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Politecnico di Milano - Seminario M. Reimher, Penn State University
by Laura M. Sangalli 30 May '16

30 May '16

Si avvisa che in data 17/6/2016, alle ore 15:00, presso Aula Seminari "Saleri" VI Piano, Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano, nell'ambito delle iniziative MOX, si svolgerà il seguente seminario: Relatore: Matthew Reimher, Department of Statistics, Penn State University Titolo: A Geometric Approach to Confidence Regions and Bands for Functional Parameters Abstract: Functional data analysis, FDA, is now a well established discipline of statistics, with its core concepts and perspectives in place. Despite this, there are still fundamental statistical questions which have received relatively little attention. One of these is the systematic development of techniques for constructing confidence regions for functional parameters. I will present new work that takes a geometric approach to developing, understanding, and visualizing such regions. Simulations and an application to Fractional Anisotropy will also be presented. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Cordiali saluti, Laura Sangalli -- Laura Maria Sangalli MOX - Dipartimento di Matematica Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 20133 Milano - Italy tel: +39 02 2399 4554 fax: +39 02 2399 4568 email: laura.sangalli(a)polimi.it url: http://mox.polimi.it/~sangalli

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Seminario A. Kashlak - Politecnico di Milano
by Laura M. Sangalli 30 May '16

30 May '16

Si avvisa che in data 01-06-2016, alle ore 14:30 precise, presso l'Aula Seminari "F. Saleri" VI piano - Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano, nell'ambito delle iniziative MOX, si svolgerà il seguente seminario Relatore: Adam Kashlak, Cambridge University Titolo: Inference on covariance operators via concentration inequalities Abstract: Inference on covariance operators is an important part of functional data analysis. Panaretos, Kraus, and Maddocks (2010) compare covariance operators for Gaussian process data. Pigoli, Aston, Dryden, and Secchi (2014) consider a variety of metrics over the space of covariance operators. In this talk, we propose a novel approach to the analysis of covariance operators making use of concentration inequalities. First, non-asymptotic confidence sets are constructed for such operators. Then, subsequent applications including a k sample test for equality of covariance, a functional data classifier, and an expectation-maximization style clustering algorithm are derived and tested on both simulated and phoneme data. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Cordiali saluti, Laura Sangalli -- Laura Maria Sangalli MOX - Dipartimento di Matematica Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 20133 Milano - Italy tel: +39 02 2399 4554 fax: +39 02 2399 4568 email: laura.sangalli(a)polimi.it url: http://mox.polimi.it/~sangalli

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PhD in Statistics and Mathematical Finance
by Fabio Bellini 30 May '16

30 May '16

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(senza oggetto)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 27 May '16

27 May '16

AVVISO SEMINARI Per martedi' 31 maggio sono programmati i seguenti seminari nell'area probabilita'/finanza presso il Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Universita' di Padova; si svolgeranno nell'aula seminari al VII piano della Torre B. Ore 14.30: Prof. Yuliya Mishura Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Title: Gaussian processes that are generalized quasi-helices and their properties Abstract: We consider several problems for Gaussian processes which are, in some sense, the generalizations of fractional Brownian motion. Three problems are considered: the behavior of the maximal functionals, the representation results and some statistical results. We investigate the asymptotic behavior of maximal functionals under critical values of the parameters of the corresponding quasi-helix, give the representations of the random variables via the integration w.r.t. Gaussian processes and explain how to construct and investigate unknown drift parameter estimators in the SDE involving the general Gaussian processes. Ore 15.30 Prof. Erik Schloegl University of Technology Sydney Title: Toward Quantifying Model Risk Abstract: As a paper by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System put it in 2011, ?The use of models invariably presents model risk, which is the potential for adverse consequences from decisions based on incorrect or misused model outputs and reports.? However, there has been surprisingly little research to date on quantifying this risk, or putting the analysis of this risk on a more rigorous footing. This presentation discusses four types of model risk encountered when using models for the pricing and risk management of derivative financial instruments, and the relationship (and potential trade-offs) between them. Secondly, we consider how one would go about implementing the ?relative entropy? approach to model risk suggested by Glasserman and Xu (2013) in this context, and how this may affect modelling choices in practice. 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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Seminario a Fi 31/5 "Jumping Value at Risk: Order Statistics for Risk Modelling"
by cecilia mancini 26 May '16

26 May '16

Nell'ambito del ciclo di seminari del Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa (DISEI) dell'Universita' di Firenze: Martedì 31 Maggio 2016 (campus Novoli, Edificio D6/Aula Bracco) ore 14.00 Luca Spadafora (Banca Popolare di Verona) terrà un seminario dal titolo "Jumping Value at Risk: Order Statistics for Risk Modelling" Tutti gli interessati sono cordialmente invitati a partecipare. La lista dei seminari Disei è raggiungibile al seguente indirizzo: http://www.disei.unifi.it/vp-104-seminari.html

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Save the Date!
by Laura Lea Sacerdote 24 May '16

24 May '16

We are happy to announce that Torino University and Politecnico from June 19 to June 22, 2017 will host the *First Italian National Meeting on Probability and Mathematical Statistics. * Scientific Committee: Claudia Ceci, Franco Fagnola, Franco Flandoli, Paolo Dai Pra, Antonio Lijoi,Franco Pellerey and Laura Sacerdote Scope of the meeting is the scientific exchange between Italian mathematicians working on the subject in Italy or abroad. We also welcome talks from foreign researchers working in Italy. The participation is open to any interested scientist who would like to partecipate. The conference will include lectures of some "seniors" between us, but the focus will be mainly on the work of new generations also through some plenary lectures. We also plan to reserve a space to discuss the future of our researches in Italy. We decide to call this meeting "First meeting" because it is the first conference of this type, since 1998 and we hope it will become a habit in our community. We plan to prepare a web page for the meeting and we will give more details on that page. *Now, please, save the date on your agenda!* We hope in your collaboration for the success on the initiative. Claudia Ceci, Franco Fagnola, Franco Flandoli, Paolo Dai Pra, Antonio Lijoi,Franco Pellerey, Laura Sacerdote ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Siamo lieti di annunciare che l'Universita' e il Politecnico di Torino ospiteranno, dal 19 al 22 Giugno 2017 *Il Primo Convegno Nazionale su Probabilità e Statistica Matematica* Comitato Scientifico: Claudia Ceci, Franco Fagnola, Franco Flandoli, Paolo Dai Pra, Antonio Lijoi,Franco Pellerey e Laura Sacerdote Scopo del Convegno e' favorire lo scambio scientifico tra matematici italiani che lavorino su questi temi, in Italia o all'estero. Saremo anche lieti di avere contributi da ricercatori stranieri che lavorino in Italia. La partecipazione e' aperta a ogni scienziato interessato. Il Convegno comprendera' conferenze di alcuni tra i più "senoir" tra di noi ma il fuoco sara' diretto principalmente verso il lavoro delle nuove generazioni, anche con alcune conferenze plenarie. Pensiamo di riservare anche spazio a una discussione sul futuro delle nostre ricerche in Italia. Abbiamo pensato di chiamare questa conferenza "Prima Conferenza" perche' e' la prima di questo tipo dal 1998 e speriamo che possa divenire un'abitudine per la nostra comunita'. Pensiamo di preparare una pagina web del convegno su cui daremo piu' dettagli. *Ora, per favore, segnatevi la data sulla vostra agenda!* Contiamo sulla vostra collaborazione per il successo dell'iniziativa. Claudia Ceci, Franco Fagnola, Franco Flandoli, Paolo Dai Pra, Antonio Lijoi,Franco Pellerey, Laura Sacerdote -- *Prof. Laura Sacerdote* *Chair of Probability and Statistics* *Program Coordinator of Master's Degree in Stochastics and Data Science* *Dept. Mathematics "G. Peano" * *University of TorinoVia Carlo Alberto 1010123 Torino, Italiatel. +39 0116702919fax +39 0116702878http://www.laurasacerdote.it/ <http://www.laurasacerdote.it/>*

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full professor position in Applied Mathematics/Stochastics (University of Cologne)
by Pietro Caputo 23 May '16

23 May '16

ricevo e inoltro: The Mathematical Institute at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Cologne is inviting applications for a Professorship (W3) in Applied Mathematics/Stochastics. The Mathematical Institute aims at enhancing its competence in the field of probability and statistics. We are looking for candidates with an excellent reputation in research and teaching in these fields and with a successful record of third-party funded projects. Applicants should have a proven record of interdisciplinary research. The successful candidate is expected to participate in the teaching and administrative duties of the Mathematical Institute. The teaching duties in particular include courses in statistics and courses for our programs in mathematics and business mathematics. Qualification requirements are in accord with the North Rhine-Westphalia University Law and include an excellent track record in research (e. g. habilitation or equivalent qualifications) and teaching. The University of Cologne is an equal opportunity employer in compliance with the German disability laws. Women and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. Applications should include a CV, a complete list of publications, a teaching and research statement, information on external funding, academic achievements and honors. Applications should be submitted via the Academic Job Portal of the University of Cologne (https://berufungen.uni-koeln.de) no later than June 19, 2016 to Professor Dr. Ansgar Büschges Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences University of Cologne Albertus-Magnus-Platz, D-50923 Cologne, Germany E-Mail mnf-berufungen(a)uni-koeln.de See https://www.stellenwerk-koeln.de/uploads/tx_exinitswkjobs/W3_Professur_Math… for a pdf-version.

