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4 postdoc positions open (ONLY from abroad!), University of Oslo, Norway
by Valeria Vitelli 25 Feb '20

25 Feb '20

Apologies for cross-posting ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Four postdoc positions in Biostatistics are offered at the University of Oslo (UiO), Norway. The positions are each three years appointments for incoming fellows from abroad .* *Call:* https://www.med.uio.no/english/research/scientia-fellows/apply/ *Deadline for submission: 30th April 2020IMPORTANT! Deadline for contacting the UiO PI: 20th March 2020* *SCIENTIA FELLOWS* is a transnational research fellowship programme in the field of Health Life Sciences at UiO, funded by the EU Horizon 2020 under the Maria Skłodowska-Curie scheme. The purpose of the three years postdoc is to produce scientific results of the highest quality, in collaboration with your host at UiO and its other partners. You will also be part of UiO's career development programme designed for researchers at the beginning of their career, including our Health Innovator course which aims to provide researchers with tools and insight into how innovation can be put to work for the benefit of patients, the healthcare system and society. At completion of your three year term, your academic profile will be such that you can successfully apply to the best research positions worldwide. All four positions will be at the Oslo Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE), UiO ( https://www.med.uio.no/imb/english/research/centres/ocbe/) and in collaboration with the Oslo University Hospital. *Eligibility:* - You possess a PhD degree (at the latest by 1 July 2020) in statistics, biostatistics, mathematics, computer science or other related disciplines with a documented competence in statistics, biostatistics or mathematics. - You have not been resident in Norway for more than 12 months in the last 3 years. You apply for each position separately, for just one or more. Mention clearly which position you are applying for. See descriptions below and here: https://www.biginsight.no/news/2020/2/24/scientia-fellow-ii-postdoc-positio… . *If you are interested in any of these positions, please contact the corresponding UiO PI by sending her/him an email with your CV and links to your papers as early as possible and by March 20th, 2020.* You and your UiO host PI will identify common research interests and discuss the concept of your research proposal. While you are responsible for the research proposal, you will discuss your application via Skype and email, and your host will help you to write a good proposal. Finally, in order to apply for the position, you have to submit the research proposal (and other documents as specified in the call) by April 30th, 2020. A Fellow of the Scientia Fellows programme will be employed at UiO for three years. The place of work is the UiO campus in Oslo. The gross salary of a Fellow will amount to 515 200 NOK/year. UiO will cover full health insurance and pay towards your pension with the Norwegian pension fund. As employee in Norway you have several welfare benefits. In addition UiO will support research costs (laptop, travel, courses etc) with 54 600 NOK per year. For further information related to moving and settling in Norway, please visit the website of the International Staff Mobility Office ( https://www.uio.no/english/about/jobs/ismo/) which will also assist incoming fellows and their families with relocation to UiO. For more information, contact the hosts mentioned below. Detailed information and how to apply can be found here: https://www.med.uio.no/english/research/scientia-fellows/apply *Postdoc positions offered:* *1. Statistical learning for personalised cancer therapy* UiO PI Host: Manuela Zucknick ( https://www.med.uio.no/imb/english/people/aca/manuelkz/) Summary: We develop new multivariate (multi-task) methods to improve prediction of drug sensitivity or synergistic effects in drug combinations in large-scale pharmacogenomic screens based on molecular characterization of cancer cell lines and patient samples as well as properties of the drugs. One particular challenge is the integration of multiple heterogeneous data sources, for example via multiple kernel learning. *2. Scalable inference for genomic data integration*UiO PI Hosts: Valeria Vitelli (https://www.med.uio.no/imb/english/people/aca/valeriv/) and David Swanson (https://sojourningnorth.github.io/) Summary: The project focuses on scalable statistical methods for the integration and analysis of multi-omic data sources. We plan development of horizontal (multi-omic) and vertical (meta-analytic) integrative Bayesian clustering methods during project course with intended application to disease subtyping and signature/biomarker discovery. *3. Biostatistics and/or computational biology in precision medicine and systems pharmacology*UiO PI Hosts: Arnoldo Frigessi ( https://www.med.uio.no/imb/english/people/aca/frigessi/) and Kjetil Tasken (https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/english/people/aca/ktasken/index.html) Summary: To individually tailor new treatments, we have established a laboratory and computational pipeline to test drugs and drug combinations on blood of individual patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and multiple myeloma. This project will develop new statistical and machine learning methodologies, algorithms and computational approaches, to predict the efficacy of drugs and drug combinations, including their synergetic power. *4. Biostatistics and/or bioinformatics in precision medicine for head and neck cancer*Hosts: Arnoldo Frigessi ( https://www.med.uio.no/imb/english/people/aca/frigessi/) and Eivind Hovig ( https://www.ous-research.no/hovig/) Summary: This project aims to identify early signals for head and neck cancer, biomarkers for efficacy of treatment, prediction of prognosis of the cancer, at individual level. We will develop new statistical and machine learning methodologies, algorithms and computational approaches, including deep learning based strategies, exploiting one of the largest international collection of data based on clinical trials for this type of cancer, with unique longitudinal follow-up data for survivors. -- Valeria Vitelli Oslo Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Biostatistics, University of Oslo, Norway mailto: valeria.vitelli(a)medisin.uio.no

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Summer School in Statistics @ Luxembourg University
by Giovanni Peccati 25 Feb '20

25 Feb '20

Dear Colleagues, a *Summer School in Statistics* will take place in *Luxembourg University* from *June 29 to July 3, 2020*. The speakers are - Z. Kabluchko (Münster) - K. Lounici (CMAP) - S. Robin (INRA) A dedicated website - with exact pointers to registration deadlines - has been created here: http://sandalschool.daloos.uni.lu/ Please, forward this message to any potentially interested researchers in your group. With my best regards, Giovanni Peccati -- Prof. Giovanni Peccati ------------------------------------------ Head of the Department of Mathematics Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine ------------------------------------------ University of Luxembourg ----------------------------------------- homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/giovannipeccati/Home E-mail: giovanni.peccati(a)gmail.com

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International Conference in Venice - CALL FOR PAPERS
by Monica Billio 24 Feb '20

24 Feb '20

19^th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CREDIT 2020 */Environmental, Social and Governance Risks/* Venice, Italy 24 –25 September 2020 *GRETA Associati *(Venice, Italy), *Cattolica Assicurazioni* (Verona, Italy), *CRIF*(Bologna, Italy), *European Investment Fund* (Luxembourg), *European Investment Bank* (Luxembourg) and *Intesa Sanpaolo *(Milan, Italy) are co-sponsors of a Conference to be held in Venice on September 24-25, 2020. The objective of the Conference is to bring together academics, practitioners and PhD students working in the area of risk management. The conference will provide an opportunity for participants engaged in research at the forefront of this area to discuss both the causes and implications of recent financial and climate-related events and may, in turn, suggest fruitful and policy-relevant directions for future research. The Conference, organised under the auspices of the *Department of Economics of the University Ca’ Foscari of Venice*, *ABI - Italian Banking Association, AIAF - Associazione Italiana per l'Analisi Finanziaria *and the *Joint Research Center, European Commission *(Ispra, Italy), is the *nineteenth* of a series dedicated to various aspects of credit risk. //The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the adoption of European Commission’s Action Plan on Sustainable Finance mark important international commitments to the objective of a more sustainable economy and society. However, their successful implementation is tightly related to the scaling up of low-carbon investments and divestment from carbon-intensive investments. This, in turn, requires an assessment of the credit risks stemming from investors’ exposure to economic activities and assets that could be stranded by climate change. For instance, regulators’ discussion about the revision of capital requirements aimed to foster green investments (i.e. a green-supporting or a brown-penalising factor) is hampered by the unclear understanding of the implications of a regulatory change on individual institutions and systemic financial risk. Thus, financing the low-carbon transition is primarily a discussion about credit risk.// //The financial sector, and in particular the banking and insurance industries need to develop new portfolios’ risk management strategies and to adjust their credit allocation practices to cope with the opportunities and challenges of the low-carbon transition in the economy and finance. All t////hese changes call for a substantial amount of research to improve the knowledge of the mechanisms at play and to design tailored and effective policy tools.//// The organizers encourage submissions of papers on any topic within the overall theme of the conference and in the following areas in particular: ·INVESTMENTS: Green Finance, Investments Principles, Real Estate Sustainability, Finance for Good; ·POLICIES: Climate Policies, Climate Financial Risk; European Green New Deal, Social Sustainability; ·INFORMATION: Non Financial Disclosure, Climate risk disclosure, ESG Ratings, ESG Taxonomies. The Scientific Committee for the Conference consists of: ·*Monica Billio *(Ca’ Foscari University of Venice & GRETA, Programme Chair)** ·*Marina Brogi *(Sapienza University of Rome)** ·*Francesca Campolongo *(Joint Research Center, European Commission)** ·*Helmut Kraemer-Eis *(European Investment Fund)** ·*Rainer Haselmann***(Goethe University, Frankfurt)** ·*Irene Monasterolo *(Vienna University of Economics and Business)** ·*Steven Ongena *(University of Zurich, Swiss Finance Institute, KU Leuven & CEPR)** ·*Roberto Rigobon *(MIT Sloan School of Management)** ·*Stephen Schaefer *(London Business School)** ** *CALL FOR PAPERS* The final program will include both submitted and invited papers. Acceptances received so far from invited speakers include *Marina Brogi* (Sapienza University of Rome) and *Andrew W. Lo *(MIT Sloan School of Management). The Conference will also feature panel discussions on researchers', practitioners' and policy makers’ views of the major issues at stake for embedding climate into credit risk. Those wishing to present a paper at the Conference should submit by *May 31, 2020 *to the address given below (preferably in electronic format). Please indicate to whom correspondence should be addressed. Decisions regarding acceptance will be made by *June 30, 2020*. The final version of accepted papers must be received by August 31, 2020. Please send papers to: GRETA Associati, San Polo, 2605 - 30125 Venice, ITALY Phone : +39 041 5238178 - e-mail: credit(a)greta.it <mailto:credit@greta.it> More detailed information available on the Conference website: http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2020/credit2020.htm * Please accept our apologies for any crossed e-mails. -- -- Monica Billio Dipartimento di Economia, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia Fondamenta San Giobbe 873, 30121 Venezia Tel +39 041 2349170, Fax +39 041 2349176 E-mailbillio(a)unive.it http://www.unive.it/persone/billio http://ideas.repec.org/e/pbi55.html http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=303041 http://scholar.google.it/citations?user=ll83_twAAAAJ&hl=en CREDIT 2019http://www.greta.it/credit/credit2019/credit2019.htm

