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Fwd: Associate Professorship of Probability, University of Oxford
by Francesco Caravenna 17 Feb '16

17 Feb '16

Ricevo e inoltro. > UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD > > MATHEMATICAL, PHYSICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES DIVISION > > DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS in association with Lady Margaret Hall > > > > Associate Professorship of Probability > > The combined University and College salary will be on a scale from £45,066 p.a. (plus substantial additional benefits, including free college housing or a housing allowance of £7,800) > > > > Applications are invited for the 5-year fixed term post of Associate Professor of Probability, to be held in the Department of Statistics, in association with a Fellowship and Tutorship at Lady Margaret Hall, with effect from 1 May 2016 or as soon as possible thereafter. > > > The main duties of the post are to undertake research in probability (broadly interpreted) and to teach both for the department (in lectures, problems classes and project supervision) and for the college (in tutorials). The postholder will also be expected to participate in the administration of the department and the college, and in the pastoral care of the mathematics students at Lady Margaret Hall. > > You will be an outstanding individual with the potential to be a leader in your field. You will have a doctorate in the field of mathematical sciences, or a related subject, and a proven research record of high quality at an international level in the area of probability, as well as the potential to attract research funding. You will have the skills and enthusiasm to teach a wide range of topics in mathematics and statistics, provide supervision of students, and undertake tutorial teaching. You will work at the Department of Statistics, 24–29 St Giles’, Oxford, OX1 3LB and at Lady Margaret Hall, Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6QA. > > To apply for this role 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… > > > > Queries about this post should be addressed to: Professor Alison Etheridge at etheridg(a)stats.ox.ac.uk or Professor Simon Myers at myers(a)stats.ox.ac.uk. > > The closing date for applications is 12:00 noon (UK time) Wednesday 30th March 2016. > > Interviews are planned for Wednesday 20th April 2016. > > Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford. > > The University is an Equal Opportunities Employer. > >

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International Workshop on Applied Probability, Toronto, June 20-23, 2016
by Antonio Di Crescenzo 16 Feb '16

16 Feb '16

Dear Colleagues, You are cordially invited to attend the Eighth International Workshop on Applied Probability (IWAP2016), which will take place in Toronto, Canada, on June 20-23, 2016. This will mark the first Canadian IWAP, following previous successful IWAPs held in Turkey (2014), Israel (2012), Spain (2010), France (2008), USA (2006), Greece (2004), and Venezuela (2002). The venue of IWAP2016 is located in the heart of vibrant downtown Toronto, and is easily accessible by road, rail, and air. For more details, please visit the conference website <http://iwap2016.com/>http://iwap2016.com . IWAP2016 aims to bring together researchers and scientists engaged in applied probability, covering methodology and applications from diverse fields such as mathematics, statistics, physics, computer science, economics, engineering, biology, chemistry, and social and health sciences. In addition to research presentations, there will be ample networking opportunities throughout the event. Abstracts for contributed presentations will be accepted until April 15, 2016. Research presenters will be invited to submit for journal publication in a special issue of Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability. Should you have any questions regarding IWAP2016, please feel free to contact <mailto:info@iwap2016.com>info(a)iwap2016.com. Yours sincerely, Wendy Lou & Joseph Glaz Co-Chairs of IWAP2016 --

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Avviso seminario_Piet Van Mieghem_25 febbraio_ore 10.00
by Stefano Bonaccorsi 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

TIME-VARYING SIS PREVALENCE IN NETWORKS: THEORY AND A NEW APPROXIMATE FORMULA 25 febbraio 2016 *Luogo:* Dipartimento di Matematica, via Sommarive, 14 - Povo (TN) - Aula Seminari *Ore* 10:00 *Relatore:* - *Piet Van Mieghem** (*TU Delft Olanda*)* *Abstract: * Currently, epidemic spreading processes on networks are popular to model diffusion phenomena in real-world networks. After reviewing some basics about the continuous-time SIS Markov process on networks, we will focus on the prevalence, the average fraction of infected nodes in the network. Based on a recent exact differential equation containing the Laplacian matrix of the underlying graph, the time dependence of the SIS prevalence is first studied and then upper and lower bounded by a new, explicit analytic function of time. Our new approximate formula obeys a Riccati differential equation and bears resemblence to the classical expression in epidemiology of Kermack and McKendrick (1927), but enhanced with graph specific properties, such as the algebraic connectivity, the second smallest eigenvalue of the Laplacian of the graph. A comparison with the N-Interwined Mean-Field Approximation (NIMFA) and simulations of the exact continuous-time Markovian SIS process on a graph exhibit the accuracy and the potential of the new analytic formula. *Referente: *Stefano Bonaccorsi

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SPDE&A 2016 - Levico Terme
by Stefano Bonaccorsi 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

Dear Collegues, we are organizing the 10th edition of the Conference *Stochastic Partial Differential Equations and Applications* In Levico Terme (Trento, Italy) from May 31 to June 4, 2016. Our aim is to put together young researchers and well-known mathematicians active in the field in a stimulating environment, in order to explore current research trends, propose new developments and discuss open problems. The list of main speakers includes Freddy Bouchet, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon Dan Crisan, Imperial College London Tadahisa Funaki, University of Tokyo Massimiliano Gubinelli, Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, Bonn Giovanni Jona-Lasinio, Università di Roma La Sapienza J.C. Mattingly, Duke University (tbc) Felix Otto, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig Laure Saint-Raymond, École Normale Supérieure, Paris Armen Shirikyan, University of Cergy-Pontoise Panagiotis E. Souganidis, University of Chicago Lorenzo Zambotti, Université Paris 6 – Pierre et Marie Curie For all details, please refer to the conference web page: https://sites.google.com/site/levico2016/ The conference will be held at Bellavista Relax Hotel in Levico Terme (Trento, Italy). No registration fee is required to attend the conference; however, no contribution for travel or lodging is available. For further information please contact: Mr. A. Micheletti Secretary of CIRM Fondazione Bruno Kessler Via Sommarive 14 - Povo I-38123 Trento, Italy e-mail: augusto.micheletti(a)unitn.it The organizing Committee: Franco Flandoli (Università di Pisa) Arnaud Debussche (ENS Cachan Bretagne) Michael Röckner (Bielefeld) Stefano Bonaccorsi (Università di Trento).

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Prof. Youri Davydov (Lille 1) PhD Lectures on Probability and Stochastic Processes
by Francesca Greselin 13 Feb '16

13 Feb '16

Nei giorni 16-17-18-19 febbraio 2016, dalle ore 9 alle 12, presso l'aula seminari del Dipartimento di Statistica e Metodi Quantitativi della Università di Milano-Bicocca, il prof. Youri Davydov del Laboratoire Painlevé, dell'Universitè Lille 1, terrà un corso su "Probability (II parte)" e nella settimana successiva (giorni 22-23-24 e 25 febbraio), continuerà con "Stochastic Processes" I corsi si svolgono nell'ambito del programma di internazionalizzazione del Dottorato in Statistics and Financial Mathematics ed è indirizzato a studenti, dottorandi e giovani ricercatori di Statistica, Matematica, e Finanza. La partecipazione è gratuita ma per motivi organizzativi vi chiediamo di iscrivervi mandando una email a nicoletta.alghisi(a)unimib.it. Di seguito il syllabus. PHD Lectures on Probability (II) and Stochastic Processes Prof. Youri Davydov Laboratoire Painlevé - Université Lille 1 Syllabus Probability (II) • Characteristic function • Independence of random variables • Convergence of random variables • Convergence of distributions • Central Limit Theorem • Markov Chains (or Conditional expectations and probabilities). References 1. Shiryaev, A. N. (1996). Probability. Graduate Texts in Mathematics #95. 2. Jacod, J., & Protter, P. E. (2003). Probability essentials. Springer Science & Business Media. Stochastic processes • Definitions and general notions • Examples • Processes with independent increments • Stationary processes • Gaussian processes • Martingales. References 1. Gikhman, I. I., & Skorokhod, A. V. (1969). Introduction to the theory of random processes. Philadelphia: WB Saunders. 2. Lamperti, J. (2012). Stochastic processes: a survey of the mathematical theory (Vol. 23). Springer Science & Business Media. 3. Resnick, S. I. (1992). Adventures in Stochastic Processes, Birkhauser, Boston. Cordiali saluti Francesca Greselin Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods

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assegno di ricerca a Pisa
by Marco Romito 12 Feb '16

12 Feb '16

Alla pagina https://www.unipi.it/ateneo/bandi/assegni/pra2016/matematica/14mar2016/inde… è stato pubblicato un bando (disponibile in italiano e inglese) per un assegno di ricerca annuale presso il dipartimento di Matematica dell'università di Pisa con scadenza il 14 marzo 2016 su ``Studio di fenomeni singolari in problemi deterministici e stocastici'' Per ulteriori informazioni: Marco Romito romito(a)dm.unipi.it A call for a one-year ``assegno di ricerca'' is open, with deadline March 14, 2016, at the department of Mathematics, Pisa university, on ``Analysis of singular phenomena in deterministic and stochastic problems'' The details of the call (english and italian versions available) can be found at https://www.unipi.it/ateneo/bandi/assegni/pra2016/matematica/14mar2016/inde… For further information: Marco Romito romito(a)dm.unipi.it

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Assistant Professor position - Statistics - Operations Research
by Antonio Di Crescenzo 12 Feb '16

12 Feb '16

Assistant Professor position (tenure track) in the Department of Statistics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid The Department of Statistics of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid has one opening for Full-Time Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, to teach courses in English and Spanish, starting September 1st, 2016. Potential candidates must have a Ph.D. and verifiable research experience in at least one of the following fields: - Statistics - Operations Research The position is offered for a one year period, renewable in accordance with the Department´s promotional criteria available on the website. Estimated Salary: 32.335 euros gross per year divided into 14 payments. Deadline for applications: March 15, 2016. For more information about Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and the Department of Statistics, you can visit the web page http://www.est.uc3m.es. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid encourages applications from all qualified individuals and people with disabilities. Applicants must have valid documentation to work in Spain before starting. Interested candidates should send via email a statement of interest including the objectives to be achieved in the position and the curriculum vitae. Also the candidates should ask two referees to send letters of reference by March 15 to the following address: Departamento de Estadística Personal de Administración y Servicios Francisco García Saavedra E- Mail: fgs(a)pa.uc3m.es The Department could invite candidates from a short list to present a Research Seminar as part of the selection process during April. --

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Assistant Professor Position - Econometrics
by Antonio Di Crescenzo 12 Feb '16

12 Feb '16

Assistant Professor Position in the Department of Statistics at the University Carlos III of Madrid The Department of Statistics of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid is offering a full time Assistant Professor position, with teaching in Econometrics or/and Statistics in English or Spanish in the Campus de Getafe, starting from 1st September 2016. The candidates should possess a PhD and research experience in the field of: - Econometrics The contract is for one year, renewable to a second. Salary: 21.962 euros gross per year divided into 14 payments. Deadline for applications: March 15, 2016. For more information about Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and the Department of Statistics, you can visit the web page http://www.est.uc3m.es. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid encourages applications from all qualified individuals and people with disabilities. Applicants must have valid documentation to work in Spain before starting. Interested candidates should send via email a statement of interest including the objectives to be achieved in the position and the curriculum vitae. Also the candidates should ask two referees to send letters of reference by March 15 to the following address: Departamento de Estadística Personal de Administración y Servicios Francisco García Saavedra E- Mail: fgs(a)pa.uc3m.es The Department of Statistics will ask preselected candidates to visit the Department and give a research seminar or for a telephone interview during April. --

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Fwd: [World] PhD positions at Utrecht University
by Gustavo Posta 11 Feb '16

11 Feb '16

Begin forwarded message: > > VACANCY: PhD positions in Random Graphs and Percolation. > > Fully funded PhD positions are available at the Department of > Mathematics of the University of Utrecht, to work on random graphs and > percolation theory under the direction of Dr. Tobias Müller. The > positions are funded by an NWO VIDI project on geometric random graphs > and related percolation models. > > The positions are for four years and offer competitive salary and > benefits. They carry a modest teaching load which, in the case of > foreign applicants, can be performed in English. One position is > available immediately, but starting dates are negotiable as long as > they are within the next calender year. > > Utrecht is a lively, picturesque city in the center of the > Netherlands, with excellent train connections to the rest of the > country and to Europe (train trips to Amsterdam take 20 minutes and 25 > minutes to Schiphol Airport). > > REQUIREMENTS: Candidates should have completed a Masters degree in > Mathematics or a related discipline by the time they start the > position. A strong background in probability theory and discrete > mathematics is advantageous, but mathematical maturity and motivation > are more important. > > APPLICATION DEADLINE: For full consideration, please apply on or > before 9 March 2016. Reviewing of applications will commence on 9 > March 2016, but we accept applications until all positions are filled. > > HOW TO APPLY: Please send the following material to t.muller(a)uu.nl: > > 1. A cover letter including an explanation why you consider pursuing a > Ph.D. in the area of random graph theory and percolation theory; > 2. An up-to-date curriculum vitae; > 3. A list of all courses taken for your bachelor's and master's > degrees together with grades and explanations of the grades; > 4. If available, a copy of the Bachelor thesis and Master thesis; > 5. The names and contact details of two academic referees, one of > which should you be your master thesis supervisor. Please make sure > that they also send their confidential reference letters directly to > t.muller(a)uu.nl to arrive by the deadline. > > GENERAL INFORMATION: You will be offered a full-time position for four > years. The gross monthly salary will amount to EUR 2.146,- in the > first year to EUR 2.744,- in the fourth year (P-scale of the > Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities). It is supplemented > with a holiday bonus of 8% and an end-of-year bonus of 8,3% per year. > In addition Utrecht University offers a pension scheme and a partially > paid parental leave. > > INQUIRIES: If you have any questions, please send an e-mail to Tobias > Müller, t.muller(a)uu.nl. > _______________________________________________ > World mailing list > World(a)aleanetwork.net > http://aleanetwork.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/world

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PhD positions in Utrecht
by Tobias Mueller 11 Feb '16

11 Feb '16

VACANCY: PhD positions in Random Graphs and Percolation. Fully funded PhD positions are available at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Utrecht, to work on random graphs and percolation theory under the direction of Dr. Tobias Müller. The positions are funded by an NWO VIDI project on geometric random graphs and related percolation models. The positions are for four years and offer competitive salary and benefits. They carry a modest teaching load which, in the case of foreign applicants, can be performed in English. One position is available immediately, but starting dates are negotiable as long as they are within the next calender year. Utrecht is a lively, picturesque city in the center of the Netherlands, with excellent train connections to the rest of the country and to Europe (train trips to Amsterdam take 20 minutes and 25 minutes to Schiphol Airport). REQUIREMENTS: Candidates should have completed a Masters degree in Mathematics or a related discipline by the time they start the position. A strong background in probability theory and discrete mathematics is advantageous, but mathematical maturity and motivation are more important. APPLICATION DEADLINE: For full consideration, please apply on or before 9 March 2016. Reviewing of applications will commence on 9 March 2016, but we accept applications until all positions are filled. HOW TO APPLY: Please send the following material to t.muller(a)uu.nl: 1. A cover letter including an explanation why you consider pursuing a Ph.D. in the area of random graph theory and percolation theory; 2. An up-to-date curriculum vitae; 3. A list of all courses taken for your bachelor's and master's degrees together with grades and explanations of the grades; 4. If available, a copy of the Bachelor thesis and Master thesis; 5. The names and contact details of two academic referees, one of which should you be your master thesis supervisor. Please make sure that they also send their confidential reference letters directly to t.muller(a)uu.nl to arrive by the deadline. GENERAL INFORMATION: You will be offered a full-time position for four years. The gross monthly salary will amount to EUR 2.146,- in the first year to EUR 2.744,- in the fourth year (P-scale of the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities). It is supplemented with a holiday bonus of 8% and an end-of-year bonus of 8,3% per year. In addition Utrecht University offers a pension scheme and a partially paid parental leave. INQUIRIES: If you have any questions, please send an e-mail to Tobias Müller, t.muller(a)uu.nl.

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Pomeriggio Seminari Dipartimento di Matematica UniTo
by Roberta Sirovich 11 Feb '16

11 Feb '16

********************************************************************* SEMINARI DI PROBABILITA' E STATISTICA MATEMATICA DIPARTIMENTO DI MATEMATICA "G. PEANO" UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO ********************************************************************* *Martedì 16 Febbraio 2016 alle ore 14:30 in Aula C* presso il Dipartimento di Matematica "G. Peano" dell'Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Carlo Alberto 10, si svolgerà il pomeriggio di seminari *"Neurons, Muscles, Brain-Computer Interfaces: Mathematics helps Biology and Medicine"* Programma: - ore 14:30-15:20 *Enrica Pirozzi *(Universita' di Napoli) "Stochastic neuronal modeling by Gauss-Markov processes". - ore 15:20-16:10 *Tatyana Aksenova* (Cea-Clinatec, Grenoble) "Tensor based decoding of brain neuronal activity for Brain Computer Interface project in CLINATEC". - 16:10-16:30 intervallo. - 16:30-17:20 *Giuseppe D'Onofrio* (Università di Napoli) "Two-boundary first exit time of Gauss-Markov processes for biological modeling". In allegato gli abstract dei seminari. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. r. -- --------------------------------------------------- Roberta Sirovich Department of Mathematics G. Peano University of Torino Via Carlo Alberto 10 10123 Torino (Italy) +390116702937 www.robertasirovich.it <http://www.personalweb.unito.it/roberta.sirovich/EN/Home.html> ---------------------------------------------------

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Pomeriggio Seminari Dipartimento di Matematica UniTo
by Roberta Sirovich 11 Feb '16

11 Feb '16

********************************************************************* SEMINARI DI PROBABILITA' E STATISTICA MATEMATICA DIPARTIMENTO DI MATEMATICA "G. PEANO" UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO ********************************************************************* *Martedì 16 Febbraio 2016 alle ore 14:30 in Aula C* presso il Dipartimento di Matematica "G. Peano" dell'Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Carlo Alberto 10, si svolgerà il pomeriggio di seminari *"Neurons, Muscles, Brain-Computer Interfaces: Mathematics helps Biology and Medicine"* Programma: - ore 14:30-15:20 *Enrica Pirozzi *(Universita' di Napoli) "Stochastic neuronal modeling by Gauss-Markov processes". - ore 15:20-16:10 *Tatyana Aksenova* (Cea-Clinatec, Grenoble) "Tensor based decoding of brain neuronal activity for Brain Computer Interface project in CLINATEC". - 16:10-16:30 intervallo. - 16:30-17:20 *Giuseppe D'Onofrio* (Università di Napoli) "Two-boundary first exit time of Gauss-Markov processes for biological modeling". In allegato gli abstract dei seminari. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. r. -- --------------------------------------------------- Roberta Sirovich Department of Mathematics G. Peano University of Torino Via Carlo Alberto 10 10123 Torino (Italy) +390116702937 www.robertasirovich.it <http://www.personalweb.unito.it/roberta.sirovich/EN/Home.html> ---------------------------------------------------

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Conference in Vienna (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 04 Feb '16

04 Feb '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 13:35:00 +0000 From: Fred Espen Benth <fredb(a)math.uio.no> To: Tiziano Vargiolu <vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it> Subject: Conference in Vienna Dear Tiziano, could you please post this announcement and invitation to the "Conference on the Mathematics of Energy Markets" on your email list? You are all welcome to participate in the "Conference on the Mathematics of Energy Markets", taking place at the Wolfgang Pauli Institute in Vienna from July 5-July-7, 2016. There will be plenary and contributed talks, along with a pre-conference intensive course on July 4, 2016. Please visit http://www.mn.uio.no/math/english/research/groups/store/events/conferences/… for more information, including list of plenary speakers and information about the venue and how to register. On behalf of the organizing committee, Fred Espen Benth (University of Oslo)

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Seminario RIOS
by Elena Villa 04 Feb '16

04 Feb '16

Con preghiera di diffusione tra tutti i possibili interessati, scusandomi per invii multipli. ******************************************* A v v i s o d i S e m i n a r i o ******************************************* *Martedì 9 Febbraio 2016*,*ore 15:30 precise* Aula Dottorato, Dipartimento di Matematica, Universita' degli Studi di Milano via C. Saldini 50, Milano il Professor *Paulo R. Rios*(Universidade Federal Fluminense, Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) terrà un seminario dal titolo *PROBABILISTIC COMPUTER SIMULATION OF MARTENSITE* ABSTRACT: In bulk polycrystalline materials, the first nucleation event of a martensite plate within a single grain may induce transformation in one or more neighboring grains, resulting in a cluster of partially transformed grains: 'the spread event'. The collection of these single spread events can be defined as the 'spread' or 'martensite spread'. First, in this paper, martensite spreads are analyzed to estimate the mean number of partially transformed grains in a single spread event. Secondly, taking the quantitative knowledge gained from this analysis as a starting point, a computer simulation of the martensite spread is proposed. This computer simulation is carried out in a 3-d network of space-filling grains represented as Kelvin polyhedra and is based on a probabilistic approach. The experimental and simulation results are presented, compared and discussed. We conclude that the probabilistic computer simulation of martensite spread could successfully describe important quantitative aspects of martensite spread Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Saluti Elena Villa -- ******************************************* Elena Villa Dipartimento di Matematica, Universita' degli Studi di Milano via C.Saldini 50, 20133 Milano, Italy Phone: +39 0250316132 - Fax: +39 0250316090 Web-page: http://users.mat.unimi.it/~villa

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PhD course on Lévy processes in Bicocca
by Fabio Bellini 04 Feb '16

04 Feb '16

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seminar announcement (correction)
by Marco Scarsini 03 Feb '16

03 Feb '16

Sorry, the previous announcement had a wrong date Tuesday, February 9, 2016 from 12:00 to 13:00 LUISS room 207 Viale Romania 32 00197 Roma Speaker Roberto Cominetti (Universidad Adolfo Ibañez) Title "Risk measures and shortest paths in network games" ABSTRACT: We consider network congestion games with risk-averse players. We review some recent proposals for computing risk-sensitive optimal paths, starting from the simplest Markowitz approach based on mean-stdev optimization. This approach presents some significant drawbacks in terms of its computational complexity, lack of monotonicity, as well as a dynamic inconsistency phenomenon which arises when one re-evaluates an optimal path along the way. This inconsistency also affects other popular measures of risk such as VaR, CVaR, and semi-deviations. As a matter of fact, under minimal conditions, we show that the only risk measures that are dynamically consistent are the so-called "entropic risk measures". With these measures, and assuming that link travel times are independent, a risk-sensitive optimal path reduces to a standard shortest path problem which can be solved efficiently. This extends directly to equilibrium situations where the network is used concurrently by many players. However, link travel time correlations are to be expected in game situations, which gives rise to a number of issues and questions that will be pointed out during the talk. This talk is based on joint work with Alfredo Torrico. The list of seminars can be found at http://economiaefinanza.luiss.it/en/events ******************************************************* Marco Scarsini Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza LUISS Viale Romania 32 00197 Roma, ITALY URL: http://docenti.luiss.it/scarsini/

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seminar announcement
by Marco Scarsini 03 Feb '16

03 Feb '16

Tuesday, February 8, 2016 from 12:00 to 13:00 LUISS room 207 Viale Romania 32 00197 Roma Speaker Roberto Cominetti (Universidad Adolfo Ibañez) Title "Risk measures and shortest paths in network games" ABSTRACT: We consider network congestion games with risk-averse players. We review some recent proposals for computing risk-sensitive optimal paths, starting from the simplest Markowitz approach based on mean-stdev optimization. This approach presents some significant drawbacks in terms of its computational complexity, lack of monotonicity, as well as a dynamic inconsistency phenomenon which arises when one re-evaluates an optimal path along the way. This inconsistency also affects other popular measures of risk such as VaR, CVaR, and semi-deviations. As a matter of fact, under minimal conditions, we show that the only risk measures that are dynamically consistent are the so-called "entropic risk measures". With these measures, and assuming that link travel times are independent, a risk-sensitive optimal path reduces to a standard shortest path problem which can be solved efficiently. This extends directly to equilibrium situations where the network is used concurrently by many players. However, link travel time correlations are to be expected in game situations, which gives rise to a number of issues and questions that will be pointed out during the talk. This talk is based on joint work with Alfredo Torrico. ******************************************************* Marco Scarsini Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza LUISS Viale Romania 32 00197 Roma, ITALY URL: http://docenti.luiss.it/scarsini/

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Bando RTDA SECS-P05 Firenze Scadenza 18/02 (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 03 Feb '16

03 Feb '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 17:26:02 +0100 From: Giampiero M. Gallo <gallog(a)disia.unifi.it> To: vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it Subject: Bando RTDA SECS-P05 Firenze Scadenza 18/02 Con preghiera di diffusione Car* collegh* Vi giro la mail dell'amministrazione di UNIFI con la quale si d?notizia della pubblicazione del bando di varie procedure di selezione tra le quali una per RTDA in Econometria presso il nostro dipartimento con scadenza 18 febbraio. Se poteste far circolare fra le vostre reti, ci fareste cosa gradita. Saluti a tutt* Giampiero > > > Gentilissimi, > > vi informiamo che sull?Albo di Ateneo ? stato pubblicato il decreto rettorale n. 1704 del 29 dicembre 2015 (Avviso pubblicato in G.U. - 4?Serie Speciale ? Concorsi ed esami, n. 5 del 19 gennaio 2016): bando di indizione delle procedure selettive di cui all'oggetto, reperibile alla pagina: http://www.unifi.it/vp-9901-selezioni-in-corso.html > > La scadenza per la presentazione delle domande ? il 18 febbraio 2016. > > Cordiali saluti, > > Adele Torchia > > -- > Adele Torchia > AREA RISORSE UMANE > Unit? di Processo ?Amministrazione del Personale Docente? > Tel. 055/2757307 > Fax 055/2756346 > > > > > > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Giampiero M. Gallo > Professor of Econometrics > Dipartimento di Statistica, Informatica, Applicazioni (DiSIA) 'G.Parenti' > Universit? di Firenze > Viale GB Morgagni, 59 > 50134 Firenze - Italy > +39 055 2751 591 > +39 055 4223 560 (FAX) > http://unifi.academia.edu/GiampieroMGallo > www.disia.unifi.it/fedra > http://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/pga48.htm

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Fwd: Bando assegno SECS-S/06 UNIFI
by Tiziano Vargiolu 03 Feb '16

03 Feb '16

-------- Messaggio Inoltrato -------- Oggetto: Bando assegno SECS-S/06 UNIFI Data: Wed, 03 Feb 2016 14:42:33 +0100 Mittente: Maria Elvira Mancino <mariaelvira.mancino(a)unifi.it> Organizzazione: Universita' degli Studi di Firenze bando per un assegno di ricerca presso UNIFI, visibile sull'albo on line di Ateneo (www.unifi.it). Questo il link diretto http://www.unifi.it/vp-9008-albo-ufficiale.html Cari saluti Mavira

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Fwd: Summer school/Conference on Lévy processes - Lille/Angers
by Francesco Caravenna 03 Feb '16

03 Feb '16

Ricevo e inoltro. > Da: ICLP8 <iclp8(a)listes.math.cnrs.fr> > Oggetto: Summer school/Conference on Lévy processes - Lille/Angers > Data: 02 febbraio 2016 18:57:19 GMT+01:00 > > Dear colleagues, > > The summer school and the 8th Conference on Lévy Processes will take place respectively at the University of Lille, > 18-22 July 2016 and in Angers, 25-29 July 2016. > > Registration for both events is open until April, 30th. Those planning to come, please go to http://levy2016.math.cnrs.fr > and fill the registration form. > > We thank you in advance for passing this announcement forward. > > We look forward to meeting you in Lille and/or Angers, > The Organizing Committee.

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Tirocini formativi e di orientamento per neolaureati - Scadenza 15 Febbraio 2016
by Maurizio Ceseri 02 Feb '16

02 Feb '16

Si segnala che è stata attivata una selezione per tre tirocini formativi e di orientamento retribuiti da svolgersi presso l'Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo "Mauro Picone" del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, nell'ambito del progetto Sportello Matematico per l'Industria Italiana. Di seguito, una sintetica descrizione della posizione. Maggiori informazioni e tutti i dettagli per presentare la domanda possono essere trovate al seguente link http://www.sportellomatematico.it/SMII/tirocini-2016/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *L'obiettivo del Tirocinio* è di formare la figura professionale del *Traduttore Tecnologico* nell'ambito della Matematica Industriale, in grado di facilitare la comunicazione tra imprese e centri di ricerca. *Il bando è rivolto a* giovani con una Laurea Specialistica o Magistrale in una delle seguenti discipline: Matematica, Statistica, Fisica, Ingegneria, Scienze Informatiche ed Economia. *Il Tirocinio prevede* un rimborso mensile di *700 Euro* e ha una durata di *6 mesi*. *Per partecipare alla selezione*, è necessario inviare domanda di partecipazione all'Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo “M. Picone” esclusivamente tramite Posta Elettronica Certificata (PEC) all'indirizzo: protocollo.iac(a)pec.cnr.it, entro il 15 Febbraio 2016. Alla domanda deve essere allegato un *curriculum vitae* in formato PDF. *La selezione* dei candidati avverrà il *17 Febbraio 2016 alle ore 10:00* presso l'Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo “M. Picone”, via dei Taurini 19, Roma, che sarà anche la sede del tirocinio formativo. Maurizio Ceseri Sportello Matematico per l'Industria Italiana Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo (IAC-CNR) via dei Taurini 19, 00185 Roma (Italy) Tel: (+39) 0649270969 Website: sportellomatematico.it

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Seminario Andrea Cosso a Milano-Bicocca
by federica.masiero＠unimib.it 02 Feb '16

02 Feb '16

Il giorno 10 Febbraio, alle ore 10.30, presso il Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni dell'Università di Milano-Bicocca, via Cozzi, 55, Edificio U5, aula 2109 (secondo piano), il Dott. Andrea Cosso, Politecnico di Milano, terrà un seminario dal titolo "Randomization method and backward SDEs for optimal control of partially observed path-dependent stochastic systems" Abstract: In the present talk we introduce a general methodology, which we refer to as the randomization method, firstly developed for classical Markovian control problem in the paper: I. Kharroubi and H. Pham "Feynman-Kac representation for Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman IPDE", Ann. Probab., 2015. As it is well-known, the dynamic programming method is the standard methodology implemented for the study of classical Markovian control problems, which allows to relate the value function to the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation through the so-called dynamic programming principle. The key feature of the dynamic programming method is that the knowledge of the value function allows, at least in principle, to find an optimal control for the problem. This very powerful and well-known methodology breaks down (in the sense that it can not be directly implemented in a standard way) when we face control problems which present the following additional features: partial observation, path-dependence, delay in the control. On the other hand, the randomization method can be quite easily generalized and adapted to these more general control problems. The aim of the talk is to illustrate this latter point, starting with the presentation of the fundamental ideas of the randomization method. The talk is based on a joint work in progress with E. Bandini, M. Fuhrman, H. Pham. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Cordiali saluti, Federica Masiero

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seminario Johanna Ziegel in Bicocca
by fabio.bellini 01 Feb '16

01 Feb '16

Il giorno lunedì 8 febbraio alle ore 16.00 presso la aula seminari del Dipartimento di Statistica e Metodi Quantitativi, al quarto piano dell'edificio U7, la prof. J. Ziegel della Università di Berna terrà un seminario su "How is elicitability relevant for backtesting?" Abstract e riferimenti bibliografici in allegato. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Fabio Bellini

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Tristissima notizia
by Nappo, Giovanna 31 Jan '16

31 Jan '16

Con profondo cordoglio vi annuncio la scomparsa di Enza Orlandi. Enza Orlandi ha lavorato presso il Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università di Roma, La Sapienza, dal 1981 al 1992, successivamente all'Università dell'Aquila fino al 1995, ed infine all'Università di Roma Tre, sempre apprezzata per il suo rigore e il suo impegno. La sua attività scientifica si concentrata principalmente sugli aspetti probabilistici della Fisica Matematica. I suoi numerosi lavori sono apprezzati a livello internazionale, e ha avuto collaborazioni scientifiche di altissimo livello. Recentemente il suo impegno era stato riconosciuto in modo ufficiale anche in Italia: era infatti risultata idonea sia come Professore Ordinario di Probabilità che di Fisica Matematica. Martedì 2 Febbraio dalle 10.00 alle 10.30 si terra’ una cerimonia informale presso il Tempietto Egizio, Cimitero del Verano, Roma, per darle un ultimo saluto. Giovanna Nappo

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Salzburg workshop on Dependence Models and Copulas
by Durante Fabrizio 31 Jan '16

31 Jan '16

The Salzburg workshop on Dependence Models and Copulas will take place September 19-21, 2016, in Salzburg (Austria) and feature the following plenary speakers: Irène Gijbels (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BE) Erich Peter Klement (JKU Linz, AT) Roger B. Nelsen (Lewis & Clark College, Portland, US) Ludger Rüschendorf (Albert-Ludwig-Universität Freiburg, DE) Matthias Scherer (Technische Universität München, DE) Aiming to provide a meeting point for researchers working in the field of Dependence Modeling and Copulas the workshop welcomes both, contributions with a theoretical focus as well as contributions concentrating on applied aspects. In order to stimulate the discussion of new results, ideas and applications there will be no parallel sessions, implying that only a limited number of presentations can be accepted. Fees will be kept at a minimum: 140 € for regular participants, 80 € for PhD Students (including lunches, coffee breaks and conference dinner). Dependence Modeling (De Gruyter Open) will publish a special issue related to the workshop with planned appearance in April 2017. Papers from corresponding authors taking part in the workshop will have publication charges completely waived for submissions to this special issue. To propose and organize a special session at the workshop please send a short email to sessions(a)dmc-salzburg.at<mailto:sessions@dmc-salzburg.at> - special session proposal deadline is February 15, 2016. Abstracts of about 150 words should be emailed to abstracts(a)dmc-salzburg.at<mailto:abstracts@dmc-salzburg.at> before March 15, 2016. All relevant info can be found on the workshop homepage www.dmc-salzburg.at<http://www.dmc-salzburg.at/> We are looking forward to welcome you in Salzburg Fabrizio Durante & Wolfgang Trutschnig

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Avviso seminario
by demattei＠student.dm.unipi.it 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