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2 PhD student positions in Machine Learning for Geosciences
by Luca Martino 21 May '16

21 May '16

We are searching for outstanding candidates with a strong interest in machine learning and geosciences to cover 2 PhD student positions to join the Image and Signal Processing (ISP) group in the *Universitat de Valencia, Spain,* http://isp.uv.es. The positions are funded by an ERC Consolidator Grant 2015-2020 entitled "Statistical Learning for Earth Observation Data Analysis" (SEDAL), http://sedalproject.wordpress.com, under the direction of* Prof. Gustau Camps-Valls*. More info about the openings in http://isp.uv.es/sedal.pdf *** The project and job description We aim to develop the next generation of statistical inference methods to analyze Earth Observation (EO) data. Machine learning models have helped to monitor land, oceans, and atmosphere through the analysis and estimation of climate and biophysical parameters. Current approaches, however, cannot deal efficiently with the particular characteristics of remote sensing data. We will develop advanced regression (retrieval, model inversion) methods to improve efficiency, prediction accuracy and uncertainties, encode physical knowledge about the problem, attain self-explanatory models, learn graphical causal models to explain the complex interactions between essential climate variables and observations, and discover hidden essential drivers and confounding factors in Climate/Geo Sciences. Highly motivated researchers with a degree/PhD in computer science, statistics, machine learning, electrical engineering, physics, or mathematics are encouraged to apply. All candidates should have a solid understanding and knowledge of machine learning and statistics, and being particularly interested in remote sensing and geoscience problems. The theses will be devoted to: *(PhD1) regression, model inversion and time series analysis, and* *(PhD2) structure learning, graphical models and causal inference*. In both cases, good programming skills (Matlab/Python/R/C++), a critical and organized sense for data analysis, as well as maturity and commitment, strong communication, presentation and writing skills are a big plus. *** Application details - *Deadline: Send your application no later than **June 1st 2016.* - How? Send me: 2-pages CV, motivation letter, 3 best papers, 3 recommendation letters or contacts - When? Preferred starting dates: September 2016 - How long? 3 years contract - How much? Salary according to UV scales including social security, health insurance benefits, and travel money - Where? Valencia, Spain, Mediterranean city, nice weather, hike and beach. Excellent cost-of-living index = 55 *** Contact - Before applying: Informal inquiries may be addressed to Prof. Dr. Gustau Camps-Valls, gustau.camps(a)uv.es - Ready to apply? Send your dossier in one single PDF to gustau.camps(a)uv.es, subject: SEDAL application

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Postdoctoral Position - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
by Marco TOLOTTI 21 May '16

21 May '16

*Postdoctoral Position - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia* The Department of Management at Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship within the research project: "Interactions in complex economic systems: innovation, contagion and crises”. The general area of of interest is Decision Sciences, with special reference to Mathematical Methods for Economics and Finance. Prospective candidates are expected to have relevant experience on the research topic, and should preferably be holding a Ph.D. or being close to receiving one. The research shall be carried out in English. Duration of contract: 12 months (expected starting date: September 2016). Deadline: June 20th 2016, 12 a.m. (GMT+2, Rome Time) Stipend: The research fellowship amounts to 19.367,00 Euros per year, including taxes and social charges. Research allowance: 1.500,00 Euros, aimed at covering research costs. Abstract of the Project: The study of complex economic systems requires quantitative tools to develop suitable models. Depending on the skills and preferences of the candidate, different lines of research can be undertaken. 1. A methodological research related mainly to statistical mechanics or probability theory (e.g., spatial interaction models and/or probabilistic cellular automata). 2. An applied line of research related to diffusion of innovations on social networks. 3. An applied line of research related to the heterogeneous agents in economics and/or finance (e.g., differences in opinion/information in financial markets, dynamics of populations in social sciences). All the relevant information for applicants is available in English (link) <http://www.unive.it/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=138305> and in Italian (link <http://www.unive.it/bandiassegni>). Regards, Marco Tolotti -- ____________________________________ Marco Tolotti, Ph.D. Department of Management Ca' Foscari University of Venice Cannaregio 873 - 30121 Venezia, Italy Tel: +39 0412346928 - Fax: +39 0412347444 http://venus.unive.it/~tolotti/

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Applied Bayesian Statistics School
by Consonni Guido 20 May '16

20 May '16

There are still some places available for ******************************* * ABS16 * ******************************* Applied Bayesian Statistics School BAYES, BIG DATA, AND THE INTERNET August, 29 - September, 2 2016 Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy Lecturer: Steve Scott, Senior Economic Analyst at Google, USA https://sites.google.com/site/stevethebayesian/ >>>>> http://web.mi.imati.cnr.it/conferences/abs16.html <<<<< June 1st, 2016 is the deadline for reduced-rate registration. Guido Consonni and Fabrizio Ruggeri ABS16 Directors Raffaele Argiento ABS16 Executive Director ABS16 Secretariat abs16(a)mi.imati.cnr.it PRACTICAL INFORMATION School activities: lectures, practical sessions (supervised by a junior researcher), participants' talks, opportunities for interaction with lecturer and fellow participants. A detailed course outline is available on the conference webpage. The School starts on Monday, August 29th, after lunch and ends on Friday, September 2nd, just before lunch. Wednesday afternoon is free. Accommodation is available either at the Villa guesthouse or in downtown hotels (info on the website). Como can be easily reached by train from Milan and its airports. >>>>> http://web.mi.imati.cnr.it/conferences/abs16.html <<<<< [Logo] Università Cattolica investe nel talento, nella ricerca, nella solidarietà. Puoi farlo anche tu. CF 02133120150 www.unicatt.it/5permille<http://www.unicatt.it/5permille/>

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Applied Bayesian Statistics School
by Consonni Guido 20 May '16

20 May '16

There are still some places available for ******************************* * ABS16 * ******************************* Applied Bayesian Statistics School BAYES, BIG DATA, AND THE INTERNET August, 29 - September, 2 2016 Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy Lecturer: Steve Scott, Senior Economic Analyst at Google, USA https://sites.google.com/site/stevethebayesian/ >>>>> http://web.mi.imati.cnr.it/conferences/abs16.html <<<<< June 1st, 2016 is the deadline for reduced-rate registration. Guido Consonni and Fabrizio Ruggeri ABS16 Directors Raffaele Argiento ABS16 Executive Director ABS16 Secretariat abs16(a)mi.imati.cnr.it PRACTICAL INFORMATION School activities: lectures, practical sessions (supervised by a junior researcher), participants' talks, opportunities for interaction with lecturer and fellow participants. A detailed course outline is available on the conference webpage. The School starts on Monday, August 29th, after lunch and ends on Friday, September 2nd, just before lunch. Wednesday afternoon is free. Accommodation is available either at the Villa guesthouse or in downtown hotels (info on the website). Como can be easily reached by train from Milan and its airports. >>>>> http://web.mi.imati.cnr.it/conferences/abs16.html <<<<< [Logo] Università Cattolica investe nel talento, nella ricerca, nella solidarietà. Puoi farlo anche tu. CF 02133120150 www.unicatt.it/5permille<http://www.unicatt.it/5permille/>

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Colloquium di Arnaud Guillin a Roma Tre, mercoledi 25 maggio alle 16
by Pietro Caputo 20 May '16

20 May '16

COLLOQUIUM DI MATEMATICA ROMA TRE Prof. Arnaud Guillin Universite' Blaise Pascal Titolo: When Lyapunov meets Poincare' and (log-) Sobolev Mercoledi' 25 Maggio 2016 ORE 16:00 Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica Universita' degli Studi Roma Tre Aula F, primo piano, edificio Aule - Largo San Leonardo Murialdo,1 Abstract: Functional inequalities such as Poincare' or log-Sobolev inequalities have proved to be crucial in various fields, enabling to prove concentration of measure, speed of convergence to equilibrium, contractivity properties... and so much more, for example linked to curvature dimension condition. In probability, completely different techniques based on return time to nice set established via Lyapunov conditions and coupling enable to establish convergence to equilibrium. We will present here both approach, and their fundamental properties, and will finally link them in a (nice ? and) novel way.