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A WINTER DAY IN PROBABILITY AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS - 6 MARCH 2020 (Gubinelli e Komjathy)
by Francesca Romana Nardi 24 Feb '20

24 Feb '20

Carissimi, Vi annunciamo che prossimamente si terrà la decima giornata di seminari (notare la location differente dal solito!) : A WINTER DAY IN PROBABILITY AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS University of Florence Friday 6 March 2020 Lecturers: Massimiliano Gubinelli (Bonn) and Julia Komjathy (Eindhoven) Location: Aula Magna 327 Viale Morgagni 40, Firenze Link alla mappa: https://goo.gl/maps/zpsC9oGMeqw695jGA Note pratiche: Stiamo prenotando un catering con cibi vegerariani e non, percio` abbiamo bisogno del numero di persone che vogliono mangiare insieme. A coloro che fossero interessati (per una migliore organizzazione) chiediamo di mandare un email a francescaromana.nardi(a)unifi.it; gianmarco.bet(a)unifi.it; angela.caporicci(a)unifi.it con l'intenzione di partecipare al seminario, al coffe break e al pranzo. PROGRAMMA Prof. Massimiliano Gubinelli (Hausdorff Center for Mathematics) Title: Universality in slow growth phenomena and singular martingale problems Abstract: In the last years there have been steady progress in understanding the large scale properties of one dimensional growing interfaces. In the regime where the growth is comparable to thermal fluctuations the interface are described via the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation (KPZ). This is a stochastic partial differential equation which contains a non-linearity whose precise meaning is not apriori clear. There are various analytic approaches to make sense of such an equation like regularity structures, paracontrolled distributions, rough paths. In this talk we will describe a further approach to the KPZ equation based on the probabilistic notion of martingale problem. This approach can be used to prove the scaling limit of interface fluctuations in a wide class of models. Due to the singular nature of the equation, the martingale problem has to be formulated in a non-standard way and several new ideas are needed to obtain a mathematically satisfactory theory. The aim of the first part of talk will be to give a wide perspective on the phenomenon of universality of the KPZ and related equations and in the issues involved in their definition. In the second part we will discuss more in details the well-posedness of the martingale problem, in particular the uniqueness problem. Prof. Julia Komjathy (Eindhoven University of Technology) Title: How to stop explosion by penalising transmission to hubs Abstract: In this talk we study the spread of information on infinite inhomogeneous spatial random graphs. We take a scale-free spatial random graph, where the degree of a vertex follows a power law with exponent tau >1. Examples of such graphs include: Scale free percolation, Geometric Inhomogeneous Random Graphs, and Hyperbolic Random Graphs. Then we equip each edge with a random and iid transmission delay L, and study the ball-growth of the first-passage infected cluster around the source vertex as a function of time. For a second, more realistic spreading model, the iid random transmission delay L through an edge with expected degrees W and Z is multiplied by a factor that is a polynomial of W,Z, (the penalty factor). We call the model outwards (inwards) explosive if it is possible to reach infinitely many vertices within finite time (if infinitely many vertices can reach a target vertex within finite time). We will discuss the criterion for explosion in the original model (no penalty factor) and in the penalised model. In particular, we will discuss that asymmetric penalty functions can lead to `outwards' explosion but no `inwards' explosion or the other way round. Joint work with John Lapinskas and Johannes Lengler. Program: 11.00-11.45 Introductory lecture: Gubinelli 11.45-12.00 Break 12.00-12.45 Seminar: Gubinelli 13.00-14.30 Lunch 14.30-15.15 Introductory lecture: Komjathy 15.15-15.30 Break 15.30-16.30 Seminar: Komjathy Organizers: G. Bet, F. Caravenna, N. Cancrini, E.N.M. Cirillo, F. Colomo, P. Dai Pra, A. De Masi, D. Fanelli, F. Flandoli, C. Giardina`, R. Livi, F. Martinelli, I.G. Minelli, F.R. Nardi, E. Presutti, B. Scoppola, E. Scoppola. Ricordiamo che ciascun oratore fara` una lezione introduttiva e divulgativa di 45 minuti pensata proprio per i non esperti, seguita da altri 45 minuti di tipo seminario (vedi programma). Maggiori informazioni e aggiornamenti sono reperibili alle pagine web http://web.math.unifi.it/users/fnardi/seminari/ o http://silicio.math.unifi.it/wordpress/probability/days-in-probability-and-… Vi aspettiamo numerosi Gianmarco Bet e Francesca R. Nardi Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica Università degli Studi di Firenze Viale Morgagni 67, Firenze, Italy _______________________________________________ Dimai-news mailing list Dimai-news(a)lists.math.unifi.it https://lists.math.unifi.it/mailman/listinfo/dimai-news

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corso di dottorato M. Maurelli
by Marco Alessandro Fuhrman 24 Feb '20

24 Feb '20

Buongiorno a tutti. Il seguente corso di dottorato verrà tenuto prossimamente dal dott. Mario Maurelli (Università di Milano). Cordiali saluti. Marco Fuhrman ----------------- Title: Regularization by noise Abstract: We say that a regularization by noise occurs if a possibly ill-posed ODE or PDE becomes well-posed with the addition of a suitable noise term. The aim of the course is to introduce regularization by noise and show this phenomenon in some instructive examples, mostly for ODEs and linear transport-type PDEs. In particular, we will show the intuition behind and the techniques used for regularization by noise. During the course, we will also introduce some needed tools from analysis (like PDE estimates, Young integration) and stochastic analysis (like Ito formula). Luogo e orario delle lezioni: aula Dottorato (primo piano) del Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università degli Studi di Milano, via Saldini 50, 20133 Milano lunedì 9 marzo, lunedì 16 marzo, lunedì 23 marzo, lunedì 30 marzo, lunedì 6 aprile dalle 10:00 alle 13:00 ------------------------------- <signaturebeforequotedtext></signaturebeforequotedtext><signatureafterquotedtext></signatureafterquotedtext>

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Rinvio seminario di Dario Trevisan al Collegio Carlo Alberto
by Stefano Favaro 24 Feb '20

24 Feb '20

Nell’ambito delle misure di massima precauzione per contrastare la diffusione del coronavirus, comunico che Il seminario di Dario Trevisan al Collegio Carlo Alberto, previsto per venerdì 28 febbraio alle ore 12.00, è rinviato a data da destinarsi. Cordial saluti, Stefano Favaro

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workshop (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 24 Feb '20

24 Feb '20

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 22:58:01 +0000 From: Beatrice Acciaio <dre(a)math.beatrice-acciaio.net> To: vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it Subject: workshop Workshop announcement: "Advances in Mathematical Finance and Optimal Transport" June 22-26, 2020 at Centro di Giorgi, Pisa, Italy This conference brings together an interdisciplinary group of leading researches with interest in Mathematical Finance and related fields. Particular emphasis will be given to Robust Finance, the pathwise approach to Wasserstein geometry and Otto calculus, non-classical approaches to Portfolio Optimization, and Mathematical Economics. Additionally, Professor Walter Schachermayer's work will be honored as we also come together to celebrate his 70th birthday. Scientific Committee: Beatrice Acciaio (LSE), Mathias Beiglboeck (Vienna University), Christa Cuchiero (Vienna University), Irene Klein (Vienna University), Josef Teichmann (ETH Zurich) http://www.crm.sns.it/event/448/ Registration is free but required online in advance (http://www.crm.sns.it/event/448/registration.html)

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Rinvio seminario di Maurizia Rossi a Milano-Bicocca
by Francesco Caravenna 24 Feb '20

24 Feb '20

Nell'ambito delle misure precauzionali per contrastare la diffusione del coronavirus, comunico che il seminario di Maurizia Rossi a Milano-Bicocca, previsto per mercoledì 26 febbraio 2020, è rinviato a data da destinarsi. Cordiali saluti, Francesco Caravenna -- _________________________________________ Francesco Caravenna Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Via Cozzi 55, 20125 Milano, Italy http://www.matapp.unimib.it/~fcaraven/ _________________________________________

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Fwd: Workshop on Randomness and PDEs
by Giuseppe Cannizzaro 22 Feb '20