Cari tutti, Mercoledì 3 febbraio 2016, alle ore 11:30 nell'aula Seminari del Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università di Pisa, il professor Vincenzo Capasso ADAMSS (Advanced Applied Mathematical and Statistical Sciences) Universitá degli Studi di Milano terrà un seminario dal titolo: Modelli matematici per l'angiogenesi tumorale Sommario. Nella modellazione matematica della angiogenesi tumorale, il forte accoppiamento tra i processi stocastici di diramazione-elongazione-morte di vasi, e i campi biochimici dovuti alla massa tumorale, é causa di forte complessitá dal punto di vista sia analitico che computazionale. Al fine di ridurre tale complessitá, si cerca di rendere completamente deterministiche le equazioni di evoluzione dei campi, sostituendo in esse i termini stocastici derivanti dalla evoluzione delle rete di vasi, con una loro approssimazione di campo medio. In tal modo i parametri cinetici dei processi (stocastici) di formazione della rete divengono deterministici. Purtroppo a causa della anastomosi, non é possibile garantire le condizioni di applicabilitá tipiche della propagazione del caos, che quindi viene messa in discussione. Una possibile derivazione di equazioni di evoluzione deterministiche per i campi fa ricorso alla media su molte repliche dei processi coinvolti, secondo leggi classiche dei grandi numeri. Simulazioni numeriche incoraggiano l'adozione di questo approccio. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Valeria De Mattei

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Avviso di seminario
by Marco Scarsini 28 Jan '16

28 Jan '16

February 2nd from 12:00 to 13:00 room 207 Viale Romania 32 00197 Roma Speaker Pierpaolo Brutti (Sapienza Università di Roma) Title A (bittersweet) topological data analysis aperitif Abstract In recent years the statistical analysis of topological signatures computable from a possibly high-dimensional point cloud has attracted increasing attention from a theoretical as well as applied point of view. In this talk I will informally review the basic techniques and main inferential results available in the TDA toolkit showing them in action (...with their pros-&-cons...) on two classification problems related to activity tracking tasks (joint with Tullia Padellini). ******************************************************* Marco Scarsini Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza LUISS Viale Romania 32 00197 Roma, ITALY URL: http://docenti.luiss.it/scarsini/

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Fwd: [World] Postdoc position at University Paris 13 in Combinatorics, probability, dynamical systems
by Gustavo Posta 27 Jan '16

27 Jan '16

Begin forwarded message: > One-year Postdoc position at University Paris 13 > in Combinatorics, probability, dynamical systems and application to > statistical physics or mathematical physics. > > > A one-year postdoc position in combinatorics, probability, dynamical > systems and application to statistical physics or mathematical physics > is available at the University Paris 13. The position is within the > framework of the axis 3 (mathematical physics, statistical physics, > combinatorics) of the mathStic pole that groups members of the LIPN > (Calin team) and of the LAGA (Probability et Statistics team, Ergodic > theory and dynamical systems team, and algebraic topology team) and > deals with discrete random structures coming from theoretical computer > science, probability, dynamical systems, statistical physics or > mathematical physics. > > Anyone with research interests close to one of the topic above is > welcome to apply. Applicants should have a PhD at the starting date of > the post-doc. > > The successful candidate will be appointed by University Paris 13, > will join LIPN or LAGA (University Paris 13). The position will begin > before October 2016. > > Applications, including CV, list of publications, research plan and > the names of two references including email addresses, should be sent > before Febuary, 15 to > Frederique Bassino Frederique.Bassino(a)lipn.univ-paris13.fr > Yueyun HU <yueyun(a)math.univ-paris13.fr> > > Later applications will be considered until the position is filled. > > For further information do not hesitate to contact us. > > > -- > Frederique Bassino > > LIPN UMR 7030 Tel: +33 1 49 40 40 84 > Universite Paris 13 - CNRS Institut Galilee Bureau A104 > 99, avenue J.-B. Clement > 93430 Villetaneuse - FRANCE

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seminario di Ivan Bardet (Université Lyon 1) a Pavia
by Carbone Raffaella 27 Jan '16

27 Jan '16

Cari colleghi, vi annuncio che martedì 2 febbraio, alle ore 11:30 precise, nell'aula Beltrami del Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Universita' di Pavia, il Dott. Ivan Bardet (Université Lyon 1) terrà un seminario dal titolo Classical and Quantum parts of the dynamics in Open Quantum System, di cui segue il sunto. Distinti saluti, Raffaella Carbone Abstract: Since the work of Heisenberg it is known that for microscopic systems, the algebra of observables has to be replaced by a non-commutative algebra. This observation subsequently led to von Neumann formulation of quantum mechanics, in which von Neumann algebras have a central role. After recalling their definition and first properties, I will show how they can be helpful when dealing with the following specific problem: when can a quantum open system be modeled by a classical stochastic equation (instead of a quantum one). -- Raffaella Carbone, PhD Ricercatore di Probabilità e Statistica Matematica Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università degli Studi di Pavia

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Workshop on SPDE and Interacting Particle Systems
by Enrico Priola 26 Jan '16

26 Jan '16

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Hendrik Weber <hendrik.weber(a)warwick.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 at 16:57 Subject: maths-staff: Workshop on SPDE and Interacting Particle Systems To: <maths-staff(a)listserv.csv.warwick.ac.uk>, <probability(a)warwick.ac.uk> Dear all, Martin and I are organising a workshop entitled "Probabilistic models - from discrete to continuous” in Warwick from March 29 to April 02 2016. The aim is to bring together researchers from Stochastic Analysis and Statistical Mechanics. Invited speakers include: Ismael Bailleul Lorenzo Bertini Thierry Bodineau Arnaud Debussche Frank Den Hollander Nicolas Dirr Franco Flandoli Tadahisa Funaki Peter Friz Giambattista Giacomin Patricia Goncalves Massimiliano Gubinelli Milton Jara Giovanni Jona-Lasinio Cyril Labbé Hubert Lacoin Claudio Landim Joel Lebowitz Jean-Christophe Mourrat Stefano Olla Nicolas Perkowski Herbert Spohn*) Lorenzo Zambotti *) To be confirmed We would be happy, if you could attend. In that case we would ask you to please register at http://web.warwick.ac.uk/mrc/register.php?event=297&linked=no so that we can arrange for the right amount of food during the workshop and for the conference dinner. Best wishes, Hendrik %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -- Enrico Priola Dipartimento di Matematica Universita' di Torino via Carlo Alberto 10, 10123 TORINO, Italy tel +39 011 6702883 fax +39 011 6702878 e-mail enrico.priola(a)unito.it

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Fwd: job openings in Berlin
by Marco Romito 26 Jan '16

26 Jan '16

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IWAP 2016 (International Workshop on Applied Probability)
by Antonio Di Crescenzo 26 Jan '16

26 Jan '16

IWAP 2016 (International Workshop on Applied Probability) IWAP has traditionally been held in Europe, and will be held for the first time in Canada this year. The conference will take place on June 20-23, 2016, at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel (see http://www.sheratontoronto.com/ ). Please see the conference website http://iwap2016.com for more details. --

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Assegno di ricerca biennale
by Tiziano Vargiolu 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

Con preghiera di diffusione -------------------------- E' indetta una selezione per il conferimento di n. 1 assegno, per lo svolgimento di attivita' di ricerca nell'ambito del progetto dal titolo: "I mercati della capacita' e la definizione del valore delle Reliability Options" da svolgersi presso il Dipartimento di Matematica sotto la supervisione del Prof. Tiziano Vargiolu, in qualita' di responsabile scientifico. - durata: 24 mesi; - importo: Euro 21.304,00 annui lordo percipiente; - oggetto: Nei mercati energetici, particolare interesse analitico hanno le Reliability Options (RO), che assumono la forma di opzioni fisiche di produzione di energia, vendute da generatori e acquistate da un soggetto per coprirsi dal rischio di inadeguata capacita' di generazione elettrica. Scopo di questo assegno e' la definizione del corretto valore delle RO, che richiede tecniche che vanno oltre a quelle classiche usate nei mercati finanziari per valutare e coprire titoli derivati. - bando disponibile: http://www.math.unipd.it/it/news/?id=1801 (a breve anche in inglese). Per maggiori informazioni, potete contattare Tiziano Vargiolu (vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it). Cordiali saluti a tutti Tiziano -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiziano Vargiolu Dipartimento di Matematica Phone: +39 049 8271383 Universita' di Padova Fax: +39 049 8271428 Via Trieste, 63 E-mail: vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it I-35121 Padova (Italy) WWW: http://www.math.unipd.it/~vargiolu --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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lutto
by c.costantini＠unich.it 24 Jan '16

24 Jan '16

Cari colleghi, ieri sera e' venuta a mancare Anna Gerardi, che molti di voi conoscevano. I funerali si terranno domani, lunedi' 25 Gennaio, alle ore 11:00, a Roma, nella chiesa dei Sette Santi Fondatori, a piazza Salerno, vicino a Piazza Bologna. Cristina Costantini e Claudia Ceci

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[iwfos2017] IWFOS 2017: First Announcement
by Enea Bongiorno 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

4th International Workshop on Functional and Operational Statistics (IWFOS 2017) A Coruña, SPAIN http://iwfos2017.udc.es Dear Colleagues, Dear Friends, We are pleased to announce the Fourth International Workshop on Functional and Operational Statistics (IWFOS 2017), to be held in A Coruña, SPAIN, from 15th to 17th June 2017. The treated topics (Functional Data Analysis and Operator-based Statistics) and the format (5 sessions in 2.5 days) of this workshop will follow the ones of the previous successful three editions held in Toulouse-France (2008), Santander-Spain (2011) and Stresa-Italy (2014). The scientific program will include invited talks, contributed talks and contributed posters. *Invited speakers (confirmed):* John ASTON (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) Alexander AUE (University of California, Davis, USA) Antonio CUEVAS (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain) Aurore DELAIGLE (University of Melbourne, Australia) Jeff GOLDSMITH (Columbia University, USA) Stephan HUCKEMANN (Institut für Mathematische Stochastik, Göttingen, Germany) Victor PANARETOS (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland) Beatriz PATEIRO (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain) Laura SANGALLI (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) *Co-chairs of the Scientific Committee:* Ricardo CAO (Universidad de A Coruña, Spain) Philippe VIEU (Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse, France) *Co-chairs of the Organizing Committee:* Germán ANEIROS (Universidad de A Coruña, Spain) Enea BONGIORNO (Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy) More information can be found in the attached file as well as at http://iwfos2017.udc.es . Thank you for your attention. Hoping to see you in A Coruña, Sincerely Yours, On behalf of the Scientific and Organizing Committees. -- 4th International Workshop on Functional and Operational Statistics IWFOS 2017, A Coruña (SPAIN) http://iwfos2017.udc.es

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Fwd: Postdoc Positions in Berlin
by Mario Maurelli 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

Dear colleagues, I am happy to forward this announcement of post-doc positions in Berlin. For more information, you can contact Prof. Peter Friz (in cc). Best regards Mario Maurelli Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics & Technische Universität Berlin ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sebastian Riedel <riedel(a)math.tu-berlin.de> Date: 2016-01-21 13:13 GMT+01:00 Subject: Postdoc Positions in Berlin To: riedel(a)math.tu-berlin.de Hi everybody, our Forschergruppe "Rough paths, stochastic partial differential equations and related topics" offers several Postdoc positions, see attached PDF and the announcement on our website: https://sites.google.com/site/researchunitfor2402/job-openings. Thank you for promoting this at your institution and for sharing with possible candidates. Best, Sebastian Dr. Sebastian Riedel Technische Universität Berlin Fakultät II, Institut für Mathematik Sekretariat MA 7-5 Straße des 17. Juni 136 D-10623 Berlin, Germany Office: MA 780 Phone: +49 30 314 28415 E-mail: riedel(a)math.tu-berlin.de Homepage: http://page.math.tu-berlin.de/~riedel/

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seminari Emilio Porcu in Bicocca 27-28/1
by Fabio Bellini 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

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DEPENDENCE MODELING IN FINANCE, INSURANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
by Durante Fabrizio 21 Jan '16

21 Jan '16

==== Call for presentations: It is our pleasure to announce the upcoming conference at Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany: DEPENDENCE MODELING IN FINANCE, INSURANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE taking place on MAY 17-19, 2016. CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS: * Carole Bernard, Grenoble Ecole de Management * Roger Cooke, Technical University Delft * Paul Embrechts, ETH Zurich * Fabrizio Durante, Free University Bozen-Bolzano * Christian Genest, McGill University * Irene Gijbels, KU Leuven * Harry Joe, University of British Columbia * Luis Mediero, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid * Johanna Neslehova, McGill University * Giovanni Puccetti, University of Florence CONTENT: In our complex and interrelated world, taking care of dependence is a key task for success in stochastic modeling. The copula framework takes a pivotal role in this area. The conference will bring together researchers from different methodological view points and application areas to provide an up to date forum on dependence modeling and their challenges in view of big data issues. This conference is a continuation of workshops held in Delft (2007, 2008), Oslo (2009), Munich (2011), and Beijing (2014). While the first workshops were focused on vine copulas (www.vine-copula.org<http://www.vine-copula.org>), the theme of the last workshop was much broader. This workshop is intended to continue with this broader view. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTION: In addition to invited sessions, we will also organize contributed talks. Contributions within the theme of the workshop are welcome and presentation abstracts can be submitted to dominik.mueller(a)ma.tum.de<mailto:dominik.mueller@ma.tum.de> until Jan 31, 2016. POST-WORKSHOP SHORT COURSES: Two short courses (Copulas and Vine copulas) will be arranged on the afternoon of May 19, 2016 directly following the workshop. The targeted audience includes advanced PhD students and junior faculty. SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZERS: C. Czado and M. Scherer LOCAL ORGANIZERS: B. Haas, M. Killiches, D. Krause, D. Mueller SUBMISSION AND REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS: http://www.mathfinance.ma.tum.de/copulas2016/

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Applied Bayesian Statistics Summer School - 29 agosto-2 settembre 2016
by Consonni Guido 21 Jan '16

21 Jan '16

13th edition of the ABS (Applied Bayesian Statistics) Summer School BAYES, BIG DATA, AND THE INTERNET Lecturer: STEVE SCOTT, Senior Economic Analyst at Google Like in the past three years, the 2016 school will be held in the magnificent Villa del Grumello, in Como (Italy), on the Lake Como shore. Guido Consonni and Fabrizio Ruggeri ABS16 Directors Raffaele Argiento ABS16 Executive Director ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ******************************* * ABS16 * ******************************* Applied Bayesian Statistics School BAYES, BIG DATA, AND THE INTERNET August, 29 - September, 2 2016 Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy Lecturer: Steve Scott, Senior Economic Analyst at Google, USA https://sites.google.com/site/stevethebayesian/ The conference webpage is >>>> web.mi.imati.cnr.it/conferences/abs16.html <<<< Registration is now open. Please note that the conference room allows only for a very limited number of participants. The ABS16 Secretariat can be contacted at abs16(a)mi.imati.cnr.it COURSE OUTLINE Day 1: One of the main applications of statistics at internet companies is to A/B testing (e.g. to determine which version of a web site is most effective). Standard statistical methods for A/B testing using static experimental design is typically dominated (in terms of cost) by sequential methods based on Thompson sampling. The first day of the course uses Thompson sampling to motivate standard low dimensional statistical modeling such as beta-binomial, Poisson-gamma and normal-normal models. We will review Monte Carlo method for computing with Bayesian models, including Gibbs sampling, Metropolis-Hastings, and slice sampling. Day 2: Very quickly after implementing an experiment, one discovers that more than one factor needs to be tested (e.g. you need to test whether the button should be red or blue, AND whether it should be located on the left or the right of the page). You also need to determine whether the optimal design varies according to various contextual factors (e.g. whether the page is shown on the weekend or on a week day). These factors can be handled within the Thompson sampling framework by extending the reward distribution to various generalized linear models. The second day of the course will discuss Bayesian regression in linear and generalized linear models using data augmentation. Probit, logit, Poisson, and student T models will be covered. Day 3: If the number of factors to be tested (or number of contexts to be controlled for) is very large, then sparse models must be considered. Sparsity can be introduced into a Bayesian model using a "spike-and-slab" prior that places some prior mass at zero for each coefficient in a linear model. The data can then move posterior mass between the "spike" (at zero) and "slab" (nonzero) portions of the posterior distribution. Day 4: One valuable aspect of internet data is that it occurs in nearly real time, while many official statistics are released as monthly or quarterly time series. One way to model these data is with dynamic linear models. These models can combine time series model (capturing the target series' past behavior) with a sparse regression component (capturing the impact of contemporaneous internet data). We will work on examples using economic data from FRED (the St. Louis Federal Reserve Economic Database) and data from Google trends. Day 5: we will discuss methods that can be applied when facing "big" data that must be distributed across several machines. PRACTICAL INFORMATION The school will be as usual, with lectures and practical sessions (run by a junior researcher), participants' talks, free Wednesday afternoon, start on Monday after lunch and ending on Friday before lunch. Accommodation is available either at the Villa guesthouse or in downtown hotels (info will appear soon on the website). Como can be easily reached by train from Milano and its airports. More details are available on the website.

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[SMPS 2016] - Second Call For Papers
by Barbara Vantaggi 21 Jan '16

21 Jan '16

[please distribute - apologies for multiple postings] SMPS 2016 8th International Conference on Soft Methods in Probability and Statistics September 12 - 14, 2016 Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy http://www.sbai.uniroma1.it/smps2016 ***** ONLINE REGISTRATION AND SUBMISSION ARE NOW OPEN ***** =========================================================== VENUE =========================================================== SMPS 2016 will be held in Rome, Italy. The conference venue will be San Pietro in Vincoli (Via Eudossiana, 18), in the historic center of Rome, directly overlooking the Coliseum and next to the ancient Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli, home to Michelangelo’s statue of Moses. =========================================================== SCOPE and TOPICS =========================================================== The scope of SMPS 2016 is to bring together experts working on and with Soft Methods in Probability and Statistics. SMPS 2016 invites submissions of papers dealing with a variety of topics in soft methods in probability and statistics, which include, but are not limited to: - Analysis of Censored Data - Analysis of Fuzzy Data - Random Sets - Fuzzy Random Variables - Fuzzy Regression Methods - Triangular Norms and Copulas - Imprecise Probabilities - Dempster-Shafer Theory - Robust Methods - Clustering and Classification - Graphical Models - Machine Learning - Heuristic Optimization - Soft Computing and Statistics - Statistical Software for Imprecise Data - Applications in Biology, Economics etc. =========================================================== PROCEEDINGS =========================================================== Papers accepted for presentation will be published in an edited volume of the series Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing from Springer-Verlag. Full papers of 5-8 pages written in English and fulfilling the instructions for authors should be submitted not later than February 15, 2016, camera-ready versions of the accepted papers not later than April 30, 2016 (tentative). For accepted contributions to be included in the sessions and proceedings of the conference, the payment of the conference fees should be made not later than May 20, 2016. After the Conference there will be a SPECIAL ISSUE of International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (IJAR) dedicated to SMPS 2016. For this, all the selected papers will have to pass a regular review process. =========================================================== PLENARY SPEAKERS =========================================================== Ana Colubi (University of Oviedo, Spain) Thierry Denoeux (University of Technology of Compiègne, France) Massimo Marinacci (Bocconi University, Italy) =========================================================== IMPORTANT DATES =========================================================== Paper submission deadline: February 15, 2016 Notification of paper acceptance: April 10, 2016 Revised paper due: April 30, 2016 Early registration deadline: May 20, 2016 =========================================================== ORGANIZATION =========================================================== General Chairs: - Maria Brigida Ferraro (Rome, Italy) - Paolo Giordani (Rome, Italy) - Barbara Vantaggi (Rome, Italy) Executive Board: - María Ángeles Gil (Oviedo, Spain) - Przemyslaw Grzegorzewski (Warsaw, Poland) - Olgierd Hryniewicz (Warsaw, Poland) Best regards, Maria Brigida Ferraro, Paolo Giordani, Barbara Vantaggi SMPS 2016 Chairs – Sapienza University of Rome =========================================================== http://www.sbai.uniroma1.it/smps2016 ===========================================================

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2nd STATALK ON BAYESIAN NONPARAMETRICS @ Collegio Carlo Alberto, 19 Feb 2016
by Matteo Ruggiero 21 Jan '16

21 Jan '16

******************************************************************************************************* 2nd STATALK ON BAYESIAN NONPARAMETRICS @ Collegio Carlo Alberto, 19 Feb 2016 ******************************************************************************************************* Dear all, this is a reminder that the second edition of the StaTalk series will be held at Collegio Carlo Alberto on February 19, 2016. Deadline for registration: 7th February 2016. StaTalks are one-day workshops on statistical topics during which the hosting group introduces and overviews the main research interests of their members. Aimed at Master’s and PhD students, as well as at post-docs and young researchers, StaTalks are intended to be informal gatherings which allow for a more proficient interaction between presenters and participants. They typically feature some introductory tutorials on the main workshop theme and a few seminars that overview more advanced research topics, still kept at an expository level. StaTalks are thus a great opportunity to become acquainted with the workshop main topic, as well as to share and update one's knowledge on the interface of Statistical research in an easy and informal atmosphere. The topic of the second StaTalk will be Bayesian nonparametrics, a field of Statistics which has experienced a tremendous growth in the last few decades, both in terms of research production and in terms of impact of the discipline on the applications. Collegio Carlo Alberto, which will host the event, is a research and high education institution which comprises national and international faculty members, research fellows and visiting scholars in the fields of Economics, Statistics and wider social sciences. The Collegio is sited in a historical building in Moncalieri, at the outskirts of Torino, and can be easily reached from Torino city centre with public transportation. The StatTalk on Bayesian nonparametrics is supported by the “de Castro" Statistics Initiative in collaboration with Collegio Carlo Alberto. Additional info can be found at the workshop page www.carloalberto.org/research/statistics-initiative/events/statalk Information on the PROGRAMME can be found here www.carloalberto.org/research/statistics-initiative/events/statalk/workshop… Information on the REGISTRATION (which is free of charge but mandatory) can be found here www.carloalberto.org/research/statistics-initiative/events/statalk/registra… Best regards, The Organising Committee --- Matteo Ruggiero University of Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto www.matteoruggiero.it

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Fwd: Durham UK: Permanent Lectureship in Probability
by Francesco Caravenna 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

Ricevo e inoltro. > > Dear All, > > > > The Department of Mathematical Sciences at Durham University, UK is > > advertising the following permanent position: > > > > Lectureship in Probability > > > > Closing date: 16 February 2016 > > > > https://www.dur.ac.uk/mathematical.sciences/news/?itemno=26840&rehref=%2Fma… > > > > > > Please could you forward the details of the above vacancy to anyone you think could be interested. > > > > Durham University is seeking to increase the proportion of female > > academic staff, and therefore specifically invites qualified women to apply. > > > > Should you have any queries, please do let me know. > > > > Anne >

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Seminario BRUNO TOALDO @ UniTo
by Federico Polito 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

********************************************************************* SEMINARI DI PROBABILITA' E STATISTICA MATEMATICA DIPARTIMENTO DI MATEMATICA "G. PEANO" UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO ********************************************************************* Giovedì 11 Febbraio 2016 alle ore 15:00 in Aula C presso il Dipartimento di Matematica "G. Peano" dell'Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Carlo Alberto 10, Il Dott. BRUNO TOALDO (Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, "Sapienza" Università di Roma) terrà un seminario dal titolo INTEGRO-DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND SEMI-MARKOV PROCESSES Abstract: A stochastic process X is semi-Markov in the sense of Gihman and Skorohod if the couple (X(t),J(t)), where J(t) is the sojourn time in the current position, is a strict Markov process. The waiting times between the changes of state of the process are in general non exponential r.v.'s. We study the governing equations (Kolmogorov type equations) for semi-Markov processes. These equations are integro-differential equations that become fractional in some particular and interesting cases. For example this is true when the distribution of the waiting times have Mittag-Leffler distribution. Furthermore we present various sufficient conditions to say that a semi-Markov process is a time-changed Markov process. This last case has interesting consequences on the structure of the governing equation. 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 6702937 Web: www.federicopolito.it

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Workshop "Stochastic Models And Related Topics"
by Antonio Di Crescenzo 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

Dear Colleague, the International Workshop "Stochastic Models And Related Topics" will take place on January 21 and 22, 2016, at the Department of Mathematics of Salerno University, Via Giovanni Paolo II, n. 132, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy The program and the relevant information can be found at http://www.unisa.it/docenti/antoniodicrescenzo/smart2016/workshop Your participation is welcome. The Organizing Committee Antonio Di Crescenzo, Virginia Giorno, Barbara Martinucci, Alessandra Meoli, Amelia G. Nobile, Serena Spina. --

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cancellazione corso PINAR!
by fabio.bellini 17 Jan '16

17 Jan '16

Cari colleghi, purtroppo a causa di un problema di passaporto Mustafa Pinar non ha potuto partire oggi da Ankara e quindi il suo corso di Ottimizzazione, previsto a partire da domani in Bicocca, non avrà luogo. Ci scusiamo per gli eventuali disagi! Fabio Bellini

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Lake Como Workshop: "Quantitative Laws II: From physiology to ecology, from interaction structures to collective behavior"
by Federico Bassetti 16 Jan '16

16 Jan '16

Dear Colleagues, This is the first announcement of the Lake Como Workshop "Quantitative Laws II: From physiology to ecology, from interaction structures to collective behavior" to be held on June 13th - June 25th, 2016, at Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy. SUBMISSIONS AND APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN NOW. For submission of abstracts, deadlines and other information, see the conference website at http://qlsb.lakecomoschool.org/ Please help us spreading word of this workshop to any colleagues you know might be interested, and bring this announcement to the attention of students and post-docs. (Apologies if you receive this multiply.) Confirmed Invited speakers: Rosalind Allen (Edinburgh University) Marc Barthelemy (CEA-Saclay) William Bialek (Princeton University) Naama Brenner (Technion Haifa) Antonio Celani (ICTP Trieste) Pietro Cicuta (University of Cambridge) Andrea de Martino (CNR/NANOTECH Italy) Kevin Dorfman (CEMS, University of Minnesota) Hans Herrmann (ETH Zurich) Kunihiko Kaneko (University of Tokyo) Edo Kussell (New York University) Amos Maritan (University of Padova) Matteo Marsili (ICTP Trieste) Sergei Maslov (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) Namiko Mitarai (University of Copenhagen) Miguel A. Muñoz (Universidad de Granada) Thierry Mora (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris) Todd Parsons (Université Pierre et Marie Curie) Chris Quince (University of Glasgow) Bianca Sclavi (Ecole Normale de Cachan, Paris) Kim Sneppen (University of Copenhagen) Sander Tans (AMOLF Amsterdam) Guido Tiana (University of Milan) Remco van der Hofstad (Eindhoven University of Technology) Erik van Nimwegen (Biozentrum Basel) Sven van Teeffelen (Pasteur Institute) Aleksandra Walczak (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris) Joshua Weitz (Georgia Tech) Best Regards, The organising committee: Federico Bassetti Fabrizio Capuani Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino Marco Gherardi Matteo Osella

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seminario Edgars Jakobsons
by Fabio Bellini 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

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Seminario Prof. Sara Biagini
by Gabriele Stabile 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

Mercoledì 20 Gennaio alle ore 13, presso l'aula Master al 5° piano del Dipartimento MEMOTEF (Sapienza Università di Roma, via del Castro Laurenziano 9) si terrà il seminario: "The Robust Merton Problem of an Ambiguity Averse Investor" Prof. Sara Biagini, Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza-LUISS G. Carli Abstract: We derive a closed form portfolio optimization rule for an investor who is di dent about mean return and volatility estimates, and has a CRRA utility. The novelty is that con dence is here represented using ellipsoidal uncertainty sets for the drift, given a volatility realization. This speci cation a ords a simple and concise analysis, as the optimal portfolio allocation policy is shaped by a rescaled market Sharpe ratio, computed under the worst case volatility. The result is based on a max-min Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman-Isaacs PDE, which extends the classical Merton problem and reverts to it for an ambiguity-neutral investor. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati Cordiali saluti Gabriele Stabile

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de Finetti risk seminar - January 2016
by Emanuela Rosazza 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

On behalf of the Scientific Committee of the de Finetti Risk Seminars, we are glad to invite you to participate at the following Lecture TITLE: Optimal arbitrage and portfolio optimization for market models satisfying NUPBR but not NFLVR WOLFGANG RUNGGALDIER University of Padova ABSTRACT: The classical no-arbitrage condition of NFLVR is often too strong and can be weakened thereby still allowing to solve meaningfully standard problems in mathematical finance. A weaker condition to this effect is NUPBR (NA1). For market models satisfying NUPBR, but where NFLVR does not hold, classical arbitrage is thus possible and the interest arises to construct such models and and to obtain for them optimal arbitrage. In particular, we consider models with insider information and for such models we discuss, besides optimal arbitrage, also the possibility of solving portfolio optimization problems by analogy to classical duality even under absence of an ELMM. (Joint work with N.H.Chau and P.Tankov) LOCATION: The seminar will be held on Wednesday, January 20, at 18.00, Aula di rappresentanza, Dept. of Mathematics, Milano University, Via C. Saldini 50, 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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Final Call for Papers--ICASQF2016 (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 11 Jan '16

11 Jan '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 21:48:12 -0500 From: Jaime Alberto Londono Londono <jalondonolo(a)unal.edu.co> To: Jaime Londo?o <icasqf(a)gmail.com> Subject: Final Call for Papers--ICASQF2016 Dear Colleague, Please let me call your attention on the Second International Congress on Actuarial Science and Quantitative Finance will be in Cartagena, Colombia from June 15 to June 18 of 2016, and the enclosed call of papers. The web page of the Congress is http://icasqf.org If you do not want to receive any further emails on this topic, please write me to this address. Best regards, Jaime A. Londo?o Chairman Organizing Committee Second International Congress on Actuarial Science and Quantitative Finance Associate Professor, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Manizales jalondonol(a)unal.edu.co, jaime.a.londono(a)gmail.com Final Call for papers "Second International Congress on Actuarial Science and Quantitative Finance" Cartagena, Colombia, June 15 to June 18 of 2016. http://icasqf.org Dear colleague, You are cordially invited to submit your research papers for presentation consideration at the Second International Congress on Actuarial Science and Quantitative Finance, Cartagena, Colombia, June 15 to June 18 of 2016. The web page of the congress is http://icasqf.org Authors of selected oral presentations would be invited to submit to the special issue entitle ?Actuarial Science and Quantitative Finance: ICASQF2016, Cartagena, Colombia, June2016? of Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics (PROMS). Invited papers would follow a standard refereeing process. You can find the proceedings of the First edition of ICASQF here. The deadline for abstract submissions is February 1st, 2016 (23:59 Western time). The Congress is organized by Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Universidad de Cartagena, Universidad del Rosario, Universidad Externado de Colombia, Universidad de Los Andes and ENSIIE/Universit? d??vry-Val-d?Essonne. The event builds on the success of the first ICASQF. This second edition consolidates the Congress as the premier event in Actuarial Science and Quantitative Finance in Colombia, the Andean Region (Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia) and the Caribbean Region. The Congress will cover a variety of topics in Actuarial Science and Quantitative Finance. Topics include statistics techniques in Finance and Actuarial Science, Portfolio Management, Derivative Valuation, Financial Economics, Financial Econometrics, Computational Finance, Risk Theory and Life and Pension Insurance Mathematics, Non-Life Insurance Mathematics, and Economics of Insurance among others. The event would consist of plenary sessions with invited speakers in the areas of actuarial science and quantitative finance, oral sessions of contributed talks, invited sessions and poster sessions. A program of one day of the Congress would emphasize on problems of interest to practitioners. Also, there would be short courses on topics of interest in actuarial science and quantitative finance, given by some of the invited speakers. Invited speakers include: * Rama Cont. Semi-plenary talk and short course. Imperial College, London, UK. * Bruno Dupire. Plenary talk.Bloomberg LP. New York, US * Nicole El Karoui. Plenary talk and short course. ?cole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France. * Christian Hipp. Semi-plenary talk. Karlsruher Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany. * Jean Jacod, Semi plenary talk and short course. Universit? Paris VI, Paris, France. * Ioannis Karatzas. Plenary talk and short course. University of Columbia, NY, US. * Glenn Meyers, Plenary talk and short course. ISO Innovative Analytics, New York USA. * Kees Oosterlee, Semi-plenary talk. Dutch national research center for mathematics and computer science, Amsterdam Netherlands. * Michael Sherris. Semi plenary talk. UNSW, Sydney Australia. * Qihe Tang. Plenary talk. School of Business, University of Iowa, Iowa USA * Fernando Zapatero. Semi-plenary talk. USC, Los Angeles, CA, US The following preeminent scholars have accepted to help us organize invited sessions: * St?phane Cr?pey, (Universit? d'Evry) * Jos? Garrido (Concordia University) * Julien Guyon, (Bloomberg LP) * Daniel Hern?ndez, (CIMAT) * Vladimir Kaishev, (Cass Business School) * Claude Lef?vre, (Universit? Libre de Bruxelles) * Andrea Pascucci, (University of Bologna) * Philip Protter (Columbia University) * Greg Taylor, (UNSW) * Emiliano Valdez, (University of Connecticut) The scientific committee of the event is integrated by: * Hansjoerg Albrecher, (Univ. of Lausanne) * Samuel Cox, (Georgia State University) * Richard Davis, (Columbia University) * Jos? Garrido, (Concordia University) * Daniel Hernandez, (CIMAT) * Edward (Jed) Frees, (University of Wisconsin, Madison) * Monique Jeanblanc, (Universit? d'?vry Val-d'Essonne) * Khaldoun Khashanah, (Stevens Institute of Technology) * Steve Haberman, (Cass Business School) * Ralf Korn, (Technische Universit?t Kaiserslautern) * St?phane Loisel, (Universit? Lyon 1, France) * Fabio Mercurio, (Blomberg) * Jean-Luc Prigent, (Universit? de Cergy-Pontoise) * Suresh P. Sethi, (University of Texas, Dallas) * Ajay Subramanian, (Georgia State University) * Emiliano Valdez, (University of Connecticut) * Carlos V?zquez Cend?n (Universidad de la Coru?a) * Viswanathan Arunachalam, (Universidad Nacional, Bogot?) * Jaime Londo?o(Chair, Universidad Nacional, Manizales). Best regards, On behalf of the Organizing Committee Jaime Londo?o

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PhD course di Mustafa Pinar in Bicocca
by Fabio Bellini 11 Jan '16

11 Jan '16

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Convegno in onore di Eugenio Regazzini, 10-11 giugno 2016
by Antonio Lijoi 10 Jan '16

10 Jan '16

******************************************************** Convegno in onore di Eugenio Regazzini - Pavia ******************************************************** In occasione del settantesimo compleanno di Eugenio Regazzini, il 10 e l'11 giugno 2016 a Pavia si terra' il convegno * Advances in Statistics, Probability and Mathematical Physics * * A Conference in Honour of Eugenio Regazzini * Il sito dedicato all'evento http://matematica.unipv.it/eugenioconference e' stato aggiornato con alcune informazioni utili per chi desidera partecipare. In particolare, si segnala che e' ora possibile registrarsi al convegno collegandosi al sito http://www-dimat.unipv.it/eugenioconference/registration.html Come gia' annunciato la registrazione e' gratuita, ma necessaria per motivi organizzativi e deve essere completata entro il *31 maggio 2016*. Nel modulo di registrazione occorre anche specificare se si intende partecipare alla cena sociale che si svolgera' venerdi' 10 giugno, a Pavia. Cordiali saluti, Antonio Lijoi

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Politecnico di Milano - Seminario Frédéric Brunet
by Marzia Angela Cremona 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

Si avvisa che in data 15-01-2016, alle ore 16:00, presso l'Aula Seminari "F. Saleri" VI piano - Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano, nell'ambito delle iniziative MOX, si svolgerà il seguente seminario: Relatore: Frédéric Brunet Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon Titolo: 1-2-3-4: a story about whole genome duplications in fish and other vertebrates Abstract: Gene and genome duplications, which increase gene copy number at different scales, are considered to be important contributors to the evolution of organisms. During the evolution of vertebrates, two successive rounds of whole genome duplication, called 1R and 2R have highly influenced the organization of gene content of genomes. After WGDs, genomes returned progressively to a diploid state, but a certain amount of genes were kept as duplicates, which led to the formation and extension of many gene families. A fish-specific genome duplication called 3R occurred at the base of the teleost fish lineage. A fourth round of WGD has also been characterized Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Cordiali saluti, Marzia Cremona Marzia A. Cremona MOX - Modeling and Scientific Computing Dipartimento di Matematica "F. Brioschi" Politecnico di Milano Via Bonardi, 9 20133 Milano (Italy) tel: +39 02 2399 4595 e-mail: marziaangela.cremona(a)polimi.it

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Deadline approaching: postdoc position in Probability at the University of Bath
by Alexandre Stauffer 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Dear colleagues, This is the last call to a 3-year postdoc position available in Probability. For more information, see below and http://www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy.aspx?ref=FY3536 The deadline is 20th January. Please pass this to potential candidates and local mailing lists. Thank you very much. Best wishes, Alexandre Postdoc in probability at the University of Bath, UK A postdoc (research associate) position is available in the area of probability starting from 1st October 2016, or a date to be agreed (but no sooner than 1st April 2016). The position will be available for up to 3 years. The position is funded by the EPSRC fellowship "Mathematical analysis of strongly correlated processes on discrete dynamic structures" of Dr. Alexandre Stauffer. The area of research will be centered on the mathematical analysis of random large-scale interacting systems, such as interacting particle systems, random walks and other stochastic processes in random or dynamic environments, percolation, spin systems, and dynamically evolving graphs. The ideal candidate is expected to have a strong background in probability theory, and have a PhD in mathematics, theoretical computer science or related areas. The successful applicant will be associated with the probability laboratory (Prob-L@B) of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Bath. Prob-L@B is one of the world’s most vibrant probability groups, with eight permanent members, a large cohort of PhD students and postdocs, and a large number of different research activities and international visitors. Applications made to the on-line system should include: * an updated curriculum vitae (with publication list), * the names and contact details of three academic referees, * a one-page research statement describing your research interests, your experience in the area of the position and your career aspirations. Deadline for applications: 20th January 2016. To apply, go to http://www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy.aspx?ref=FY3536 Interview of short-listed applicants is expected to take place in the week of 15th February 2016. For informal enquiries please contact Dr. Alexandre Stauffer ( a.stauffer(a)bath.ac.uk). For more information visit the website of Dr. Alexandre Stauffer ( http://people.bath.ac.uk/ados20/) and Prob-L@B ( http://www.bath.ac.uk/research/centres/probability-laboratory/).

