoc position, in the context of the DeepRiemann project “Riemannian Optimization Methods for Deep Learning”, funded by European structural funds through the Competitiveness Operational Program (POC 2014-2020). The appointments will be for 1 year, with possible extensions up to 2.5 years. The DeepRiemann project aims at the design and analysis of novel training algorithms for Neural Networks in Deep Learning, by applying notions of Riemannian optimization and differential geometry. The task of the training a Neural Network is studied by employing tools from Optimization over Manifolds and Information Geometry, by casting the learning process to an optimization problem defined over a statistical manifold, i.e., a set of probability distributions. The project is highly interdisciplinary, with competences spanning from Machine Learning to Optimization, Deep Learning, Statistics, and Differential Geometry. The objectives of the project are multiple and include both theoretical and applied research, together with industrial activities oriented to transfer knowledge, from the institute to a startup or spin-off of the research group. The positions will be part of the new Machine Learning and Optimization group http://luigimalago.it/group.html, which performs research at the intersection of Machine Learning, Stochastic Optimization, Deep Learning, and Optimization over Manifolds, from the unifying perspective of Information Geometry. The group is one of two newly-formed groups in Machine Learning at RIST, where about 20 new postdoctoral research associates and research software developers will be hired by 2018. The official job announcement can be seen here: http://rist.ro/en/details/news/postdoc-positions-in-deep-lea rning-and-machine-learning.html Informal inquiries can be sent to Dr. Luigi Malagò <malago(a)rist.ro>, principal investigator of the DeepRiemann project. Application deadline: 30 June 2018 (applicants are encouraged to apply earlier) best regards, Luigi Malagò

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Seminario di Stefano Favaro, CNR IMATI, Milano
by antonio.pievatolo＠cnr.it 07 Jun '18

07 Jun '18

Il prof Stefano Favaro terrà un seminario al CNR-IMATI, sede di Milano, mercoledì 13/6/2018 alle 14:30, via Alfonso Corti 12, aula A. Chi intendesse partecipare è pregato di comunicarlo a simona.milani(a)mi.imati.cnr.it per ragioni organizzative. Cordialmente A. Pievatolo %%%%%%%%% titolo e abstract %%%%%%%%%%% A Bayesian approach to disclosure risk assessment Protection against disclosure is a legal and ethical obligation for statistical agencies releasing microdata files for public use. Given a cross classification of sample records by categorical key variables, any decision about release is supported by measures of disclosure risk, the most common being the number $\tau_{1}$ of sample uniques cells that are also population uniques. In this paper we depart from the dominant literature that infers $\tau_{1}$ by modeling association among key variables, and we consider modeling directly sample records. We develop a novel nonparametric Bayesian approach under the minimal assumption of a generalized Dirichlet prior for the random partition induced by the cross-classified sample records. This allows to derive an explicit, and simple, expression for the posterior distribution of $\tau_{1}$, as well as a large sample Binomial approximation of it. Such a closed-form results, combined with an estimator for prior parameters designed in such a way to recognizes a primary role of small cells, make inference on $\tau_{1}$ exact, of easy implementation, computationally efficient and scalable to massive datasets. The proposed approach is tested on benchmark data from the U.S. 2000 census for the state of California, showing the same good performance of recent semiparametric Bayesian models for key variables. -- Dr Antonio Pievatolo IMATI-CNR http://www.imati.cnr.it/joomla/index.php/people?layout=edit&id=101

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Fwd: postdoc position in Budapest
by Giacomo Scandolo 07 Jun '18

07 Jun '18

Ricevo e inoltro -------- Messaggio originale -------- Oggetto: postdoc position in Budapest Data: Martedì 29/05/2018 10:14 Mittente: rasonyi <rasonyi.miklos(a)renyi.mta.hu> PostDoc position (Rényi Institute, Budapest) There is a vacancy for a one-year PostDoc research assistant position at Rényi Institute, Budapest, in the Financial Mathematics Group led by Miklós Rásonyi. The position is funded by a grant of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The project is about optimal investment in financial markets where stock prices are modelled by Markov processes in random environments. A typical example is the fractional stochastic volatility model (and its discrete-time counterparts). A completed PhD is required, in any subfield of probability. Starting date is 1st October 2018. If you wish to apply, please send a CV, your papers (or links to them) and the names and email addresses of two referees to Miklós Rásonyi (rasonyi(a)renyi.hu). You may also contact him to obtain further information about this position. Deadline: 1st July 2018.

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Fwd: Departmental Lecturer in Mathematical Finance (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 06 Jun '18

06 Jun '18

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mathematical Institute Vacancies <vacancies(a)maths.ox.ac.uk> Date: 2018-06-06 13:07 GMT+02:00 Subject: Departmental Lecturer in Mathematical Finance https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/28781 ? The Mathematical Institute proposes to appoint a Departmental Lecturer in Mathematical Finance.? This post is funded by the Royal Society and is a two year fixed-term position, starting from 1st October 2018 or as soon as possible thereafter. ? The Departmental Lecturer will contribute to the teaching and administration associated with Mathematical Finance and will be expected to have an outstanding research record in that area. The Departmental Lecturer will be expected to engage in advanced study and academic research in mathematical and computational finance and will be responsible to lecture, teach and supervise undergraduate and postgraduate students. ? The successful candidate will be expected to have a PhD in Mathematics with an aptitude for teaching, an awareness of pedagogic methods and evidence to carry out advanced teaching in mathematical and computational finance.? Sufficient depth and breadth of knowledge in the subject to develop course materials and research proposals together with a publication record and familiarity with the existing literature and research is also essential. ? Please direct informal enquiries to the Recruitment Administrator (email: vacancies(a)maths.ox.ac.uk), quoting vacancy reference 135168. ? Applicants should read the job description before writing their application. You will be required to upload a letter setting out how you meet the selection criteria, a curriculum vitae including full list of publications, details of teaching experience, a statement of research interests and the contact details of three referees as part of your online application.? (NOTE: Applicants are responsible for contacting their referees and making sure that their letters are received by the closing date). ? Applications for this vacancy are to be made online.? To apply for this post and for further details, including the job description and selection criteria, please click on the link below ? https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobs pec?p_id=135168 ? Only applications received before 12:00 noon UK time on Monday 9th July 2018 can be considered. ? Committed to equality and valuing diversity. ? ? Miss Nims Damney Recruitment Administrator Mathematical Institute, Andrew Wiles Building Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road Oxford, OX2 6GG Tel: 01865 (2) 73518 ____________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the EWM-ALL list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=EWM-ALL&A=1

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Position of associate professor in Probability and Statistics - University of Trieste
by Francesco Caravenna 06 Jun '18

06 Jun '18

Ricevo e inoltro. > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Emilia Mezzetti <mezzette(a)units.it <mailto:mezzette@units.it>> > Date: 2018-06-05 20:17 GMT+02:00 > Subject: Position of associate professor in Probability and Statistics - University of Trieste > To: > > > Dear everybody, > I wish to signal the opening of a position of Associate professor in Probability and Statistics at the University of Trieste. Please distribute this announcement. > Best regards, > Emilia Mezzetti > > > > Associate Professor in Probability and Statistics > University of Trieste > Department of Mathematics and Geosciences – Excellence Department 2018-2022 > > The Department of Mathematics and Geosciences was recently selected by the Italian Ministry of Research and University as one of the Excellence Departments among all the Italian State universities. Because of this, the Department will receive a special financial support in the next five years, which will involve human resources, investments, and high quality didactical activities. > > In this framework the Department invites qualified researchers in the field of Probability and Mathematical Statistics to submit expressions of interest in view of the opening of a position of Associate Professor in the Italian recruitment sector MAT/06 - Probabilità e Statistica. > > The candidates must either have been declared eligible by the Italian Ministery of Research and University to the position of Associate Professor, or be currently employed in an equivalent position in an Italian or foreign department. Once recruited, they will be asked to teach courses at the first and second university levels, and possibly also to PhD students, for a total amount of 120 hours per year. The research activity will be such as to satisfy the guidelines of the Commission for Evaluation of Research of the University of Trieste, so to maintain a good scientific production. > > The expressions of interest must be addressed to Prof. Francesco Princivalle, Director of the Department of Mathematics and Geosciences, to the e-mail address direttoredmg(a)units.it <mailto:direttoredmg@units.it>, jointly with a curriculum vitae, possibly before June 30, 2018. Clearly enough, this initiative will have no influence on the final judgement for the recruitment. > > > > -- > Prof.ssa Emilia Mezzetti > Dipartimento di Matematica e Geoscienze > Sezione di Matematica e Informatica > Università degli Studi di Trieste > Via A.Valerio 12/1 > 34127 Trieste, Italia > > Stanza 227, II piano > e-mail: mezzette(a)units.it <mailto:mezzette@units.it> > tel. studio (++) 040 558 2650 > tel. casa: (++) 040 43655 > fax: (++) 040 558 2636 > skype: emiliamezzetti > > http://www.dmi.units.it/~mezzette/ <http://www.dmi.units.it/~mezzette/>

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mini-corso - Prof.ssa Giulia Di Nunno
by Emanuela Rosazza 05 Jun '18

05 Jun '18

Nell’ambito del Dottorato in Statistica e Finanza Matematica, la Prof.ssa Giulia Di Nunno (University of Oslo) terrà un mini-corso di dottorato su Malliavin Calculus and Applications to Finance Il calendario delle lezioni è il seguente: Mercoledì 13 giugno – ore 10-13 Giovedì 14 giugno – ore 10-13 Venerdì 15 giugno – ore 10-12 Location: Aula Seminari 2062 del DISMEQ – Università di Milano-Bicocca – aula seminari 2062 – U7 – secondo piano La partecipazione è libera ma per motivi logistici è consigliata la registrazione inviando una mail a nicoletta.alghisi(a)unimib.it. Cordiali saluti, Emanuela ******************************************************************************************* Emanuela Rosazza Gianin Dipartimento di Statistica e Metodi Quantitativi Università di Milano-Bicocca Edificio U7 – 4° Piano Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi, 8 20126 Milano Tel. 02 64483208 Fax. 02 64483105 e-mail: emanuela.rosazza1(a)unimib.it *******************************************************************************************

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[WORKSHOP Reminder] Stochastic Analysis, Geometry and Statistics at Imperial College London, June 21-22
by Brigo, Damiano 05 Jun '18

05 Jun '18

Workshop on Stochastic Analysis, Geometry and Statistics at Imperial College London, June 21-22, 2018. http://www.imperial.ac.uk/sagest-2018/ Invited speakers: Michael Betancourt (Symplectomorphic, LLC) David Elworthy (Warwick) Peter Friz (TU Berlin) Andrew Duncan (Sussex) Karen Haberman (Bonn) Martin Hairer (Imperial College London) Yves Le Jan (Université Paris-Sud) Xue-Mei Li (Imperial College London) Terry Lyons (Oxford) Nigel Newton (Essex) James Norris (Cambridge) Grigorios Pavliotis (Imperial College London) Giovanni Pistone (Turin) Amanda Turner (Lancaster) ORGANISING COMMITTEE John Armstrong (KCL) Damiano Brigo Thomas Cass CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT Claudio Bellani Emilio Rossi Ferrucci FUNDING BODIES CFM - Imperial Institute of Quantitative Finance Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London Department of Mathematics, King's College London London Mathematical Society CONTACTS AND REGISTRATION http://www.imperial.ac.uk/sagest-2018/contacts-and-registration/ ------ Prof. Damiano Brigo Chair at the Department of Mathematics Mathematical Finance and Stochastic Analysis Groups Imperial College London www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/damiano.brigo

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SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JUNE 18 FOR HFFE 2018 Pisa
by Daniele Tantari 05 Jun '18

05 Jun '18

Dear colleagues, we hope this email finds you well. We are organizing a workshop on "Frontiers in High-Frequency Financial Econometrics" at Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa (Italy) on 28-29 September 2018. The purpose of the workshop is to bring together scholars from the financial econometrics and mathematical finance fields to present latest results on high-frequency financial econometrics. *The deadline for submission is now June 18, 2018.* For more information, see the conference website: https://www.hffe2018sns.com/ We kindly ask you to cascade this information to your respective teams as appropriate, and please forward this email to whom it may concern. The scientific committee of the workshop consists of Giacomo Bormetti (University of Bologna), Fulvio Corsi (University of Pisa), Fabrizio Lillo (University of Bologna), Maria Elvira Mancino (University of Florence), Stefano Marmi (Scuola Normale Superiore), Davide Pirino (University of Rome "Tor Vergata"), Roberto Renò (University of Verona) The final program of the workshop will include both submitted and invited papers. Our guest speakers are Yacine Ait-Sahalia (Princeton University) Nikolaus Hautsch (University of Vienna) André Lucas (VU University Amsterdam) Mathieu Rosenbaum (Ecole Polytechnique) On behalf of the organizing committee, Best Regards, Daniele Tantari

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assegno di ricerca
by Franco Flandoli 05 Jun '18

05 Jun '18

E' bandito un assegno di ricerca annuale presso la Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, nell'ambito della Probabilità. Il bando si può consultare seguendo i link: IT: https://www.sns.it/scuola/opportunit%C3%A0-offerte-dalla- normale/bandi-di-concorso/assegni-di-ricerca ENG: https://en.sns.it/international/job-opportunities/research-grants Scadenza 4 luglio. Franco Flandoli

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Fwd: vacancy
by Cristian Giardina 05 Jun '18

05 Jun '18

Con preghiera di diffusione. Saluti cordiali, C. Giardina' %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% *In the Probability group at Leiden University and the Applied Probability group at Delft Institute for Applied Mathematics * *there are vacancies for two PhD students, one in each group.* *Project Description* The aim of the project is to advance the theory of duality for Markov processes in the context of population dynamics and interacting particle systems in random environment. In Leiden the focus will be on genetic models with seed-bank and the effect of migration on the evolution of the population. In Delft the focus will be on condensation phenomena for models of heat conduction in inhomogeneous media. The project is funded through the TOP 1 NWO grant "Duality for Interacting Particle Systems" of Frank den Hollander (Leiden University), Frank Redig and Cristian Giardinà (Delft University of Technology). The two PhD students are expected to work in close collaboration with each other and with the three supervisors, as a team. *Starting Date* January 1, 2019. *Job requirements* We are looking for a candidate that meets the following requirements: · a solid background in Applied Mathematics, with an interest in probability theory, interacting particle systems, Markov processes; · detailed knowledge of analysis, probability theory and stochastic processes, as demonstrated by a relevant Master; · an interest in cross-topic collaboration between different fields of mathematics with applications to physics and/or biology; · candidates from non-Dutch or non-English speaking countries should be prepared to prove their English language skills; · good communicative skills in English, both in speaking and in writing. *We offer* · a challenging job in a dynamic and highly ranked University; · collaboration in an excellent research environment, with many young PhD candidates, postdocs, and young staff members; · full-time employment as a PhD-candidate for a period of 4 years; · a gross salary of € 2222 per month in the first year increasing up to € 2844 in the fourth year; · annually 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end of year allowance; · support with your personal development and career planning including courses, summer schools, conference visits etc.; · a broad package of fringe benefits (including an excellent technical infrastructure, child care, moving expenses, savings schemes, coverage of costs of publishing the dissertation and excellent sports facilities). As part of an equal opportunity scheme, women are encouraged to apply. Attaining a PhD at Leiden University or Delft University of Technology provides you with excellent career opportunities.

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Polimi: Avviso di seminario
by Daniele Marazzina 05 Jun '18

05 Jun '18

Con preghiera di diffusione ________________________________ Si avvisa che in data 12/6/2018, alle ore 13:45 precise, presso il Dipartimento di Matematica del Politecnico di Milano, Aula Seminari Terzo Piano, nell'ambito delle iniziative della sezione di Finanza Quantitativa, si svolgerà il seguente seminario: Titolo: Learning the Optimal Risk - Advanced Risk-Based Portfolio Management with Global Optimization Algorithms Relatore: Marco Scaringi, Intesa Sanpaolo

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[POSITION] Associate Professor in Statistics - Milan - Italy
by stefano iacus 04 Jun '18

04 Jun '18

[apologizes fo crossposting] The Centre of Excellence in Economics and Data Science ( http://ceeds.unimi.it ) of the Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods (DEMM), University of Milan has open the following position of Associate Professor ("professore associato" in the Italian system) in STATISTICS: "n. 1 posto - s.c. 13/D1, ssd SECS-S/01 (Codice 3766), settore concorsuale 13/D1 - Statistica, SECS-S/01 - Statistica" Deadline: 29th June 2018, 12am (Italian local time) Particular attention will be given to candidates with an excellent research record and showing the potential to cooperate with the current members of the department in pursuing DEMM’s strategy in the development of Data Science and Economics. More information about the application procedure can ben found here: http://www.unimi.it/ateneo/valcomp/95799.htm Further contacts: datasciencelab(a)unimi.it, stefano.iacus(a)unimi.it ----------------------------------- Prof. Stefano M. Iacus, Ph.D. Director of DSE - Master in Data Science & Economics http://www.dse.unimi.it CEO/CTO/Co-Founder VOICES from the Blogs http://www.voices-int.com Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods University of Milan Via Conservatorio, 7 I-20123 Milan - Italy Ph.: +39 02 50321 461 Fax: +39 02 50321 505 Twitter: @iacus http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JBs9tJ4AAAAJ&hl=en http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4884-0047 Master in Finance & Economics http://www.dse.unimi.it Twitter: @dseunimi Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dseunimi Email and further information at: dse(a)unimi.it ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please don't send me Word or PowerPoint attachments if not absolutely necessary. See: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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prof Campi's seminar - LUISS June 7
by Sara 04 Jun '18

04 Jun '18

On June 7, at 12 pm room 305B prof Luciano Campi, the London School of Economics, will give the following seminar Title: N-player games and mean field games with absorption Abstract: We introduce a simple class of mean field games with absorbing boundary over a finite time horizon. In the corresponding N-player games, the evolution of players' states is described by a system of weakly interacting Ito equations with absorption on first exit from a bounded open set. Once a player exits, her/his contribution is removed from the empirical measure of the system. Players thus interact through a renormalized empirical measure. In the definition of solution to the mean field game, the renormalization appears in form of a conditional law. We justify our definition of solution in the usual way, that is, by showing that a solution of the mean field game induces approximate Nash equilibria for the N-player games with approximation error tending to zero as N tends to infinity. This convergence is established provided the diffusion coefficient is non-degenerate. The degenerate case is more delicate and gives rise to counter-examples. The talk is based on a joint paper with Markus Fischer (Padua University). best regards -- 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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Avviso seminario_Bernard Hanzon_ 5 giugno_ore 16:30
by Stefano Bonaccorsi 04 Jun '18

04 Jun '18

On Global Optimization of the Likelihood Function for Linear Time Series Models *Tuesday 5 June 2018* *Venue:* Department of Mathematics, via Sommarive, 14 - Povo (TN) - Seminar Room "-1" *At: *4:30 pm Speaker: - *Bernard Hanzon* (Dept Mathematics, University College Cork, Ireland) *Abstract:* We present an approach to find the global optimum of a linear time series model in state space form. By firstly applying a partial optimization step to the likelihood function the problem can be reduced to a problem of optimization of the likelihood over a set which has compact closure. By applying a regularization the resulting problem is that of finding the optimum of a Lipschitz continuous function on a compact set which is known to have a (constructive) solution. Techniques from the theory of parametrization of linear state space systems and some basic techniques from differentiable manifold theory are used to obtain these results. Furthermore the surprising fact is shown that the "crude" maximum likelihood estimator (without regularization and compactification) does not exist in the sense that the likelihood function has an infinite, typically unattained, supremum. Comments will be made about the effect of the regularization used on the outcome. *Contact person: *Stefano Bonaccorsi

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prof A. Minca's seminar - June 5, LUISS - Roma
by Sara 03 Jun '18

03 Jun '18

Please, find the announcement below. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dipartimento Economia e Finanza LUISS Guido Carli < economiaefinanza(a)luiss.it> Date: Tue, May 29, 2018 at 3:19 PM Subject: Research Seminars of the Dept. of Economics and Finance / agenda To: Dipartimento Economia e Finanza LUISS Guido Carli < economiaefinanza(a)luiss.it> The next Research Seminars of the Dept. of Economics and Finance are scheduled as follow: *June 5 from 12:00 to 13:00, room 104 viale Romania <https://maps.google.com/?q=104+viale+Romania&entry=gmail&source=g>.* *Speaker:* Andreea Minca (Cornell University) *Title:* Dynamic Leveraging-Deleveraging Games *Abstract:* We introduce a new mechanism for leverage dynamics, which results from a multi-period game of lenders with differentiated beliefs about the firm's fundamental returns. The game features strategic substitutability for low existing leverage and one-sided strategic complementarity for high existing leverage. The resulting leverage process exhibits a mean-reverting regime around a long-run level, as long as it stays below an instability level. Above the instability level, leverage becomes explosive. We validate our model empirically using aggregate returns of financial firms over the 10 year period 2001-2010. Our model predicts the leveraging/deleveraging of this period, and in particular the 2008 collapse in short term debt. *Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza* Viale Romania, 32 - 00197 Roma <https://maps.google.com/?q=Viale+Romania,+32+-+00197+Roma&entry=gmail&sourc…> *def(a)luiss.it <def(a)luiss.it>* t +39 06 85225550 <06%208522%205550> *www.luiss.it <http://www.luiss.it/>* [image: http://static.luiss.it/images_10/loghi/LS_BLU_RIDUZIONE_WEB.png] Il tuo 5x1000 alla LUISS: C.F. 02508710585 <02%205087%2010585> [image: http://www.luiss.it/images_10/icons/environment-icon.png] *Please consider the environment... do you really need to print this email?* -- 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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junior researcher position (RTD-A) in Probability in Pisa -- forthcoming deadline
by Marco Romito 01 Jun '18

01 Jun '18

Scrivo per ricordare che il bando per una posizione RTD-A nel settore MAT/06 presso il Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università di Pisa, è in scadenza (4 giugno). Il bando è disponibile alla pagina https://alboufficiale.unipi.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Bando_RTD_A_PICA-… ------------------- dear all I am writing to remind that the deadline for a junior researcher position (RTD-A) in Probability at University of Pisa is approaching (June 4). The official call (in italian) can be found at https://alboufficiale.unipi.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Bando_RTD_A_PICA-… m.

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Call for interest -- Department of Economics and Finance -- University of Rome Tor Vergta
by Davide Erminio Pirino 01 Jun '18

01 Jun '18

Dear all, the "Department of Economics and Finance" of the University of Rome "Tor Vergata" has opened a call for interest for Senior (TenureTrack) Assistant Professor and Associate/Full Professor, in the field of Mathematical Finance. Please find attached a pdf with all the details of the call. Best Regards, Davide Pirino.

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Fwd: Workshop announcement: Renormalisation in QFT and in stochastic PDEs - Cambridge, 3-7 sept 2018 (fwd)
by Pietro Caputo 01 Jun '18

01 Jun '18

ricevo e inoltro: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: A. Giuliani <giuliani(a)mat.uniroma3.it> Date: Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 6:57 AM Subject: Workshop announcement: Renormalisation in QFT and in stochastic PDEs - Cambridge, 3-7 sept 2018 (fwd) To: Caputo <caputo(a)mat.uniroma3.it> Dear colleague, this is an announcement of the workshop `Renormalisation in quantum field theory and in stochastic partial differential equations: a gentle introduction and some recent developments' which will be held at the Isaac Newton Institute (INI) for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge, UK, from september 3 to 7, 2018, see https://www.newton.ac.uk/event/srqw01 We invite all the interested participant to register as soon as possible on the website: the DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS **JUNE 17, 2018** There is limited financial support available for students and young researchers; if you wish to apply for a grant, please indicate it in the application form. The workshop is the opening event of the 4-months programme `Scaling limits, rough paths, quantum field theory', which will be held at INI from september 3, to december 21, 2018, see https://www.newton.ac.uk/event/srq The invited speakers are: R. Bauerschmidt (Cambridge) M. Gubinelli (Bonn) M. Hairer (London) H. Knoerrer (Zurich) C. Kopper (Palaiseau) A. Kupiainen (Helsinki) T. Lyons (Oxford) V. Mastropietro (Milano) F. Otto (Leipzig) N. Perkowski (Berlin) G. Slade (Vancouver) L. Zambotti (Paris) The workshop will consist of 8 advanced talks and 2 mini-courses, each of which will be split in two parts (one mini-course on the Renormalization Group will be offered by A. Kupiainen and G. Slade; one mini-course on stochastic PDEs will be offered by F. Otto and L. Zambotti). Please forward this announcement to all the potentially interested colleagues and students. Thanks and best regards, Margherita Disertori Peter Friz Alessandro Giuliani Hendrik Weber

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RTD A SECS-S/01 STATISTICA Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
by Consonni Guido 01 Jun '18

01 Jun '18

L' Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Facolta' di Economia- sede di Milano ha bandito un posto RTD-A di Statistica SECS-S/01 (D.Rettorale n. 4365) Il bando e tutte le altre informazioni sono reperibili all'indirizzo http://progetti.unicatt.it/progetti-ateneo-milano-brescia-piacenza-e-cremon… SCADENZA PRESENTAZIONE DOMANDE: 28/06/2018. Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Largo Gemelli, 1 20123 Milano; ITALY [http://Static.unicatt.it/layout/img/layout/5x1000.gif] Destina il tuo 5 per mille all'Università Cattolica CF 02133120150 www.unicatt.it/5permille<http://www.unicatt.it/5permille/>

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dottorato a Torino
by Enrico Bibbona 31 May '18

31 May '18

Gentili colleghi, il bando per il dottorato congiunto tra Università e Politecnico di Torino sta per scadere. Si chiude il 7 giugno alle 12 Vi prego di passare l'informazione ai vostri studenti più meritevoli, ai quali, in caso di partecipazione, dovrete scrivere una lettera di referenze (anch'essa da caricare entro la scadenza). Segnalo che è gradita la partecipazione di studenti con una formazione probabilistica o statistica in particolare sui temi legati al progetto di eccellenza di cui il Dipartimento di matematica del Politecnico è risultato vincitore. Si veda il bando https://www.unito.it/postlaurea/dottorato/matematica-pura-e-applicata e i temi del progetto https://areeweb.polito.it/disma-excellence/ Cordiali saluti, Enrico Bibbona -- Enrico Bibbona Probability, Statistics and Optimization group Department of Mathematical Sciences "G. L Lagrange" Politecnico di Torino

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2018/19 PhD Programs at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca
by Irene Crimaldi 31 May '18

31 May '18

*2018/19 PhD Programs at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca* *Deadline for applications – August 3rd 2018, 12 pm CEST* Applications are now being accepted for the 2018/19 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 36 fully-funded scholarships within 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 also encouraged to carry out their research with the School’s Research Units. 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, physical, 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. Additional funding for further research stages, including scholarships to cover an eventual fourth year to complete the PhD thesis, can be assigned on a competitive basis. 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 see www.imtlucca.it/phd *Deadline for applications – August 3 rd 2018, 12 pm CEST* Find the IMT School on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube for the latest news.

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Seminario Bicocca 4 giugno. Claudio Macci
by Asmerilda Hitaj 31 May '18

31 May '18

Il giorno lunedì 4 giugno alle ore 15 presso l'Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca (edificio U7, IV piano aula seminari 4026) si terrà il seguente seminario: *Speaker: *Claudio Macci (Università di Roma Tor Vergata) lunedì 4 giugno ore 15 *Titolo:* Large Deviations: theory and applications *Abstract:* I present a basic introduction on large deviations. In particular I will show how the rate functions can be expressed in terms of relative entropy (or Kullback-Leibler divergence). I will also present asymptotic results for level crossing probabilities of random walks, which can be interpreted as ruin probabilities in insurance. Il seminario è finanziato parzialmente con i fondi del progetto GNAMPA "Infinitely divisible distributions for portfolio allocation". Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Saluti, -- Asmerilda Hitaj

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Seminario Prof. Laura Ballotta
by Asmerilda Hitaj 30 May '18

30 May '18

Si avvisa che il giorno martedì 5 giugno, alle ore 15:00 presso l’Università degli studi di Milano- Bicocca (via degli Arcimboldi 8 - edificio U7, quarto piano- aula seminari 4026) si terrà il seguente seminario: Speaker: Prof. Laura Ballotta Titolo: Smiles & Smirks: a tale of factors (Joint work with Grégory Rayée (ULB)) Abstract The aim of this paper is to analyze which risk factors and which distribution features models for the joint evolution of stock log-returns and their volatility should target in order to provide a robust calibration, repricing and hedging performance. The setup is based on time changed Lévy process with both diffusive and jump components, and leverage effects originated by both factors. The analysis is carried out considering S&P500 options. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Saluti, Asmerilda Hitaj

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Invito alla I edizione della “Giornata dei giovani IAC” (fwd)
by Lucia Caramellino 30 May '18

30 May '18

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Il direttore dell'IAC-CNR è lieto di annunciare la I edizione della ?Giornata dei giovani IAC 2018?: un mini simposio di un giorno dedicato ai giovani ricercatori del suo Istituto. L'evento è stato organizzato per dare l?opportunità ai tanti borsisti, dottorandi, assegnisti, collaboratori che svolgono giornalmente la loro attività formativa o di ricerca all?interno o in collaborazione con l?IAC, di far conoscere, presentare e discutere il proprio lavoro agli altri colleghi di Istituto e a tutta la comunità matematica fornendo una panoramica generale delle varie attività in cui sono coinvolti attraverso brevi interventi. I lavori si svolgeranno a partire dalle 9.30 dell?11 Giugno p.v. nell?aula seminari del piano terra della sede IAC di Roma in Via dei Taurini 19. Il programma e tutte le informazioni sono disponibili a questo link: https://tinyurl.com/giovaniIAC2018 L'ingresso è libero. -- Roberto Natalini, Ph.D. Direttore f.f. dell'Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo "M. Picone", Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche via dei Taurini 19, 00185 Roma (Italy) Ph.:+39-0649937361 (CNR); Fax:+39-064404306, Mobile:+39-3336212987; skype: robbi60 WEB PAGE: http://www.iac.rm.cnr.it/~natalini/ ================================== Lucia Caramellino Dipartimento di Matematica Universita` di Roma "Tor Vergata" Via della Ricerca Scientifica I-00133, Roma, Italy www.mat.uniroma2.it/~caramell

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Final call ENBIS annual meeting 2018, Nancy
by antonio.pievatolo＠cnr.it 30 May '18

30 May '18

Inoltro l'annuncio finale già spedito ai membri di ENBIS. Antonio Pievatolo %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% With this ENBIS-18 Final Call for Papers we cordially invite you to submit your abstract by *4th June 2018* at the latest and benefit from the early bird registration fee which is available for the main conference and all accompanying pre- and post-conference events up until 19th June 2018. To submit your abstract go to www.enbis.org, log in and search for ENBIS-18 under Upcoming Events. If you are not already a member of ENBIS, please join first (note there is no membership fee for individual members of ENBIS). The notifications of acceptance will be sent out no later than 15th June 2018. COURSES 1) A pre-conference course on High-Dimensional Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) Methods for Bayesian Image Processing Applications by Jean-Yves Tourneret (University of Toulouse, France) and Marco Pereyra (University of Edinburgh, UK). The course is scheduled for the afternoon of September 2nd. Link: https://enbis.org/activities/events/current/610_ENBIS_18_Pre_Conference_Cou… 2) A post-conference course on Mixed Models by Tim Robinson (University of Wyoming, USA) and Volker Kraft (JMP, Germany). The course is scheduled for the afternoon of September 5th. Link: https://enbis.org/activities/events/current/611_ENBIS_18_Post_Conference_Co… 3) A Joint ECAS-ENBIS 1-Day Summer School will take place on September 6th. It will feature Introduction to Deep Learning by Stéphane Canu (INSA Rouen, France) in the morning and An Introduction to Generalized Additive Modelling in R by Matteo Fasiolo (University of Bristol, UK) in the afternoon. Link: https://enbis.org/activities/events/current/612_ENBIS_18_Post_Conference_Ev… Please note that you need to register for each of the pre- and post-conference events separately from the main event. -- Dr Antonio Pievatolo IMATI-CNR http://www.imati.cnr.it/joomla/index.php/people?layout=edit&id=101

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10 PhD scholarships in Statistical Sciences – University of Padova, Italy – Deadline June 26, 2018 (13:00 CEST)
by Patrizia Piacentini - PhD 28 May '18

28 May '18

Ten PhD scholarships (8 funded by the University of Padova and 2 funded by the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo) are available at University of Padova for candidates interested in the area of *Statistical Sciences* (*start of activities: October 1st, 2018*). *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 2018). Admission is decided on the basis of qualifications only and does not require an entry examination. *Award* The award, not including lodging and living expenses, will be for three years and it will be subject to satisfactory progress. The annual grant is 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). *How to apply* The call is published *(deadline June 26, 2018 13:00 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_XXXIV* 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 <mailto:phd@stat.unipd.it> Kindest regards, Patrizia Piacentini On behalf of prof. Nicola Sartori Coordinator of the PhD Course in Statistics University of Padova *We apologize for cross posting * -- Patrizia Piacentini Secretariat PhD Course in Statistics University of Padova tel +39 049 8274167 fax +39 049 8271524 dottorato(a)stat.unipd.it

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PhD-fellowships on Mathematics of Planet Earth
by Enrico Scalas 25 May '18

25 May '18

Car* collegh*, questo bando per dottorand* puo' essere di interesse per chi si occupa di probabilita' applicata e statistica. Lo invio con preghiera di circolarlo. Cordiali saluti, Enrico Scalas -- The Mathematics of Planet Earth Centre for Doctoral Training (MPE CDT) has a small number of fully funded PhD positions available for study starting in September 2018. Applications are sought from outstanding candidates who have (or expect to receive) a first class degree in mathematics, statistics, physics or closely related subject. The MPE CDT brings together the Department of Mathematics at Imperial College London and the School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences at the University of Reading, as well as external partners such as the UK Met Office, NPL and ECMWF, and representatives of key commercial sectors, including energy, water, marine, and insurance. Students in the MPE CDT receive cohort-based PhD training in the mathematical and computational techniques needed to understand, predict and quantify risk and uncertainty for extreme weather and climate change. In particular, our PhD students receive training that ranges from the data-driven domain represented by statistics, to the model-driven domain represented by analysis and mechanics. For further details of the MPE programme and how to apply, please see http://mpecdt.org/admissions/ All appointments will be made on merit, however we particularly welcome applications from currently under-represented groups, including women and those from an ethnic minority.