22 Feb '20

Ricevo e inoltro. ---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Weijun Xu <weijunx(a)gmail.com> Date: sab 22 feb 2020 alle ore 17:11 Subject: Workshop on Randomness and PDEs To: Giuseppe Cannizzaro <giuse.cannizzaro(a)gmail.com> Hi Giuseppe, As you know, we are organising the workshop *Randomness and PDEs* at Oxford from 29 June to 3 July. It includes three mini-courses by Nicolas Perkowski, Nikolay Tzvetkov and Hendrik Weber, and a few invited talks by experts in the field. More information can be found at: https://sites.google.com/view/randomness-pdes-2020 We have reserved a few accommodations for junior participants. I would be grateful if you could forward the information to the relevant mailing list. Best wishes, Weijun

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Seminario TREVISAN
by Stefano Favaro 21 Feb '20

21 Feb '20

STATISTICS SEMINARS @ COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO Venerdì 28 Febbraio 2020, alle ore 12:00, presso il nuovo edificio del Collegio Carlo Alberto, in Piazza Arbarello 8, Torino, si terrà il seguente seminario: ------------------------------------------------ Dario TREVISAN (Università di Pisa) THE LAW OF THE OPTIMAL MAP IN RANDOM EUCLIDEAN MATCHING PROBLEMS Random bipartite Euclidean matching problems can be seen as specific instances of optimal transport problems involving two random empirical measures, with a cost given by the Euclidean distance between pairs of sampled points. A heuristic approach, exploiting this connection and using a non-rigorous ``linearization'' of the problem, has been proposed in the physics literature (by Caracciolo et al. in 2014) strongly supported by numerical simulations. From a mathematical point of view, despite some partial success in the two dimensional case, many conjectures concerning asymptotics of matching/transportation costs and laws of optimal matchings/couplings remain open for a wide range of costs and geometries, especially in higher dimensional domains. Aim of this talk will be to review their current status, focusing on some recent results providing, in the two dimensional case, precise estimates on the distance between the optimal matching map and its ``linearized'' approximation (based on joint work with L. Ambrosio and F. Glaudo). ------------------------------------------------ Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Il seminario è organizzato dalla "de Castro" Statistics Initiative (www.carloalberto.org/stats <http://www.carloalberto.org/stats>) in collaborazione con il Collegio Carlo Alberto. Cordiali saluti, Stefano Favaro

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Seminario di Maurizia Rossi a Milano-Bicocca (26 feb 2020)
by Francesco Caravenna 21 Feb '20

21 Feb '20

Ho il piacere di annunciare il seguente seminario di Maurizia Rossi (Università di Milano-Bicocca): "Random waves: a probabilistic overview with an accent on Geometry" che si terrà mercoledì 26 febbraio 2020 alle ore 14:00 in aula U5-3014 (Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni, Università di Milano-Bicocca). Trovate l'abstract di seguito. Il seminario è rivolto a un pubblico matematico ampio. Tutti gli interessati, a partire dai dottorandi, sono invitati a partecipare. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Abstract. The geometry of (deterministic) Laplace eigenfunctions on manifolds is a challenging research topic, several natural questions are still open in their full generality, for instance Yau's conjecture on nodal volumes. A probabilistic counterpart of these questions aroused great interest recently, in particular for the universal behavior of high-energy eigenfunctions (the so-called Berry's ansatz). In this talk we investigate the geometry of random waves on manifolds, i.e. geometrical properties of their excursion sets. The aim is to give an introduction to this theory and, if time permits, to present some of the most recent results in this area. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% _________________________________________ Francesco Caravenna Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca Via Cozzi 55, 20125 Milano, Italy http://www.matapp.unimib.it/~fcaraven/ _________________________________________

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Associate Professor Positions @ Luxembourg University
by Giovanni Peccati 20 Feb '20

20 Feb '20

Dear Colleagues, an *Associate Professor* position (with promotion track) is open at the *Department of Mathematics of Luxembourg University (DMATH)*, in the area of *Statistics and Machine Learning* The deadline for applications is *March 30, 2020*. All relevant information can be found here http://emea3.mrted.ly/2f9vz Please, do not hesitate to forward this message to any potential candidate. With my best regards, Giovanni Peccati -- Prof. Giovanni Peccati ------------------------------------------ Head of the Department of Mathematics Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine ------------------------------------------ University of Luxembourg ----------------------------------------- homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/giovannipeccati/Home E-mail: giovanni.peccati(a)gmail.com

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Seminar announcement at LUISS - Talk by Giorgio Ferrari (Bielefeld University), 25/02/2020, 12:00
by Alessandro Calvia 20 Feb '20

20 Feb '20

Dear colleagues, on Tuesday, 25 February 2020, at 12:00, Prof. Giorgio Ferrari (Bielefeld University) will give a talk "On The Free Boundaries of Two Multi-dimensional Singular Stochastic Control Problems with Interconnected Dynamics" at LUISS "G. Carli" University, Department of Economics and Finance, viale Romania 32, room 304b. ------------ Abstract: We present two continuous-time stochastic control problems involving controls of bounded-variation. Those problems are motivated by questions arising in macroeconomic theory - as the optimal control of inflation via interest rates - and in operations research - as the optimal management of an inventory having impact on the demand of a good - and their characteristic is that the drift of a diffusive component of the two-dimensional state variable is an affine function of a purely controlled process. The objective is to minimize an expected cost functional involving a running cost function and proportional costs of control. By relying on a combination of techniques from viscosity theory and free-boundary analysis, we provide the structure of the value function and we show that it satisfies a so-called second-order smooth-fit principle. Such a regularity is then exploited in order to determine a system of functional equations solved by the two monotone continuous curves (free boundaries) that split the control problem's state space in three connected regions. In one of the two considered problems, the free boundaries are even shown to be classical solutions to a system of first-order nonlinear ODEs. This is based on joint works with Salvatore Federico (University of Siena) and Patrick Schuhmann (University of Bielefeld). ------------ All interested people are kindly invited to participate. Best regards, Alessandro Calvia Alessandro Calvia Assistant Professor Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza Luiss Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli Viale Romania, 32 - 00197 Roma T +39 0685225907 acalvia(a)luiss.it<mailto:acalvia@luiss.it> www.luiss.it<http://www.luiss.it>

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Seminar announcement at LUISS - Talk by Giorgio Ferrari (Bielefeld University), 25/02/2020, 12:00
by Alessandro Calvia 20 Feb '20

20 Feb '20

Dear colleagues, on Tuesday, 25 February 2020, at 12:00, Prof. Giorgio Ferrari (Bielefeld University) will give a talk "On The Free Boundaries of Two Multi-dimensional Singular Stochastic Control Problems with Interconnected Dynamics" at LUISS "G. Carli" University, Department of Economics and Finance, viale Romania 32, room 304b. ------------ Abstract: We present two continuous-time stochastic control problems involving controls of bounded-variation. Those problems are motivated by questions arising in macroeconomic theory - as the optimal control of inflation via interest rates - and in operations research - as the optimal management of an inventory having impact on the demand of a good - and their characteristic is that the drift of a diffusive component of the two-dimensional state variable is an affine function of a purely controlled process. The objective is to minimize an expected cost functional involving a running cost function and proportional costs of control. By relying on a combination of techniques from viscosity theory and free-boundary analysis, we provide the structure of the value function and we show that it satisfies a so-called second-order smooth-fit principle. Such a regularity is then exploited in order to determine a system of functional equations solved by the two monotone continuous curves (free boundaries) that split the control problem's state space in three connected regions. In one of the two considered problems, the free boundaries are even shown to be classical solutions to a system of first-order nonlinear ODEs. This is based on joint works with Salvatore Federico (University of Siena) and Patrick Schuhmann (University of Bielefeld). ------------ All interested people are kindly invited to participate. Best regards, Alessandro Calvia Alessandro Calvia Assistant Professor Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza Luiss Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli Viale Romania, 32 - 00197 Roma T +39 0685225907 acalvia(a)luiss.it<mailto:acalvia@luiss.it> www.luiss.it<http://www.luiss.it>

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Second announcement: "Junior female researchers in probability” workshop in Berlin, 17-19 June 2020.
by Luisa Andreis 19 Feb '20

19 Feb '20

Dear colleagues, we would like to draw your attention to the third workshop for Junior female researchers in probability in Berlin, June 17-19, 2020. The aim of this workshop is to promote early career female researchers by giving them an opportunity to present their own work and to hear distinguished mathematicians who can inspire them to pursue a fulfilling career in probability. Keynote speakers: Martina Hofmanova (Bielefeld) Nina Gantert (TU München) Invited speakers: Sigrid Källblad (Stockholm) Annika Lang (Göteborg) Elena Pulvirenti (Bonn) Maite Wilke Berenguer (Bochum) Female participants are invited to submit abstracts for contributed talks and/or may apply for financial support for travel and accommodation expenses.. Please notice that there are special travel grants for female master students interested in gaining some insight into research and in getting in touch with researchers. Deadline for financial support and/or abstract submission: March 15, 2020. Of course participation by men is very welcome, but presentations and financial support are reserved for women. Please pass this information on to interested master students, PhD students and postdocs as well as your colleagues! More details can be found on our website: https://www.wias-berlin.de/workshops/JFRP20/ <https://www.wias-berlin.de/workshops/JFRP20/> Best regards, Luisa Andreis, Peter Bank, Dörte Kreher and Noemi Kurt IRTG 2544 Stochastic Analysis in Interaction, Berlin-Oxford