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Fwd: Assistant Professor positions at the LSE (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

----- Forwarded message from mihalis.zervos(a)gmail.com ----- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 23:14:38 +0000 From: Mihail Zervos <mihalis.zervos(a)gmail.com> Subject: Assistant Professor positions at the LSE To: Mihail Zervos <mihalis.zervos(a)gmail.com> Dear Colleagues, The Department of Mathematics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is seeking to appoint one or more career-track Assistant Professors. We particularly welcome applications in financial mathematics and game theory. The application deadline is January 15, 2016. Please bring this advertisement to the attention of suitable candidates who might be interested. Best regards, Mihail Zervos. ----- End forwarded message ----- ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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Fwd: Reminder 3rd Barcelona Summer School on Stochastic Analysis
by Marco Romito 29 Dec '15

29 Dec '15

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CIME-EMS Summer School on Singular Random Dynamics
by FRANCO FLANDOLI 29 Dec '15

29 Dec '15

CIME-EMS Summer School on Singular Random Dynamics Cetraro (CS) - August 22 - August 27, 2016 Registration is open at http://web.math.unifi.it/users/cime/ MINI-COURSES ============ Massimiliano Gubinelli (IAM, Bonn) Applications of controlled paths to problems in stochastic analysis Martin Hairer (Univ. Warwick) Stochastic PDEs and Renormalisation Panagiotis Souganidis (Univ. Chicago) Hamilton-Jacobi partial differential equations and conservation laws with rough time signals and applications Nikolay Tzvetkov (Univ. Cergy-Pontoise) On Hamiltonian partial differential equations with random initial conditions ============ We look forward to seeing you in Cetraro, Franco Flandoli, Massimiliano Gubinelli, Martin Hairer

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Fwd: Bocconi Call for Applications - PhD in Statistics 2016/17 - deadline Feb 1st, 2016
by Gustavo Posta 23 Dec '15

23 Dec '15

Begin forwarded message: > From: Sonia Petrone <sonia.petrone(a)unibocconi.it> > Date: 23 dicembre 2015 00.03.42 GMT+01.00 > Subject: Bocconi Call for Applications - PhD in Statistics 2016/17 - deadline Feb 1st, 2016 > Reply-To: angela.baldassarre(a)unibocconi.it > > Dear colleague, > > I would be grateful if you could bring the Bocconi PhD program in Statistics to the attention of your best master students. > The deadline for application is February 1st, 2016. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > PhD in Statistics > > Call for applications for PhD student positions > > Within the Doctoral School at Bocconi University, the four-years Ph.D. program in Statistics gives a solid grounding for high level research in Universities and international research institutions. > > The curricula covers fundamentals of Probability and Statistics and applications. Students acquire a deep methodological preparation and specialized skills, through the first and second year courses. The third and forth years are entirely devoted to research. Dedicated mentorship is offered to students throughout their time at Bocconi. Multidisciplinary interchange with other graduate programs in Bocconi’s PhD school is encouraged. The program includes monographic courses held by visiting professors from the most prestigious Universities and research institutions. > > The Ph.D. in Statistics is designed for highly motivated students who wish to undertake first rate research careers in theoretical or applied Statistics and decision sciences. Career opportunities also include central banks, governments and international organizations, and financial institutions. > > Highly qualified and motivated students with M.Sc. degrees in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, as well as other quantitatively-oriented fields, are encouraged to apply for admission. > > Applicants should hold or be on their way to hold a graduate degree or equivalent. > > The PhD School offers at least 4 student positions with fellowship for the PhD in Statistics and further positions with fellowship or tuition waiver are available. See the full official call – attached – or visit www.unibocconi.eu/admissionphd for all information. > > Applications are due by February 1st, 2016. > > For more information about the program, its courses and the admission procedures, please feel free to contact our Program Assistant at infophd(a)unibocconi.it or visit our website www.unibocconi.eu/phdstatistics > > Sincerely, > > Sonia Petrone > Director, PhD program in Statistics > Bocconi University > Milano, Italy > > -------------------------------------------------- > > PhD School Administrative Assistant > Bocconi University > Via Röntgen 1 > 1st floor - room 1-E3-04 > 20136 Milano, Italy > T: +39 02 5836.3367 > E: angela.baldassarre(a)unibocconi.it >

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2nd STATALK ON BAYESIAN NONPARAMETRICS @ Collegio Carlo Alberto, 19 Feb 2016
by Matteo Ruggiero 21 Dec '15

21 Dec '15

******************************************************************************************************* 2nd STATALK ON BAYESIAN NONPARAMETRICS @ Collegio Carlo Alberto, 19 Feb 2016 ******************************************************************************************************* Dear all, we are pleased to announce that the second edition of the StaTalks series will be held at Collegio Carlo Alberto on February 19, 2016. StaTalks are one-day workshops on statistical topics during which the hosting group introduces and overviews the main research interests of their members. Aimed at Master’s and PhD students, as well as at post-docs and young researchers, StaTalks are intended to be informal gatherings which allow for a more proficient interaction between presenters and participants. They typically feature some introductory tutorials on the main workshop theme and a few seminars that overview more advanced research topics, still kept at an expository level. StaTalks are thus a great opportunity to become acquainted with the workshop main topic, as well as to share and update one's knowledge on the interface of Statistical research in an easy and informal atmosphere. StaTalks are endorsed by Y-SIS (https://sites.google.com/site/youngsocietaitalianastatistica/) the young section of the Italian Statistical Society. The first edition has been a StaTalk on Biostatistics, held in April 2015 at the University of Milan. The second StaTalk will be held on February 19, 2016, at Collegio Carlo Alberto. The topic of the second StaTalk will be Bayesian nonparametrics, a field of Statistics which has experienced a tremendous growth in the last few decades, both in terms of research production and in terms of impact of the discipline on the applications. Collegio Carlo Alberto, which will host the event, is a research and high education institution which comprises national and international faculty members, research fellows and visiting scholars in the fields of Economics, Statistics and wider social sciences. The Collegio is sited in a historical building in Moncalieri, at the outskirts of Torino, and can be easily reached from Torino city centre with public transportation. The StatTalk on Bayesian nonparametrics is supported by the “de Castro" Statistics Initiative in collaboration with Collegio Carlo Alberto. Additional info can be found at the workshop page www.carloalberto.org/research/statistics-initiative/events/statalk Information on the PROGRAMME can be found here www.carloalberto.org/research/statistics-initiative/events/statalk/workshop… Information on the REGISTRATION (which is free of charge but mandatory) can be found here www.carloalberto.org/research/statistics-initiative/events/statalk/registra… Best regards, The Organising Committee --- Matteo Ruggiero University of Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto www.matteoruggiero.it

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PhD position in stochastic analysis at Leeds
by Elena Issoglio 17 Dec '15

17 Dec '15

Dear Colleagues, At the University of Leeds we have a PhD position in stochastic analysis within the framework "Leeds York NERC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP)". Details are as follows: Topic: An Abstract Model for Surface Water Flow - Stochastic Differential Equations on Graphs and related Fractal Limits Deadline: January 11th 2016 How to apply: http://www.nercdtp.leeds.ac.uk/how-to-apply/ More info can be found at http://www.nercdtp.leeds.ac.uk/projects/index.php?id=284 . Alternatively you can contact Elena Issoglio at e.issoglio(a)leeds.ac.uk<mailto:e.issoglio@leeds.ac.uk> Please draw this to the attention of potential candidates. With best wishes, Elena Issoglio

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Fwd: CRM-PISA -- 4 two-year Junior Visiting Positions -- DEADLINE 11th JANUARY 2016
by Tiziano Vargiolu 16 Dec '15

16 Dec '15

From: CRM <crm(a)sns.it> Date: 2015-12-15 20:08 GMT+01:00 Subject: CRM-PISA -- Announcement for 4 two-year Junior Visiting Positions -- DEADLINE 11th JANUARY 2016 To: CRM <crm(a)sns.it> Dear Colleague, I would be grateful if you could bring to the attention of your best postgraduate students and PhD holders the *CRM-PISA Junior Visiting Programme <http://crm.sns.it/grant/31/>* The program covers four two-year Junior Visiting positions starting in the Academic Year 2016/17 and is aimed at highly qualified new or recent PhD's in mathematics with an exceptional research potential. PhD students can also apply, provided they obtain their PhD no later than 1 st October 2016. *Deadline for application is 11th January 2016.* The annual gross remuneration is around 32,000 Euros, corresponding to a monthly salary of approximately 2,000 Euros, plus a research allowance of 1,000 Euros that can be used for exchange visits. Junior Visitors are expected to start their research activity at CRM-PISA no later than October 2016. *Full official call can be retrieved at* *http://www.sns.it/bando/assegni-di-ricerca-denominati-%E2%80%9Cjunior-visiting-position%E2%80%9D-quattro-giovani-studiosi-lo-svolgimento-di-attivit%C3%A0-di-ricerca-nel <http://www.sns.it/bando/assegni-di-ricerca-denominati-%E2%80%9Cjunior-visit…>* *For an English version please view the Announcement in attachment to the call:* *http://www.sns.it/sites/default/files/documenti/09-12-2015/2015announcement617.pdf <http://www.sns.it/sites/default/files/documenti/09-12-2015/2015announcement…>* Hosting over 4000 visitors since its foundation in 2001, CRM-PISA* (**Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi <http://crm.sns.it/>**) *provides a thriving international and interdisciplinary research environment and Junior Visitors can take part to a great variety of scientific activities including intensive research periods, workshops and seminars, and have a unique opportunity to interact with top-class scientists. Yours sincerely, Stefano Marmi Director CRM-PISA ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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modifica seminari 16 dicembre
by Matteo Ruggiero 14 Dec '15

14 Dec '15

******************************************************************* STATISTICS SEMINARS @ COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO ******************************************************************* Mercoledi 16 Dicembre 2015, nell’Aula Rossa del Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (TO), si terranno i seguenti seminari: 11:00 am Harry CRANE (Rutgers University) RELATIVE EXCHANGEABILITY -- 12:00 pm Juhee LEE (University of California at Santa Cruz) BAYESIAN INFERENCE FOR INTRA-TUMOR HETEROGENEITY IN MUTATIONS AND COPY NUMBER VARIATION -- 4:00 pm Mattia CIOLLARO (Carnegie Mellon University) AN INFERENTIAL THEORY OF CLUSTERING FOR FUNCTIONAL DATA Rispetto al programma precedentemente annunciato, è stato cancellato l'intervento di Linxi LIU. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Gli abstracts possono essere consultati alla pagina www.carloalberto.org/events/seminars/statistics/ Il seminario e' 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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seminario Alois Pichler in Bicocca
by Fabio Bellini 14 Dec '15

14 Dec '15

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Workshop "Stochastic Models And Related Topics"
by Antonio Di Crescenzo 10 Dec '15

10 Dec '15

The International Workshop "Stochastic Models And Related Topics" will take place on January 21 and 22, 2016 at the Department of Mathematics of Salerno University Via Giovanni Paolo II, n. 132, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy Main topics of the Workshop include stochastic models in dynamical systems, reliability theory, biomathematics, mathematical finance, queueing systems. Some talks will also focus on current problems in applications of mathematics, probability and statistics, and on related computational aspects. The program of the activities is still being planned. We wish to have a scientifically interesting and stimulating opportunity to exchange information both in the form of lectures, seminars and, above all, informal discussions among the participants. There is no registration fee for attending the Workshop. The deadline for Abstracts is January 5, 2016. Abstract submissions must be sent by email to adicrescenzo(a)unisa.it The abstract template and other details are available at http://www.unisa.it/docenti/antoniodicrescenzo/smart2016/workshop Those who are interested are kindly invited to write an email to adicrescenzo(a)unisa.it The Organizing Committee Antonio Di Crescenzo, Virginia Giorno, Barbara Martinucci, Alessandra Meoli, Amelia G. Nobile, Serena Spina --

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Conference MAF 2016 - Extended deadline for abstract sublission
by Marco Corazza 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

========================================================================== Seventh International Conference on MAF 2016 - MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL METHODS FOR ACTUARIAL SCIENCES AND FINANCE March 30-31 and April 1, 2016 University Paris-Dauphine - Paris (France) Extended deadline for abstract submission: December 20th, 2015 http://maf2016-paris.dauphine.fr/fr.html ========================================================================== Third call for papers ========================================================================== Dear All, the seventh international conference "MAF 2016 - MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL METHODS FOR ACTUARIAL SCIENCES AND FINANCE" will be held from March 30 to April 1, 2016 at the University Paris-Dauphine, in Paris (France). Here, I highlight only a few things: 1) Submission of abstracts, no more than two pages, within December 20th, 2015 (extended deadline). You can download the instructions for authors and the template for the abstract from the webpage: http://maf2016-paris.dauphine.fr/fr/registration-submission.html. Then you can send the abstract by email: maf2016_submission(a)unive.it. 2) Notification of the abstract acceptance within January 11th, 2016. 3) Please, give the widest possible diffusion to the call for paper. See you in Paris, Marco (Corazza) P.S. - Apologies for cross sending. -- Marco Corazza Department of Economics Ca' Foscari University of Venice San Giobbe, Cannaregio 873 30121 Venezia, Italy Mobile: (+39) 366 602-9134 Phone: (+39) 041 234-6921 Fax: (+39) 041 234-7444 E-mail: corazza(a)unive.it -- <<If a risk measure is coherent for return distributions, it may not be coherent for payoff distributions.>> S.T. Rachev, S.V. Stoyanov, F.J. Fabozzi, “A probability metrics approach to financial risk measures”, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 [pag. 150]

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Modifica orario del Mini-corso "Martingale Optimal Transport" del prof. Nizar Touzi a Pisa
by Fausto Gozzi 08 Dec '15

08 Dec '15

Modifica orario Riguardo al mini-corso dal titolo "Martingale Optimal Transport" presso il Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Universita' di Pisa di cui all'avviso qui sotto, si comunica che l'orario della lezione di domani, Mercoledi' 9 Dicembre, verra' spostato in avanti di mezz'ora. Quindi la lezione si svolgerà dalle 16.30 alle 18.30, stesso luogo. Fausto Gozzi >Si ricorda che nei giorni 9-11 dicembre il prof. Nizar Touzi dell'Ecole >Polytechnique di Parigi terra' un mini-corso dal >titolo "Martingale Optimal Transport" presso il >Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Universita' di Pisa. > >L'abstract ed il calendario sono riportati di seguito. > >-------------------------------------------------------------- > >- MER 9/12: ore 16 - 18 (Aula riunioni) >- GIO 10/12: ore 10 - 12 (Aula seminari) >- GIO 10/12: ore 15 - 17 (Aula seminari) >- VEN 11/12: ore 9 - 13 (Aula seminari) > >Abstract: We provide an introduction to martingale optimal transport. In >the context of the one-period version of the problem, we establish the >Kantorovitch duality, we discuss the existence for the primal and the >dual problems, and we provide the martingale version of the cyclic >monotonicity condition together with of the one-dimensional Brenier >theorem. We finally show the connection between continuous-time >martingale transport and the Skorohod embedding problem, and we provide >some applications. > > >Salvatore Federico >_______________________________________________ >Random mailing list > >Per informazioni e per disiscriversi: >https://fields.dm.unipi.it/listinfo/random >Per contattare gli amministratori: random-admin(a)fields.dm.unipi.it >Per inviare un messaggio alla mailing list: Random(a)fields.dm.unipi.it >Archivio dei messaggi inviati: >https://fields.dm.unipi.it/pipermail/random/#end 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 addresses: Fausto Gozzi Dipartimento di Matematica per le Decisioni Economiche Finanziarie e Assicurative Facolta' di Economia Universita' di Roma La Sapienza via del Castro Laurenziano 9 00161 Roma Italy tel 06/49766275 (office) FAX 06/49766765 and also Fausto Gozzi Dipartimento di Matematica Universita' di Pisa via Filippo Buonarroti n. 2 56127 Pisa Italy tel 050/2213270 FAX 050/2213224 e-mail: GOZZI(a)DM.UNIPI.IT --- Questa e-mail è stata controllata per individuare virus con Avast antivirus. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Seminari LIU, LEE, CRANE
by Matteo Ruggiero 08 Dec '15

08 Dec '15

******************************************************************* STATISTICS SEMINARS @ COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO ******************************************************************* Mercoledi 16 Dicembre 2015, nell’Aula Rossa del Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (TO), si terranno i seguenti seminari: 11:00 am Linxi LIU (Stanford University) CONVERGENCE RATE OF A CLASS OF MULTIVARIATE DENSITY ESTIMATORS BASED ON ADAPTIVE PARTITIONING -- 12:00 pm Juhee LEE (University of California at Santa Cruz) BAYESIAN INFERENCE FOR INTRA-TUMOR HETEROGENEITY IN MUTATIONS AND COPY NUMBER VARIATION -- 4:00 pm Harry CRANE (Rutgers University) RELATIVE EXCHANGEABILITY Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Gli abstracts possono essere consultati alla pagina www.carloalberto.org/events/seminars/statistics/ Il seminario e' 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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EFI - Edizione 1
by Tiziano Vargiolu 05 Dec '15

05 Dec '15

Carissimi, trovate online le ultime informazioni sul workshop Energy Finance Italia (prima edizione), a Camerino (MC) il 10-11 dicembre 2015. Il programma del workshop con gli orari degli interventi ed il nome dei chair di ogni sessione ? stato pubblicato sul sito web: http://energyfinanceitalia.dtdns.net/ E' prevista alla fine del workshop una riunione per discutere insieme di questa nuova rete. Nel sito sono presenti anche i link a informazioni su come raggiungere la sede del convegno e l'albergo. La fee (che comprende cena, una notte di albergo e i coffee break) ? di 120 euro, e dovrebbe essere pagata con la seguente modalit?: 1) per enti pubblici (le universit?): versamento su BANCA D?ITALIA DI MACERATA CC/ di tesoreria unica n. 37554 ; indicando nella causale 'partecipazione NOME COGNOME a Energy Finance Italia 2015' 2) per privati: versamento su Banca Marche, AGENZIA 13 Camerino, CC/ IBAN: IT83 P060 5568 8300 0000 0010346 ; indicando nella causale 'partecipazione NOME COGNOME a Energy Finance Italia 2015' Chi ha bisogno del certificato di partecipazione me lo faccia sapere. A presto ! Carlo -- Carlo Lucheroni School of Sciences and Technologies Universita' di Camerino via Madonna delle Carceri 9 62032 Camerino (MC) Italy Office phone: 39-0737402552 Tiziano -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiziano Vargiolu Dipartimento di Matematica Phone: +39 049 8271383 Universita' di Padova Fax: +39 049 8271428 Via Trieste, 63 E-mail: vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it I-35121 Padova (Italy) WWW: http://www.math.unipd.it/~vargiolu --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Secondo annuncio: Mini-corso "Martingale Optimal Transport" del prof. Nizar Touzi a Pisa
by Salvatore Federico 05 Dec '15

05 Dec '15

Si ricorda che nei giorni 9-11 dicembre il prof. Nizar Touzi dell'Ecole Polytechnique di Parigi terra' un mini-corso dal titolo "Martingale Optimal Transport" presso il Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Universita' di Pisa. L'abstract ed il calendario sono riportati di seguito. -------------------------------------------------------------- - MER 9/12: ore 16 - 18 (Aula riunioni) - GIO 10/12: ore 10 - 12 (Aula seminari) - GIO 10/12: ore 15 - 17 (Aula seminari) - VEN 11/12: ore 9 - 13 (Aula seminari) Abstract: We provide an introduction to martingale optimal transport. In the context of the one-period version of the problem, we establish the Kantorovitch duality, we discuss the existence for the primal and the dual problems, and we provide the martingale version of the cyclic monotonicity condition together with of the one-dimensional Brenier theorem. We finally show the connection between continuous-time martingale transport and the Skorohod embedding problem, and we provide some applications. Salvatore Federico

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Fwd: School and Workshop on Random Interacting Systems in Bath, UK
by Faggionato, Alessandra 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

School and Workshop on Random Interacting Systems 19-24 June 2016, in Bath, U.K. Registration is open until 25th March 2016 at http://people.bath.ac.uk/ados20/ris2016/ MINI-COURSES ============ Michael Damron (Georgia Institute of Technology) Geodesics in first-passage percolation Ron Peled (Tel Aviv University) The spin and loop O(n) models INVITED SPEAKERS ================ Krzysztof Burdzy (University of Washington) Manuel Cabezas (PUC Chile) Elisabetta Candellero (University of Warwick) Pietro Caputo (Roma Tre) Shirshendu Ganguly* (University of Washington) Jack Hanson (CCNY) Dmitry Ioffe (Technion) Elena Kosygina (Baruch College, CUNY) Fabio Martinelli* (Roma Tre) Allan Sly* (UC Berkeley) Yinon Spinka (Tel Aviv University) Alain-Sol Sznitman (ETH Zurich) Vincent Tassion (Universite Geneve) Balint Toth (Bristol & TU Budapest) Daniel Ueltschi (University of Warwick) * = to be confirmed. There will be slots for a small number of contributed talks (with preference to PhD students and post-docs). If you are interested, send title and abstract during registration at http://people.bath.ac.uk/ados20/ris2016/ We look forward to seeing you in Bath. Vladas Sidoravicius and Alexandre Stauffer -- Prof. Alessandra Faggionato Department of Mathematics University La Sapienza Piazzale A. Moro, 2 00186 Rome - Italy

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Annuncio seminario Prof. Meilijson
by Cristina Zucca 04 Dec '15

04 Dec '15

********************************************************************* SEMINARI DI PROBABILITA' E STATISTICA MATEMATICA DIPARTIMENTO DI MATEMATICA "G. PEANO" UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO ********************************************************************* Lunedì 14 Dicembre 2015 alle ore 15:00 in Aula C presso il Dipartimento di Matematica "G. Peano" dell'Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Carlo Alberto 10, Il Prof. Isaac Meilijson (Department of Statistics and Operations Research · School of Mathematical Sciences; Tel Aviv University) terrà un seminario dal titolo How variable can a martingale with a given final variance be? Abstract: The ratio between the expected diameter (maximum-minimum) of an L2-bounded martingale and the standard deviation of its last term cannot exceed √3 (Dubins, Gilat & Meilijson). This extends the Dubins & Schwarz respective bounds 1 and √2 for the ratios between the expected maximum and maximal absolute value of the martingale and the standard deviation of its last term. All three will be reviewed in a unified way, by showing that these problems can be reduced to finding some optimal stopping times in Brownian Motion. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare Cristina Zucca -- Dr. Cristina Zucca Department of Mathematics University of Torino Via Carlo Alberto 10 10123 Torino, Italy tel: +39-011-6702850 fax: +39-011-6702878

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Seminario Ilaria Spassiani a RM1
by Nappo, Giovanna 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

*********************************************************************************************** SEMINARI DI PROBABILITA' E STATISTICA MATEMATICA *********************************************************************************************** Dipartimento di Matematica G. Castelnuovo Sapienza, Università di Roma piazzale A. Moro 2, Roma *********************************************************************************************** Mercoledì 9 dicembre 2015 Ore 11:30, Aula di Consiglio Seminario di Probabilità e Statistica Matematica/Presentazione Tesi di Dottorato Ilaria Spassiani (Sapienza Università di Roma) Un nuovo modello ETAS per terremoti con magnitudo dipendenti Il classico modello ETAS temporale per sequenze sismiche fa parte della classe di processi di Hawkes con marche indipendenti. Tuttavia, poiché l'ipotesi di dipendenza tra le magnitudo è supportata da analisi statistiche, proponiamo una nuova versione dell'ETAS temporale, in cui le magnitudo degli aftershocks (eventi triggerati) dipendono dalle magnitudo dei rispettivi eventi madre (eventi triggeranti) attraverso una probabilità di transizione tale che, in accordo con i risultati sperimentali, (i) eventi triggerati con magnitudo grande/piccola sono più probabili se scatenati da eventi triggeranti con magnitudo grande/piccola; (ii) tutte le magnitudo seguono la stessa legge esponenziale di Gutenberg-Richter, ovvero la sua densità è autofunzione di un opportuno operatore. Infine, discuteremo la non esplosione del modello, l'approssimazione della probabilità di zero eventi in [0,t], per t piccolo, ed interpreteremo i risultati come un'approssimazione della densità comune degli intertempi. *********************************************************************************************** Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare Giovanna Nappo ***********************************************************************************************

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posizioni di post-doc e borse per studenti di master c/o centro Lebesgue
by Marco Romito 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

segnalo per gli interessati. ---------------------------------------------------- The Lebesgue Center invites to apply for post-doctoral positions in mathematics for a period of six months to a year (renewable once). The hired applicant will conduct his/her research at one of these Institutes: IRMAR (Rennes), LMJL (Nantes), LMBA (Brest and Vannes), LAREMA (Angers). The position is open to all research areas present within the four Institutes. It does not include an obligation to teach. The net salary will be 2 225 Euros per month. Deadline: April 15, 2016. http://www.lebesgue.fr/ ---------------------------------------------------- The Lebesgue Center offers 10,000€ scholarships to outstanding mathematics students applying for a master programme in mathematics, for a fist year of Master (M1) or for a second year of Master (M2), in Rennes, Nantes, Angers, Brest or Vannes. Deadline: March 10, 2016. http://www.lebesgue.fr/

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Seminario Valeria Bignozzi
by Gabriele Stabile 03 Dec '15

03 Dec '15

Mercoledì 9 Dicembre, alle ore 13, presso l'Aula Fanfani al 5° piano del Dipartimento MEMOTEF (Sapienza Università di Roma, Via del Castro Laurenziano 9, Roma), si terrà il seminario: "How superaddittive can a risk measure be?" Speaker: Velaria Bignozzi (Sapienza University of Rome). ABSTRACT ************** Risk measures that are not subadditive may penalize the aggregation of risk, by inducing portfolio requirements that are larger than those of undiversified positions. This happens for instance for Value-at-Risk (VaR), as well as convex shortfall risk measures. In this paper we characterize the potential for superadditivity that any risk measure may exhibit, considering both dependence uncertainty as well as the effect of portfolio size. It is shown that for the wide majority of risk measures of use or interest this corresponds to calculating the smallest dominating coherent risk measure (SDCRM). We show that this risk measure often exists and is identified with the notion of extreme-aggregation risk measure introduced in this paper. Explicit results are provided for the class of distortion risk measures, where the SDCRM is again a distortion risk measure and for the class of shortfall risk measures, where the SDCRM is given by an expectile. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Cordiali saluti, Gabriele Stabile

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Fwd: Saint-Flour 2016
by Marco Romito 02 Dec '15

02 Dec '15

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Seminario di Probabilita' - Universita' di Padova
by alessandra bianchi 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

Ho il piacere di invitarvi al seguente seminario, che si terrà giovedì 10 dicembre, alle 11:30, in Aula 2BC30 della Torre Archimede presso il Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università degli Studi di Padova. SPEAKER: Sander Dommers AFFILIATION: Ruhr University Bochum TITLE: Metastability in the reversible inclusion process ABSTRACT: In the reversible inclusion process with N particles on a finite graph, each particle at a site x jumps to site y at rate (d+n_y) r(x,y), where d is a diffusion parameter, n_y is the number of particles on site y and r(x,y) is the jump rate from x to y of an underlying reversible random walk. When the diffusion d converges to 0 as N goes to infinity, the particles cluster together to form a condensate. It turns out that these condensates only form on the sites where the underlying random walk spends the most time. Once such a condensate is formed the particles stick together and the condensate performs a random walk itself on much longer timescales, which can be seen as metastable behavior. We study the rates at which the condensate jumps and show that in the reversible case there are several time scales on which these jumps occur depending on how far (in graph distance) the sites are from each other. This generalizes work by Grosskinsky, Redig and Vafayi who study the symmetric case where only one timescale is present. Our analysis is based on the martingale approach by Beltrán and Landim. This is work in progress jointly with Alessandra Bianchi and Cristian Giardinà. -- Alessandra Bianchi Dip. di Matematica Università di Padova Via Trieste, 63 - 35121 Padova, Italy phone: +39 049 827 14 06 fax: +39 049 827 14 28 e-mail: bianchi(a)math.unipd.it http://www.math.unipd.it/~bianchi/

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internship position "An analysis of the firebrand landing distributions" at BCAM, Bilbao
by Gianni Pagnini 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

Dear all, an internship position is open at BCAM www.bcamath.org [1], Bilbao, Basque Country - Spain, on the topic "AN ANALYSIS OF THE FIREBRAND LANDING DISTRIBUTIONS" related to a ongoing research on modelling wildland fire propagation. The deadline for application submission is the 20th of January, 2016. http://www.bcamath.org/en/research/internships [2] http://www.bcamath.org/documentos_public/archivos/internships/SP_FirebrandL… [3] For information you can contact Inderpreet kaur: ikaur(a)bcamath.org. Sincerely, Gianni Pagnini -- Gianni Pagnini Ikerbasque Research Fellow 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 [4] _ _ _(__ __matematika mugaz bestalde )_ Links: ------ [1] http://www.bcamath.org [2] http://www.bcamath.org/en/research/internships [3] http://www.bcamath.org/documentos_public/archivos/internships/SP_FirebrandL… [4] http://www.bcamath.org/gpagnini

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postdoc position on "Stochastic Processes for Anomalous Diffusion" at BCAM, Bilbao
by Gianni Pagnini 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

Dear all, I would like inform you about a call for a 2-year postdoc position at BCAM - Basque Center for Applied Mathematics [1], Bilbao, Basque Country - Spain. The topic is "Stochastic Processes for Anomalous Diffusion" and the deadline for submission of applications the 30th of December, 2015. Here is the link http://www.bcamath.org/en/research/job/ic2015-winter-postdoctoral-fellowshi… [2] The applicant should select the research line SP-Statistical Physics. Please, share this announcement with any colleague and applicant that could be interested. Questions can be sent to me gpagnini(a)bcamath.org. Thank you very much. Regards, Gianni -- Gianni Pagnini Ikerbasque Research Fellow 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 [3] _ _ _(__ __matematika mugaz bestalde )_ Links: ------ [1] http://www.bcamath.org/ [2] http://www.bcamath.org/en/research/job/ic2015-winter-postdoctoral-fellowshi… [3] http://www.bcamath.org/gpagnini

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4 new positions at Loughborough (fwd)
by Michele Gianfelice 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:38:03 +0000 From: Wael Bahsoun <W.Bahsoun(a)lboro.ac.uk> To: Wael Bahsoun <W.Bahsoun(a)lboro.ac.uk> Subject: 4 new positions at Loughborough Dear Colleagues, We are advertising for 4 new positions at Loughborough. I would greatly appreciate it if you pass the info below to suitable candidates, and encourage them to apply as soon as possible. The deadline is 17 December: 1. Lecturer in Stats https://vacancies.lboro.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?… 2. Prof in Stats or in Applied Maths https://vacancies.lboro.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?… 3. SL/Reader in Stats or in Applied Maths https://vacancies.lboro.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?… 4. Lecturer in Maths (geometry, algebra or algebraic geometry) https://vacancies.lboro.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?… Best wishes, Wael

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Lectureship in Financial Mathematics at DCU (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 30 Nov '15