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convegno "Sustainable Finance: Challenges for Portfolio Management" a Varese
by Enrico Moretto 25 May '18

25 May '18

Invio la seguente comunicazione chiedendo venga inviata ai membri della mailing list RANDOM: Gentilissimi, l’elaborazione e l’integrazione dei pilastri della sostenibilità - Environment, Social & Governance - nelle fasi del processo di investimento è un tema di attuale e vivace discussione nell’industria finanziaria anche alla luce dell’action plan della Commissione europea per la costruzione di un framework condiviso di Finanza sostenibile. Ne parleremo il giorno 12 giugno 2018 dalle ore 10.00 presso il Dipartimento di Economia dell’Università dell’Insubria di Varese (via Monte Generoso, 71) con studiosi ed operatori quotidianamente impegnati a integrare i criteri ESG nella gestione di portafoglio, nella misurazione e gestione dei rischi e nella valutazione delle strategie finanziarie. Al mattino interverranno Sara Silano, Managing Research Editor di Morningstar Italia, Membro del SIF’s Board Italia Fabrizio Fiocchi, Responsabile Sviluppo Prodotti e servizi di Advisory Eurizon Capital SGR Sara Migliaccio e Matteo Cazzini, Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, Investment Management, Zurich Investment Life spa La seconda parte della giornata prevede gli interventi di Andrea Gamba (Warwick Business School) Paolo Miniero (Portfolio Manager, Euromobiliare Advisory SIM) Alessandra Mainini (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) che, seguendo punti di partenza, metodologie e percorsi differenti tra loro, presenteranno recenti risultati che spaziano nel vasto e complesso ambito della gestione del rischio. La partecipazione è libera. Per motivi organizzativi si chiede di inviare una mail (preferibilmente entro Domenica 3 Giugno) agli indirizzi giovanna.redaelli(a)uninsubria.it enrico.moretto(a)uninsubria.it Si allega la brochure del convegno. grazie mille. cordiali saluti, enrico moretto

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bando INdAM per borse per accesso ad un qualsiasi dottorato italiano in mat
by Cecilia 24 May '18

24 May '18

-------- Messaggio Inoltrato -------- Oggetto: [Gnampa] Rinvio scadenza bando INdAM-DP-Cofund-2015 Data: Wed, 23 May 2018 15:42:12 +0200 Mittente: Mauro Petrucci <petrucci(a)altamatematica.it> A: gnampa(a)lists.altamatematica.it, gncs(a)lists.altamatematica.it, gnfm(a)lists.altamatematica.it, gnsaga(a)lists.altamatematica.it A tutti gli aderenti ai Gruppi INdAM, Vi informiamo che è stata rinviata la scadenza del secondo bando di concorso per n° 10 borse di dottorato del programma “INdAM Doctoral Programme in Mathematics and/or Applications Cofunded by Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions”, cofinanziato dalla UE nell’ambito di Horizon 2020, La NUOVA SCADENZA per la presentazione delle domande è il*30 giugno 2018*. La scadenza per la presentazione del titolo di accesso al dottorato prescelto è il 30 settembre 2018 per i cittadini europei, il *30 giugno 2018* per i cittadini extra-europei. Il programma offre a ricercatori da tutto il mondo l’opportunità di accedere a uno dei dottorati italiani in Matematica e/o applicazioni che partecipano al Programma. Il sito per la presentazione delle domande è: https://cofund.altamatematica.it *Giorgio Patrizio* *Presidente INdAM* * * *//*

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Bayesian Workshop in Grenoble, September 6-7, 2018
by Julyan Arbel 23 May '18

23 May '18

Dear all, The second edition of the Italian-French statistics seminar will be held in Grenoble on 6-7 September 2018. This year the theme of the workshop will be Bayesian learning theory for complex data modeling. The workshop will give to young statisticians the opportunity to learn from and interact with highly qualified senior researchers in probability, theoretical and applied statistics, with a particular focus on Bayesian methods. Anyone interested in this field is welcome. There will be two junior sessions and a poster session with a call for abstract open until June 30. A particular focus will be given to researchers in the early stage of their career, or currently studying for a PhD, MSc or BSc. The junior session is supported by ISBA through travel awards. Confirmed invited speakers: • Simon Barthelmé, Gipsa-lab, Grenoble, France • Arnoldo Frigessi, University of Oslo, Norway • Benjamin Guedj, Inria Lille - Nord Europe, France • Alessandra Guglielmi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy • Antonio Lijoi, University Bocconi, Milan, Italy • Bernardo Nipoti, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland • Sonia Petrone, University Bocconi, Milan, Italy Important Dates: • June 30, 2018: Abstract submission closes • July 20, 2018: Notification on abstract acceptance • August 25, 2018: Registration closes More details and how to register: https://sites.google.com/view/bigworkshop We look forward to seeing you in Grenoble. Best, Marta Crispino and Julyan Arbel marta.crispino(a)inria.fr, julyan.arbel(a)inria.fr

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Cortona SMI summer course
by Yosef Rinott 22 May '18

22 May '18

A course: HIGH DIMENSIONAL PROBABILITY FOR MATHEMATICIANS AND DATA SCIENTISTS Organized by SMI in Cortona will take place during July2 - July 13. Details can be found in http://germanio.math.unifi.it/it/courses-cortona-2016-2-2-2-2-3/ and further details in http://bcf.usc.edu/~larry/courses/SMI/2018/Cortona2018.html Yosi Rinott

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Pavia-Bicocca-INdAM PhD program in Mathematics
by Francesco Caravenna 22 May '18

22 May '18

The Universities of Pavia and Milano-Bicocca have a *joint PhD program in Mathematics*, with the contribution of INdAM: https://sites.google.com/view/jointphd/home The call for admissions 2018 is open (deadline June 7, 2018). A total of 13 fellowship are available in all domains of Mathematics, including Probability and Statistics. For more information, see the official pages: https://www.unimib.it/unimib-international/phd/how-apply (english version - details for Mathematics at page 26 of the Call) https://www.unimib.it/didattica/dottorato-ricerca/accedere-al-dottorato (versione italiana - scheda per Matematica a pag. 30 del Bando) _________________________________________ Francesco Caravenna Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Via Cozzi 55, 20125 Milano, Italy http://www.matapp.unimib.it/~fcaraven/ _________________________________________

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assegno di ricerca bandito presso il Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale - Politecnico di Milano
by Anna Paganoni 21 May '18

21 May '18

Desidero segnalare il seguente assegno di ricerca (12 mesi) bandito presso il Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale - Politecnico di Milano SECS-P/08 - ECONOMIA E GESTIONE DELLE IMPRESE "Analisi statistica/econometrica da fonti eterogenee di grandi basi di dati Sviluppo e utilizzo di metodologie in campo economico, industriale e finanziario" Il bando e' reperibile al sito: https://www.polimi.it/index.php?id=3971&tx_wfqbe_pi1%5BID%5D=7729 Scadenza: 12 Giugno 2018 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The call for a 12 month postdoc is open at Politecnico di Milano Dept of Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering SECS-P/08 - MANAGEMENT "Statistical and econometric analysis of large databases from heterogeneous sources Development and implementation of methodologies in economic, industrial and financial fields" The details of the call are at https://www.polimi.it/index.php?id=3971&tx_wfqbe_pi1[ID]=7729&L=1 Deadline: 12 June 2018 -- Anna Maria Paganoni MOX - Modeling and Scientific Computing Dipartimento di Matematica "F. Brioschi" Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 I-20133 Milano - Italy tel. +39 02 2399 4574 fax. +39 02 2399 4568 e.mail: anna.paganoni(a)polimi.it

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A Spring Day in Probability and Statistical Physics
by Francesca Romana Nardi 21 May '18

21 May '18

Carissimi, vi ricordo il seminario di venerdi` prossimo 25 Maggio (vedi annuncio sotto per dettagli). Stiamo prenotando un ristorante diverso dal precedente con cucina fiorentina e prezzo contenuto, per questo ho bisogno del numero ESATTO di persone. Potreste farmi sapere chi intende mangiare con il gruppo per favore? A prestissimo Francesca R Nardi -------- Messaggio originale -------- OGGETTO: A Spring Day in Probability and Statistical Physics DATA: Venerdì 27/04/2018 18:13 MITTENTE: Francesca Romana Nardi <francescaromana.nardi(a)unifi.it> DESTINATARIO: random(a)fields.dm.unipi.it Carissimi, stiamo preparando la prossima giornata di seminari del 25 Maggio 2018 (quarto incontro della serie di giornate sulla probabilita` e le sue applicazioni alla Fisica, Biologia e Scienze sociali). Ricordo che ciascuno oratore fara` una lezione introduttiva e divulgativa di 45 minuti pensata proprio per i non esperti, seguita da altri 45 minuti di tipo seminario (vedi programma). Per maggiori informazioni e aggiornamenti sulle giornate passate e future abbiamo istituito una pagina web che vi invitiamo a visitare periodicamente. http://web.math.unifi.it/users/fnardi/seminari/ A SPRING DAY IN PROBABILITY AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS University of Florence Friday 25 May 2018 Lecturers: Francis Comets (Paris) and Remco van der Hofstad (Eindhoven) Location: Aula Magna di Via S. Gallo 10, Firenze Prof. Francis Comets (University of Paris Diderot) Title: Cover time, cover process, random interlacements for random walk on the torus, I and II" Abstract: The cover time is the time needed for the $d$-dimensional simple random walk to visit all points of the torus of size $n$ on the lattice $Z^d$; in the continuum, it is the time for the Wiener sausage of radius 1 to cover the torus of linear size $n$. As a maximum of correlated random variables (here, with logarithmic decay when $d=2$) it has interesting asymptotics as $n \to \infty$, which are related to the way the covering is performed. Things are different in dimension $d \geq 3$ (the walk is transient) from dimension $d=1,2$ (the walk is recurrent). In dimension $d \geq 3$, Sznitman introduced random interlacements to describe the local picture during the covering process. They consist in a Poissonian soup of bi-inifinite random walk trajectories. They still give a reliable account at large densities, up to cover time. We will emphasize dimension 2: random interlacements can be used as a description of the neighborhood of an unvisited site, provided that the paths used in the interlacements are random walk _conditioned not to visit a point_. (Joint works with Serguei Popov and Marina Vachkovskaia.) (Leiden University) Prof. Remco van der Hofstad (Technical University Eindhoven) Title: Ising models on random graphs ABSTRACT: The Ising model is one of the simplest statistical mechanics models that displays a phase transition. While invented by Ising and Lenz to model magnetism, for which the Ising model lives on regular lattices, it is now widely used for other real-world applications as a model for cooperative behavior and consensus between people. As such, it is natural to consider the Ising model on complex networks. Since complex networks are modelled using random graphs, this leads us to study the Ising model on random graphs. In this talk, we discuss some recent results on the stationary distribution of the Ising model on locally tree-like random graphs. We start by giving an extensive introduction to random graph models for complex networks, to set the stage of the graphs on which our Ising models live. Real-world networks tend to be highly inhomogeneous, a fact that is most prominently reflected in their degree distributions having heavy tails as described by power laws. Due to the randomness of the graphs on which the Ising model lives, there are different settings for the Ising model on it. The quenched setting describes the Ising model on the random graph as it is, while the averaged quenched setting takes the expectation w.r.t. the randomness of the graph. As such, it takes the expectation of the Boltzman distribution, which is a ratio of an exponential involving the Hamiltonian, and the partition function. In the annealed setting, the expectation is taken on both sides of the ratio. These different settings each describe different physical realities. We discuss the thermodynamic limit of the Ising model, which can be used to define the phase transition in the Ising model on locally tree-like random graphs, by describing when spontaneous magnetization exists and when not, extending work by Dembo and Montanari. We give an explicit expression for the critical value and the critical exponents for the magnetization close to it. These critical exponents depend on the power-law exponent of the degree distribution in the random graph. We also discuss central limit theorems for the total spin in the uniqueness regime, as well as a non-classical limit theorem for the total spin at the critical point in the special setting of the annealed generalized random graph. This talk is based on several joint works with Sander Dommers, Cristian Giardina, Claudio Giberti and Maria Luisa Prioriello. Program: 11.00-11.45 Introductory lecture: Comets 11.45-12.00 Break 12.00-13.00 Seminar: Comets 13.00-14.30 Lunch 14.30-15.15 Introductory lecture: van der Hofstad 15.15-15.30 Break 15.30-16.30 Seminar: van der Hofstad Organizers: F. Caravenna, N. Cancrini, E.N.M. Cirillo, P. Dai Pra, A. De Masi, D. Fanelli, F. Flandoli C. Giardina`, R. Livi, F. Martinelli, I.G. Minelli, F.R. Nardi, E. Presutti, B. Scoppola, E. Scoppola Note pratiche: 1) E` importante prenotare il biglietto del treno il piu` presto possibile per poter usufruire di sconti!!!! 2) Stiamo prenotando un ristorante (diverso dal precedente) con un paio di menu fissi (di cui uno vegerariano) che possa ospitarci, ma ho bisogno del numero di persone che vogliono mangiare insieme. A coloro che fossero interessati chiedo di mandare un email a francescaromana.nardi(a)unifi.it Resta fermo il fatto che saremo in pieno centro di Firenze, quindi ci sono moltissime altre possibilita` per mangiare se preferite regolarvi indipendentemente. Vi aspettiamo numerosi Francesca R. Nardi Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica Università degli Studi di Firenze Viale Morgagni 67, Firenze, Italy

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assegno di ricerca bandito presso il Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa dell'Università di Firenze
by Maria Elvira Mancino 21 May '18

21 May '18

Desidero segnalare il seguente assegno di ricerca (12 mesi) bandito presso il Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa dell'Università di Firenze SSD SECS-S/06 "Misure di rischio finanziario con dati ad alta frequenza" Il bando e' reperibile al sito: https://www.unifi.it/vp-391-assegni-di-ricerca.html Scadenza: 7 Giugno 2018 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The call for a 12 month postdoc is open at University of Firenze (Dept of Economics and Management) "Financial risk measures with high frequency data" The details of the call are at https://www.unifi.it/vp-391-assegni-di-ricerca.html Deadline: 7 June 2018

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PhD course di Marco Frittelli in Bicocca
by fabio bellini 18 May '18

18 May '18

Nei giorni 22-23-24 maggio, presso la Aula Seminari 2062 del DISMEQ, al secondo piano dell'edificio U7, il prof. Marco Frittelli del Dipartimento di Matematica della Università di Milano terrà un mini-corso di dottorato su 'Pathwise Finance (Arbitrage and Super-Hedging) and Systemic Risk Measures'. Il calendario delle lezioni è il seguente: Martedì 22 maggio 11-13, 14.30-16.30 Mercoledì 23 maggio 11-13, 14.30-16.30 Giovedì 24 maggio 11-13, 14.30-16.30. La partecipazione è libera ma per motivi logistici è consigliata la registrazione inviando una mail a nicoletta.alghisi(a)unimib.it. -- Prof. Fabio Bellini Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods University of Milano-Bicocca Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, 20126 Milano 0039-2-64483119 http://scholar.google.it/citations?user=P61L8P4AAAAJ&hl=it

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Call for abstracts : Numerical methods and quantitative finance: new perspectives and applications @AMASES
by Daniele Marazzina 17 May '18

17 May '18

Con preghiera di diffusione >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear Colleagues, a session entitled Numerical methods and quantitative finance: new perspectives and applications(NM)<http://amases2018.uniparthenope.it/files/NM.pdf> will take place during the AMASES Annual Conference, which will be held in Naples on September 13-15, 2018 (http://amases2018.uniparthenope.it/). In recent years the research for mathematical tools to be applied in financial contexts has gained additional importance. In fact the latest financial crisis has highlighted the need for a more scientific approach to the problem of pricing and risk control. Moreover, we can now take advantage of more advanced statistical and mathematical skills and of the availability of numerical techniques and faster computer systems. The aim of this special session is to discuss recent advances and application in this field. Theoretical and empirical papers are welcome. It is a great pleasure to invite you to submit an extended abstract. To be considered for the session, please submit your abstract by specifying the session code (NM) in the file name (NM-[surname of author who will present the paper].pdf). Please refer to the official web page of the conference for further details on the submission. Important dates: May 30, 2018: deadline for abstract submission June 11, 2018: notification of acceptance June 18, 2018: early registration July 2, 2018: late registration For information, please contact: Chiara Guardasoni - chiara.guardasoni(a)unipr.it Daniele Marazzina - daniele.marazzina(a)polimi.it Simona Sanfelici - simona.sanfelici(a)unipr.it We are looking forward to meeting you in Naples. Best regards Chiara Guardasoni, Daniele Marazzina, Simona Sanfelici

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Seminario di G. Giacomin a Milano-Bicocca (29 maggio 2018)
by Francesco Caravenna 17 May '18

17 May '18

Martedì 29 maggio 2018 alle ore 14:30 Giambattista Giacomin (Université Paris Diderot) terrà un seminario dal titolo "On phase transitions in disordered systems and singular behavior of Lyapunov exponents" Aula 3014, Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni (edificio U5, terzo piano, via Cozzi 55, Milano) Università di Milano-Bicocca Trovate il sommario di seguito. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Francesco Caravenna %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Abstract: Understanding the effect of disorder on phase transitions and crtical phenomena is a challenging problem that has been repeatedly considered in the phyisics literature. In this domain there is a highly non trivial model that takes the center stage because it is considered to be «exactly solvable». It is the two dimensional Ising model with a special type of disorder («columnar disorder»). I will provide an introduction to this model and to what has been conjectured about it. I will also explain why the exact solvability claim is an overstatement. The solvability aspect in fact is limited to the reduction of the problem to another one - the computation of the Lyapunov exponent of a certain product of two by two random matrices - that seems (and probably is) much easier. In collaboration with Francis Comets and Rafael Greenblatt, we have made some progress toward understanding this product of random matrices. The main aim of the talk is explaining these results and what they imply on the two dimensional Ising model with columnar disorder. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% _________________________________________ Francesco Caravenna Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Via Cozzi 55, 20125 Milano, Italy http://www.matapp.unimib.it/~fcaraven/ _________________________________________

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Bando RTD-B in Statistica Università Milano-Bicocca
by andrea ongaro 16 May '18

16 May '18

Si informa che l*'Università di Milano - Bicocca* ha bandito una posizione di *RTD-B in Statistica*, (settore concorsuale 13/D1, settore scientifico-disciplinare SECS-S/01) presso il Dipartimento di Economia, Metodi Quantitativi e Strategie d'Azienda. La scadenza per la presentazione delle domande è il *7 giugno 2018*. Il bando (data registr. 9.5.18, nr. reg. 1128/2018), contenente anche le informazioni per la presentazione della domanda on-line, è disponibile alla pagina: https://webproto.si.unimib.it/ADP/concdocenti.aspx Con preghiera di massima diffusione e scusandomi per eventuali invii multipli Andrea Ongaro

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Corso BERESTYCKI
by Matteo Ruggiero 16 May '18

16 May '18

Cari colleghi, nell’ambito del programma di Visiting Professors per la Laurea Magistrale in Stochastics and Data Science dell’Università di Torino, siamo lieti di annunciare il seguente corso: Julien BERESTYCKI (University of Oxford) TOPICS ON BRANCHING BROWNIAN MOTION che si terrà al terzo piano di Corso Unione Sovietica 218/bis, 10134, Torino, secondo il seguente calendario: 24 maggio 11:15-13:15 (aula 12) 25 maggio 9:15-11:15 (aula 12) 28 maggio 11:15-13:15 e 14:00-16:00 (aula 12) 29 maggio 11:15-13:15 e 16:00-18:00 (aula 12) 30 maggio 14:00-16:00 (aula 12) 31 maggio 11:15-13:15 (aula 13) Il corso è rivolto agli studenti della Laurea Magistrale, ma la partecipazione è libera agli interessati. Il programma completo di Visiting Professors si può consultare alla pagina http://www.master-sds.unito.it/do/home.pl/View?round=1&doc=visitingprofesso… Questa iniziativa è parzialmente supportata da Fondazione CRT, Torino. Cordiali saluti, I coordinatori del Programma Laura Sacerdote e Matteo Ruggiero --- Matteo Ruggiero University of Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto www.matteoruggiero.it

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seminario GSSI L'Aquila
by davide gabrielli 15 May '18

15 May '18

Il giorno 23 maggio ore 15 presso il GSSI-L'Aquila il Prof. F. Comets terra' un seminario dal titolo Singular behavior of Lyapunov exponents in a weak disorder limit infos: "http://www.gssi.infn.it/seminars/seminars-and-events-2018/item/3612-singula… Locandina allegata

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Colloquium di Balint Toth a Roma Tre il 23 maggio alle 16
by Pietro Caputo 15 May '18

15 May '18

COLLOQUIUM DI MATEMATICA Balint Toth (University of Bristol, UK and Renyi Institute, Budapest) Titolo: Invariance principle for the random Lorentz gas beyond the [Boltzmann-Grad / Gallavotti-Spohn] limit Mercoledi' 23 Maggio 2018 ORE 16:00 Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica Universita' degli Studi Roma Tre Aula F, primo piano, edificio Aule - Largo San Leonardo Murialdo,1 Abstract Let hard ball scatterers of radius $r$ be placed in $mathbb R^d$, centred at the points of a Poisson point process of intensity $rho$. The volume fraction $r^d rho$ is assumed to be sufficiently low so that with positive probability the origin is not trapped in a finite domain fully surrounded by scatterers. The Lorentz process is the trajectory of a point-like particle starting from the origin with randomly oriented unit velocity subject to elastic collisions with the fixed (infinite mass) scatterers. The question of diffusive scaling limit of this process is a major open problem in classical statistical physics. Gallavotti (1969) and Spohn (1978) proved that under the so-called Boltzmann-Grad limit, when $r to 0$, $rho to infty$ so that $r^{d-1}rho to 1$ and the time scale is fixed, the Lorentz process (described informally above) converges to a Markovian random flight process, with independent exponentially distributed free flight times and Markovian scatterings. It is essentially straightforward to see that taking a second diffusive scaling limit (after the Gallavotti-Spohn limit) yields invariance principle. I will present new results going beyond the [Boltzmann-Grad / Gallavotti-Spohn] limit, in $d=3$: Letting $r to 0$, $rho to infty$ so that $r^{d-1}rho to 1$ (as in B-G) and simultaneously rescaling time by $T sim r^{-2+epsilon}$ we prove invariance principle (under diffusive scaling) for the Lorentz trajectory. Note that the B-G limit and diffusive scaling are done simultaneously and not in sequel. The proof is essentially based on control of the effect of re-collisions by probabilistic coupling arguments. The main arguments are valid in $d=3$ but not in $d=2$. Joint work with Chris Lutsko (Bristol)

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REMINDER - HFFE2018 CALL FOR PAPERS @ SNS
by Daniele Tantari 15 May '18

15 May '18

Dear colleagues, this is the second announcement for the workshop *Frontiers in High-Frequency Financial Econometrics * that will be held at Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa (Italy) on 28-29 September 2018. The aim of the Workshop is to bring together leading experts and young researchers in the field of financial econometrics and mathematical finance with application to high-frequency finance. The main purpose is to listen to new ideas, and discuss about future perspectives in the field. The organizers encourage submissions of papers on any topic within the overall theme of the conference with a special emphasis on the following areas: realized (co)variance estimation and forecasting, high-frequency finance, liquidity and price discovery, market microstructure analysis. The scientific committee of the workshop consists of: Giacomo Bormetti (University of Bologna), Fulvio Corsi (University of Pisa), Fabrizio Lillo (University of Bologna), Maria Elvira Mancino (University of Florence), Stefano Marmi (Scuola Normale Superiore), Davide Pirino (University of Rome "Tor Vergata"), Roberto Renò (University of Verona) *CALL FOR PAPERS* *Both papers and extended abstracts (min 3 pages) are accepted for presentation in a regular session or a poster session.* The final program of the workshop will include both submitted and invited papers. Our keynote speakers are: - *Yacine Ait-Sahalia *(Princeton University) - *Nikolaus Hautsch* (University of Vienna) - *André Lucas *(VU University Amsterdam) - *Mathieu Rosenbaum *(Ecole Polytechnique) For more information on submission and registration, see the conference website https://www.hffe2018sns.com/ or contact hffe.workshop(a)gmail.com *Important dates:* Submission of a complete paper or extended abstract: May 31th, 2018 Decision: June 30th, 2018 Registration deadline: August 15th, 2018 On behalf of the organizing committee, Best Regards, Daniele Tantari

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Convegno Portfolio managing, stochastic processes and financial econometrics a Firenze, 18/5/18
by Cecilia 14 May '18

14 May '18

In occasione delle visite di Jean Jacod e di José Figueora-Lopez al Dipartimetno di Scienze per l'Economia e dell'Impresa, il giorno venerdì 18 maggio 2018, ore 10:00-18:00, a Firenze, presso il Campus di Novoli, via delle Pandette 9 (edificio D6), aula 0.01, si terrà il convegno *Portfolio managing, stochastic processes and financial econometrics* con il programma sotto descritto. Tutti gli interessati sono cordialmente invitati a partecipare. Per motivi organizzativi CHI INTENDE PARTECIPARE è pregato di INVIARE UNA EMAIL a cecilia.mancini(a)unifi.it *Programme:* 10:00 Jean Jacod, /Laboratoire de Probabilités/ et Modèles Aléatoires, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, /Modeling asset prices: small scale versus large scale/// 11:00 José Figueora-Lopez, Department of Mathematics, Washington University in St. Louis, /Optimal Kernel Estimation of Spot Volatility of Stochastic Differential Equations/ *BREAK 11:30, D6/1.02* 12:00 Luca Spadafora, Internal Model Validation, Banco BPM S.p.A., Milano, and Department of Computer Sciences, University of Verona, /Jumping VaR: Order Statistics Volatility Estimator for Jumps Classification and Market Risk Modeling/ 12:30 Giannicola Simari, University of Pisa /A new Value-based Investing Strategy: The Case of the S&P 500 Index / *LUNCH 13:00* 14:30 Giampiero Maria Gallo, Italian Court of Auditors (Corte dei conti), /Mitigating Measurement Error Effects in Volatility Forecasting/ 15:00 Simona Sanfelici, Department of Economics and Management, University of Parma, /Estimation of the stochastic leverage effect using the Fourier transform method / 15:30 Rachele Foschi, Department of Economics and Management, University of Pisa, /Hawkes processes: continuous- and discrete-time stochastic intensity/ *BREAK 16:00, D6/1.02* 16:30 Francesca Lilla, Department of Management and Economics, University of Florence, TBA 17:00 Erindi Allaj, Department of Management and Economics, University of Florence, /Black-Litterman model and its out-of-sample performance/ 17:30 Fabrizio Cipollini, Department of Statistics, Informatics and Applications, University of Florence, /Forecasting Optimal Portfolio Weights Using High-Frequency Data/

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Bando dottorato Tor Vergata
by marinucc 14 May '18