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LTI@UniTO 2020 Call For Fellowships
by Luca Regis 19 Feb '20

19 Feb '20

Dear all, please allow me to bring to your attention the 2020 LTI@UniTO Call for Fellowships, which you can find here https://www.carloalberto.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/LTI-CALL-March-2020… Long-Term Investors@UniTo (LTI@UniTO) is pleased to announce the availability of 8 Research Fellowships for the year 2020. LTI@UniTO is a think tank established as a joint initiative of the Università di Torino and of the major Italian market players in long term financing. Through the Fellowship program, LTI@UniTO aims to foster research in long-term investing and to assess its features, perspectives, contribution to growth and stability. The think tank supports independent research and informs the debate between long-term investors and policymakers. Candidates must send their application (CV + research program, approximately 2 pages) to lti_applications(a)carloalberto.org before midnight, ECT, March 22nd, 2020. Up to 4 senior and 4 junior fellowships can be awarded. For more information visit https://www.carloalberto.org/research/lti Senior Fellowships are targeted at applicants with a publication history in top Finance/Econ academic journals. Receivers of the fellowships will conduct their own research for a period of two months at UNITO. Total remuneration (for the entire period – gross and including all expenses): € 18000. Junior Fellowships are targeted at either PhD candidates or scholars with a PhD in Finance, Economics or a related field. Receivers of the fellowships will conduct research under the supervision of a Senior Fellow or a UNITO/Collegio’s Finance faculty for a period of two months at UNITO. Remuneration (for the entire period – gross and including all expenses): € 6000. The research programs should be related to one of the themes in the Strategic List below and must be included in the Application. STRATEGIC LIST • Interaction between financial markets and the real economy including start-up funding, impact finance, infrastructure, SME financing; • Role of LTIs in traditional financial markets (systemic risk, stability, pro or countercyclicality, liquidity and impact on prices...), as well as on private markets; • Risk and return of private markets (private equity, private debt, private placements); • Asset Management or ALM of LTIs, including past experiences, models, benchmarking, constraints on expenditures and liabilities; • Mandates, delegation and effectiveness of monitoring (short term accountability versus long-term strategies); • Optimal contracts in delegated portfolio management: what is the effectiveness of using benchmarking and bonus/target incentive schemes; • The collective costs of short-horizon investment and their control (regulatory constraints); • Fintech for LTIs (e.g., robo-advice): opportunities and risks; • Benefits and costs of financial regulation and macro prudential policies that matter to LTIs; • Real estate and real estate funds: risk, return and their role in the ALM of LTIs; • LTIs, sustainable finance and Green Financing. Best regards, Luca Regis Executive Director LTI@UniTO -- Luca Regis Associate Professor Department of Economics and Statistics (ESOMAS) University of Torino sites.google.com/view/lucaregis Office: +39 011 670 6065 www.carloalberto.org/lti

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MSc. Finance and Banking at Tor Vergata University of Rome
by Davide Pirino 19 Feb '20

19 Feb '20

Dear Colleague, On behalf of the Program Director, Prof. Rocco Ciciretti I would be grateful if you could bring the Tor Vergata MSc. Finance and Banking to the attention of your best undergraduate students. MSc. Finance and Banking at Tor Vergata University of Rome is a 2-year full-time program designed for highly qualified and motivated students who wish to study mathematical and statistical techniques applied to financial markets. The deadline for the Application is June 10, 2020 for non-EU applicants and July 22, 2020 for EU applicants. This quantitative program is organized in courses, seminars and guest lectures. Moreover, students have the option to choose from a wide range of electives. Dedicated mentorship and support are offered to students throughout their time at Tor Vergata. Please find the 2020/21 official call at https://economia.uniroma2.it/master-science/financeandbanking/admission-app… . For more information about the program, please feel free to contact our Program Office at *msc_finance(a)economia.uniroma2.it <msc_finance(a)economia.uniroma2.it>*, or visit our website https://economia.uniroma2.it/master-science/financeandbanking. Sincerely, Davide Pirino Graduate program coordinator https://economia.uniroma2.it/master-science/financeandbanking Our conference https://www.qfinatwork.com/

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Fwd: Search for potential candidates (women or non-binary) for Assistant Senior lecturer (tenure track position)
by Carina Geldhauser 19 Feb '20

19 Feb '20

Cari tutti, segnalo questa ottima opportunita per una posizione tenure track in Svezia, versione html qui: https://www.europeanwomeninmaths.org/offer/search-for-potential-candidates-… Soci di "European Women In Mathematics" possono anche farsi segnalare tutti annunci via email, basta impostarlo sul vosto profilo. Cordiali saluti, Carina ---- The department of mathematics at Lund University <https://europeanwomeninmaths.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ca40359a7fa…> is looking for *potential candidates of under-represented gender* (women or non-binary) for an assistant senior lectureship position in mathematics (equivalent to *assistant professor with tenure track* in the US system). The department will be competing with the other departments in the engineering faculty for funding, and therefore we would like to get in contact with potential candidates at an early stage, in order to write a competitive proposal. If funding for the position is granted, the position(s) will be advertised in the autumn of 2020, and a likely starting date will be in Autumn 2021. Prospective candidates in mathematics (including mathematical statistics and computer vision), with a research interest that matches research done at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences <https://europeanwomeninmaths.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ca40359a7fa…> (see http://www.maths.lu.se/english/research/research-groups/ <https://europeanwomeninmaths.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ca40359a7fa…>) are welcome to contact Sara Maad Sasane (sara_at_maths.lth.se), with a cv and a short expression of how you see yourself interacting with people in the centre. I will contact you with further information and instructions if we want to proceed and apply for funding for a position in this area. Ideally, the candidates should have some postdoc experience, but even if you don't have this yet, you are welcome to send in your cv, since we may consider you for next year instead or for other positions.

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Workshop announcement and call for presentation: ABC in Grenoble, March 19th-20th 2020
by Julyan Arbel 19 Feb '20

19 Feb '20

Dear all, The ABC in ... workshop series continues in Grenoble, France, on March 19-20 2020. We are still accepting contributions for oral presentations and posters, the deadline for submissions is on Feb. 21. The workshop is free but registration is mandatory, and the call for presentation is open until the end of the week. Register on the website: https://sites.google.com/view/abc-in-grenoble/ Confirmed speakers and sessions (more to come) are: Misspecified models --- Guillaume Dehaene (EPFL, Switzerland) TBA Gael Martin (Monash University, Australia) Focused Bayesian Prediction (joint with Ruben Loaiza-Maya, David T. Frazier) Tommaso Rigon (Duke University, USA) A generalized Bayes framework for probabilistic clustering (joint with Amy Herring and David Dunson) Neural network related techniques --- Flora Jay (Université Paris-Saclay, France) Deep learning for population size history inference: design, comparison and combination with approximate Bayesian computation Pierre-Alexandre Mattei (Inria Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée, France) Partially Exchangeable Networks and Architectures for Learning Summary Statistics in Approximate Bayesian Computation (joint with Samuel Wiqvist, Umberto Picchini, Jes Frellsen) Advanced computational techniques --- Umberto Picchini (Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg, Sweden) Stratified sampling and bootstrapping for approximate Bayesian computation (joint with Richard G. Everitt) Dennis Prangle (Newcastle University, UK) Distilling importance sampling Hien D. Nguyen (La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) ABC via the Energy Statistic (joint with Julyan Arbel, Hongliang Lü, Florence Forbes) Grenoble is the largest city in the French Alps, and easily accessible by train from Paris, Lyon, Geneva or Milan. Best regards, Julyan Arbel, Simon Barthelmé, Florences Forbes Julyan Arbel http://www.julyanarbel.com/ @JulyanArbel

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Probability Seminar: Alberto Chiarini (TU Eidhoven) [Padova 27/02, 11.30]
by alessandra bianchi 18 Feb '20

18 Feb '20

Dear Colleagues, we would like to invite you to the following Probability seminar that will take place at the Department of Mathematics of Padova, on February 27. ________________________________________________________ Speaker: Alberto Chiarini (TU Eindhoven) Title: Entropic repulsion for the occupation-time field of random interlacements by disconnection. 27 FEBRUARY (Thursday) , 11:30, ROOM 430, Dip. di Matematica “Tullio Levi-Civita”, Via Trieste 63, Padova Abstract: The model of random interlacements was introduced in 2007 by A.-S. Sznitman, motivated by questions about the disconnection of discrete cylinders or tori by the trace of simple random walk. Since then, it has gained popularity among probabilists due to its percolative properties and also because of its connections to the free field. Random interlacements on transient graphs can be constructed as a Poisson point process of doubly infinite trajectories. After reviewing this model, we will focus on the rare event that these trajectories disconnect a macroscopic body from infinity, in the strongly percolative regime. We will ask the following question: What is the most efficient way for random interlacements to enforce such disconnection? In other words, how do the trajectories of random interlacements look like conditionally on disconnection? All of you are very welcome. Best regards, Alessandra Bianchi -- 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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seminario Linard Hoessly
by Enrico Bibbona 17 Feb '20

17 Feb '20

Cari colleghi, giovedì 20 alle 13,40 in aula Buzano, DISMA Politecnico di Torino Linard Hoessly (Università di Copenhagen) terrà un seminario su Stationary distributions via decomposition of stochastic reaction networks https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.02871 Cordiali saluti, Enrico Bibbona Associate Professor of Statistics Probability, Statistics and Optimization group Department of Mathematical Sciences "G. L Lagrange" Politecnico di Torino