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Annuncio Seminario-Francesco Russo
by Marta Leocata 17 May '16

17 May '16

Cari tutti, venerdì 20 maggio alle ore 11:00 presso la Sala Seminari del Dipartimento di Matematica di Pisa, Francesco Russo terrà un seminario dal titolo "Probabilistic representation of a generalized porous media equation. The deterministic and stochastic case". Marta Leocata

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First Announcement: MODEL UNCERTAINTY AND ROBUST FINANCE (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 16 May '16

16 May '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 14:02:30 +0200 From: Marco Maggis <marco.maggis(a)gmail.com> To: undisclosed-recipients: ; Subject: First Announcement: MODEL UNCERTAINTY AND ROBUST FINANCE Workshop MODEL UNCERTAINTY AND ROBUST FINANCE https://sites.google.com/site/2016murf/ University of Milan, 10-11 November 2016 INVITED SPEAKERS: Giorgio DALL'AGLIO (Special historical talk) David HOBSON (University of Warwick) Jan OBLOJ (University of Oxford) Bernt ?KSENDAL (University of Oslo) Halil Mete SONER (ETH Zurich) Steven VANDUFFEL (VRIJE Brussels) DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: September 30 ALL ACCEPTED CONTRIBUTED SPEAKERS WILL HAVE REGISTRATION FEE WAIVED. 13 mag

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Fwd: Announcement "The Mathematics of Disorder" University of Bonn (Germany)
by Francesco Caravenna 16 May '16

16 May '16

Ricevo e inoltro. > Da: "Margherita Disertori" <disertori(a)iam.uni-bonn.de> > Oggetto: Announcement "The Mathematics of Disorder" University of Bonn (Germany) > Data: 16 maggio 2016 16:41:42 GMT+02:00 > A: disertori(a)iam.uni-bonn.de > > Dear colleagues, > > It is our pleasure to announce the event "The Mathematics of Disorder" > that will take place at the University of Bonn 4-8 October 2016. > This five-days event is designed for young female graduate students > (Master and Ph.D.) and postdocs interested in the interplay between > probability and analysis, and their applications. > > This event will consist in the thematic school Young Women Academy > (4-6.10.2016) with three minicourses > > - Random matrices: Mylène Maïda (University of Lille) > - Random Schrödinger operators: Frédéric Klopp (University of Paris 6) > - Stochastic PDEs: Massimiliano Gubinelli (University of Bonn) > > followed by the workshop Young Women in Probability and Analysis > (6-8.10.2016) with lectures by: > > - Silke Rolles (TUM Munich) > - Sandrine Péché (University of Paris 7) > > This workshop will provide a platform for young female researchers to > present their work. > > Female participants are invited to submit an abstract for a > contributed talk or poster and apply for financial support. > All participants are encouraged to remain for the whole event. > > Please do not hesitate to share this announcement with your students > and colleagues. > > For further information please visit > http://www.iam.uni-bonn.de/disorderyw2016/ > > Best regards, > Margherita Disertori and Constanza Rojas-Molina > > > PS: we apologize if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. >

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miniWorkshop (RGS, Matematica Applicata & ADAMSS, CIMAB)
by Giacomo Aletti 16 May '16

16 May '16

MiniWorkshop (RGS) Where Dip. Matematica, via Saldini 50, Milano Room Aula C (2°floor) When Monday, May 23, 2016 starting at 10:00 AM (to be confirmed) Speakers Egidio D'Angelo, Department of Physiology, University of Pavia, IT (to be confirmed) Outcome selective recall of neural ensembles in prefrontal cortex of rule-learning rats. Silvia Maggi, Faculty of Life Science, University of Manchester, UK Monkeys seen as statistical inference machines. Javier Caballero , Faculty of Life Science, University of Manchester, UK Signatures of internal model updating during learning in rat prefrontal cortex. Abhinav Singh, Faculty of Life Science, University of Manchester, UK Determinants of spontaneous synchronized network activity in primary neuronal cultures: a computational approach. Davide Lonardoni, Istituto Italiano Tecnologia, Genoa, IT Impact of the data length on different MEG/EEG connectivity measures: a comparative study. Sara Sommariva, Department of Mathematics, University of Genoa, IT Mathematical models of microcirculation: application to cerebral and cerebral-like districts. Paola Causin, Department of Mathematics, University of Milan, IT A Theoretical Model of Neurovascular Coupling in Retinal Blood Flow Regulation. Riccardo Sacco, Politecnico of Milan, IT Further and updated informations at http://rgs.mat.unimi.it/coming-talks -- ------------------------------- Giacomo Aletti, Associate Professor ADAMSS Centre (ex MIRIAM) Advanced Applied Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Department of Mathematics (www.mat.unimi.it) Via Saldini, 50 20133 Milano, Italy Tel: +39-02-503.16158 Fax:+39-02-503.16090 Cell:+39-340-9739142

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opportunity in ARPM (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 16 May '16

16 May '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 09:56:12 +0200 From: Elisa Appolloni <elisa.appolloni(a)symmys.com> To: Tiziano Vargiolu <vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it> Subject: opportunity in ARPM Dear Professor Vargiolu I am reaching out to you because at ARPM (the company for which I work) we are looking to add new resources for our Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management program. Would you mind circulating the message below to interested and qualified candidates? Interested candidates can send me an email at elisa.appolloni(a)symmys.com. Thank you, Elisa Appolloni *** The company ARPM, LLC (www.arpm.co) is a privately held research institution based in New York City, directed by Attilio Meucci. ARPM's mission is to spread Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management ideas and techniques in the financial industry and in academia. The opportunity ARPM is looking for new consultants for its research project in Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management. The job, which requires a full time commitment, consists of reviewing and coding case studies in advanced quantitative finance. The consultant will work remotely from home or from one of the affiliate universities, communicating via multi-media with other members of the ARPM team. The position represents an excellent academic experience for applicants who intend to pursue a PhD, which ARPM may sponsor. The position also presents a great opportunity for candidates (that maybe have already a PhD) who wish to remain in the financial industry. Indeed, the learning curve is constantly steep, and the compensation is competitive. The candidate - Master's level degree in Physics, Mathematics or Economics (the PhD or master's degree in Quantitative Finance is a plus) - Good knowledge of multivariate calculus, linear algebra, multivariate statistics, probability, financial mathematics - Proficiency in LaTeX - Proficiency in MATLAB, Python, or similar programming languages - Working knowledge of English Compensation 22,000 euros per year (Graduate) 24,000 euros per year (Master in Quantitative Finance/PhD) -- ARPM - Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management?