14 May '18

-------- Messaggio originale -------- Oggetto: Re: Bando dottorato di Eccellenza Data: 2018-05-11 11:36 Mittente: Andrea Braides <braides(a)gmail.com> Destinatario: Andrea Braides <braides(a)mat.uniroma2.it> Cc: liverani carlangelo <liverani(a)mat.uniroma2.it>, Domenico Marinucci <marinucc(a)axp.mat.uniroma2.it>, porretta <porretta(a)axp.mat.uniroma2.it>, Flaminio Flamini <flamini(a)axp.mat.uniroma2.it>, Benedetto Scoppola <scoppola(a)axp.mat.uniroma2.it>, Paolo Baldi <baldi(a)axp.mat.uniroma2.it>, Roberto Natalini <roberto.natalini(a)gmail.com>, Simonetta De Nicola <denicola(a)mat.uniroma2.it>, Longo Roberto <longo(a)axp.mat.uniroma2.it>, Bracci Filippo <fbracci(a)axp.mat.uniroma2.it>, Giuseppe Pareschi <pareschi(a)axp.mat.uniroma2.it>, Elisabetta Strickland <strickla(a)axp.mat.uniroma2.it>, Tarantello Gabriella <tarantel(a)axp.mat.uniroma2.it>, Michiel Bertsch <bertsch(a)mat.uniroma2.it>, Daniele Guido <guido(a)axp.mat.uniroma2.it>, Carla Manni <manni(a)axp.mat.uniroma2.it>, Celletti Alessandra <celletti(a)axp.mat.uniroma2.it>, Carlangelo Liverani <liverani(a)axp.mat.uniroma2.it>, Mauro Nacinovich <nacinovi(a)axp.mat.uniroma2.it>, Rene Schoof <schoof(a)axp.mat.uniroma2.it>, Carlo Sinestrari <sinestra(a)axp.mat.uniroma2.it>, Filippo Bracci <fbracci(a)mat.uniroma2.it> Care Colleghe e cari Colleghi, vi ri-mando il messaggio da inviare alle vostre mailing list (con un paio di refusi corretti). L’avviso del bando è ora presente sulla pagina del dottorato. Cari saluti, Andrea Bando di Dottorato in Matematica a Tor Vergata - con preghiera di diffusione agli studenti interessati PhD of Excellence at Rome Tor Vergata University. The Department of Mathematics of the University of Rome Tor Vergata has been ranked first in Italy among the Departments of Mathematics in the most recent Research Assessment Exercises, see for instance https://www.mat.uniroma2.it/Docs/All6DElenco180Ammessi.pdf The Department of Mathematics has hence benefited of an extra-funding for the period 2018-2022. These funds will be largely exploited for additional activities specifically addressed to PhD students, such as seminars, advanced courses, workshops, visiting professors; there is also specific extra-funding for students’ travels and scholarships. Within this five-year Program of Excellence, five PhD positions have been funded for the academic year 2018-2019 with yearly gross salary of 24.000 Euros approximately plus travel allowance. Information for applications can be found on the PhD School web page at https://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~dott/pagina2.html The PhD program covers all areas of research in Pure and Applied Mathematics, including for instance Algebraic and Arithmetic Geometry, Number Theory, Complex Analysis, Dynamical Systems, Calculus of Variations and PDE, Operator Algebras and Quantum Field Theory, Nonlinear Analysis, Celestial Mechanics, Statistical Physics, Numerical Analysis, Probability and Mathematical Statistics. A more detailed presentation of the PhD school, including the full list of members of the PhD Board, can be found on the PhD School web page. Our students can also benefit from strong interactions with the very lively mathematical community in Rome; there is indeed a mutual cooperation agreement with the Mathematics PhD programs run by Sapienza and Rome III University (http://www.rome-phd-math-programs.it/). For more information, please contact Prof. Andrea Braides, PhD Coordinator, braides(a)mat.uniroma2.it Mrs Simonetta De Nicola, PhD Secretary, denicola(a)mat.uniroma2.it ____________________________________________ Andrea Braides Director of the PhD School in Mathematics, University of Rome Tor Vergata For all contact information: http://axp.mat.uniroma2.it/~braideswikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Braides

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Conference "Recent Advances in Random Processes - a conference in honor of Paolo Baldi's 70th birthday" - second announcement
by Lucia Caramellino 11 May '18

11 May '18

Second announcement of the conference "Recent Advances in Random Processes - a conference in honor of Paolo Baldi's 70th birthday" Rome, September 10-11, 2018, at Citta` dell'Altra Economia Information (speakers, program, venue etc.) are available at http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~ricerca/probab/rarp/home.html Sponsors: - INdaM-Gnampa - ERC Grant PASCAL n.277742. Registration (free but compulsory) at http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~ricerca/probab/rarp/registration.html ================================== Lucia Caramellino Dipartimento di Matematica Universita` di Roma "Tor Vergata" Via della Ricerca Scientifica I-00133, Roma, Italy www.mat.uniroma2.it/~caramell

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Seminario at Scuola Normale Superiore, Prof. Jean Jacod, Université Paris 6, Pierre et Marie Curie (17-05-2018)
by Giulia 11 May '18

11 May '18

Dear all, On Thursday, 17 May 2018 — at 14:00 — at the Scuola Normale Superiore (Room: Aula Fermi) Prof. Jean Jacod (Université Paris 6, Pierre et Marie Curie) will hold the following Seminar: Title : Modeling asset prices: small scale versus large scale Abstract: A typical model for the price of financial asset, allowing for explicit or numerical computation of option prices, hedging, calibration, etc... , describes the price with an horizon of months or years. In contrast, a very active topic now is concerned with models for tick prices or order books. The structure of the price at the microscopic level is very di_erent from the structure of the usual (often continuous) semimartingales used at a macroscopic level. In particular the microscopic prices evolves on the tick grid, usually going up or down by one tick only. Our aim is to see how it is possible to reconcile the two viewpoints, using a scaling limit of tick-level price models. We will see that this question (going back to the thesis of Bachelier, in a sense) raises a number of non trivial questions if we want a reasonably simple microscopic model, together with a macroscopic model exhibiting stochastic volatility or jumps or a drift. (Joint work with Yacine Ait-Sahalia). Fill free to forward this announcement to your colleagues. Best Giulia Livieri Assegnista di ricerca Scuola Normale Superiore Piazza dei Cavalieri, 7, 56126 Pisa PI room 65

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Call for abstracts : Networks and Big Data in Economics, Finance, and Social Systems @AMASES
by Fabrizio Lillo 10 May '18

10 May '18

Dear Colleagues, a session entitled Networks and Big Data in Economics, Finance, and Social Systems will take place during the AMASES Annual Conference, which will be held in Naples on September 13-15, 2018 (http://amases2018.uniparthenope.it/ ). The special session mainly focuses on the emerging multidisciplinary study of the interconnections in finance and social science, which brings with it the necessity to deal with the growing amount of data available. Theoretical and empirical papers are welcome. Topics include but are not limited to: - contagion in social, economic and financial networks - network modeling of financial time-series - big data approach to financial, economic, and social modeling It is a great pleasure to invite you to submit an extended abstract. To be considered for the session, please submit your abstract by specifying the session code (BD) in the file name (BD-[surname of author who will present the paper].pdf). Please refer to the official web page of the conference for further details on the submission. Important dates: May 30, 2018: deadline for abstract submission June 11, 2018: notification of acceptance June 18, 2018: early registration July 2, 2018: late registration For information, please contact: Fabrizio Lillo (fabrizio.lillo(a)unibo.it) Michele Tumminello (michele.tumminello(a)unipa.it) Pietro Vassallo (pietro.vassallo01(a)unipa.it) We are looking forward to meeting you in Naples. Best regards Fabrizio Lillo, Michele Tumminello and Pietro Vassallo ---------------------------------------- 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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Workshop: BNPSI 2018, Bordeaux (France), July 2-4, 2018
by Annalisa Cerquetti 10 May '18

10 May '18

Cari tutti, segnalo il workshop: *BNPSI "Bayesian nonparametrics for signal and image processing" * in programma a Bordeaux, dal 2 al 4 luglio 2018, https://bnpsi2018.sciencesconf.org/ Deadline for registration (free) and abstract submission for the poster session: 31 Maggio 2018. A. Annalisa Cerquetti, PhD http://web.mclink.it/MD3012/annalisa.cerquetti/ <http://www.memotef.uniroma1.it/users/cerquetti-annalisa>

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Posizione RTD-B in SECS-S/01 Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia
by Carlo Gaetan 09 May '18

09 May '18

L' Università Ca' Foscari ha bandito la seguente posizione RTD-B di Statistica presso il Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica: D.R.389/2018 - Procedura pubblica di selezione per la copertura di n. 1 posto di ricercatore a tempo determinato ai sensi dell'art. 24 comma 3 lettera b) della Legge 30 dicembre 2010, n. 240, settore concorsuale 13/D1 settore SECS-S/01 SCADENZA: 4 giugno 2018, ore 12:00 a.m. (CET) Chi cerchiamo (*) I migliori candidati, con solide basi metodologiche in statistica, ma che anche vogliano cimentarsi in applicazioni in ambito ambientale o, alternativamente, nella disciplina emergente della Data Science. Cosa chiediamo (*) Un' attività di ricerca che spinga il gruppo di Statistica e il Dipartimento ancora più avanti nella valutazione ANVUR e che sia sostenuta anche con la partecipazione a bandi di finanziamento competitivi sia in ambito nazionale sia, preferibilmente, in ambito internazionale. Per maggiori informazioni e per inviare la domanda di partecipazione: http://intra.unive.it/plapps/bandi/common/showbando?id=29077 Contatti ulteriori per informazioni di natura accademica: gaetan(a)unive.it Con preghiera di massima diffusione e scusandomi per eventuali invii multipli Carlo Gaetan (*) Fatti salvi i requisiti concorsuali e gli obblighi di legge in merito a reclutamento, etc. -- Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica - DAIS Università Ca' Foscari - Venezia Edificio Zeta Via Torino, 155 I-30172 Mestre (VE) ITALY phone: ++39 041 234 8404 mobile phone: ++39 366 629 7899 e-mail:[gaetan"at"unive"dot"it] web:[http://www.dais.unive.it/~gaetan] Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. Please avoid sending me Word, Excel or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html. Per favore non stampate questo messaggio se non è proprio necessario. Per favore non mandatemi allegati in Word, Excel o PowerPoint. Le ragioni sono spiegate qui http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.it.html

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Rob Engle a Venezia
by Monica Billio 08 May '18

08 May '18

*Lunedì 14 maggio 2018 ore 12.30* Aula Meeting 1, Campus San Giobbe Cannaregio 873, Venezia *A Financial Approac h to Climate Risk** * ** *Martedì 15 maggio 2018 ore 14.30** ***Aula Magna Guido Cazzavillan, Campus San Giobbe Cannaregio 873, Venezia *Monitoring Risk with VLAB** * ** (Incontro con gli studenti di Ca’ Foscari) *Mercoledì 16 maggio 2018 ore 15.30** ***Aula Magna Ca’ Dolfin, Dorsoduro 3825/E, Venezia *How Much SRISK is Too Much?** ***Conferimento della Ca’ Foscari Honorary Fellowship Conferenza aperta al pubblico (segnalare presenza a eventi(a)unive.it) -- -- Monica Billio Dipartimento di Economia, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia Fondamenta San Giobbe 873, 30121 Venezia Tel +39 041 2349170, Fax +39 041 2349176 E-mail billio(a)unive.it http://www.unive.it/persone/billio http://ideas.repec.org/e/pbi55.html http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=303041 http://scholar.google.it/citations?user=ll83_twAAAAJ&hl=en CREDIT 2018 http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2018/credit2018.htm -- Nota automatica aggiunta dal sistema di posta.

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Seminari Prof. Mesiar e Prof. Candeloro
by Serena Doria 08 May '18

08 May '18

Il giorno 16 maggio 2018 alle ore 11.30 si terranno, presso l'aula del consiglio del Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Geologia Viale Pindaro 42, Pescara i seguenti seminari: 1) Professor Radko Mesiar Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Mathematics Radlinského 11, 810 05 Bratislava, Slovakia Titolo: "Monotone measures and real integrals" 2) Professor Domenico Candeloro Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Via Vanvitelli, 1 - Perugia Italy Titolo: "Birkhoff-type integral of multifunctions with respect to fuzzy measures" Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Cordiali saluti, Serena Doria

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RECALL -- International Summer School on Risk Measurement and Control 2018
by Roy Cerqueti 07 May '18

07 May '18

Dear all, this is a second notice to inform you that the 12th Edition of the International Summer School on Risk Measurement and Control will take place in Rome on 4-9 June, 2018. Four macrothemes will be explored: * Green Economics and Finance <http://www.risksummerschool.eu/node/208> * The Fin Tech challenge <http://www.risksummerschool.eu/node/212> * Monetary Policy in a low inflation environment <http://www.risksummerschool.eu/node/214> * Banking, Financial and Insurance Regulation <http://www.risksummerschool.eu/node/213> More information can be find on the <http://www.risksummerschool.eu/> website. The outstandig level of the lecturers and the relevance of the treated subjects let this well-established school be of wide interest for both academicians and practitioners. With my warmest regards Roy Cerqueti (Organizing Committee) -- ___________________________________________ *Il tuo 5 diventa 1000* Fai crescere la tua università Dona il 5 per mille alla Sapienza Codice fiscale: *80209930587* https://www.uniroma1.it/it/pagina/fai-crescere-la-tua-universita-con-il-cin… <https://www.uniroma1.it/it/pagina/fai-crescere-la-tua-universita-con-il-cin…>

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RTD-A in probabilità a Pisa
by Marco Romito 04 May '18

04 May '18

Scrivo per annunciare il bando per una posizione RTD-A nel settore MAT/06 presso il Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università di Pisa, con scadenza il 4 giugno 2018. Il bando è disponibile alla pagina https://alboufficiale.unipi.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Bando_RTD_A_PICA-… ------------------- dear all I would like to announce a junior researcher position (RTD-A) in Probability at University of Pisa. The official call (in italian) can be found at https://alboufficiale.unipi.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Bando_RTD_A_PICA-… The position is a fixed-term contract of employment for three years, possibly renewable for a further two years. The deadline is June 4, 2018. m.

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Lecturer (assistant professor) position in Mathematical Finance at Imperial College London
by Brigo, Damiano 04 May '18

04 May '18

Dear All, I would like to announce that there is a lecturer (assistant professor) position in the Mathematical Finance group at Imperial College London: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/description/NAT00155/lecturer-mathematical-f… Best wishes, Damiano ----------------------- Prof. Damiano Brigo Chair of Mathematical Finance, co-Head of the MF Research Group and member of the Stochastic Analysis Group Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, damiano.brigo(a)imperial.ac.uk http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/damiano.brigo

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BAYSM 2018 announcement: early bird deadline closing on 7st May 2018
by Raffaele Argiento 03 May '18

03 May '18

The Early Bird registration deadline for BAYSM 2018 is the 7th of May 2018. Register now (https://warwick.ac.uk/baysm) to receive the discounted registration cost for this exciting event. As part of the registration process you can also book your accommodation in en-suite rooms on campus at Conference Park. BAYSM2018 is the 4rd edition of the Bayesian Young Statisticians Meeting and will take place at University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (2-3 July 2018), as a satellite to the ISBA 2018 world meeting. BAYSM is dedicated to Ph.D. Students, M.S. Students, Post-Docs, Young and Junior Researchers working in the field of Bayesian statistics, providing an opportunity to connect with the Bayesian community at large. Senior discussants will be present at each session, providing participants with advise and comments to their work. Recognised figures of the Bayesian community will also participate as keynote speakers, making an altogether exciting program. The event will be hosted by the Department of Statistics of the University of Warwick (https://warwick.ac.uk/statistics/). It will include social events, providing the opportunity to get to know other junior Bayesians. Keynote speakers: Kerrie Mengersen (Queensland University of Technology) Igor Prünster (Bocconi University) Judith Rousseau (University of Oxford) Stephen Senn (University of Glasgow) Yee Whye Teh (University of Oxford) Discussants: Deborah Ashby (Imperial College) Bärbel Finkenstädt Rand (University of Warwick) Jim Griffin (University of Kent) Michele Guindani (University of California, Irvine) Amy Herring (Duke University) Jim Smith (University of Warwick) Mark Steel (University of Warwick) Sebastian Vollmer (University of Warwick) While the meeting is organized for and by junior Bayesians, attendance is open to anyone who may be interested. For more information, please visit the conference website: https://warwick.ac.uk/baysm On behalf of the BAYSM2018 organizing committee (https://warwick.ac.uk/baysm/organiserssponsors/) -- Dr. Raffaele Argiento University of Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto www.raffaeleargiento.it

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Call for tenure-track at the University of Oslo
by Giulia Di Nunno 03 May '18

03 May '18

Dear Colleagues, The Department of Mathematics of the University of Oslo (Section for Stochastic analysis, finance, insurance and risk) is announcing a tenure-track position in insurance mathematics and probability theory. The call is now open. Deadline for application is May 20th, 2018. Please, bring this to the attention of interested people and help us to spread the ad: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/151890/tenure-track-position… Best regards, Giulia Di Nunno

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Seminari SOYER e POLSON al CNR IMATI - Milano - 3 Maggio
by antonio.pievatolo＠cnr.it 02 May '18

02 May '18

Ricordo i seguenti seminari che si svolgeranno presso CNR IMATI, via Alfonso Corti 12, Milano, Aula A Giovedì 3 maggio 2018, ore 15:00 - 16:30 [notare il cambio di aula; gentilmente scrivere a simona(a)mi.imati.cnr.it se si intende partecipare] 1) Refik Soyer, School of Business, George Washington University ore 15:00-15:45 BAYESIAN MODELING OF NON GAUSSIAN MULTIVARIATE TIME SERIES Abstract: Modeling of multivariate non Gaussian time series of correlated observations is considered. In so doing, we focus on time series from multivariate counts and durations. Dependence among series arises as a result of sharing a common dynamic environment. We discuss characteristics of the resulting multivariate time series models and develop Bayesian inference for them using particle filtering and Markov chain Monte Carlo methods. We illustrate application of the proposed approach using conditionally multivariate Poisson and gamma time series. Joint work with Tevfik Aktekin, University of New Hampshire and Nicholas Polson, University of Chicago 2) Nicholas Polson, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago ore 15:45-16:30 DEEP LEARNING: A BAYESIAN PERSPECTIVE Deep learning is a form of machine learning for nonlinear high dimensional pattern matching and prediction. By taking a Bayesian probabilistic perspective, we provide a number of insights into more efficient algorithms for optimisation and hyper-parameter tuning. Traditional high-dimensional data reduction techniques, such as principal component analysis (PCA), partial least squares (PLS), reduced rank regression (RRR), projection pursuit regression (PPR) are all shown to be shallow learners. Their deep learning counterparts exploit multiple deep layers of data reduction which provide predictive performance gains. Stochastic gradient descent (SGD) training optimisation and Dropout (DO) regularization provide estimation and variable selection. Bayesian regularization is central to finding weights and connections in networks to optimize the predictive bias-variance trade-off. To illustrate our methodology, we provide an analysis of international bookings on Airbnb. Finally, we conclude with directions for future research. Joint work with Vladimir Sokolov, Sistems Engineering and Operations Research, George Mason University -- Dr Antonio Pievatolo IMATI-CNR http://www.imati.cnr.it/joomla/index.php/people?layout=edit&id=101

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seminario Marco Patacca in Bicocca
by fabio bellini 02 May '18

02 May '18

Il giorno venerdì 11 maggio alle ore 14.30 presso la Aula Seminari 4026 del DISMEQ al IV piano dell'edificio U7, il dott. Marco Patacca della Università di Perugia terrà un seminario su "Bitcoin prices and market attention" Abstract In this work we measure market attention by applying several filters on time series for the trading volume or the SVI Google searches index. We analyze relative impact of these measures either on the mean or on the variance of Bitcoin returns by fitting non linear econometric models to historical data from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2017; two non-overlapping subsamples are also considered. Outcomes confirm our conjecture that market attention has an impact on Bitcoin returns. Specifically, trading volume related measures affect both the mean and the conditional variance of Bitcoin returns while internet searches volume mainly affects the conditional variance of returns. Motivated by these evidences we propose a continuous time model for Bitcoin price, we obtain an approximate formula for the likelihood and we fit the model to historical data (joint work with Gianna Figà-Talamanca). Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. -- Prof. Fabio Bellini Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods University of Milano-Bicocca Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, 20126 Milano 0039-2-64483119 http://scholar.google.it/citations?user=P61L8P4AAAAJ&hl=it

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PhD position in Bern
by fabio bellini 02 May '18

02 May '18

A message from Johanna Ziegel and Riccardo Gatto: UNIVERSITY OF BERN (INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS AND ACTUARIAL SCIENCE) PhD POSITION in STATISTICS Funding is available for a PhD student (3 years) to work on a project in one of the following areas: Statistical forecasting including elicitability and related topics, stochastic simulation, large deviations and related computational techniques. The student will be supervised by Prof. Johanna Ziegel or Prof. Riccardo Gatto depending on the choice of topic. The prospective PhD student should have a solid background in mathematics, mathematical statistics and/or probability theory. The salary will be at the level foreseen by the SNF for PhD students, see http://www.snf.ch/SiteCollectionDocuments/allg_doktorierende_d.pdf. There might be a possibility to complement the salary by taking up teaching and statistical consulting duties. The starting date is 1 September 2018 or by mutual agreement. Applications (cover letter, CV, and transcripts from the studies) giving the name and address (postal and e-mail) of an academic referee should be e-mailed as a single file to Prof. Johanna Ziegel johanna.ziegel(a)stat.unibe.ch and Prof. Riccardo Gatto riccardo.gatto(a)stat.unibe.ch All applications received before 10 June 2018 will be considered. Later applications will be considered until the position is filled. Informal e-mail enquiries are welcome. http://www.imsv.unibe.ch

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Three Days in Quantum Mechanics, Genoa, June 6-8
by Alberto Barchielli 01 May '18

01 May '18

Dear Collegues, We are pleased to announce the workshop "Three Days in Quantum Mechanics", which will take place on June 6-8, 2018 in Genoa - Italy. The workshop will be focused on the the mathematical aspects of Quantum Information and Quantum Incompatibility, with a particular reference to - quantum tomography; - quantum uncertainty relations and information-disturbance tradeoff; - quantum entanglement; - open quantum systems. The purpose of the workshop is to take stock of most recent significant advances and insights on the above topics, and enable the participants to jointly explore future directions and forge new collaborations. You can find some more information and an updated list of speakers at the following link: https://www.ge.infn.it/~toigo/ Looking forward to seeing you in Genoa! With best regards, The Organizing Committee Claudio Carmeli, Paolo Solinas, Alessandro Toigo, Bassano Vacchini, Nino Zanghi'. -- Prof. Alberto Barchielli Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Matematica, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy tel +39 0223994559 fax +39 0223994513 http://www.mate.polimi.it/qp/ http://www.springer.com/978-3-642-01297-6

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Call for Expression of Interest - Politecnico di Torino
by TRIVELLATO BARBARA 29 Apr '18

29 Apr '18

The Department of Mathematical Sciences of the Politecnico di Torino (DISMA) opens a call for expression of interest for a tenured Associate Professor position in the field of discrete or computational mathematics. The position is supported by a research grant obtained by DISMA as Dipartimento di Eccellenza 2018-2022. Full details and contacts can be found at http://www.polito.it/disma-excellence/EoIAssociateProfessor.html Saluti, Barbara Trivellato Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche Politecnico di Torino Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino, ITALY Tel: +39 011 564 7550 Fax: +39 011 564 7599 barbara.trivellato(a)polito.it

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Extended deadline - Advanced School on complexity and emergence
by elisa mastrogiacomo 29 Apr '18

29 Apr '18

This is the final* announcement* of the upcoming *Advanced School on complexity and emergence: ideas, methods, with a special attention to economics and finance (CEIM)* The School will be held in the magnificent Villa del Grumello, Como (Italy) along the Lake Como shore on July 22-27, 2018. The main courses will be given by L. Boi (EHESS – Paris), I. Capelli (Università dell’Insubria), I. Ekeland (Ceremade - Universitè Paris-Dauphine), F. Guerra (Sapienza Università di Roma), J. Jost (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences - Leipzig), Florent McIsaac, (Agence Française pour le Développement), F. Patras (Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis), F. Riedel (Center for Mathematical Economics, Bielefeld University), F. Semboloni (Università degli studi di Firenze), R. Seri (Università dell’Insubria). The potential participants of the School are primarily master and doctorate students of mathematics, information sciences, theoretical physics, and economics, as well as research workers in those areas, who want to enlarge their spectrum of knowledge towards the area of complexity. The aim of the School is to provide these researchers useful instruments from the theory of complex systems, both on the theoretical level and the methodological ones, bridging the present disciplinary gap, and profiting from knowledge and insights from both communities. The School may have some (limited number of) financial supports. Details about the registration, the program and the application for financial support are available at the website http://ceim.lakecomoschool.org/. *Deadline for application: 14th May. * We would be grateful if you could circulate this announcement among your PhD students, postdocs and colleagues. With our best regards, Sergio Albeverio Elisa Mastrogiacomo Fabio Minazzi Emanuela Rosazza Gianin Stefania Ugolini

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A Winter Day in Probability and Statistical Physics
by Francesca Romana Nardi 27 Apr '18

27 Apr '18

Carissimi, stiamo preparando la prossima giornata di seminari del 16 Marzo 2018 (terzo incontro della serie di giornate sulla probabilita` e le sue applicazioni alla Fisica, Biologia e Scienze sociali). Ricordo che ciascuno oratore fara` una lezione introduttiva e divulgativa di 45 minuti pensata proprio per i non esperti, seguita da altri 45 minuti di tipo seminario (vedi programma). Per maggiori informazioni e aggiornamenti sulle giornate passate e future abbiamo istituito una pagina web che vi invitiamo a visitare periodicamente. http://web.math.unifi.it/users/fnardi/seminari/ A WINTER DAY IN PROBABILITY AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS University of Florence Friday 16 March 2018 Lecturers: Frank den Hollander (Leiden) and Giovanni Peccati (Luxenbourg) Location: Aula Magna di Via S. Gallo 10, Firenze Prof. Frank den Hollander (Leiden University) Title: Large deviations for the Wiener sausage Abstract: The Wiener sausage is the 1-environment of Brownian motion. It is an important mathematical object because it is one of the simplest non-Markovian functionals of Brownian motion. The Wiener sausage has been studied intensively since the 1970's. It plays a key role in the study of various stochastic phenomena, including heat conduction, trapping in random media, spectral properties of random Schrödinger operators, and Bose-Einstein condensation. In these lectures we look at two specific quantities: the volume and the capacity. After an introduction to the Wiener sausage, we show that both the volume and the capacity satisfy a downward large deviation principle. We identify the rate and the rate function, and analyse the properties of the rate function. We also explain how the large deviation principles are proved with the help of the skeleton approach. Joint work with Michiel van den Berg (Bristol) and Erwin Bolthausen (Zurich). Giovanni Peccati (University of Luxembourg) Title: Stein's method and stochastic geometry Abstract: The so-called 'Stein's method' for probabilistic approximations is a collection of powerful analytical techniques, allowing one to explicitly assess the distance between the distributions of two random objects, by using caracterizing differential operators. Originally developed by Ch. Stein at the end of the sixties for dealing with one-dimensional normal approximations under weak dependence assumptions, Stein's method has rapidly become a crucial tool in many areas of modern stochastic analysis, ranging from random matrix theory and random graphs, to mathematical physics, geometry, combinatorics and statistics. In the first part of my talk, I will provide a self-contained introduction to Stein's method for normal approximations, by focussing on some connection with generalised integration by parts formulae, both in a continuous and discrete setting. In the second part of my talk, I will present some recent applications of Stein's method in stochastic geometry, with specific emphasis on the geometry of random fields, and on random geometric graphs. Program: 11.00-11.45 Introductory lecture: den Hollander 11.45-12.00 Break 12.00-12.45 Seminar: den Hollander 13.00-14.30 Lunch 14.30-15.15 Introductory lecture: Peccati 15.15-15.30 Break 15.30-16.15 Seminar: Peccati Organizers: F. Caravenna, N. Cancrini, E.N.M. Cirillo, P. Dai Pra, A. De Masi, D. Fanelli, F. Flandoli C. Giardina`, R. Livi, D. Marinucci, F. Martinelli, I.G. Minelli, F.R. Nardi, E. Presutti, B. Scoppola, E. Scoppola Note pratiche: 1) E` importante prenotare il biglietto del treno il piu` presto possibile per poter usufruire di sconti!!!! 2) Stiamo prenotando un ristorante con un paio di menu fissi (di cui uno vegerariano) che possa ospitarci, ma ho bisogno del numero di persone che vogliono mangiare insieme. A coloro che fossero interessati chiedo di mandare un email a francescaromana.nardi(a)unifi.it Resta fermo il fatto che saremo in pieno centro di Firenze, quindi ci sono moltissime altre possibilita` per mangiare se preferite regolarvi indipendentemente. Vi aspettiamo numerosi Francesca R. Nardi Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica Università degli Studi di Firenze Viale Morgagni 67, Firenze, Italy

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[Polimi] From Blockchain&Bitcoin to Distributed Ledger Technologies, Smart Contracts and Cryptocurrencies in Finance
by Daniele Marazzina 27 Apr '18

27 Apr '18

Il Nicola Bruti Liberati Quantitative Finance Lab del Dipartimento di Matematica del Politecnico di Milano organizza nei giorni 9-10 maggio 2018 la conferenza >From Blockchain&Bitcoin to Distributed Ledger Technologies, Smart Contracts and Cryptocurrencies in Finance La conferenza si svolge nell’ambito dell'iniziativa Polimi Fintech Journey grazie al supporto di Deloitte Consulting. Allego il programma in pdf. La conferenza si rivolge al mondo accademico e a quello dell’industria finanziaria con l’intenzione di fare il punto attorno a tre temi: aspetti tecnologici legati al mondo DLT e degli smart contracts, i risvolti economici e finanziari di questi strumenti, le potenziali applicazioni al mondo della finanza. La conferenza ha un taglio multidisciplinare con l’intervento di esperti informatici e del mondo della finanza, esponenti dell’industria finanziaria e delle autorità di regolazione, La conferenza sarà preceduta da un tutorial che intende fornire un’introduzione sulla tecnologia di questi strumenti. Per dettagli sul programma e per la registrazione si prega di consultare il sito https://www.mate.polimi.it/fintech/.

