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Seminario: Yosi Rinott su Privacy in data dissemination, differential privacy, and adaptivity,
by Antonio Pievatolo 16 May '19

16 May '19

Giovedì 23 maggio alle 14:30, presso il CNR-IMATI, in via A. Corti, 12, Milano, Aula A, si terrà il seguente seminario: Speaker: Yosi Rinott, The Hebrew University. Title: Privacy in data dissemination, differential privacy, and adaptivity. Abstract: I will demonstrate privacy issues that arise when an agency, for example ISTAT or a hospital, disseminates data such as a sample from some population or experimental results to the public or to other agencies. Various methods used by statisticians to assess the disclosure risk, and to decrease it will be briefly reviewed (e.g., Dalenius 1977). In general, such methods depend on scenarios regarding potential intruders, such as the intruder’s prior knowledge about the sample or the population. Differential Privacy (Dwork, McSherry, Nissim and Smith2006) is an approach that avoids the need to consider such scenarios, and guarantees a well-defined notion of privacy by adding noise to all released data. I will describe some basic results on differential privacy with some discussion of its application to the release of contingency tables (Dwork and Roth 2014, Rinott, O’Keefe, Shlomo, and Skinner 2018). Ongoing work on data analysis that takes the added noise into account will be discussed. An attempt to use ideas from differential privacy to control adaptive hypotheses testing or estimation will be described. Here, “adaptive” means choosing the hypotheses to be tested after peeking (snooping) at the data, which is a major problem in data mining, and probably explains in part why so many contradictory finding appear in medical journals. -- Dr Antonio Pievatolo IMATI-CNR http://www.imati.cnr.it/joomla/index.php/people?layout=edit&id=101 ph. +39 02 23699 520

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Fwd: Lisbon summer school
by Cristian Giardina 16 May '19

16 May '19

Ricevo ed inoltro. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Patricia Goncalves <patricia.goncalves(a)math.tecnico.ulisboa.pt> Date: Wed, May 15, 2019 at 5:41 PM Subject: Lisbon summer school To: Nicolas Perkowski <perkowsk(a)math.hu-berlin.de>, Marielle Simon < marielle.simon(a)inria.fr>, Jan Maas <jan.maas(a)ist.ac.at>, Bernardin Cedric < Cedric.BERNARDIN(a)unice.fr>, Grosskinsky, Stefan < S.W.Grosskinsky(a)warwick.ac.uk>, Stefano OLLA <olla(a)ceremade.dauphine.fr>, Giota B <panbirba(a)gmail.com>, Dimitrios Tsagkarogiannis <dtsagkaro(a)gmail.com>, Cristian Giardina <cristian.giardina(a)unimore.it>, < toninelli(a)ceremade.dauphine.fr>, Alessandra Faggionato < faggiona(a)mat.uniroma1.it>, Anna De Masi <anna.demasi(a)gmail.com>, Jonathon Peterson <peterson(a)purdue.edu>, Hendrik Weber <hendrik.weber(a)warwick.ac.uk>, Joe P. Chen <joe.p.chen(a)gmail.com> Dear colleagues Could you please spread the announcement below? many thanks! Patricia -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Lisbon summer school Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 14:08:17 +0100 From: Gustavo Granja <ggranja(a)math.ist.utl.pt> <ggranja(a)math.ist.utl.pt> To: diaconisatmath Diaconis <diaconisatmath(a)gmail.com> <diaconisatmath(a)gmail.com>, Perla Sousi <p.sousi(a)statslab.cam.ac.uk> <p.sousi(a)statslab.cam.ac.uk>, Evita Nestoridi <exn(a)princeton.edu> <exn(a)princeton.edu> CC: Teresa Burnay <tburnay(a)gulbenkian.pt> <tburnay(a)gulbenkian.pt>, Orlando Neto <orlando60(a)gmail.com> <orlando60(a)gmail.com>, Jose Miguel Urbano <jmurb(a)mat.uc.pt> <jmurb(a)mat.uc.pt>, José Ferreira Alves <jfalves(a)fc.up.pt> <jfalves(a)fc.up.pt> Dear lecturers, 1. The summer school now has a webpage: https://www.math.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/talentos/school2019/index.html Please let us know if you find any mistakes or would like us to make any changes. A tentative schedule is up at https://www.math.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/talentos/school2019/tentativeschedule.h… Again, please let us know if you would like us to make any changes. 2. Lisbon has become a very touristy city so it is quite hard to make hotel reservations in the Summer. Could you please write to Teresa Burnay (email above) as soon as possible and give her your arrival and departure dates? It is ok if these are still tentative as reservations can be changed at a later date if needed. 3. We will announce the school on two probability lists ( Women.in.Prob(a)gmail.com, APPLIEDPROB(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK) with the email appended at the end of this message. Any help you can provide on spreading the word will be much appreciated. Best, Gustavo ———————— Dear colleagues, A summer school on Probability aimed at ***undergraduate students*** sponsored by the Gulbenkian Foundation will take place in Lisbon from September 2 to 6, 2019. It will consist of three 5 hour courses by Persi Diaconis, Evita Nestoridi and Perla Sousi. Participants are only required to be familiar with linear algebra and multi-variable calculus. More information can be found at https://www.math.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/talentos/school2019/ The Gulbenkian Foundation will provide a limited number of 500 euro grants to support the travel and accommodation expenses of foreign participants. The webpage above contains instructions on how to apply for funding. The deadline is June 23rd. If you have students who might profit from this summer school we would appreciate it if you could pass this information on to them. On behalf of the organising committee, Gustavo Granja