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Convegno in onore di Eugenio Regazzini
by Antonio Lijoi 15 May '16

15 May '16

******************************************************** Convegno in onore di Eugenio Regazzini - Pavia ******************************************************** Sul sito http://matematica.unipv.it/eugenioconference e’ ora disponibile il programma del convegno * Advances in Statistics, Probability and Mathematical Physics * * A Conference in Honour of Eugenio Regazzini * che si terra’ a Pavia il 10 e l'11 giugno 2016. La partecipazione al convegno e’ gratuita, ma e' necessario registrarsi entro la scadenza ultima del *31 Maggio 2016* collegandosi al sito http://www-dimat.unipv.it/eugenioconference/registration.html Nel modulo di registrazione occorre anche specificare se si intende partecipare alla cena sociale che si svolgera' venerdi' 10 giugno, a Pavia. Per ragioni organizzative non sara' possibile accettare adesioni alla cena sociale successive alla scadenza del 31 Maggio. Infine, per informazioni o variazioni delle preferenze espresse in sede di registrazione, si possono contattare gli organizzatori all'indirizzo di posta elettronica: eugenio.conference(a)gmail.com Cordiali saluti, Antonio Lijoi

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Reminder: Premi di ricerca AMASES per giovani studiosi
by Antonella Basso 15 May '16

15 May '16

Ricordo che sono aperti i bandi dei due premi di ricerca AMASES per giovani studiosi, istituiti al fine di promuovere lo studio della Matematica applicata alle Scienze Economiche e Sociali e di incentivare la ricerca di eccellenza: 1. il premio di ricerca per il miglior lavoro che verrà presentato al Convegno Nazionale Amases 2016, che si terrà a Catania dal 15 al 17 settembre, da giovani studiosi; 2. il premio di ricerca per la pubblicazione della migliore tesi di dottorato. Trovate i bandi dei due premi e maggiori informazioni alle seguenti pagine web: 1. http://www.amases.org/awards/paper/303:amases-award-for-the-best-paper-pres… 2. http://www.amases.org/homepage-3/30-open-call-doctoral-dissertation-award/3… Cordiali saluti Antonella Basso -- Antonella Basso Dipartimento di Economia Università Ca' Foscari Venezia Fondamenta S. Giobbe - Cannaregio 873 30121 Venezia - Italy Tel. +39-041-2346914 - Fax +39-041-2347444 E-mail address:basso@unive.it Web page:http://www.unive.it/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=415&persona=000893

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ricercatore tipo B SECS-S06 in Bicocca
by fabio.bellini 15 May '16

15 May '16

Cari colleghi, vi segnalo che al DISMEQ della Università di Milano-Bicocca è stato bandito un posto per un ricercatore di tipo B nel settore SECS-S06. Il bando è disponibile sulla pagina http://www.unimib.it/go/48876/Home/Italiano/Bandi-e-concorsi/Bandi-per-pers… la scadenza è il 13 giugno 2016. Saluti Fabio Bellini

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Seminar announcement
by Marco Scarsini 14 May '16

14 May '16

Tuesday 17 May, 2016 from 12:00 to 13:00 LUISS room 207 Viale Romania 32 00197 Roma Speaker: Mathias Staudigl (Maastricht University) Title: Stochastic stability and large deviations in population games. (Joint with William H. Sandholm (Wisconsin-Madison)) Abstract: Evolutionary game dynamics describe the behavior of populations of myopic, strategically interacting agents who update their strategies by applying simple decision rules. The resulting game dynamics is an irreducible Markov chain on a finite state space. Most applications in this area focus on the long-run properties of such dynamics, particularly on invariant distributions. For finitely many players, the concept of a stochastically stable state has received much attention in the literature, where it has been proposed as an equilibrium selection device in games. In this paper we propose an alternative point of view of stochastic stability, focusing on games with large player sets. In this limit we provide explicit bounds for key statistics of the evolutionary game dynamic. In particular, using recent results on sample path large deviations for population processes, we provide bounds for the expected exit time from the basin of attraction of stable equilibria and the stationary distribution of the Markov chain. If time permits, we will present extensions to games with continuous action spaces. ******************************************************* Marco Scarsini Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza LUISS Viale Romania 32 00197 Roma, ITALY URL: http://docenti.luiss.it/scarsini/

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Corso di formazione :: Statistica Multivariata con R
by Pierpaolo Brutti 13 May '16

13 May '16

A tutti gli interessati. Nell'ambito della programmazione di corsi di formazione sul software statistico Open Source R <https://www.r-project.org/> il Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche <http://www.dss.uniroma1.it/it> di Sapienza Università di Roma ha attivato anche quest'anno il corso - *Statistica Multivariata con R <http://www.dss.uniroma1.it/it/node/6618>* IX edizione - Modulo Iscrizione <http://www.dss.uniroma1.it/it/node/6619> Il corso si terrà a Roma nei giorni *5, 6 e 7 Luglio 2016*. Tutti gli interessati sono pregati di visitare il sito: - Corsi-R@DSS <http://www.dss.uniroma1.it/it/node/6616> dove è possibile trovare ulteriori informazioni dettagliate sul programma e le modalità di iscrizione on-line. L'iniziativa si inserisce nell'ambito della promozione del software Open Source negli atenei, negli enti di ricerca e nella Pubblica Amministrazione. Grazie per l'attenzione. =========================================================== Pierpaolo Brutti Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche Sapienza Università di Roma Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 (00185) Roma =========================================================== -- ___________________________________________ INVESTI SUL FUTURO, FAI CRESCERE L’UNIVERSITÀ: *DONA IL 5 PER MILLE ALLA SAPIENZA* CODICE FISCALE *80209930587*

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seminario Teemu Pennanen in Bicocca
by Fabio Bellini 12 May '16

12 May '16

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First Announcement: MODEL UNCERTAINTY AND ROBUST FINANCE
by Marco Maggis 12 May '16

12 May '16

Workshop MODEL UNCERTAINTY AND ROBUST FINANCE https://sites.google.com/site/2016murf/ <https://sites.google.com/site/2016murf/home> University of Milan, 10-11 November 2016 INVITED SPEAKERS: Giorgio DALL'AGLIO (Special historical talk) David HOBSON (University of Warwick) Jan OBLOJ (University of Oxford) Bernt ØKSENDAL (University of Oslo) Halil Mete SONER (ETH Zurich) Steven VANDUFFEL (VRIJE Brussels) DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: September 30 ALL ACCEPTED CONTRIBUTED SPEAKERS WILL HAVE REGISTRATION FEE WAIVED. -- Marco Maggis, Ricercatore TD, Secs-S/06 Dipartimento di Matematica F. Enriques, Via Cesare Saldini 50, 20133, Milano Telefono: 0250316120

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Fwd: Probability -- SNS CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
by Francesco Caravenna 12 May '16

12 May '16

Ricevo e inoltro. > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: CRM <crm(a)sns.it> > Date: 2016-05-11 20:08 GMT+02:00 > Subject: Probability -- SNS CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST > To: CRM <crm(a)sns.it> > > > Dear Colleagues, > > the Scuola Normale Superiore decided to open an expression of interest in Probability, at the full professor level. > Please feel free to spread this information to anyone potentially interested. > Expressions of interest shall be addressed to: > > Prof. Vincenzo Barone > Preside della Classe di Scienze Matematiche e Naturali > Scuola Normale Superiore > Piazza dei Cavalieri, 7 > PISA – Italy > > and can be sent by email to the following address : classi(a)sns.it, writing EOI/PROB in the subject field. > > Here is the link for a detailed information: > > http://en.sns.it/bando/professorship-probability-theory-scuola-normale-supe… > > The deadline for submission is May 31st. > > Thank you for your collaboration. > > With best wishes, > > Stefano Marmi > Director > > Centro di Ricerca Matematica > Ennio De Giorgi > Palazzo Puteano > Piazza dei Cavalieri 3 > 56100 PISA > crm(a)sns.it >

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Seminario Prof. A. Olenko (presso Dip. Scienze Statistiche, Roma)
by Alessandro Degregorio 09 May '16

09 May '16

----------------------------------------------------------------------------- A v v i s o d i S e m i n a r i o ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Giovedì 12 Maggio, ore 11 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stanza 34 Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche "Sapienza" Università di Roma Prof. A.Olenko (La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia) *Titolo:* Some asymptotic properties of geometric functionals of strongly dependent random fields *Sintesi:* Limit theorems for the volumes of excursion sets of strongly dependent heavy-tailed random fields will be presented. Special attention is paid to Student and Fisher random fields. We also discuss the rate of convergence to the Rosenblatt-type distributions in non-central limit theorems. In contrast to approaches based on the Malliavin calculus and Stein's method we use direct probability methods. Some examples and simulation results are shown. The presentation is based on the papers: N. Leonenko, A. Olenko, Sojourn measures of Student and Fisher-Snedecor random fields, Bernoulli, 20(3) (2014) 1454--1483. Vo Anh, N. Leonenko, A.Olenko. On the rate of convergence to Rosenblatt-type distribution, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 425(1) (2015) 111-132. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Cordiali saluti Alessandro De Gregorio -- ___________________________________________ INVESTI SUL FUTURO, FAI CRESCERE L’UNIVERSITÀ: *DONA IL 5 PER MILLE ALLA SAPIENZA* CODICE FISCALE *80209930587*

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seminari Marco Frittelli in Bicocca
by Fabio Bellini 06 May '16

06 May '16

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An Introduction to Risk Measures. Corso per dottorandi- Valeria Bignozzi
by Lea Petrella 05 May '16

