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Open post-doc position at Géoazur in collaboration with Inria, at Sophia Antipolis, France
by Marco Romito 29 May '19

29 May '19

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Open post-doc position at Géoazur in collaboration with Inria, at Sophia Antipolis, France, in the research area: Curvilinear network detection on satellite images using AI, stochastic models and deep learning. // //// //Submission deadline June 30th, 2019 // /---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Open Position for a post-doc scientist at Géoazur (https://geoazur.oca.eu/fr/acc-geoazur) in collaboration with Inria (https://www.inria.fr/en/centre/sophia) at Sophia Antipolis (Nice region), France, in the area of Computer Vision, Deep Learning and Remote Sensing applied to curvilinear detection on both optical and SAR satellite images (project abstract below). Both Geoazur and Inria Sophia Antipolis are ideally located in the heart of the French Riviera, inside the multi-cultural silicon valley of Europe (ie. Sophia-Antipolis, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Antipolis) This position is funded by University Côte d'Azur (UCA, see http://univ-cotedazur.fr/en#.XOforoWTpT4) Duration: 18 months Starting date: between september 1st and November 1st 2019. Salary: gross salary per month 3000 EUR (ie. approximately 2400 EUR net) Please see full announcement https://faultsrgems.oca.eu/images/FAULT/News/Post-doc_offer-AI-ManighettiZe…, or onhttps://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/411481 *Candidate profile* Strong academic backgrounds in Stochastic Modeling, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Remote Sensing and Parallel Programming with GPUs and/or multicore CPUs. A decent knowledge of Earth and telluric features (especially faults) will be appreciated. To apply, please email a full application to both Isabelle Manighetti (manighetti(a)geoazur.unice.fr) and Josiane Zerubia (josiane.Zerubia(a)inria.fr) indicating “UCA-AI-post-doc” in the e-mail subject. The application should contain: * a motivation letter demonstrating motivation, academic strengths and related experience to this position. * CV including publication list * at least two major publications in pdf * minimum 2 reference letters *Project abstract* Curvilinear structure networks are widespread in both nature and anthropogenic systems, ranging from angiography, earth and environment sciences, to biology and anthropogenic activities. Recovering the existence and architecture of these curvilinear networks is an essential and fundamental task in all the related domains. At present, there has been an explosion of image data documenting these curvilinear structure networks. Therefore, it is of upmost importance to develop numerical approaches that may assist us efficiently to automatically extract curvilinear networks from image data. In recent years, a bulk of works have been proposed to extract curvilinear networks. However, automated and high-quality curvilinear network extraction is still a challenging task nowadays. This is mainly due to the network shape complexity, low-contrast in images, and high annotation cost for training data. To address the problems aroused by these difficulties, this project intends to develop a novel, minimally-supervised curvilinear network extraction method by combining deep neural networks with active learning, where the deep neural networks are employed to automatically learn hierarchical and data-driven features of curvilinear networks, and the active learning is exploited to achieve high-quality extraction using as few annotations as possible. Furthermore, composite and hierarchical heuristic rules will be designed to constrain the geometry of curvilinear structures and guide the curvilinear graph growing. The proposed approach will be tested and validated on extraction of tectonic fractures and faults from a dense collection of satellite and aerial data and “ground truth” available at the Géoazur laboratory in the framework of the Faults_R_Gems project co-funded by the University Côte d’Azur (UCA) and the French National Research Agency (ANR). Then we intend to apply the new automatic extraction approaches to other scenarios, as road extraction in remote sensing images of the Nice region, and blood vessel extraction in available medical image databases. phone: +33 4 92 38 78 65, fax: +33 4 92 38 78 58 email: Josiane.Zerubia(a)inria.fr web: http://www-sop.inria.fr/members/Josiane.Zerubia/index-eng.html -- Josiane Zerubia INRIA Sophia-Antipolis Méditerranée BP 93, 2004 Route des Lucioles 06902 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex - France

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PhD position in Madrid
by Alessandra Micheletti 29 May '19