30 Nov '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 15:33:26 +0000 From: Paolo Guasoni <paolo.guasoni(a)dcu.ie> To: undisclosed-recipients: ; Subject: Lectureship in Financial Mathematics at DCU Dear Colleague, Dublin City University has a Lecturer vacancy in Financial Mathematics: http://www4.dcu.ie/hr/vacancies/current.shtml Please draw this to the attention of potential candidates. The closing date for applications is January 3rd. All the best, Paolo Guasoni

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EFI call for papers
by Tiziano Vargiolu 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

Carissimi, stiamo organizzando un workshop intitolato Energy Finance Italia (EFI), prima edizione, per collegare la comunit? italiana che lavora su finanza ed economia dell'energia. Sul tema avevamo gia' organizzato in Italia il convegno Energy Finance 2014 (energyfinance2014.org), della serie europea Energy Finance. EFI sara' tenuto all'Universita' di Camerino (Camerino, MC), giovedi' 10 e venerdi' 11 dicembre pp.vv. Il tema e': tutto quanto di interessante si fa in energy finance ed economics, (dal pricing alla policy, dall'econometrics al disegno e alle simulazioni del mercato elettrico, dagli equilibri micro nei mercati dei carburanti, della CO2 e delle rinovabili al disegno di contratti derivati, dalle analisi con integrated assessment model del global warming all'ottimizzazione della gestione degli impianti idroelettrici), con gli scopi di: 1) riunirci come 'collezione di competenze' del settore, e di 2) creare una comunita' di riferimento italiana, da usare per integrare le proprie reti di contatti individuali, per proporre progetti per finanziamenti, come workshop italiano a cui mandare dottorandi e postdoc, eccetera, tutto questo, ovviamente, in Italia. Il sito del workshop e': http://energyfinanceitalia.dtdns.net/ Chi fosse interessato a partecipare e/o a contribuire con un talk, e' pregato di scrivere a carlo.lucheroni(a)unicam.it ENTRO VENERDI' 5 DICEMBRE. Grazie per l'attenzione, Carlo Lucheroni (Universit? di Camerino), Carlo Mari (Universit? di Chieti Pescara), Tiziano Vargiolu (Universit? di Padova). -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiziano Vargiolu Dipartimento di Matematica Phone: +39 049 8271383 Universita' di Padova Fax: +39 049 8271428 Via Trieste, 63 E-mail: vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it I-35121 Padova (Italy) WWW: http://www.math.unipd.it/~vargiolu --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Annuncio di seminario (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 16:21:41 +0100 From: Pietro Rossi <pietro.rossi(a)prometeia.com> To: Tiziano Vargiolu <vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it> Subject: Annuncio di seminario Con il consueto invito di estenderlo a chiunque possa essere interessato Giovedi 3 Dicembre ore 14:30 Anna Maria Gambaro Dottoranda presso il dipartimento di statistica e metodi quantitativi (DISMEQ) dell'universit? di Milano Bicocca HJM multiple-curve model with time-changed L?vy processes Abstract:We propose a multiple-curve model, set in Heath-Jarrow-Morton framework, with time-changed L ?evy as driving processes. This class of process was introduced in finance by Carr and Wu (2004) for pricing of equity derivatives. However, recently, empirical studies, as Leippold and Str?mberg (2014), suggest the application of time-changed L ?evy process to interest rate financial products. In particular, L ?evy processes generate very flexible return innovation distribution and take into account potential discontinuities in Libor dynamics. On the other hand, the time change and the dependence between the L ?evy process and the random time introduce ?stochastic volatility? and ?stochastic skew? in the model, in order to reproduce the term structure of the volatility smile of caps and swaptions. This paper is inspired by the work of Eberlein and Raible (1999) on L ?evy models, generalized in Crepey et al. (2014) to a multiple curve setting. To the best of our knowledge, no previous works present a theoretically consistent no-arbitrage framework for pricing interest rate derivatives with time-changed L ?evy process. Moreover we apply these flexible processes to a multiple-curve post crisis set-up. First of all, we build a term structures for zero coupon bonds and Libor forward rate and we derive sufficient conditions to ensure the absence of arbitrage. Moreover the pricing of interest rate derivatives, as caps and swaptions, is developed using the Fourier transform method. Finally different choices for the construction of the driving process are examined and compared. Il seminario si terra' presso la sede di Prometeia a Bologna in Via Marconi 43. -- Disclaimer: http://www.prometeia.it/disclaimer

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Fwd: FW: postdoc position on "Stochastic Processes for Anomalous Diffusion" at BCAM
by Enrico Scalas 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

Car* collegh*, e' disponibile una posizione di postdoc per 2 anni al BCAM a Bilbao. Il tema e' "Stochastic Processes for Fractional Diffusion". La scadenza e' il 30 dicembre. Questi sono i link ufficiali http://www.bcamath.org/documentos_public/archivos/ofertas/BCAM15_Postdoc_Pr… http://www.bcamath.org/en/research/job/ic2015-winter-postdoctoral-fellowshi… Se avete domande o candidature potete rivolgervi a -- Gianni Pagnini Ikerbasque Research Fellow *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 Cordiali saluti, Enrico Scalas

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Fwd: Spring School in Financial Mathematics 2016
by Tiziano Vargiolu 27 Nov '15

27 Nov '15

SPRING SCHOOL IN FINANCE 2016 March 10-12, 2016 University of Bologna, Italy https://events.unibo.it/ssf2016 A three day Spring School in Financial Mathematics will be held in Bologna on March 10-12, 2016. The School is open to both practitioners and people from the academic world and intends to provide two crash courses on Credit and Counterparty risk given by * St?phane Cr?pey (University of Evry) * Andrea Pallavicini (Banca IMI, Milan - Imperial College, London) For further information and registration, see: https://events.unibo.it/ssf2016/registration Barbara Giovannini Tutor C.A.F. Finanza Matematica Dipartimento di Matematica Piazza di Porta San Donato, 5 40126 Bologna

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Fwd: Post-doctoral positions in Probability and Statistical Mechanics at Tel Aviv University
by Elisabetta Candellero 25 Nov '15

25 Nov '15

A tutti gli interessati. Elisabetta ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ron Peled <peledron(a)post.tau.ac.il> Date: 24 November 2015 at 08:26 Subject: Post-doctoral positions in Probability and Statistical Mechanics at Tel Aviv University To: Dear colleagues, We would appreciate if you could bring the following announcement of post-doctoral positions at Tel Aviv University to the attention of relevant applicants. The School of Mathematical Sciences at Tel Aviv University invites applications for post-doctoral fellowships in Probability Theory and Statistical Mechanics. Our group includes Prof. Asaf Nachmias <http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~asafnach/>, Ron Peled <http://www.math.tau.ac.il/%7Epeledron/>, Boris Tsirelson <http://www.tau.ac.il/%7Etsirel/> and Sasha Sodin <http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~sashas1/> and keeps close ties with the analysis and combinatorics groups in the school. The position starts on October 1, 2016 and its duration is for 2 years with an option for renewal. Shorter durations or other starting dates can be considered. Applicants should complete their Ph.D. degree by September 30, 2016. Post-doctoral fellowships are research positions and do not carry teaching responsibilities. Candidates should e-mail the following application materials to Ms. Nurit Liberman at nuritl(a)tauex.tau.ac.il with cc to Prof. Ron Peled at peledron(a)post.tau.ac.il: - CV - List of publications - Research statement - Three letters of recommendation The deadline for applications is January 15, 2016. Applications received after the deadline will be considered if positions remain open. The positions are also announced on the MathJobs website: https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/8089 Thank you very much, Ron

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seminario Claudio Macci in Bicocca
by Fabio Bellini 25 Nov '15

25 Nov '15

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PhD position in statistics of extremes -- TU Delft
by Alessandra Cipriani 24 Nov '15

24 Nov '15

With apologies for crossposting. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: PhD position in statistics of extremes From: Juan-Juan Cai <J.J.Cai(a)tudelft.nl> We are now recruiting a phd student for the project “Probabilistic forecasts of extreme weather utilizing advanced methods from extreme value theory”. Might you help to forward this to some candidates who might be interested? Thank you very much! For information about this position, see the end of the email or click here http://recruitment2.tudelft.nl/vacatures/index.php?lang=en&id=564779&type=a . Best, juan Duration of contract 4 years Salary scale €2125 to €2717 per month gross Job description The research project “Probabilistic forecasts of extreme weather utilizing advanced methods from extreme value theory” is funded by STW and is a collaboration between the statistics section, Delft University of Technology and the R&D Weather and Climate Modelling department of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI). There is an urgent need for statistically sound prediction methods for extreme weather, which often has a strongly disruptive societal impact. The PhD candidate will develop advanced statistical post-processing methods to estimate the probability of extreme weather, utilizing large meteorological data sets and extreme value theory, and will verify these newly developed methods. It is expected that the new statistical models will be used by several partners, including KNMI, to improve their short-term forecasts and warnings of extreme weather. The PhD candidate will work in close collaboration with colleagues from KNMI and communicate regularly with the partners on project progress. The student will be supervised by Prof. G. Jongbloed (TU Delft), Dr. J. Cai (TU Delft) and Dr. M.J. Schmeits (KNMI). The position includes modest teaching duties. The candidate is expected to finish his/her project with a PhD thesis and disseminate the results through publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at international conferences. Requirements The candidate possesses an MSc degree in mathematics (specialisation statistics or probability theory) or econometrics, preferably with a strong curriculum in extreme value theory. Some experience with handling and analysing large data sets would also be advantageous. (S)he must be highly motivated and interested in meteorology and have some experience in (statistical) programming (e.g. in R). In addition, we require very good communication skills and fluent spoken and written English. How to apply Applications should include a letter of application emphasising your specific interest in and qualifications for this position, a detailed CV, a publication list if applicable and contact details of at least two references. Additionally, a transcript of the course programmes attended and the grades obtained is required. Please e-mail your application by 15 December 2015 to Mrs. P.T.M. van den Bergh, Hr-eemcs(a)tudelft.nl . When applying for this position, please refer to vacancy number EWI2015-42. Information For more information about this position, please contact Dr. J. Cai ( J.J.Cai(a)tudelft.nl ) or Prof. G. Jongbloed ( G.Jongbloed(a)tudelft.nl ).

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Seminario di Probabilità - Università di Padova
by Paolo Dai Pra 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

Ho il piacere di invitarvi al seguente seminario, che si terrà Lunedì 30 Novembre, alle 16:30, in Aula 1BC45 della Torre Archimede presso il Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università degli Studi di Padova. SPEAKER: Alessandro Zocca AFFILIATION: TU Eindhoven TITLE: Hitting times asymptotics for hard-core interaction on finite graphs and applications to random-access networks ABSTRACT: We consider the hard-core model on finite graphs, which is a stochastic model for particles that dynamically interact in a finite volume subject to hard-core constraints. This model can be used to describe the dynamics of random-access networks, where, due to wireless interference, active users prevent other nearby users from simultaneous activity. In order to gain insight in the network performance and starvation phenomena, we examine the behavior of the first hitting times between maximum-occupancy configurations and mixing times. For this purpose it is convenient to look at the same model in the framework of Friedlin-Wentzell Markov chains with Metropolis transition probabilities. In this context, the high-fugacity regime in which we are interested corresponds to the low-temperature limit and the maximum-occupancy configurations are the stable states of the corresponding energy landscape. We will illustrate how we extended the pathwise approach beyond the classical metastability setting in order to study, for instance, the tunneling time between stable states. For some specific graphs of interest, e.g. grid graphs and triangular grid graphs, we will show by means of a novel combinatorial method how the order-of magnitude of the tunneling time between the two stable states depends on the size of the lattice and on the boundary conditions. After having discussed some applications of our results to random-access networks, we will then focus on the Widom-Rowlison model on finite graphs which, besides providing another example where our generalized framework can be used, is also instrumental to study multi-channel random-access networks. (This talk is based on joint work with Sem C. Borst, Johan S.H. van Leewaarden and Francesca R. Nardi) Paolo Dai Pra Dipartimento di Matematica Via Trieste, 63 35121 Padova Tel. +39 0498271361 Fax +39 0498271428 daipra(a)math.unipd.it <mailto:daipra@math.unipd.it>

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Seminario Fabio Spizzichino a Macerata
by Roy Cerqueti 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

Si avvisa che il prof. Fabio Spizzichino terrà un seminario presso lUniversità di Macerata. Titolo: Funzioni di utilita' multiattributo: il caso "target-based" e il ruolo delle funzioni di aggregazione Data, ora e luogo: mercoledì 25/11, ore 11, aula E (Piazza Strambi). Saluti Roy Cerqueti

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Position as Quantitative Risk Analyst in Eon Global Commodities in Duesseldorf (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 20 Nov '15

20 Nov '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:50:06 +0000 From: "Sabino, Piergiacomo" <Piergiacomo.Sabino(a)eon.com> To: Tiziano Vargiolu <vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it> Subject: Position as Quantitative Risk Analyst in Eon Global Commodities in Duesseldorf Dear Tiziano, I am writing to you in order to inform that there a position as ?Quantitative Risk Analyst? in my team in Eon Global Commodities in Duesseldorf in Germany. The team, called Quantitative Risk Modelling and Analytics, is part of the wider Quantitative Risk Model Department in the Risk Management area. Could you please forward this email? The link to the offer and job description are: http://karriere.eon.beesite.de/html/jobad14240.html Many thanks for your help, Kind regards, Piergiacomo

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Post-doctoral position in probability - Paris
by Cristina Toninelli 20 Nov '15

20 Nov '15

Dear friends and colleagues, I am currently advertising a postdoctoral position in probability at the University Paris Diderot, in the Laboratoire de Probabilites et Modeles Aleatoires. The position is funded by my European project MALIG, "A mathematical approach to the liquid-glass transition". Main areas of research include: interacting particle systems, bootstrap percolation and glassy dynamics. The position is for two years and the expected starting date is september 2016, but a different date may be arranged. The successful candidate will not have teaching duties and will have substantial fundings for travel. I would be grateful if you would bring this announcement to the attention of potential candidates and distribute it via local mailing lists. I apologize if you receive this email more than once. Please contact me for any additional informations cristina.toninelli(a)upmc.fr or visit the postdoc announcement on my website http://www.proba.jussieu.fr/~toninelli/postdoc.html Best regards, Cristina Toninelli

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Second Announcement: Winter school on Stochastic Homogenization
by Marco Romito 19 Nov '15

19 Nov '15

Dear all, here is a short reminder for the winter school on Stochastic Homogenization to be held at the University of Augsburg, Germany, for three full days from February 17 to February 19, 2016. The main course will be given by Felix Otto and additional lectures presented by Scott Armstrong and Antoine Gloria. There will also be a limited number of short contributed talks. The school is intended mainly for PhD students and early stage researchers, but open for everyone. Registration is free, but participants are required to register in advance, for organizational purposes. Further information on the school and deadlines (partial financial support, submission of an abstract for the contributed talks) can be found on the web page of the winter school: http://www.math.uni-augsburg.de/de/prof/ana/Tagungen/Winter-School-Stochast… Looking forward to see you in Augsburg. Best regards, The organizers Lisa Beck, Dirk Blömker, Franco Flandoli and Marco Romito

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Workshop "Stochastic Models And Related Topics"
by Antonio Di Crescenzo 18 Nov '15

18 Nov '15

Preliminary Announcement of International Workshop Dear Colleague, we are planning the International Workshop "Stochastic Models And Related Topics" This will take place on January 21 and 22, 2016, at the Department of Mathematics of Salerno University, Via Giovanni Paolo II, n. 132, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy Main topics of the Workshop include stochastic models in dynamical systems, reliability theory, biomathematics, mathematical finance, queueing systems. Some talks will also focus on current problems in applications of mathematics, probability and statistics, and on related computational aspects. The program of the activities is still being planned. We wish to have a scientifically interesting and stimulating opportunity to exchange information both in the form of lectures, seminars and, above all, informal discussions among the participants. Tentative List of Invited Speakers Claudia CECI, Università di Chieti-Pescara Fabrizio DURANTE, Libera Università di Bolzano Franco FLANDOLI, Università di Pisa Larry M. GOLDSTEIN, University of Southern California Franco PELLEREY, Politecnico di Torino Yosef RINOTT, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Laura SACERDOTE, Università di Torino Gianpaolo SCALIA TOMBA, Università di Roma Tor Vergata Carlo SEMPI, Università del Salento Fabio SPIZZICHINO, Sapienza Università di Roma Further details will be included in a future announcement. Those who are interested are invited to write an email to adicrescenzo(a)unisa.it The Organizing Committee Antonio Di Crescenzo, Virginia Giorno, Barbara Martinucci, Alessandra Meoli, Amelia G. Nobile, Serena Spina. --

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Fwd: Mathematics for Industry: funding calls open
by Alessandra Micheletti 18 Nov '15

18 Nov '15

Con preghiera di diffusione. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: MI-NET <MI-NET(a)bath.ac.uk> Date: Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 8:52 PM Subject: Mathematics for Industry: funding calls open To: Cc: MI-NET <MI-NET(a)bath.ac.uk> ***Funding calls open*** (Apologies for cross posting) We’d be very grateful if you could help us publicise the following calls widely, and encourage your colleagues - especially early-career investigators (researchers within 8 years of their PhD) - to apply! As part of the recently-established Mathematics for Industry Network ( <http://www.mi-network.org>MI-NET <http://mi-network.org/>) EU COST Action, whose aim is to facilitate more effective widespread application of mathematics to all industrial sectors, we are pleased to announce that *funding calls* for - One day themed *Industrial Workshops <http://mi-network.org/industrial-workshops/> (*up to €1k) - Mathematical Modelling *Training Weeks <http://mi-network.org/modelling-weeks/>* (up to €10k) - *Research visits* to industrial or academic institutions (*Short-Term Scientific Missions* <http://mi-network.org/short-term-scientific-missions/>) (up to €2k) [Short-Term Scientific Missions can be of 5-180 days duration, and can, for example, be used to participate in existing European Study Groups with Industry, please see the webpage <http://www.maths-in-industry.org/future/> for upcoming workshops]. - *European Study Groups* <http://mi-network.org/study-groups-with-industry/> (*problem-solving workshops*) with Industry (up to €10k) are now open for applications from academic researchers or industrial practitioners from any COST country <http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/tdp/TD1409?parties> that is part of Action TD1409. The next deadline for all calls is the *30th November 2015*. Applications for activities which will take place before *30th April 2016* are particularly encouraged. Best wishes, Jo and Filipa Dr Joanna Jordan Dr Filipa Vance http://mi-network.org/ @Maths4Industry <https://twitter.com/Maths4Industry> -- ------------------------------------ Alessandra Micheletti Associate Professor - Probability and Mathematical Statistics Dept. of Mathematics Università degli Studi di Milano via Saldini 50, 20133 Milano, Italy phone: +39-02503-16130 fax: +39-02503-16090 http://users.mat.unimi.it/users/michel <http://www.mat.unimi.it/users/michel>

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Statistics Faculty Positions at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
by Peruggia, Mario 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

Description: The Department of Statistics in the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University invites applications for three tenure track assistant professor positions and an open rank position, to begin effective Autumn Semester 2016. We seek energetic researchers in areas of modern statistical methods, computation, and data analysis with preference for expertise as follows: For the open-rank position, expertise in statistics and machine learning. An appointment at the associate or full professor level should have a demonstrated record of scholarly leadership. The assistant professor positions span a range of areas. One position is directed toward environmental analytics; the second position is directed toward predictive modeling for biological applications; the third position is directed toward the design and/or statistical modeling of computer experiments. In all cases, commitments to both methodological research and scientific collaboration are required. Interests in applications to decision analysis in the presence of uncertainty, complex systems, including physical and biological systems as well as those involving human behavior and well-being are of special interest. Faculty members are expected to be dedicated to the development and delivery of educational programs at all levels. Experience working in interdisciplinary teams and mentoring members of underrepresented groups is a plus. All positions are aligned with Ohio State's Discovery Themes Initiative, a significant faculty hiring investment in key thematic areas in which the university can build on its culture of academic collaboration to make a global impact: http://discovery.osu.edu/ Qualifications: Candidates are expected to have a Ph.D. in Statistics, or a related area, by the start of Autumn Semester 2016, and to present evidence of excellence in teaching and in both methodological and collaborative research. Further information about the department can be found at http://www.stat.osu.edu/ About Columbus: The Ohio State University campus is located in Columbus, the capital city of Ohio. Columbus is the center of a rapidly growing and diverse metropolitan area with a population of over 1.5 million. The area offers a wide range of affordable housing, many cultural and recreational opportunities, excellent schools, and a strong economy based on government as well as service, transportation and technology industries (see http<http://liveworkplaycolumbus.com/>://<http://liveworkplaycolumbus.com/>liveworkplaycolumbus<http://liveworkplaycolumbus.com/>.<http://liveworkplaycolumbus.com/>com<http://liveworkplaycolumbus.com/>/<http://liveworkplaycolumbus.com/>). Columbus has consistently been rated as one of the Top U.S. cities for quality of life, and was selected as one of the Top 10 cities for African Americans to live, work, and play by Black Enterprise magazine. Additional information about the Columbus area is available at http://columbus.org/ Application Instructions: Candidates for all positions should apply to Academic Jobs Online at: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/6502. All candidates will be considered for all advertised positions, as judged appropriate by the search committee. Therefore, a single application suffices for all. Complete applications include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statements of research and teaching interests, and three letters of reference, on letterhead, submitted directly to the Academic Jobs Online posting by the writers. Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2015. Applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled. Inquiries may be directed to facultysearch(a)stat.osu.edu<mailto:facultysearch@stat.osu.edu>. The Ohio State University is committed to establishing a culturally and intellectually diverse environment, encouraging all members of our learning community to reach their full potential. We are responsive to dual-career families and strongly promote work-life balance to support our community members through a suite of institutionalized policies. We are an NSF Advance Institution and a member of the Ohio/Western Pennsylvania/West Virginia Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC). The Ohio State University is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, or protected veteran status. ------------------------------ Mario Peruggia Professor of Statistics The Ohio State University ------------------------------

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Seminario JENKINS
by Matteo Ruggiero 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

******************************************************************* STATISTICS SEMINARS @ COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO ******************************************************************* Venerdi 20 Novembre 2015 alle ore 12:00, presso l’Aula Rossa del Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (TO), si terra' il seguente seminario: Paul JENKINS (University of Warwick) EXACT SIMULATION OF THE WRIGHT-FISHER DIFFUSION The Wright-Fisher family of diffusion processes is a class of evolutionary models widely used in population genetics, with applications also in finance and Bayesian statistics. Simulation and inference from these diffusions is therefore of widespread interest. However, simulating a Wright-Fisher diffusion is difficult because there is no known closed-form formula for its transition function. In this talk I show how it is possible to simulate exactly from the scalar Wright-Fisher diffusion with general drift, extending ideas based on retrospective simulation. The key idea is to exploit an eigenfunction expansion representation of the transition function. This approach also yields methods for exact simulation from several processes related to the Wright-Fisher diffusion: (i) its moment dual, the ancestral process of an infinite-leaf Kingman coalescent tree; (ii) its infinite-dimensional counterpart, the Fleming-Viot process; and (iii) its bridges. This is joint work with Dario Spanò. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Il seminario e' organizzato dalla "de Castro" Statistics Initiative (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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Prin 2015
by DI NARDO Elvira 12 Nov '15

12 Nov '15

Segnalo l’uscita del bando PRIN 2015 http://prin.miur.it/ Saluti, EDN -- ...................................................... Elvira Di Nardo Dept. Mathematics, Computer Science and Economics University of Basilicata Viale dell'Ateneo Lucano 10 I-85100 (Potenza) alternative address: dinardo.el(a)gmail.com (room) +390971205890 (cell.) +393470033068 (fax) + 390971205896 (skype) elvira.di.nardo (web) http://oldwww.unibas.it/utenti/dinardo/home.html ......................................................

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PRIN: Progetti di Ricerca di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

Ricevo e inoltro. Cordiali saluti a tutti Tiziano -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiziano Vargiolu Dipartimento di Matematica Phone: +39 049 8271383 Universita' di Padova Fax: +39 049 8271428 Via Trieste, 63 E-mail: vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it I-35121 Padova (Italy) WWW: http://www.math.unipd.it/~vargiolu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 17:27:23 +0100 From: Antonella Basso <basso(a)unive.it> To: Soci AMASES <amases-soci(a)listserv.unive.it> Subject: [amases-soci] PRIN: Progetti di Ricerca di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale Cari Soci AMASES, vi inoltro il seguente avviso di pubblicazione del bando PRIN 2015 (pubblicato sul sito MIUR nelle more della registrazione da parte della Corte dei Conti). Cordiali saluti Antonella Basso ------------------------------------------- PRIN: Progetti di Ricerca di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale E' stato pubblicato il bando PRIN 2015. Il bando finanzia proposte in tutti i temi di ricerca e promuove collaborazioni tra enti, offrendo anche la possibilit? di partecipare individualmente. L'obiettivo del bando ? il rafforzamento delle basi scientifiche nazionali, anche in vista di una pi? efficace partecipazione alle iniziative europee. I progetti, di durata triennale, possono prevedere finanziamento massimo di 1 milione di euro, su un budget totale di 91 milioni; una quota ? riservata ai Principal Investigator di et? inferiore a 40 anni. L'Ufficio Ricerca Nazionale ? disponibile per informazioni e supporto alla presentazione di proposte progettuali. scadenza: 22 dicembre 2015 info: http://attiministeriali.miur.it/anno-2015/novembre/dd-04112015.aspx -- Antonella Basso Dipartimento di Economia Universit? Ca' Foscari Venezia Fondamenta S. Giobbe - Cannaregio 873 30121 Venezia - Italy Tel. +39-041-2346914 - Fax +39-041-2347444 E-mail address: basso(a)unive.it Web page: http://www.unive.it/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=415&persona=000893

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Two Positions at Otago University
by elisa＠mi.imati.cnr.it 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

Alla cortese attenzione dei possibili interessati. Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Statistics (2 positions; both confirmation Path) DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO Te Whare Wananga o Otago Dunedin, New Zealand To build our Statistics Group we are offering an opportunity for two permanent academic appointments that would suit motivated persons who wish to live in the vibrant southern city of Dunedin, gateway to the beautiful Otago Region of New Zealand. These positions are ideal for active researchers who want to further their career in an academic environment, particularly those interested in collaborative research with academics in medical and scientific fields. University of Otago is one of New Zealand's most research intensive Universities and members of the Department are well-placed to collaborate. Research interests of staff at Otago include environmental and ecological statistics, Bayesian inference, statistical theory, point processes, spatial statistics, biostatistics and bioinformatics. We welcome applications from candidates wishing to extend their research in any area of statistics. The successful applicants will teach statistics at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and supervise postgraduate research students. The research/teaching nexus is emphasised at Otago and we structure teaching loads to facilitate personal scholarship of our academics as well as to expose our students to research-informed teaching. Candidates should have a PhD in Statistics, a commitment to ongoing statistical research, and experience in teaching. We welcome international candidates and can provide financial assistance for relocation and visa applications. We encourage academics to maintain international research connections and support this with generous research and study leave provisions. The Department is committed to diversity in staffing and we encourage applications from women and other groups who are under-represented in the mathematical and statistical sciences. The University has generous parental leave provisions and operates childcare centres covering the period birth to eight years. The salary range for a Lecturer is $76,595 to $91,971 and for an exceptional candidate the Senior Lecturer salary range is $96,832 to $120,931. The positions are full time and permanent subject to the satisfactory completion of the confirmation path objectives for new appointees. Note that the U.S. equivalent level of appointment (for Lecturer) is Assistant Professor and that confirmation path is equivalent to tenure-track. Specific enquiries about these positions may be directed to Professor Richard Barker (phone +64 3 479 7756, email rbarker(a)maths.otago.ac.nz). Further details: https://otago.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=1501638 Information about the Department: www.maths.otago.ac.nz. Applications quoting reference number 1501638 close on Friday 15 January 2016. Please apply online at: www.otago.ac.nz/jobs Equal opportunity in employment is University policy. E tautoko ana Te Whare Wananga o Otago i te kaupapa whakaorite whiwhinga mahi. Additional information: Dunedin: www.cityofdunedin.com/ Dunedin City Council: www.dunedin.govt.nz/ Otago: www.otago.co.nz/ University of Otago: www.otago.ac.nz/ Immigration New Zealand: www.immigration.govt.nz/

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I: Multi-armed Bandit Workshop 2016 at STOR-i, Lancaster University, UK
by Cecchi, F. 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

Da: peter.jacko(a)gmail.com [peter.jacko(a)gmail.com] per conto di Peter Jacko [p.jacko(a)lancaster.ac.uk] Oggetto: Multi-armed Bandit Workshop 2016 at STOR-i, Lancaster University, UK -------- Multi-armed Bandit Workshop 2016 at STOR-i, Lancaster University, UK Dates: 11-12 January 2016 Webpage: http://www.stor-i.lancs.ac.uk/research/Workshops/Multi-armed-Bandit-Workshop The STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training, which is a joint venture of the Operational Research group at the Department of Managment Science and the Statistics group at the Department of Mathematics at Lancaster University with strong links to the industry, will be holding a specialist workshop on multi-armed bandits. Lancaster university has a long tradition of research on this topic and several STOR-i PhD students have contributed to it. The multi-armed bandit problem has become classic because of its extreme difficulty. Researchers from different fields, especially statistics, operational research, applied probability and computer science, have made theoretical contributions that in the recent years started gaining wider popularity in practice due to the huge modelling power of this problem. This workshop will provide a forum for stimulating discussions, especially across the approaches that have developed independently of each other. The list of invited speakers includes recognised experts on reinforcement learning bandits, restless bandits, non-parametric bandits, Bayesian bandits, etc., covering both theoretical advances and applications in information technology, business & management, communications networks, health care, etc. We are grateful to EPSRC for support of the series of specialed workshops at STOR-i and to the London Mathematical Society for additional support for this workshop, in particular for significantly enhanced support for UK PhD students. Important Dates Friday 20th November 2015: Abstract submission and student bursaries request deadline Monday 14th December 2015: Registration deadline Monday 11th - Tuesday 12 January 2016: Workshop Invited Speakers (confirmed) Alexandra Carpentier - University of Potsdam, Germany Chris Gamble - Google UK Kevin Glazebrook - Lancaster University, UK Michael N. Katehakis - Rutgers University, USA Emilie Kaufmann - DYOGENE-INRIA, France Odalric Maillard - INRIA France Remi Munos - Google DeepMind, UK Yevgeny Seldin - University of Copenhagen, Denmark Sofia S. Villar - MRC Biostatistics Unit, UK Abstract Submission We invite researchers and practitioners to present their work on multi-armed bandits by submitting an abstract below. Please, send your name, e-mail, affiliation, title and abstract including a list of co-authors in a one-page PDF format by e-mail to stor-i-bandits(a)lancaster.ac.uk<mailto:stor-i-bandits@lancaster.ac.uk> by Friday 20th November 2015. We will aim at accommodating all the accepted abstracts as talks, but some may be accepted as posters. The topics of the workshop include, but are not limited to, the following: - multi-armed bandit formulations: classic, adversial, non-parametric, Bayesian, restless, stochastic, infinitely-armed, many-armed, arm-aquiring bandits, best-arm identification, etc. - theoretical aspects of exploration–exploitation tradeoff in sequential experimental design - optimality and convergence of randomised algorithms, index rules, and myopic policies - characterisation, computation, approximation and learning of (near-)optimal policies - applications of multi-armed bandit models in practice Student bursaries We have funding to support UK PhD students to attend the workshop. To apply, please email stor-i-bandits(a)lancaster.ac.uk<mailto:stor-i-bandits@lancaster.ac.uk> by Friday 20th November with a description of your current research topic and why the workshop is important to you. Registration To register, please go to the registration page: http://online-payments.lancaster-university.co.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?com… . The registration fee is £100 to be paid by Monday 14th December. Registration for STOR-i students is free, but is required by Monday 7th December. The conference fee includes access to the workshop presentations, meals and the conference dinner, but you will need to book your own accommodation. Programme The workshop will be held on Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th January 2016, from 9:00 - 18:00. The workshop dinner will be held on Monday. Detailed program of accepted presentations will be announced in early December 2015 Organisers David Leslie, Steffen Grunewalder, Peter Jacko. Location Postgraduate Statistics Centre Lancaster University Lancaster United Kingdom LA1 4YF -- ------------------------------------- Peter Jacko ------------------------------------- Lecturer in Management Science Department of Management Science Lancaster University Management School Lancaster, LA1 4YX, UK p.jacko(a)lancaster.ac.uk<mailto:p.jacko@lancaster.ac.uk> | +44-15245 94035 | Office B57 scholar.google.com/citations?user=Ym1nWHEAAAAJ<http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Ym1nWHEAAAAJ> http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lums/people/peter-jacko -------------------------------------

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Seminario Dr. Cosetta Minelli - Mendelian Randomisation - 9 novembre 2015
by Alessandro Marcon 09 Nov '15

09 Nov '15

Gentilissimi/e, vi invio un avviso di seminario, con preghiera di massima diffusione. Sede del seminario: Istituti Biologici 2, Università di Verona, strada Le Grazie 8 (VERONA). Distinti saluti, Alessandro Marcon 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 Avviso di SEMINARIO Lunedì 9 novembre 2015 (ore 13.00-13.45) Aula E - Istituti Biologici (Istituti Biologici 2, blocco B, secondo piano) Dr. Cosetta Minelli Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London *Mendelian randomization: * *The use of genes as instruments to strengthen causal inference in epidemiology* Mendelian randomization is an approach that uses genes as instrumental variables to derive unconfounded estimates of the effects of risk factors (e.g. biomarkers) on disease traits, and is therefore increasingly being used in epidemiology to distinguish causal from spurious associations. Since genes are randomly allocated at conception, genetic effects on a biomarker cannot be affected by classical confounding (e.g. lifestyle factors) or reverse causation (e.g. biomarker level being influenced by the presence of disease). Demonstration that a genetic variant known to modify the biomarker also modifies the disease trait represents indirect evidence of a causal biomarker-disease association. The validity of Mendelian Randomization, however, is based on instrumental variable assumptions, the most important being absence of pleiotropy. This talk will describe the approach, discuss ways to assess pleiotropy, highlight opportunities and challenges offered by available genome-wide data, and discuss its extension to the field of epigenetics (two-step epigenetic Mendelian randomization).