05 May '16

Si comunica che all’interno del Dottorato di Ricerca “Modelli per l’Economa e la Finanza” (Dipartimento MEMOTEF) la Dottoressa Valeria Bignozzi svolgera’ il ciclo di lezioni “An Introduction to Risk Measures” secondo il seguente calendario 13 maggio ore 18-20 17 maggio ore 16.30-18 18 maggio ore 11.30-13 Le lezioni si svolgeranno presso l’aula Maramma VI piano Economia, Via del Castro Laurenziano 9, 00161 Sapienza Universita’ di Roma. Gli interessati possono contattarmi via mail all'indirizzo lea.petrella(a)uniroma1.it Segue il programma del corso ed i riferimenti bibliografici An Introduction to Risk Measures: 1. Definition of a risk measure (rm) and its applications in finance and insurance; 2. Classical examples of rm: Value-at-Risk (VaR), Expected Shortfall (ES), Expectiles; 3. Computing risk measures for discrete and continuous distributions; 4. Properties: Monotonicity, Translation Invariance, Positive homogeneity, subadditivity, convexity, comonotonicity, law-invariance; Convex and coherent rm; 5. Non subadditivity of VaR and its consequences on portfolio diversification; 6. Estimation of rm (Historical estimation, generalised quantile regression, maximum likelihood methods, bayesian approach); 7.Risk measurement for an aggregate position. References: 1. Embrechts, P., F. Rudiger., and A. McNeil. "Quantitative risk management." *Princeton Series in Finance, Princeton* 10 (2005). 2. Föllmer, H., and A. Schied. *Stochastic finance: an introduction in discrete time*. Walter de Gruyter, 2011. 3. Jorion, P.. *Value at risk: the new benchmark for managing financial risk*. Vol. 3. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007. -- **************************************************** Prof. Lea Petrella Memotef Department Sapienza University of Rome http://www.memotef.uniroma1.it/users/petrella-lea ***************************************************** -- ___________________________________________ INVESTI SUL FUTURO, FAI CRESCERE L’UNIVERSITÀ: *DONA IL 5 PER MILLE ALLA SAPIENZA* CODICE FISCALE *80209930587*

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Borse di Dottorato - Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Milano
by Laura M. Sangalli 04 May '16

04 May '16

Presso il Dipartimento di Matematica del Politecnico di Milano sono disponibili 10 borse di dottorato in Modelli e Metodi Matematici per l'Ingegneria. Nell'ambito di questo programma di Dottorato è possibile sviluppare un progetto di ricerca in Statistica. La scadenza per effettuare l’iscrizione è*venerdì 27 maggio 2016 ore 14.00* Al linkhttp://www.dottorato.polimi.it/entra-al-dottorato/concorso-di-ammissione-e-borse-di-studio/bandi/bando-xxxii-ciclo-dei-corsi-di-dottorato-20162017/ sono contenute tutte le informazioni relative al bando, alle borse e ai corsi di dottorato. Vi preghiamo di dare diffusione di questo avviso ai vostri Studenti potenzialmente interessati. Cordialmente, Laura Sangalli -- Laura Maria Sangalli MOX - Dipartimento di Matematica Politecnico di Milano Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 20133 Milano - Italy tel: +39 02 2399 4554 fax: +39 02 2399 4568 email: laura.sangalli(a)polimi.it url: http://mox.polimi.it/~sangalli

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Seminario CALATRONI (Matematica Applicata & ADAMSS, CIMAB)
by Giacomo Aletti 04 May '16

04 May '16

Con preghiera di diffusione tra tutti i possibili interessati, scusandomi per invii multipli. Cordialmente, Giacomo Aletti =============== Nell'ambito del Seminario di Matematica Applicata, in collaborazione col centro ADAMSS e il CIMAB, il giorno giovedì 12 Maggio 2016, alle ore 14.30, nella Sala di Rappresentanza (piano terra) del Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Via C. Saldini, 50, Milano, "Image segmentation, graph clustering and Hough transform methods for object detection and measurement in images" Luca CALATRONI Dipartimento di Matematica Universita' di Genova Abstract: In this talk we consider the problem of image segmentation through the minimisation of a Ginzburg-Landau-type functional defined on graphs (i.e. the pixel images). Such approach has first been considered by A. Bertozzi and A. Flenner and provides a binary segmentation of the image via the extraction and the comparison of features (RGB, texture,...) with a dictionary in terms of an appropriate similarity measure. From a mathematical point of view, the segmentation is obtained by exploiting the spectral properties of the differential operators appearing when taking the $\ell^2$ gradient flow of the functional. In order to overcome the numerical difficulties due to the large size of the images considered, Nyström matrix completion techniques and convex splitting methods are employed. We apply such method to the problem of scale detection in images where a fuzzy region of interest is present together with a measurement tool (e.g. a ruler). In particular, by means of a Hough transform based algorithm, we apply our combined method to several measurement tasks arising in real-world applications such as zoology, medicine and archaeology. -- ------------------------------- Giacomo Aletti, Associate Professor ADAMSS Centre (ex MIRIAM) Advanced Applied Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Department of Mathematics (www.mat.unimi.it) Via Saldini, 50 20133 Milano, Italy Tel: +39-02-503.16158 Fax:+39-02-503.16090 Cell:+39-340-9739142

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International Summer School on Risk Measurement and Control 2016
by Roy Cerqueti 04 May '16

04 May '16

Cari colleghi, invio questa nota circa la Summer School che stiamo organizzando a Roma, che può essere di interesse per chi si occupa di matematica applicata alla finanza. Un caro saluto e a presto Roy %%% Caro collega, dal 6 all' 11 giugno 2016, a Roma, si terrà l'XI edizione l'International Summer School on Risk Measurement and Control in cui verranno trattati tre temi di fondamentale importanza: * Session 1 - New Frontiers in Risk Management; * Session 2 - Energy Risk Management; * Session 3 - The EURO project: shadows and lights. Ulteriori informazioni di dettaglio sono reperibili sul sito. <http://www.risksummerschool.eu/> Ti chiederei gentilmente, di far circolare la notizia dell'evento quanto più possibile tra i tuoi contatti e all'interno della tua istituzione di afferenza. Siamo convinti che questo evento, che vanta un parterre di docenti internazionali di assoluta rilevanza, possa essere di interesse per molti studiosi. In attesa di un cortese riscontro, ti mando i miei più cari saluti Roy Cerqueti (Comitato Organizzatore) -- ___________________________________________ INVESTI SUL FUTURO, FAI CRESCERE L’UNIVERSITÀ: *DONA IL 5 PER MILLE ALLA SAPIENZA* CODICE FISCALE *80209930587*

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Fwd: Open Position as a Scientific Employee at Ulm University (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 03 May '16

03 May '16

----- Forwarded message from Robert Stelzer <robert.stelzer(a)uni-ulm.de> ----- Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 15:33:10 +0200 From: Robert Stelzer <robert.stelzer(a)uni-ulm.de> Subject: Open Position as a Scientific Employee at Ulm University To: Robert Stelzer <robert.stelzer(a)uni-ulm.de> Dear Colleagues and Friends, please find below and attached the announcement for an open position as a scientific employee (Postdoc or PhD level) at the Institute of Mathematical Finance at Ulm University. It would be very kind if you would bring it to the attention of possible candidates. Best Regards, Robert (Stelzer) The Institute of Mathematical Finance at the Faculty of Mathematics and Economics of Ulm University invites applications for one non-permanent position as a Scientific Employee (E13 TV-L) starting October 1st, 2016, according to the rules of the German law for non-permanent scientific positions (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz). Prerequisite is a very good master degree in a mathematical field of study or a comparable degree, and interest in future research in at least one of the areas Financial Mathematics, Financial Econometrics, Statistics of Stochastic Processes, Stochastic Analysis, Stochastic Optimal Control, Stochastic Processes or Time Series Analysis. The opportunity for further scientific qualification (Habilitation/PhD) is given. The duties include contributing to the teaching activities of the institute. For a full position the teaching duty is four hours per week during the teaching period. The language of the courses is usually English. Thus no knowledge of German is initially necessary. Candidates with a completed PhD are going to be employed on a full position, otherwise candidates will be employed on a partial position according to individual agreement. The contract duration will be in accordance with the qualificaion aim. The Ulm University is committed to increase the share of women in research and teaching positions and therefore explicitly encourages female candidates to apply. Please send your application with the usual documents until May 31st, 2016, preferably in electronic form to Ulm University Prof. Dr. Robert Stelzer Institute of Mathematical Finance Helmholtzstra?e 18 89081 Ulm, Germany E-Mail: robert.stelzer(a)uni-ulm.de Please indicate the index number 51 on the envelope or in the reference line of the email. Job sharing is always possible for full time positions. Physically disabled applicants receive favourable consideration when equally qualified. The appointment is made by the central university administration. -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Prof. Dr. Robert Stelzer Institute of Mathematical Finance Ulm University Helmholtzstra?e 18 89081 Ulm Germany Phone: +49 731 50 23520 Fax: +49 731 50 31096 Email: robert.stelzer(a)uni-ulm.de http://www.uni-ulm.de/mawi/finmath/people/stelzer.html ----- End forwarded message -----