29 May '19

Ricevo ed inoltro questa informazione, scusandomi per invii multipli -------------------- Applications are invited for a PhD position in applied mathematics at the Department of Mathematics of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M): - Application deadline *June 16**th**, 2019* - Starting on September 1st, 2019 (or as soon as possible thereafter) - Gross annual salary 15540 € (initial) - One year contract, extensible to up to 3 years and a half. The PhD project consists in developing novel algorithms for Probabilistic (aka Stochastic) Domain Decomposition (PDD), as well as helping in the coding of a C++/MPI library for PDD. The work load of the selected candidate will be equally split between both tasks. The ultimate goal is to produce a large-scale proof of concept of the method and compete for the Gordon Bell Prize for Parallel Computing. There is also the possibility of teaching at the Engineering School of UC3M. This area of research lies in the overlap of stochastic calculus, numerical methods for PDEs, high-performance parallel computing and scientific software development. Candidates are expected to have a background in applied mathematics (specially PDEs and numerics), as well as in scientific programming. Knowledge of stochastic processes, experience in C++, Matlab and MPI, and/or previous research experience in applied maths are a definite plus. The selected candidate will be supervised during her/his PhD by Dr. Francisco Bernal. PhD is expected to take 3-4 years, and it is funded by the Talento Program of the Madrid Regional Government (Project 2018-T1/TIC-10914). Selection will take place based on academic excellence and suitability for the PhD position. Minimum qualifications are: an official university degree in Maths, Statistics, Physics, Computer Science or Engineering with at least 300 ECTS credits, and being fluent in spoken and written English (Spanish is a plus). Candidates must first be admitted in the PhD Program in Mathematical Enginnering <https://www.uc3m.es/ss/Satellite/Doctorado/en/Detalle/Estudio_C/14225881640…>, see full requirements below <https://www.uc3m.es/ss/Satellite/Doctorado/en/Detalle/Estudio_C/14225881640…> : https://www.uc3m.es/ss/Satellite/Doctorado/en/Detalle/Estudio_C/14225881640… This PhD Program sports an official quality distinction. UC3M is one of the leading Spanish public universities in a modern campus on the outskirts of Madrid; the Department of Mathematics hosts two thirds of the current Spanish SIAM Fellows. Applications are to be handled online below <http://portal.uc3m.es/portal/page/portal/inicio/universidad/empleo_universi…> (Ref. I01-1920): *http://portal.uc3m.es/portal/page/portal/inicio/universidad/empleo_universidad/personal_docente_e_investigador/contratos_predoc_proy_inv* <http://portal.uc3m.es/portal/page/portal/inicio/universidad/empleo_universi…> (Try flushing the cache or changing the browser if link does not load). Please write to franciscomanuel.bernal(a)uc3m.es for further inquiries or expression of interest (note the pending deadline). -- Francisco Bernal Universidad Carlos III de Madrid -- ------------------------------------ Alessandra Micheletti Associate Professor - Probability and Mathematical Statistics Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy - ESP Università degli Studi di Milano via Saldini 50, 20133 Milano, Italy phone: +39-02503-16130 fax: +39-02503-16090 http://users.mat.unimi.it/users/michel <http://www.mat.unimi.it/users/michel>

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Seminario Vlad Bally a Roma Tor Vergata
by Anna Vidotto 28 May '19

28 May '19

Dear all, I would like to announce the following talk that will be held on Friday June 7th 2019, at 4:30 PM, in Aula D’Antoni (1101) of the Department of Mathematics, University of Rome Tor Vergata. Speaker: Vlad Bally (Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée) Title: Convergence in Distribution Norms in the CLT and Application to Trigonometric Polynomials Abstract: Under some regularity condition on the random variables at hand, we prove convergence in distribution norms in the CLT and we also derive some local developments (Edgeworth expansions). We use these results in order to study the asymptotic behavior of the number of roots of trigonometric polynomials with random coefficients. — This talk is part of the activity of the MIUR Excellence Department Project CUP E83C18000100006 — Kind regards, Anna Vidotto --------- Anna Vidotto PostDoc Researcher Dipartimento di Matematica Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata https://sites.google.com/view/annavidotto

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scuola di Ravello
by Marco Alessandro Fuhrman 27 May '19

27 May '19

A tutti gli interessati. Segnalo il sito internet http://www.dm.unibo.it/~ruggeri/Ravello_2019.html sulla Scuola di Fisica Matematica di Ravello. Molti argomenti sono di interesse per la nostra comunità scientifica. Cordiali saluti. Marco Fuhrman <signaturebeforequotedtext></signaturebeforequotedtext><signatureafterquotedtext></signatureafterquotedtext> -- Il tuo 5 x mille progetti Sostieni la ricerca, investi sul futuro dei giovani Universita` degli Studi di Milano - codice fiscale 80012650158

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School on "Mathematical and Computational Aspects of Machine Learning" at Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa)
by Fabrizio Lillo 27 May '19