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TOR VERGATA - GIOVANNI LUCA TORRISI - MAURIZIA ROSSI - 17 NOVEMBRE
by Valentina Cammarota 06 Nov '15

06 Nov '15

Ciclo di Seminari - Progetto ERC grant PASCAL (Probabilistic and Statistical Techniques for Cosmological Applications) Avviso di seminario al Dipartimento di Matematica, Universita` di Roma Tor Vergata Martedi` 17 novembre Ore 14:15 in Aula D'Antoni Giovanni Luca Torrisi (Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo "Mauro Picone" (C.N.R.)) Gaussian approximation of Hawkes processes Abstract: We give a general Gaussian bound for the innovation of a point process with stochastic intensity constructed by embedding in a bivariate Poisson process. We apply this result to Hawkes processes, providing a quantitative central limit theorem. Ore 16 in Aula Dal Passo Maurizia Rossi (Universita` di Roma Tor Vergata) The geometry of spherical random fields (discussione tesi di dottorato) Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. . Valentina Cammarota Department of Mathematics Universita` degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/english.php https://sites.google.com/site/valentinacammarota/

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TOR VERGATA - COLLOQUIUM GIOVANNI PECCATI - ALESSANDRO ARLOTTO - 18 NOVEMBRE
by Valentina Cammarota 06 Nov '15

06 Nov '15

Ciclo di Seminari - Progetto ERC grant PASCAL (Probabilistic and Statistical Techniques for Cosmological Applications) Annuncio di Colloquium al Dipartimento di Matematica, Universita` di Roma Tor Vergata Mercoledi` 18 novembre 2015 in Aula Dal Passo Ore 15 Giovanni PECCATI (Universite' du Luxenbourg) Connecting and projecting random points: a gate to novel functional estimates Abstract: I will formulate two simple models of stochastic geometry: the first one involves the projection of a random Gaussian point on a closed convex cone, and the second one consists in the construction of a random graph on the plane. For each of them, I will explain how the fluctuations of several key quantities can be controlled by using functional inequalities, like Poincare', logarithmic Sobolev and information/transport estimates. The resulting bounds will allow us to present a number of quantitative results that are part of a growing body of literature focussing on probabilistic approximations via variational techniques, that have been successfully applied to fields as diverse as compressed sensing, the geometry of random fields on homogeneous spaces, polymer models, computer sciences and time series analysis. The presentation will be adapted to a general mathematical audience, and is based on a large number of contributions by many authors, spread over almost a decade. Ore 16: coffee break Ore 16:45 Seminario Alessandro Arlotto (Duke University) Finite Horizon Markov Decision Problems and a Central Limit Theorem for Total Reward Abstract: We prove a central limit theorem for a class of additive processes that arise naturally in the theory of finite horizon Markov decision problems. The main theorem generalizes a classic result of Dobrushin (1956) for temporally non-homogeneous Markov chains, and the principal innovation is that here the summands are permitted to depend on both the current state and a bounded number of future states of the chain. We show through several examples that this added flexibility gives one a direct path to asymptotic normality of the optimal total reward of finite horizon Markov decision problems. The same examples also explain why such results are not easily obtained by alternative Markovian techniques such as enlargement of the state space. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. .. Valentina Cammarota Department of Mathematics Universita` degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/english.php https://sites.google.com/site/valentinacammarota/

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Mini-corso "Martingale Optimal Transport" del prof. Nizar Touzi a Pisa
by Fausto Gozzi 05 Nov '15

05 Nov '15

Si avvisa che nei giorni 9-11 dicembre il prof. Nizar Touzi dell'Ecole Polytechnique terrÃ un mini-corso dal titolo "Martingale Optimal Transport" presso il Dipartimento di Matematica dell'UniversitÃ di Pisa. L'abstract ed il calendario sono riportati di seguito. -------------------------------------------------------------- - MER 9/12: ore 16 - 18 (Aula riunioni) - GIO 10/12: ore 10 - 12 (Aula seminari) - GIO 10/12: ore 15 - 17 (Aula seminari) - VEN 11/12: ore 9 - 13 (Aula seminari) Abstract: We provide an introduction to martingale optimal transport. In the context of the one-period version of the problem, we establish the Kantorovitch duality, we discuss the existence for the primal and the dual problems, and we provide the martingale version of the cyclic monotonicity condition together with of the one-dimensional Brenier theorem. We finally show the connection between continuous-time martingale transport and the Skorohod embedding problem, and we provide some applications. Fausto Gozzi >Fausto Gozzi >Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza >LUISS - Guido Carli >Viale Romania, 32 >00197 Roma >Italy >tel 06.85225723 (office) >FAX 06.86506513 >e-mail: fgozzi(a)luiss.it >webpage: http://docenti.luiss.it/gozzi/ > >old addresses: > >Fausto Gozzi >Dipartimento di Matematica per le Decisioni >Economiche Finanziarie e Assicurative >Facolta' di Economia >Universita' di Roma La Sapienza >via del Castro Laurenziano 9 >00161 Roma >Italy >tel 06/49766275 (office) >FAX 06/49766765 > >and also > >Fausto Gozzi >Dipartimento di Matematica >Universita' di Pisa >via Filippo Buonarroti n. 2 >56127 Pisa >Italy >tel 050/2213270 >FAX 050/2213224 >e-mail: GOZZI(a)DM.UNIPI.IT --- Questa e-mail è stata controllata per individuare virus con Avast antivirus. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Conference MAF 2016 - Second call for paper
by Marco Corazza 05 Nov '15

05 Nov '15

====================================================== Seventh International Conference on MAF 2016 - MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL METHODS FOR ACTUARIAL SCIENCES AND FINANCE March 30-31 and April 1, 2016 University Paris-Dauphine - Paris (France) http://maf2016-paris.dauphine.fr/fr.html ====================================================== Second call for papers ====================================================== Dear All, the seventh international conference "MAF 2016 - MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL METHODS FOR ACTUARIAL SCIENCES AND FINANCE" will be held from March 30 to April 1, 2016 at the University Paris-Dauphine, in Paris (France). You can download the instructions for authors and the template from the webpage: http://maf2016-paris.dauphine.fr/fr/registration-submission.html. Here, I highlight only a few things: 1) Submission of abstracts (no more than two pages) within December 1, 2015. 2) Notification of the abstract acceptance within January 11th, 2016. 3) Please, give the widest possible diffusion to the call for paper. See you in Paris, Marco (Corazza) P.S. - Apologies for cross sending. -- Marco Corazza Department of Economics Ca' Foscari University of Venice San Giobbe, Cannaregio 873 30121 Venezia, Italy Mobile: (+39) 366 602-9134 Phone: (+39) 041 234-6921 Fax: (+39) 041 234-7444 E-mail: corazza(a)unive.it -- <<If a risk measure is coherent for return distributions, it may not be coherent for payoff distributions.>> S.T. Rachev, S.V. Stoyanov, F.J. Fabozzi, “A probability metrics approach to financial risk measures”, Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 [pag. 150]

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Postdoc position in Probability, at the University of Bath, UK
by Pietro Caputo 05 Nov '15

05 Nov '15

Postdoc in probability at the University of Bath, UK A postdoc (research associate) position is available in the area of probability starting from 1st October 2016, or a date to be agreed. The position will be available for up to 3 years. The position is funded by the EPSRC fellowship "Mathematical analysis of strongly correlated processes on discrete dynamic structures" of Dr. Alexandre Stauffer. The area of research will be centered on the mathematical analysis of random large-scale interacting systems, such as interacting particle systems, random walks and other stochastic processes in random or dynamic environments, percolation, spin systems, and dynamically evolving graphs. The ideal candidate is expected to have a strong background in probability theory, and have a PhD in mathematics, theoretical computer science or related areas. The successful applicant will be associated with the probability laboratory (Prob-L@B) of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Bath. Prob-L@B is one of the world’s most vibrant probability groups, with eight permanent members, a large cohort of PhD students and postdocs, and a large number of different research activities and international visitors. Applications made to the on-line system should include: * an updated curriculum vitae, * the names and contact details of three academic referees, * a one-page research statement describing your research interests, your experience in the area of the position and your career aspirations. Deadline for applications: 20th January 2016. To apply, go to http://www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy.aspx?ref=FY3536 Interview of short-listed applicants is expected to take place in the week of 15th February 2016. For informal enquiries please contact Dr. Alexandre Stauffer (a.stauffer(a)bath.ac.uk). For more information visit the website of Dr. Alexandre Stauffer (http://people.bath.ac.uk/ados20/) and Prob-L@B (http://www.bath.ac.uk/research/centres/probability-laboratory/).

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de Finetti Risk seminar - november 2015
by Emanuela Rosazza 04 Nov '15

04 Nov '15

On behalf of the Scientific Committee of the de Finetti Risk Seminars, we are glad to invite you to participate at the following Lecture Title: Dynamic programming approach to Principal-Agent problems NIZAR TOUZI Ecole Polytechnique, Paris - France Abstract: We consider a general formulation of the Principal-Agent problem from Contract Theory, on a finite horizon. We show how to reduce the problem to a stochastic control problem which may be analyzed by the standard tools of control theory. In particular, Agent’s value function appears naturally as a controlled state variable for the Principal’s problem. Our argument relies on the Backward Stochastic Differential Equations approach to non-Markovian stochastic control, and more specifically, on the most recent extensions to the second order case. LOCATION: The seminar will be held on Wednesday, November 18, at 18.00, Aula di rappresentanza, Dept. of Mathematics, Milano University, Via C. Saldini 50, 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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conferenza su "Guido Castelnuovo" 5 novembre 2015 Dip MATEMATICA, ROMA1
by Nappo, Giovanna 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

In occasione dei 150 anni dalla nascita di Guido Castelnuovo giovedì 5 novembre presso il Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Roma La Sapienza Piazzale Aldo Moro 2 si terrà una giornata dedicata alla sua figura di matematico e di didatta. Guido Castelnuovo, che fu un valente geometra, ebbe anche un ruolo chiave nello sviluppo della probabiltà in Italia: nel 1919 pubblicò il suo manuale di Calcolo delle probabilità, il primo libro di probabilità scritto in Italiano, successivamente ampliato sino alla terza edizione del 1948, e istituì la cattedra di Probabilità qui alla Sapienza, che tenne per diversi anni. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare Giovanna Nappo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Guido Castelnuovo: un ricordo a 150 anni dalla nascita Aula Picone del Dipartimento di Matematica 5 Novembre 2015 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROGRAMMA Mattina 9.30-10.00 Saluti del Rettore, del Preside e del Direttore 10.00-11.00 Paola GARIO, Guido Castelnuovo: l'uomo e lo scienziato 11.00-11.30 Pausa caffè 11.30-12.00 Enrico ROGORA, Guido Castelnuovo e la Facoltà di Scienze 12.00-12.30 Eugenio REGAZZINI, Guido Castelnuovo e gli albori della Probabilità e della Statistica Matematica in Italia 12.30-13.00 Marta MENGHINI, Guido Castelnuovo e l’insegnamento della Matematica Pomeriggio 14.30-15.30 Enrico ARBARELLO, Guido Castelnuovo e la Geometria Algebrica Italiana 15.30-16.30 Edoardo SERNESI, Guido Castelnuovo e il teorema di Riemann-Roch 16.30-17.30 Ciro CILIBERTO, Guido Castelnuovo: il bello della razionalità Gli organizzatori Enrico Rogora, Marta Menghini, Giovanna Nappo ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Miniworkshop "Biostatistica: un punto di incontro tra Matematica e Medicina", Università di Torino
by Maria teresa Giraudo 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

L'11 novembre prossimo dalle 9:15 alle 16:30 si svolgerà nella sala Principi di Acaja del Rettorato dell'Università di Torino in Via Verdi 8 il Miniworkshop "Biostatistica: un punto di incontro tra Matematica e Medicina". Gli argomenti trattati consentono di esemplificarecome la matematica avanzata possa essere utilizzata in biostatistica e mettono in evidenza la natura interdisciplinare che li caratterizza. La partecipazione è libera, tuttavia le persone interessate a prendervi parte sono cortesemente pregate di inviarmi una mail entro il 6 novembre. Per ulteriori informazioni vi invito a visitare il sito https://sites.google.com/site/biostatunito/ Grazie molte, saluti cordiali Maria Teresa Giraudo

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Concorso MAT/06
by Cristina Zucca 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

Carissimi, segnalo che nella Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 85 del 3/11/2015 è stato pubblicato l'avviso relativo alla bandizione della procedura selettiva (riservata ai sensi dell'art.18, comma 4 della L. 240/2010) per Professore di seconda fascia da coprire mediante chiamata ai sensi dell'art. 18 comma 1 della Legge 240/2010: - n. 1 posto - settore concorsuale 01/A3 - ssd MAT/06 Il relativo bando, pubblicato all'Albo di Ateneo, è disponibile al link http://iisced04.rettorato.unito.it/concorsi/rtd_scheda.pl?XY=C&codice=114AR oppure seguendo il percorso "www.unito.it" - "Università e Lavoro" - "Opportunità ed esperienze di Lavoro" "Personale Docente e Ricercatore" - "Procedure selettive per la chiamata di Professori di I e II fascia - Art.18, Legge 240/2010" Il termine di scadenza per la presentazione delle domande è il 3/12/2015. Cordiali saluti, Cristina Zucca -- Dr. Cristina Zucca Department of Mathematics University of Torino Via Carlo Alberto 10 10123 Torino, Italy tel: +39-011-6702850 fax: +39-011-6702878

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SMPS 2016
by Barbara Vantaggi 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

[please distribute - apologies for multiple postings] SMPS 2016 8th International Conference on Soft Methods in Probability and Statistics September 12 - 14, 2016 Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy http://www.sbai.uniroma1.it/smps2016 =========================================================== VENUE =========================================================== SMPS 2016 will be held in Rome, Italy. The conference venue will be San Pietro in Vincoli (Via Eudossiana, 18), in the historic centre of Rome, directly overlooking the Coliseum and next to the ancient Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli, home to Michelangelo’s statue of Moses. =========================================================== SCOPE and TOPICS =========================================================== The scope of SMPS 2016 is to bring together experts working on and with Soft Methods in Probability and Statistics. SMPS 2016 invites submissions of papers dealing with a variety of topics in soft methods in probability and statistics, which include, but are not limited to: - Analysis of Censored Data - Analysis of Fuzzy Data - Random Sets - Fuzzy Random Variables - Fuzzy Regression Methods - Triangular Norms and Copulas - Imprecise Probabilities - Dempster-Shafer Theory - Robust Methods - Clustering and Classification - Graphical Models - Machine Learning - Heuristic Optimization - Soft Computing and Statistics - Statistical Software for Imprecise Data - Applications in Biology, Economics etc. =========================================================== PROCEEDINGS =========================================================== Papers accepted for presentation will be published in an edited volume of the series Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing from Springer-Verlag. Full papers of 5-8 pages written in English and fulfilling the instructions for authors should be submitted not later than February 15, 2016, camera-ready versions of the accepted papers not later than April 30, 2016 (tentative). For accepted contributions to be included in the sessions and proceedings of the conference, the payment of the conference fees should be made not later than May 20, 2016. After the Conference there will be a SPECIAL ISSUE of International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (IJAR) dedicated to SMPS 2016. For this, all the selected papers will have to pass a regular reviewing process. =========================================================== PLENARY SPEAKERS =========================================================== Ana Colubi (University of Oviedo, Spain) Thierry Denoeux (University of Technology of Compiègne, France) Massimo Marinacci (Bocconi University, Italy) =========================================================== IMPORTANT DATES =========================================================== Proposal for organized sessions: December 15, 2015 Acceptance for organized sessions: January 10, 2016 Paper submission deadline: February 15, 2016 Notification of paper acceptance: April 10, 2016 Revised paper due: April 30, 2016 Early registration deadline: May 20, 2016 =========================================================== ORGANIZATION =========================================================== General Chairs: - Maria Brigida Ferraro (Rome, Italy) - Paolo Giordani (Rome, Italy) - Barbara Vantaggi (Rome, Italy) Executive Board: - María Ángeles Gil (Oviedo, Spain) - Przemyslaw Grzegorzewski (Warsaw, Poland) - Olgierd Hryniewicz (Warsaw, Poland) Best regards, Maria Brigida Ferraro, Paolo Giordani, Barbara Vantaggi SMPS 2016 Chairs – Sapienza University of Rome =========================================================== http://www.sbai.uniroma1.it/smps2016 ===========================================================

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Workshop "Fractional differential equations" - Sapienza - 6/11/2015
by Luisa Beghin 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

Venerdì *6 Novembre 2015 dalle ore 14:30* presso l'*aula 34* del *Dipartimento di Scienze Statistcihe * Università *Sapienza*, p.le A.Moro 5, Roma si svolgerà il workshop: *Fractional differential equations and their applications in probability theory and physics * con il seguente programma *Probability theory and its applications:* 14,30 G.Basile (Dip.Matematica, La Sapienza), From a phonon Boltzmann equation to a fractional diffusion 15,00 C.Ricciuti (Dip.Scienze Statistiche, La Sapienza), Time non-homogeneous jump processes and variable order operators *Biophysical applications:* 15,30 J.Carcione (OGS), Wave simulation in biologic media based on the Kelvin-Voigt fractional derivative stress-strain relation16,00 A.Gabrielli (CNR ISC), NMR Anomalous Diffusion Measurements to investigate complex systems Mathematical Analysis: 17,00 F.Ferrari (Dip.Matematica, Università di Bologna), A weighted parabolic problem and the definition of the Marchaud derivative *Mathematical methods and physical applications:* 17,30 M.Fabrizio (Dip. Matematica, Università di Bologna), On new definitions of fractional derivatives 18,00 G.Dattoli (ENEA), Application of the evolution operator method for fractional partial equation and application to Physical problems, from relativistic equations to anomalous diffusion Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. ***************************************************************** 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/dipartimento/persone/beghin-luisa *****************************************************************

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Seminario di Economia e Probabilita' a RM1
by Fabio Spizzichino 01 Nov '15

01 Nov '15

La Dr.ssa Eleonora Perversi (Dipartimento di Matematica, Universita' di Pavia) terrà, presso il Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Universita' La Sapienza, un seminario su *Inequality and risk aversion in economies open to altruistic attitudes* Mercoledi' 4 Novembre, ore 14.00, Aula Picone Dipartimento di Matematica, Piazzale A. Moro, Roma Tutte le persone interessate sono invitate ad intervenire Fabio Spizzichino Abstract: In recent years there has been a great interest in the phenomenon of economic inequality, especially in relation to its connection with other important aspects of an advanced economy, for example attitude towards risk, growth, financial developments, and so on. In this talk, based on a joint work with Eugenio Regazzini, I will introduce a model for the surplus/deficit distribution, which points out a relationship between agents' risk aversion and inequality. More precisely, on the one hand, the long-time surplus/deficit distribution turns out to be a weak Pareto law whose exponent is given by an affine transformation of the agents relative risk aversion index, supposed to be the same for every agent. On the other hand, it is proved that concentration in a weak Pareto law can be measured through a function of its exponent. This way, a link is established between inequality and risk aversion. Finally, some feasible actions of economic policies suitable for the control of inequality are derived.

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Energy and Commodity Finance Conference 2016 - ESSEC Business School - Paris (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 30 Oct '15

30 Oct '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 10:44:38 +0000 From: Sekretariat LEF <sekretariat.lef(a)wiwinf.uni-due.de> Cc: "\"Kiesel, R?diger\"" <Ruediger.Kiesel(a)uni-due.de> Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS: Energy and Commodity Finance Conference 2016 - ESSEC Business School - Paris Dear All, Attached please find the call for papers as well as more information on the Energy and Commodity Finance Conference taking place in Paris on 23 and 24 June 2016. Sincerely, Kirsten van der Koelen (Secretary to Professor R?diger Kiesel) Kirsten van der Koelen Lehrstuhl f?r Energiehandel und Finanzdienstleistungen Universit?t Duisburg-Essen Campus Essen Raum R09 R00 H35 Universit?tsstra?e 12 45141 Essen phone: +49 (0)201 183-4973 http://www.lef.wiwi.uni-due.de/ cid:ii_ifzgl33r0_150859ff1b992800 ? cid:ii_ifwqb9m81_1507bc9516360da0 ? ? Dear Colleague, The Energy and Commodity Finance Conference 2016 follows in the footsteps of a long standing series of Energy Finance meetings that held their first event in London in 2004 and nowadays represents the benchmark academic conference in the area. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS cid:ii_ifyp5eig13_15082e0cba744094 ? ? ? SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ? Carol Alexander (University of Sussex) ? Giovanni Barone-Adesi (Universit? della Svizzera Italiana) ? Fred Espen Benth (University of Oslo) ? Derek Bunn (London Business School) ? Jaime Casassus (Pontificia Universidad Cat?lica de Chile) ? Anna Creti (University Paris Dauphine) ? Rita D'Ecclesia (University of Rome La Sapienza) ? Jer?me Detemple (Boston University) ? Ronald Huisman (Erasmus University) ? Sebastian Jaimungal (University of Toronto) ? Scott Linn (University of Oklahoma) ? Nikos Nomikos (Cass Business School) ? Michel Robe (American University) ? Andrea Roncoroni (ESSEC Business School) ? Duane Seppi (Carnegie Mellon University) ? Ke Tang (Tsinghua University) ? Luca Taschini (London School of Economics) ? Anders Trolle (Swiss Finance Institute) ? Rafal Weron (Wroclaw University of Technology) TOPICS The conference covers all areas of energy finance and commodity finance, including: ? Asset pricing and hedging ? Contract securitization and derivative structuring ? Risk measurements and management ? Asset management and portfolio allocation ? Trading strategies and operations ? Macro market analysis and microstructure ? Corporate finance of producers and end consumers ? Long-term investment financing ? Regulation (EMIR, REMIT, MIFID, Dodd-Franck) ? Quantitative financial modeling ? Econometric analysis and statistics ? Physical operations management ? Real options and physical asset valuation ? Decision theory and the following markets: ? Conventional fossil energy: oil, gas, refined products ? Electricity ? Metals: precious, base, ferrous, specialist non-ferrous, rare ? Agriculturals: softs, grains and seeds, livestock ? Renewable energy sources ? Commoditized services (CO2 allowances, shipping freights) ? Weather-linked securities ? Currencies A round table will gather academic and professional experts to discuss major aspects of the financialization of energy and commodity markets in the current global environment, including international trading and investment opportunities, production-side corporate finance challenges, end consumer dynamics, accounting standards, and regulatory compliance. IMPORTANT DATES ? March 1, 2016: Submission deadline (full/working papers, PDF files) ? April 15, 2016: Notification of acceptance/rejection ? May 1, 2016: Registration deadline (early bird) WEBSITE For additional information, you are welcome to visit: http://ecomfin2016.essec.edu/ Energy and Commodity Finance 2016 website CONTACT For administrative inquiries, please write to: ecomfin2016(a)essec.edu ?We look forward to meeting you in Paris. Sincerely, The Organizing Committee (Francis Declerck, Giovanni Pagliardi, Sofia Ramos, Andrea Roncoroni) and The Energy and Commodity Finance Association Board (?lvaro Cartea, R?diger Kiesel, Andrea Roncoroni) cid:ii_ifwfoceb1_1507ab8b5fa953e7 -- Energy and Commodity Finance RESEARCH CENTER

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Seminario Luciano Campi: On the support of extremal martingale measures [ presso DipMat UniTn ]
by Luca di persio 30 Oct '15

30 Oct '15

On the support of extremal martingale measures 4 novembre 2015 *Luogo:* Dipartimento di Matematica, via Sommarive, 14 - Povo (TN) - Aula Seminari *Ore* 15:00 *Relatore: * - *Luciano Campi *( LSE ) *Abstract: * After discussing some characterisations of extremal measures with given marginals available in the literature, going from functional analysis to combinatorics, we will turn to their martingale counterparts whose study is related to robust pricing and hedging. In particular, we will give some sufficient and necessary conditions with a geometric and combinatorial flavour for a given set to be the support of an extremal martingale measure with pre-specified discrete marginals. Some open problems will be discussed as well. This is based on joint work with Claude Martini. Il seminario si svolge all'interno del progetto Research in Pairs "McKean-Vlasov dynamics with Lévy noise with applications to systemic risk" , L.Campi e L. Di Persio , finanziato dal CIRM __ Luca Di Persio - PhD assistant professor of Probability and Mathematical Finance Dept. Informatics University of Verona strada le Grazie 15 - 37134 Verona - Italy Tel : +39 045 802 7968 Dept. Math University of Trento V. Sommarive, 14 - 38123 Povo - Italy Tel : +39 0461 281686

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Kolmogorov meets Turing II: November 24th at Tor Vergata
by Pietro Caputo 30 Oct '15

30 Oct '15

=================================== Kolmogorov meets Turing II Workshop on probabilistic methods for the analysis of stochastic processes and randomized algorithms Where: Macroarea di Ingegneria, Universita Tor Vergata di Roma. Via del Politecnico, Roma - Aula Leonardo. When: Tuesday November 24th, 2015, 2:30 - 6:30 pm *Abstract* Following the spirit of the first edition held in Sapienza University of Rome, the goal of this workshop is to offer a multidisciplinary perspective over recent research directions in different areas, including applied probability theory, discrete mathematics and algorithmics, whose common denominator is the application of probabilistic tools to the analysis of complex stochastic processes and algorithms. *Schedule* 2:30 - 3:20. Luca Trevisan (UC Berkeley): Beating the random assignment on constraint satisfaction problems of bounded degree. 3:20 - 4:10. Stefano Leonardi (Univ. La Sapienza): Simple and efficient mechanisms for bayesian auctions. 4:10 - 4:50. Coffee Break 4:50 - 5:40. Fabio Martinelli (Univ. Roma Tre): Dynamics of lattice triangulations on thin rectangles. 5:40 - 6:30. Francesco Pasquale (Univ. Tor Vergata): Stabilizing Consensus Dynamics. *Registration* It is free but participants should send an email to clementi - at - mat.uniroma2.it by November 14th with subject KMT_II Organizing committee: Luca Becchetti, Andrea Clementi, Emanuele Natale, Francesco Pasquale ===================================

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Assegno di ricerca Univ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Milano
by Consonni Guido 29 Oct '15

29 Oct '15

Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche Si comunica che sul sito http://progetti.unicatt.it/progetti-ateneo-Bando_2063_ita.pdf e' disponibile il bando per un Assegno di ricerca annuale (rinnovabile per ulteriori tre anni) (DR 2063) sul tema : Disegni sperimentali ottimi la scheda per la domanda e' reperibile al seguente indirizzo http://progetti.unicatt.it/progetti-ateneo-milano-brescia-piacenza-e-cremon… Scadenza per la presentazione della domanda 25 novembre p.v. Per informazioni: Guido Consonni Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Largo Gemelli, 1 20123 Milano; ITALY https://sites.google.com/site/consonnibayes/home Ph: +39 02 7234 3049

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Seminario ENRICO SCALAS @ UniTo
by Federico Polito 29 Oct '15

29 Oct '15

********************************************************************* SEMINARI DI PROBABILITA' E STATISTICA MATEMATICA DIPARTIMENTO DI MATEMATICA "G. PEANO" UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO ********************************************************************* Martedì 10 Novembre 2015 alle ore 14:30 in Aula C 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 EXACTLY-SOLVABLE NON-MARKOVIAN DYNAMIC NETWORK Abstract: Non-Markovian processes are widespread in natural and human-made systems, yet explicit modelling and analysis of such systems is underdeveloped. In this letter we consider a dynamic network with random link activation and deletion (RLAD) with non-exponential inter-event times. We study a semi-Markov random process when the inter-event times are heavy tailed Mittag-Leffler distributed, thus considerably slowing down the corresponding Markovian dynamics and study the system far from equilibrium. We derive an analytically and computationally tractable system of forward equations utilizing the Caputo derivative for the probability of having a given number of active links in the network. http://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.92.042801 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 6702937 Web: www.federicopolito.it

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Deadline approaching: Winter School in Padova (February 2016)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 29 Oct '15

29 Oct '15

Dear all, this is to remind you that the deadline for the Winter School "Frontiers in Stochastic Modelling for Finance" is October, 31. For more details, see below and on the Winter School's website http://www.maths.univ-evry.fr/conferences/padova2016/index_ws.htm See you in Padova! Tiziano -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiziano Vargiolu Dipartimento di Matematica Phone: +39 049 8271383 Universita' di Padova Fax: +39 049 8271428 Via Trieste, 63 E-mail: vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it I-35121 Padova (Italy) WWW: http://www.math.unipd.it/~vargiolu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 10:58:14 +0200 From: Giorgia Callegaro <giogiocallegaro(a)gmail.com> To: random(a)mail.dm.unipi.it Subject: [Random] Winter School in Padova (February 2016) Dear all, in collaboration with Evry University, ENSIIE and University Paris Diderot, the Department of Mathematics of the University of Padova (Organizing Committe in Padova: Giorgia Callegaro and Tiziano Vargiolu, Scientific Committe in Padova: Wolfgang J. Runggaldier) is organizing a Winter School on recent advances in Mathematical Finance, that will be held in Padova in the period 8-12 February 2016. Two main courses, on ?Energy Markets? and ?Pricing with Funding and Counterparty Risks? will be given, respectively, by Rene Aid (EdF) and Andrea Pallavicini (Banca IMI and Imperial College). Moreover, four mini-course are scheduled, on longevity risk (Nicole El Karoui), optimal stopping (Goran Peskir), polynomial processes (Martin Larsson) and numerical methods (Nadia Oudjane). More details can be found at the link: http://www.maths.univ-evry.fr/conferences/padova2016/index_ws.htm#section1 Accomodation during the period 7-12 February will provided to a limited number of students (maximum 35) selected among candidates who will send us, via the online form available here: http://www.maths.univ-evry.fr/conferences/padova2016/Application_ws.htm#sec… their CV and recommendation letter before the 31st October 2015. Thanks for your attention and see you in Padova! Giorgia Callegaro on behalf of the Organizing Committee -- Giorgia Callegaro Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics University of Padova Via Trieste 63 , I-35121 Padova - ITALY Tel: +39-0498271481 Fax: +39-0498271499 E-Mail: gcallega(a)math.unipd.it Web-page: https://sites.google.com/site/giogiocallegaro/Home ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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Politecnico di Milano - Seminari Jim Ramsay e Michelle Carey
by Laura M. Sangalli 28 Oct '15

28 Oct '15

Si avvisa che in data 6-11-2015, alle ore 10:30 precise, presso l'Aula Seminari "F. Saleri" VI piano - Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano, nell'ambito delle iniziative MOX, si svolgeranno i seguente seminari: ore 10:30 Jim Ramsay, McGill University, Exploring Functional Data with Dynamic Models ore 11:30 Michelle Carey, McGill University, Data2PDE: an iterative scheme for obtaining data driven estimates of the parameters of PDEs defined over complex domains Seguono gli abstracts dei due seminari. Jim Ramsay Exploring Functional Data with Dynamic Models Discrete observations of curves are often smoothed by attaching a penalty to the error sum of squares, and the most popular penalty is the integrated squared second derivative of the function that fits the data. But it has been known since the earliest days of smoothing splines that, if the linear differential operator D^2 is replaced by a more general differential operator L that annihilates most of the variation in the observed curves, then the resulting smooth has less bias and greatly reduced mean squared error. This talk will show how we can use the data to estimate such an operator. The differential equation estimated in this way is already an interesting model for the data that represents the dynamics of the processes being estimated. But, in addition to the advantages in bias and MSE, it emerges that exciting new ways of representing the data emerge that use an orthogonal basis system defined by the estimated operator. M. Carey Data2PDE: an iterative scheme for obtaining data driven estimates of the parameters of PDEs defined over complex domains Spatial data are abundant in many scientific fields, some examples include; satellite images of the earth, temperature readings from multiple weather stations and the spread of an infectious disease over a particular region. In many instances the spatial data are accompanied by mathematical models expressed in terms of partial differential equations (PDEs). These PDEs determine the theoretical aspects of the behaviour of the physical, chemical or biological phenomena considered. The parameters of the PDEs are typically unknown and must be inferred from expert knowledge of the phenomena considered. In this talk I will discuss extending the profiling with parameter cascading procedure outlined in Ramsay et al (2007) to incorporate PDE parameter estimation. Furthermore, following from Sangalli et al. (2013) the estimation procedure is extended to include nite element methods (FEMs). This allows the proposed method to account for attributes of the geometry of the physical problem such as irregular shaped domains, external and internal boundary features and strong concavities. Thus this talk introduces a methodology for data driven estimates of the parameters of PDEs dened over complex domains. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Cordiali saluti, Laura Sangalli -- Laura Maria Sangalli MOX - Dipartimento di Matematica Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 20133 Milano - Italy tel: +39 02 2399 4554 fax: +39 02 2399 4568 email: laura.sangalli(a)polimi.it url: http://mox.polimi.it/~sangalli

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PIETRO CAPUTO - GIOVEDI 29 - TOR VERGATA - CICLO SEMINARI PASCAL
by Valentina Cammarota 27 Oct '15

27 Oct '15

Ciclo di Seminari - Progetto ERC grant PASCAL (Probabilistic and Statistical Techniques for Cosmological Applications) Giovedi` 29 ottobre ore 15:00 Aula Dal Passo Dipartimento di Matematica Università di Roma Tor Vergata Prof. Pietro Caputo Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica, Università Roma Tre Titolo: Dynamical phase transition in random lattice triangulations Abstract: We consider lattice triangulations, i.e., triangulations of the integer points in Euclidean plane. Our focus is on random triangulations in which a triangulation \sigma has weight \lambda^{|\sigma|}, where \lambda is a positive real parameter and |\sigma| is the total length of the edges in \sigma. Empirically, this model exhibits a phase transition at \lambda=1 (corresponding to the uniform distribution): for \lambda<1 distant edges behave essentially independently, while for \lambda>1 very large regions of aligned edges appear. We substantiate this picture as follows. For \lambda<1 sufficiently small, we show that correlations between edges decay exponentially with distance (suitably defined), and also that the Glauber dynamics, namely the local Markov chain based on flipping edges, is rapidly mixing (in time polynomial in the number of edges in the triangulation). By contrast, for \lambda>1 we show that the mixing time is exponential. For thin rectangular regions we obtain sharp mixing time bounds for all values of \lambda<1. This is joint work with F. Martinelli, A. Sinclair and A. Stauffer Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. . Valentina Cammarota Department of Mathematics Universita` degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/english.php https://sites.google.com/site/valentinacammarota/

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Doctoral Seminar at LUISS
by Marco Scarsini 27 Oct '15