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Fwd: Demande de diffusion de l'annonce d'une offre de PHD et de postdoc à Oslo (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 17 Feb '20

17 Feb '20

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 09:48:54 +0100 From: monique.jeanblanc <monique.jeanblanc(a)univ-evry.fr> To: Sergio Pulido <serpul3374(a)gmail.com>, Tiziano Vargiolu <vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it> Subject: Fwd: Demande de diffusion de l'annonce d'une offre de PHD et de postdoc ? Oslo -------- Message transf?r? -------- Sujet : Demande de diffusion de l'annonce d'une offre de PHD et de postdoc ? Oslo Date : Mon, 17 Feb 2020 09:38:49 +0100 (CET) De : Bion-Nadal Jocelyne (Mme) <jocelyne.bion-nadal(a)polytechnique.edu> Pour : caroline hillairet <Caroline.Hillairet(a)ensae.fr>, monique jeanblanc <monique.jeanblanc(a)univ-evry.fr>, jean-francois chassagneux <jean-francois.chassagneux(a)univ-paris-diderot.fr> Chers Caroline, Monique et Jean-Fran?ois Est-ce que l'un de vous pourrait diffuser rapidement l'annonce de cette offre de phd et de postdoc ? Oslo ? la mailing liste du s?minaire Bachelier? (La date limite est ? la fin du mois). PostDoc position https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/182298/postdoctoral-research -fellow-in-stochastic-analysis-and-applications University of Oslo Deadline: February 29th, 2020 PhD position https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/182276/phd-research-fellow-i n-stochastic-analysis-and-applications University of Oslo Deadline February 29th, 2020 Je vous remercie par avance. Bien amicalement. Jocelyne

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Workshop in Bath
by Giuseppe Cannizzaro 14 Feb '20

14 Feb '20

Ricevo e inoltro. Dear Colleagues, we would like to invite you to take part in the Bath Mathematical Symposium on PDE and Randomness which will take place at the University of Bath 26th August - 4th September The Symposium will consist of two events: 1) Summer school, August 26-28th: The school is aimed for a broad audience of researchers in the probability theory and the analysis of PDEs including PhD students and Postdocs. It will consist of three mini courses: • Roland Bauerschmidt (University of Cambridge, UK) - Log-Sobolev inequality and the renormalisation group • Hugo Duminil-Copin (IHES, France and University of Geneva, Switzerland) - Marginal triviality of the scaling limits of critical 4D Ising and ϕ^4_4 models • Martin Hairer (Imperial College London, UK) - Stochastic Yang Mills 2) Workshop August 31st - September 4: The workshop aims to explore current trends of the probability theory and its connections to PDEs and will have around 23 talks. Topics will include: SPDEs (e.g. parabolic, dispersive, 2d KPZ); Interacting Particle systems; Stochastic Homogenization. Please visit our webpage https://sites.google.com/view/pderandombath/ for more information and registration. You are more than welcome to apply for both school and workshop but you can also apply separately to either of the events. We can provide a limited number of rooms on campus of the University of Bath (either for the duration of the whole event or only for the school/workshop). If you would like to be considered for the accommodation please register before *20*/04/20. Please see the webpage for details. Best wishes, Hendrik Weber, Andris Gerasimovics

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Postdoc in Probability in Oxford
by Enrico Scalas 14 Feb '20

14 Feb '20

Car* collegh*, vi invio questo annuncio da Christina Goldschmidt con preghiera di diffusione a persone potenzialmente interessate. Cordiali saluti, Enrico Scalas -- Dear colleagues, (With apologies for cross-posting!) The Department of Statistics at Oxford is currently advertising a 1-year postdoctoral position in probability, to work with me on a project concerning random graphs and their scaling limits. I would be very grateful if you could bring this to the attention of any suitable people that you know. Potential candidates should feel free to contact me directly. More details are available from the university's jobs page, where there are links to a detailed job description and the online application form. The start date is flexible, but must be no later than 1st September 2020. The closing date for applications is 12 noon (GMT) on 6th March 2020. (Candidates should please ask their referees to send their letters of reference by the closing date.) Many thanks and best wishes, Christina Goldschmidt. -- Christina Goldschmidt | http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~goldschm | she/her Department of Statistics and Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford

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SIdE-Ca' Foscari Summer Schools in Venice (Italy)
by Roberto Casarin UNIVE 14 Feb '20

14 Feb '20

Dear all, Applications are now open for our Summer Schools: /*Networks Econometrics* /(28 June - 3 July 2020)/* */Instructors: /Monica Billio, Roberto Casarin and Walter Quattrociocchi/ (Ca' Foscari University of Venice), /Matteo Iacopini/ (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa), /Sergio Petralia///(London School of Economics and Political Science), /Luca Rossini /(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands). /*Bayesian Multivariate Models and Forecasting in Economics and Finance*/ (August 24-28 2020) Instructors: /Gaetano Carmeci /(University of Trieste), /Roberto Casarin /(Ca’ Foscari University of Venice),///Matteo Ciccarelli///(European Central Bank, DG Research),///Francesco Ravazzolo///(Free University of Bozen-Bolzano). //Organization:// ////The courses for Master and PhD students are organized by the Italian Econometric Society (SIdE) in collaboration with the Venice centre in Economic and Risk Analytics for Public Policies (VERA) at Ca' Foscari University of Venice ///Venue: / The summer schools are hosted in the beautiful San Giobbe Campus at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, located at the heart of the city of Venice (Italy). The registration fees include full accommodation. /Further information:// /For further information on scope of the meeting, speakers, program, applications, deadlines, venue, etc. see the school web site https://www.side-iea.it/events/postgraduate-courses /Description (Networks Econometrics)// /The aim of the course is to provide the fundamentals of the econometrics network with particular reference to the Network mapping and visualisation, the Network Extraction Methods, Multi-layer Network Models and their applications to finance. The tutorials will develop applications to stocks, interest rates and commodities markets and to contagion analysis. Modelling of financial and commercial trade networks will be considered as well. /Description (Bayesian Multivariate Models and Forecasting in Economics and Finance)// /The course is advanced and covers state-of-the-art techniques and recent developments in Bayesian Multivariate Models, for structural analysis and forecasting, nonparametric methods and forecast combinations with a broad range of applications in economics and finance. The methods introduced in the lectures will be illustrated with hands-on applications in MATLAB. 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 likely not on our mailing lists. Apologies for cross-posting. The Organizers Roberto Casarin and Gaetano Carmeci -- Roberto Casarin, PhD Professor of Econometrics University Ca' Foscari, Venice Address: San Giobbe 873/b 30121 Venezia, Italy Phone: +39 041.234.91.49 Web: http://venus.unive.it/r.casarin/ IMEF: http://www.unive.it/imef VERA: http://www.unive.it/vera ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1746-9190

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Seminar of Francesco Morandin and Alessandro Montagnani, Padova 18/02/2020
by barbato＠math.unipd.it 14 Feb '20

14 Feb '20

Dear Colleagues, we would like to invite you to the following Probability seminar that will take place at the Department of Mathematics of Padova, on February 18. Speaker: Francesco Morandin Title: Turbulence, shell models and critical exponents for dissipation Abstract: Shell models of turbulence are nonlinear dynamical systems inspired by fluid dynamics. They are idealized and simplified, but tailored to exhibit the same energy cascade behaviour of three dimensional Euler and Navier-Stokes equations. A typical feature of these models is in fact anomalous dissipation of energy, which in finite time "escapes" to infinity, yielding a blow-up and instantaneous loss in regularity. A dissipative term corresponding to viscosity can recover regularity, for some of these models, but in total generality one needs hyper-dissipation, with an exponent larger than the physical one. Recent results hint that in the more refined framework of tree (hierarchical) models the required exponent may be actually lower. Speaker: Alessandro Montagnani Title: A stationary solution for turbulence shell models. Abstract The focus of the talk is to study well-posedness, with respect to generic Gaussian distributed initial data, in turbulence shell models. In the of state-of-the-art results we have existence of solution for any finite energy initial conditions. Here we show the generic existence of solutions with respect to initial data distributed as Gaussian invariant measures, in "mixed" dyadic and tree-like shell models, extending the classical deterministic results. The existence is given thanks to compactness argument and techniques similar to the ones used by Albeverio and Cruzeiro for Euler equation (and more recently with a different approach by F. Flandoli), adapted to our model. Uniqueness is not provided, and the natural oscillating behaviour of the solutions obtained may suggests that it doesn't hold at all All of you are very welcome. Best regards, David Barbato

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13th European Summer School in Financial Mathematics, Vienna, Aug. 31- Sept. 4, 2020 (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 14:39:42 +0100 From: Christa Cuchiero <christa.cuchiero(a)univie.ac.at> To: christa.cuchiero(a)unvie.ac.at Subject: 13th European Summer School in Financial Mathematics, Vienna, Aug. 31- Sept. 4, 2020 Dear colleagues, we are pleased to announce the 13th European Summer School in Financial Mathematics on "Machine Learning in Finance" and "McKean-Vlasov Equations & Mean Field Games in Finance" which will be held at the University of Vienna, from August 31 to September 4, 2020. Mini-courses will be given by Lyudmila Grigoryevya Xin Guo Lukasz Szpruch Josef Teichmann Detailed information on the summer school and instructions for applications can be found at: https://www.univie.ac.at/summer_school_MathFinance/index.html The application deadline is April 30, 2020. Successful applicants will be sponsored for accommodation and (partly) travel expenses. Please bring the announcement to the attention of PhD-students and other researchers who may be interested to attend. Kind regards, Christa Cuchiero

