Dear colleagues,
we are glad to announce the workshop
“Stochastic Models in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology”
that will be held in Venice, 5-7 April 2018, at the Istituto Veneto di
Scienze, Lettere ed Arti.
Aim of the workshop is to bring together scientists with different
background - people from biology, physics and mathematics - interested
in stochastic models in ecology and evolutionary biology, to discuss
issues and exchange methods and ideas. A partial list of topics
includes: stochastic population dynamics, branching processes,
robustness and adaptability of ecosystems, resilience and criticality
of ecological systems, models and prediction of biodiversity,
molecular evolution, and microbial community dynamics.
Invited Speakers (in alphabetical order -*tbc): J.-F. Arnoldi, E.
Baake, Otto X. Cordero, J. Dalmau, J. Friedman, J. Gore*, A. Lambert,
M. Loreau, P. Metha, , T. Parsons*, A. Sanchez, B. Trubenova*.
The cost for workshop attendance will be 90 Euro, which includes
coffee breaks and workshop material. There are TWO registration free
waivers for Ph.Ds / young Post-docs. Look in the website for
instructions.
We will also have contributed talks and posters sessions. The call of
abstracts will close on March 2, 2018.
For abstracts submission, information on accommodation and programme,
please check
http://www.pd.infn.it/~maritan/veniceworkshop/veniceworkshop.html
Please help us to promote this meeting by forwarding this email to
anyone you know might be interested, and especially bring this
announcement to the attention of your students or post-docs, who
are those most likely not to be on our mailing lists.
Apologies for cross-posting.
The organizers,
Paolo Dai Pra
Amos Maritan
Marco Formentin
Samir Suweis
Dear Colleagues,
on 23 January 2018 from 14:00 to 17:00 (Computer Lab, ground floor,
Department of Business Studies-Roma Tre University, Via Silvio D'Amico, 77
-00145, Roma), Dr. Francesca Perino, Application Engineer at MathWorks,
will hold a mini-workshop on "Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics with
MATLAB".
The attendance of the course is free, but for organizational reasons it is
necessary to register to register on the following web page:
https://it.mathworks.com/company/events/seminars/ml-da-
with-matlab-2373496.html.
*Overview*
*At the heart of many financial applications are machine learning
techniques used for risk classification, economic analysis, credit scoring,
time series forecasting, estimating default probabilities, and data
mining. Big data represents an opportunity for quantitative analysts and
data scientists alike to impact the way organizations make informed
business decisions. By building machine learning models that harness big
data, a greater level of insight and confidence can be achieved.*
*However, implementing and comparing machine learning techniques to choose
the best method can be challenging. Furthermore, there is no single
approach to solving the many challenges arising from working with big
data. MATLAB minimizes these challenges by providing you with a number of
built-in functions and tools for quick prototyping, integration, and
scaling, to take you from initial prototype all the way to
business-critical production system.*
*In this session, we will introduce ways of working with big data systems,
the different types of machine learning techniques in MATLAB, how to
determine the best techniques for your problem by evaluating model
performance, and rapidly deploying your machine learning models into
production. We will cover several new workflows and data types in MATLAB
and the toolboxes that have been designed to address the most common
challenges with big data analytics and machine learning.*
*Highlights*
*Data management and integration with databases, live market data, and big
data environments*
*Efficient workflows for heterogenous time-series data using new data
management capabilities*
*Parallel Computing techniques to speed up long-running computations and
deal with out-of-memory data*
*Predictive modeling and using supervised machine learning techniques to
build a credit rating engine*
We look forward to meeting you in Roma Tre!
Best regards,
Francesco Cesarone
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http://disa.uniroma3.it/qfw2018/
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Francesco Cesarone - Ph.D.
Ricercatore - Assistant Professor
Facoltà di Economia
Dipartimento di Studi Aziendali
Università Roma Tre
Via Silvio D'Amico, 77
00145 - Roma
tel: +39 06 57335744
Skype: francesco.cesarone
email: francesco.cesarone(a)uniroma3.it
Studio n. 20 piano V
WWW: http://host.uniroma3.it/docenti/cesarone/
Dear Colleagues,
on 24 January 2018 from 9:30 to 13:00 (Aula 8, Department of Business
Studies-Roma Tre University, Via Silvio D'Amico, 77 -00145, Roma ), Dr.