27 Oct '15

This is to invite you to our next doctoral seminar, on Thursday, October 29th, from 13:00 to 14:00 in room 405b. The speakers is Anna Zseleva (Maastricht University). The work presented will be: Title: Zero-sum games with charges Abstract: We consider two-player zero-sum games with infinite action spaces and bounded payoff functions. The players' strategies are finitely additive probability measures, called charges. Since a strategy profile does not always induce a unique expected payoff, we distinguish two extreme attitudes of players. A player is viewed as pessimistic if he always evaluates the range of possible expected payoffs by the worst one, and a player is viewed as optimistic if he always evaluates it by the best one. This approach results in a definition of a pessimistic and an optimistic value for each player. We provide an extensive analysis of the relation between these values, and connect them to the classical values. In addition, we also examine existence of optimal strategies with respect to these values. Updated calendar of our seminars at: http://ricerca.economiaefinanza.luiss.it/calendar ******************************************************* Marco Scarsini Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza LUISS Viale Romania 32 00197 Roma, ITALY URL: http://docenti.luiss.it/scarsini/

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DRM 2015 - final program
by Fabio Bellini 27 Oct '15

27 Oct '15

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seminario di Pablo Rodriguez a Milano-Bicocca
by daniela.bertacchi 26 Oct '15

26 Oct '15

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ANNUNCIO DI SEMINARIO ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Il giorno 30 ottobre 2015, alle ore 14 in aula 2109 del Dipartimento di matematica e Applicazioni dell'Università di Milano-Bicocca, il dott. PABLO RODRIGUEZ (Department of Applied Math. and Statistics, Universidade de Sao Paulo. Sao Carlos, Brazil.) terrà un seminario dal titolo PHASE TRANSITIONS IN SOME STOCHASTIC TOY-MODELS. Abstract: The aim of the talk is to discuss about the formulation and phase transition results regarding three stochastic toy-models. More precisely, we consider a modified ErdosRényi random graph, an accessibility percolation model on trees and an interacting particle system on Zd. We will discuss about motivation, results, open problems, and some ideas for the proofs. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare Daniela Bertacchi ********************************************* * Daniela Bertacchi * Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni * Università di Milano-Bicocca * Via Cozzi 53 * 20125 Milano * * Tel. +39 0264485716 * Fax +39 0264485705 * email: daniela.bertacchi(a)unimib.it * http://www.matapp.unimib.it/~bertacchi *********************************************

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Postdoc on Models and algorithms for large networks from Big Data
by Fabrizio Lillo 26 Oct '15

26 Oct '15

The call for a two-year postdoc is open at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (Italy). The topic of the research is *Models and algorithms for large networks from Big Data”* under the following EU project: *“SoBigData Research Infrastructure”, *Acronym “*SoBigData*” (call H-2020-INFRAIA-2014-2015). The details of the call are at http://www.sns.it/en/servizi/job/assegnidiricerca/assegno502/ The research fellow shall carry out the following activities: study and implementation of models and algorithms for the study and inference of large complex networks of social, economic, financial, and computational origin; networks from time series; social pattern discovery; empirical analysis of Big Data. The deadline is November 9. I would be grateful if you could forward this message to any potentially interested candidate. The interested candidates can either contact me (fabrizio.lillo(a)sns.it) or the addresses in the call in case they need further information. Thanks and all the best, Fabrizio Lillo ---------------------------------------- Fabrizio Lillo Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa Piazza dei Cavalieri 7 56126 Pisa ITALY Check the new website: fabriziolillo.wordpress.com phone: +39 050509159

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LUISS Seminar_28/10 Alessandro Arlotto
by Marco Scarsini 26 Oct '15

26 Oct '15

The next Research Seminar of Economics and Finance Dept. is scheduled for Wednesday, October 28th , from 2.30 p.m. to 4.00 p.m., room 205/a, viale Romania. Our guest speaker will be Prof. Alessandro Arlotto (Duke University), who will held a lecture titled “Markov Decision Problems Where Means Bound Variances” Abstract We identify a rich class of finite-horizon Markov decision problems (MDPs) for which the variance of the optimal total reward can be bounded by a simple linear function of its expected value. The class is characterized by three natural properties: reward nonnegativity and boundedness, existence of a do-nothing action, and optimal action monotonicity. These properties are commonly present and typically easy to check. Implications of the class properties and of the variance bound are illustrated by examples of MDPs from operations research, operations management, financial engineering, and combinatorial optimization. Best regards, Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza Viale Romania, 32 - 00197 Roma economiaefinanza(a)luiss.it t +39 06 85225550 f +39 06 85225985

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Seminario Sergio Albeverio: Symmetries and stochastic differential equations (DipInf - UniVr)
by Luca di persio 23 Oct '15

23 Oct '15

Giovedi' 29 Ottobre, ore 16:30 (16:15 rinfresco, 16:30 inizio seminario) Presso: Dipartimento di Informatica (Sala Verde) Strada le Grazie, 15 https://goo.gl/maps/6mB9N2SSeqC2 Il prof. Sergio Albeverio (HCM - UniBonn) terrà il seguente seminario Title: Symmetries and stochastic differential equations. Abstract: Recently the study of relations between symmetries and stochastic (partial) differential equations has received renewed interest,in particular in relations with areas like hydrodynamics,finance and quantum field theory.The seminar will briefly present some of these developments. Speaker: Sergio Albeverio, HCM - University of Bonn __ Luca Di Persio - PhD assistant professor of Probability and Mathematical Finance Dept. Informatics University of Verona strada le Grazie 15 - 37134 Verona - Italy Dept. Math University of Trento V. Sommarive, 14 - 38123 Povo - Italy Tel : +39 0461 281686

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RETTIFICA ORARIO SEMINARIO PABLO RODRIGUEZ
by Angelica Yohana Pachon Pinzon 22 Oct '15

22 Oct '15

****************************************************** SEMINARI DI PROBABILITA' E STATISTICA DIPARTIMENTO DI MATEMATICA G. PEANO UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO ****************************************************** *Si comunica che il seminario del Dott. Pablo Rodriguez e' spotato alle ore 12:00 del 29/10/2015 in Aula 1 presso il Dipartimento di Matematica "G. Peano" dell'Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Carlo Alberto 10. * Il Dott. PABLO RODRIGUEZ (Department of Applied Math. and Statistics, Universidade de São Paulo. São Carlos, Brazil.) terrà un seminario dal titolo PHASE TRANSITIONS IN SOME STOCHASTIC TOY-MODELS. Abstract: The aim of the talk is to discuss about the formulation and phase transition results regarding three stochastic toy-models. More precisely, we consider a modified Erdős–Rényi random graph, an accessibility percolation model on trees and an interacting particle system on Zd. We will discuss about motivation, results, open problems, and some ideas for the proofs. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Cordiali saluti, Angelica Pachon. ---------------------------------------------------------- Dipartimento di Matematica “Giuseppe Peano” Università degli Studi di Torino Via Carlo Alberto 10, 10123 Torino

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RETIFICA ORARIO SEMINARIO PABLO RODRIGUEZ
by Angelica Yohana Pachon Pinzon 22 Oct '15

22 Oct '15

****************************************************** SEMINARI DI PROBABILITA' E STATISTICA DIPARTIMENTO DI MATEMATICA G. PEANO UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO ****************************************************** S Giovedi 29 Ottobre 2015 alle ore 11:00 in Aula 3 presso il Dipartimento di Matematica "G. Peano" dell'Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Carlo Alberto 10, Il Dott. PABLO RODRIGUEZ (Department of Applied Math. and Statistics, Universidade de São Paulo. São Carlos, Brazil.) terrà un seminario dal titolo PHASE TRANSITIONS IN SOME STOCHASTIC TOY-MODELS. Abstract: The aim of the talk is to discuss about the formulation and phase transition results regarding three stochastic toy-models. More precisely, we consider a modified Erdős–Rényi random graph, an accessibility percolation model on trees and an interacting particle system on Zd. We will discuss about motivation, results, open problems, and some ideas for the proofs. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare

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Seminario PABLO RODRIGUEZ
by Angelica Yohana Pachon Pinzon 21 Oct '15

21 Oct '15

****************************************************** SEMINARI DI PROBABILITA' E STATISTICA DIPARTIMENTO DI MATEMATICA G. PEANO UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO ****************************** ************************ Giovedi 29 Ottobre 2015 alle ore 11:00 in Aula 3 presso il Dipartimento di Matematica "G. Peano" dell'Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Carlo Alberto 10, Il Dott. PABLO RODRIGUEZ (Department of Applied Math. and Statistics, Universidade de São Paulo. São Carlos, Brazil.) terrà un seminario dal titolo PHASE TRANSITIONS IN SOME STOCHASTIC TOY-MODELS. Abstract: The aim of the talk is to discuss about the formulation and phase transition results regarding three stochastic toy-models. More precisely, we consider a modified Erdős–Rényi random graph, an accessibility percolation model on trees and an interacting particle system on Zd. We will discuss about motivation, results, open problems, and some ideas for the proofs. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare.

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de Finetti Risk Seminar - october 2015
by Emanuela Rosazza 20 Oct '15

20 Oct '15

On behalf of the Scientific Committee of the de Finetti Risk Seminars, we are glad to invite you to participate at the following Lecture A Bayesian Decision-Theoretic Model of Sequential Clinical Trials with Delayed Responses Stephen Chick INSEAD LOCATION: The seminar will be held on Wednesday, October 21, 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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Borse di dottorato e di ricerca in memoria di Guido Cazzavillan (scadenze 8 novembre e 31 ottobre 2015)
by Monica Billio 19 Oct '15

19 Oct '15

Nella primavera del 2014 è prematuramente scomparso un valente studioso di economia, Guido Cazzavillan, che è stato una figura importante in ambito economico e per l'Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, dove è stato direttore del Dipartimento di Economia e componente del Senato Accademico. La famiglia Cazzavillan, attraverso il Dipartimento di Economia dell'Università Ca' Foscari, ha voluto ricordare Guido bandendo una borsa di studio per poter frequentare il primo anno di un corso dottorato presso una Università di eccellenza internazionale (la borsa è rinnovabile per un anno) e una borsa di ricerca post-doc da utilizzare presso una istituzione di livello internazionale sui problemi della povertà e del sottosviluppo, temi che Guido sentiva particolarmente cari. Entrambi i bandi sono disponibili all’indirizzo: http://www.unive.it/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=193090 e si segnala che la scadenza per la borsa di dottorato è l’8 novembre 2015 mentre la scadenza per la borsa di ricerca è il 31 ottobre 2015. Si chiede cortesemente di informare dell'iniziativa giovani e studiosi che potrebbero essere interessati. Grazie per l'attenzione e un cordiale saluto, Monica -- 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://venus.unive.it/billio http://ideas.repec.org/e/pbi55.html http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=303041

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Fwd: Positions in EU project
by Marco Romito 14 Oct '15

14 Oct '15

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Politecnico di Milano - Seminario Bill Sudderth
by Laura M. Sangalli 13 Oct '15

13 Oct '15

Si avvisa che in data 16-10-2015, alle ore 14:30 precise, presso l'Aula Seminari "F. Saleri" VI piano - Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano, nell'ambito delle iniziative MOX, si svolgerà il seguente seminario: Relatore: Bill Sudderth School of Statistics, University of Minnesota Titolo: How to Control a Process to a Goal Abstract: Suppose that you have a fortune of $10 and seek to reach $100 by placing bets at xed odds on repetitions of a given event such as the appearance of red (or black) on each spin of a roulette wheel. What is the best strategy for you to reach your goal? What strategy will get you there in the least expected time? What if you are competing with another player? I will discuss these and related problems in both discrete and continuous time. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Cordiali saluti, Laura Sangalli -- Laura Maria Sangalli MOX - Dipartimento di Matematica Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 20133 Milano - Italy tel: +39 02 2399 4554 fax: +39 02 2399 4568 email: laura.sangalli(a)polimi.it url: http://mox.polimi.it/~sangalli

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Half day in stochastic processes
by Paolo Dai Pra 12 Oct '15

12 Oct '15

Half day in stochastic processes Venerdì 16 Ottobre, presso la Sala Riunioni del VII piano del Dipartimento di Matematica dell’Università di Padova, si svolgeranno i seguenti seminari. 9:15 Eva Locherbach (Université de Cergy-Pontoise). On oscillating systems of interacting neurons 9:55 Vlad Bally (Université de Marne-la-Vallée). Convergence in distribution norms in the CLT 10:35: Francois Delarue (Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis). Restoring uniqueness in mean-field games by randomization of the equilibria 11:15 - 11:30 Break 11:30. Paolo Pigato (Università di Padova e Université de Marne-la-Vallée). Tube Estimates for Hypoelliptic Diffusions and Scaling Properties of Stochastic Volatility Models (Ph.D. Defense) 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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RINVIATO: Seminario Dr. Cosetta Minelli - Mendelian Randomisation - 12 ottobre 2015
by Alessandro Marcon 10 Oct '15

10 Oct '15

Gentilissimi/e, vi avviso che il seminario in oggetto è stato rimandato a data da destinarsi, a causa del grave lutto che ha colpito la nostra Sezione. Il Prof. Roberto de Marco, ordinario di Statistica presso la scuola di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università di Verona, ci ha lasciati ieri mattina. Tutti noi, orgogliosi di essere stati suoi allievi, vi diamo questo annuncio con profondo dolore. L'ultimo saluto verrà dato presso le celle dell'ospedale di Borgo Roma (Verona) lunedì 12 ottobre dalle ore 13.30 alle ore 14.30. Alessandro Marcon 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 2015-09-11 12:15 GMT+02:00 Alessandro Marcon <alessandro.marcon(a)gmail.com>: > > Gentilissimi/e, > vi invio un avviso di seminario, con preghiera di massima diffusione. > > Sede del seminario: Istituti Biologici 2, Università di Verona, strada Le > Grazie 8 (VERONA). > > > Distinti saluti, > Alessandro Marcon > > 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 > > > > Avviso di SEMINARIO > > > > Lunedì 12 ottobre 2015 ore 11.00-11.45 > > Aula Igiene & Statistica > > (Istituti Biologici 2, blocco B, secondo piano) > > > > Dr. Cosetta Minelli > > Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics, National Heart and Lung Institute, > Imperial College London > > > > *Mendelian randomization: * > > *The use of genes as instruments to strengthen causal inference in > epidemiology* > > Mendelian randomization is an approach that uses genes as instrumental > variables to derive unconfounded estimates of the effects of risk factors > (e.g. biomarkers) on disease traits, and is therefore increasingly being > used in epidemiology to distinguish causal from spurious associations. > Since genes are randomly allocated at conception, genetic effects on a > biomarker cannot be affected by classical confounding (e.g. lifestyle > factors) or reverse causation (e.g. biomarker level being influenced by the > presence of disease). Demonstration that a genetic variant known to modify > the biomarker also modifies the disease trait represents indirect evidence > of a causal biomarker-disease association. The validity of Mendelian > Randomization, however, is based on instrumental variable assumptions, the > most important being absence of pleiotropy. This talk will describe the > approach, discuss ways to assess pleiotropy, highlight opportunities and > challenges offered by available genome-wide data, and discuss its extension > to the field of epigenetics (two-step epigenetic Mendelian randomization). > > > > >

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Seminario ROSSELL
by Matteo Ruggiero 09 Oct '15

09 Oct '15

******************************************************************* STATISTICS SEMINARS @ COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO ******************************************************************* Veberdi 16 Ottobre 2015 alle ore 12:00, presso l’Aula Rossa del Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (TO), si terra' il seguente seminario: David ROSSELL (University of Warwick) CONSISTENCY OF POSTERIOR MODEL PROBABILITIES IN HIGH-DIMENSIONAL MODEL SELECTION Abstract: In recent years there has been an increasing interest in developing Bayesian formulations that remain effective in high-dimensional and non-standard problems. We focus on high-dimensional model selection problems where the number of parameters may grow with the sample size, and review results characterizing the situations under which one can hope for the posterior probability assigned to the data-generating truth to eventually converge to 1 (often termed "strong consistency"). As it turns out, under certain regularity conditions for the canonical linear model such consistency can only be achieved if the prior formulation is based on so-called non-local priors. We will review the non-local prior framework and present some recent extensions for high-dimensional estimation. Our theoretical and empirical results show that inducing model selection parsimony via non-local priors allows working with simpler models and improving prediction accuracy simultaneously. Although for simplicity we shall focus on variable selection settings, time allowing we will touch upon extensions to more complex settings such as graphical models or mixture models. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Il seminario e' organizzato dalla "de Castro" Statistics Initiative (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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mini-corso Ruodu Wang in Bicocca
by runggal＠math.unipd.it 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

Nell'ambito del programma di internazionalizzazione del Dottorato in Statistica e Matematica per la Finanza della Bicocca, il prof. Ruodu Wang del Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science della University of Waterloo terrà nei giorni 9,10 e 11 novembre un mini-corso su Risk aggregation and Fréchet problems Fréchet problems refer to questions related to an aggregation (sum, typically) of several random variables, where the marginal distribution of each individual random variable is known and the joint distribution (copula) is unspecific. Unfortunately (in fact, fortunately), a large number of questions in this field are still mathematically open. In the modeling of risk aggregation, individual risks and their dependence structure are often modeled separately, leading to uncertainty arising at the level of a joint model. As the dependence structure is typically uncertain, the study on quantitative characteristics (e.g. risk measures) of risk aggregation under model uncertainty leads to a variety of Frèchet problems. This course covers various topics in this quickly expanding field. The content is mainly based on recent research of the instructor and his collaborators. Le lezioni si svolgeranno dalle ore 14.30 alle 17.30 presso la Sala del Consiglio al IV piano dell'edificio U7. La partecipazione è libera ma è necessario iscriversi mandando una email a drm2015(a)unimib.it. Ulteriori informazioni sono disponibili sulla pagina https://sites.google.com/site/dependenceriskmeasures/mini-course[1] Saluti Prof. Fabio Bellini Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods University of Milano-Bicocca Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, 20126 Milano 0039-2-64483119 http://www.economia.unimib.it/bellini http://scholar.google.it/citations?user=P61L8P4AAAAJ&hl=it Links: ------ [1] https://sites.google.com/site/dependenceriskmeasures/mini-course ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. _______________________________________________ Random mailing list Per informazioni e per disiscriversi: https://fields.dm.unipi.it/listinfo/random Per contattare gli amministratori: random-admin(a)fields.dm.unipi.it Per inviare un messaggio alla mailing list: Random(a)fields.dm.unipi.it Archivio dei messaggi inviati: https://fields.dm.unipi.it/pipermail/random/#end

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mini-corso Ruodu Wang in Bicocca
by Fabio Bellini 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

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Paolo Guasoni lectures on Portfolio Choice and Asset Pricing at University of Verona
by Luca di persio 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

Dear all, this is to announce that Prof. Paolo Guasoni [ Dublin City University ] will give a mini course (8 hours) concerning Lectures on Portfolio Choice and Asset Pricing within the Mathematical Finance Course (Master degree in Mathematics) at the Department of Computer Science, University of Verona. The lectures will cover the attached programme, and they have been scheduled according to the following calendar Monday 26/10 : 1330 - 1630 Tuesday 27/10 : 1030 - 1230 Thursday 29/10 : 1230 - 1530 All the lesson will be given here https://goo.gl/maps/6mB9N2SSeqC2 Strada le Grazie, 15 - 37134 Verona VR Ca' Vignal 2, first floor , Room M Do not hesitate to contact me for further details: luca.dipersio(a)univr.it LuCa __ Luca Di Persio - PhD assistant professor of Probability and Mathematical Finance Dept. Informatics University of Verona strada le Grazie 15 - 37134 Verona - Italy Dept. Math University of Trento V. Sommarive, 14 - 38123 Povo - Italy Tel : +39 0461 281686

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Seminario Prof. Henry Wynn
by DI NARDO Elvira 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

******************************************************************** SEMINARI per i corsi di Laurea in Economia Aziendale (triennale) Economia delle Risorse Naturali e Culturali (magistrale) ******************************************************************** Mercoledi' 14 Ottobre 2015 alle ore 9:30 presso l'Aula 10 del Dipartimento di Matematica, Informatica ed Economia, Campus Macchia Romana, Universita' degli Studi della Basilicata Prof. Henry Wynn (Department of Statistics, London School of Economics) "What is learning? A Bayesian approach" Abstract: Simple examples show that data can contradict prior beliefs; one can be "surprised". But theoretically one always expects to learn in a well-defined way and the class of information functionals for which this is true is known and includes Shannon information. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Cordiali saluti, Elvira Di Nardo -- ...................................................... Elvira Di Nardo Dept. Mathematics, Computer Science and Economics University of Basilicata Viale dell'Ateneo Lucano 10 I-85100 (Potenza) alternative address: dinardo.el(a)gmail.com (room) +390971205890 (cell.) +393470033068 (fax) + 390971205896 (skype) elvira.di.nardo (web) http://oldwww.unibas.it/utenti/dinardo/home.html ......................................................

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Call for Papers: XVII WORKSHOP on QUANTITATIVE FINANCE, Pisa, January 28-29, 2016, Second Announcement
by Fabrizio Lillo 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

Second Announcement: XVII WORKSHOP on QUANTITATIVE FINANCE January 28-29, 2016 Venue: Scuola Normale Superiore Piazza dei Cavalieri 7 56126 Pisa Italy The Workshop is the seventeenth edition of an annual meeting place for academia and financial industry on theoretical topics of quantitative finance and their application to the current issues facing the industry. The Workshop welcomes contributions from Mathematical Finance, Quantitative Risk Management, Financial Economics, Computational Finance, Financial Econometrics, Statistics of Financial Markets, Corporate Finance. As in the previous edition of the workshop, we wish to particularly encourage an international participation of young researchers and both theoretical and applied contributions. SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Fabio Bellini (Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca), Giacomo Bormetti (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa), Andrea Consiglio (Università degli Studi di Palermo), Friederich Hubalek (Technische Universität Wien), Fabrizio Lillo (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa), Elisa Luciano (Università degli Studi di Torino), Maria Elvira Mancino (Università degli Studi di Firenze), Stefano Marmi (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa), Massimo Morini (Banca IMI), Aldo Nassigh (Unicredit Group), Loriana Pelizzon (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia), Mustafa Pinar (Bilkent University, Ankara), Mathieu Rosenbaum (École Polytechnique, Paris), Sergio Scarlatti (Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”), Carlo Sgarra (Politecnico di Milano), Peter Tankov (Université Denis Diderot, Paris), Josef Teichmann (ETH Zurich), and Tiziano Vargiolu (Università degli Studi di Padova). LOCAL COMMITTEE Giacomo Bormetti, Fabrizio Lillo, Maria Elvira Mancino, Stefano Marmi, Davide Pirino, Daniele Regoli, Chiara Sabelli. Deadline for submission: November 8, 2015 Web site: http://mathfinance.sns.it/qfwxvii/ ---------------------------------------- Fabrizio Lillo Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa Piazza dei Cavalieri 7 56126 Pisa ITALY Check the new website: fabriziolillo.wordpress.com phone: +39 050509159

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Conference "Risk Measures: frontiers of mathematics and regulation", Bologna
by Sabrina Mulinacci 03 Oct '15

03 Oct '15

Dear Colleagues, we are glad to invite you to the Conference on "Risk Measures: frontiers of mathematics and regulation" that is going to be held in Bologna, October 29-30-31, 2015. The program will include a tutorial directed to students, scholars and practitioners interested in mastering the state of the art of theory. Interested students may earn 3 credits upon attending the conference and providing a written discussion of some the presentations in the conference. On Saturday October 31st, there will be an informal meeting for networking on current research and discussion of special topics for future research. More detailed informations are available at http://www2.stat.unibo.it/risk-measures Best Regards Sabrina Mulinacci

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Seminario Prof. D. De Canditiis (presso Dip. Scienze Statistiche, Roma)
by Alessandro Degregorio 02 Oct '15

02 Oct '15

----------------------------------------------------------------------------- A v v i s o d i S e m i n a r i o ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Giovedì 8 Ottobre, ore 10,30 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stanza 34 Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche "Sapienza" Università di Roma Prof. D. De Canditiis (CNR-IAC) Titolo: *Stima della densità dell'intensità di dati Poisson* Sintesi: Motivati dall'analisi di dati astronomici di tipo conteggio si presenterà un metodo per la stima della f.d.p. (funzione densità di probabiltà) della intensità di dati di tipo Poisson. La necessità di dare all'intensità un carattere stocastico nasce dall'esigenza di modellizzare una extra-variabilità contenuta nei dati. Le difficoltà della stima della f.d.p. sono assimilabili a quelle della soluzione (numerica) di un problema inverso lineare mal-posto. La soluzione, intesa come uno stimatore della f.d.p, ha ottime proprietà di convergenza. La metodologia verrà presentata in termini generali e dunque può essere presa come spunto per la risoluzione di altri problemi di analisi dati anche non necessariamente di tipo conteggio. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Cordiali saluti Alessandro De Gregorio

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SPRING SCHOOL IN FINANCE 2016 (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 02 Oct '15

02 Oct '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 11:54:08 +0200 From: Andrea Pascucci <andrea.pascucci(a)unibo.it> Subject: SPRING SCHOOL IN FINANCE 2016 [We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this announcement] SPRING SCHOOL IN FINANCE 2016 March 10-12, 2016 University of Bologna, Italy https://events.unibo.it/ssf2016 A three day spring school in financial mathematics will be held in Bologna on March 10-12, 2016. The school is open to both practitioners and people from the academic world and intends to provide two crash courses on Credit and Counterparty risk given by * St?phane Cr?pey (University of Evry) * Andrea Pallavicini (Banca IMI, Milan - Imperial College, London) For further information and registration, see: https://events.unibo.it/ssf2016/registration ********************************************************************************************************* -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Andrea Pascucci andrea.pascucci(a)unibo.it Dipartimento di Matematica http://www.dm.unibo.it/~pascucci P.zza di Porta S. Donato, 5 40126 Bologna - Italy Office Tel. +39-0512094428 Fax +39 0510821834 Skype: andrea.pascucci Get DropBox here: http://db.tt/Y2GN2TCx ---------------------------------------------------------------

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position at the University of Bern
by Fabio Bellini 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

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CHRISTIAN HENNIG - Quantile-based classifiers - 6.10.15 ore 12.30 - Dipartimento di Statistica e Metodi Quantitativi - Bicocca Milano
by Francesca Greselin 30 Sep '15

30 Sep '15

Dipartimento di Statistica e Metodi Quantitativi Martedì 6 ottobre 2015 ore 12.30 U7/2104 (AULA ECONOMICA) II PIANO Quantile-based classifiers with application to the classification of bioaerosols CHRISTIAN HENNIG Senior Lecturer, Department of Statistical Science, University College London Abstract Quantile classifiers are generalisations of the median-based classifiers recently introduced by Hall et al. (2009). They work for potentially high-dimensional data, and are defined by classi- fying an observation according to a sum of appropriately weighted component-wise distances of the components of the observation to the within-class quantiles. The optimal quantiles can be chosen by minimizing the misclassification error in the training sample. I will present some theory and simulations results demonstrating that quantile classifiers are very competitive. Quantile classifiers will also be applied to the detection of bioaerosol particles based on gaseous plasma electrochemistry (Sarantaridis et al., 2012). As several other classifiers, quantile classifiers aggregate information coming from the indivi- dual variables. This depends on selection and standardisation of the variables. I will discuss the- se issues in a way that may hopefully be of more general statistical interest. The first aspect is the extraction of some meaningful features from the high-dimensional and quite redundant ori- ginal form of the bioaerosol data. The second aspect is to understand standardisation as va- riable weighting, including the option to refrain from standardisation in situations where the variability of variables may be roughly proportional to the variable importance for classification, or to standardise certain groups of variables against each other, as will be suggested for the bioaerosol data. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare per maggiori informazioni: www.dismeq.unimib.it - francesca.greselin(a)unimib.it

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Seminario Prof. Mesiar a RM1
by Fabio Spizzichino 30 Sep '15

30 Sep '15

Il Prof. Radko Mesiar (STU Bratislava) terrà un seminario sul tema *On the role of ultramodularity (and Schur concavity) in the construction of binary copulas* Il prossimo Venerdì 2 ottobre, ore 14:30, presso l'Aula di Consiglio del Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Universita' La Sapienza Tutte le persone interessate sono invitate ad intervenire Fabio Spizzichino *Abstract. * We discuss and stress the role of ultramodularity in special types of constructions of binary copulas. After recalling of some known ultamodularity-based results, we focus on a the so-called D-product of a copula and its dual. We show that for each copula D which is ultramodular and Schur concave on the left upper triangle of the unit square, this D-product of an arbitrary copula and its dual is again a copula. Several examples and counterexamples are given. Finally, some of our results are generalized to the case of semicopulas and quasi-copulas. Work in collaboration with E. P. Klement, A. Kolesarova and S. Saminger-Platz

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Winter School in Padova (February 2016)
by Giorgia Callegaro 30 Sep '15

30 Sep '15

Dear all, in collaboration with Evry University, ENSIIE and University Paris Diderot, the Department of Mathematics of the University of Padova is organizing a Winter School on recent advances in Mathematical Finance, that will be held in Padova in the period *8-12 February 2016*. Two main courses, on “Energy Markets” and “Pricing with Funding and Counterparty Risks” will be given, respectively, by Rene Aid (EdF) and Andrea Pallavicini (Banca IMI and Imperial College). Moreover, four mini-course are scheduled, on longevity risk (Nicole El Karoui), optimal stopping (Goran Peskir), polynomial processes (Martin Larsson) and numerical methods (Nadia Oudjane). More details can be found at the link: http://www.maths.univ-evry.fr/conferences/padova2016/index_ws.htm#section1 Accomodation during the period 7-12 February will provided to a limited number (maximum 35) of students selected among candidates who will send us, via the online form available here: http://www.maths.univ-evry.fr/conferences/padova2016/Application_ws.htm#sec… their CV and recommendation letter before the *31st October 2015.* Thanks for your attention and see you in Padova! Giorgia Callegaro (on behalf of the Organizing Committee) -- Giorgia Callegaro Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics - University of Padova Via Trieste 63 , I-35121 Padova - ITALY Tel: +39-0498271481 Fax: +39-0498271499 E-Mail: gcallega(a)math.unipd.it <https://webmail.math.unipd.it/horde3/imp/message.php?mailbox=Sent&index=598#> Personal web-page: https://sites.google.com/site/giogiocallegaro/Home

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Convegno in onore di Eugenio Regazzini - Pavia
by Antonio Lijoi 26 Sep '15

26 Sep '15

******************************************************** Convegno in onore di Eugenio Regazzini - Pavia ******************************************************** In occasione del settantesimo compleanno di Eugenio Regazzini, il 10 e l'11 giugno 2016 a Pavia si terra' il convegno * Advances in Statistics, Probability and Mathematical Physics * * A Conference in Honour of Eugenio Regazzini * Una versione preliminare del sito del convegno, con l'elenco dei relatori invitati, puo’ essere consultata all'indirizzo: http://matematica.unipv.it/eugenioconference L'iscrizione al convegno sara' gratuita, ma necessaria per ragioni organizzative. Nelle prossime settimane il sito verra' aggiornato con ulteriori dettagli, inclusi quelli riguardanti la registrazione. Cordiali saluti, Antonio Lijoi -- Antonio Lijoi University of Pavia http://economia.unipv.it/alijoi

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Seminario LAVANCIER
by Matteo Ruggiero 26 Sep '15

26 Sep '15

**************************************************************** STATISTICS SEMINARS @ COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO **************************************************************** Veberdi 2 Ottobre 2015 alle ore 12:00, presso l’Aula Rossa del Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (TO), si terra' il seguente seminario: Frederic LAVANCIER (Université de Nantes) DETERMINANTAL POINT PROCESS MODELS AND STATISTICAL INFERENCE Abstract: In this talk, I will demonstrate that Determinantal point processes (DPPs) provide useful models for the description of repulsive spatial point processes. Such data are usually modeled by Gibbs point processes, where the likelihood and moment expressions are intractable and simulations are time consuming. I will recall the definition of a DPP and review some of these appealing properties which make DPP models well suited for statistical analysis. In particular the ’most repulsive’ DPP will be characterized. Parametric models of DPPs will be introduced, where the likelihood and moment expressions can be easily evaluated and realizations can be quickly simulated. Some illustrations on real datasets will be presented. This work has been carried out in collaboration with Jesper Møller and Ege Rubak, Aalborg University. The study of the repulsiveness of DPPs is part of a joint work with Christophe Biscio, University of Nantes. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Il seminario e' organizzato dalla "de Castro" Statistics Initiative (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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Fwd: Job opportunities in Financial Mathematics, London (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 25 Sep '15

25 Sep '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 12:52:32 +0200 From: Laura Caravenna <laura.caravenna(a)gmail.com> Subject: Fwd: Job opportunities in Financial Mathematics, London Dear all UCL Mathematics department is currently advertising for two lecturers / senior lecturers in Financial Mathematics. https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?owner=5041178&ownertype=fair… Best wishes Helen. -- Dr Helen Wilson President, British Society of Rheology Deputy Head, Department of Mathematics UCL Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT 020 7679 1302

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Fwd: Mathematics for Industry: funding calls open
by Alessandra Micheletti 24 Sep '15

24 Sep '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: MI-NET <MI-NET(a)bath.ac.uk> Date: Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 12:34 PM Subject: Mathematics for Industry: funding calls open To: MI-NET <MI-NET(a)bath.ac.uk> ***Apologies for cross posting *** As part of the recently-established Mathematics for Industry Network (MI-NET) EU COST Action www.mi-network.org, whose aim is to facilitate more effective widespread application of mathematics to all industrial sectors, we are pleased to announce that *funding calls* for - One day themed Industrial Workshops http://mi-network.org/industrial-workshops/ - Mathematical Modelling Training Weeks http://mi-network.org/modelling-weeks/ - Short-Term Scientific Missions (research visits) http://mi-network.org/short-term-scientific-missions/ - European Study Groups (problem-solving workshops) with Industry http://mi-network.org/study-groups-with-industry/ are now open for applications from academic researchers or industrial practitioners from any COST country that is part of Action TD1409 http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/tdp/TD1409?parties The next deadline for all calls is the *20th October 2015*. We’d be very grateful if you could help us publicise the calls widely, and encourage your colleagues - especially early-career investigators (researchers within 8 years of their PhD) - to apply! Best wishes, Jo and Filipa Dr Joanna Jordan Dr Filipa Vance http://mi-network.org/ -- ------------------------------------ Alessandra Micheletti Associate Professor - Probability and Mathematical Statistics Dept. of Mathematics Università degli Studi di Milano via Saldini 50, 20133 Milano, Italy phone: +39-02503-16130 fax: +39-02503-16090 http://users.mat.unimi.it/users/michel <http://www.mat.unimi.it/users/michel>

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Seminar announcement
by Marco Scarsini 23 Sep '15