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Postdoc in Financial Mathematics at Dublin City University
by Paolo Guasoni 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

Dear Colleague, Dublin City University has a Postdoctoral position (Two-year) in Financial Mathematics https://www.dcu.ie/sites/default/files/hr/rf1327_postdoctoral_researcher_fi… The closing date for the application is March 6th, 2020. With best regards, Paolo Guasoni -- * *Séanadh Ríomhphoist/Email Disclaimer* *Tá an ríomhphost seo agus aon chomhad a sheoltar leis faoi rún agus is lena úsáid ag an seolaí agus sin amháin é. Is féidir tuilleadh a léamh anseo. <https://sites.google.com/view/seanadh-riomhphoist>* *This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for use by the addressee. Read more here. <https://sites.google.com/view/dcu-email-disclaimer>* * -- <https://www.facebook.com/DCU/> <https://twitter.com/DublinCityUni> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/dublin-city-university> <https://www.instagram.com/dublincityuniversity/?hl=en> <https://www.youtube.com/user/DublinCityUniversity>

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PhD Course, Tor Vergata (Matematica), Paolo Pigato
by Claudio Macci 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

Department of Mathematics, Univ. Roma Tor Vergata PhD Course held by Paolo Pigato (10 hours) Title: Fractional Brownian motion and non-Markovian modeling Schedule: March 03, 2020; h. 14-16. Room: Aula D'Antoni March 05, 2020; h. 14-17. Room: Aula D'Antoni March 10, 2020; h. 14-16. Room: Aula De Blasi March 12, 2020; h. 14-17. Room: Aula D'Antoni Abstract. In several applications of stochastic analysis (financial engineering, telecommunication networks, ...), it is desirable to model real-world quantities which are non-Markovian, for example because the noise process exhibits slowly decaying auto-correlations and long memory. In this course we will focus on fractional Brownian motion, a prototypical example of non-Markovian process. Such process is a generalisation of Brownian motion with Holder regularity possibly different than 1/2 and it is not a martingale. We will consider large deviations problems, simulation methods and some examples of application. Some other details can be found here: http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~macci/corso-dottorato-pigato.htm Best regards. Claudio Macci.

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BAYSM 2020: Announcement on coronavirus
by Federico Camerlenghi 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

Dear all, as you may already be aware, there is a recent coronavirus epidemic going around in China, which may have raised concerns in attending the BAYSM 2020 meeting in China late June https://baysm2020.uconn.edu/ . As a satellite meeting of the 2020 ISBA World Meeting (Kunming, China, June 29-July 03), we would like to cite the email that ISBA Program Council just sent to ISBA members to address the coronavirus concerns and ISBA World Meeting in China: "We are keeping a close eye on the development. While at this point we are cautiously optimistic that the epidemic will not last till June, both as a result of the extraordinary measure that China is taking to contain the spread, and as cold-like coronaviruses generally don't spread effectively as temperature rises in spring. However, we want to stay cautious and keep options open, and will take the necessary actions to ensure the health and safety of our community." We are holding the same position as the ISBA Program Council and will keep you all updated of any changes in the plan of the meeting. Particularly, if the epidemic is not contained in the next couple of months, and thus the community participating in the meeting will be subject to health risk, we will consider alternatives such as postponing the BaYSM Meeting. For now, we have decided to extend the early registration deadline as follows. Deadline for submissions: May 1 2020 23:59 CST End of review process: May 23 2020 Early registration: June 01 2020 Late registration: June 15 2020 Thank you for your support of our BaYSM Meeting. We hope that the epidemic will be over soon and we will see you all in Kunming at the BaYSM this June. Best Regards, On behalf of the organizing committee Federico Camerlenghi -- Federico Camerlenghi Department of Economics, Management and Statistics University of Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy. web-page: https://www.unimib.it/federico-camerlenghi

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Seminar of Nicola Secomandi, Padova, Friday 21
by Tiziano Vargiolu 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

*** Apologies for cross-posting *** Dear Colleagues, we would like to invite you to the following Probability seminar that will take place at the Department of Mathematics, University of Padova (via Trieste, 63), on February 21 h. 15.30 room 1BC/45. -------------------------------------------------- NICOLA SECOMANDI Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University Quadratic Hedging and Optimization of Option Exercise Policies in Incomplete Markets and Discrete Time Abstract: This paper extends quadratic hedging from European to Bermudan options in discrete time when markets are incomplete and investigates its use for supporting exercise policy optimization. The key idea is to construct date specific approximate replicating portfolios. Hedging any given exercise policy can be done by solving a collection of stochastic dynamic programs. Optimizing the exercise policy based on the resulting martingale measure requires care. If this measure is risk neutral (RN), the value of an optimal such policy, which can be obtained by augmenting the hedging model with an exercise policy optimization step, is a no arbitrage one. Otherwise this approach must be refined by imposing time consistency on exercise policies, although the value of the resulting exercise policy may not be arbitrage free. Following the common pragmatic strategy of specifying quadratic hedging under an RN measure, e.g., one calibrated to market prices, avoids these issues. In particular, it provides a simple hedging policy with immediate practical applicability and is equivalent to exercise policy optimization under RN valuation, thus complementing it with a consistent hedging policy. A simple numerical example shows that this procedure generates effective hedging policies. Paper available at https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.05788?context=q-fin --------------------------- All the best 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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10 Ph.D. positions @ Luxembourg Unviersity
by Giovanni Peccati 13 Feb '20

13 Feb '20

Dear Colleagues, *10 Ph.D. positions* are currently open in the *Department of Mathematics of Luxembourg University*, in the framework of a transversal grant spanning several disciplines - geometry, number theory, probability and mathematical physics. Here is the official link, where all details can be found: http://emea3.mrted.ly/2ej0i With my best regards, Giovanni Peccati -- Prof. Giovanni Peccati ------------------------------------------ Head of the Department of Mathematics Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine ------------------------------------------ University of Luxembourg ----------------------------------------- homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/giovannipeccati/Home E-mail: giovanni.peccati(a)gmail.com

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Commodity and Energy Markets Association - Annual Meeting 2020 - Madrid (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 12 Feb '20

12 Feb '20

Apologies for cross-postings 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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CREST Post-doc offer: green finance / quantitative economics (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 12 Feb '20

12 Feb '20

Apologies for cross-postings. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:29:26 +0100 From: Peter Tankov <peter.tankov(a)polytechnique.org> To: Tiziano Vargiolu <vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it> Dear Tiziano,would you be so kind as to distribute my post-doc offer (attached) on your mailing list? Best wishes Peter -- Peter Tankov Professor of quantitative finance, ENSAE ParisTech Phone: +33 1 70 26 68 73 www.lpma-paris.fr/pageperso/tankov/ Email: peter.tankov(a)ensae.fr

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New Post-Doc position @ Luxembourg University
by Giovanni Peccati 12 Feb '20

12 Feb '20

Dear Colleagues, a new *2 years post-doc position *is open at the *Department of Mathematics of Luxembourg University *- deadline is* March 15, 2020. * Here is the official link for the application: http://emea3.mrted.ly/2ez6c The position is actually related to a large research grant (bridging several groups in the department) on the general topic of *Geometry, Probability and its Synergies. * As a consequence, applications are particularly welcomed from researchers whose expertise bridges two or more of the following areas: *geometry, probability theory, number theory and mathematical physics.* Please, do not hesitate to share this message with potential candidates. With my best regards, Giovanni Peccati -- Prof. Giovanni Peccati ------------------------------------------ Head of the Department of Mathematics Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine ------------------------------------------ University of Luxembourg ----------------------------------------- homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/giovannipeccati/Home E-mail: giovanni.peccati(a)gmail.com

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Summer school in Santander for Master students
by Maurizia Rossi 11 Feb '20

11 Feb '20

Dear all, I would like to advertise this Probability Summer School on Random and deterministic point configurations https://www.ub.edu/santalo20/ that will be held in Santander - July 13-17, 2020. The aim of this Summer School is to introduce Master students into the field of point configurations, with wide-view courses that will include a friendly exposition of the main results in the area and its applications. If you know someone who might be interested in joining this event, please let them contact the organizers (C. Beltran and J. Marzo). Best wishes, Maurizia -- Maurizia Rossi Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca https://mauriziarossi.wordpress.com

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PROBABILITY SEMINAR: Giovanni Conforti (CMAP, École Polytechnique ) [Padova, 21/02, 14.30]
by alessandra bianchi 10 Feb '20