Angela Loregian, senior researcher at ARPM <https://www.arpm.co/>, will
hold a min-workshop on "Advanced statistical techniques across disparate
asset classes" (
http://disa.uniroma3.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ARPM-mini-workshop-A3.pdf
).
The attendance of the course is free, but for organizational reasons it is
necessary to register by sending an email to
francesco.cesarone(a)uniroma3.it with
the following subjects:
Name Surname - ARPM mini-workshop.
*About the Program.* *We introduce the concept of "risk driver" and
**"invariant“,
illustrating:*
*- the asset-specific art of building risk drivers across the financial
markets*
*- the asset-agnostic science of applying statistics (econometrics and
**machine
learning) to extract the invariants and estimate their joint *
*distribution. **Then, we translate the above statistical analysis into the
asset-specific **joint distribution of instrument returns.*
We look forward to meeting you in Roma Tre!
Best regards,
Francesco Cesarone
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http://disa.uniroma3.it/qfw2018/
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Francesco Cesarone - Ph.D.
Ricercatore - Assistant Professor
Facoltà di Economia
Dipartimento di Studi Aziendali
Università Roma Tre
Via Silvio D'Amico, 77
00145 - Roma
tel: +39 06 57335744
Skype: francesco.cesarone
email: francesco.cesarone(a)uniroma3.it
Studio n. 20 piano V
WWW: http://host.uniroma3.it/docenti/cesarone/
Seminario di Probabilita'
Aula di Consiglio, Dipartimento di Matematica, La Sapienza
Lunedi' 22 Gennaio, ore 16.00
Speaker: A. Chiarini (ETH Zurigo)
Title: Invariance principle for the degenerate dynamic random conductance
model.
Abstract: After the brilliant result of Papanicolau and Varadhan (1979) in
the case of bounded stationary and ergodic environments, there has been a
recent upsurge in the research of quenched homogenization in random media.
In particular, to identify the optimal conditions that a general stationary
and ergodic environment must satisfy in order to obtain the convergence to
a non-degenerate Brownian motion, is still an open problem. In this talk,
we study a continuous-time random walk on Z^d in an environment of dynamic
random conductances. We assume that the law of the conductances is ergodic
and stationary with respect to space-time shifts. We prove a quenched
invariance principle for the random walk under some moment conditions on
the environment. The key result on the sublinearity of the corrector is
obtained by the celebrated Moser’s iteration scheme. This is joint work
with S. Andres, J-D. Deuschel and M. Slowik.
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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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Oggetto: 1st international conference on " Quantitative Finance and
Financial Econometrics ", sponsored by SoFiE - Marseille - May 2018
Data: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 21:14:38 +0100
Mittente: Sébastien Laurent <sebastien.laurent(a)univ-amu.fr>
Rispondi-a: qffe2018(a)amse-aixmarseille.fr
A: qffe2018(a)amse-aixmarseille.fr
Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the organisation of the first conference on "
Quantitative Finance and Financial Econometrics " (QFFE) that will be
held in Marseille (France) from May 30^th to June 1^st , 2018.
This conference received a scientific sponsorship from the Society for
Financial Econometrics (SoFiE).
Our guest speakers are
*Andrew J. PATTON (*Duke University)
and
*Dick van DIJK (*Erasmus University Rotterdam).
Prior to this conference we also organise a summer school made up by two
courses delivered from May 28^th to May 30^th , 2018 by
*Sébastien LAURENT* (Aix-Marseille University), on /Forecasting Risk
with Intra-Day Data/
and
*Andrew J. PATTON (*Duke University) on /Forecasting Risk with Intra-Day
Data/
For more information (on submission, registration, accommodations, etc),
see the attached call for papers and the conference website
https://qffe2018.sciencesconf.org/
_Important dates:_
Submissions of a complete paper : February 28th, 2018
Decision : March 20th, 2018
Registration deadline for the conference and/or summer school: May 2nd, 2018
_Submissions on the following topics are welcome:_
• Big-data in finance
• Empirical finance
• High-frequency data
• New methods in quantitative finance
• Time series forecasting
• Volatility and risk modeling
On behalve of the conference chairs and the scientific committee,
Best Regards
Sébastien Laurent
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Nota automatica aggiunta dal sistema di posta.