23 Sep '15

Department of Economics and Finance Internal Seminar Thursday,September 24, from 1 to 2 pm Meeting room, 5th floor János Flesch (Maastricht University). Title: Subgame-Perfect Epsilon-Equilibrium in Perfect Information Games. Abstract: We consider multi-player perfect information games. These games are played on a tree of infinite depth, where each node is controlled by one of the players. Play of the game starts at the root. At every node that play visits, the player who controls this node has to choose one of the outgoing arcs. This induces an infinite sequence of nodes in the tree, and depending on this sequence, each player receives a payoff. A strategy profile is called a Nash epsilon-equilibrium if no player can gain more than epsilon by a unilateral deviation. Such games are known to admit a Nash epsilon-equilibrium (Mertens and Neyman 1986) for all positive epsilon, provided that the payoff functions of the players are bounded and Borel measurable. In this talk, we examine the existence of a subgame-perfect epsilon-equilibrium in these games. A subgame-perfect epsilon-equilibrium is a strategy profile that induces a Nash epsilon-equilibrum in every subgame (that is, not only from the root, but also from every other node in the tree). We provide an overview of recent existence and non-existence results. Particular attention is paid to the result (Flesch and Predtetchinski 2015) that a subgame-perfect epsilon-equilibrium exists, for every epsilon>0, if the payoff functions are bounded and exhibit common preferences at the limit. Moreover, if the payoff functions also have finite range, then there exists a pure subgame-perfect 0-equilibrium. These results extend and unify the existence theorems for bounded and semicontinuous payoffs in Flesch et al [2010] and Purves and Sudderth [2011]. ******************************************************* Marco Scarsini Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza LUISS Viale Romania 32 00197 Roma, ITALY URL: http://docenti.luiss.it/scarsini/

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Seminario Prof. Macci
by giuliano＠dm.unipi.it 21 Sep '15

21 Sep '15

Il Prof, Claudio Macci, dell'Universita' di Roma Tor Vergata, sara' ospite del Dipartimento di Matematica nei giorni 22-23-24 settembre. Terra' un seminario dal titolo "Asymptotic results for runs and empirical cumulative entropies" Il seminario si svolgera' mercoledi 23 settembre alle ore 11 nell'Aula Magna del Dipartimento. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati Rita Giuliano

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Fwd: NeuroMat Posdoctoral Fellowships
by davide gabrielli 21 Sep '15

21 Sep '15

Postdoctoral fellowships in neuromathematics and computational neuroscience in SÃ£o Paulo, Brazil The Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center for Neuromathematics (NeuroMat, http://neuromat.numec.prp.usp.br/ ), hosted by the University of SÃ£o Paulo, Brazil, and funded by FAPESP (Sao Paulo Research Foundation, http://www.fapesp.br/en/), is offering several postdoctoral fellowships for recent PhDs with outstanding research potential. The research will involve collaborations with Probabilists, Statisticians, Computer Scientists, Statistical Physicists and Neuroscientists associated to NeuroMat. We seek candidates capable to develop independent research in one of the research lines below. 1. Mathematical and/or computational modeling of stochastic spiking neural networks. 2. Electroencephalographic data acquisition, processing and quantitative analysis. Candidates are required to have at least one of the profiles below: - A strong background in probability theory with emphasis on stochastic processes or alternatively in statistics with emphasis on statistical model selection. Previous knowledge of rigorous statistical mechanics, random graphs or stochastic modelling in biosciences will be favourably considered. - A strong mathematical and/or computational background and experience with computers and programming. Previous experience with development and/or simulation of neural brain models, complex networks and parallel computing will be favourably considered. - A strong background in neuroscience with previous experience in neurophysiological data acquisition, processing and analysis. Knowledge of computer programming will be favourably considered. Previous experience with multidisciplinary research teams is welcome. - A strong background in computer science with experience in the development of algorithms, software tools and data bases. Previous research experience in neuroscience or related areas will be favourably considered. The initial appointment is for two years, with a possible extension to up to four years, conditional on research progress. Salary is competitive at international level, and fellows benefit from extra funds for travel and research expenses plus limited support for relocation expenses. Application instructions Applicants should complete and submit the application form at http://neuromat.numec.prp.usp.br/postdoc-form. The following documents and information are requested (please see the form for further details): - Summary of the Curriculum vitae. Please follow the FAPESP format; see www.fapesp.br/en/6351 for instructions. - List of publications, with links to those available online. - Pointers to other research related output, such as software, web pages, and so forth. Candidates should be willing to send copies of publications, if requested. - A summary of your research plan for the next 2 years, up to 5 pages length. It should explicitly address its place in the framework of the NeuroMat mission and research program ( http://neuromat.numec.prp.usp.br/scientific_project). - Any further information deemed relevant to the application. In addition to the above, we require at least 2 recommendation letters. Those should be mailed by the recommenders directly to *postdoc-appl(a)numec.prp.usp.br <postdoc-appl(a)numec.prp.usp.br>*. Candidates are encouraged to apply at their earliest convenience. Two independent evaluation rounds are planned: 1. On October 12, 2015. 2. On November 16, 2015. Appointments are expected to be effective within 2 to 6 months after evaluation date. Remark Approved candidates will be requested to expand their five-page research plan to a full two-year proposal. For the implementation of the fellowships, those proposals, together with all the application material received, will be submitted to FAPESP for final approval. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Programma "Mercati energetici e metodi quantitativi: un ponte tra Università e Aziende" (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 17 Sep '15

17 Sep '15

From: unponte2015 <unponte2015(a)stat.unipd.it> (ci scusiamo per eventuali mail multiple) Egr. dott./dott.ssa si segnala che e' stato pubblicato il programma del workshop "Mercati energetici e metodi quantitativi: un ponte tra Universit? e Aziende". L'evento avra' luogo presso l'Universita' di Padova, Palazzo Bo, Aula Nievo, il prossimo 8 Ottobre 2015. La partecipazione e' gratuita, ma limitata, a causa della scarsa disponibilita' di posti, ai primi 100 partecipanti iscritti seguendo la procedura indicata sul sito web dell'evento: http://www.unponte2015.stat.unipd.it/ Sperando di averla tra i partecipanti, la salutiamo cordialmente. Dott. Enrico Edoli (Phinergy srls) Prof. Francesco Lisi (Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Universit? di Padova) Prof. Tiziano Vargiolu (Dipartimento di Matematica, Universit? di Padova) ----------------------------------------------------------------- unponte2015 email: unponte2015(a)stat.unipd.it web: http://www.unponte2015.stat.unipd.it/ ------------------------------------------------------------------

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Politecnico di Milano - Seminario Alois Kneip
by Laura M. Sangalli 16 Sep '15

16 Sep '15

Si avvisa che in data 30-09-2015, alle ore 14:30 precise, presso l'Aula Seminari "F. Saleri" VI piano - Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano, nell'ambito delle iniziative MOX, si svolgerà il seguente seminario: Relatore: Alois Kneip Universitat Bonn Titolo: Nonparametric Registration to Low-Dimensional Functionspaces Abstract: Registration aims to decompose amplitude and phase variation of samples of curves. Phase variation is captured by warping functions which monotonically transform the domains of sample curves. Resulting registered curves should then only exhibit amplitude variation. Most existing registration method rely on aligning typical shape features like peaks or valleys to be found in each sample function. It is shown that this is not necessarily an optimal strategy for subsequent statistical data exploration and inference. In this context a major goal is to identify low dimensional linear subspaces of functions that are able to provide accurate approximations of the observed functional data. In this paper we present a registration method where warping functions are defined in such a way that the resulting registered curves span a low dimensional linear function space. Problems of identifiability are discussed in detail, and connections to established registration procedures are analyzed. The method is applied to real and simulated data. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Cordiali saluti, Laura Sangalli -- Laura Maria Sangalli MOX - Dipartimento di Matematica Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 20133 Milano - Italy tel: +39 02 2399 4554 fax: +39 02 2399 4568 email: laura.sangalli(a)polimi.it url: http://mox.polimi.it/~sangalli

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Politecnico di Milano - Seminario Bill Sudderth
by Laura M. Sangalli 16 Sep '15

16 Sep '15

Si avvisa che in data 16-10-2015, alle ore 14:30 precise, presso l'Aula Seminari "F. Saleri" VI piano - Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano, nell'ambito delle iniziative MOX, si svolgerà il seguente seminario: Relatore: Bill Sudderth School of Statistics, University of Minnesota Titolo: How to Control a Process to a Goal Abstract: Suppose that you have a fortune of $10 and seek to reach $100 by placing bets at xed odds on repetitions of a given event such as the appearance of red (or black) on each spin of a roulette wheel. What is the best strategy for you to reach your goal? What strategy will get you there in the least expected time? What if you are competing with another player? I will discuss these and related problems in both discrete and continuous time. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Cordiali saluti, Laura Sangalli -- Laura Maria Sangalli MOX - Dipartimento di Matematica Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 20133 Milano - Italy tel: +39 02 2399 4554 fax: +39 02 2399 4568 email: laura.sangalli(a)polimi.it url: http://mox.polimi.it/~sangalli

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Seminario MASSIMINI (RGS, ADAMSS, CIMAB & Matematica Applicata)
by Giacomo Aletti (giacomo.aletti) 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

Con preghiera di diffusione tra tutti i possibili interessati, scusandomi per invii multipli. Cordialmente, Giacomo Aletti -------------- Nell'ambito dei Reading Group Seminars e del Seminario di Matematica Applicata, in collaborazione col centro ADAMSS e il CIMAB, il giorno lunedì 21 Settembre 2015, alle ore 14.30, nell'Aula Dottorato (primo piano) del Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Via C. Saldini, 50, Milano, "Consciousness and complexity: from theory to practice" Marcello MASSIMINI Dipartimento di Scienze biomediche e cliniche 'Luigi Sacco' Università degli Studi di Milano Abstract: We usually assess another individual’s level of consciousness based on her/his ability to connect to the surrounding environment and produce appropriate responses. However, conscious experience can be entirely generated within the brain, even in the absence of any interaction with the external world; this happens almost every night, during dreaming, and may occur during certain forms of anesthesia as well as in brain-injured patients who emerge from coma and remain unresponsive. Hence, clinical and physiological evidence advocate the development of brain-based metrics that are independent on both sensory inputs and motor outputs. As an attempt in this direction, an empirical measure of brain complexity has been recently developed based on the electroencephalographic (EEG) response to a direct cortical perturbation with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), the perturbational complexity index (PCI). Based on theoretical postulates, PCI gauges the conjoint presence of integration and information in the human brain, independently of sensory inputs and motor outputs. In a series of experiments, PCI was tested on TMS-evoked potentials recorded in healthy subjects during wakefulness, dreaming, NREM sleep, and different levels of sedation induced by different anesthetic agents (including the dissociative anesthetic ketamine), as well as in patients who emerged from coma and attained a stable diagnosis. Overall, PCI allows a reliable assessment of the level of consciousness at the individual level even in subjects who are fully disconnected from the surrounding environment on both the input and output side. These measurements are scientifically relevant in the context of the information integration theory of consciousness (IITC) and prompt further validation toward the development of a practical diagnostic test. ================= Reading Group Seminars: The Reading Group Seminars (RGS) are organized within an open community of researchers interested in applying up to date mathematical modeling and data analysis approaches to the study of biological systems. The RGS take place at the Math. Department in Milan (via Saldini). Initiatives and updates are published on the website: http://rgs.mat.unimi.it/. -- ------------------------------- Giacomo Aletti, Associate Professor ADAMSS Centre (ex MIRIAM) Advanced Applied Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Department of Mathematics (www.mat.unimi.it) Via Saldini, 50 20133 Milano, Italy Tel: +39-02-503.16158 Fax:+39-02-503.16090 Cell:+39-340-9739142 **************** Per destinare il 5x1000 all'Universita' degli Studi di Milano: indicare nella dichiarazione dei redditi il codice fiscale 80012650158. http://www.unimi.it/13084.htm?utm_source=firmaMail&utm_medium=email&utm_con…

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Annuncio di seminario
by Ilia Negri 14 Sep '15

14 Sep '15

Dear all, I’m are glad to invite you to the following seminar. When: Thursday, September 19th, 2015, 14:30 Where: Department of Management, Economics and quantitative Methods, Via dei Caniana n. 2 – Room 15 Title: A stochastic maximal inequality, strict countability, and related topics Speaker: Yoichi Nishiyama (Waseda University, Tokyo) Abstract: As an alternative to the well-known methods of "chaining" and "bracketing" that have been developed in the study of random fields, a new method, which is based on a stochastic maximal inequality derived by using It\^o's formula, is presented. The main results are some weak convergence theorems for sequences of separable random fields of locally square-integrable martingales under the uniform topology with the help also of entropy methods. As special cases, some new results for i.i.d. random sequences, including a new Donsker theorem and a moment bound for suprema of empirical processes indexed by classes of sets or functions, are obtained. An application to statistical estimation in semiparametric models is presented with an illustration to construct adaptive estimators in Cox's regression model. Ilia Negri http://www.unibg.it/pers/?ilia.negri

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DRM2015 - deadline approaching
by fabio.bellini 14 Sep '15

14 Sep '15

Dear colleagues, let me recall that tomorrow is the deadline for submitting an abstract to the "Dependence and Risk Measures" conference that will take place on November 12-13 at the University of Milano-Bicocca. Further informations: https://sites.google.com/site/dependenceriskmeasures/ Best regards Fabio Bellini Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods University of Milano-Bicocca

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Seminario Prof. Jorge P. Zubelli
by Sabrina Mulinacci 13 Sep '15

13 Sep '15

Carissimi tutti, segnalo il seguente seminario del Prof. Jorge P. Zubelli, dell'IMPA di Rio de Janeiro che si terrà in Aula 1 presso il Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche “P. Fortunati” in Via Belle Arti 41, 40126 Bologna. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare Un caro saluto Sabrina Mulinacci ********************************************************************* Prof. Jorge P. Zubelli, dell'IMPA di Rio de Janeiro Titolo del seminario: "Calibration of Local Volatility Models from Option Data for Commodities." Abstract: Local volatility models are extensively used and well-recognized for hedging and pricing in financial markets. They are frequently used, for instance, in the evaluation of exotic options so as to avoid arbitrage opportunities with respect to other instruments. Derivatives for commodities are extensively traded instruments in financial markets, especially in energy and oil ones. They are particularly challenging since the spot prices are not directly observable, thus requiring a further modeling effort. The ill-posed character of local volatility surface calibration from market prices requires the use of regularization techniques either implicitly or explicitly. Such regularization techniques have been widely studied for a while and are still a topic of intense research. We have employed convex regularization tools and recent inverse problem advances to deal with the local volatility calibration problem. In this talk we shall describe ongoing work on the use local volatility models in the context of commodity markets, in particular applied to energy and oil ones. This work is part of ongoing collaboration with V. Albani (Vienna), U. Ascher (Toronto), and Xu Yang (IMPA).

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seminario Patrick Beissner
by Emanuela Rosazza 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

Cari tutti, martedì 15 settembre alle ore 16 il Dott. Patrick Beissner (Bielefeld University, Germania) terrà in Bicocca (edificio U7- aula 2062 (aula demografica) – secondo piano) un seminario dal titolo “Asset Pricing and Bubbles under Sentiment-Based Expectations”. Abstract: We propose a formal theory of asset pricing that allows us to explain how sentiments in the market may influence price formation. A fully nonlinear expectation captures behavioral market sentiments in terms of waves between optimism and pessimism. The approach follows the standard procedure by extracting some stochastic Euler equation from a representative agent equilibrium model. Preferences are represented through sentiment-based expected utility. In equilibrium, the resulting asset price process can then be described by a new (nonlinear) conditional sentiment-based expectation. In a final step, we observe the possible emergence of a bubble that is induced by disagreement of optimism and pessimism for the market relevant pricing measures. Joint work with Patrick Cheridito. 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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Seminario Dr. Cosetta Minelli - Mendelian Randomisation - 12 ottobre 2015
by Alessandro Marcon 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

Gentilissimi/e, vi invio un avviso di seminario, con preghiera di massima diffusione. Sede del seminario: Istituti Biologici 2, Università di Verona, strada Le Grazie 8 (VERONA). Distinti saluti, Alessandro Marcon 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 Avviso di SEMINARIO Lunedì 12 ottobre 2015 ore 11.00-11.45 Aula Igiene & Statistica (Istituti Biologici 2, blocco B, secondo piano) Dr. Cosetta Minelli Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London *Mendelian randomization: * *The use of genes as instruments to strengthen causal inference in epidemiology* Mendelian randomization is an approach that uses genes as instrumental variables to derive unconfounded estimates of the effects of risk factors (e.g. biomarkers) on disease traits, and is therefore increasingly being used in epidemiology to distinguish causal from spurious associations. Since genes are randomly allocated at conception, genetic effects on a biomarker cannot be affected by classical confounding (e.g. lifestyle factors) or reverse causation (e.g. biomarker level being influenced by the presence of disease). Demonstration that a genetic variant known to modify the biomarker also modifies the disease trait represents indirect evidence of a causal biomarker-disease association. The validity of Mendelian Randomization, however, is based on instrumental variable assumptions, the most important being absence of pleiotropy. This talk will describe the approach, discuss ways to assess pleiotropy, highlight opportunities and challenges offered by available genome-wide data, and discuss its extension to the field of epigenetics (two-step epigenetic Mendelian randomization).

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Fwd: SYMMYS
by Tiziano Vargiolu 10 Sep '15

10 Sep '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Elisa Appolloni <elisa.appolloni(a)symmys.com> Date: 2015-09-10 9:52 GMT+02:00 Subject: SYMMYS To: Tiziano Vargiolu <vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it> Dear Professor Vargiolu I am reaching out to you because at SYMMYS (the company for which I work) we are looking to add new resources for our Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management program. Would you mind circulating the message below to interested and qualified candidates? Interested candidates can send me an email at elisa.appolloni(a)symmys.com. Thank you, Elisa Appolloni The company SYMMYS, LLC (www.symmys.com) is a privately held research institution based in New York City, directed by Attilio Meucci. SYMMYS? mission is to spread Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management (ARPM) ideas and techniques in the financial industry and in academia. The opportunity SYMMYS is looking for new consultants for its research project in Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management (ARPM). The job, which requires a full time commitment, consists of reviewing and coding case studies in advanced quantitative finance. The consultant will work remotely from home or from one of the affiliate universities, communicating via multi-media with other members of the SYMMYS team. The position represents an excellent academic experience for applicants who intend to pursue a PhD, which SYMMYS may sponsor. The position also presents a great opportunity for candidates (that maybe have already a PhD) who wish to remain in the financial industry. Indeed, the learning curve is constantly steep, and the compensation is competitive. The candidate - Master's level degree in Physics, Mathematics, Economics or Computer Sciences - Good knowledge of calculus, linear algebra, statistics, probability, financial mathematics - Proficiency in LaTeX - Proficiency in MATLAB - Proficiency in programming languages, such as C/C++, JavaScript, Python, or similar (knowledge of Python, IPython and/or IPython Notebook are beneficial) [cleardot.gif] - Working knowledge of English Compensation 22,000 euros per year, paid monthly -- www.SYMMYS.com - Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management? -- www.SYMMYS.com - Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management?

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de Finetti Risk seminar - september 2015
by Emanuela Rosazza 08 Sep '15

08 Sep '15

On behalf of the Scientific Committee of the de Finetti Risk Seminars, we are glad to invite you to participate at the following Lecture Title: Project Evaluation under Uncertainty: From Minimal Martingale Measures to Implementation. Speaker: Jorge P. Zubelli (IMPA) Abstract: Industrial strategic decisions have evolved tremendously in the last decades towards a higher degree of quantitative analysis. Such decisions require taking into account a large number of uncertain variables and volatile scenarios, much like financial market investments. Furthermore, they can be evaluated by comparing to portfolios of investments in financial assets such as in stocks, derivatives and commodity futures. This revolution led to the development of a new field of managerial science known as Real Options. The use of Real Option techniques incorporates also the value of flexibility and gives a broader view of many business decisions that brings in techniques from quantitative finance and risk management. Such techniques are now part of the decision making process of many corporations and require a substantial amount of mathematical background. Yet, there has been substantial debate concerning the use of risk neutral pricing and hedging arguments to the context of project evaluation. We discuss some alternatives to risk neutral pricing that could be suitable to evaluation of projects in a realistic context with special attention to projects dependent on commodities and non-hedgeable uncertainties. More precisely, we make use of a variant of the hedged Monte-Carlo method of Potters, Bouchaud and Sestovic to tackle strategic decisions. This leads to interesting numerical analysis questions and to connections with BSDEs. LOCATION: The seminar will be held on Thursday, September 17, at 18.00, Aula di rappresentanza, Dept. of Mathematics, Milano University, Via C. Saldini 50, Milano. A refreshment will be offered at 17.30. Take note that de Finetti Risk Seminars will be held on Thursday only for this talk, while they are usually planned on Wednesday. Scientific Committee: 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. Simone Cerreia-Voglio (Univ. Bocconi) 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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Visita del Prof. Claudio Macci
by giuliano＠dm.unipi.it 07 Sep '15

07 Sep '15

Il Prof, Claudio Macci, dell'Universita' di Roma Tor Vergata, sara' ospite del Dipartimento di Matematica nei giorni 22-23-24 settembre. Terra' un seminario dal titolo "Asymptotic results for runs and empirical cumulative entropies" Data ora, aula del seminario saranno comunicate non appena possibile. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare Rita Giuliano

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Seminario Mingyuan ZHOU
by Matteo Ruggiero 04 Sep '15

04 Sep '15

**************************************************************** STATISTICS SEMINARS @ COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO **************************************************************** Mercoledi 9 Settembre 2015 alle ore 12:30, presso l’Aula Rossa del Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (TO), si terra' il seguente seminario: Mingyuan ZHOU (University of Texas at Austin) THE POISSON GAMMA BELIEF NETWORK Abstract: A key issue in deep learning is to define an appropriate network structure, including both the depth of the network and the width of each hidden layer, which may be naturally addressed with completely random measures. We propose the Poisson gamma belief network (PGBN), which factorizes each of its layers into the product of a connection weight matrix and the nonnegative real hidden units of the next layer, to infer a multilayer representation of high-dimensional count vectors. We use the gamma-negative binomial process together with a layer-wise training strategy to infer the network structure, allowing the width of each hidden layer to grow without bound. We further demonstrate that with a fixed budget on the width of the first layer, the PGBN can increase its number of hidden layers to boost its performance. We propose an efficient upward-downward Gibbs sampler to jointly train all the hidden layers of the PGBN, with example results on text analysis illustrating its efficacy and unique properties. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Il seminario e' organizzato dalla "de Castro" Statistics Initiative (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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Assistant Professor with tenure track RTDB politecnico di milano (fwd)
by Carlo Sgarra 03 Sep '15

03 Sep '15

Politecnico di Milano opened a public selection procedure to recruit one Researcher (RTDB Senior) for sector 13 / D4 - Mathematical Methods for Economics, Actuarial and Financial Science http://www.polimi.it/index.php?id=6196&tx_wfqbe_pi1[ID]=219&L=1 Please circulate the information to all those who might be interested. The deadline is October 20 Carlo Sgarra

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International Conference on "Societal Fault Lines and Credit Risk: The Impact of Current Economic, Institutional and Political Developments on Credit and Risk" in Venice - Programme
by Monica Billio 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

14th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE C R E D I T 2015 *Societal Fault Lines and Credit Risk: The Impact of Current Economic, Institutional and Political Developments on Credit and Risk* Venice, Italy 1 - 2 October 2015 The objective of the Conference is to bring together academics, practitioners and PhD students working in the area of risk management. The conference this year focuses on *Societal Fault Lines and Credit Risk: The Impact of Current Economic, Institutional and Political Developments on Credit and Risk* and 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 is the *fourteenth* of a series dedicated to various aspects of credit risk. The *co-sponsors* of the Conference are *GRETA Associati* (Venice, Italy), *Research Center SAFE *at Goethe University Frankfurt (Frankfurt, Germany), the *University of Zurich* (Zurich, Switzerland) and *Intesa Sanpaolo *(Milan, Italy). The Conference is organised under the *auspices *of the *Department of Economics of the University Ca’ Foscari of Venice*, *ABI - Italian Banking Association *and *European Investment Bank.* The Scientific Committee for the Conference consists of: *Steven Ongena* (University of Zurich, Programme Chair), *Mark Carey (*Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), *Hans Degryse* (KU Leuven), *Jan Krahnen* (SAFE & Goethe University), *André Lucas* (VU University Amsterdam), *Loriana Pelizzon* (SAFE, Goethe University & Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) and *Stephen Schaefer* (London Business School). PROGRAMME Thursday, October 1 2015 9.00 - 9.15_Welcome and Opening Remarks _Monica Billio (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) Steven Ongena (University of Zurich & Swiss Finance Institute, CREDIT 2015 Programme Chair) 9.15 - 11.00_Session I: Organization and Risk_ Key-note talk: /Information, Credit and Organization,/ Vikrant Vig (London Business School) /Financial Synergies and the Organization of Bank Affiliates: A Theoretical Perspective on Risk and Efficiency, /Elisa Luciano (University of Torino) and Clas Wihlborg (Chapman University) - Discussant: Jean-Edouard Colliard (HEC Paris) /Restructuring Failure and Optimal Capital Structure, /Alfred Lehar (University of Calgary) - Discussant: Jan Pieter Krahnen**(SAFE & Goethe University Frankfurt) 11.45 - 13.00_Session II: Systemic Risk_ Key-note talk: /Risk Premia in Loan Markets,/ Mark Carey (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) /Soft Budget Constraints and Systemic Risk, /Alan D. Morrison (University of Oxford) and Ansgar Walther (University of Oxford) - Discussant: Alessandro Fontana**(Joint Research Center, European Commission) 14.15 - 15.15_Session III: Securitization_ /Arbitraging the Basel Securitization Framework: Evidence from German ABS Investment, /Matthias Efing (Swiss Finance Institute & University of Geneva) - Discussant: Stephen Schaefer**(London Business School) /Securitisation, Bank Capital and Financial Regulation: Evidence from European Banks, /Alessandro Diego Scopelliti (University of Warwick & University of Reggio Calabria) - Discussant: André Lucas**(VU University Amsterdam & Tinbergen Institute) 15.15 - 16.15**_Poster Session 1 _16.15 - 18.00_Session IV: Housing Credit Risk_ Key-note talk: /Beyond Mortgages: Equity Financing of Homes,/ Hayne Leland (University of California, Berkeley) /Loan Product Steering in Mortgage Markets, /Sumit Agarwal (National University of Singapore), Gene Amromin (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago), Itzhak Ben-David (Ohio State University) and Douglas D. Evanoff (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago) - Discussant: Geng Li**(Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) /Loan Originations and Defaults in the Mortgage Crisis: The Role of the Middle Class, /Manuel Adelino (Duke University, Durham), Antoinette Schoar (MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge & NBER) and**Felipe Severino**(Dartmouth, Hanover) - Discussant: Isaac Hacamo**(Indiana University, Bloomington) Friday, October 2 2015 9.00 - 10.30_Session V: Information Asymmetries_ /Rating Agencies and Information Efficiency: Do Multiple Credit Ratings Pay Off? The Case of RMBS Rating Migration, /Stefan Morkoetter (University of St. Gallen), Roman Stebler (University of St. Gallen) and Simone Westerfeld (University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland) - Discussant: Douglas T. Breeden**(Duke University) /Show Me Yours and I’ll Show You Mine: Sharing Borrower Information in a Competitive Credit Market, /Jaap Bos (Maastricht University), Ralph De Haas (EBRD and Tilburg University) and Matteo Millone (VU University Amsterdam) - Discussant: Reinhard Schmidt**(SAFE & Goethe University Frankfurt) /Information, Contract Design, and Unsecured Credit Supply: Evidence from Credit Card Mailings, /Song Han (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Benjamin J. Keys (University of Chicago) and Geng Li (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) - Discussant: Arjen Siegmann (VU University Amsterdam) 11.15 - 13.00_Session VI: Interbank Market and Liquidity Risk_ Key-note talk: /Central Bank Policies and Bank Credit Risk,/ Viral Acharya (New York University) /Lending-of-last-resort Is as Lending-of-last-resort Does: Central Bank Liquidity Provision and Interbank Market Functioning in the Euro Area, /Carlos Garcia de Andoain (European Central Bank), Florian Heider (European Central Bank), Marie Hoerova (European Central Bank) and Simone Manganelli (European Central Bank) - Discussant: Marti G. Subrahmanyam**(New York University) / The Euro Interbank Repo Market, /Loriano Mancini (Swiss Finance Institute), Angelo Ranaldo (University of St. Gallen) and Jan Wrampelmeyer (University of St. Gallen) - Discussant: Alain Monfort**(CREST & Banque de France) 14.30 - 15.30_Session VII: Inequality and Credit Risk_ /Does Inequality Cause Financial Distress? Evidence from Lottery Winners and Neighboring Bankruptcies, /Sumit Agarwal (National University of Singapore), Vyacheslav Mikhed (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia) and Barry Scholnick (University of Alberta) - Discussant: Roger M. Stein (MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering, Cambridge) /Conflicting Security Laws and The Democratization of Credit: France's Reform of the Napoleonic Code, /Kevin Aretz (Manchester Business School), Murillo Campello (Cornell University & NBER) and Maria-Teresa Marchica (Manchester Business School) - Discussant: Matteo Millone (VU University Amsterdam) 15.30 - 16.30_Poster Session 2 _16.30 - 18.00_PANEL Session _ 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/credit2015/credit2015.htm <http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2015/credit2015.htm>). Registration fees are: Academics: 300 Euro + VAT Practitioners: 1000 Euro + VAT Academics Poster Presenter: 130 Euro + VAT Practitioners Poster Presenter: 500 Euro + VAT PhD Students*: 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 October 1st, 2015, for which there is an extra charge of 80.00 Euro per person (conference attendees as well as accompanying persons). For more detailed information (registration, accommodation and Conference venue), please refer to the Conference website: http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2015/credit2015.htm <http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2015/credit2015.htm> -- "Nota automatica aggiunta dal sistema di posta. Destina il 5 per mille per sostenere con borse di studio gli studenti meritevoli di Ca' Foscari. E' un atto volontario, non costa nulla e non sostituisce l'8 per mille. Scegli Ca' Foscari: codice fiscale 80007720271 Please note that the above message is addressed only to individuals filing Italian income tax returns."

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PhD Position in probability at the University of Cologne
by Pietro Caputo 28 Aug '15

28 Aug '15

Inoltro dal Prof. Alexander Drewitz: Dear Prof. Caputo, I would like to ask you to draw the attention of suitably qualified MSc students to the opening of a PhD student position in probability at the University of Cologne, see https://www.stellenwerk-koeln.de/uploads/tx_exinitswkjobs/wissMA_Mathematis… For simplicity you also find a text version of the opening below. Many thanks in advance and best regards Alexander Drewitz ___________________________________________________________________________ The Institute of Mathematics at the University of Cologne (UoC) is pleased to announce a PhD-Student (m/f) position to be filled as soon as possible. The position is a 50% position; the salary is based on the German TVL-13 scale if terms and conditions under collective bargaining law are fulfilled. The initial appointment is for three years and can be extended up to five years. We are looking for a talented and motivated Ph.D. candidate to carry out research in probability theory motivated by problems from statistical physics. The job profile also includes teaching responsibilities in the group of Prof. Alexander Drewitz, such as organizing tutorials/ seminars as well as supervising students. We require an excellent MSc degree in Mathematics (or similar), as well as a profound knowledge of probability theory. A working knowledge of German is either expected or otherwise to be acquired at the beginning of the appointment. The University of Cologne is an equal opportunity employer in compliance with the German disability laws. Persons with disabilities with equal capability, suitability and professional experience are favored and strongly encouraged to apply. Women with equal capability, suitability and professional experience are favored and strongly encouraged to apply. Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications (in English or German) including a cover letter, CV, copies of relevant transcripts, as well as the names and contact details of two academic referees preferably by email (both to drewitz(a)math.uni-koeln.de and handerka(a)math.uni-koeln.de) as a single pdf-file. Applications received before September 30, 2015 will be fully considered. Please contact the office of Prof. Drewitz (Mrs. Heidi Anderka, email: handerka(a)math.unikoeln.de) for further information.

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Winter school on Stochastic Homogenization in Augsburg
by Marco Romito 17 Aug '15

17 Aug '15

We are happy to announce a winter school on Stochastic Homogenization to be held at the university of Augsburg in Germany, for three full days from February 17 to February 19, 2016. The main course will be given by Felix Otto and additional lectures presented by Scott Armstrong and Antoine Gloria. There will also be a limited number of short contributed talks. The school is intended mainly for PhD students and early stage researchers, but open for everyone. Registration is free, but participants are required to register in advance, for organizational purposes. Further information on the school and deadlines (partial financial support, submission of an abstract for the contributed talks) can be found on the web page of the winter school: http://www.math.uni-augsburg.de/de/prof/ana/Tagungen/Winter-School-Stochast… Looking forward to see you in Augsburg. Best regards, The organizers Lisa Beck, Dirk Blömker, Franco Flandoli and Marco Romito

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PhD in Financial Mathematics at the Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa)
by Fabrizio Lillo 09 Aug '15

09 Aug '15

The CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSION TO the PhD PROGRAM in Financial Mathematics at the Scuola Normale Superiore is open (see http://phd.sns.it/en/). For the Autumn session three scholarships are available. The deadline for the application to the Spring session is August 31, 2015. Request of information can be addressed to me. Sincerely, Fabrizio Lillo ---------------------------------------- Fabrizio Lillo Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa Piazza dei Cavalieri 7 56126 Pisa ITALY Check the new website: fabriziolillo.wordpress.com phone: +39 050509159

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PhD Position at Sussex
by Enrico Scalas 06 Aug '15

06 Aug '15

Car* collegh*, vi trasmetto questo annuncio per una borsa di dottorato con aspetti statistici e probabilistici presso il dipartimento di matematica dell'Universita' del Sussex. Vi prego di farla circolare tra studentesse e studenti potenzialmente interessate. Cordiali saluti Enrico Scalas -- Dear all, Please advertise/send this opportunity to any interested students. The tile of the project is “Characterisation and prediction of events in large dynamic networks” and it supervised by my colleague, Dr Luc Berthouze in Informatics, and I. All the details are available at: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ALO658/characterisation-and-prediction-of-events-… http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/money/scholarships/pgr2015/view/455 Thank you for your help in this matter and I wish you a lovely Summer. Istvan Kiss. ------------------------------------------------------ Dr Istvan Zoltan Kiss Reader in Mathematics Department of Mathematics University of Sussex Pevensey III-5C6, Falmer Brighton, BN1 9QH, UK Tel: +44(0)1273873021 Mob: +44(0)7890127099 Email: i.z.kiss(a)sussex.ac.uk http://www.maths.sussex.ac.uk/~izkiss/ http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/211073 ------------------------------------------------------

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borsa di studio
by Sara Pasquali 06 Aug '15

06 Aug '15

A tutti i possibili interessati. All'indirizzo http://www.izsler.it/pls/izs_bs/v3_s2ew_consultazione.mostra_pagina?id_pagi… e' stato pubblicato ieri il bando per una borsa di studio dell'Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna (Brescia) sui seguenti temi: - Modellazione matematica di sistemi di popolazioni - Elementi di eco-epidemiologia: approcci quantitativi e aspetti applicativi di tipo sanitario, biomedico ed ambientale - Analisi dei dati spaziali ed elementi di biostatistica Scadenza del bando: 24 agosto 2015. Titolo richiesto: LAUREA MAGISTRALE IN SCIENZE MATEMATICHE (LM40) Cordiali saluti Sara Pasquali -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Sara Pasquali CNR-IMATI Via Bassini, 15 20133 MILANO - ITALY =========== Tel. +39 02 23699525 Fax. +39 02 23699538 e-mail:sara.pasquali@mi.imati.cnr.it ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Fwd: post-doc position in Cardiff
by Marco Romito 05 Aug '15

05 Aug '15

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Fwd: 6 PhD fellowship for PhD in Mathematics and Models in L'Aquila
by ida.minelli＠dm.univaq.it 04 Aug '15

04 Aug '15

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: 6 PhD fellowship for PhD in Mathematics and Models in L'Aquila From: dottorato_mate_mode(a)dm.univaq.it Date: Sat, July 18, 2015 6:00 pm To: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- DO NOT REPLY TO THIS ADDRESS PLEASE DIFFUSE BETWEEN INTERESTED PEOPLE 6+2 fellowships for the PhD program in: Mathematics and Models Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Scienze dell'Informazione e Matematica, L'AQUILA Italy Information and details on: http://www.univaq.it/en/section.php?id=1782&lang_s=en Deadline: August, 27 2015 -13 pm (local time) APPLICATIONS ON LINE ONLY. DO NOT SEND ANYTHING IN DIFFERENT WAYS, IT WILL NOT GET ANY CONSIDERATION FOLLOW THE RULES GIVEN IN ART.5 OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT For information please contact: dottorato.ricerca(a)cc.univaq.it Some informations are in attachment.