10 Feb '20

Dear Colleagues, we would like to invite you to the following Probability seminar that will take place at the Department of Mathematics of Padova, on February 21. ________________________________________________________ Speaker: Giovanni Conforti (CMAP, École Polytechnique ) Title: Understanding the most likely evolution of interacting particle systems 21 FEBRUARY (Friday), 14:30; ROOM 1BC45, Dipartimento di Matematica “Tullio Levi-Civita”, Via Trieste 63, Padova Abstract: An old question posed by Schrodinger may be rephrased as follows: what is the most likely evolution of an interacting particle system conditionally on the observation of its initial and final configurations? It is often the case that by means Large Deviation Principle this question is rigorously formulated as a (mean field) control problem in the space of probability measures. In the first part of this talk we will see if the space of probability measures is endowed with a Riemannian metric naturally induced by the form of the rate function, the equations governing the most likely evolution take the form of Newton's law. In some examples the Riemannian metric to be considered coincides with the Otto metric of optimal transport, but it is often the case that a different metric has to be chosen. In the second part of the talk we discuss how to use Newton’s laws to obtain convexity principles and dissipation estimates for entropy functionals along the most likely evolution. The interest of these estimates is twofold: on the one hand they imply a novel class of functional inequalities; on the other hand they allow to establish the turnpike property for the control problem defining the most likely evolution and to study its ergodic behaviour. Two concrete examples will be discussed in more detail: the exclusion process and systems of weakly interacting diffusions. Based on joint works with A.Chiarini, I.Gentil, J.Backhoff, C.Léonard, M.Pavon and L. Tamanini. All of you are very welcome. Best regards, Alessandra Bianchi tp://www.math.unipd.it/~bianchi/ <http://www.math.unipd.it/~bianchi/> -- 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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Quantitative Finance @ WORK - Rome, April 24, 2020
by Davide Erminio Pirino 10 Feb '20

10 Feb '20

Dear Student, Dear Colleague, The *Master of Science in Finance and Banking -* *University of Rome Tor Vergata* are pleased to host the fourth edition of *QFin@Work on April 24, 2020. *The Workshop is on the practical use of quantitative methods in Finance and related fields. The goal of the Workshop is to get together leading experts, and especially finance professionals, to learn from their experiences, listen to new ideas, and discuss about future perspectives in the field. The 2020 schedule is now available at https://qfinatwork.com/2020 Registration is free but compulsory to anyone will attend the meeting. We hope to see you there, *The Scientific Committee* Rocco Ciciretti Katia Colaneri Annalisa Fabretti Stefano Herzel Marco Nicolosi Davide Pirino Alessandro Ramponi Sergio Scarlatti

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PhD course by Prof Antoine Jacquier (Imperial College London) in Padova
by Giorgia Callegaro 10 Feb '20

10 Feb '20

Dear all, this email is to announce the PhD course entitled "*A smooth tour around rough models in finance (From data to stochastics to machine learning)*" which will be given by Prof Antoine Jacquier (Imperial College, London) at the Department of Mathematics of University of Padova in March/April 2020. The course details (aim, contents and prerequisites) are available here: https://www.math.unipd.it/~dottmath/corsi2020/Jacquier.pdf and here is the schedule (lectures will be given in room *2BC30* in Torre Archimede, Dept of Mathematics, Via Trieste 63, 35121 Padova) 1. Thursday 19 March: 14-16 2. Friday 20 March: 14-16 3. Monday 23 March: 14-16 4. Thursday 26 March: 14-16 5. Friday 27 March: 14-16 6. Thursday 2 April: 14-16 7. Friday 3 April : 14-16 8. Monday 6 April : 14-16. Every lecture lasts 45 minutes, so in a slot of 2 hours please expect two lectures (for a total of 90 minutes) with a break. Everybody is welcome! See you in Padova, Giorgia Callegaro -- 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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avviso breve ciclo seminari
by Franco Flandoli 08 Feb '20

08 Feb '20

Si comunica che nei giorni *martedì 11 febbraio (aula Mancini) martedì 18 febbraio (aula Mancini) martedì 25 febbraio (aula Tonelli)* si terranno, presso la Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, i seguenti due cicli di seminari, con eventuale proseguimento da concordare: *ore 11-12 Sigurd Assing ore 12-13 Michael Goldman* Il tema dei seminari è brevemente descritto qui di seguito. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. ------------------------ *Sigurd Assing* (University of Warwick) TITLE: Bayesian Gaussian Process Latent Variable Model ABSTRACT: We introduce a variational inference framework for training the Gaussian process latent variable model and thus performing Bayesian nonlinear dimensionality reduction. The maximization of the variational lower bound provides a Bayesian training procedure that is robust to overfitting and can automatically select the dimensionality of the nonlinear latent space. ------------------------ *Michael Goldman* (Université Paris Diderot, CNRS) TITLE: A variational approach to regularity in optimal transport and applications to the optimal matching problem. ABSTRACT: In this course I will present the regularity theory for optimal transport maps recently developed together with M. Huesmann and F. Otto. The main point of the course is to show that as long as we are in a linearization regime, that is as long as the local displacement and the local distances of the two marginals to the Lebesgue measure are small, the displacement is quantitatively close to the gradient of the solution of a Poisson equation. We will see applications both to partial regularity and to (a variant of) the optimal matching problem. In particular, we will see how this theory allows to justify down to the microscopic scale some predictions made by Caracciolo and al for that problem.

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2-year post-doc position at the University of Padova
by Claudio Fontana 08 Feb '20

08 Feb '20

Dear all (and apologies for cross-posting), A 2-year post-doctoral position at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Padova (Italy) is available, within the STARS@UNIPD project PRISMA under the supervision of Claudio Fontana (personal webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/fontanaclaud <https://sites.google.com/site/fontanaclaud>). The primary goal of the PRISMA project is the development of new stochastic methods for the modelling of information in finance and insurance. We are looking for a highly motivated candidate with a solid background in stochastic analysis and mathematical finance. A PhD degree in these fields is a necessary requirement. We offer a stimulating research environment, an exciting research project, excellent working conditions. Salary is fixed at a top level for a post-doctoral position at the University of Padova, corresponding to about 2100 euros/month (net of taxes). Generous financial support is available for participation to international conferences and workshops. The selected candidate will not have mandatory teaching duties. The starting date can be arranged, but cannot be later than September 1st, 2020. To be considered, the application package has to arrive before March 2, 2020. The official call for the position and application instructions can be found at https://www.math.unipd.it/it/news/?id=2579 <https://www.math.unipd.it/it/news/?id=2579> For any further information and expressions of interest on this position, please contact Claudio Fontana directly at fontana(a)math.unipd.it <mailto:fontana@math.unipd.it> Best regards Claudio Fontana

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Corso di dottorato "Topics from the Gaussian World" a Milano-Bicocca
by Gianmario Tessitore 07 Feb '20

07 Feb '20

Buongiorno Tra marzo e maggio 2020, Francesco Caravenna e Maurizia Rossi terranno il corso di dottorato: *"Topics from the Gaussian World"* presso il Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni dell'Università di Milano-Bicocca. La prima lezione avrà luogo giovedì 5 marzo alle 14:30-17:00 in aula U5-3014. Per maggiori informazioni si veda la pagina http://staff.matapp.unimib.it/~fcaraven/did1920/phd/index.html Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare un cordiali saluto -- Gianmario Tessitore Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

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Call for Interest - Assegno di ricerca
by Daniele Marazzina 07 Feb '20

07 Feb '20

Con preghiera di diffusione Il Qfinlab, laboratorio di finanza quantitativa del Dipartimento di Matematica del Politecnico di Milano, sta valutando la possibilità di bandire assegni di ricerca su tematiche relative alla finanza quantitativa (calcolo stocastico, portfolio allocation, pricing, ma non solo), all'econometria e/o all'utilizzo di tecniche machine learning in finanza. Eventuali persone interessate possono inviare il loro cv all'indirizzo qfinlab(a)polimi.it<mailto:qfinlab@polimi.it> . Per informazioni sul gruppo, si rimanda a www.qfinlab.polimi.it<http://www.qfinlab.polimi.it/> Cordialmente Daniele Marazzina

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Seminario Karim Barigou in Bicocca
by Valeria Bignozzi 06 Feb '20

06 Feb '20

Si avvisa che il giorno Lunedì 10 Febbraio alle ore 15:30 presso l’Università di Milano-Bicocca (via degli Arcimboldi 8 - edificio U7, quarto piano- aula 4026) si terrà il seguente seminario: Speaker: Karim Barigou (University of Lyon) Title: Fair valuation of insurance liabilities: interplay between actuarial judgement and market-consistency Abstract: Insurance liabilities are in most cases (only) partially replicable by traded assets. This may be due to the fact that the payoffs of the underlying insurance contracts are defined in terms of a combination of hedgeable and unhedgeable claims (e.g. unit-linked insurance) or due to the existence of traded insurance-linked securities of which the payoff is correlated with the payoff of the insurance liability (e.g. CAT bonds). Since not all insurance claims can be perfectly replicated by traded assets, we face the problem of valuating claims in incomplete markets (i.e. markets in which some claims are not perfectly hedgeable). The main goal of this presentation is to introduce different valuation frameworks for the determination of a fair valuation for insurance liabilities. The objective of this valuation is to merge the traditional actuarial valuation based on pooling and diversification with a market-consistent approach based on hedging and replication. In particular, we define a fair valuation as a valuation which is market-consistent (marked-to-market for hedgeable claims) and actuarial (marked-to-model for claims independent of financial market evolutions). Among the different fair valuation frameworks, we introduce and investigate the class of `hedge-based valuations'. Under this approach, one unbundles the unhedgeable insurance claim in a hedgeable part and a remaining part. The fair value of the claim is then set equal to the sum of the respective values of the hedgeable and the unhedgeable parts, where the hedgeable part is valuated by the financial price of its underlying hedge, while the value of the remaining part is determined via an actuarial approach. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Cordiali saluti, Valeria ******************************************************************************************* Valeria Bignozzi Dipartimento di Statistica e Metodi Quantitativi Università di Milano-Bicocca Edificio U7 – 4° Piano Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi, 8 20126 Milano e-mail: valeria.bignozzi(a)unimib.it <mailto:valeria.bignozzi@unimib.it> ******************************************************************************************* _______________________________________________ Random mailing list Per informazioni e per disiscriversi: https://fields.dm.unipi.it/listinfo/random <https://fields.dm.unipi.it/listinfo/random> Per contattare gli amministratori: random-admin(a)fields.dm.unipi.it <mailto:random-admin@fields.dm.unipi.it> Per inviare un messaggio alla mailing list: Random(a)fields.dm.unipi.it <mailto:Random@fields.dm.unipi.it> Archivio dei messaggi inviati: https://fields.dm.unipi.it/pipermail/random <https://fields.dm.unipi.it/pipermail/random>