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Seminario NICKL
by Matteo Ruggiero 03 May '16

03 May '16

******************************************************************* STATISTICS SEMINARS @ COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO ******************************************************************* Venerdi 6 Maggio 2016 alle ore 16:00, presso l’Aula Rossa del Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (TO), si terra' il seguente seminario: Richard NICKL (University of Cambridge) NONPARAMETRIC BAYESIAN INFERENCE FOR DISCRETELY SAMPLED DIFFUSIONS We consider the nonlinear statistical inverse problem of making inference on the unknown parameters of a diffusion process describing the solution of a stochastic differential equation. The observation regime is such that the process is sampled at discrete time points that are a fixed distance apart, and we investigate the asymptotic regime when more samples accrue in the time horizon (thus avoiding unrealistic `high frequency’ assumptions). We shall briefly review frequentist estimation techniques and then turn to Bayesian nonparametric approaches to the problem, which have recently been shown to be computationally tractable (work of A. Stuart, G. Roberts and co-authors). A theory of frequentist contraction rates for the posterior distribution has been elusive for several years, and we present first rigorous, minimax optimal contraction rates for posterior distributions arising from natural prior distributions on infinite-dimensional parameter spaces on the drift and diffusion coefficient. We will discuss what can be learnt from these results for the choice of prior in such problems, as well as for the Bayesian analysis of general nonlinear inverse problems. In the proofs we obtain some new (functional) concentration inequalities for additive functionals of Markov chains arising from diffusions that are of independent interest. This is joint work with Jakob Soehl (Cambridge), see http://arxiv.org/abs/1510.05526 Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Il seminario e' organizzato dalla "de Castro" Statistics Initiative (http://www.carloalberto.org/stats) in collaborazione con il Collegio Carlo Alberto. Cordiali saluti, Matteo Ruggiero --- Matteo Ruggiero University of Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto www.matteoruggiero.it

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PhD Studentships in Statistical Sciences - University of Padova, Italy
by Patrizia Piacentini - PhD 03 May '16

03 May '16

Seven PhD studentships will be available at University of Padova for candidates interested in the area of *Statistical Sciences* (*start of activities: October 1st, 2016*). *Eligibility* The studentship competition is open to applicants of any age or citizenship, holding a 2nd cycle degree or a single cycle degree from an Italian university or an equivalent qualification from other countries of at least four years' duration (applicants can get their qualification no later than 30th September 2016). Admission is decided on the basis of qualifications only and does not require an entry examination. *Award* The award will be for three years, subject to satisfactory progress, at the following rate: annual grant of euros 13.638,47 with a start date of 1 October 2016. *How to apply* The call will be published on *May 17 (deadline June 16)* at the page http://www.unipd.it/ricerca/dottorati-di-ricerca/bandi-e-graduatorie English version at the page http://www.unipd.it/en/node/1053 *Applications are only accepted online* *Further information* See http://www.stat.unipd.it/fare-ricerca/ammissione or contact phd(a)stat.unipd.it Kindest regards, Monica Chiogna PhD Course Coordinator

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CIME-EMS Summer School on Singular Random Dynamics
by FRANCO FLANDOLI 03 May '16

03 May '16

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

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seminario B. Huang
by Daniela De Canditiis 03 May '16

03 May '16

Lunedì 9 Maggio 2016 alle ore 14:00, presso l’Aula 1B1 dip. SBAI Università La Sapienza di Roma, si terra' il seguente seminario: SPEAKER: Bill Hsin-Hsiung Huang, Ph.D. (Dep. Of Statistics University of Central Florida) TITLE: An Affine-Invariant Bayesian Cluster Process with Split-Merge Gibbs Sampler ABSTRACT: We develop a clustering algorithm which does not requires knowing the number of clusters in advance. Furthermore, our clustering method is rotation-, scale- and translation-invariant coordinatewise. We call it “Affine-invariant Bayesian (AIB) process”. A highly efficient split-merge Gibbs sampling algorithm is proposed. Using the Ewens sampling distribution as prior of the partition and the profile residual likelihoods of the responses under three different covariance matrix structures, we obtain inferences in the form of a posterior distribution on partitions. The proposed split-merge MCMC algorithm successfully and efficiently estimate the partition. Our experimental results indicate that the AIB process outperforms other competing methods. In addition, the proposed algorithm is irreducible and aperiodic, so that the estimate is guaranteed to converge to the posterior distribution. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Cordiali saluti, Daniela De Canditiis -- Daniela De Canditiis, PhD Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo "M.Picone" (CNR) via dei Taurini, 19 -- 00185 Roma, Italy tel: +39 06 49270942 fax: +39 06 4404306 http://www.iac.rm.cnr.it/~danielad/

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Kolmogorov meets Turing
by Marco Scarsini 29 Apr '16

29 Apr '16

The Kolmogorov meets Turing Workshop on Stochastics, Optimization, Algorithms, and Games will take place on May 18th, 2016 at LUISS, Viale Romania 32, Rome, room 403. https://sites.google.com/site/kolmogorovmeetsturing/ The purpose of KmT is to bring together researchers from Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics and many other fields to present and discuss research on probabilistic methods for the analysis of games, stochastic processes, and randomized algorithms. The workshop is free but we kindly ask you to register for logistic purposes. You can register at https://sites.google.com/site/kolmogorovmeetsturing/iscrizione ******************************************************* Marco Scarsini Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza LUISS Viale Romania 32 00197 Roma, ITALY URL: http://docenti.luiss.it/scarsini/

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Salzburg Workshop on Dependence Models & Copulas (DMC-Salzburg, Austria)
by Durante Fabrizio 29 Apr '16

29 Apr '16

The Salzburg workshop on Dependence Models and Copulas will take place September 19-22, 2016, in Salzburg (Austria). The workshop features Irène Gijbels (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BE) Erich Peter Klement (JKU Linz, AT) Roger B. Nelsen (Lewis & Clark College, Portland, US) Ludger Rüschendorf (Albert-Ludwig-Universität Freiburg, DE) Matthias Scherer (Technische Universität München, DE) as plenary speakers and includes invited sessions organized by Axel Bücher (DE), Elena Di Bernardino (FR), Fabrizio Durante (IT), Maria Rita Iacó (FR), Piotr Jaworski (PL), Ostap Okhrin (DE), and Carlo Sempi (IT) as well as various promising contributed sessions. Aiming to provide a meeting point for researchers working in the field of Dependence Modeling and Copulas the workshop comprises both, contributions with a theoretical focus as well as contributions concentrating on applied aspects. In order to stimulate the discussion of new results, ideas and applications there will be no parallel sessions. Fees are kept at a minimum: 140 € for regular participants, 80 € for PhD Students registering before the end of May (including lunches, coffee breaks and conference dinner). Registration is open already, see www.dmc-salzburg.at/Fees_and_Registration.html<http://www.dmc-salzburg.at/Fees_and_Registration.html> for details - due to an unexpectedly high number of submitted contributions only a limited number of participants not giving a talk can register (first come first serve). All relevant info can be found on the workshop homepage http://www.dmc-salzburg.at We are looking forward to welcome you in Salzburg Fabrizio Durante & Wolfgang Trutschnig

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Seminario VENTURA
by Matteo Ruggiero 28 Apr '16