27 May '19

The School on "Mathematical and Computational Aspects of Machine Learning" will take place at the Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio the Giorgi, Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa) from October 7 to October 11, 2019. The call for registration and other information are available at http://crm.sns.it/event/451/ Deadline for registration: 31st August 2019. *Courses* The programme includes 5 minicourses of 6 hours each. - Jean Barbier (ICTP Trieste): Mean field theory of high-dimensional Bayesian inference - Philipp Grohs (University of Vienna): Approximation theory, Numerical Analysis and Deep Learning - Gabriel Peyré (ENS and CNRS, Paris): Optimal Transport for Data Science - Lars Ruthotto (Emory University): Numerical Methods for Deep Learning - Stefano Soatto (with Alessandro Achille) (UCLA): Representation Learning *Short communications* The programme will include also up to 12 short communications of 20 minutes each. When registering, each prospective participant who wishes to deliver a short communication is invited to submit the title and abstract of his/her talk together with a reference letter of his/her advisor or post-doc mentor. The reference letter should be sent directly by the letter writer by e-mail to: crm(a)crm.sns.it Deadline for application: 31st July 2019. *The Scientific Committee* Luigi Ambrosio (Scuola Normale Superiore) Michele Benzi (Scuola Normale Superiore) Pierluigi Contucci (Università di Bologna) Fabrizio Lillo (Università di Bologna) ---------------------------------------- Fabrizio Lillo Dipartimento di Matematica Università di Bologna ITALY Personal website: fabriziolillo.wordpress.com University website: www.unibo.it/sitoweb/fabrizio.lillo <http://fabriziolillo.wordpress.com/> phone: +39 050509159

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Milano Bicocca - Pavia - INdAM PhD program in Mathematics
by Francesco Caravenna 27 May '19

27 May '19

The Universities of Milano Bicocca and Pavia have a *joint PhD program in Mathematics*, with the contribution of INdAM: https://sites.google.com/view/jointphd/home The call for admissions 2019/20 is open, with deadline June 13, 2019 at 12:00 (noon) Italian time: (In English) https://www.unimib.it/unimib-international/phd/how-apply (In Italian) https://www.unimib.it/didattica/dottorato-ricerca/accedere-al-dottorato A total of 13 scholarships are available (6 by Milano Bicocca, 5 by Pavia, 2 by INdAM) in all areas of Mathematics, including Probability, Statistics and Mathematical Finance. Requisites: Applicants should have a Master Degree or obtain it before October 31, 2019 Duration of the program: 3 years Coordinator: Prof. Pierluigi Colli (http://www-dimat.unipv.it/pier/) A detailed description of the research topics carried out by the two participating departments is available at the respective websites: Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics at the University of Milano Bicocca http://www.matapp.unimib.it Department of Mathematics “F. Casorati” at the University of Pavia http://matematica.unipv.it

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(senza oggetto)
by Faggionato, Alessandra 26 May '19

26 May '19

Buongiorno, ricevo da Amine Asselah e con piacere inoltro. Saluti Alessandra ----------------------------------------------------------------- *1-year Postdoctoral position in Probability in Paris* We offer a 1-year postdoctoral position in Probability Theory beginning in the fall of 2019, and funded by the ANR grant SWiWS (from the french governement). All candidates with a background in Probability or Mathematical Physics, and interested in working on the mathematical aspects of polymer folding, interacting random walks and related topics, are encouraged to apply. The position is officially attached with Paris-Est, and collaboration is expected with members of the SWiWS project (see below). *Eligibility criteria:* Holding a PhD in Mathematics. *Deadlines:* 1st of July 2019 *Members of SWiWS project*: Amine Asselah, Quentin Berger, Francis Comets, Yueyun Hu, Julien Poisat, Bruno Schapira, Perla Sousi. *Contract details:* Funding will also be available to participate in scientific events related to the project. Research stays in Marseille and Cambridge are possible. Applications should be sent by email and include: a CV, a list of publications, a description of research project as well as 2 letters of recommendation. *Contact :* amine.asselah(a)u-pec.fr -- ************************************************* Prof. Alessandra Faggionato http://www1.mat.uniroma1.it/~faggionato/ Department of Mathematics University "La Sapienza" Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 00185 - Rome Office 5, Phone (0039) 06 49913252 *************************************************

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Fwd: bando assegno di ricerca dal titolo " Ricerca Matematica"
by Stefano Bonaccorsi 24 May '19