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Research fellowship in Padova - "Stochastic processes on random structures and applications"
by alessandra bianchi 05 Feb '20

05 Feb '20

Cari colleghi con l'invito a volerne dare la massima diffusione, vi segnalo che, all'interno di un progetto congiunto UniBo-UniFi-UniPd denominato "Dinamiche stocastiche in ambienti disordinati ed applicazioni nelle scienze ", è uscito il bando per un assegno di ricerca su "Processi stocastici su strutture aleatorie e applicazioni" con sede presso il Dipartimento di Matematica "Tullio Levi-Civita " dell'Università di Padova. La descrizione e i dettagli per l'ammissione sono indicati di seguito. The Department of Mathematics "Tullio Levi-Civita" of the University of Padova invites applications for a Research fellowship of the duration of 12 months in the framework of a joint project with the University of Bologna and the University of Firenze, with subject "Stochastic processes on random structures and applications". Successful candidates will be recent PhDs in Mathematics, or graduates with a Master's degree, who have suitable and documented academic and professional experience. The gross amount of the research fellowship contract is 21.100 euro. The deadline for application is 2nd March 2020. To submit application please refer to the page https://www.math.unipd.it/news-files/2020/20200302-bianchi-bando.pdf For additional information, please contact: Alessandra Bianchi at bianchi(a)math.unipd.it Marco Lenci at marco.lenci(a)unibo.it Francesca Nardi at francescaromana.nardi(a)unifi.it <bianchi(a)math.unipd.it>-- 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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seminar announcement
by Marco Scarsini 05 Feb '20

05 Feb '20

*Xavier Venel,* Paris School of Economics Sequential Competition and the Strategic Origins of Preferential Attachment <http://mailsender.luiss.it/lists/lt.php?id=cRpRAgYLSAQFAw1OVAVUAQAH> Thursday 6 February 2020, 12 noon Room 207 Department of Economics and Finance Luiss Viale Romania, 32 ******************************************************* Marco Scarsini Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza Luiss Viale Romania 32 00197 Roma, ITALY URL: http://docenti.luiss.it/scarsini/

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Re: [Random] [forumppg] XXIV Brazilian Probability School /São Paulo School of advanced science
by Chiara Franceschini 04 Feb '20

04 Feb '20

Ricevo e inoltro per potenziali interessati. ---------- Forwarded message --------- Subject: Fwd: [forumppg] XXIV Brazilian Probability School /São Paulo School of advanced science Date: 2020-02-04 12:02 From: Patrícia Gonçalves <mophinha(a)gmail.com> To: Chiara Franceschini <chiara.franceschini(a)tecnico.ulisboa.pt> Can you distribute this in Italy? Thanks! ---- *XXIV EBP/ São Paulo School of advanced science on singular stochastic partial differential equations and their applications* It is a pleasure to announce the XXIV EBP/ São Paulo School of advanced science on singular stochastic partial differential equations and their applications. The São Paulo school is divided into two parts and will happen in the weeks of July 28 to August 8, 2020 at Campinas University. In the first week there will be two introductory mini courses (stochastic calculus and rough paths) that lay the foundations for the courses of the second week. In the latter ones newly developed theories and their latest developments in the field of singular SPDEs and related areas will be taught. The program will be complemented with several plenary talks, invited talks, a poster session and a visit to the LNLS laboratories, where the only particle accelerator of Latin America is located. The school will give full financial support for around 100 students (50 from Brazil and 50 from abroad). More informations under https://www.ime.unicamp.br/spas2020/ . The XXIV EBP will coincide with the second week of the São Paulo School. As in previous years, the XXIV EBP will consist of two mini courses, plenary talks, contributed talks and poster sessions, all presented in a relaxed atmosphere. This will be our first edition at IMECC-UNICAMP, which is home to one of Brazil's top ranked Mathematics departments. More information under https://www.ime.unicamp.br/bsp2020/. We would be grateful if you could advertise these events among your colleagues. On behalf of the organizing committee Dirk Erhard Adriana Neumann Christian Olivera -- Roberto Imbuzeiro Oliveira Professor, IMPA rimfo(a)impa.br, rob.oliv(a)gmail.com sites.google.com/view/roboliv -- Você recebeu essa mensagem porque está inscrito no grupo "forumppg" dos Grupos do Google. Para cancelar inscrição nesse grupo e parar de receber e-mails dele, envie um e-mail para forumppg+unsubscribe(a)impa.br. Para ver essa discussão na Web, acesse https://groups.google.com/a/impa.br/d/msgid/forumppg/CAN9Gp7asj9%3DEymWpDw2… <https://groups.google.com/a/impa.br/d/msgid/forumppg/CAN9Gp7asj9%3DEymWpDw2…> . -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antiv�rus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo.

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two tenure track assistant professor position (Sao Paulo)
by Daniela Bertacchi 04 Feb '20

04 Feb '20

Ricevo e inoltro ---------- Forwarded message --------- Da: Fabio Machado <faprama(a)gmail.com> Date: lun 3 feb 2020, 19:46 Subject: two tenure track assistant professor positions To: Fabio Machado <faprama(a)gmail.com> Dear colleagues, please feel free to advertise to potential applicants. The Statistics Department of IME-USP has two tenure track assistant professor vacancies open for registration until March 24th. The contest will include, in addition to a memorial judgment, didactic evidence on basic Probability and Statistical Inference topics (in master's level), and project judgment in a wide range of research areas in Probability and Statistics. See message below and attached notice for further details. Do not hesitate to contact me for further clarification. Announce Math Hire https://mathhire.org/jobs/909 Science HR announcement https://www.science.hr/jobs/59528/assistant-professor-2-positions-statistic… Att Fábio Prates Machado -- *Fábio Prates Machado* - Professor Instituto de Matemática e Estatística Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.

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Permanent research positions near Paris
by Guillaume Kon Kam King 04 Feb '20

04 Feb '20

Dear Colleagues, a call is open for two permanent positions, as a *Research Scientist in Statistics and stochastic algorithms for dynamic processes* and as a *Research Scientist in machine learning for text mining.* These are full research positions (no compulsory teaching), based at INRAE ( https://www.inrae.fr/en/about-us) and affiliated to Université Paris-Saclay. You may find the calls and instructions on how to apply at: https://jobs.inrae.fr/en/open-competitions/open-competions-research-scienti… and https://jobs.inrae.fr/en/open-competitions/open-competions-research-scienti… The application is in English and is fairly lightweight, it includes a CV, the 4 most significant publications and a 8-10 pages report detailing past research. The deadline is March 5, 2020, 5 p.m. Central European Time (UTC+01:00). If you would consider applying, please contact Elisabeta VERGU ( elisabeta.vergu(a)inrae.fr) for the position in Statistics and stochastic algorithms for dynamic processes, or Claire NEDELLEC ( claire.nedellec(a)inrae.fr)/Louise DELEGER (louise.deleger(a)inrae.fr) for the position in machine learning for text mining. Best regards, Guillaume KON KAM KING Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, MaIAGE, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France https://sites.google.com/site/guillaumekonkamking/home

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Seminar Fabrizio Leisen @ Unimib
by Federico Camerlenghi 03 Feb '20

03 Feb '20

Dear all, we are glad to announce the next DEMS seminar: Wednesday, 12th February 2020 Time 12.00, Aula de Lillo, Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) Building U7, II floor, University of Milano - Bicocca The speaker is Fabrizio Leisen from University of Kent. *Title:* *On a Class of Objective Priors from Scoring Rules* *Abstract:* Objective prior distributions represent an important tool that allows one to have the advantages of using a Bayesian framework even when information about the parameters of a model is not available. The usual objective approaches work off the chosen statistical model and in the majority of cases the resulting prior is improper, which can pose limitations to a practical implementation, even when the complexity of the model is moderate. In this talk we propose to take a novel look at the construction of objective prior distributions, where the connection with a chosen sampling distribution model is removed. We explore the notion of defining objective prior distributions which allow one to have some degree of flexibility, in particular in exhibiting some desirable features, such as being proper, or log-concave, convex etc. The basic tool we use are proper scoring rules and the main result is a class of objective prior distributions that can be employed in scenarios where the usual model based priors fail, such as mixture models and model selection via Bayes factors. In addition, we show that the proposed class of priors is the result of minimising the information it contains, providing solid interpretation to the method. This is a work in collaboration with C. Villa and S. G. Walker. Best wishes, Federico Camerlenghi -- Federico Camerlenghi Department of Economics, Management and Statistics University of Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy. web-page: https://www.unimib.it/federico-camerlenghi

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