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Seminario RAY
by Matteo Ruggiero 27 Apr '18

27 Apr '18

STATISTICS SEMINARS @ COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO Venerdì 4 Maggio 2018, alle ore 12:00, presso il nuovo edificio del Collegio Carlo Alberto, in Piazza Arbarello 8, Torino, si terrà il seguente seminario: ------------------------------------------------ Kolyan RAY (King’s College London) ESTIMATING THE MEAN RESPONSE IN A MISSING DATA MODEL We study semiparametric Bayesian estimation of the mean response in a binary regression model with missing observations. We allow some dependence between the missingness and response mechanisms, which we assume are conditionally independent given some measured covariates (i.e. unconfoundedness). This model has applications in biostatistics and causal inference. We show that the marginal posterior distribution for the mean response arising from product priors on the different model parameters satisfies a semiparametric Bernstein-von Mises theorem under some conditions. We also propose a more involved prior geared towards estimating this specific functional. This is joint work with Aad van der Vaart. ------------------------------------------------ Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Il seminario è organizzato dalla "de Castro" Statistics Initiative (www.carloalberto.org/stats <http://www.carloalberto.org/stats>) in collaborazione con il Collegio Carlo Alberto. Cordiali saluti, Matteo Ruggiero --- Matteo Ruggiero University of Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto www.matteoruggiero.it <http://www.matteoruggiero.it/>

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seminario Dott. Luca Gonzato
by emanuela rosazza gianin 27 Apr '18

27 Apr '18

Si avvisa che il giorno mercoledì 2 maggio alle ore 14.30 presso l’Università di Milano- Bicocca (via degli Arcimboldi 8 - edificio U7, quarto piano- aula seminari 4026) si terrà il seguente seminario: Speaker: Luca Gonzato (Dismeq, Università di Milano-Bicocca) Titolo: “ Filtering and Calibrating a Self-Exciting Jump Diffusion Model for Oil Price by a Particle Markov Chain Monte Carlo Method ” Abstract: In this paper we propose a self-exciting jump diffusion model for oil price dynamics based on a Hawkes-type process. In particular, the jump intensity is stochastic and path dependent; so a jump will increase the probability of observing a new jump and this feature of the model aims at explaining the jumps clustering effect. Our model is very similar to that proposed by Hainaut & Moraux (2017) for equity market, although we assume the jump size normally distributed. Moreover, our filtering and calibration method relies on a different procedure. Indeed, we filter the latent jump intensity and estimate the model parameters according to a Particle Markov Chain Monte Carlo method proposed by Andrieu, Doucet & Holenstein (2010), which is well suited for nonlinear non-Gaussian dynamical models. Finally, we provide numerical simulations in order to test our approach. Joint work with Carlo Sgarra. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Un saluto e a presto, Emanuela ************************************************** Emanuela Rosazza Gianin Dipartimento di Statistica e Metodi Quantitativi Università di Milano-Bicocca Edificio U7 – 4° Piano Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi, 8 20126 Milano Tel. 02 64483208 Fax. 02 64483105 e-mail: emanuela.rosazza1(a)unimib.it ****************************************************

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Quantitative Finance at Work, second edition.
by Davide Erminio Pirino 26 Apr '18

26 Apr '18

Dear all, the final schedule of the second edition of the Quantitative Finance at Work is now available. Please read below a reminder of the details of the event. Looking forward to seeing you in Rome “Tor Vergata”, The organizing committee Stefano Herzel Davide Pirino Rocco Ciciretti Sergio Scarlatti Alessandro Ramponi On May 3 and 4, 2018, the Department of Economics and Finance <http://economia.uniroma2.it/en/def/> and the Master of Science in Finance and Banking <http://economia.uniroma2.it/master-science/financeandbanking> of the University of Rome Tor Vergata <http://web.uniroma2.it/home/newlang/english> will host the second edition of Quantitative Finance at Work, a workshop on the practical use of quantitative methods in Finance. Find out more about the program, the venue and the registration form at the event website <https://www.qfinatwork.com/>. Please find here <https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/3e1e75_c72aef8e83d942439e9136419fb340f1.pdf> the flyer of the event. Registration *is** free but required to attend to the workshop*. It will be open until the maximum number of participants is reached. Speakers *Stefano Iacus *University of Milan *Douglas McKinley* Thomson Reuters *Attilio Meucci *Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management Andrea Pallavicini Banca IMI *Francesca Perino* MathWorks Pietro Rossi Prometeia *Reha Tutuncu *SECOR Asset Management Venue University of Rome Tor Vergata, School of Economics Classroom TL – Building A Via Columbia, 2 – 00133 Rome Dates May 3, 2018, 14:15-17:30 (pre-workshop) May 4, 2018, 9:15-16:45 (workshop) *Web*: https://www.qfinatwork.com

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Seminario di Jacopo Corbetta in Bicocca
by Francesco Caravenna 26 Apr '18

26 Apr '18

Martedì 8 maggio 2018 alle ore 11:00 Jacopo Corbetta (Zeliade System) terrà un seminario dal titolo "Robust calibration and arbitrage free interpolation of SSVI slices" Aula 4026, IV piano dell'edificio U7 Dipartimento di Statistica e Metodi Quantitativi Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, Milano Trovate il sommario di seguito. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Francesco Caravenna %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% We describe a robust calibration algorithm of a set of SSVI (Surface Stochastic Volatility Inspired) slices (i.e. a set of 3 SSVI parameters θ, ρ, ϕ attached to each option maturity available on the market), which grants that these slices are free of Butterfly and Calendar-Spread arbitrage. Given such a set of consistent SSVI parameters, we show that the most natural interpolation/extrapolation of the parameters provides a full continuous volatility surface free of arbitrage. The numerical implementation is straightforward, robust and quick, yielding an effective, parsimonious solution to the smile problem, which has the potential to become a benchmark one. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% _________________________________________ Francesco Caravenna Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Via Cozzi 55, 20125 Milano, Italy http://www.matapp.unimib.it/~fcaraven/ _________________________________________

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(senza oggetto)
by Faggionato, Alessandra 24 Apr '18

24 Apr '18

Buongiorno, e' stato pubblicato sul sito web del Dipartimento il seguente bando per assegno di ricerca: https://www2.mat.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/bando2018-2.pdf n. 2/2018 per il conferimento di n. 2 assegni annuali categoria A tip. II _ Matematica e sue applicazioni. SSD: tutti scadenza: 23 maggio 2018 saluti af -- ************************************************* 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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International Conference in Venice - CALL FOR PAPERS
by Monica Billio 22 Apr '18

22 Apr '18

CREDIT2018 <http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2018/credit2018.htm> *GRETA Associati *(Venice, Italy), the *European Investment Fund *(EIF, Luxembourg), *European DataWarehouse*(Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and *Intesa Sanpaolo *(Milan, Italy) are co-sponsors of a Conference to be held in Venice on September 27-28, 2018. 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 events in financial markets and may, in turn, suggest fruitful 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 *and *European Investment Bank*, is the *seventeenth* of a series dedicated to various aspects of credit risk. //Since 2007, the financial crisis has triggered deep changes of various kinds. Central banks have experimented with new monetary policies (low interest rates, quantitative easing, forward guidance...). In the meantime the first steps towards a more neutral monetary policy are taken. The banking industry has had to develop new asset management strategies and to adjust its credit allocation practices in order to cope with a new environment characterized, in particular, by a prolonged period of very low risk-free returns. Meanwhile, regulatory frameworks have been reshaped all around the world, with the introduction of new requirements or guidelines including regulation on credit impairment provisioning. All t////hese changes have called for a substantial amount of research to improve the knowledge of the mechanisms at play during the crisis, to design adapted policy tools and to provide a better description of the new economic and financial environment.////// The organizers encourage submissions of papers on any topic within the overall theme of the conference and in the following areas in particular: * Loan level data and credit risk analysis: credit registries; big data analytics; credit risk measurement; credit risk modelling; * Financial regulation and credit cycles: macro-prudential regulation; banking cycles; bank business models; rational inattention; * Macro-economic determinants of SMEs’ credit risk and SME loan portfolios: ECB policy; macro-parameters for SMEs’ credit risk; industry sector specialization; loan portfolio allocation; * IFRS9, credit impairments and SME financing: expected credit loss; internal models versus standardized approach; procyclicality; * The economic impact of government support measures (i.e. Credit Guarantee Schemes, Venture Capital): availability; real effects; inequality; * Monetary policy, financial regulation and credit cycles: unconventional monetary policy; monetary policy normalization; macro-prudential tools; banking cycles; ·Macro-prudential regulation and real estate valuation: macro-prudential tools; loan-to-value; loan-to-income; collateral value; real estate prices. The final program will include both submitted and invited papers. Acceptances received so far from invited speakers include *Tor Jacobson *(Sveriges Riksbank), *Robert C. Merton* (MIT Sloan School of Management), and *Guillaume Plantin *(Sciences Po & CEPR). The Conference will also feature a panel discussion on researchers' and practitioners' views of the major outstanding problems. Sponsors** *GRETA* <http://www.greta.it/> *EIF* <http://www.eif.org/index.htm> *European Datawarehouse* <https://eurodw.eu/> *IntesaSanpaolo* <http://www.group.intesasanpaolo.com/scriptIsir0/si09/eng_index.jsp> Auspices** *ABI* <http://www.abi.it/Pagine/default.aspx> *EIB* <http://www.eib.org/> *Ca' Foscari - Economics Department* <http://www.unive.it/pag/16892> The Scientific Committee consists of: *Hans Degryse *(KU Leuven, Halle Institute for Economic Research & CEPR, Programme Chair)** *Monica Billio *(Ca’ Foscari University of Venice & GRETA) *Vasso Ioannidou *(Lancaster University & CEPR) *Helmut Kraemer-Eis *(Head of Research & Market Analysis, Chief Economist, EIF) *Jan Pieter Krahnen *(SAFE - Goethe University) *Steven Ongena *(University of Zurich, Swiss Finance Institute, KU Leuven & CEPR) *Guillaume Plantin*(Sciences Po & CEPR) *Stephen Schaefer *(London Business School) *Enrico Sette *(Bank of Italy) *Ludovic Thebault *(European DataWarehouse). *CALL FOR PAPERS* Those wishing to present a paper at the Conference should submit by *May 25, 2018 *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 25, 2018*. The final version of accepted papers must be received by August 31, 2018. European DataWarehouse (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) will offer access to its ABS loan level database <https://eurodw.eu/> to the authors of the selected papers on the following topics: loan level data, credit risk analysis, loan level data analytics, credit risk measurement, credit risk modelling, loan-to-value, loan-to-income, collateral value, real estate valuations. The access to the database will be given for a period of 1 year. 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> *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/credit2018/credit2018.htm_). Registration fees are: Late registration (from September 1^st on) Early registration (within August 31^st ) Academics: 250 Euro + VAT 300 Euro + VAT Practitioners: 800 Euro + VAT 1000 Euro + VAT Academics Poster Presenter: 130 Euro + VAT 130 Euro + VAT Practitioners Poster Presenter: 500 Euro + VAT 500 Euro + VAT PhD Students*: 80 Euro + VAT 130 Euro + VAT ** *VAT is currently 22%* For participants presenting a paper there are no fees. *Students will have to provide valid proof of their student status. The registration fees cover: * Admission to all scientific sessions * Lunches and coffee service during the Conference * Conference kit The registration fees do not fully cover the conference dinner on September 27th, 2018, for which there is an extra charge of 90.00 Euro per person (conference attendees as well as accompanying persons). *IMPORTANT DATES* May 25, 2018: Papers submission deadline June 25, 2018: Paper acceptance notification August 31, 2018: Deadline for sending final version of accepted papers August 31, 2018: Deadline for early registration More detailed information available on the Conference website: http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2018/credit2018.htm *** Please accept our apologies for any crossed e-mails. ** If you do not want to receive more information from this e-mailing list, please reply to this message with Subject "Cancel from Mailing List". -- Nota automatica aggiunta dal sistema di posta.

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DGA-Inria PhD position at Sophia-Anitipolis, France. Deadline : April 29th 2018. Contact : Josiane ZERUBIA, Inria-SAM
by Marianne Clausel 21 Apr '18

21 Apr '18

*Application :* For more information and application, please contact before April 29 th , 2018: Josiane ZERUBIA, Inria-SAM http://www-sop.inria.fr/members/Josiane.Zerubia/index-eng.html email: Josiane.Zerubia(a)inria.fr *Title:* Stochastic Geometry for Multiple Object Detection and Tracking in High Resolution Multi-Source Data Sets for Wide Area Surveillance Applications *Abstract:* Unmanned aerial vehicles and low-orbit satellites, including cubesats, are increasingly used for wide area surveillance which results in large amounts of multi- source data (videos) that have to be processed and analyzed. These sensor platforms capture vast ground areas at roughly 2 frames per second. The number of moving objects in such data is typically very high, accounting for up to thousands of objects. Multiple objects tracking has traditionally been a major area of research in the computer vision field, but this type of data poses new, specific, tracking related challenges. The large number of small objects coupled with the reduced frame rate of the video, illumination changes and image registration provide significant sources of errors. Numerous motion models and state estimation methods like the Kalman filter or the particle filter have been proposed for object tracking. Classical trackers such as the Multiple Hypothesis Tracker or the Joint Probabilistic Data Association Filter have been employed to solve the data association problem between multiple detections. Both approaches work on a set of data association hypothesis. A strong limitation of these methods is that past decisions cannot be updated when new information is available. One way to cope with this problem is to use a sliding temporal window to perform tracking taking into account both past and future information and hence, removing the causality of the result. Recently, a new spatio-temporal marked point process model specifically adapted to the problem of multiple objects tracking has been developed by Craciun et al. [1]. Craciun et al. use ellipses to model the objects, boats or cars for instance, adding a non-geometric mark to facilitate the association between objects in different frames. Nevertheless one important drawback of the above-mentioned model is that constant velocity of the moving objects is a necessary prior hypothesis to deal with the corresponding density function to be optimized. In this PhD thesis we propose to get rid of this constraint by extending the previous model of Paula Craciun . [1] P. Craciun, M. Ortner, and J. Zerubia. Joint detection and tracking of moving objects using spatio-temporal marked point processes. Proc. IEEE Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision, 2015. *Candidate profile:* We encourage applications from outstanding candidates with strong academic backgrounds in Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Engineering and related fields. At Inria we seek to increase the number of women in areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourage women to apply. Furthermore, we are committed to increasing the number of individuals with disabilities in its workforce and therefore encourage applications from such qualified individuals. *Important notice: to get PhD funding from DGA it is necessary to be a** **European citizen (EU and associated countries).*

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Kondratiev minicourse in Verona: cancelled
by Luca di persio 21 Apr '18

21 Apr '18

Dear all, I am regret to announce that the forecasted course of prof. Kondratiev http://www.di.univr.it/?ent=seminario&id=4253&lang=en has been cancelled due to serious health conditions of the speaker. Do not hesitate to contact me if you need further info. Best, LuCa -- __ Luca Di Persio - PhD College of Mathematics Dept. of Computer Science - University of Verona strada le Grazie 15 - 37134 Verona - Italy Tel : +39 045 802 7968 <http://www.hpa8.com/>

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PhD Thesis : Towards hybrid and explainable recommender systems mixing content analysis and collaborative filterings, Project OLKI Lorraine Université d'Excellence, France
by Marianne Clausel 20 Apr '18

20 Apr '18

*General context* Over the last twenty years, an increasing attention has been paid to recommender systems, widely popularized by the Netflix Challenge. The main goal of a recommender system is to provide some users, with personalized products, taking into account their profile and preferences. Recent challenges are about the recommendation of products very complex to describe : jobs, partners... Their characteristics can mix heterogeneous features: quantitative (as ratings) and/or qualitative (as reviews). Moreover, new questions are emerging about explainability of algorithms. Nowadays, Artificial Intelligence algorithms are democratized in our erveyday life, and consumers want to understand the decision resulting from these algorithms (why this decision and not another one ?) as well as quantify the importance of each factor (element) in the decision process (which element is the most important/sensitive). They require more /explainability/ of AI algorithms. In addition, the new European legislation on data protection foresees to impose more /transparency/ to Artificial Intelligence algorithm. The law envisages to make compulsory the agreement of users for using personal data, which will reduce the amount of data that can be collected about users. The customer will also have to be informed about the way their personal data is used. From the algorithms point of view, the decrease of data will impact the quality of the recommmendations. All these changes, will impact shortly and significantly the design of algorithms. In this thesis, we aim at designing and implementing new explainable and transparent recommender systems for complex products, in the frame of data sparsity. *Scientific challenges and program* The challenges are four fold : - *Definition*, in a quantitative way, of the concept of transparency, and develop statistical methods to automatically quantify the transparency degree of an algorithm. - *Classification* of recommender systems from the literature, from the transparency point of view and/or robustness degree with respect to missing data - *Conception* of new hybrid and explainable recommender systems, robust to sparse data. The products being complex, the heterogeneous descriptions of the products, as well as the multi-sources of information, will be used to construct understandable explanation. Especially, natural language processing, and hybrid (content/social) approaches will be studied. The algorithms will also be able to quantify the weights and the sensitivity of each factor in the final decision. - *Constitution *of data sets, allowing to evaluate transparency of recommender systems *Application* \noindent The application should include a brief description of research interests and past experience, a CV, degrees and grades, a copy of Master thesis (or a draft thereof), motivation letter (short but pertinent to this call), relevant publications (if any), and other relevant documents. Candidates are encouraged to provide letter(s) of recommendation or contact information to reference persons. Please send your application *before 12 May 2018* in one single pdf to : armelle.brun(a)univ-lorraine.fr marianne.clausel(a)univ-lorraine.fr The application of the preselected candidates will be reviewed by the Doctoral School IAEM of University of Lorraine in June 2018 for completing the selection process. *Practical informations* *Duration: *3 years (full time position) *Starting date:* October, 2018 *Supervisors* A. Brun, University of Lorraine/LORIA, France, https://members.loria.fr/ABrun/ M. Clausel, University of Lorraine/IECL, France, https://sites.google.com/site/marianneclausel/ *Working Environment* The PhD candidate will work between the Probability and Statistic team of the IECL lab and the KIWI Team of the LORIA lab which are two leading institutions, respectively in Mathematics and Computer Science in France. The two labs are both located at Nancy, France on the same campus. The Probability and Statistic team of IECL is working on interdisciplinary projects involving probabilistic modeling and inference methods, with a focus on many applications as textual datas, biology, spatial datas... The KIWI team of LORIA is a dynamic group working on recommender system and connected scientific domains over 20 researchers (including PhD students) and that covers several aspects of the subject from theory to applications, including statistical learning, data-mining, and cognitive science. *Location* : Nancy, which is the capital of Lorraine in France, with excellent train connection to Luxembourg (1h30) and Paris (1h30). *Salary after taxes: *around 1600 euros.

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Fwd: 4th Barcelona Summer School on Stochastic Analysis
by Marco Romito 20 Apr '18

20 Apr '18

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: 4th Barcelona Summer School on Stochastic Analysis Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 12:11:45 +0200 From: Bústia Difusions <crmdifusions(a)crm.cat> To: romito(a)dm.unipi.it We would like to bring your attention to the forthcoming *4th Barcelona Summer School on Stochastic Analysis* *A 2018 EMS Summer School* which will be held at the Centre de Recerca Matemàtica <http://www.crm.cat/en/About/General/Pages/LocationDirections.aspx>in Bellaterra (Barcelona) from *July 9^th to July 13^th , 2018*. The school is addressed to PhD students and young researchers mainly in stochastic analysis. The courses will be the following: * /Some stochastic models in eco-evolution/, by *Sylvie Méléard*(École Polytechnique, France) * /Zero sets of random functions, by**/*Mikhail Sodin*(Tel Aviv University, Israel) -Registration deadline: *June 1^st , 2018. * The period for submissions of proposals for poster presentations and contributed talks is currently open. The deadline is *May 1^st , 2018*.** We invite you to visit the homepage of the school www.crm.cat/2018/StochasticAnalysisBCN <http://www.crm.cat/2018/StochasticAnalysisBCN>to keep posted with the progress of and news about the organization. *Organizing Committee* Xavier Bardina (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) Lluís Quer-Sardanyons (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) Marta Sanz-Solé (Universitat de Barcelona) Josep Vives (Universitat de Barcelona) __________________ *Centre de Recerca Matemàtica* Campus de Bellaterra, Edifici C 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona) Tel.: + 34 93 581 10 81 Fax: + 34 93 581 22 02 *www.crm.cat* <http://www.crm.cat/>** *@CRMatematica* <https://twitter.com/CRMatematica>**

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Postdoc position in Geometric Methods for Deep and Reinforcement Learning at RIST
by Luigi Malagò 20 Apr '18

20 Apr '18

=========================================================== *Subject*: Postdoc position in Machine Learning (1 year, renewable up to 2.5 years) *Institution*: RIST - Romanian Institute of Science and Technology, Cluj-Napoca *Keywords*: Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Stochastic Optimization, Optimization over Manifolds, Information Geometry, Riemannian Geometry *Application deadline*: 06 May 2018 (applicants are encouraged to apply earlier) *Salary*: around 2190 euro net *Official announcement*: http://rist.ro/en/details/news/postdoc-positio ns-in-deep-learning-and-machine-learning.html =========================================================== Dear colleagues, the Romanian Institute of Science and Technology (RIST) has an opening for a postdoc position, in the context of the DeepRiemann project “Riemannian Optimization Methods for Deep Learning”, funded by European structural funds through the Competitiveness Operational Program (POC 2014-2020). The appointments will be for 1 year, with possible extensions up to 2.5 years. The DeepRiemann project aims at the design and analysis of novel training algorithms for Neural Networks in Deep Learning, by applying notions of Riemannian optimization and differential geometry. The task of the training a Neural Network is studied by employing tools from Optimization over Manifolds and Information Geometry, by casting the learning process to an optimization problem defined over a statistical manifold, i.e., a set of probability distributions. The project is highly interdisciplinary, with competences spanning from Machine Learning to Optimization, Deep Learning, Statistics, and Differential Geometry. The objectives of the project are multiple and include both theoretical and applied research, together with industrial activities oriented to transfer knowledge, from the institute to a startup or spin-off of the research group. The positions will be part of the new Machine Learning and Optimization group http://luigimalago.it/group.html, which performs research at the intersection of Machine Learning, Stochastic Optimization, Deep Learning, and Optimization over Manifolds, from the unifying perspective of Information Geometry. The group is one of two newly-formed groups in Machine Learning at RIST, where about 20 new postdoctoral research associates and research software developers will be hired by 2018. The official job announcement can be seen here: http://rist.ro/en/details/news/postdoc-positions-in-deep- learning-and-machine-learning.html Informal inquiries can be sent to Dr. Luigi Malagò <malago(a)rist.ro>, principal investigator of the DeepRiemann project. Application deadline: 06 May 2018 (applicants are encouraged to apply earlier) best regards, Luigi Malagò

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Seminari SOYER e POLSON al CNR IMATI - Milano - 3 Maggio
by fabrizio＠mi.imati.cnr.it 20 Apr '18

20 Apr '18

Segnalo i seguenti seminari che si svolgeranno presso CNR IMATI, via Alfonso Corti 12, Milano, Aula Expo Giovedì 3 maggio 2018, ore 15:00 - 16:30 1) Refik Soyer, School of Business, George Washington University ore 15:00-15:45 BAYESIAN MODELING OF NON GAUSSIAN MULTIVARIATE TIME SERIES Abstract: Modeling of multivariate non Gaussian time series of correlated observations is considered. In so doing, we focus on time series from multivariate counts and durations. Dependence among series arises as a result of sharing a common dynamic environment. We discuss characteristics of the resulting multivariate time series models and develop Bayesian inference for them using particle filtering and Markov chain Monte Carlo methods. We illustrate application of the proposed approach using conditionally multivariate Poisson and gamma time series. Joint work with Tevfik Aktekin, University of New Hampshire and Nicholas Polson, University of Chicago 2) Nicholas Polson, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago ore 15:45-16:30 DEEP LEARNING: A BAYESIAN PERSPECTIVE Deep learning is a form of machine learning for nonlinear high dimensional pattern matching and prediction. By taking a Bayesian probabilistic perspective, we provide a number of insights into more efficient algorithms for optimisation and hyper-parameter tuning. Traditional high-dimensional data reduction techniques, such as principal component analysis (PCA), partial least squares (PLS), reduced rank regression (RRR), projection pursuit regression (PPR) are all shown to be shallow learners. Their deep learning counterparts exploit multiple deep layers of data reduction which provide predictive performance gains. Stochastic gradient descent (SGD) training optimisation and Dropout (DO) regularization provide estimation and variable selection. Bayesian regularization is central to finding weights and connections in networks to optimize the predictive bias-variance trade-off. To illustrate our methodology, we provide an analysis of international bookings on Airbnb. Finally, we conclude with directions for future research. Joint work with Vladimir Sokolov, Sistems Engineering and Operations Research, George Mason University -- Fabrizio Ruggeri fabrizio AT mi.imati.cnr.it CNR IMATI tel +39 0223699532 Via Bassini 15 fax +39 0223699538 I-20133 Milano (Italy) web.mi.imati.cnr.it/fabrizio

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Seminario KYPRAIOS
by Matteo Ruggiero 20 Apr '18

20 Apr '18

STATISTICS SEMINARS @ COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO Venerdì 27 Aprile 2018, alle ore 12:00, presso il nuovo edificio del Collegio Carlo Alberto, in Piazza Arbarello 8, Torino, si terrà il seguente seminario: ------------------------------------------------ Theodore KYPRAIOS (University of Nottingham) LATENT BRANCHING TREES: MODELLING AND BAYESIAN COMPUTATION In this talk a novel class of semi-parametric time series models will be presented, for which we can specify in advance the marginal distribution of the observations and then build the dependence structure of the observations around them by introducing an underlying stochastic process termed as 'latent branching tree'. It will be demonstrated how can we draw Bayesian inference for the model parameters using Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods as well as Approximate Bayesian Computation methodology. Finally a real dataset on genome scheme data will be fitted to this model and we will also discuss how this kind of models can be in other settings. ------------------------------------------------ Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Il seminario è organizzato dalla "de Castro" Statistics Initiative (www.carloalberto.org/stats <http://www.carloalberto.org/stats>) in collaborazione con il Collegio Carlo Alberto. Cordiali saluti, Matteo Ruggiero --- Matteo Ruggiero University of Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto www.matteoruggiero.it

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First announcement - workshop on BSDEs, Information and McKean-Vlasov equations, 10-12 Sept, Leeds
by Elena Issoglio 19 Apr '18

19 Apr '18

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce a Workshop on “BSDEs, Information and McKean-Vlasov equations”, which will take place on September 10th - 12th, 2018 at the University of Leeds, UK. The objective of the meeting is to disseminate recent results on these mainstream topics in stochastic analysis and bring together experts from many parts of Europe to promote the interplay of ideas and techniques. Additional information can be found on the website of the event https://conferences.leeds.ac.uk/bsdes2018/. Confirmed plenary speakers for the workshop are: Claudia Ceci, University of Pescara Dan Crisan, Imperial College London Samuel Cohen, University of Oxford Miryana Grigorova, University of Bielefeld Said Hamadene, University of Main Ben Hambly, University of Oxford Gechun Liang, University of Warwick  Huyen Pham, University of Paris Diderot Marie-Claire Quenez, University of Paris Diderot Francesco Russo, Ensta ParisTech Lukasz Szpruch, University of Edinburgh Participants can register via the following link https://conferences.leeds.ac.uk/bsdes2018/register/ Registration closes on July 16th, 2018. A registration fee of £70 will cover lunch and coffee breaks for the three days, and a buffet dinner on the first evening of the conference. There is a limited budget to cover expenses for young participants. All details are specified on the website. Submission of contributed talks is currently open. There will be also a poster session to allow young researchers working on these topics to present their ideas and results. If you wish to submit an abstract for a contributed talk or a poster please email Katia at k.colaneri(a)leeds.ac.uk or Elena at e.issoglio(a)leeds.ac.uk before June 25th, 2018. Notification of acceptance will be given by July 2nd, 2018. We hope very much that you will consider to participate in these events, and please feel free to forward this email to any interested people. We are looking forward to meeting you in Leeds. Best regards, The organizing committee Elena Issoglio and Katia Colaneri Dr Elena Issoglio Lecturer in Financial Mathematics Office 11.02, School of Mathematics School of Mathematics, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT E: e.issoglio(a)leeds.ac.uk<mailto:e.issoglio@leeds.ac.uk> T: 0113 34 3 4660

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Seminario di Scotti a Firenze, lunedì 23 aprile 14.30: Branching Processes with applications in Finance
by Cecilia Mancini 19 Apr '18

19 Apr '18

Il giorno lunedì 23 aprile, ore 14.30 Simone Scotti, Università Diderot di Parigi (Parigi 7), terrà il seminario dal titolo Branching Processes with applications in Finance presso l'edificio D6, via delle Pandette 9, 50127 Firenze, del polo di Novoli, in aula D6/104. Tutti gli interessati sono cordialmente invitati a partecipare Abstract: I processi di Branching con immigrazione (CBI) sono una classe di processi ben studiati in probabilità. In particolare i lavori di Dawson e Li hanno fornito una scrittura esplicita per l'EDS di un CBI generale e provato l'unicità della soluzione. Utilizzeremo questa scrittura per proporre un estensione del modello CIR includendo una parte di salto nel meccanismo di Branching, considerando in particolare il caso alpha-stabile per la sua parsimonia e la coerenza con i dati statistici. Questo modello ha mostrato di essere capace di riprodurre la persistenza dei bassi tassi d'interesse malgrado la presenza di importanti grandi salti. L'applicazione principale a cui ci interesseremo è un estensione del modello di Heston includendo salti auto-eccitati sul processo di varianza. Studiamo in particolare il comportamento della volatilità implicita dei derivati dell'azione e di quelli dei variance swap. Testiamo il modello sui dati del VIX. Basato su piu lavori con Guillaume Bernis, Ying Jiao, Chunhua Ma, Carlo Sgarra e Chao Zhou.

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seminario presso l'Università di Milano-Bicocca, 4 maggio 2018
by daniela bertacchi 18 Apr '18

18 Apr '18

Il giorno 4 maggio alle ore 14:30 in aula 3014 del Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni dell'Università di Milano-Bicocca, la dottoressa Sophie Hautphenne dell'Università di Melbourne e Politecnico di Losanna, terrà un seminario dal titolo: The probabilities of extinction in a branching random walk on a strip Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Abstract. We consider a class of multitype Galton-Watson branching processes with countably infinite type set X whose mean progeny matrices have a block lower Hessenberg form. For these processes, we derive partial and global extinction criteria. Our approach involves embedding a finite-type explosive Galton-Watson process in a varying environment in the original infinite-type process, and then establishing asymptotic relationships between the two processes. We study the probability of extinction in sets of types A ⊆ X , q(A). In particular, we develop conditions for q(A) to be different from the global and partial extinction probability vectors. We present an iterative method to compute the vectors q(A), and investigate their location in the set of fixed points of the progeny generating vector.