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Seminario Luis GIL-ALANA @ UniTo
by Elvira Di Nardo 16 May '19

16 May '19

********************************************************************* SEMINARI DI PROBABILITA' E STATISTICA MATEMATICA DIPARTIMENTO DI MATEMATICA "G. PEANO" UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO ********************************************************************* Mercoledì 22 Maggio 2019, alle ore 11:30, presso il Dipartimento di Matematica "G.Peano" (via Carlo Alberto 10, Torino), si terrà il seguente seminario (Aula 5): Luis GIL-ALANA (Navarra University) Title: LONG MEMORY AND FRACTIONAL INTEGRATION. AN OVERVIEW Abstract We present two definitions of long memory and focus on a particular model that satisfies this property which is called fractional integration. Alternative fractionally integrated models dealing with issues such as seasonality, structural breaks, cycliclity and non-linerities are presented and several estimation and testing methods are proposed. A number of empirical applications will also be discussed at the end of the talk. Tutti gli interessati sono invitati a partecipare. Cordiali saluti, Elvira Di Nardo -- %------------------------------------------------------- Elvira Di Nardo Dept. Mathematics "G. Peano" University of Torino Via Carlo Alberto 10 10123 Torino, Italia tel. +39 0116702862 fax +39 0116702878 http://www.elviradinardo.it %------------------------------------------------------- <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> Mail priva di virus. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Seminario di K. Mallick a Roma 1
by Faggionato, Alessandra 15 May '19

15 May '19

Buongiorno vi riporto l'annuncio per un seminario congiunto di Fisica Matematica e Probabilità a Roma La Sapienza (v. sotto). Saluti Alessandra ************************************************************************************* Mercoledì 22 Maggio, ore 16:00, Aula di Consiglio Dipartimento di Matematica, Sapienza Università di Roma Speaker: Kirone Mallick (Institut de Physique Théorique, Parigi) Title: Continuous-time Quantum Walks Abstract: Quantum analogs of classical random walks have been defined in quantum information theory as a useful concept to implement algorithms. Due to interference effects, statistical properties of quantum walks can drastically differ from their classical counterparts, leading to much faster computations. In this talk, we shall discuss various statistical properties of continuous-time quantum walks on a lattice, such as: survival properties of quantum particles in the presence of traps (i.e. a quantum generalization of the Donsker-Varadhan stretched exponential law), the growth of a quantum population in the presence of a source, quantum return probabilities and Loschmidt echoes. ************************************************* Prof. Alessandra Faggionato http://www1.mat.uniroma1.it/~faggionato/ Department of Mathematics University "La Sapienza" Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 00185 - Rome Office 5, Phone (0039) 06 49913252 *************************************************

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Fwd: fostering (fwd)
by Tiziano Vargiolu 14 May '19

14 May '19

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 14:17:37 +0200 From: Paolo Foschi <foschip(a)gmail.com> To: Tiziano Vargiolu <vargiolu(a)math.unipd.it> Caro Tiziano, potresti inoltrare nella mailing list RANDOM la locandina della giornata ?Fostering the interaction between academics and actuaries? organizzata a Bologna dal nostro dipartimento ed il DISES dell?Universit? di Salerno per luned? 20 maggio? Fostering the interaction between academics and actuaries A joint meeting with the UNISActuarial School 20 maggio 2019, ore 14-18 Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, AULA I Via delle Belle Arti 41, Bologna Interverranno ? Luca Ballestra, Universita? di Bologna ? Enrico Biffis, Imperial College of London (UK) ? Massimo Carassinu, CEO Italia Elipslife ?Gruppo Swiss Re ? Giampaolo Crenca, Presidente Consiglio Nazionale degli Attuari ? Valeria D?Amato, Universita? degli Studi di Salerno ? Roberto Roberti, Capo Vigilanza Prudenziale, IVASS ? Susanna Levantesi, Universita? degli Studi di Roma, La Sapienza ? Massimiliano Menzietti, Universita? della Calabria ? Giorgio Spedicato, Leitha?, Gruppo Unipol, Bologna Comitato organizzatore: Luca Ballestra, Cristina Bernini, Valeria D?Amato, Paolo Foschi, Fedele Greco, Susanna Levantesi, Massimiliano Menzietti, Marilena Sibillo Info: * Fedele Greco fedele.greco(a)unibo.it * Valeria D?Amato vdamato(a)unisa.it Grazie, Paolo Foschi ????? Foschi Paolo, Dip. di Scienze Statistiche, Univ. di Bologna