24 May '19

Segnalo questa opportunità per un assegno presso il nostro dipartimento ---------- Messaggio inoltrato --------- Buonasera, vi comunico che è stato pubblicato il bando relativo all'assegno di ricerca dal titolo " Ricerca Matematica" . Lo potete trovare al seguente link: https://www.unitn.it/ateneo/bando/58101/dipartimento-di-matematica-avviso-d… Buon fine settimana. Lucia -- Lucia Osele Responsabile Staff Dipartimento di Matematica Via Sommarive, 14 <https://maps.google.com/?q=Via%0D%0ASommarive,+14+38123%0D%0ATrento&entry=g…> 38123 Trento <https://maps.google.com/?q=Via%0D%0ASommarive,+14+38123%0D%0ATrento&entry=g…> Tel. 0461 281508

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Three lectures on Algorithmic Game Theory
by Marco Scarsini 23 May '19

23 May '19

Professor Georgios Piliouras (Singapore University of Technology and Design) will give the following three lectures on "Frontiers in Algorithmic Game Theory" LUISS Viale Romania 32 00197 Roma Room 303 Monday May 27th, 2019, h16:00-17:30 Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies Cryptocurrencies have shown to be reliable payment platforms and gathered immense interest in recent years. At their core, though, cryptocurrencies are simply decentralized ledgers: a network of participants who agree upon protocol rules that describe how the ledger can be update and maintain consensus among all participants. Even if no individual participant in the network can be trusted, a combination of cryptography and game-theoretic incentives ensures that the network as a whole is reliable and can be trusted. The aim of the tutorial is to provide an introduction to cryptocurrencies, outlining their structure and design with a focus on the game theoretic elements. Tuesday May 28th, 2019, h11:00-12:30 Markets as Pendulums: The Physics of Learning in Games We review a recent thread of papers that explores connections between adaptive learning dynamics in games and ideas in classical mechanics: E.g. When can we prove that learning behavior in a game is periodic? Is there a notion of energy that is being preserved? What are the laws of motion for markets? We will bring together notions from physics such as Poincaré recurrence, Hamiltonians and energy conservation with standard game theoretic notions of Nash and coarse correlated equilibria. No background in physics is expected and the talk will be self-contained. Wednesday May 29th, 2019, h11:00-12:30 Onset of Chaos in Traffic Routing (and Beyond) We study both theoretically and experimentally a standard theoretical benchmark of game theory, non-atomic routing games. Several learning dynamics are classically known to equilibrate in this setting due to its connection to convex optimization. Nevertheless, as we will show if we keep upping the total demand in these systems, then they go through phase transitions and become formally chaotic. We provide both theoretical and experimental evidence about the robustness of this phenomenon. A new vocabulary emerges to describe this behavior, such as formal definitions of chaos. We will examine this new terminology and give several examples to make these notions more intuitive. Finally, we will also uncover new regularities in these chaotic systems. What type of order is hidden within chaos? ******************************************************* Marco Scarsini Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza Luiss Viale Romania 32 00197 Roma, ITALY URL: http://docenti.luiss.it/scarsini/

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REMINDER - International Conference in Venice - CALL FOR PAPERS
by Monica Billio 22 May '19