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workshop Brescia 28, 29 September 2018
by Elena Vigna 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

Dear colleagues on 28 and 29 September 2018 a workshop will take place in Brescia on "LONGEVITY RISK MANAGEMENT, DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY AND LIFETIME INEQUALITY" Theoretical and applied contributions on • longevity risk measurement and management • mortality risk measurement and management • affordability of pension schemes • risk management for pension funds • optimal pension time • differences in mortality rates: description, forecasting, risk management • best forecasting models for future actuarial measures • sources of lifetime inequalities: description, forecasting, risk management are welcome. More details attached. Regards, Elena Vigna -- Elena Vigna Università di Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto https://sites.google.com/a/carloalberto.org/elena-vigna-web-page/home

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Ph. D. in Economics and Statistics, UNIMIB
by gianluca cassese 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

*Announcement* The Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) of the University of Milano-Bicocca is happy to launch the new, four-year *PhD Program in Economics and Statistics* (ECOSTAT). Detailed information on program contents, available scholarships and application procedure for the academic year 2018-19 (cycle XXXIV) can be found here <http://www.unimib.it/unimib-international/phd/phd-programmes/ecostat>. ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------- -- *Gianluca Cassese* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dipartimento di Economia, Metodi Quantitativi e Strategie di Impresa Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi, 8 - 20126, Milan, Italy Building U7 - Room 2097 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Avviso di Seminario del Prof. Claudio Macci
by Enrica Pirozzi 16 Apr '18

16 Apr '18

AVVISO di SEMINARIO Il giorno 19 Aprile 2018 ore 14:30 nella Aula E del terzo livello del Dipartimento Matematica e Applicazioni, Università di Napoli FEDERICO II, Complesso di Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cintia, Napoli, il Prof. Claudio Macci del Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, terrà un seminario dal titolo: "Asymptotic behavior of some hitting probabilities for sums of IID Gaussian random sets" Abstract: We consider sequences of partial sums of iid Gaussian random sets (with respect to the Minkowski sum) and we study the asymptotic behavior of some hitting probabilities (of suitable sets of $R^d$) for these partial sums. We also illustrate the use of the importance sampling for the estimation of these hitting probabilities by Monte Carlo simulations. We obtain the analog of well-known results for level crossing probabilities of random walks, and we refer to a version of the classical Cramér's Theorem in large deviations for random compact sets existing in the literature. Joint work with Barbara Pacchiarotti. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. -- 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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Seminar announcement [ A. Zalinescu at UniTn Dept.Math. FBK-CIRM initiative ]
by Luca di persio 16 Apr '18

16 Apr '18

Dear all, this is to announce the following: *Joint Seminar*: Dipartimento di Matematica – Centro Internazionale per la Ricerca Matematica (CIRM) BSDEs with time-delayed generators and associated path-dependent nonlinear Kolmogorov equations Thursday, 19th of April 2018 *Place*: Dipartimento di Matematica, via Sommarive, 14 - Povo (TN) - Aula Seminari "-1" Time: 10:30 *Speaker*: Adrian Zalinescu (Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza - Iaşi, Romania) *Abstract*: We study the existence and uniqueness for a path-dependent nonlinear Kolmogorov equation. The result is obtained by a stochastic approach, by proving a new type of nonlinear Feynman–Kac representation formula associated to a backward stochastic differential equation with time–delayed generator which is of non–Markovian type. The initiative is funded by the Research in Pairs project [ FBK-CIRM - https://cirm.fbk.eu/research-pairs ] “PATH DEPENDENT PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH NONLINEAR BOUNDARY CONDITIONS” ( L. Di Persio, L. Maticiuc, A. Zalinescu ) __ Luca Di Persio - PhD College of Mathematics Dept. of Computer Science - University of Verona strada le Grazie 15 - 37134 Verona - Italy Tel : +39 045 802 7968 <http://www.hpa8.com/>

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Seminario Prof. Mercuri (presso Dip. Scienze Statistiche, Roma)
by Alessandro Degregorio 16 Apr '18

16 Apr '18

------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------- A v v i s o d i S e m i n a r i o ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------- Venerdì 20 Aprile 2018, ore 15 ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------- *Stanza 34Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche* *Sapienza Università di Roma* Prof. Lorenzo Mercuri (Università di Milano) Estimation and Simulation of Higher Order CARMA and COGARCH Models Abstract: We show how to simulate and estimate Higher Order CARMA and COGARCH Models in the R package yuima. The usage of continuous time models allows us to manage irregularly spaced data (for example in financial time series due to weekends, holidays and breaks during the trading hours) without considering any missing data imputation method. Several routines for simulation and estimation are discussed. The flexibility of the package is due to the fact that the user is allowed to choose several parametric L\'evy distributions for the increments. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Saluti Alessandro De Gregorio -- ___________________________________________ *Il tuo 5 diventa 1000* Fai crescere la tua università Dona il 5 per mille alla Sapienza Codice fiscale: *80209930587* https://www.uniroma1.it/it/pagina/fai-crescere-la-tua-universita-con-il-cin… <https://www.uniroma1.it/it/pagina/fai-crescere-la-tua-universita-con-il-cin…>

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Postdocs in NYU-Shanghai
by Roberto Fernandez 16 Apr '18

16 Apr '18

NYU Shanghai invites applications for a number of postdoctoral fellowship positions from candidates with teaching and research interest in mathematical sciences or related disciplines. The fellows will also be part of the NYU-ECNU Institute of Mathematical Sciences at NYU Shanghai. The main scientific themes include theories and applications of probability and nonlinear partial differential equations. The fellows will work closely with faculty mentors, and will interact with groups at NYU Shanghai, including visiting scholars, ECNU, and NYU. The fellows are expected to present their work in seminars and related workshops or conferences. These positions include teaching activities of up to 20 hours per week (averaged over the whole academic year), which may include leading recitation sections, holding office hours, grading, etc. The positions are available starting August 1, 2018, and a later starting date in some cases are also possible, with either one-year or two-year terms, with the possibility to extend. Compensation and benefits will be comparable to international standards and the fellows may also be eligible for small travel grants. Applications are requested as soon as possible, preferably during early March, 2018 and will be considered on a rolling basis as soon as they arrive. To be considered, applicants should submit a letter of intent, curriculum vitae, and the names and addresses of two or more individuals willing to provide letters of reference to mathpostdoc.shanghai(a)nyu.edu. Please visit our website at https://shanghai.nyu.edu/about/work/fellowships for more information and instructions on how to apply. If you have any questions, please email mathpostdoc.shanghai(a)nyu.edu. Roberto Fernandez Department of Mathematics Utrecht University http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~ferna107 Present address: New York University Shanghai Room 1149-3, 1555 Century Avenue, +8621 2059 5192 Pudong, Shanghai, rf87(a)nyu.edu China 200122

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Expression of interest for Full Professorship in Venice
by Marco LI CALZI 14 Apr '18

14 Apr '18

Il Dipartimento di Management dell’Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia ha pubblicato un avviso per manifestazioni d’interesse ad una chiamata in prima fascia finanziata sui fondi MIUR di Eccellenza in relazione a temi di “Analytical Intelligence in Management”. Al candidato selezionato sarà successivamente affidata la selezione di due RTD-B per creare un gruppo di ricerca. Per maggiori dettagli si rinvia ai link https://www.akadeus.com/announcement,a3755.html <https://www.akadeus.com/announcement,a3755.html> https://inomics.com/job/call-for-expressions-of-interest-for-a-full-profess… <https://inomics.com/job/call-for-expressions-of-interest-for-a-full-profess…> Con preghiera di diffusione. Cordialmente, marco licalzi. ___________________________ Marco Li Calzi Department of Management Università Ca' Foscari Venezia San Giobbe, Cannaregio 873 30121 Venezia, Italy Tel.: (+39) 041 234-6925 Fax: (+39) 041 234-7444 E-mail: licalzi(a)unive.it WWW: http://virgo.unive.it/licalzi -- Nota automatica aggiunta dal sistema di posta.

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Call for application! Master in Economics and Finance (IMEF) 2018/2019 - University Ca’ Foscari of Venice
by Roberto Casarin 13 Apr '18

13 Apr '18

Gentili colleghi, con preghiera di diffusione, invio la "call for applications" relativa all'International Master in Economics and Finance dell'Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia. cordiali saluti Roberto Casarin The 25th May 2018 is the deadline for the application to the new edition of the International Master in Economics and Finance (IMEF) - University Ca' Foscari of Venice. For more detailed information please visit: *www.unive.it/imef* *New Edition!** ** After 20 years of IMEF, we are pleased to announce that this new edition will include new courses, that will be still taught by the members of our *International Faculty* <http://www.unive.it/pag/33235/> * Students will benefit from new scholarship provided by our major sponsor: *Prometeia <https://www.prometeia.it/home> and Generali*. * Specialized 4th term and *internship-Prometeia* reserved to IMEF students recruited by Prometeia during the 2nd term. *Why choose IMEF?** *1) IMEF provides a highly qualified programme thanks to its prestigious *International Faculty* <http://www.unive.it/pag/33235/> 2) Students’ Placement is supported directly by IMEF Secretariat and the Director of the Programme. Please have a look to the Former students' experience. Over the past editions, the *Placement rate reached 100%*. See past students: *http://www.unive.it/pag/33229/* 3) Attending IMEF courses will introduce you to *high quality jobs*, which wouldn’t be achievable with only a Master’s Degree title. 4) Preparation for the admission to *PhD Programmes*. *For further information*: Monica Andrighetti <imef(a)unive.it>, tel. 041 234 9108. Best regards Roberto Casarin -- Roberto Casarin Professor of Econometrics IMEF Director University Ca' Foscari, Venice Address: San Giobbe 873/b 30121 Venezia, Italy Phone: +39 041.234.91.49 Web: http://venus.unive.it/r.casarin/ IMEF: http://www.unive.it/imef/ -- Nota automatica aggiunta dal sistema di posta.

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DEC statistics seminars - April 19
by Sandra Fortini 13 Apr '18

13 Apr '18

Dear all, We are glad to announce the next DEC - Statistics Seminar Thursday, April 19 12:30 Meeting room 3-e4-sr03, Via Roentgen 1, 3rd floor Pietro Muliere (Bocconi University) The two-armed Bayesian nonparametric beta-Stacy bandit problem Kind regards, Raffaella Piccarreta and Isadora Antoniano The DEC statistics seminars schedule is available at http://www.unibocconi.eu/statseminar ATTENTION: If you are a guest and you do not have a Bocconi ID Card to access to the Bocconi Buildings, please communicate your participation by sending an email to arianna.colombo(a)unibocconi.it In addition, we suggest to print, fill out and send the attached form (to give your consent to personal data handling) via email to the same address. In this way, the check-in procedure at the entrance will be faster and easier. ****************************** ********************* Isadora Antoniano Villalobos Assistant Professor DEC - Department of Decision Sciences, Bocconi University, via Guglielmo Röntgen 1 (3rd floor, room D1-16). 20136, Milano. email : isadora.antoniano(a)unibocconi.it Web page: http://faculty.unibocconi.eu/isadoraantonianovillalobos *************************************************** --- Dai il tuo 5x1000 alla Bocconi. Aiuta gli studenti meritevoli a costruire il proprio futuro. CF 80024610158. www.unibocconi.it/5x1000 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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Avviso seminario_Giovanni Zanco_16 aprile 2018_ore 11:00
by Stefano Bonaccorsi 13 Apr '18

13 Apr '18

Carissimi, il Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università di Trento invita gli interessati al seguente seminario: A mean-field model with discontinuous coefficients for interacting neurons *Lunedì 16 aprile 2018* *Luogo*: *Aula seminari (piano terra)* *Dipartimento di Fisica* *Ore*: 15:00 Relatore: - *Giovanni Alessandro Zanco* (IST Wien) Abstract: We propose a new stochastic model for a system of interacting neurons that follow an integrate-and-fire dynamics with interaction that depends on the (random) spatial configuration of neurons and with discontinuous coefficients. We prove strong well-posedness of the resulting system of SDEs and study the mean-field limit as the number of particles tends to infinity. We obtain a Fokker-Planck-type PDE and show that it has a unique weak function-valued solution, obtained as the limit of the laws of the empirical measures for the system of particles. *Referente:* Stefano Bonaccorsi

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Fwd: Sujet de thèse à diffuser
by RITA GIULIANO 13 Apr '18

13 Apr '18

Buongiorno. Informo i possibili interessati che Il Prof.Faïcel Chamroukhi, (Universita' di Caen) https://chamroukhi.users.lmno.cnrs.fr/ cerca studenti in tesi in statistica. Il soggetto di tesi e' disponibile all'indirizzo https://chamroukhi.users.lmno.cnrs.fr/phd-training-positions/These-DeepMoE-… Cordiali saluti Rita Giuliano

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rtd-a position in MAT/06 at the University of Trento
by Stefano Bonaccorsi 12 Apr '18

12 Apr '18

The Department of Mathematics of the University of Trento (henceforth referred to as "the Department") has just opened a call for a junior researcher position (Ricercatore a tempo determinato di tipo a) in the area of Probability/Stochastic Processes. Candidates are expected to hold a Ph.D. and to have a good publication record in the area of Probability/Stochastic Processes. The successful candidate is expected to participate in the activities of the research group in Stochastic Processes. The successful candidate will be required to provide lecturing and tutoring activities in the area of Probability and Mathematical Statistics (typically one course per year). The position is a fixed-term contract of employment for three years, renewable for a further two years. At the end of the period, the Department will have the opportunity to open a call for a tenure-track position in the same area. Applications should be submitted exclusively through the web sitehttp://www.unitn.it/ateneo/bando-dr-valcomp/50780/valutazione-comparativa-a-n-1-posto-di-ricercatore-a-tempo-determinato-tipo-a-l-2402010-settore-co The deadline is May 10 2018 at 13:00 CEST. Incomplete applications, or application submitted after that deadline, will not be considered. For information on the scientific aspects of the positions, please contact the Head of Department at direttore.maths(a)unitn.it (current Head is Professor Andrea Caranti) For information on preparing and submitting the application, please contact the Personnel Office for Professors and Researchers (by telephone on +39 0461 283348 or +39 0461 283306, by email at recruitment(a)unitn.it).

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Bayesian Inference and Approximations of High-Dimensional Network Models: PhD e postdoc all'Universita' del Sussex, UK
by Enrico Scalas 12 Apr '18

12 Apr '18

Car* collegh*, al Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Universita' del Sussex abbiamo due bandi aperti sul tema: Bayesian Inference and Approximations of High-Dimensional Network Models. 1. Research fellow http://www.sussex.ac.uk/about/jobs/research-fellow-in-mathematics-3077 2. PhD http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-funding/phd-funding/view/911-Bayesian-In… 3. Inoltre potrebbe interessare anche questa borsa di dottorato su Big Data Machine Learning for Human Behaviour Modelling http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-funding/phd-funding/view/912-Big-Data-Ma… Cordiali saluti, Enrico Scalas Professor of Statistics and Probability Head of Department, Mathematics University of Sussex, UK

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Dependence Modeling - Special Issue on Model Uncertainty and Robust Finance - REMINDER
by Emanuela Rosazza 11 Apr '18

11 Apr '18

DEPENDENCE MODELING (now covered by SCOPUS) SPECIAL ISSUE on Model Uncertainty and Robust Finance Guest Editors: Marco Frittelli, University of Milano Emanuela Rosazza-Gianin, University of Milano-Bicocca SCOPE Dependence Modeling will publish a special issue devoted to the workshop “Model Uncertainty and Robust Finance” with the plan to have it published in September 2018. Both original research contributions and survey papers are welcome. Topics covered by this Special Issue include, but are not limited to: • Model Risk • Systemic Risk • Robust Methods for Finance • Dependence Uncertainty • Axiomatic Theory of Risk Measures • Extremal Dependence Scenarios HOW TO SUBMIT All submissions to the special issue must be made electronically at http://www.editorialmanager.com/depmod/ and will undergo the standard peer review process. When submitting your paper please choose “SI: Model Uncertainty and Robust Finance”. The deadline for the submissions is May 15, 2018 but individual papers will be reviewed and published online on an ongoing basis. Contributors to this Special Issue will benefit from: • No article publication fees • No Copyright constraints • Unlimited and free Open Access for all readers • Fair and constructive peer review provided by experts in the field • Fast online publication of articles • Free language assistance for authors from non-English speaking regions We are looking forward to your submission. If you have any question, please contact us at demo.editorial(a)degruyter.com ******************************************************************************************* Emanuela Rosazza Gianin Dipartimento di Statistica e Metodi Quantitativi Università di Milano-Bicocca Edificio U7 – 4° Piano Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi, 8 20126 Milano Tel. 02 64483208 Fax. 02 64483105 e-mail: emanuela.rosazza1(a)unimib.it *******************************************************************************************

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Applied Bayesian Statistics School
by Consonni Guido 11 Apr '18

11 Apr '18

This is a reminder that early-bird registration is still available for ABS18, the 15th Applied Bayesian Statistics Summer School. The daily programme is available on the website. web.mi.imati.cnr.it/conferences/abs18/index.html Topic: BAYESIAN STATISTICAL MODELLING AND ANALYSIS IN SPORT Dates: 4-8, June, 2018 Location: Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy Lecturer: Kerrie MENGERSEN, Distinguished Professor of Statistics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Practical sessions: Paul WU, Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Fees (if paid before May 1, 2018): - EUR 300 (22% VAT included) students and postdocs - EUR 450 (368.85 + 22% VAT) people from academic and non-profit organisations - EUR 900 (737.70 + 22% VAT) all the others Italian public employees are exempt from VAT. Best regards Guido Consonni and Fabrizio Ruggeri ABS18 Directors Raffaele Argiento ABS18 Executive Director Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Largo Gemelli, 1 20123 Milano; ITALY Ph: +39 02 7234 3049 https://sites.google.com/site/consonnibayes/home Master of Science in Statistical Actuarial Sciences/track in Data Analytics http://www.ucscinternational.it/graduate-programs/2-year-graduate-degrees-i… Master in Data Science for Management master.unicatt.it/datascience [http://Static.unicatt.it/layout/img/layout/5x1000.gif] Destina il tuo 5 per mille all'Università Cattolica CF 02133120150 www.unicatt.it/5permille<http://www.unicatt.it/5permille/>

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Senior lecturer position (teaching in German)
by Erika Hausenblas 11 Apr '18

11 Apr '18

There is a senior lecturer Position aviable at our department in applied mathematics. See http://www.unileoben.ac.at/de/3021/ (or attachment). For informal queries please contact erika.hausenblas(a)unileoben.ac.at Erika

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seminario Silvana Pesenti - 23 aprile 2018
by Emanuela Rosazza 10 Apr '18

10 Apr '18

Si avvisa che il giorno lunedì 23 aprile alle ore 16 presso l’Università di Milano- Bicocca (via degli Arcimboldi 8 - edificio U7, quarto piano- aula 4026) si terrà il seguente seminario: Speaker: Silvana Pesenti (Cass Business School, City, University of London) Titolo: “Cascade Sensitivity Measures” Abstract: In risk management, an internal model consists of three elements: (i) a random vector of input risk factors, (ii) a real valued aggregation function, and (iii) the output, which is a random variable obtained by applying the aggregation function to the vector of risk factors. Sensitivity analysis often requires evaluation of changes in the distribution of the output, when the distribution of risk factors is varied with reference to a baseline input distribution. We introduce a novel sensitivity measure termed cascade sensitivity, which quantifies the extent to which small changes (stresses) in an individual risk factor affect the output risk measure. The proposed method captures the direct impact on the output, as well as indirect effects via other risk factors that are dependent with the one being stressed. In this way, the dependence between risk factors is explicitly taken into account. Alternative representations of the cascade sensitivity measure are provided, requiring either knowledge of the aggregation function's gradient or additional evaluations of the model under alternative distributional assumptions. This is of particular interest in applications, where the distribution of the output is typically determined via simulation methods. Furthermore we give a representation of the proposed sensitivity measure that can be calculated from a single simulated sample starting from the baseline model, without the need to simulate under a different model specification or to explicitly study the properties of the aggregation function. This makes the proposed method attractive for practical applications, as is illustrated through numerical examples. Joint work with Pietro Millossovich and Andreas Tsanakas. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Un saluto cordiale, Emanuela ******************************************************************************************* Emanuela Rosazza Gianin Dipartimento di Statistica e Metodi Quantitativi Università di Milano-Bicocca Edificio U7 – 4° Piano Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi, 8 20126 Milano Tel. 02 64483208 Fax. 02 64483105 e-mail: emanuela.rosazza1(a)unimib.it *******************************************************************************************

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Advanced School on complexity and emergence: second announcement
by elisa mastrogiacomo 10 Apr '18

10 Apr '18

This is the *second** announcement* of the upcoming *Advanced School on complexity and emergence: ideas, methods, with a special attention to economics and finance (CEIM)* The School will be held in the magnificent Villa del Grumello, Como (Italy) along the Lake Como shore on July 22-27, 2018. The main courses will be given by L. Boi (EHESS – Paris), I. Capelli (Università dell’Insubria), I. Ekeland (Ceremade - Universitè Paris-Dauphine), F. Guerra (Sapienza Università di Roma), J. Jost (Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences - Leipzig), Florent McIsaac, (Agence Française pour le Développement), F. Patras (Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis), F. Riedel (Center for Mathematical Economics, Bielefeld University), F. Semboloni (Università degli studi di Firenze), R. Seri (Università dell’Insubria). The potential participants of the School are primarily master and doctorate students of mathematics, information sciences, theoretical physics, and economics, as well as research workers in those areas, who want to enlarge their spectrum of knowledge towards the area of complexity. The aim of the School is to provide these researchers useful instruments from the theory of complex systems, both on the theoretical level and the methodological ones, bridging the present disciplinary gap, and profiting from knowledge and insights from both communities. The School may have some (limited number of) financial supports. Details about the registration, the application for financial support are available at the website http://ceim.lakecomoschool.org/. We would be grateful if you could circulate this announcement among your PhD students, postdocs and colleagues. With our best regards, Sergio Albeverio Elisa Mastrogiacomo Fabio Minazzi Emanuela Rosazza Gianin Stefania Ugolini

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Seminario congiunto di Fisica Matematica e Probabilita' a Roma1
by Faggionato, Alessandra 09 Apr '18

09 Apr '18

Mercoledì 18 aprile, ore 16:30, aula di Consiglio, Dipartimento di Matematica, La Sapienza. Speaker: Fabio Toninelli (Université Lyon 1) *Title: Lozenge tiling dynamics and hydrodynamic equation* Abstract: We study a reversible continuous-time Markov dynamics on lozenge tilings of the torus, introduced by Luby et al. Single updates consist in concatenations of n elementary lozenge rotations at adjacent vertices, with rate 1/n. The dynamics can also be seen as a reversible stochastic evolution of a 2+1-dimensional interface. The dynamics is known to enjoy especially nice features: a certain Hamming distance between configurations contracts with time on average and the relaxation time of the Markov chain is diffusive. We present another remarkable feature of this dynamics, namely we derive, in the diffusive time scale, a fully explicit hydrodynamic limit equation for the height function (in the form of a non-linear parabolic PDE). The mobility coefficient μ in the equation has non-trivial but explicit dependence on the interface slope and, interestingly, is directly related to the system’s surface free energy. The derivation of the hydrodynamic limit is based on the so-called H^{-1} method due to Yau and Funaki-Spohn. Based on joint work with Benoit Laslier (Paris 7). -- ************************************************* 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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38th Finnish Summer School on Probability and Statistics (28.5-1.6.2018 in Lammi Finland)
by Elvira Di Nardo 08 Apr '18

08 Apr '18

Dear friends of Stochastics and Statistics, Registration <https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/87642/lomake.html> to the 38th Finnish Summer School on Probability and Statistics (28.5-1.6.2018 in Lammi Biological Research Station, Finland), is open! Please check the website https://fdnss.fi/summer-school/38th-summer-school/ Courses Ivan Nourdin <https://sites.google.com/site/ivannourdin/home> (U Luxembourg): *The Malliavin-Stein approach*Dylan Possamaï <https://sites.google.com/site/possamaidylan/> (Columbia U): *An introduction to backward SDEs and applications in finance and economics* Piotr Zwiernik <http://84.89.132.1/~piotr/> (U Pompeu Fabra): *Latent tree models* The Finnish Summer School on Probability and Statistics has a long tradition starting from the first summer school in Tuusula 1976. The mission of the summer school is to provide one-week intensive courses on active research topics in probability and statistics, lectured by leading scholars in the field. The school is targeted primarily for doctoral students in probability, statistics, and related areas. Researchers advanced MSc students and fresh postdocs are also encouraged to apply. The summer schools are currently organized by the Finnish Doctoral Education Network in Stochastics and Statistics (FDNSS). For enquiries, please contact Dario Gasbarra <https://wiki.helsinki.fi/display/mathstatHenkilokunta/Gasbarra,+Dario> PL 68 (Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2b) 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland Phone: +358 9 191 51407 Email: dario.gasbarra ‘at’ helsinki.fi -- %------------------------------------------------------- Elvira Di Nardo Dept. Mathematics "G. Peano" University of Torino Via Carlo Alberto 10 10123 Torino, Italia tel. +39 0116702862 fax +39 0116702878 http://www.elviradinardo.it %-------------------------------------------------------

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Corso KOLOKOLTSOV
by Matteo Ruggiero 06 Apr '18

06 Apr '18

Cari colleghi, nell’ambito del programma di Visiting Professors per la Laurea Magistrale in Stochastics and Data Science dell’Università di Torino, siamo lieti di annunciare il seguente corso: Vassili KOLOKOLTSOV (University of Warwick) MARKOV SEMIGROUPS AND DIFFUSION PROCESSES che si terrà nell’aula 12 di Corso Unione Sovietica 218/bis, 10134, Torino, secondo il seguente calendario: Apr 9: 9:15-11:15 Apr 10: 9:15-11:15 Apr 11: 4:00-6:00 Apr 12: 11:15-13:15 Apr 13: 9:15-11:15 Apr 16: 9:15-11:15 Apr 17: 9:15-11:15 Apr 18: 4:00-6:00 Il corso è rivolto agli studenti del primo anno della Laurea Magistrale, ma la partecipazione è libera agli interessati. Il programma completo di Visiting Professors si può consultare alla pagina http://www.master-sds.unito.it/do/home.pl/View?round=1&doc=visitingprofesso… Cordiali saluti, I coordinatori del Programma Laura Sacerdote e Matteo Ruggiero --- Matteo Ruggiero University of Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto www.matteoruggiero.it

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Summer School MATHEMATICS OF PLANET EARTH
by Enrico Scalas 06 Apr '18

06 Apr '18

Car* collegh*, vi segnalo la seguente scuola a Reading, UK. Cordiali saluti Enrico Scalas ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summer School MATHEMATICS OF PLANET EARTH April 23 -26, 2018 at University of Reading. Course Titles and Conveners: Freddy Bouchet (ENS de Lyon, Climate and Statistical Mechanics group): ``Dynamical system and statistical mechanics approaches to geophysical fluid dynamics and climate'' Mickael Chekroun (UCLA Athmospheric and Ocean science): ``Stochastic Dynamics and applications to weather'' Edriss Titi (Texas A&M University, Matematics and Weizmann Institute): ``Data Assimilation of GFD'' Each course consists of six lectures (45 mins each) and a one hour tutorial. The school is hosted and supported by the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training Mathematics for Planet Earth (MPECDT). The school is aimed at PhD students and early research scientists, but any researcher interested in participating is warmly welcomed. For further information consult the webpage: http://www.reading.ac.uk/maths-and-stats/news/Summer-School-MPE-2018.aspx Summer School Mathematics of Planet Earth - University of Reading <http://www.reading.ac.uk/maths-and-stats/news/Summer-School-MPE-2018.aspx> www.reading.ac.uk Summer School Mathematics of Planet Earth

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RtdA Mat06 Sapienza Roma
by Luisa Beghin 06 Apr '18

06 Apr '18

Con preghiera di diffusione: L'*Università* *Sapienza di Roma *ha pubblicato il bando per il reclutamento di un *RTD-A* nel settore *MAT/06, *presso il Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, per attività di ricerca nell'ambito dei processi aleatori e delle equazioni con operatori pseudodifferenziali. *Il bando scade il 5 maggio 2018* ed è disponibile al link http://www.dss.uniroma1.it/sites/default/files/Bando%20Beghin%20f.to_.pdf Cordiali saluti Luisa Beghin ***************************************************************** Luisa Beghin Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche Fac. Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Informatica e Statistica "SAPIENZA" Università di Roma Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma T (+39) 06 49910543 F (+39) 06 4959241 http://www.dss.uniroma1.it/?q=content/beghin-luisa ***************************************************************** -- ___________________________________________ *Il tuo 5 diventa 1000* Fai crescere la tua università Dona il 5 per mille alla Sapienza Codice fiscale: *80209930587* https://www.uniroma1.it/it/pagina/fai-crescere-la-tua-universita-con-il-cin… <https://www.uniroma1.it/it/pagina/fai-crescere-la-tua-universita-con-il-cin…>

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Logic, Uncertainty and Games Summer School
by hykel hosni 06 Apr '18

06 Apr '18

*FINAL CALL FOR APPLICATIONS* Logic, Uncertainty and Games Summer School (LUG2018) Lake Como School of Advanced Studies 9th-13th July 2018 Aims and structure ================== The goal of the Logic, Uncertainty and Games School is to contribute towards the creation of cross-disciplinary common grounds for research on rational reasoning and (interactive) decision making under uncertainty. To this end the School will feature three eight-hour tutorials delivered by leading experts in the fields of Logic, Uncertainty and Games. Each tutorial is followed by one (or more) example-class session aimed at developing in greater detail one specific topic (e.g. the full proof of a theorem or a generalisation of a notion which is being used in a particular case). Finally, graduate students and junior researchers will deliver Work-in-progress sessions. This will provide them a unique opportunity to receive feedback from the School lecturers, while developing strong inter-disciplinary communication skills. The summer school is co-located with the LOFT 2018 workshop, to be held on the following week (16-18 July) at Bocconi University, Milan Confirmed tutorial speakers =========================== Logic ~~~~~ Sophie Pinchinat (Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Rennes 1) Uncertainty ~~~~~~~~~~~ Sujoy Mukerji (School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary London) Games ~~~~~ Burkhard C. Schipper (Department of Economics, University of California, Davis) Closing lecture ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joe Halpern (Computer Science Department, Cornell University) How to apply ============ We invite applications from up to 35 advanced postgraduate students and early career researchers from Economics, Computer Science, Philosophy, and related disciplines to participate. The application process will be competitive and participants will be selected according to research interests and, whenever meaningful, publications. To apply visit [http://lucg.lakecomoschool.org/application/] In case you intend to give a presentation, you should add to your application: - the title of your talk - one page abstract of your contribution Registration fees ================= There is a registration fee of 250 euro (VAT 22% included) which covers all lectures; course material; wi-fi connections; lunches and coffee breaks; social dinner. Limited financial support may be available for strong applicants who do not have access to funding, please see the application webpage for details. Deadlines ========= - Application: April 10, 2018 - Notification of acceptance: May 2, 2018 - Registration (only accepted students): May 15, 2018 School Directors ================ Pierpaolo Battigalli, Università Bocconi, pierpaolo.battigalli(a)unibocconi.it Hykel Hosni, Università degli studi di Milano and Università Bocconi hykel.hosni(a)unibocconi.it Massimo Marinacci, Università Bocconi, massimo.marinacci(a)unibocconi.it

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Seminario LISEO
by Matteo Ruggiero 06 Apr '18

06 Apr '18

STATISTICS SEMINARS @ COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO Venerdì 13 Aprile 2018, alle ore 12:00, presso il nuovo edificio del Collegio Carlo Alberto, in Piazza Arbarello 8, Torino, si terrà il seguente seminario: ------------------------------------------------ Brunero LISEO (Università di Roma La Sapienza) MODELLING PREFERENCE DATA WITH THE WALLENIUS DISTRIBUTION The Wallenius distribution is a generalisation of the Hypergeometric distribution where weights are assigned to balls of different colours. This naturally defines a model for ranking categories which can be used for classification purposes. Since, in general, the resulting likelihood is not analytically available, we adopt an approximate Bayesian computational (ABC) approach for estimating the importance of the categories. We illustrate the performance of the estimation procedure on simulated datasets. Finally, we use the new model for analysing two datasets about movies ratings and Italian academic statisticians' journal preferences. The latter is a novel dataset collected by the authors. This is a joint work with Clara Grazian and Fabrizio Leisen. ------------------------------------------------ Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Il seminario è organizzato dalla "de Castro" Statistics Initiative (www.carloalberto.org/stats) in collaborazione con il Collegio Carlo Alberto. Cordiali saluti, Matteo Ruggiero --- Matteo Ruggiero University of Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto www.matteoruggiero.it

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Seminar by Giacomo Livan, UCL April 19, 2018 11:00 AM @Bologna, Viale Filopanti 5 Aula Studio (ex Sala Biblioteca)
by Giacomo Bormetti 06 Apr '18

06 Apr '18

? Dear all, Thursday April 19, 2018 at 11:00 AM in Aula Studio (ex Sala Biblioteca) 1st floor, Viale Filopanti, 5 Bologna. Giacomo Livan University College London will present Detecting and measuring bias in online platforms: A Network Science approach The last few years have witnessed the rise of the Sharing Economy, a collection of decentralized online platforms whose users exchange knowledge, goods, and resources on a peer-to-peer basis. Sharing Economy platforms are often praised for their meritocratic approach, where all participants, regardless of their gender or ethnicity, receive the same opportunities to emerge through digital peer review mechanisms. Yet, they have recently come under fire due to reports of discriminatory behaviours and manipulations of their reputation systems. This raises an important question: are Sharing Economy platforms fair marketplaces, where all participants operate on a level playing field, or are they large-scale online aggregators of offline human biases? In this talk I will address this question on a number of examples, showing how online platforms can be represented in terms of networks, and how this allows to detect and measure some of the biases that might affect their users' behaviour. In particular, I will present clear evidence of avoidance between users from different ethnic backgrounds on Airbnb, and I will show how user reputation scores are distorted by the widespread practice of reciprocating highly positive ratings in a variety of platforms. I will conclude by discussing how these findings can be used to provide platform design recommendations, aimed at exposing and possibly reducing the biases we detect, in support of a fairer and more inclusive growth of Sharing Economy platforms. ? Feel free to forward this message to anyone who is potentially interested in. Best, Giacomo Giacomo Bormetti Professore associato Metodi matematici per l'economia e le scienze attuariali e finanziarie Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Bologna?