Dear Colleagues,
On January 24-26 there will be a 3 day workshop at Sussex funded by the
London Mathematical Society on
New Perspectives in Analysis, Probability and Applications
January 24: "Mathematics in Materials Science" (speakers: John Ball, Lucia
Scardia and Konstantinos Koumatos)
January 25: "Diffusions: Theory and Applications” (speakers: Michela
Ottobre, Grigorios Pavliotis and Andrew Duncan)
January 26: “Markov Chains” (speakers: Dmitry Korshunov, Denis Denisov and
Vladislav Vysotsky)
The venue is Room Pevensey 1A6 at the Falmer Campus and all details can be
found here
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/maths/research/perspectives
Please do come along (coffee will be provided) and, if you know of anyone
else who may be interested to attend, feel free to circulate this email.
Kind regards,
Enrico Scalas
The 4rd Bayesian Young Statisticians Meeting, BAYSM2018, will take place at
University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (2-3 July 2018), as a satellite to the
ISBA 2018 world meeting. BAYSM is dedicated to Ph.D. Students, M.S.
Students, Post-Docs, Young and Junior Reseachers working in the field of
Bayesian statistics, providing an opportunity to connect with the Bayesian
community at large. Senior discussants will be present at each session,
providing participants with advise and comments to their work. Recognized
figures of the Bayesian community will also participate as keynote
speakers, making an altogether exciting program.
Registration is now open (https://warwick.ac.uk/baysm) and will be
available with an early bird discount until April 30. The event will be
hosted by the Department of Statistics of the University of Warwick (
https://warwick.ac.uk/statistics/). It will include social events,
providing the opportunity to get to know other junior Bayesians.
Young researchers interested in giving a talk or presenting a poster are
invited to submit an abstract. The call for submissions is now open and
closes March 26 (https://warwick.ac.uk/baysm/calldates/). Thanks to
generous support of ISBA, a number of travel awards are available to
support young researchers.
Keynote speakers:
Kerrie Mengersen (Queensland University of Technology)
Igor Prünster (Bocconi University)
Judith Rousseau (University of Oxford)
Stephen Senn (University of Glasgow)
Yee Whye Teh (University of Oxford)
Discussants:
Deborah Ashby (Imperial College)
Bärbel Finkenstädt Rand (University of Warwick)
Jim Griffin (University of Kent)
Michele Guindani (University of California, Irvine)
Amy Herring (Duke University)
Jim Smith (University of Warwick)
Mark Steel (University of Warwick)
Sebastian Vollmer (University of Warwick)
While the meeting is organized for and by junior Bayesians, attendance is
open to anyone who may be interested.
For more information, please visit the conference website:
https://warwick.ac.uk/baysm
On behalf of the BAYSM2018 organizing committee
(https://warwick.ac.uk/baysm/organiserssponsors/)
Raffaele Argiento
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Dr. Raffaele Argiento
University of Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto
www.raffaeleargiento.it
A completamento dell'annuncio sul ciclo di seminari che il prof. James O.
Berger terrà presso la facoltà di Economia Sapienza Università di Roma
secondo il calendario seguente
Bayesian Model Selection
Aula 6B, piano terra
F
acoltà di Economia, Via del Castro Laurenziano, 9,
Lunedì 22 gennaio ore 11-13
Martedì 23 gennaio ore 16.30-18
Mercoledì 24 gennaio 11.30-13
Mercoledì 24 gennaio 14.30-16
si allega abstract dei singoli seminari
Abstract: These lectures address the Bayesian approach to hypothesis
testing and model uncertainty, with extensive comparisons to the classical
approaches to these subjects.