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PhD Studentship on Large deviation principles for Random walks in Random potential
by Enrico Scalas 30 Jul '15

30 Jul '15

Car* collegh*, al Sussex abbiamo a disposizione fondi per un progetto di dottorato di probabilita'. Maggiori informazioni sono disponibili a partire dal nostro sito: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/money/scholarships/pgr2015/view/535 Per comodita' riporto l'annuncio qui sotto. Vi prego di farlo circolare tra le persone potenzialmente interessate. Cordiali saluti e grazie in anticipo, Enrico Scalas -- PhD Studentship on Large deviation principles for Random walks in Random potential We are pleased to offer this fully-funded PhD studentship, available in the Department of Mathematics at University of Sussex. The project aims to understand the behaviour of various `rare events' associated with aspects of three types of growth processes, namely first and last passage percolation or random walks in random potential. In random spatial processes such as these, we have always two sources of randomness. First, we have a background random environment on a lattice that creates the `random medium' and then, under a fixed environment, we define a measure on lattice paths. The goal of the proposed project is to understand not only the typical, but most importantly the atypical behaviour of these path measures and the paths themselves, under various conditions on the random environment. The usual techniques necessary for such endeavours are drawn from various areas of Analysis (Real, Complex, Convex and Functional) and probabilistic techniques that when not completely general, are usually model dependent. The PhD project will be under the supervision of Dr Nicos Georgiou.

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Fwd: dottorato in Matematica a Pisa - pubblicazione bando
by Marco Romito 28 Jul '15

28 Jul '15

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Prova
by Carlo Sgarra 28 Jul '15

28 Jul '15

Messaggio di prova per Marco e Francesco. Carlo Sgarra

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International Conference on "Societal Fault Lines and Credit Risk: The Impact of Current Economic, Institutional and Political Developments on Credit and Risk" in Venice - Programme
by Monica Billio 26 Jul '15

26 Jul '15

14th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE C R E D I T 2015 *Societal Fault Lines and Credit Risk: The Impact of Current Economic, Institutional and Political Developments on Credit and Risk* Venice, Italy 1 - 2 October 2015 The objective of the Conference is to bring together academics, practitioners and PhD students working in the area of risk management. The conference this year focuses on *Societal Fault Lines and Credit Risk: The Impact of Current Economic, Institutional and Political Developments on Credit and Risk* and 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 is the *fourteenth* of a series dedicated to various aspects of credit risk. The *co-sponsors* of the Conference are *GRETA Associati* (Venice, Italy), *Center on Sustainable Architecture for Finance (SAFE) at Goethe University Frankfurt* (Frankfurt, Germany), the *University of Zurich* (Zurich, Switzerland) and *Intesa Sanpaolo *(Milan, Italy). The Conference is organised under the *auspices *of the *Department of Economics of the University Ca’ Foscari of Venice*, *ABI - Italian Banking Association *and *European Investment Bank.* The Scientific Committee for the Conference consists of: *Steven Ongena* (University of Zurich, Programme Chair), *Mark Carey (*Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), *Hans Degryse* (KU Leuven), *Jan Krahnen* (Goethe University), *André Lucas* (VU University Amsterdam), *Loriana Pelizzon* (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Goethe University) and *Stephen Schaefer* (London Business School). PROGRAMME Thursday, October 1 2015 9.00 - 9.15_Welcome and Opening Remarks _Monica Billio (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) Steven Ongena (University of Zurich & Swiss Finance Institute, CREDIT 2015 Programme Chair) 9.15 - 11.00_Session I: Organization and Risk_ Key-note talk: Vikrant Vig (London Business School) /Financial Synergies and the Organization of Bank Affiliates: A Theoretical Perspective on Risk and Efficiency, /Elisa Luciano (University of Torino) and Clas Wihlborg (Chapman University) /Restructuring Failure and Optimal Capital Structure, /Alfred Lehar (University of Calgary) 11.45 - 13.00_Session II: Systemic Risk_ Key-note talk: Mark Carey (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) /Soft Budget Constraints and Systemic Risk, /Alan D. Morrison (University of Oxford) and Ansgar Walther (University of Oxford) 14.15 - 15.15_Session III: Securitization_ /Arbitraging the Basel Securitization Framework: Evidence from German ABS Investment, /Matthias Efing (Swiss Finance Institute & University of Geneva) /Securitisation and Risk Retention in European Banking: The Importance of Collateral and Prudential Regulation, /Alessandro Diego Scopelliti (University of Warwick) 15.15 - 16.15**_Poster Session 1 _16.15 - 18.00_Session IV: Housing Credit Risk_ Key-note talk: Hayne Leland (University of California, Berkeley) /Loan Product Steering in Mortgage Markets, /Sumit Agarwal (National University of Singapore), Gene Amromin (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago), Itzhak Ben-David (Ohio State University) and Douglas D. Evanoff (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago) /Changes in Buyer Composition and the Expansion of Credit During the Boom, /Manuel Adelino (Duke University, Durham), Antoinette Schoar (MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge & NBER) and**Felipe Severino**(Dartmouth, Hanover) Friday, October 2 2015 9.00 - 10.30_Session V: Information Asymmetries_ /Rating Agencies and Information Efficiency: Do Multiple Credit Ratings Pay Off? The Case of RMBS Rating Migration, /Stefan Morkoetter (University of St. Gallen), Roman Stebler (University of St. Gallen) and Simone Westerfeld (University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland) /Show Me Yours and I’ll Show You Mine: Sharing Borrower Information in a Competitive Credit Market, /Jaap Bos (Maastricht University), Ralph De Haas (EBRD and Tilburg University) and Matteo Millone (VU University Amsterdam) /Unsecured Credit Supply over the Credit Cycle: Evidence from Credit Card Mailings, /Song Han (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), Benjamin J. Keys (University of Chicago) and Geng Li (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) 11.15 - 13.00_Session VI: Interbank Market and Liquidity Risk_ Key-note talk: Viral Acharya (New York University) /Lending-of-last-resort Is as Lending-of-last-resort Does: Central Bank Liquidity Provision and Interbank Market Functioning in the Euro Area, /Carlos Garcia de Andoain (European Central Bank), Florian Heider (European Central Bank), Marie Hoerova (European Central Bank) and Simone Manganelli (European Central Bank) / The Euro Interbank Repo Market, /Loriano Mancini (Swiss Finance Institute), Angelo Ranaldo (University of St. Gallen) and Jan Wrampelmeyer (University of St. Gallen) 14.30 - 15.30_Session VII: Inequality and Credit Risk_ /Does Inequality Cause Financial Distress? Evidence from Lottery Winners and Neighboring Bankruptcies, /Sumit Agarwal (National University of Singapore), Vyacheslav Mikhed (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia) and Barry Scholnick (University of Alberta) /Conflicting Security Laws and The Democratization of Credit: France's Reform of the Napoleonic Code, /Kevin Aretz (Manchester Business School), Murillo Campello (Cornell University & NBER) and Maria-Teresa Marchica (Manchester Business School) 15.30 - 16.30_Poster Session 2 _16.30 - 18.00_PANEL Session _ 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/credit2015/credit2015.htm <http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2015/credit2015.htm>). Registration fees are: Early registrationLate registration (within August 31st)(from September 1st on) Academics: 250 Euro + VAT300 Euro + VAT Practitioners: 800 Euro + VAT1000 Euro + VAT Academics Poster Presenter:130 Euro + VAT130 Euro + VAT Practitioners Poster Presenter: 500 Euro + VAT500 Euro + VAT PhD Students*: 80 Euro + VAT130 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 October 1st, 2015, for which there is an extra charge of 80.00 Euro per person (conference attendees as well as accompanying persons). For more detailed information (registration, accommodation and Conference venue), please refer to the Conference website: http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2015/credit2015.htm <http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2015/credit2015.htm> * Please accept our apologies for any crossed e-mails. GRETA Associati San Polo, 2605 - 30125 Venice, ITALY Phone : +39 041 5238178 - Fax : +39 041 5286166 e-mail: credit(a)greta.it <mailto:credit@greta.it> website: _www.greta.it_ <http://www.greta.it/> -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is believed to be clean. -- "Nota automatica aggiunta dal sistema di posta. Destina il 5 per mille per sostenere con borse di studio gli studenti meritevoli di Ca' Foscari. E' un atto volontario, non costa nulla e non sostituisce l'8 per mille. Scegli Ca' Foscari: codice fiscale 80007720271 Please note that the above message is addressed only to individuals filing Italian income tax returns."

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Postdoc position at Roma Tre
by Pietro Caputo 23 Jul '15

23 Jul '15

Dear Colleague, We would like to draw your attention to two 1-year postdoc positions (assegni di ricerca) based at the Department of Mathematics and Physics of the University of Roma Tre. The first position is focused on Mathematical Physics, more specifically on many-body quantum mechanics and effective theories for condensed matter systems, and it is funded through the FIR grant COND-MATH ("Condensed Matter in Mathematical Physics", principal investigator: Michele Correggi, website www.cond-math.it ). Contact person: M. Correggi michele.correggi(a)gmail.com The second position, funded through the joint project Roma Tre-Marseille "HYPATIE A*MIDEX", has a wider focus and it is open to candidates with a strong background either in Probability Theory (random matrices, random graphs, interacting particle systems, Markov chains) and/or Mathematical Physics (mathematical statistical physics, dynamical systems and quantum mechanics). The local group in Roma Tre active in the above topics include P. Caputo, G. Gentile, A. Giuliani, F. Martinelli, A. Pellegrinotti and E. Scoppola. For this position the detailed research project will be agreed on with the team members. Contact person: A. Giuliani giuliani(a)mat.uniroma3.it Both appointments are for 1 year, starting at the beginning of 2016. The calls will be opened in October 2015 and the examinations of the cv's and the interviews will take place in November/December 2015. Please forward the above information to potentially interested candidates. Thank you in advance, Best regards, Pietro Caputo, Michele Correggi, Guido Gentile, Alessandro Giuliani, Fabio Martinelli, Alessandro Pellegrinotti, Elisabetta Scoppola

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Postdoc positions
by Marco Scarsini 22 Jul '15

22 Jul '15

The Department of Economics and Finance at LUISS has two postdoc positions in the area of Applied Mathematics: 1. Mathematical Models for the Study of Heterogeneous Systems and the Management of Renewable Resources: Stochastic Case 2. Games on Networks Under Uncertainty The application deadline is 2015 September 4. Details can be found at http://tinyurl.com/qeayc2x ******************************************************* Marco Scarsini Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza LUISS Viale Romania 32 00197 Roma, ITALY URL: http://docenti.luiss.it/scarsini/

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Fwd: 3rd Barcelona Summer School on Stochastic Analysis - July 2016 - CRM
by Marco Romito 20 Jul '15

20 Jul '15

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XXXI ciclo - dottorato di ricerca Univ.Salento e Univ.Basilicata - Bando
by DI NARDO Elvira 19 Jul '15

19 Jul '15

L'Università del Salento, in convenzione con l'Università degli Studi della Basilicata, ha bandito 7 posti di dottorato, di cui 6 con borsa e 1 senza borsa IN “MATEMATICA E INFORMATICA” Tematiche di ricerca • Algebra: Teoria dei gruppi e delle algebre, combinatoria e teoria delle rappresentazioni. • Geometria: Geometria combinatoria, geometria differenziale. • Analisi Matematica: Calcolo delle variazioni, equazioni alle derivate parziali, analisi funzionale, analisi complessa. • Probabilità e Statistica Matematica: Teoria dei processi stocastici, copule e statistica multivariata; applicazioni alla finanza, biostatistica, teoria dei segnali. • Fisica Matematica: Termodinamica dei sistemi continui, relatività generale e cosmologia. • Analisi Numerica: Teoria dell'approssimazione, trattamento numerico di equazioni differenziali ed integrali. • Informatica: Basi di dati, ingegneria del software, algoritmi, grafica, reti e sistemi distribuiti. Le informazioni relative al bando si trovano su: https://www.unisalento.it/c/document_library/get_file?p_l_id=256165&folderI… La scadenza per la presentazione delle domande è il 3 Agosto 2015. La selezione avverrà per valutazione dei titoli e colloquio: - la prova scritta si terrà il giorno 9 settembre 2015 alle ore 15.00 - il colloquio si terrà il giorno 11 settembre 2015, a partire dalle ore 15.00 Con preghiera di massima diffusione soprattutto fra gli studenti. Cordiali Saluti Elvira Di Nardo -- ...................................................... Elvira Di Nardo Dept. Mathematics, Computer Science and Economics University of Basilicata Viale dell'Ateneo Lucano 10 I-85100 (Potenza) alternative address: dinardo.el(a)gmail.com (room) +390971205890 (cell.) +393470033068 (fax) + 390971205896 (skype) elvira.di.nardo (web) http://oldwww.unibas.it/utenti/dinardo/home.html ......................................................

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Austrian Stochastic Days
by Carlo Sgarra 16 Jul '15

16 Jul '15

Inoltro il seguente annuncio per chi fosse eventualmente interessato. Cordiali Saluti. Carlo Sgarra Dipartimento di Matematica Politecnico di Milano Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to participate in the 4th Austrian Stochastics Days https://fam.tuwien.ac.at/asd2015/ which will be held in Vienna from 28th to 29th of September 2015. Our invited speakers will be Evelyn Buckwar (Johannes Kepler University Linz) Jirí Cerný (University of Vienna) This event shall especially give young researchers the opportunity to present their work and to network with other colleagues from or near Austria. Therefore, we would also ask you to PLEASE FORWARD this announcement to doctoral students and postdocs within your research group and department! Thank you. Every participant is invited to submit a talk. The duration of talks is expected to be about 20 minutes (plus 5 minutes discussion) but depending upon the number of submissions this may slightly be adjusted (+/- 5 minutes). For submission please send title and abstract (plain text) to austrian.stochasticdays(a)gmail.com<mailto:austrian.stochasticdays@gmail.com> until August 15, 2015. We would appreciate if you send in your title/abstract as early as possible as this allows us to estimate the number of participants better. In order to have time to talk to each other we also plan to meet for dinner in the evening of the 28th of September. For more information please visit: https://fam.tuwien.ac.at/asd2015/ Best regards and looking forward seeing you, Friedrich Hubalek and Christian Kühn (Vienna University of Technology) [https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif]

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Austrian Stochastic Days
by Carlo Sgarra 16 Jul '15

16 Jul '15

Inoltro il seguente annuncio per chi fosse eventualmente interessato. Cordiali Saluti. Carlo Sgarra Dipartimento di MATEMATICA Politecnico di Milano Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to participate in the 4th Austrian Stochastics Days https://fam.tuwien.ac.at/asd2015/ which will be held in Vienna from 28th to 29th of September 2015. Our invited speakers will be Evelyn Buckwar (Johannes Kepler University Linz) Jiří Černý (University of Vienna) This event shall especially give young researchers the opportunity to present their work and to network with other colleagues from or near Austria. Therefore, we would also ask you to PLEASE FORWARD this announcement to doctoral students and postdocs within your research group and department! Thank you. Every participant is invited to submit a talk. The duration of talks is expected to be about 20 minutes (plus 5 minutes discussion) but depending upon the number of submissions this may slightly be adjusted (+/- 5 minutes). For submission please send title and abstract (plain text) to austrian.stochasticdays(a)gmail.com until August 15, 2015. We would appreciate if you send in your title/abstract as early as possible as this allows us to estimate the number of participants better. In order to have time to talk to each other we also plan to meet for dinner in the evening of the 28th of September. For more information please visit: https://fam.tuwien.ac.at/asd2015/ Best regards and looking forward seeing you, Friedrich Hubalek and Christian Kühn (Vienna University of Technology)

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Avviso di seminario :: Maggioni@DSS (Scienze Statistiche, Sapienza)
by Pierpaolo Brutti 15 Jul '15

15 Jul '15

----------------------------------------------------------------------------- A v v i s o d i S e m i n a r i o ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Martedì 21 Luglio, ore 11:30am ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stanza 34 Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche Sapienza Università di Roma MAURO MAGGIONI (Duke University, Department of Mathematics) terrà un seminario dal titolo MULTISCALE GEOMETRIC METHODS FOR STATISTICAL LEARNING AND DATA IN HIGH-DIMENSIONS tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maggiori informazioni sui seminari presso il DSS sono consultabili a quest'indirizzo: http://goo.gl/Y6OQYm Saluti Pierpaolo Brutti --- ABSTRACT We discuss a family of ideas, algorithms, and results for analyzing various new and classical problems in the analysis of high-dimensional data sets. These methods rely on the idea of performing suitable multiscale geometric decompositions of the data, and exploiting such a decomposition to perform a variety of tasks in signal processing and statistical learning. In particular, we discuss the problem of dictionary learning, where one is interested in constructing, given a training set of signals, a set of vectors (dictionary) such that the signals admit a sparse representation in terms of the dictionary vectors. We discuss a multiscale geometric construction of such dictionaries, its computational cost and online versions, and finite sample guarantees on its quality. We then generalize part of this construction to other tasks, such as learning an estimator for the probability measure generating the data, again with fast algorithms with finite sample guarantees, and for learning certain types of stochastic dynamical system in high-dimensions. Applications to construction of multi-resolution dictionaries for images, with the incorporation of invariances, will be discussed. -- ___________________________________________ INVESTI SUL FUTURO, FAI CRESCERE L’UNIVERSITÀ: *DONA IL 5 PER MILLE ALLA SAPIENZA* CODICE FISCALE *80209930587*

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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Ph.D. studentship in Statistical Sciences at the University of Padua - Italy
by Patrizia Piacentini - PhD 13 Jul '15

13 Jul '15

As a partner of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Innovative Training Network called "Advanced Multivariate Analysis for New Physics Searches at the Large Hadron Collider" (AMVA4NewPhysics), the University of Padua offers a PhD scholarship in Statistical Sciences. The early-stage researcher recipient of the scholarship will be enrolled in the three-year PhD program offered by the Department of Statistical Sciences. The research will focus on statistical methods targeting the analysis of data from proton-proton collisions collected by the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider operating at the CERN laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. The research plan includes the participation to international doctoral schools, workshops, and conferences, as well as visiting periods to CERN and to other European institutions belonging to the Network, plus a three-month secondment at a non-academic institution, attending to a stage centered on industry applications of Machine Learning tools. *Eligibility criteria:*Candidates should have an at least four year full time university education degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Physics or related fields formally enabling them to embark in a doctorate program in the country where the degree was obtained; in any case they should possess a strong background in Statistics and Machine Learning. Additional favorable traits include good computing skills and an interest in the application of statistical methods to fundamental research. The application of females is encouraged as AMVA4NewPhysics applies affirmative-action measures to ensure gender equality in the recruitment process. In addition to the above, at the time of recruitment by University of Padova the eligible candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc) in Italy for more than 12 months in the period October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2015 (short stays such as holidays are not taken into account).Eligible candidates must also be, at the time of recruitment, in the first four years (full-time equivalent) of their research careers and not yet have been awarded a doctoral degree. This is measured from the date when they obtained the degree which would formally entitle them to embark on a doctorate, either in the country in which the degree was obtained or in Italy, irrespective of whether or not a doctorate is envisaged. *Conditions:*The gross scholarship amounts to 3318 euros/month; in addition, a mobility allowance of euro 600/month is provided for, as well as a family allowance of euro 500/month if applicable. The cost of the doctoral courses, as well as all expenses related to travel to schools, workshops, and network-organized events, will be sustained by the network. Call for applications is expected to open in mid August; after a preselection, the most promising candidates will be invited to a colloquium by video-conference at the beginning of October. The PhD program is expected to start at the beginning of November 2015. Further information on the position and on the program of the AMVA4NewPhysics training network can be obtained at_https://homes.stat.unipd.it/giovannamenardi/content/amva4newphysics-0_ or by contacting Dr. Giovanna Menardi at menardi AT stat DOT unipd DOT it

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Seminario di Roberto Fernandez a Roma Tre Venerdi 10 ore 12:30
by Pietro Caputo 09 Jul '15

09 Jul '15

SEMINARIO Probabilita' Roberto Fernandez University of Ultrecht Titolo: Stability of phases and perturbation and discretisation Venerdi' 10 Luglio 2015 ORE 12:30 Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica Universita' degli Studi Roma Tre AULA 311 (SEMINARI) Largo San L. Murialdo,1

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Seminario di Probabilita' a RM1
by Fabio Spizzichino 07 Jul '15

07 Jul '15

*Mercoledì 08 luglio 2015* Ore 14:30, Aula Picone del presso il Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Universita' La Sapienza Il Dr. Arturo Erdely (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico) terra' un seminario su *Modeling complex dependence using gluing and vine copulas* Abstract Bivariate dependence may be of such complexity that no single family of known parametric copulas is able to give an acceptable goodnes of fit. The gluing copula approach may be of good help in decomposing a complex non monotone dependence into easier to model piecewise monotone dependencies. This is good news for the vine copula approach since bivariate copulas are building blocks of such approach in higher dimensions. An application to real data in economics and geophysics will be discussed. Tutte le persone interessate sono invitate ad intervenire Per informazioni: rivolgersi a Gianna Nappo (nappo(a)mat.uniroma1.it) o a Fabio Spizzichino (fabio.spizzichino(a)uniroma1.it) -- ___________________________________________ INVESTI SUL FUTURO, FAI CRESCERE L’UNIVERSITÀ: *DONA IL 5 PER MILLE ALLA SAPIENZA* CODICE FISCALE *80209930587*

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Seminario BALBI (RGS, ADAMSS, CIMAB & Matematica Applicata)
by Giacomo Aletti (giacomo.aletti) 06 Jul '15

06 Jul '15

Con preghiera di diffusione tra tutti i possibili interessati, scusandomi per invii multipli. Cordialmente, Giacomo Aletti -------------- Nell'ambito dei Reading Group Seminars e del Seminario di Matematica Applicata, in collaborazione col centro ADAMSS e il CIMAB, il giorno lunedì 13 Luglio 2015, alle ore 14.30, nell'Aula C del Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Via C. Saldini, 50, Milano, "Not just theory: the role of computational neuroscience in clinical neurophysiology" Pietro Balbi Dept. of Neurorehabilitation 'Salvatore Maugeri' Foundation Scientific Institute of Pavia, IRCCS via Boezio 28 Abstract: Neurocomputational modelling has the ultimate goal of enhancing the understanding of the behavior of neural cells and circuits. This aim is usually reached by starting from the experimental phenomena, then by postulating hypotheses or conceptual models of the biophysical events, and finally by transforming them in computational models. The conversion of experimental data in neurocomputational models takes mainly advantage of two well established mathematical theories: the cable conductor theory and the Hodgkin-Huxley equations. In this seminar the considered experimental phenomena are represented by the axon-somatic back-propagation and the recurrent discharge, which are the basis of a clinical test known as the F wave. This is a neurophysiological test commonly used to assess the motor conduction along the most proximal segments of the peripheral axons. It results from the backfiring of antidromically activated spinal motoneurons. Until recently the test has been also used as a measure of motoneuronal excitability in experimental studies. By modelling the axon-somatic back-propagation and the recurrent discharge and by showing their dependance from the biophysical properties of the transition zone between axonal initial segment (AIS) and soma of the spinal motoneurons, a clearer insight is gained about the relations between the F wave and the spinal excitability. The modelling study appears able to provide both a clearer interpretation of the electrophysiological interplay between motoneuronal regions of high morphological inhomogeneity, and a novel demonstration of the flawed role of F-wave recordings in estimating the motoneuronal excitability. ================ Per chi volesse seguire il seminario in remoto ricordo inoltre che sarà possibile avendo segnalato il proprio interessamento entro le 12 del giorno del seminario. ================= Reading Group Seminars: The Reading Group Seminars (RGS) are organized within an open community of researchers interested in applying up to date mathematical modeling and data analysis approaches to the study of biological systems. The RGS take place at the Math. Department in Milan (via Saldini). Initiatives and updates are published on the website: http://rgs.mat.unimi.it/.(http://rgs.mat.unimi.it/) -- ------------------------------- Giacomo Aletti, Associate Professor ADAMSS Centre (ex MIRIAM) Advanced Applied Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Department of Mathematics (www.mat.unimi.it) Via Saldini, 50 20133 Milano, Italy Tel: +39-02-503.16158 Fax:+39-02-503.16090 Cell:+39-340-9739142 **************** Per destinare il 5x1000 all'Universita' degli Studi di Milano: indicare nella dichiarazione dei redditi il codice fiscale 80012650158. http://www.unimi.it/13084.htm?utm_source=firmaMail&utm_medium=email&utm_con…

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Workshop on Gradient flows, Large deviations and Applications
by Francesco Caravenna 01 Jul '15

01 Jul '15

Ricevo e inoltro. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% WORKSHOP ON GRADIENT FLOWS, LARGE DEVIATIONS AND APPLICATIONS Eurandom, Eindhoven (NL), November 23-24, 2015 The aim of this mini-workshop is to bring together mathematicians working on the boundary between analysis and probability. The main focus is on Gradient Flows and Large Deviations. For further details, see the website: http://www.win.tue.nl/casa/meetings/special/gradientflows/ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

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Seminario di Flavia Barsotti presso Prometeia - Bologna
by Giacomo Scandolo 29 Jun '15

29 Jun '15

Il giorno Giovedì 2 Luglio 2015, alle ore 14:30 presso la sede di Prometeia (sala grande, primo piano) via G.Marconi 43, Bologna Flavia BARSOTTI Risk Methodologies, Group Financial Risk, Group Risk Management, UniCredit S.p.A. terrà un seminario dal titolo "Credit risk evaluation: performance and determinants of structural modeling approach" Abstract Structural credit risk models are known to be the natural mathematical framework providing a theoretical link between a firm’s default probability and the underlying firm’s specific structural variables. In this spirit, this talk discusses the ability of structural credit risk modeling in measuring the sensitivity of corporate bond returns to changes in equity value, representing a key element for hedging purposes in risk management activity. The analysis is conducted by considering as starting point the classical Merton model. Extensions of this setting are proposed by relaxing the assumption of Lognormal distribution for the underlying assets value dynamics. The talk discusses the performance of structural models across different rating classes and analyzes which are the key determinants (both credit and non-credit related variables) affecting the performance. --- Questa e-mail è priva di virus e malware perché è attiva la protezione avast! Antivirus. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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XVII Workshop on Quantitative Finance, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, 28-29 Gennaio 2016
by Fabrizio Lillo 29 Jun '15

29 Jun '15

First Announcement: XVII WORKSHOP on QUANTITATIVE FINANCE January 28-29, 2016 Venue: Scuola Normale Superiore Piazza dei Cavalieri 7 56126 Pisa Italy The Workshop is the seventeenth edition of an annual meeting place for academia and financial industry on theoretical topics of quantitative finance and their application to the current issues facing the industry. The Workshop welcomes contributions from Mathematical Finance, Quantitative Risk Management, Financial Economics, Computational Finance, Financial Econometrics, Statistics of Financial Markets, Corporate Finance. As in the previous edition of the workshop, we wish to particularly encourage an international participation of young researchers and both theoretical and applied contributions. SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Fabio Bellini (Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca), Giacomo Bormetti (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa), Andrea Consiglio (Università degli Studi di Palermo), Friederich Hubalek (Technische Universität Wien), Fabrizio Lillo (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa), Elisa Luciano (Università degli Studi di Torino), Maria Elvira Mancino (Università degli Studi di Firenze), Stefano Marmi (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa), Massimo Morini (Banca IMI), Aldo Nassigh (Unicredit Group), Loriana Pelizzon (Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia), Mustafa Pinar (Bilkent University, Ankara), Mathieu Rosenbaum (École Polytechnique, Paris), Sergio Scarlatti (Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”), Carlo Sgarra (Politecnico di Milano), Peter Tankov (Université Denis Diderot, Paris), Josef Teichmann (ETH Zurich), and Tiziano Vargiolu (Università degli Studi di Padova). LOCAL COMMITTEE Giacomo Bormetti, Fabrizio Lillo, Maria Elvira Mancino, Stefano Marmi, Davide Pirino, Daniele Regoli, Chiara Sabelli. Deadline for submission: November 8, 2015 Web site: http://mathfinance.sns.it/qfwxvii/ ---------------------------------------- Fabrizio Lillo Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa Piazza dei Cavalieri 7 56126 Pisa ITALY Check the new website: fabriziolillo.wordpress.com phone: +39 050509159

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Pavia-Bicocca-INdAM PhD program in Mathematics
by Francesco Caravenna 26 Jun '15

26 Jun '15

Starting this year, the Universities of Pavia and Milano-Bicocca have a *joint PhD program in Mathematics*, with the contribution of INdAM. A total of 10 fellowship are available in all domains of Mathematics, including Probability and Statistics. The deadline for applications is July 8, 2015. For more information, we refer to the websites: http://phdmat.unipv.eu/site/home.html http://www.unipv.eu/site/en/home/research/phd-courses.html

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Seminar Prof. Jorge Zubelli in Padova
by Giorgia Callegaro 26 Jun '15

26 Jun '15

Dear all, next week, the 3rd July 2015, Prof. Jorge Zubelli (IMPA, Rio De Janeiro) will give a seminar on Real Options (Mathematics/Probability applied to Finance) from 12am to 13 am, in room 2BC30 at "Torre Archimede" (Dep. of Mathematics, University of Padova). More details, i.e., the title and abstract follow: Title: "Project evaluation and Real Option Analysis: A Hedged Monte Carlo Approach" Abstract: Industrial strategic decisions have evolved tremendously in the last decades towards a higher degree of quantitative analysis. Such decisions require taking into account a large number of uncertain variables and volatile scenarios, much like financial market investments. Furthermore, they can be evaluated by comparing portfolios of investments in financial assets such as in stocks, derivatives and commodity futures. This revolution led to the development of a new field of managerial science known as Real Options. The use of Real Option techniques incorporates also the value of flexibility and gives a broader view of many business decisions that brings in techniques from quantitative finance and risk management. Such techniques are now part of the decision making process of many corporations and require a substantial amount of mathematical background. Yet, there has been substantial debate concerning the use of risk neutral pricing and hedging arguments to the context of project evaluation. We discuss some alternatives to risk neutral pricing that could be suitable to evaluation of projects in a realistic context with special attention to projects dependent on commodities and non-hedgeable uncertainties. More precisely, we make use of a variant of the hedged Monte-Carlo method of Potters, Bouchaud and Sestovic to tackle strategic decisions. Thanks for the attention and have a nice day, Giorgia -- Giorgia Callegaro Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics - University of Padova Via Trieste 63 , I-35121 Padova - ITALY Tel: +39-0498271481 Fax: +39-0498271499 E-Mail: gcallega(a)math.unipd.it <https://webmail.math.unipd.it/horde3/imp/message.php?mailbox=Sent&index=598#> Personal web-page: https://sites.google.com/site/giogiocallegaro/Home

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Assegno di Ricerca - Università di Firenze
by Giacomo Scandolo 24 Jun '15

24 Jun '15

Scusandomi per eventuale cross-posting, ricordo un Assegno di Ricerca presso il Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa (DISEI) dell'Università di Firenze. SSD: SECS-S/06 Titolo: "Modelli quantitativi di analisi del rischio aziendale" Scadenza domande: 30/06/2015 Bando: numero 3539 dell'Albo ufficiale UNIFI (www.unifi.it/albo-ufficiale.html)

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Seminario Dottor Enrico Moretto all'IMATI
by Antonella Bodini 24 Jun '15

24 Jun '15

Si comunica che il giorno 2 luglio alle ore 10.30, presso la sala A della sede di Milano dell'IMATI, Via E. Bassini 15, il Dottor Enrico Moretto, dell'Universita' dell'Insubria, terra' il seminario dal titolo *Alcune applicazioni finanziarie dello stochastic dividend discount model.* Abstract: lo /stochastic dividend discount model/ (SDDM) (Hurley e Johnson, 1994 e 1998) ha esteso in un contesto aleatorio la classica formula di Gordon che determina il prezzo di un'azione attualizzando i futuri dividendi pagati dalla società agli azionisti. Il modello ipotizza che i dividendi si evolvano in tempo discreto in maniera stocastica, pilotati da un tasso di crescita aleatorio. I contributi di ricerca che saranno presentati rappresentano il tentativo di applicare lo SDDM ad alcuni problemi ben noti in finanza, quali la teoria di selezione del portafoglio e l'analisi delle fusioni tra società. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Cordiali saluti, Antonella Bodini -- Dott. Antonella Bodini CNR-Istituto di Matematica Applicata e Tecnologie Informatiche Via Bassini 15, 20133 Milano (Italy) tel +39 02 23699524 fax +39 02 23699538 http://www.mi.imati.cnr.it/~anto/

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