28 Apr '16

******************************************************************* STATISTICS SEMINARS @ COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO ******************************************************************* Venerdi 29 Aprile 2016 alle ore 12:00, presso l’Aula Rossa del Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (TO), si terra' il seguente seminario: Laura VENTURA (Università di Padova) ROBUST APPROXIMATE BAYESIAN INFERENCE The likelihood function is the basis of both frequentist and Bayesian methods. However, the stability of likelihood-based procedures requires strict adherence to the model assumptions: mild deviations from the model can lead to misleading inferential results. A possible Bayesian solution to robustness is to use a of robust pseudo likelihood, such as the quasi- and the empirical likelihoods, in the Bayes formula. However, in multiparameter problems the quasi-likelihood is cumbersome, while with small samples the empirical likelihood can be unstable. Moreover, some estimating functions can be difficult to evaluate, which rules out the use of the empirical likelihood and other existing methods (Bayesian bootstrap, Bayesian GMM, etc.). To avoid these drawbacks, in this contribution we focus on posterior distributions from robust unbiased M-estimating functions. These robust posteriors are obtained via Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) with the estimating functions used as summary statistics. Theory and examples with robust M-estimating functions are discussed. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Il seminario e' organizzato dalla "de Castro" Statistics Initiative (http://www.carloalberto.org/stats) in collaborazione con il Collegio Carlo Alberto. Cordiali saluti, Matteo Ruggiero --- Matteo Ruggiero University of Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto www.matteoruggiero.it

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Assegno di Ricerca presso la Libera Università di Bolzano
by Durante Fabrizio 28 Apr '16

28 Apr '16

Gent.mi Colleghi, desidero informarvi dell'uscita di un bando della Libera Università di Bolzano per 1 assegno per attività di ricerca sul tema "Nuove Prospettive per i Modelli di Dipendenza" Il Bando è consultabile al seguente link http://www.unibz.it/it/organisation/vacancies/research/assegnidiricerca/def… Scadenza presentazione delle domande: 2 maggio 2016 Cordiali saluti, Fabrizio Durante ***************************************************************** Fabrizio Durante Faculty of Economics and Management Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Piazza Università 1 - Universitätsplatz 1 I-39100 Bozen-Bolzano T: +39 04710 13493 E-mail: Fabrizio.durante(a)unibz.it<mailto:Fabrizio.durante@unibz.it> Web: sites.google.com/site/fbdurante According to the Legislative Decree No. 196/2003, you are hereby informed that this message contains confidential information that is intended only for the use of the addressee. If you are not the addressee, and have received this message by mistake, please delete it and immediately notify us. In any case you may not copy or disseminate this message to anyone. Thank you.

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Seminario (ERC Pascal) Flandoli a Tor Vergata (2 maggio, ore 12)
by Claudio Macci 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

Avviso di Seminario. Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Universita` di Roma "Tor Vergata" il giorno 2 maggio 2016, ore 12, in aula Dal Passo il Prof. Franco Flandoli (Universita` di Pisa) terra` un seminario su Alcuni esempi di limite zero-noise per equazioni non ben poste Abstract In questo seminario si studieranno metodi per affrontare equazioni mal poste (cioe` essenzialmente in assenza di unicita`) mediante l'aggiunta di un termine aleatorio che fara` tendere a 0. Dopo una introduzione riguardante il caso di equazioni ordinarie con fenomeno di Peano, si studieranno esempi legati a equazioni alle derivate parziali.

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Seminario Flandoli a Tor Vergata
by Claudio Macci 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

Avviso di Seminario. Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Universita` di Roma "Tor Vergata" il giorno 2 maggio 2016, in aula Dal Passo il Prof. Franco Flandoli (Universita` di Pisa) terra` un seminario su Alcuni esempi di limite zero-noise per equazioni non ben poste Abstract In questo seminario si studieranno metodi per affrontare equazioni mal poste (cioe` essenzialmente in assenza di unicita`) mediante l'aggiunta di un termine aleatorio che fara` tendere a 0. Dopo una introduzione riguardante il caso di equazioni ordinarie con fenomeno di Peano, si studieranno esempi legati a equazioni alle derivate parziali. ************************************ Claudio Macci Dipartimento di Matematica Universita` di Roma Tor Vergata Via della Ricerca Scientifica 00133 Roma Italia Tel: +39 0672594728 Fax: +39 0672594699 e-mail: macci(a)mat.uniroma2.it http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~macci ************************************

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seminario Piotr Jaworski in Bicocca
by Fabio Bellini 26 Apr '16

26 Apr '16

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seminario Yury Kutoyants in Bicocca
by Fabio Bellini 26 Apr '16

26 Apr '16

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Matlab + Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management Bootcamp
by Francesco Cesarone 25 Apr '16

25 Apr '16

Cari Colleghi, vi segnalo una scuola estiva (di alto profilo) in finanza quantitativa, che si terrà dal 15 al 21 Agosto 2016 alla New York University. Di seguito trovate tutte le informazioni sul Bootcamp. Cordialmente, Francesco Cesarone %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Hi Francesco, As every year, ARPM is organizing the *Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management Bootcamp* <http://www.arpm.co/bootcamp/>, an intensive, quantitative 6-day course that will be held on 15-20 August at the New York University. As a past attendee and collaborator of SYMMYS/ARPM, we kindly ask you to help us spread the word by forwarding the present message -where we summarize the key highlight of the course- to your contacts. Moreover, we are trying to expand our partnerships with the universities. If you or any of your contacts would be interested in using the *ARPM Lab* <http://www.arpm.co/lab/> (an interactive educational online platform including theory, case studies, videos, exercises, and interactive Matlab/Python code) for their courses, or in collaborating on research or survey projects related to quantitative risk and portfolio management (directly or through Master’s or PhD students), we would be glad to establish a connection. The ARPM Bootcamp, taught by Dr. Attilio Meucci, has a rich program that is constantly updated and covers: estimation/data mining, factor modeling, risk modeling, portfolio construction, optimization, liquidity and execution, and much more. The program is presented in a unified framework, so that, even while exploring each topic in depth, the big picture is never lost. For the most technical topics, along with rigorous material (all available during and after the course) we use live simulations and exercises to help grasp the intuition. Beside suffering though math and technical lectures, the ARPM Bootcamp is an enriching personal experience. Networking is facilitated during social events. In particular, the Gala dinner provides a rare opportunity to engage in informal, intimate conversations with world-renowned quants. Past guests have included Rob Almgren, Peter Carr, Emanuel Derman, Bruno Dupire, Jim Gatheral, Alex Lipton, Bob Litterman, Bob Litzenberger, Andrew Lo, Fabio Mercurio, Steven Shreve, and more. The course is preceded by a 2 day conference on Python and MATLAB programming for Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management (included in the ARPM Bootcamp fee). After the course a (free) optional exam can be taken to be awarded the ARPM Certificate. We have reduced fees for Students and Academics ($1100 instead of $2100) and further reduced rates for groups (2 x $1000 each, 3 x $950 each, ... down to $750 for groups of 7+) For more information, testimonials and registration, please visit our website: www.arpm.co Thank you for your help! Best regards Zorica *ARPM* <http://www.arpm.co/>* - Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management | **Follow us:* *LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/arpm---advanced-risk-and-portfolio-managem…>, Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf5wFT1TJo4EnD6SL0Fh32Q>, **Google+* <https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ARPM-AdvancedRiskPortfolioManagement>*,** Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/ARPM.co>, Twitter <https://twitter.com/ARPM_co>* -- -- 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 <francesco.cesarone(a)uniroma1.it> Studio n. 20 piano V WWW: http://host.uniroma3.it/docenti/cesarone/ <http://dipeco.uniroma3.it/docenti.asp?id=164>

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Fwd: XIII Edition of the Summer School in Computational Econometrics - Programming in MatLab (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 21 Apr '16

21 Apr '16

> From: Marco LiCalzi <mlicalzi(a)gmail.com> > Subject: XIII Edition of the Summer School in Computational Econometrics - Programming in MatLab > Date: 4 April 2016 at 19:49:56 GMT+2 > To: random(a)mail.dm.unipi.it > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Summer School in Computational Econometrics >> ================================================ >> The XIV edition of the Summer School in >> "Computational Econometrics" >> will be held at the "Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Economia" of the >> University of Salento (Lecce, Italy) >> from July 25 to July 29, 2016. >> The main aim of this 30 hours course is to provide an introduction to >> applied macroeconomics and macroeconometrics with MATLAB. >> In addition, Waf, a Python-based project-building framework will be introduced. >> Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Woitek, Department of Economics, >> University of Zurich. >> (deadline for application: 30 June 2016) >> For details visit: >> http://www.seec.unisalento.it <http://www.seec.unisalento.it/>

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PhD / PostDoc position in Bochum
by Francesco Caravenna 21 Apr '16