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From Blockchain&Bitcoin to Distributed Ledger Technologies, Smart Contracts and Cryptocurrencies in Finance
by Daniele Marazzina 06 Apr '18

06 Apr '18

Con preghiera di diffusione ________________________________ Da: qfinlab(a)polimi.it Oggetto: From Blockchain&Bitcoin to Distributed Ledger Technologies, Smart Contracts and Cryptocurrencies in Finance Il Nicola Bruti Liberati Quantitative Finance Lab del Dipartimento di Matematica del Politecnico di Milano organizza nei giorni 9-10 maggio 2018 la conferenza >From Blockchain&Bitcoin to Distributed Ledger Technologies, Smart Contracts and Cryptocurrencies in Finance La conferenza si svolge nell’ambito dell'iniziativa Polimi Fintech Journey grazie al supporto di Deloitte Consulting. Allego il programma in pdf. La conferenza si rivolge al mondo accademico e a quello dell’industria finanziaria con l’intenzione di fare il punto attorno a tre temi: aspetti tecnologici legati al mondo DLT e degli smart contracts, i risvolti economici e finanziari di questi strumenti, le potenziali applicazioni al mondo della finanza. La conferenza ha un taglio multidisciplinare con l’intervento di esperti informatici e del mondo della finanza, esponenti dell’industria finanziaria e delle autorità di regolazione, La conferenza sarà preceduta da un tutorial che intende fornire un’introduzione sulla tecnologia di questi strumenti. Per dettagli sul programma e per la registrazione si prega di consultare il sito https://www.mate.polimi.it/fintech/. Emilio Barucci

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[EVENT] Statalk2018@Polimi - REGISTRATION IS OPEN
by Matteo Fontana 06 Apr '18

06 Apr '18

Dear Random; The next StaTalk will be held in a month, on the 4th of May 2018 at Politecnico di Milano. The title of StaTalk@Polimi is "Complex Data and Real World Applications". StaTalks are one-day events organized by PhD students in statistics and related fields of different universities all around Italy. This time the StaTalk is organized and hosted by Department of Mathematics of Politecnico. StaTalk@Polimi is focused on giving a perspective on the modern challenges of applied statistics, combining novel statistical techniques with challenging problems in different application fields such as Neuroimaging, Smart Cities, Climate and Earth Sciences, and Administrative Data Analysis. You can have additional information about the schedule of the event, the topics and the speakers on the Statalk@Polimi website: https://statalk2018polimi.github.io/ Attendance is free but registration is required for organizational reasons. Save the date! For any additional information or questions you can contact us at statalk2018(a)polimi.it<mailto:statalk2018@polimi.it> Matteo Fontana for the StaTalk Organizing Committee

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Fwd: Avviso seminario_Carlo Orrieri _10 aprile 2018_ore 11:45
by Stefano Bonaccorsi 05 Apr '18

05 Apr '18

Carissimi, il Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università di Trento invita gli interessati al seguente seminario:Controlled interacting particle systems *martedì 10 Aprile 2018* *Luogo: *Dipartimento di Matematica, via Sommarive, 14 - Povo (TN) - Aula Seminari "-1" *Ore*: 11:45 *Relatore * - *Carlo Orrieri *(Università di Roma la Sapienza) *Abstract:* We want to connect the optimal control of Vlasov-type PDEs with large systems of controlled interacting particles. The main difference towards the classical mean-field theory is the presence of a central planner influencing the dynamic. In order to rigorously develop a limit theory for this problem we employ the concept of Gamma-convergence. We finally discuss some connections with large deviations theory. The talk is mostly based on a joint paper with M. Fornasier, S. Lisini and G. Savare. *Referente*: Stefano Bonaccorsi

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Seminar by Giacomo Livan, UCL April 19, 2018 11:00 AM @Bologna, Viale Filopanti 5 Aula Studio
by Giacomo Bormetti 05 Apr '18

05 Apr '18

Dear all, Thursday April 19, 2018 at 11:00 AM in Aula Studio (ex Sala Biblioteca) 1st floor, Viale Filopanti, 5 Bologna. Giacomo Livan University College London will present Detecting and measuring bias in online platforms: A Network Science approach The last few years have witnessed the rise of the Sharing Economy, a collection of decentralized online platforms whose users exchange knowledge, goods, and resources on a peer-to-peer basis. Sharing Economy platforms are often praised for their meritocratic approach, where all participants, regardless of their gender or ethnicity, receive the same opportunities to emerge through digital peer review mechanisms. Yet, they have recently come under fire due to reports of discriminatory behaviours and manipulations of their reputation systems. This raises an important question: are Sharing Economy platforms fair marketplaces, where all participants operate on a level playing field, or are they large-scale online aggregators of offline human biases? In this talk I will address this question on a number of examples, showing how online platforms can be represented in terms of networks, and how this allows to detect and measure some of the biases that might affect their users' behaviour. In particular, I will present clear evidence of avoidance between users from different ethnic backgrounds on Airbnb, and I will show how user reputation scores are distorted by the widespread practice of reciprocating highly positive ratings in a variety of platforms. I will conclude by discussing how these findings can be used to provide platform design recommendations, aimed at exposing and possibly reducing the biases we detect, in support of a fairer and more inclusive growth of Sharing Economy platforms. ? Feel free to forward this message to anyone who is potentially interested in. Best, Giacomo Giacomo Bormetti Professore associato Metodi matematici per l'economia e le scienze attuariali e finanziarie Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Bologna

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Roma Tre 10-04-2018: Hubert Lacoin, Wetting and Layering for Solid-and-Solid
by Pietro Caputo 30 Mar '18

30 Mar '18

SEMINARIO Probabilita' Hubert Lacoin (IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil) Titolo: Wetting and Layering for Solid-and-Solid Martedi' 10 Aprile 2018 ORE 14:30 Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica Universita' degli Studi Roma Tre Largo San Leonardo Murialdo,1 - Pal.C - AULA 311 Abstract Solid-on-Solid (SOS) was introduced in the early 50s as a simplified model for lattice interfaces. It is believed to display the same low temperature behavior as three-dimensiona systems with phase coexistence while being considerably easier to analyze. The objective of this talk is to present the result we recently obtained for SOS interacting with a solid substrate, which is the problem associated with the following energy functional $$ V(phi)=eta sum_{xsim y}|phi(x)-phi(y)|-sum_{x}left(h{f 1}_{{phi(x)=0}}-infty{f 1}_{{phi(x)<0}} ight), $$ for $(phi(x))_{xin mathbb Z^2}$ (the graph of $phi$ representing the interface). We prove that for eta sufficiently large, there exists a decreasing sequence $(h^*_n(eta))_{nge 0}$, satisfying $lim_{n oinfty}h^*_n(eta)=h_w(eta)$, and such that: (A) The free energy associated with the system is infinitely differentiable on $mathbb R setminus left({h^*_n}_{nge 1}cup h_w( eta) ight)$, and not differentiable on ${h^*_n}_{nge 1}$. (B) For each nge 0 within the interval $(h^*_{n+1},h^*_n)$ (with the convention $h^*_0=infty$), there exists a unique translation invariant Gibbs state which is localized around height $n$, while at a point of non-differentiability, at least two ergodic Gibbs states coexist. The respective typical heights of these two Gibbs states are $n-1$ and $n$. The value $h^*_n$ corresponds thus to a first order layering transition from level $n$ to level $n-1$.

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[WORKSHOP] Stochastic Analysis, Geometry and Statistics at Imperial College London, June 21-22
by Brigo, Damiano 27 Mar '18

27 Mar '18

Workshop on Stochastic Analysis, Geometry and Statistics at Imperial College London, June 21-22, 2018. http://www.imperial.ac.uk/sagest-2018/ Invited speakers: Michael Betancourt (Symplectomorphic, LLC) David Elworthy (Warwick) Peter Friz (TU Berlin) Mark Girolami (Alan Turing Institute) Karen Haberman (Bonn) Martin Hairer (Imperial College London) Yves Le Jan (Université Paris-Sud) Xue-Mei Li (Imperial College London) Terry Lyons (Oxford) Nigel Newton (Essex) James Norris (Cambridge) Grigorios Pavliotis (Imperial College London) Giovanni Pistone (Turin) Amanda Turner (Lancaster) ORGANISING COMMITTEE John Armstrong (KCL) Damiano Brigo Thomas Cass CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT Claudio Bellani Emilio Rossi Ferrucci FUNDING BODIES CFM - Imperial Institute of Quantitative Finance Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London Department of Mathematics, King's College London London Mathematical Society CONTACTS AND REGISTRATION http://www.imperial.ac.uk/sagest-2018/contacts-and-registration/ ------ Prof. Damiano Brigo Chair at the Department of Mathematics Mathematical Finance and Stochastic Analysis Groups Imperial College London www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/damiano.brigo

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HFFE2018 CALL FOR PAPERS @ Scuola Normale Superiore
by Daniele Tantari 26 Mar '18

26 Mar '18

Dear colleagues, we are pleased to announce the workshop *Frontiers in High-Frequency Financial Econometrics * that will be held at Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa (Italy) on 28-29 September 2018. The aim of the Workshop is to bring together leading experts and young researchers in the field of financial econometrics and mathematical finance with application to high-frequency finance. The main purpose is to listen to new ideas, and discuss about future perspective in the field. The organizers encourage submissions of papers on any topic within the overall theme of the conference with a special emphasis on the following areas: realized (co)variance estimation and forecasting, high-frequency finance, liquidity and price discovery, market microstructure analysis. The scientific committee of the workshop consists of: Giacomo Bormetti (University of Bologna), Fulvio Corsi (University of Pisa), Fabrizio Lillo (University of Bologna), Maria Elvira Mancino (University of Florence), Stefano Marmi (Scuola Normale Superiore), Davide Pirino (University of Rome "Tor Vergata"), Roberto Renò (University of Verona) *CALL FOR PAPERS* *Both papers and extended abstracts (max 4 pages) are accepted for presentation in a regular session or a poster session.* The final program of the workshop will include both submitted and invited papers. Our keynote speakers are: - *Yacine Ait-Sahalia *(Princeton University) - *Nikolaus Hautsch* (University of Vienna) - *André Lucas *(VU University Amsterdam) - *Mathieu Rosenbaum *(Ecole Polytechnique) For more information on submission and registration, see the attached flyer and the conference website https://www.hffe2018sns.com/ or contact hffe.workshop(a)gmail.com *Important dates:* Submission of a complete paper or extended abstract: May 31th, 2018 Decision: June 30th, 2018 Registration deadline: August 15th, 2018 On behalf of the organizing committee, Best Regards, Daniele Tantari

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Opening of a Post Doc position in Luxembourg
by Giovanni Peccati 26 Mar '18

26 Mar '18

Cari Colleghi, ho appena aperto un bando per un postdoc di due anni e mezzo (30 mesi) nel mio gruppo in Lussemburgo. La scadenza è il 30 aprile 2018, ed il postdoc dovrebbe iniziare tra il primo giugno 2018 (al più presto) e il primo dicembre 2018 (al più tardi). Qui sotto, trovate l'annuncio in inglese, con le necessarie istruzioni. Cordiali saluti, Giovanni Peccati --------------------------------- Dear Colleagues, I am happy to announce the opening of a new post-doc position in my group at *Luxembourg University, with specific focus on stochastic analysis and stochastic geometry. * The length is *2 years and a half* (30 months), starting anytime between *June 1st, 2018,* and *December 1st, 2018*. The deadline for applications is *April 30th, 2018.* The exact details of the position can be found here: http://emea3.mrted.ly/1ryuy The webpage also contains a link for online applications. Please, do not hesitate to share this announcement with your colleagues - in case they might be interested. With my best regards, Giovanni Peccati --------------------------------------- -- Prof. Giovanni Peccati ------------------------------------------ UR en Mathématiques Faculté des Sciences, de la Technologie et de la Communication ------------------------------------------ Université du Luxembourg ----------------------------------------- homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/giovannipeccati/Home E-mail: giovanni.peccati(a)gmail.com

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MSP 2018 - LAST CALL
by gianluca cassese 26 Mar '18

26 Mar '18

*LAST CALL FOR PAPERS* *The Mathematics of Subjective Probability - MSP 2018* The MSP 2018 Workshop will be held in September 3-5, at the University of Milan Bicocca. https://sites.google.com/view/MSP-2018 The workshop will host the following keynote speakers: - *Ehud Kalai*: *"Bayesian Learning with Economic Applications";* - *Rajeeva Karandikar*: *"Limit Theorems on Finitely Additive Probability Spaces"* ; - *Massimo Marinacci*: "*Uncertainty and All That*", - *Eugenio Regazzini*: "*Possible Effects of de Finetti's Coherence Principle on Statistical Reasoning*" - *William D. Sudderth*: "*Finite Additivity in Dubins-Savage Gambling and Stochastic Games *". MSP 2018 is open to contributions from all fields in which the subjective approach to probability is relevant, from Statistics to Economics and Game Theory. The list of potential topics includes (*but is not limited to*): - Ambiguity; Bayesian statistics; Coherence; Conditioning; Decision models under risk and uncertainty; Equivalent martingale measures; Finitely additive probabilities; Gambling; Game Theory; Limit theorems; Mass transportation; Merging of opinions; Multiple priors; Partial knowledge. The Springer Journal "*Decisions in Economics and Finance*" plans to devote a special issue to the workshop *Important dates* - *Paper submission -- April 31th* - *Notification of acceptance -- May 31st* - *Conference subscription -- June 30th* The organizing committee, --------------------------- Gianluca Cassese Pietro Rigo Barbara Vantaggi --------------------------

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[COURSE] RobustStatistics@MilanoBicocca - SAVE THE DATE
by Francesca Greselin 23 Mar '18

23 Mar '18

ROBUST STATISTICS: FOUNDATIONS AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS *April 9-13, 2018University of Milano-BicoccaMilan, Italy* Lecturers: Antony Atkinson <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anthony_Atkinson3>, London School of Economics, UK Marco Riani <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marco_Riani>, University of Parma, IT Agustin Mayo-Iscar <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Agustin_Mayo>, University of Valladolid, ES RobustStatistics@MilanoBicocca is focused on giving a perspective on the modern challenges of robust statistics, combining novel statistical techniques with challenging problems in different application fields. *Monday April 9* Introduction to robust statistics, *Antony Atkinson *(9 a.m.-1 p.m.) Applications in Matlab, *Marco Riani *(2.30 - 5.30 p.m.) *Tuesday April 10* Robust regression analysis and transformations, *Antony Atkinson* (9 a.m.-1 p.m.) Applications in Matlab, *Marco Riani* (2.30 - 5.30 p.m.) *Wednesday April 11* Robust multivariate analysis and transformations, *Antony Atkinson* (9 a.m.-1 p.m.) Applications in Matlab, *Marco Riani* (2.30 - 5.30 p.m.) *Thursday **April 12* Introduction to robust clustering, *Agustin Mayo Iscar *(9 a.m.-1 p.m.) Applications in R and Matlab, *Agustin Mayo Iscar, Marco Riani *(2.30 - 5.30 p.m.) *Friday April 13 * Advances in robust clustering, *Agustin Mayo Iscar *(9 a.m.-1 p.m.) Applications in R and Matlab, *Agustin Mayo Iscar, Marco Riani *(2.30 - 5.30 p.m.) *For additional information please visit the course <http://www.cladag2017.unimib.it/robust-statistics-foundations-and-recent-de…> website <http://www.cladag2017.unimib.it/robust-statistics-foundations-and-recent-de…>.* *This course is supported by the Milano-Bicocca Department of STATISTICS and QUANTITATIVE METHODS <http://www.dismeq.unimib.it/en/>, within:* *The course is open to all people interested in the topic,we just ask to send an email to francesca.greselin(a)unimib.it <francesca.greselin(a)unimib.it> for organizational matters.*

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Seminars at Scuola Normale Superiore, 27-28 March 2018, Elisa Alos
by Giulia 23 Mar '18

23 Mar '18

Dear all, Prof. Elisa Alos (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) will hold the two following Seminars. =========================================================================================================================================================================================== On Tuesday, 27 March 2018 — at 11:00 — Room: Aula Fermi: Title : The implied volatility surface in modeling problems Abstract: In the Black-Scholes model, the volatility parameter is constant. But it is well-known that, if we compute this volatility parameter by inverting market option prices, the result (the implied volatility) will depend on the strike price (a variation described graphically as a smile or skew) and on time to maturity. Classical stochastic volatility models, where the volatility is allowed to be a diffusion process, can capture the observed smiles and skews, but they cannot easily explain the term structure. For instance, recent numerical analysis state that the skew slope is approximately $O((T )^{-k})$, for some positive $k$ and where $T$ denotes the time to maturity, while the rate for these stochastic volatility models is $O(1)$. In this talk, we will see how to construct new stochastic volatility models that can describe this phenomena. Towards this end, we will present short-time approximations for the implied volatility skew and smile. The obtained formulas will give us a useful tool to identify the volatilities that can explain this term structure. Based on this approach, some new models have been proposed recently (as, for example, rough volatilities). In this talk we will discuss on the state of the art of this modeling research, and we will discuss the main advantages and disavantages of these new models. =========================================================================================================================================================================================== On Wednesday, 28 March 2018 — at 14:00 — Room: Aula Bianchi Scienze Title : On the link between the Malliavin derivative operator and the implied volatility behaviour Abstract: We use Malliavin calculus techniques to obtain an expression for the short-time behavior of the at-the-money implied volatility skew and smile, in the context of stochastic volatility models. Our analysis does not requiere the volatility to be a diffusion or a Markov process. The obtained results will give us a tool to construct new models that can allow us to explain the empirical term structure of the implied volatility surface (joint works with J. León and J. Vives). =========================================================================================================================================================================================== Fill free to forward this announcement to your colleagues. Best Giulia Livieri Assegnista di ricerca Scuola Normale Superiore Piazza dei Cavalieri, 7, 56126 Pisa PI room 65

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Seminar at Scuola Normale Superiore, 27 March 2018, Elisa Alos
by Giulia 21 Mar '18

21 Mar '18

Dear all, On Wednesday, 27 March 2018 — at 11:00 — at the Scuola Normale Superiore (Room: Aula Fermi) Prof. Elisa Alos (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcellona) will hold the following Seminar: Title : The implied volatility surface in modeling problems Abstract: In the Black-Scholes model, the volatility parameter is constant. But it is well-known that, if we compute this volatility parameter by inverting market option prices, the result (the implied volatility) will depend on the strike price (a variation described graphically as a smile or skew) and on time to maturity. Classical stochastic volatility models, where the volatility is allowed to be a diffusion process, can capture the observed smiles and skews, but they cannot easily explain the term structure. For instance, recent numerical analysis state that the skew slope is approximately $O((T )^{-k})$, for some positive $k$ and where $T$ denotes the time to maturity, while the rate for these stochastic volatility models is $O(1)$. In this talk, we will see how to construct new stochastic volatility models that can describe this phenomena. Towards this end, we will present short-time approximations for the implied volatility skew and smile. The obtained formulas will give us a useful tool to identify the volatilities that can explain this term structure. Based on this approach, some new models have been proposed recently (as, for example, rough volatilities). In this talk we will discuss on the state of the art of this modeling research, and we will discuss the main advantages and disavantages of these new models. Fill free to forward this announcement to your colleagues. Best Giulia Livieri Assegnista di ricerca Scuola Normale Superiore Piazza dei Cavalieri, 7, 56126 Pisa PI room 65

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Seminar at Scuola Normale Superiore, 28 March 2018, Elisa Alos
by Giulia 21 Mar '18

21 Mar '18

Dear all, On Wednesday, 28 March 2018 — at 14:00 — at the Scuola Normale Superiore (Room: Aula Bianchi Scienze) Prof. Elisa Alos (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcellona) will hold the following Seminar: Title : On the link between the Malliavin derivative operator and the implied volatility behaviour Abstract: We use Malliavin calculus techniques to obtain an expression for the short-time behavior of the at-the-money implied volatility skew and smile, in the context of stochastic volatility models. Our analysis does not requiere the volatility to be a diffusion or a Markov process. The obtained results will give us a tool to construct new models that can allow us to explain the empirical term structure of the implied volatility surface (joint works with J. León and J. Vives). Fill free to forward this announcement to your colleagues. Best Giulia Livieri Assegnista di ricerca Scuola Normale Superiore Piazza dei Cavalieri, 7, 56126 Pisa PI room 65

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Seminario di Probabilità - Padova - Cambio aula
by Paolo Dai Pra 21 Mar '18

21 Mar '18

Vi invito al seguente seminario, già annunciato, di cui vi segnalo un cambio di aula. Martedì Venerdì 23 Marzo 2018 alle 11:30 in Aula 1BC45 della Torre Archimede presso il Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università degli Studi di Padova. SPEAKER: Marco Zamparo AFFILIATION: Politecnico di Torino TITLE: Large Deviations Principles in Renewal Theory ABSTRACT: Cramér's theorem provides a large deviations principle for the empirical mean of independent and identically distributed random variables. In this seminar, I establish a generalization of Cramér's theorem for multivariate renewal-reward processes under optimal hypotheses. The way to attack the problem is the following. A large deviations principle is first obtained for renewal processes constrained by the event that one of the renewals occurs at a predetermined time. Then, results are transferred to standard renewal processes by resorting to conditioning. The constrained setting makes it possible to solve the problem by using an argument based on convexity and sub-additivity, which is inspired by the approach of Bahadur and Zabell to derive the modern form of the Cramér's theorem. Interestingly, with a different interpretation of the time coordinate, constrained renewal processes include important models of statistical mechanics, such as the pinning model of polymers and the Poland-Scheraga model of DNA denaturation. These models are briefly reviewed in the seminar. M. Zamparo, Large Deviations in Renewal Theory and Renewal Models of Statistical Mechanics, arXiv:1801.09941. Paolo Dai Pra Dipartimento di Matematica Via Trieste, 63 35121 Padova Tel. +39 0498271361 Fax +39 0498271428 daipra(a)math.unipd.it

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Workshop `Randomness and Symmetry’, UCD, June 18-22, 2018
by Bisi, Elia 21 Mar '18

21 Mar '18

Ricevo e inoltro. ________________________________ From: Randomness & Symmetry Workshop <randsym18(a)ucd.ie> Sent: 21 March 2018 11:56 To: Bisi, Elia Subject: Workshop `Randomness and Symmetry’, UCD, June 18-22, 2018 Dear colleagues, This is a preliminary announcement for the workshop `Randomness and Symmetry’, to be held at University College Dublin, June 18-22, 2018. Confirmed speakers include - Elia Bisi (Warwick), Philippe Bougerol (Paris), Jeremie Bouttier (Saclay), Manon Defosseux (Paris), Persi Diaconis (Stanford), Nick Ercolani (Arizona), Jonathan Novak (San Diego), Satya Majumdar (Orsay), Dan Romik (Davis), Gregory Schehr (Orsay), Craig Tracy (Davis), Pierre Van Moerbeke (Leuven), Balint Virag (Toronto), Paul Zinn-Justin (Melbourne). There is limited space available (and some funding for PhD students and young researchers) to participate in this workshop. To apply / register your interest, please email randsym18(a)ucd.ie<mailto:randsym18@ucd.ie> before May 1, 2018. Further details are available on the workshop web page http://www.maths.ucd.ie/~noconnell/randsym18/main.html With best wishes, on behalf of the organisers, Fabio Deelan Cunden Antoine Dahlqvist Neil O’Connell

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MSCA Master Class 2018 @ POLIMI
by Daniele Marazzina 20 Mar '18

20 Mar '18

Con preghiera di diffusione >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Politecnico di Milano is launching a pilot Master Class (MSCA EF MASTER CLASS 2018 @ POLIMI) for potential applicants to the MSCA - European Individual Fellowship call 2018. https://www.polimi.it/en/faculty-and-staff/calls-and-competitions/call-for-… The aim of the call is to attract and train young and talented researchers to successfully applying for MSCA European Fellowship with the Politecnico di Milano as host institution. Applications are open for the published 30 "Supervisors project proposals". Among those 30 projects, we announce the following Risk and Potentialities of Cryptocurrencies<https://www.polimi.it/fileadmin/user_upload/Lavora-con-noi/MSCA_EF_Master_C…> https://www.polimi.it/fileadmin/user_upload/Lavora-con-noi/MSCA_EF_Master_C… Candidates will be pre-selected based on their expression of interest, CV and motivation. Promising candidates will be invited to the Politecnico di Milano for 3 days (11-13 June 2018) to meet with their supervisors, to visit laboratories and facilities, to attend an in depth training course on the proposal writing and to make use of full support in the application writing process by POLIMI advisors. Candidate fellows and supervisors will be guided throughout the whole application process with deadline on 12th September 2018. Only those who get funding through the European Commission’s MSCA IF program will be admitted to Politecnico di Milano.