22 May '19

CREDIT2019 <http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2019/credit2019.htm> *GRETA Associati* (Venice, Italy), *European DataWarehouse* (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), *Intesa Sanpaolo* (Milan, Italy) and *S&P Global Market Intelligence* (London, UK) are co-sponsors of a Conference to be held in Venice on September 26-27, 2019. The objective of the Conference is to bring together academics, practitioners and Ph.D. students working in the area of risk management. The conference will provide an opportunity for participants engaged in research at the forefront of this area to discuss both the causes and implications of recent financial and atmospheric events and may, in turn, suggest fruitful directions for future research. The Conference, organised under the auspices of the *Department of Economics of the University Ca’ Foscari of Venice*, *ABI - Italian Banking Association*, *AIAF - Associazione Italiana per l'Analisi Finanziaria* (Milan, Italy) and the *Joint Research Center, European Commission* (Ispra, Italy), is the *eighteenth *of a series dedicated to various aspects of credit risk. //The adoption of the Paris Agreement on climate change and the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development marks a historical international commitment to the objective of a more sustainable economy and society. How to mobilise the necessary financing for green and sustainable investments is thus a primary need. // //Meanwhile, Regulators are discussing about a green-supporting or a brown-penalising factor since they want to make sure financial institutions are prepared. It is to find the way to support sustainable investments but it is primarily a discussion about credit risk.// //The banking and insurance industries and more in general the financial sector has to develop new asset management strategies and to adjust their credit allocation practices to cope with these new challenges and take advantage of the new opportunities. All these changes call for a substantial amount of research to improve the knowledge of the mechanisms at play and to design adapted policy tools. ////////// The organizers encourage submissions of papers on any topic within the overall theme of the conference and in the following areas in particular: * Analysis of climate change effects on companies’ creditworthiness, in terms of risk exposure and possible loss of business continuity; understanding on how to integrate the environmental risk and opportunities of banks’ or insurers’ counterparties in the credit process * Development of metrics for climate-related financial risks and investments opportunities; definition of an EU environmental and climate change (ECC) risk categorising system by economic sectors/sub-sectors for ECC screening to provide a sound and reliable basis for setting high-level policies for credit protection and allocation * Analysis of the climate change impact on the insurance sector and on the development of non-life and reinsurance products for the corporate and retail segments Analysis of climate-aligned developments in the financial markets (e.g. green bonds) and opportunities for financial institutions in fostering the low-carbon transition * Transmission channels of climate-related shocks from the real economy to financial institutions’ portfolios and amplification mechanisms of climate-related shocks through credit chains * Assessment of the potential impact of green financial policies, including climate-aligned monetary policies and macroprudential regulation * Big data and artificial intelligence to assess and manage the corporate exposures to climate change factors. The final program will include both submitted and invited papers. Acceptances received so far from invited speakers include *Robert Engle *(New York University, Stern Business School), *Andreas Hoepner* (University College Dublin), *Irene Monasterolo* (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna) and *Til Schuermann *(Oliver Wyman, New York). The Conference will also feature a panel discussion on researchers', practitioners' and policy makers’ views of the major outstanding problems. Sponsors** *GRETA* <http://www.greta.it/> *European Datawarehouse* <https://eurodw.eu/> *IntesaSanpaolo* <http://www.group.intesasanpaolo.com/scriptIsir0/si09/eng_index.jsp> S&P Global Market Intelligence <https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/> Auspices** ** <http://www.abi.it/Pagine/default.aspx> *Ca' Foscari - Economics Department* <http://www.unive.it/pag/16892> *ABI* <http://www.abi.it/Pagine/default.aspx> AIAF <https://www.aiaf.it/> *JCR - European Commission <https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en> * ** <https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en> ** <http://www.abi.it/Pagine/default.aspx> * * The first panel session is already confirmed and it will involve: _Moderator:_ *Francesca Campolongo* (Joint Research Center, European Commission - TBC) *Sergio Nicoletti Altimari* (Director General Macroprudential Policy and Financial Stability at the European Central Bank) *Mattia Romani *(Managing Director for Economics, Policy and Governance at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) *Nancy Saich* (Managerial Adviser on Climate and Environment at the European Investment Bank) *Manuela Zweimueller* (Head of Policy Department at the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority) *Mario Nava* (Director Horizontal Policies, European Commission) will contribute with a video message _ _ The Scientific Committee consists of: *Carlo Carraro* (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice & CMCC, Programme Chair) *Stefano Battiston* (University of Zurich) *Monica Billio* (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice & GRETA) *Francesca Campolongo* (Joint Research Center, European Commission) *Robert Engle *(New York University, Stern Business School) *Thomas Heller *(Climate Policy Initiative & Stanford University) *Andreas Hoepner* (University College Dublin) * Steven Ongena *(University of Zurich, Swiss Finance Institute, KU Leuven & CEPR) *Stephen Schaefer* (London Business School) *Cristiano Zazzara* (S&P Global Market Intelligence) *CALL FOR PAPERS* Those wishing to present a paper at the Conference should submit by *May 31, 2019*, to the address given below (preferably in electronic format). Please, indicate to whom correspondence should be addressed. Decisions regarding acceptance will be made by *June 30, 2019*. The final version of accepted papers must be received by August 31, 2019. Please send papers to: GRETA Associati San Polo, 2605 - 30125 Venice, ITALY Phone : +39 041 5238178 e-mail: credit(a)greta.it <mailto:credit@greta.it> *IMPORTANT DATES* May 31, 2019: Papers submission deadline June 30, 2019: Paper acceptance notification August 31, 2019: Deadline for sending final version of accepted papers More detailed information soon available on the Conference website: http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2019/credit2019.htm ** -- Nota automatica aggiunta dal sistema di posta.

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