21 Apr '16

Ricevo e inoltro. > Ph.D. or PostDoc position at Ruhr University Bochum (Germany) > The Faculty of Mathematics at the Ruhr University Bochum has an opening for a > Ph.D. position (salary scale TV-L E 13, 75%; including social benefits) > or a > PostDoc position (salary scale TV-L E 13, 100%; including social benefits) > in probability theory starting October 1st 2016. > > Candidates should have completed (or are about to complete) a M.Sc. degree (or equivalent) or a Ph.D. in mathematics, in particular in probability theory or a closely related field. The positions carry a modest teaching load (3h per week for the Ph.D. position and 4h per week for the PostDoc position) which, in case of foreign applicants, can be offered in English. > The Faculty of Mathematics at the Ruhr University Bochum (http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ffm/) provides a lively working atmosphere with excellent working conditions. Applicants will profit from the cooperation with a large number of research groups working in probability theory as well as from the DFG-funded research training group RTG 2131 „High-Dimensional Phenomena in Probability – Fluctuations and Discontinuity“ (https://sites.google.com/site/rtg2131/) > We encourages the application of female candidates. Disabled persons will be given preferential treatment in case of otherwise equal qualification. > > > Electronic applications with the usual documents (CV, diplomas, list of publications if available) should be addressed before May 20, 2016 to: tanja.schiffmann(a)rub.de. > > If you have any questions, please send an e-mail to > > Prof. Dr. Peter Eichelsbacher > http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ffm/Lehrstuehle/stochastik/eichelsbacher.html > peter.eichelsbacher(a)rub.de > > or to > > Prof. Dr. Christoph Thäle > http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ffm/Lehrstuehle/Thaele/index.html > christoph.thaele(a)rub.de >

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Seminario Prof. Huyên Pham (Paris Diderot) al Politecnico di Milano
by Fulvia Confortola 21 Apr '16

21 Apr '16

Con preghiera di diffusione tra tutti i possibili interessati, scusandomi per invii multipli. Cordialmente, Fulvia Confortola -------------- Si avvisa che il giorno giovedì 5 maggio 2016 alle ore 11:30 nell'Aula Seminari al III piano del Dipartimento di Matematica (Edificio La Nave) del Politecnico di Milano, Via Bonardi 9, Milano, si terrà il seguente seminario Titolo: Control of stochastic McKean-Vlasov equation and applications. Relatore: Prof. Huyên Pham, Università Paris Diderot (Paris 7).

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Bando per ricercatore a tempo indeterminato al CNR
by Antonella Bodini 19 Apr '16

19 Apr '16

Con preghiera di massima diffusione, si informa che sulla Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 24 del 25/03/2016, *con scadenza : 26/04/2016 (ore 18.00)*, e' stato pubblicato il *Bando CNR.367.3* per l’assunzione con contratto di lavoro a tempo pieno e indeterminato di 1 unità di personale con profilo Ricercatore o Tecnologo, III livello professionale presso l'Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria - MILANO – del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. E' richiesto di aver svolto, per almeno un triennio, a seguito di stipula di contratti di lavoro subordinato o di contratti di collaborazione coordinata e continuativa ovvero a seguito di conferimento di assegni di ricerca o borse di studio, presso Università o qualificati Enti e Centri di ricerca pubblici o privati, anche stranieri, attività di ricerca post laurea nella seguente tematica: *Sviluppo di modelli quantitativi di predizione e interpretazione applicati allo studio del metabolismo in organismi di interesse agrario*, ovvero il possesso del titolo di Dottore di Ricerca attinente alla medesima. Il bando e' pubblicato anche sui siti istituzionali del CNR: https://selezionionline.cnr.it/ e www.urp.cnr.it . Cordiali saluti, Antonella Bodini -- Dott. Antonella Bodini CNR-Istituto di Matematica Applicata e Tecnologie Informatiche Via Bassini 15, 20133 Milano (Italy) *** SI PRENDA NOTA CHE PER LAVORI DI RISTRUTTURAZIONE ATTUALMENTE L'ACCESSO E' DA VIA CORTI 12. *** tel +39 02 23699524 fax +39 02 23699538 http://www.mi.imati.cnr.it/~anto/

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Vienna Congress on Mathematical Finance, September 2016
by Tiziano Vargiolu 18 Apr '16

18 Apr '16

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 16:02:12 +0200 From: Uwe Schmock <schmock(a)fam.tuwien.ac.at> To: Tiziano Vargiolu <vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it> Subject: Input for mailing list RANDOM ------------------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Vienna Congress on Mathematical Finance, September 2016 =================================================== Vienna Congress on Mathematical Finance (VCMF 2016) Vienna, Austria Mon-Wed, September 12-14, 2016 VCMF Educational Workshop Thu-Fri, September 15-16, 2016 http://fam.tuwien.ac.at/vcmf2016/ =================================================== Location: Campus of WU Wien Library & Learning Center (LC) and Teaching Center (TC) Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna/Wien, Austria Organized by: WU Wien - Vienna University of Economics and Business TU Wien - Vienna University of Technology University of Vienna Gold Sponsors (alphabetical order): KPMG Austria Raiffeisen Bank International (further sponsors are welcome) The conference will bring together leading experts from various fields of Mathematical Finance such as: - Limit Order Book / High Frequency Trading - Credit Risk / Systemic Risk - Computational Methods and Calibration - New Financial Markets - Stochastic Volatility Models - Risk Measures and Optimization The conference program will feature plenary lectures, parallel sessions with invited and contributed talks as well as poster sessions. Moreover, there will be an attractive social program. The conference is followed by a two-day Educational Workshop on September 15 and 16 with lectures by internationally recognized experts that will be a great learning opportunity in particular for younger scientists. Plenary Speakers... ... at the Congress: Freddy Delbaen (ETH Zurich, CH) Hans F?llmer (Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin, DE) Peter Friz (Technische Universit?t Berlin, DE) Emmanuel Gobet (?cole Polytechnique, FR) Mathieu Rosenbaum (?cole Polytechnique & UPMC, FR) Josef Teichmann (ETH Zurich, CH) Almut Veraart (Imperial College London, UK) ... at the Educational Workshop Nicole B?uerle (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE) Alexander McNeil (Heriot-Watt University, UK) Johannes Muhle-Karbe (University of Michigan, US) Peter Tankov (Universit? Paris-Diderot (Paris 7), FR) https://fam.tuwien.ac.at/vcmf2016/speakers.php Invited Speakers... ... at the Congress: Elisa Alos (Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona, ES) Christian Bayer (WIAS, DE) Agostino Capponi (Columbia University, US) Patrick Cheridito (Princeton University, US) Ulrich Horst (Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin, DE) Jan Kallsen (Christian-Albrechts-Universit?t zu Kiel, DE) R?diger Kiesel (Universit?t Duisburg-Essen, DE) Antonis Papapantoleon (TU Berlin, DE) Alexander Schied (Universit?t Mannheim, DE) Philipp Sch?nbucher (Financialytic GmbH, DE) Jorge P. Zubelli (IMPA, BR) https://fam.tuwien.ac.at/vcmf2016/speakers.php Submission of Contributed Talks & Posters: The call for contributed talks & posters is open until April 30, 2016. Acceptance/rejection letters will be sent about end of May 2016. https://fam.tuwien.ac.at/vcmf2016/registration.php Participation and Registration: Early registration is possible until June 30, 2016. Standard registration is possible until August 15, 2016. https://fam.tuwien.ac.at/vcmf2016/registration.php CPD: The attendance at VCMF 2016 (full week, Sept. 12-16, 2016) may qualifies for up to 31 CPD credits for those delegates whose national actuarial organization's CPD requirements recognize VCMF 2016. 20 CPD credits for the Vienna Congress on Mathematical Finance (Sep 12-14) and 11 CPD credits for the VCMF Educational Workshop (Sep 15-16). VCMF 2016 is accredited by the AV? - Actuarial Association of Austria Details from other national actuarial associations will follow soon. For any requests, do not hesitate to write an e-mail to the conference & workshop secretariat: vcmf2016(a)fam.tuwien.ac.at We look forward to welcoming you in Vienna! With best regards from the VCMF 2016 organisers: Mathias Beiglb?ck, Christa Cuchiero, R?diger Frey, Stefan Gerhold, Friedrich Hubalek, Irene Klein, Thorsten Rheinl?nder, Birgit Rudloff, Walter Schachermayer, Uwe Schmock Save the Date: ============== 21st International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics (IME 2017) TU Vienna, Mon?Wed, July 3?5, 2017 http://fam.tuwien.ac.at/ime2017/

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