The first lecture, "Introduction to Bayesian Hypothesis Testing," begins
with a brief introduction to Bayesian analysis, for students who have not
been exposed to the subject. The lecture then goes on to highlight the main
issues, through a discussion of p-values (the classical approach to
hypothesis testing) versus Bayes factors (the Bayesian approach), primarily
done through pedagogical examples. The first lecture (after a break) will
go on to present the formalism of Bayesian hypothesis testing, with
examples.
The second lecture "Interfaces Between Testing Paradigms," will take a step
back to the historical development of statistics, and describe how the
classical and Bayesian approaches of hypothesis testing developed, and show
that there is currently methodology that is completely compatible with both
perspectives.
The third lecture "Essentials of Bayesian Model Uncertainty," extends the
first two lectures to the subject of dealing with many possible statistical
models. Interestingly, none of the basic methodology changes - it just
becomes more difficult to implement.
The final lecture focuses on "Variable Selection in the Linear Model,"
arguably the most important statistical problem, and discusses Bayesian
resolutions that have amazing properties, as well as software that
implements the methodology.
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Brunero Liseo
*Dip. di metodi e modelli per il territorio, l'economia e la finanza *
*Sapienza Università di Roma*
*Viale Castro Laurenziano, 9 Roma I-00161 *Tel. +39 06 49766973
Fax +39 06 4957606
*https://sites.google.com/a/uniroma1.it/bruneroliseo/
<https://sites.google.com/a/uniroma1.it/bruneroliseo/>*
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Oggetto: Postdoc Position at Washington University in St. Louis
Data: Sun, 14 Jan 2018 21:05:03 +0000
Mittente: Figueroa-Lopez, Jose <figueroa-lopez(a)wustl.edu>
A: Figueroa-Lopez, Jose <figueroa-lopez(a)wustl.edu>
Dear Colleagues,
I hope this email finds you well. My department has an opening for a
Postdoc in statistics, probability, or a related area (including
mathematical finance). Please encourage strong candidates to
apply to MathJobs. Personal references of potential candidates are very
much welcomed. The teaching load is 2 courses per semester and the
official posting can be found at https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/11299
Department of Mathematics, Washington University in St. Louis
<https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/11299>
www.mathjobs.org
Full service online faculty recruitment site for mathematical
institutions worldwide, offered by the American Mathematical Society (AMS).
Thank you very much and happy new year,
Jose Enrique.
J.E. FIGUEROA-LÓPEZ
Professor of Mathematics
Washington University in St. Louis
One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
Phone: (314)935-7539
E-mail: figueroa(a)math.wustl.edu
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PhD in Statistics -- Bocconi University, Milano
Call for applications for PhD student positions
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The PhD School of Bocconi University, Milano, offers four positions with
scholarships for the PhD in Statistics.
The scholarship amounts to 20.280 euro per annum in the 1st and 2nd
year, and 13.838 euro per annum for the 3rd and 4th year. Further
funding is available for teaching and research assistanships.
Visit www.unibocconi.eu/admissionphd for all information.
** Applications are due by February 1, 2018. **
Within the PhD School at Bocconi University, the four-year PhD program
in Statistics provides a solid grounding for high level research, either
theoretical or applied, in statistics, probability and data science.
The curricula is organized over two years of courses and two years
entirely devoted to research. Students acquire a deep mathematical and
methodological preparation through the first-year courses, and more
specialized competence, addressed to the doctoral dissertation, through
the second-year courses. The third and forth years are entirely devoted
to research. Both theoretical and applied research, including methods
for machine learning and data science, are supported and encouraged.
Multidisciplinary interchange with other graduate programs in Bocconi’s
PhD School, as well as research experience abroad, are also encouraged.
The PhD in Statistics is designed for highly motivated students who wish
to undertake first-rate research careers in theoretical or applied
statistics and data science. Career opportunities also include central
banks, financial institutions, governments and international
organizations, and public health 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.
For more information about the PhD program in Statistics at Bocconi,
visit our website www.unibocconi.eu/phdstatistics and please feel free
to contact the PhD Director, Professor Sonia Petrone, at
sonia.petrone(a)unibocconi.it or our Program Assistant at
infophd(a)unibocconi.it
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Via Roentgen, 1
20136 Milano (Italia)
Tel.+39-02.5836.3367 angela.baldassarre(a)unibocconi.it