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Lectures on "Neural Networks for Time Series Analysis" - University of Verona, Italy - March 21, 23, 28, 29, 2018
by Luca di persio 17 Mar '18

17 Mar '18

Dear all, this is to announce a minicourse on "Neural Networks for Time Series Analysis" that will take place at Ca'Vgnal 2 College of Mathematics - Dept. of Computer Science - UniVr Strada le Grazie, 15 - Verona located here https://goo.gl/maps/Yx2JU Speaker Oleksandr Honchar [HPA – University of Verona] Program, Abstract and timetable Lecture 1: Introduction to machine learning and time series analysis Lecture 2: Data preparation and feed-forward neural networks Lecture 3: Convolutional and recurrent neural networks Lecture 4: Building a trading strategy and further applications Abstract In this mini-course we will study artificial neural networks as a tool for time series classification and forecasting. We will review theoretical concepts of feed-forward, convolutional and recurrent neural networks, their modern architectures and implement them in Python. The emphasis of the mini-course is on practical applications, so we will use before mentioned algorithms to forecast stock prices movements and build a real asset trading strategy and backtest it. After attending this course, students will understand basic pipeline of machine learning based time series analysis: data preprocessing, fitting the model, evaluation of results and will be able to use their own models for building algorithmic trading strategies. 21/3 – 15:30-17:30 – Meeting Room – 2nd floor 23/3 – 15:30-17:30 – Meeting Room – 2nd floor 28/3 – 15:30-17:30 – Meeting Room – 2nd floor 29/3 – 15:30-17:30 – Meeting Room – 2nd floor The initiative is organised within the framework of the Stochastic Semester VPSMS18 [VPSMS2018.org] , see also: http://www.di.univr.it/?ent=seminario&id=4262&lang=it http://vpsms2018.org/event/minicourse-neural-networks- for-time-series-analysis/ Do not hesitate to contact me for further info. Best, LuCa __ Luca Di Persio - PhD College of Mathematics Dept. of Computer Science - University of Verona strada le Grazie 15 - 37134 Verona - Italy Tel : +39 045 802 7968

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Seminario ENRICO SCALAS @ UniTo
by Federico Polito 16 Mar '18

16 Mar '18

********************************************************************* SEMINARI DI PROBABILITA' E STATISTICA MATEMATICA DIPARTIMENTO DI MATEMATICA "G. PEANO" UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO ********************************************************************* Lunedì 26 Marzo 2018 alle ore 14:30 in Aula A presso il Dipartimento di Matematica "G. Peano" dell'Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Carlo Alberto 10, Il Prof. ENRICO SCALAS (Department of Mathematics, University of Sussex, UK) terrà un seminario dal titolo A STYLIZED MODEL FOR WEALTH DISTRIBUTION Abstract: The recent book by T. Piketty (Capital in the Twenty-First Century) promoted the important issue of wealth inequality. In the last twenty years, physicists and mathematicians developed models to derive the wealth distribution using discrete and continuous stochastic processes (random exchange models) as well as related Boltzmann-type kinetic equations. In this literature, the usual concept of equilibrium in Economics is either replaced or completed by statistical equilibrium. In order to illustrate this activity with a concrete example, we present a stylised random exchange model for the distribution of wealth. We first discuss a fully discrete version (a Markov chain with finite state space). We then study its discrete-time continuous-state-space version and we prove the existence of the equilibrium distribution. Finally, we discuss the connection of these models with Boltzmann-like kinetic equations for the marginal distribution of wealth. This paper shows in practice how it is possible to start from a finitary description and connect it to continuous models following Boltzmann's original research program. https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.08978 Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. -- Federico Polito Department of Mathematics University of Torino Via Carlo Alberto, 10 10123, Torino, Italy Email: federico.polito(a)unito.it Tel: +39 011 6702862 Web: www.federicopolito.it

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Fwd: COFUND Parigi : 20 borse di dottorato
by Marco Romito 16 Mar '18

16 Mar '18

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Seminario di Probabilità - Padova
by Paolo Dai Pra 16 Mar '18

16 Mar '18

Ho il piacere di invitarvi al seguente seminario, che si terrà Martedì Venerdì 23 Marzo 2018 alle 11:30 in Sala Riunioni VII Piano della Torre Archimede presso il Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università degli Studi di Padova. SPEAKER: Marco Zamparo AFFILIATION: Politecnico di Torino TITLE: Large Deviations Principles in Renewal Theory ABSTRACT: Cramér's theorem provides a large deviations principle for the empirical mean of independent and identically distributed random variables. In this seminar, I establish a generalization of Cramér's theorem for multivariate renewal-reward processes under optimal hypotheses. The way to attack the problem is the following. A large deviations principle is first obtained for renewal processes constrained by the event that one of the renewals occurs at a predetermined time. Then, results are transferred to standard renewal processes by resorting to conditioning. The constrained setting makes it possible to solve the problem by using an argument based on convexity and sub-additivity, which is inspired by the approach of Bahadur and Zabell to derive the modern form of the Cramér's theorem. Interestingly, with a different interpretation of the time coordinate, constrained renewal processes include important models of statistical mechanics, such as the pinning model of polymers and the Poland-Scheraga model of DNA denaturation. These models are briefly reviewed in the seminar. M. Zamparo, Large Deviations in Renewal Theory and Renewal Models of Statistical Mechanics, arXiv:1801.09941. Paolo Dai Pra Dipartimento di Matematica Via Trieste, 63 35121 Padova Tel. +39 0498271361 Fax +39 0498271428 daipra(a)math.unipd.it

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Master programmes at the University of Kent
by Fabrizio Leisen 15 Mar '18

15 Mar '18

Con preghiera di diffusione. Contattami pure se avete bisogno di ulteriori informazioni. Cordiali saluti, Fabrizio Leisen A postgraduate degree in Statistics from the University of Kent can open many doors both in industry and research. The taught programmes in Statistics and Statistics with Finance provide exemption from the professional examinations of the Royal Statistical Society and qualification for Graduate Statistician status. The School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science has a strong reputation for world-class research and a well-established system of support and training, with a high level of contact between staff and research students. Postgraduate students develop analytical, communication and research skills. Developing computational skills and applying them to mathematical problems forms a significant part of the postgraduate training in the School. The School encourages all postgraduate statistics students to take part in statistics seminars and to help in tutorial classes. The Statistics Group is forward-thinking, with varied research, and received high rankings in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 for research power and quality. An overview of the Statistics group activities can be found at https://www.kent.ac.uk/smsas/statistics/research/index.html For more information about postgraduate statistics programmes at Kent visit www.kent.ac.uk/smsas or contact the Admissions Officer: E: smsaspgadmissions(a)kent.ac.uk T: +44 (0) 1227 816050 Director: Fabrizio Leisen, F.Leisen(a)kent.ac.uk -- Fabrizio Leisen Reader in Statistics School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Sciences Sibson Building, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7FS http://www.kent.ac.uk/smsas/statistics/our-people/profiles/leisen_fabrizio.… http://sites.google.com/site/fabrizioleisen/

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Call for PhD positions at University of Oslo
by Giulia Di Nunno 15 Mar '18

15 Mar '18

Dear Colleagues, this is to draw your attention to the call for two PhD positions at the University of Oslo in stochastic analysis and its applications to finance, insurance, energy and risk. Specifically one position is in the scopes of to the project STORM “Stochastics for Time-Space Risk Models" http://www.mn.uio.no/math/english/research/projects/storm/index.html <http://www.mn.uio.no/math/english/research/projects/storm/index.html> Description and call: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/149487/phd-research-fellowsh… <https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/149487/phd-research-fellowsh…> The other one is in Stochastic Analysis and its Applications Description and call: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/149496/phd-research-fellowsh… <https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/149496/phd-research-fellowsh…> For both the deadline of application is April 15th, 2018. You can also find a number of other open positions that can be interesting for a wider audience: http://www.mn.uio.no/math/om/jobb/ <http://www.mn.uio.no/math/om/jobb/> Please help to advertise these calls and bring them to the attention of your colleagues and possible candidates. Thank you in advance! Best wishes Giulia --- Giulia di Nunno Professor Department of Mathematics University of Oslo http://folk.uio.no/giulian/ <http://folk.uio.no/giulian/>

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Bocconi summer school on "Graphical models" - deadline extension
by Antonio Lijoi 14 Mar '18

14 Mar '18

** DEADLINE EXTENSION FOR APPLICATIONS ** Bocconi Summer School in Advanced Statistics & Probability: “Graphical Models” http://asps.lakecomoschool.org July 9-20, 2018 La scadenza per inoltrare le domande di partecipazione alla Bocconi Summer School in Advanced Statistics & Probability su "Graphical Models" e' stata posticipata al ** 28 marzo 2018 ** La Summer School si svolgera’ presso la Lake Como School of Advanced Studies, e le lezioni saranno tenute da: Steffen Lauritzen (University of Copenhagen) Robin Evans (University of Oxford) Si ricorda che il Bocconi Institute of Data Science (BIDSA) conferira’ due BIDSA Awards a candidati meritevoli, che copriranno le registration fees. Cogliamo anche l’occasione per annunciare nuove iniziative all’interno della scuola. In particolare, quest'anno avremo il piacere di ospitare due seminari: Julia Mortera (Universita' di Rome Tre): "Graphical Models in Forensic Science" Fabio Corradi (Universita' di Firenze): "On the Probability of Causation for Querying the Cause of an Effect, and its Fundamental Conditions" Informazioni piu' dettagliate saranno rese disponibili quanto prima sul sito della Summer School. Inoltre, sono anche previsti seminari informali in cui i partecipanti, che ne facciano preventivamente richiesta, possono presentare la propria ricerca su temi attinenti la scuola. Ulteriori dettagli sono disponibili su http://asps.lakecomoschool.org o possono essere richiesti a bss.statistics(a)unibocconi.it

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[short conference with courses]: NETWORKING BIOSTATISTICS
by Paola Rancoita 14 Mar '18

14 Mar '18

*NETWORKING BIOSTATISTICS* Networking Biostatistics is a short international COSTNET conference organized by Italian and Dutch International Biometric Society (IBS) regions to promote networks among IBS regions, networks among biostatisticians, early career researchers and PhD students, and collaboration among biomedical researchers and biostatisticians in general, looking for network procedures and statistical methods for a real contribution in modelling modern biomedical data. The conference includes five parts: 1. *Invited speaker sessions* on advanced methods for biomedical data. 2. *Short poster presentations*: poster contributions will be introduced with a 5 minutes flash presentation. 3. *Posters session with awards*. 4. *Round table* with spontaneous contributions on “Networking modern biomedical researchers and biostatisticians: from big Data to Big information” 5. *Two short courses on network modelling*: - “Co-data learning: the group-regularized ridge and elastic net” (Mark van de Wiel) - “Introduction to graphical models and applications to genomics” (Paola Vicard/Francesco Stingo) Confirmed invited speakers are: Bianca Papi, Rotterdam (NL) Francesco Stingo, Università degli Studi di Firenze (IT) Luca Tardella, Sapienza Università di Roma (IT) Maria Grazia Valsecchi, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca (IT) Mark van de Wiel, VU University Medical Center (NL) Veronica Vinciotti, Brunel University London (UK) Ernst Wit, University of Groeningen (NL) Abstracts for poster presentations can be submitted by sending an email to netbiostat(a)ibs-italy.org by *March**18th, 2018*. The Conference will be held at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (Milan) in *April 12-13th, 2018*. All details about the event can be found at the website: http://ibs-italy.org/?page_id=703&lang=en

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avviso seminario Morlais
by Marco Alessandro Fuhrman 13 Mar '18

13 Mar '18

La professoressa Marie-Amélie Morlais del Laboratoire Manceau de Mathématiques (LMM), Institut du Risque et de l’Assurance IRA, Le Mans Université, terrà un seminario dal titolo Max-min and min-max systems of variational inequalities: connection with multidimensional BSDEs with bilateral obstacles and switching game il giorno lunedì 19 marzo 2018 alle ore 14:00 in sala rappresentanza del Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università di Milano (via Saldini 50, 20133 Milano). Tutti gli interessati sono cordialmente invitati. La prof.ssa Morlais resterà in visita fino a giovedì 22 marzo. Cordiali saluti, Marco Fuhrman Abstract. This talk is based on two joint works (published in 2015 and 2017) with Prof. S. Hamadène (LMM Le Mans), Prof. B. Djehiche (KTH Stockholm Sweden) and X. Zhao (former PhD student of S. Hamadène) . These two papers focus on the connection between systems of interconnected PDEs, related multidimensional BSDEs and a general switching game (second paper). As an introduction, I recall the (rich) literature which links the optimal switching problem with explicit multidimensional BSDEs and related systems of variational inequalities. The relationship between those objects shall be given as well. I will finally present the so called min-max and max-min systems of PDEs whose viscosity solutions are heuristically identified (via the verification result) as the lower and upper value of the switching game. In the second part (first paper), I will explain the main steps allowing to construct solutions to both the min max and max min systems of variational inequalities. I stress the fact that, due to the non-linearities of those systems and the presence of interconnected obstacles, those solutions are a priori irregular: thus, to construct a solution, the use of viscosity theory is useful. In a third part (main result of the second paper) the connection with a multidimensional BSDE with bilateral obstacles is established (existence and uniqueness for the BSDE solution are then established in a Markovian framework of randomness). Finally and as an application, we provide an explicit relationship with the switching game: this consists in providing (sufficient) conditions ensuring the existence of both the switching game value and an optimal mixed strategy (as well as the relationship with the BSDE solution). Some open questions remaining unsolved shall be presented as a conclusion.

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De Finetti Seminar: SCHACHERMAYER
by Marco Maggis 12 Mar '18

12 Mar '18

On behalf of the Scientific Committee of the de Finetti Risk Seminars, we are glad to invite you to participate at the following Lecture *The Amazing Power of Dimensional Analysis in Finance: Market Impact and the Intraday Trading Invariance Hypothesis* Walter Schachermayer University of Vienna Abstract: A basic problem when trading in financial markets is to analyze the prize movement caused by placing an order. Clearly we expect- ceteris paribus - that placing an order will move the price to the disadvantage of the agent. This price movement is called the market impact. Following the recent work of A. Kyle and A. Obizhaeva we apply dimensional analysis - a line of arguments well known in classical physics to analyze to which extent the square root law applies. This universal law claims that the market impact is proportional to the square root of the size of the order. We also analyze the dependence of the trading activity on a stock, i.e. number of trades per unit of time, in dependence of some suitable explanatory variables. Dimensional analysis leads to a 2/3 law: the number of trades is proportional to the power 2/3 of the exchanged risk. The mathematical tools of this analysis reside on elementary linear algebra. Joint work with Mathias Pohl, Alexander Ristig and Ludovic Tangpi. LOCATION: The seminar will be held on Wednesday, March 14, at 18.00 at Sala di Rappresentanza, Mathematics Department, Via Saldini 50, Milano. Scientific Committee: Prof. Simone Cerreia-Voglio (Univ. Bocconi) Prof. Marco Frittelli (Univ. degli Studi di Milano) Prof. Fabio Maccheroni (Univ. Bocconi) Prof. Massimo Marinacci (Univ. Bocconi) Prof. Emanuela Rosazza Gianin (Univ. Milano-Bicocca) Dott. Marco Maggis (Univ. degli Studi di Milano)

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seminario Marco Bianchetti in Bicocca
by fabio bellini 09 Mar '18

09 Mar '18

Il giorno mercoledì 21 marzo alle ore 14.30 presso la Aula Seminari 4026 del DISMEQ al IV piano dell'edificio U7, il dott. Marco Bianchetti di Intesa Sanpaolo terrà un seminario su Learning the Optimal Risk - Advanced Risk-Based Portfolio Management with Global Optimization and Machine Learning Algorithms Abstract We consider the portfolio optimization problem from a trading and risk management point of view. Given a generic initial portfolio of financial instruments (e.g. stocks, derivatives and securities) with a given risk profile and subject to risk management limits, we aim to find optimal trading strategies, based on eligible tradable and liquid market instruments (i.e. quoted stocks and plain vanilla derivatives and securities), able to globally optimize the portfolio risk figures while respecting the required risk limits. We make use of an evolutionary approach based on genetic algorithms, where a population of candidate trading strategies is evolved using crossover, mutation and elitism, until optimal solutions are found as the best trading strategies that both minimize the selected risk measures and respect the risk limits. We apply our idea to different test cases based on real portfolios including linear and non-linear real financial instruments. We show that different optimal trading strategies may exist, depending on the combination of risk-based objective functions and limits. Our approach is general with respect to initial portfolios, risk profiles, measures and limits, eligible optimization instruments, trading strategies, and optimization algorithms. It can be applied, in principle, to real portfolios of financial institutions, provided that, in practice, a single operational framework and sufficient computational resources are available. Strong financial insight is needed both to select the optimization parameters, i.e. the eligible trading strategies, and to understand the financial soundness of the solutions proposed by the optimization metaheuristic (joint work with Marco Scaringi). Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. -- Prof. Fabio Bellini Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods University of Milano-Bicocca Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, 20126 Milano 0039-2-64483119 http://scholar.google.it/citations?user=P61L8P4AAAAJ&hl=it

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correzione
by Faggionato, Alessandra 09 Mar '18

09 Mar '18

scusate correggo un precedente annuncio di seminario. l'affiliazione dello speaker, Federico Camia, e' NYU Abu Dhabi (non Dubai) grazie Alessandra ************************************************* Prof. Alessandra Faggionato http://www1.mat.uniroma1.it/~faggionato/ Department of Mathematics University "La Sapienza" Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 00185 - Rome Office 5, Phone (0039) 06 49913252 *************************************************

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Seminario di Probabilita' a Roma 1
by Faggionato, Alessandra 07 Mar '18

07 Mar '18

Lunedi' 12 Marzo, Ore 16, Aula di Consiglio. Dipartimento di Matematica, La Sapienza. Speaker: Federico Camia (New York - Dubai University) Title: Limit Theorems and Random Fractal Curves in Statistical Mechanics Abstract: Rigorous statistical mechanics deals with stochastic systems that have a large number of components and for which geometry often plays an important role. The main goal is to understand their average behavior and deviations from that. Statistical mechanics has many applications to physics and other fields, but in this talk I will only focus on some aspects of its mathematical theory which combine discrete probability, stochastic processes and complex analysis. For concreteness, I will discuss two specific (two-dimensional) models, percolation and the Ising model, both with a long history. After introducing the two models, I will present an approach to the study of two-dimensional systems that leads to a special family of random fractal curves and that has produced, in the last twenty years, deep results and major breakthroughs. -- ************************************************* 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 di Alexandre Stauffer a Roma Tre il 21-03-2018
by Pietro Caputo 07 Mar '18

07 Mar '18

Colloquium di Matematica a Roma Tre: Alexandre Stauffer (University of Bath, UK) Titolo: Random growth processes: dendritic formation and competition Mercoledi' 21 Marzo 2018 ORE 16:00 Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica Universita' degli Studi Roma Tre Aula F, primo piano, edificio Aule - Largo San Leonardo Murialdo,1 Abstract During the 80's, several growth processes were introduced in the physics literature with the goal of providing a simple and tractable model producing the phenomenon of dendritic growth. Such phenomenon is observed in several different contexts in nature, including the growth of bacteria under starvation, crystal dendrite, dielectric breakdown, and electrodeposition, and is characterized by the formation of very ramified, fractal-like structures. Almost four decades later, we still encounter tremendous mathematical challenges in studying the geometric and dynamic properties of such processes, and in understanding the driving mechanism lying behind the formation of fractal-like structures. In this talk, I will survey the developments in this field, giving emphasis to recent results in the classical model of multi-particle diffusion limited aggregation (MDLA). I will also introduce and discuss a new growth process, which can be viewed as a model for the growth of two species that compete for space, and which plays a key role in our current understanding of MDLA. This is based on joint works with Elisabetta Candellero and Vladas Sidoravicius.

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Seminario di Federico Camia a Roma Tre il 13-03-2018
by Pietro Caputo 05 Mar '18

05 Mar '18

SEMINARIO di Probabilita' a Roma Tre Federico Camia (New York University, Abu Dhabi) Titolo: Scaling Limits for the Planar Ising Model Martedi' 13 Marzo 2018 ORE 15:30 Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica Universita' degli Studi Roma Tre Largo San Leonardo Murialdo,1 - Pal.C - Aula 311 Abstract The continuum scaling limit is a procedure to study the large-scale behavior of lattice models of statistical mechanics. In the scaling limit, the lattice spacing is sent to zero while focus is kept on some macroscopic object or collection of objects within the model. In the last twenty years there has been tremendous progress in the study of the continuum scaling limits of some classical models, such as two-dimensional percolation and the planar Ising model, which are of interest because they undergo a phase transition. At or near the phase transition point the scaling limit is supposed to give rise to a Euclidean field theory. In this talk I will briefly introduce the planar Ising model and then describe some recent results concerning the scaling limit of the Ising magnetization and the truncated two-point function. The talk is based on joint work with Christoph Garban and Chuck Newman, Rene Conijn and Demeter Kiss, and Jianping Jiang and Chuck Newman.

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MURF2018 - FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT
by Giovanni Puccetti 05 Mar '18

05 Mar '18

FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT (REGISTRATION STILL OPEN) Model Uncertainty and Robust Finance (II edition), University of Milano, MARCH 15-16, 2018 https://sites.google.com/site/murf2018/ CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS Carole BERNARD (VUB & Grenoble EM) Roger COOKE (TU Delft) David LI (SAIF & SJTU Shangai) Massimo MARINACCI (Bocconi University) Walter SCHACHERMAYER (University of Vienna) Ludovic TANGPI (University of Vienna) DE FINETTI RISK SEMINAR on MARCH 14, 2018 (Lecture by W. SCHACHERMAYER and Welcome Reception) SPECIAL ISSUE in DEPENDENCE MODELING edited by Marco Frittelli and Emanuela Rosazza-Gianin

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Postdoc on Networks and Agent Based Model in Air Traffic
by Fabrizio Lillo 05 Mar '18

05 Mar '18

The call for two 19 month postdocs is open at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Bologna (Italy). The topic of the research is *Complex networks and agent based models for Air Traffic Management* funded by the Project UE "DOMINO - Novel tools to evaluate ATM systems coupling under future deployment scenarios” (Call: H2020-SESAR-2016-2, GA 783206) Prof. Fabrizio Lillo The details of the call are here: - Italian: http://www.matematica.unibo.it/it/bandi/ bando-per-nr.-2-assegni-di-ricerca-complex-networks-and- agent-based-models-for-air-traffic-management - English: http://www.mathematics.unibo.it/en/calls- of-competition/call-for-2-research-fellowships-complex- networks-and-agent-based-models-for-air-traffic-management See below for a short description of the project. The deadline is March 19 at noon. The interested candidates can either contact me or the addresses in the call in case they need further information. Thanks and all the best, Fabrizio Lillo fabrizio.lillo(a)unibo.it ############### The project consists in: (i) development and analysis, with computational an analytical methods, of toy models of air traffic. The models, with a small number of parameters, will describe the interaction between the different components (e.g. airlines and air traffic controllers (ii) calibration and use the developed models to identify the variables and metrics relevant in a real setting and to test new mechanisms and rule of air traffic control; (iii) building metrics of coupling among the different networks composing an airspace and test their effectiveness both with numerical simulations and with empirical analysis of real data; (iv) analysis of real data and data from simulations of an Agent Based Model, developed mainly by other partners of the project, to test the effectiveness of the proposed metrics and the new mechanisms of air traffic control. The methods used in the project are computational Agent Based Models, Complex Network Theory, and Data Science on air traffic data. ---------------------------------------- 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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Cycle of seminars in Data Science and Machine Learning [ College of Math. - Dept.Comp.Science - UniVr - 9, 12, 14 /3/2018]
by Luca di persio 05 Mar '18

05 Mar '18

Dear all, this is to announce the following *Cycle of seminars in Data Science and Machine Learning: towards the Math-based professional profiles of the future*. All the talks will take place at Ca'Vgnal 2 College of Mathematics - Dept. of Computer Science - UniVr Strada le Grazie, 15 - Verona located here https://goo.gl/maps/Yx2JU *Speakers * M. Stecca , J. radaelli and R. Zenti according with the following timetable - 9/3 - 1530-1730 . - *Big Data & Data Science*. Key concepts and practical applications - Speaker: Dr.Michele Stecca - HORSA SPA [ Room M ] - 12/3 - 1630-1830 - Analytics for big Data. How to move from *data* to *information - *Speaker: Dr.Jacopo Radaelli - Reply IT [ Room G ] - 14/3 - 1630-1830 - Fintech &* RoboAdvisors*. Myths and Reality - Speaker: Dr. Raffaele Zenti Advise Only [ Meeting room 2nd floor] The initiative is organised within the framework of the Stochastic Semester VPSMS18 [ VPSMS18.org ] , see also: http://www.di.univr.it/?ent=seminario&id=4272 http://vpsms2018.org/event/seminars-cycle-in-data-science- and-machine-learningtowards-the-math-based-professional- profiles-of-the-future/ Do not hesitate to contact me for further info. Best, LuCa __ Luca Di Persio - PhD College of Mathematics Dept. of Computer Science - University of Verona strada le Grazie 15 - 37134 Verona - Italy Tel : +39 045 802 7968 <+39%20045%20802%207968> Head of R&D info(a)hpa8.com | www.hpa8.com

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Fwd: Saint-Flour 2018 - Registration
by Marco Romito 01 Mar '18

01 Mar '18

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Saint-Flour 2018 - Registration Date: 28.02.2018 18:10 From: Saint-Flour Summer School <stflour(a)math.univ-bpclermont.fr> To: saintflour(a)math.univ-bpclermont.fr SAINT-FLOUR 2018 - SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT Dear colleagues, Online registration is open for the 48th Saint-Flour Probability Summer School (July 8-20). Registration page: http://recherche.math.univ-bpclermont.fr/stflour/inscription_en.php DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: MAY 1st This is a CNRS school. Hence, registration is free of charge for CNRS researchers (Chargés de recherche et Directeurs de recherche). This year's lectures are: Hugo Duminil-Copin (IHES Paris-Saclay): Graphical representations of the Ising model. Asaf Nachmias (Tel Aviv University): Planar maps, random walks and the circle packing theorem. Balint Tóth (University of Bristol and Rényi institute Budapest): Scaling limits for random walks and diffusion with long memory. General information about the school can be found at http://recherche.math.univ-bpclermont.fr/stflour/stflour-en.php Please forward the above information to anyone who might be interested. Best regards, The organizing committee Christophe Bahadoran, Hacène Djellout, Arnaud Guillin stflour(a)math.univ-bpclermont.fr Laboratoire de Mathématiques Blaise Pascal, CNRS UMR 6620 Université Clermont Auvergne Campus des Cézeaux 3, Place Vasarely TSA 60026 CS 60026 63178 Aubière Cedex (France) tel (+33) 4 73 40 70 50 fax (+33)4 73 40 54 50

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Workshop to celebrate Carlo Sempi's 70th birthday
by Fabrizio Durante 01 Mar '18

01 Mar '18

Dear Colleagues, we are glad to announce the one-day Workshop "Scent of Copulas" to celebrate Carlo Sempi's seventieth birthday, taking place at the Rectorate of the University of Salento (Lecce, Italy) on *May 18th, 2018*. The conference focuses on dependence models and copulas, and their use in several fields (such as Statistics, Finance, Environmental Sciences, and more), and wishes to celebrate Carlo's scientific contributions to Probability Theory and Statistics, and his whole academic life. For all the details, please visit the (preliminary) Conference Website <https://www.adrianobarra.com/carlo70.html> and, for any other information, please do not hesitate to contact us at ScentOfCopulas(a)gmail.com <mailto:ScentOfCopulas@gmail.com> Looking forward to welcoming you in Lecce, Gianfausto Salvadori Fabrizio Durante Adriano Barra

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L'ATTUARIO: CHI È COSTUI?
by Giovanni Puccetti 01 Mar '18

01 Mar '18

Martedì 6 Marzo 2018, alle 1530, presso il Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi Quantitativi, in via Conservatorio 7 (Sala Lauree) a Milano, Giampaolo Crenca, Presidente dell'Ordine degli Attuari, terrà l'intervento: L'ATTUARIO: CHI È COSTUI? La professione attuariale in Italia: stato dell'arte e prospettive di sviluppo. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare.

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School ABS18: BAYESIAN STATISTICAL MODELLING AND ANALYSIS IN SPORT
by fabrizio＠mi.imati.cnr.it 28 Feb '18

28 Feb '18

Registration is open for ABS18, the 15th Applied Bayesian Statistics summer school. The daily programme is available on the website. Website: web.mi.imati.cnr.it/conferences/abs18/index.html Topic: BAYESIAN STATISTICAL MODELLING AND ANALYSIS IN SPORT Dates: 4-8, June, 2018 Location: Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy Lecturer: Kerrie MENGERSEN, Distinguished Professor of Statistics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Practical sessions: Paul WU, Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Fees (if paid by 8/4/2018): - EUR 300 (22% VAT included) students and postdocs - EUR 450 (368.85 + 22% VAT) people from academic and non-profit organisations - EUR 900 (737.70 + 22% VAT) all the others Italian public employees are exempt from VAT. Best regards Guido Consonni and Fabrizio Ruggeri ABS18 Directors Raffaele Argiento ABS18 Executive Director -- Fabrizio Ruggeri fabrizio AT mi.imati.cnr.it CNR IMATI tel +39 0223699532 Via Bassini 15 fax +39 0223699538 I-20133 Milano (Italy) web.mi.imati.cnr.it/fabrizio

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seminario Pescara
by c.costantini＠unich.it 27 Feb '18

27 Feb '18

Il prof. T.G. KURTZ della University of Wisconsin-Madison terra' un seminario dal titolo: POPULATION MODELS AS PARTIAL OBSERVATIONS OF GENEALOGICAL MODELS L'8 MARZO 2018 alle ore 11:00 nell'AULA SEMINARI della sede di VIALE DELLA PINETA del DIPARTIMENTO DI ECONOMIA ABSTRACT Classical models of biological populations, for example, Markov branching processes, typically model population size and possibly the distribution of types and/or locations of individuals in the population. The intuition behind these models usually includes ideas about the relationships among the individuals in the population that cannot be directly recovered from the model. This loss of information is even greater if one employs large population approximations such as the diffusion approximations popular in population genetics. "Lookdown" constructions provide representations of population models in terms of countable systems of particles in which each particle has a "type" which may record both spatial location and genetic type and a "level" which incorporates the lookdown structure which in turn captures the genealogy of the population. The original population model can then be viewed as the result of partial observation of the more complex model. We will exploit ideas from filtering of Markov processes to make the idea of partial observation clear and to justify the lookdown construction. Tutti gli interessati sono cordialmente invitati a partecipare. Cristina Costantini e Claudia Ceci

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Postdoctoral position at UQ focussing on multi-scale mathematics/models
by adicrescenzo＠unisa.it 27 Feb '18

27 Feb '18

Inoltro notizia di posizione postdoc in ambito probabilistico presso School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland, Australia -------- Messaggio originale -------- OGGETTO: Postdoctoral position at UQ focussing on multi-scale mathematics/models DATA: 2018-02-27 09:23 MITTENTE: Philip Pollett <pkp(a)maths.uq.edu.au> DESTINATARIO: Antonio DI CRESCENZO <adicrescenzo(a)unisa.it> Dear Antonio, We're looking to appoint a probabilist to a new postdoctoral position at UQ focussing on multi-scale mathematics/models. http://jobs.uq.edu.au/caw/en/job/503030/postdoctoral-research-fellow Please pass on to anyone you think might be interested. Applications close: 20 March 2018 Regards, Phil.

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Seminario a RM1
by Faggionato, Alessandra 27 Feb '18

27 Feb '18

Seminario di Fisica Matematica e Probabilità Mercoledì 7 marzo, ore 16:15, Aula di Consiglio, Dipartimento di Matematica, Roma La Sapienza Speaker: Alessandra Occelli (Università di Bonn) *Title: On time correlations for last passage percolation models* Abstract. We study time correlations of last passage percolation (LPP), a model in the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang universality class, with three different geometries: step, flat and stationary. We prove the convergence of the covariances of the LPP at two different times to a limiting expression given in terms of Airy processes. Furthermore, we prove the behaviour of the covariances when the two times are close to each other, conjectured in a work of Ferrari and Spohn. -- ************************************************* 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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De Finetti Risk Seminar - February 2018
by Emanuela Rosazza 26 Feb '18

26 Feb '18

On behalf of the Scientific Committee of the de Finetti Risk Seminars, we are glad to invite you to participate at the following Lecture Deciding with Judgment Simone Manganelli European Central Bank Abstract: Non sample information is hidden in frequentist statistics in the choice of the hypothesis to be tested and of the confidence level. Explicit treatment of these elements provides the connection between Bayesian and frequentist statistics. A frequentist decision maker starts from a judgmental decision and moves to the closest boundary of the confidence interval of the first order conditions, for a given loss function. This statistical decision rule does not perform worse than the judgmental decision with a probability equal to the confidence level. For any given prior, there is a mapping from the sample realization to the confidence level which makes Bayesian and frequentist decision rules equivalent. Frequentist decision rules can also be interpreted as decisions under ambiguity. LOCATION: The seminar will be held on Wednesday, February 28, at 18.00 at room 3-E4-SR03, Bocconi University, Via Rontgen 1, 3rd floor, Milano. A refreshment will be offered at 17.30. Scientific Committee: Prof. Simone Cerreia-Voglio (Univ. Bocconi) Prof. Marco Frittelli (Univ. degli Studi di Milano) Prof. Fabio Maccheroni (Univ. Bocconi) Prof. Massimo Marinacci (Univ. Bocconi) Prof. Emanuela Rosazza Gianin (Univ. Milano-Bicocca) Dott. Marco Maggis (Univ. degli Studi di Milano) ******************************************************************************************* Emanuela Rosazza Gianin Dipartimento di Statistica e Metodi Quantitativi Università di Milano-Bicocca Edificio U7 – 4° Piano Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi, 8 20126 Milano Tel. 02 64483208 Fax. 02 64483105 e-mail: emanuela.rosazza1(a)unimib.it *******************************************************************************************

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International Summer School on Risk Measurement and Control 2018
by Roy Cerqueti 25 Feb '18

25 Feb '18

Dear all, this is to inform you that the 12th Edition of the International Summer School on Risk Measurement and Control will take place in Rome on 4-9 June, 2018. Four macrothemes will be explored: * Green Economics and Finance <http://www.risksummerschool.eu/node/208> * The Fin Tech challenge <http://www.risksummerschool.eu/node/212> * Monetary Policy in a low inflation environment <http://www.risksummerschool.eu/node/214> * Banking, Financial and Insurance Regulation <http://www.risksummerschool.eu/node/213> More information can be find on the <http://www.risksummerschool.eu/> website. The outstandig level of the lecturers and the relevance of the treated subjects let this well-established school be of wide interest for both academicians and practitioners. With my warmest regards Roy Cerqueti (Organizing Committee)

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seminar at LUISS
by Marco Scarsini 23 Feb '18

23 Feb '18

February 27 2018 from 12:00 to 13:00 LUISS room 104 viale Romania 32 00197 Roma Speaker: Dov Samet (Tel Aviv University) Title: Desirability Abstract: Savage's theory of decision shows the equivalence of two structures. One is the behavioral-observable preferences over acts, the other is the mental-unobservable structure of probability and utility. The latter is not only unobservable but also cannot be reported by the decision maker. We propose an alternative mental-unobservable structure of desirability preferences which can replace the pair probability-utility and can be consciously reported. ******************************************************* Marco Scarsini Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza LUISS Viale Romania 32 00197 Roma, ITALY URL: http://docenti.luiss.it/scarsini/

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Seminari di Probabilità, Pavia: S. Boucheron e L. Dello Schiavo
by Federico Bassetti 22 Feb '18

22 Feb '18

Seminari di Probabilità, Pavia Mercoledì 28 Febbraio 2018 nell'aula Beltrami del Dipartimento di Matematica dell' Università di Pavia (via Ferrata 1) si svolgeranno due seminari: Ore 14.30: Stephane Boucheron, Univ. Paris Diderot "TBA" Ore 15.30: Lorenzo Dello Schiavo, Universität Bonn Characteristic functionals of Dirichlet measures and their algebraic properties Abstract: We consider Dirichlet—Ferguson (DF) measures, a family of random probabilities on a locally compact Polish space X. Introduced by T. S. Ferguson in Ann. Stat. 1(2) 209ff., 1973, these measures have ever since found applications widely ranging from Bayesian non-parametrics to population genetics and stochastic dynamics of infinite particle systems. We compute the characteristic functionals of DF measures relying on those of their finite-dimensional marginalizations, the Dirichlet (D) distributions on standard simplices. In finite dimensions, we identify the dynamical symmetry algebra L of the characteristic functional of D as a simple Lie algebra of type A. Additionally, we show that all integer semi-lattices of certain posterior D distributions have a natural structure of weight Lie algebra module for L. A probabilistic interpretation and a partial generalization of these results to the infinite-dimensional case of DF measures is at hand. If time permits, we will also address a second characterization of DF measures by means of a Georgii—Nguyen—Zessin-type formula (joint work with E. W. Lytvynov, Swansea University). Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare

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[WORKSHOP] Computational Aspects of Simulation and Inference for Stochastic Processes and the YUIMA Project
by stefano iacus 22 Feb '18

22 Feb '18

Computational Aspects of Simulation and Inference for Stochastic Processes and the YUIMA Project This two-day workshop is aimed at presenting the latest results on simulation and inference for stochastic processes and their current and prospect implementation within the YUIMA R package. Dates: March 27 (Tue) 9:15-12:15, 14:45-17:45 March 28 (Wed) 9:15-12:15, 14:45-17:45 Location: Department of Economics, Business and Statistics Via Conservatorio 7, 20122 Milan (ITALY) 2 Floor, Departmental Seminar Room Invited speakers: * Alessandro De Gregorio (University of Rome) * Alexande Brouste (University of Le Mans, France) * Yuta Koike (University of Tokyo, JST CREST) * Emanuele Guidotti (University of Milan) * Stefano M. Iacus (University of Milan) * Lorenzo Mercuri (University of Milan) * Hiroki Masuda (Kyushu University) * Yuma Uehara (Institute of Statistical Mathematics) * Nakahiro Yoshida (University of Tokyo, Institute of Statistical Mathematics, JST CREST) The attendance to the workshop is open to “eveRyone" interested in the YUIMA Project. A considerable part of the workshop is dedicated to discussion on further development of the YUIMA package. This workshop is supported by: - Department of Economics, Business and Statistics, University of Milan - CREST Japan Science and Technology Agency - JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research ----------------------------------- Prof. Stefano M. Iacus, Ph.D. Director of MEF - Master in Finance & Economics http://www.mef.unimi.it CEO/CTO/Co-Founder VOICES from the Blogs http://www.voices-int.com Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods University of Milan Via Conservatorio, 7 I-20123 Milan - Italy Ph.: +39 02 50321 461 Fax: +39 02 50321 505 Twitter: @iacus http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JBs9tJ4AAAAJ&hl=en http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4884-0047 Master in Finance & Economics http://www.mef.unimi.it Twitter: @mefunimi Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mefunimi Email and further information at: mef(a)unimi.it ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please don't send me Word or PowerPoint attachments if not absolutely necessary. See: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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expression of interest in the area of Mathematical Statistics and Data Science
by Stefano Bonaccorsi 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

*Opening of a Faculty Position in the area of **Mathematical Statistics and Data Science* *at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Trento* The Department of Mathematics of the University of Trento (henceforth referred to as the Department) seeks a scientist working in the field of Mathematical Statistics and Data Science to be appointed in a tenure-track position. The Department invites highly qualified scientists in the field of Data Science to send an Expression of Interest (EOI) in view of the activation of a tenure-track position. The Department currently enrolls in the field of Probability and Mathematical Statistics two Associate Professors and one Assistant Professor, tenure track (ricercatore TD – B) and has a strong interest in building up a larger research group in the area of Data Science. Candidates with a strong research background in fields related to Probability, Mathematical Statistics, Statistical Learning, Scientific Computing and Mathematical Foundation of Data Science are strongly encouraged to apply. The Department seeks a scientist working on cutting edge research topics, internationally recognized as part of a scientific network of experts in her/his own field; successful experience in the supervision of doctoral students and interdisciplinary collaborations are a plus. The Department coordinates a Master's Program in Mathematics, with a specific curriculum in Mathematics for Life and Data Sciences with an average of 20 students per year. The Department is also involved in two interdisciplinary Master's programs: (i) Quantitative and Computational Biology and (ii) Data Science. The PhD School in Mathematics enrolls in the average ten students per year. The successful candidate is expected to be one of the reference Faculty for the curriculum in Mathematics for Life and Data Sciences, and to participate in teaching activities at all levels. Moreover, candidates are expected to show a strong potential to apply to competitive research grants in particular towards EU funding schemes. APPLICATION The deadline for these expressions of interest, to be sent to the Head of the Department (current Head is professor A. Caranti) at *direttore.maths(a)unitn.it <direttore.maths(a)unitn.it>*, is *31 March 2018*. At a later date, the Department will open a formal call, according to Italians rules and regulations. ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONS 1- Teaching load Two courses per year, seminar activity and tutoring of PhD students. All activities at the Master's and doctoral level are in English. 2- Salary The amount of salary will be determined on a personal basis, according to the Italian Law. Indicative figures of the minimum gross amount per year of the starting salary are: Assistant Professor, tenure track (ricercatori TD – B) € 45.367 After 3 years candidates will be promoted to the Associate Professor level (starting level € 50.831), provided that the necessary qualification (abilitazione nazionale) have been reached. Net income may vary case by case, after income taxes, local taxes, retirement plan, health care deduction and tax exemptions depending on the family structure; individuals transferring their fiscal residence to Italy from abroad may benefit for 3 years of partial tax exemptions. It may be possible to obtain a partial recognition of past services abroad at a corresponding level depending on legal constraints to be satisfied. Organisation: Job location: Department of Mathematics - University of Trento via Sommarive 14 38123 Trento TN Italy Deadline: Saturday, March 31, 2018

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EMS-IAMP Summer School in Mathematical Physics, Ischia 11-15 June 2018 (fwd)
by pietro caputo 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

ricevo e inoltro volentieri %%%%%% Dear all, following previous announcements of the EMS-IAMP Summer School in Mathematical Physics on 'Universality in Probability Theory and Statistical Mechanics', we would like to inform you that conference poster is now available on the school website; you can download it also from here: http://www.mat.uniroma3.it/users/giuliani/public_html/Ischia _Summer_School/contenuti_sito/locandina/Ischia_poster.pdf Furthermore, you can find title and abstract of the school main courses on "Programme" page of the website. We remind you also the DEADLINE to apply for FINANCIAL SUPPORT and send material for CONTRIBUTED TALKS is THE END OF FEBRUARY. With our best regards, Serena Cenatiempo Alessandro Giuliani Rafael Greenblatt Domenico Monaco

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Ca' Foscari University Seminars
by Carlo Gaetan 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

Seminar Annoucement *********************************************************** Speaker: Aristidis K Nikoloulopoulos, School of Computing Sciences, University of East Anglia Title: Factor copula models for item response data Date: 28/02/2018, Hour: 11:00 Place: Meeting Room A - Zeta Building Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica - DAIS Università Ca' Foscari - Venezia Edificio Zeta Via Torino, 155 I-30172 Mestre (VE) ITALY Abstract: Factor or conditional independence models based on copulas are proposed for multivariate discrete data such as item response. The factor copula models have interpretations of latent maxima/minima (in comparison with latent means) and can lead to more probability in the joint upper and/or lower tail compared with factor models based on the discretized multivariate normal distribution (or multidimensional normal ogive model). Details on maximum likelihood estimation of parameters for the factor copula model are given, as well as analysis of the behavior of the log-likelihood. Our general methodology is illustrated with several item response data sets and it is shown that there is a substantial improvement on existing models from the criteria of log-likelihood and goodness-of-fit. This talk will be based on collaborative work with Harry Joe (U. of British Columbia). -- Apologies for cross posting -- Carlo Gaetan -- Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica - DAIS Università Ca' Foscari - Venezia Edificio Zeta Via Torino, 155 I-30172 Mestre (VE) ITALY phone: ++39 041 234 8404 mobile phone: ++39 366 629 7899 e-mail:[gaetan"at"unive"dot"it] web:[http://www.dais.unive.it/~gaetan] Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. Please avoid sending me Word, Excel or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html. Per favore non stampate questo messaggio se non è proprio necessario. Per favore non mandatemi allegati in Word, Excel o PowerPoint. Le ragioni sono spiegate qui http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.it.html

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Open phd position in Rennes (fwd)
by Lucia Caramellino 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

Ricevo ed inoltro il seguente avviso. Cari saluti, Lucia ================================== Lucia Caramellino Dipartimento di Matematica Universita` di Roma "Tor Vergata" Via della Ricerca Scientifica I-00133, Roma, Italy www.mat.uniroma2.it/~caramell ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 11:39:31 +0100 From: gpoly <guillaume.poly(a)univ-rennes1.fr> Cc: Jürgen Angst <jurgen.angst(a)univ-rennes1.fr> Subject: open phd position in Rennes Dear all, J. Angst and myself have obtained a funding for a 3 years Phd position whose subject mainly concerns random nodal sets with some emphasis on universality properties. The phd would start in september 2018 under our joint supervision. We attach to this email a brief description of the phd subject. In case you might know some possibly interested students, feel free to forward this announcement. Interested students may contact us direclty by email. Thank you in advance, Best regards, J. Angst and G. Poly

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MURF 2018: REGISTRATION OPEN + FINAL PROGRAM
by Giovanni Puccetti 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

REGISTRATION OPEN FOR THE WORKSHOP Model Uncertainty and Robust Finance (II edition), University of Milano, MARCH 15-16, 2018 https://sites.google.com/site/murf2018/ <https://sites.google.com/site/murf2018/> FINAL PROGRAM AVAILABLE AT https://sites.google.com/site/murf2018/program <https://sites.google.com/site/murf2018/program> CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS Carole BERNARD (VUB & Grenoble EM) Roger COOKE (TU Delft) David LI (SAIF & SJTU Shangai) Massimo MARINACCI (Bocconi University) Walter SCHACHERMAYER (University of Vienna) Ludovic TANGPI (University of Vienna) DE FINETTI RISK SEMINAR on MARCH 14, 2018 (Lecture by W. SCHACHERMAYER and Welcome Reception) SPECIAL ISSUE in DEPENDENCE MODELING edited by Marco Frittelli and Emanuela Rosazza-Gianin

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International Conference in Venice - CALL FOR PAPERS
by Monica Billio 20 Feb '18

20 Feb '18

17^th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CREDIT 2018 */Small Business Risk, Financial Regulation/* */and Big Data Analytics/* ** Venice, Italy 27 –28 September 2018 *GRETA Associati *(Venice, Italy), the *European Investment Fund *(EIF, Luxembourg), *European DataWarehouse*(Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and *Intesa Sanpaolo *(Milan, Italy) are co-sponsors of a Conference to be held in Venice on September 27-28, 2018. 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 events in financial markets and may, in turn, suggest fruitful 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 *and *European Investment Bank*, is the *seventeenth* of a series dedicated to various aspects of credit risk. /Since 2007, the financial crisis has triggered deep changes of various kinds. Central banks have experimented with new monetary policies (low interest rates, quantitative easing, forward guidance...). In the meantime, the first steps towards a more neutral monetary policy are taken. The banking industry has had to develop new asset management strategies and to adjust its credit allocation practices in order to cope with a new environment characterized, in particular, by a prolonged period of very low risk-free returns. Meanwhile, regulatory frameworks have been reshaped all around the world, with the introduction of new requirements or guidelines including regulation on credit impairment provisioning. All t//hese changes have called for a substantial amount of research to improve the knowledge of the mechanisms at play during the crisis, to design adapted policy tools and to provide a better description of the new economic and financial environment./// The organizers encourage submissions of papers on any topic within the overall theme of the conference and in the following areas in particular: * Loan level data and credit risk analysis: credit registries; big data analytics; credit risk measurement; credit risk modelling; * Financial regulation and credit cycles: macro-prudential regulation; banking cycles; bank business models; rational inattention; * Macro-economic determinants of SMEs’ credit risk and SME loan portfolios: ECB policy; macro-parameters for SMEs’ credit risk; industry sector specialization; loan portfolio allocation; * IFRS9, credit impairments and SME financing: expected credit loss; internal models versus standardized approach; procyclicality; * The economic impact of government support measures (i.e. Credit Guarantee Schemes, Venture Capital): availability; real effects; inequality; * Monetary policy, financial regulation and credit cycles: unconventional monetary policy; monetary policy normalization; macro-prudential tools; banking cycles; * Macro-prudential regulation and real estate valuation: macro-prudential tools; loan-to-value; loan-to-income; collateral value; real estate prices. The Scientific Committee for the Conference consists of: *Hans Degryse *(KU Leuven, Halle Institute for Economic Research & CEPR, Programme Chair)*; Monica Billio *(Ca’ Foscari University of Venice & GRETA); *Vasso Ioannidou *(Lancaster University & CEPR); *Helmut Kraemer-Eis *(Head of Research & Market Analysis, Chief Economist, EIF); *Jan Pieter Krahnen *(SAFE - Goethe University); *Steven Ongena *(University of Zurich, Swiss Finance Institute, KU Leuven & CEPR);*Guillaume Plantin*(Sciences Po & CEPR); *Stephen Schaefer *(London Business School); *Enrico Sette *(Bank of Italy); *Ludovic Thebault *(European DataWarehouse).** CALL FOR PAPERS The final program will include both submitted and invited papers. Acceptances received so far from invited speakers include *Tor Jacobson *(Sveriges Riksbank), *Robert C. Merton*(MIT Sloan School of Management), and *Guillaume Plantin *(Sciences Po & CEPR). The Conference will also feature a panel discussion on researchers' and practitioners' views of the major outstanding problems. Those wishing to present a paper at the Conference should submit by *May 25, 2018 *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 25, 2018*. The final version of accepted papers must be received by August 31, 2018. *European DataWarehouse*(Frankfurt am Main, Germany) will offer access to its ABS loan level database <http://www.eurodw.eu/> to the authors of the selected papers on the following topics: loan level data, credit risk analysis, loan level data analytics, credit risk measurement, credit risk modelling, loan-to-value, loan-to-income, collateral value, real estate valuations. The access to the database will be given for a period of 1 year. 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> More detailed information available on the Conference website: http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2018/credit2018.htm * Please accept our apologies for any crossed e-mails. -- Nota automatica aggiunta dal sistema di posta.

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Posizione RTD-B in SECS-S/06 a Venezia
by Marco LI CALZI 20 Feb '18

20 Feb '18

Con preghiera di diffusione: L'Università Ca' Foscari Venezia ha pubblicato un avviso di concorso per un posto di RTD-B nel settore SECS-S/06 presso il Dipartimento di Management, per attività di ricerca nell'area delle Decision Sciences, con particolare riferimento ai seguenti campi: Game Theory, Organizational Economics, Network Science, Strategy Science, Management Science. Il Dipartimento di Management ha ottenuto il riconoscimento di eccellenza dal MIUR con un progetto che prevede l'assunzione di un PO e altri due RTD-B per costruire una linea di ricerca e didattica in "Analytical Intelligence for Management." Il bando scade il 19 marzo 2018 ed è disponibile al link http://intra.unive.it/plapps/bandi/common/showbando?id=28531 La posizione è aperta. Per informazioni di natura accademica, scrivere a Marco LiCalzi <licalzi(a)unive.it>. Per informazioni sulla compilazione della domanda, scrivere a Ufficio Personale Docente e CEL - Settore Concorsi <pdoc.concorsi(a)unive.it>. __________________________________ Marco Li Calzi Department of Management Università Ca' Foscari Venezia San Giobbe, Cannaregio 873 30121 Venezia, Italy Tel.: (+39) 041 234-6925 Fax: (+39) 041 234-7444 E-mail: licalzi(a)unive.it WWW: http://virgo.unive.it/licalzi

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IST Austria Summer School in Probability and Mathematical Physics
by Giovanni Alessandro ZANCO 19 Feb '18

19 Feb '18

Dear all, IST Austria organizes a summer school in Probability and Mathematical Physics on June 4-8, 2018 in Klosterneuburg, Austria, with courses by Martin Hairer Hugo Dominil-Copin Jason Miller All information can be found on the website http://ist.ac.at/pmp2018 This message is intended as a reminder to those who intend to apply for financial support: the deadline for registration is on February, the 28th. Registration (without financial support) will be open until May, the 15th. Best regards -- Giovanni Zanco IST Austria Am Campus 1 3400 Klosterneuburg Austria

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RUTDB - MAT/06
by Federico Polito 19 Feb '18

19 Feb '18

Gentili colleghi, con l'invito a volerne dare la massima diffusione vi segnalo il bando per una posizione da Ricercatore a tempo Determinato tipo B nel settore MAT/06 (Probabilità e Statistica Matematica) presso il Dipartimento di Matematica "G. Peano" dell'Università degli Studi di Torino: http://iisced04.rettorato.unito.it/concorsi/rtd_scheda.pl?XY=B&codice=137_R… La scadenza è fissata al 19 marzo 2018. Un saluto. Federico Polito -- Federico Polito Department of Mathematics University of Torino Via Carlo Alberto, 10 10123, Torino, Italy Email: federico.polito(a)unito.it Tel: +39 011 6702862 Web: www.federicopolito.it

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LUISS Riapertura termini per idoneità art. 23 L. 240
by Marco Scarsini 19 Feb '18

19 Feb '18

Si comunica che da oggi e fino alle ore 14 del 02/03/2018, si sono riaperti i termini per aggiornare le liste di idonei al conferimento di incarichi di insegnamento *INTEGRATIVO *a contratto nei corsi di laurea, ai sensi dell’art. 23 della L. 240/2010. I candidati potranno presentare domanda on-line cliccando sul seguente link: http://www.luiss.it/ateneo/opportunita-di-lavoro/reclutamento-docenti- contratto/aperti/785/integrativi. *Bandi aperti* - INF/01 - Informatica - IUS/01 - Diritto privato - IUS/05 - Diritto dell'economia - MAT/06 - Probabilità e statistica matematica - SECS-P/01 - Economia politica - SECS-P/02 - Politica economica - SECS-P/04 - Storia del pensiero economico - SECS-P/05 - Econometria - SECS-P/06 - Economia applicata - SECS-P/07 - Economia aziendale - SECS-P/08 - Economia e gestione delle imprese - SECS-P/09 - Finanza aziendale - SECS-P/10 - Organizzazione aziendale - SECS-P/11 - Economia degli intermediari finanziari - SECS-P/12 - Storia economica - SECS-S/01 - Statistica - SECS-S/06 - Metodi matematici dell'economia e delle scienze attuariali e finanziarie Insieme ai colleghi dell’Ufficio del Personale, siamo a completa disposizione per eventuali chiarimenti o integrazioni. Cordialmente, *La Segreteria di Dipartimento* *Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza* Viale Romania, 32 - 00197 Roma <https://maps.google.com/?q=Viale+Romania,+32+-+00197+Roma&entry=gmail&sourc…> def(a)luiss.it t +39 06 85225550 <06%208522%205550> *www.luiss.it* <http://www.luiss.it/> [image: http://static.luiss.it/images_10/loghi/LS_BLU_RIDUZIONE_WEB.png] Il tuo 5x1000 alla LUISS: C.F. 02508710585 <02%205087%2010585> [image: http://www.luiss.it/images_10/icons/environment-icon.png] *Please consider the environment... do you really need to print this email?* ******************************************************* Marco Scarsini Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza LUISS Viale Romania 32 00197 Roma, ITALY URL: http://docenti.luiss.it/scarsini/

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Workshop on High-dimensional statistics and random structures, Barcelona, June 18-19, 2018
by Elvira Di Nardo 17 Feb '18

17 Feb '18

2018-02-17 6:30 GMT+01:00 Piotr Zwiernik <piotr.zwiernik(a)gmail.com>: > Dear all, > > Together with Caroline Uhler and Christian Brownlees we are organising a > workshop on High-Dimensional Statistics and Random Structures. The workshop > will take place 18-19 June 2018 in Barcelona and it will be organised > within the Barcelona GSE Summer Forum. > > The main theme of the meeting will be centred around covariance matrix > estimation, networks and graphical models. The aim of the workshop is to > provide an overview of the recent theoretical advances in this topic. There > is no fee for attending the meeting. For more information (including some > of the confirmed speakers) see: > https://www.barcelonagse.eu/summer-forum/workshop-high- > dimensional-statistics > > Best regards, > Piotr Zwiernik -- %------------------------------------------------------- Elvira Di Nardo Dept. Mathematics "G. Peano" University of Torino Via Carlo Alberto 10 10123 Torino, Italia tel. +39 0116702862 fax +39 0116702878 http://www.elviradinardo.it %-------------------------------------------------------

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RtdA Settore concorsuale 13/D4 @Polimi
by Daniele Marazzina 17 Feb '18

17 Feb '18

Con preghiera di diffusione Segnaliamo il bando per una posizione RtDA presso il Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Matematica, per il settore concorsuale 13/D4. Scadenza 15 Marzo 2018. Dettagli qui di seguito. Daniele Marazzina Professore Associato Dipartimento di Matematica - Politecnico di Milano Selezione pubblica per l'assunzione di 1 Ricercatore a tempo determinato (Junior) ai sensi dell'art. 24, comma 3, lettera a) Legge 30.12.2010, n. 240, Tempo pieno - Settore Concorsuale 13/D4 - METODI MATEMATICI DELL’ECONOMIA E DELLE SCIENZE ATTUARIALI E FINANZIARIE, bandita con Decreto Direttoriale n. 355 del 18/01/2018, pubblicato sulla G.U. del 13/02/2018, n.13 (Codice procedura: 2018/RTDA_MAT27). https://www.polimi.it/index.php?id=6196&tx_wfqbe_pi1[ID]=364

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Funded PhD opportunity
by Tiziano De Angelis 16 Feb '18

16 Feb '18

Dear all, I would like to draw your attention to an opportunity for a fully funded 3.5-year PhD position in the School of Mathematics at the University of Leeds. The project's title is "Probabilistic methods for free boundary problems in stochastic control" and the position is funded by the School of Mathematics. The successful candidate will be working under my supervision as part of the EPSRC funded project EP/R021201/1 ( http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/R021201/1). Notice that the PhD extends beyond EPSRC funding period. The full advert is available at https://physicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/research-opportunity/19/research-degre… <https://physicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk/research-opportunity/19/research-degre…> I would be most grateful if you could please advertise this opportunity to your best students and to other suitable mailing-lists. For any enquiry please contact me directly at t.deangelis(a)leeds.ac.uk. Thanks and best wishes. Tiziano

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(senza oggetto)
by federica masiero 16 Feb '18

16 Feb '18

Venerdì 23 Febbraio alle ore 14:00, in aula 3014 del Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni (edificio U5, via Cozzi 55, Milano), Università di Milano-Bicocca, il Prof. Francesco Russo (ENSTA ParisTech) terrà un seminario dal titolo "BSDEs, martingale problems, associated deterministic equations and applications to finance" *Abstract:* The aim of this talk consists in introducing a new formalism for the deterministic analysis associated with backward stochastic differential equations driven by general càdlàg martingales, coupled with a forward Markov process. When the martingale is a standard Brownian motion, the natural deterministic analysis is provided by the solution u of a semilinear PDE of parabolic type coupled with a function v which is associated with the ∇u, when u is of class C^1 in space. When u is only a viscosity solution of the PDE, the link associating v to u is not completely clear: sometimes in the literature it is called the identification problem. The idea is to introduce a suitable analysis to investigate the equivalent of the identification problem in a general Markovian setting with a class of examples. An interesting application concerns the hedging problem under basis risk of a contingent claim g(X(T),S(T) ), where S (resp. X) is an underlying price of a traded (resp. non-traded but observable) asset, via the celebrated Föllmer-Schweizer decomposition. We revisit the case when the couple of price processes (X, S) is a diffusion and we provide explicit expressions when (X, S) is an exponential of additive processes. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Cordialmente, Federica Masiero

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Seminario di Probabilità - Padova
by Paolo Dai Pra 16 Feb '18

16 Feb '18

Ho il piacere di invitarvi al seguente seminario, che si terrà Martedì 20 Febbraio 2018 alle 14:15 in Aula 2BC30 della Torre Archimede presso il Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università degli Studi di Padova. SPEAKER: Jacopo Borga AFFILIATION: Institut für Mathematik, Universität Zürich TITLE: Convergenza locale per permutazioni ABSTRACT: Per grandi strutture combinatorie, possono essere definite due principali nozioni di convergenza: gli ”scaling limits” e i limiti locali. In particolare per i grafi, entrambe le nozioni sono state studiate e sono ad oggi ben comprese. Per le permutazioni solo una nozione corrispondente agli ”scaling limits”, chiamati permutoni, è stata recentemente introdotta. La convergenza per permutoni è stata caratterizzata in termini di frequenze di occorrenze di pattern. Costruiremo una nuova nozione di convergenza locale per permutazioni e dimostreremo una caratterizzazione in termini delle frequenze di occorrenze consecutive di pattern. Saremo in grado di caratterizzare gli oggetti limite aleatori introducendo una proprietà di ”shift-invarianza” (corrispondente alla celebre nozione di unimodularità per grafi aleatori). Infine mostreremo due applicazioni nell’ambito delle permutazioni pattern-evitanti, calcolando il limite locale per permutazioni π-evitanti aleatorie, per |π| = 3. Per quest’ultimo risultato utilizzeremo delle biiezioni tra permutazioni pattern-evitanti e alberi ordinati radicati, un risultato sui limiti locali per alberi di Galton-Watson e analisi delle singolarità. Paolo Dai Pra Dipartimento di Matematica Via Trieste, 63 35121 Padova Tel. +39 0498271361 Fax +39 0498271428 daipra(a)math.unipd.it

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Quantitative Finance Seminar @ SNS - L. Campi (LSE)
by Elisa Letizia 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

The video of today seminar by Prof. Luciano Campi (LSE) is available at: http://mathfinance.sns.it/index.php/luciano-campi-nonzero-sum-stochastic-di… <https://youtu.be/mJ1p1DbmzUE> *Title:* Nonzero-sum stochastic differential games with impulse controls: a verification theorem with applications *Abstract: * We consider a general nonzero-sum impulse game with two players. The main mathematical contribution of the paper is a verification theorem which provides, under some regularity conditions, a suitable system of quasi-variational inequalities for the value functions and the optimal strategies of the two players. As an application, we study an impulse game with a one-dimensional state variable, following a real-valued scaled Brownian motion, and two players with linear and symmetric running payoffs. We fully characterize a Nash equilibrium and provide explicit expressions for the optimal strategies and the value functions. We also prove some asymptotic results with respect to the intervention costs. Finally, we consider two further non-symmetric examples where a Nash equilibrium is found numerically. -- *Elisa Letizia* PhD student in Financial Mathematics Scuola Normale Superiore Piazza dei Cavalieri, 7 Pisa ph. +39 050 509092

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Politecnico di Milano - Bando RtdA
by Daniele Marazzina 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

Con preghiera di diffusione Segnaliamo il bando per una posizione RtDA presso il Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Matematica, per il settore concorsuale 13/D4. Scadenza 15 Marzo 2018. Dettagli qui di seguito. Daniele Marazzina Professore Associato Dipartimento di Matematica - Politecnico di Milano Selezione pubblica per l'assunzione di 1 Ricercatore a tempo determinato (Junior) ai sensi dell'art. 24, comma 3, lettera a) Legge 30.12.2010, n. 240, Tempo pieno - Settore Concorsuale 13/D4 - METODI MATEMATICI DELL’ECONOMIA E DELLE SCIENZE ATTUARIALI E FINANZIARIE, bandita con Decreto Direttoriale n. 355 del 18/01/2018, pubblicato sulla G.U. del 13/02/2018, n.13 (Codice procedura: 2018/RTDA_MAT27). https://www.polimi.it/index.php?id=6196&tx_wfqbe_pi1[ID]=364

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Bando RTDA SECS-S/06 presso la Luiss. Scadenza 19 febbraio 2018
by Fausto Gozzi 14 Feb '18

14 Feb '18

Si segnala il bando seguente in scadenza tra pochi giorni e si invitano tutti gli interessati a presentare domanda. 13/D4 - Metodi matematici dell'economia e delle scienze attuariali e finanziarie Pubblicato sulla Gazzetta Ufficiale in data 5 gennaio 2018 Settore scientifico-disciplinare SECS-S/06 - Metodi matematici dell'economia e delle scienze attuariali e finanziarie presso il Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza della LUISS Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli. Ricercatore art. 24, comma 3, lett. a) Codice concorso DEF-RIC-03/2018 Scadenza: 19 febbraio 2018 * <http://www.luiss.it/sites/www.luiss.it/files/BANDO_DEF-RIC-03-2018.pdf>Bando DEF-RIC-03/2018 Fausto Gozzi Posto da ricercatore di tipo A. Scadenza: 19 febbraio 2018 13/D4 - Metodi matematici dell'economia e delle scienze attuariali e finanziarie Pubblicato sulla Gazzetta Ufficiale in data 5 gennaio 2018 Settore scientifico-disciplinare SECS-S/06 - Metodi matematici dell'economia e delle scienze attuariali e finanziarie presso il Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza della LUISS Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli. Ricercatore art. 24, comma 3, lett. a) Codice concorso DEF-RIC-03/2018 Scadenza: 19 febbraio 2018 * <http://www.luiss.it/sites/www.luiss.it/files/BANDO_DEF-RIC-03-2018.pdf>Bando DEF-RIC-03/2018 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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