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de Finetti risk seminar - May 2019 - correction
by Emanuela Rosazza Gianin 14 May '19

14 May '19

> On behalf of the Scientific Committee of the de Finetti Risk Seminars, we >> are glad to invite you to participate at the following Lecture >> >> >> Samuel Cohen >> University of Oxford >> >> Title: Multi-armed bandits with uncertainty >> >> Abstract: >> Making good decisions based on estimates is difficult, but of clear >> importance in many applications. This is particularly the case when the >> decisions made will affect the information available in the future. >> Formally, this >> means that the filtration of our problem is not fixed in advance, but >> depends on >> the control used. >> We will consider the 'simplest' problem of this type, a multi-armed bandit >> problem, while taking account of uncertainty aversion. We will see that an >> extension of the classical Gittins' index approach is possible in this >> framework, >> despite many dynamic consistency issues. >> >> >> LOCATION: >> The seminar will be held on Tuesday (instead of Wednesday) May 28, at >> 18.00, Aula di Rappresentanza, Dept. of Mathematics, Milano University, Via >> C. Saldini 50, Milano >> <https://maps.google.com/?q=Via+C.+%0D%0ASaldini+50,+Milano&entry=gmail&sour…>. >> A light reception will take place at 17.45. >> >> >> Scientific Committee >> >> Prof. Simone Cerreia-Voglio (Univ. Bocconi) >> Prof. Marco Frittelli (Univ. degli Studi di Milano) >> Prof. Fabio Maccheroni (Univ. Bocconi) >> Prof. Marco Maggis (Univ. degli Studi di Milano) >> Prof. Massimo Marinacci (Univ. Bocconi) >> Prof. Emanuela Rosazza Gianin (Univ. Milano-Bicocca) >> >> >> >> ****************************************************************************************** >> Emanuela Rosazza Gianin >> Dipartimento di Statistica e Metodi Quantitativi >> Università di Milano-Bicocca >> Edificio U7 – 4° Piano >> Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi, 8 >> <https://maps.google.com/?q=Via+Bicocca+degli+%0D%0AArcimboldi,+8&entry=gmai…> >> 20126 Milano >> >> Tel. 02 64483208 >> Fax. 02 64483105 >> e-mail: emanuela.rosazza1(a)unimib.it >> >> >> ******************************************************************************************* >> >

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concorso di RTDB - Milano-Bicocca
by Emanuela Rosazza Gianin 14 May '19

14 May '19

Si avvisa che e' stato bandito un posto da ricercatore RTDB nel settore SECS-S/06 presso il Dipartimento di Statistica e Metodi quantitativi dell'Universita' di Milano-Bicocca. La scadenza per le domande e' il giorno 9 giugno 2019. Bando e dettagli sono consultabili alla pagina https://www.unimib.it/ateneo/gare-e-concorsi/rtdb-dr-n-17788-del-1742019 Cordilai saluti, Emanuela ************************************************** Emanuela Rosazza Gianin Dipartimento di Statistica e Metodi Quantitativi Università di Milano-Bicocca Edificio U7 – 4° Piano Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi, 8 20126 Milano Tel. 02 64483208 Fax. 02 64483105 e-mail: emanuela.rosazza1(a)unimib.it ****************************************************

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Update: "The Mathematics and Statistics of Wealth and Income Distributions" at AMMCS 2019
by Enrico Scalas 13 May '19

13 May '19

Dear Colleagues, The deadline for the submission of abstracts has been postponed to 25 May 2019. Please find the announcement below and apologies for cross-posting. Best wishes, Enrico -- Dear Colleagues, At AMMCS 2019 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, August 18-23, 2019, with Taisei Kaizoji (ICU Tokyo), I am organising a special session on: The Mathematics and Statistics of Wealth and Income Distributions Research on microscopic stochastic models of economic systems and their kinetic, mean-field and hydrodynamic limits have recently gained a lot of momentum. The focus of this special session is to highlight recent advances on stochastic, kinetic and PDE modelling in the area of wealth and income distributions as well as methodologies for model estimates, including Bayesian techniques. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 25 May 2019. Useful links: Conference webpage: http://ammcs.wlu.ca/ Special session webpage: http://ammcs.wlu.ca/special-sessions/mswid/ Deadlines: http://ammcs.wlu.ca/deadlines-payment/ Please, feel free to forward this message to interested persons. Best regards, Enrico Scalas Professor of Statistics and Probability Department of Mathematics University of Sussex, UK

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Colloquium di Luca Trevisan a Roma Tre il 12/06/19
by Pietro Caputo 13 May '19

13 May '19

COLLOQUIUM DI MATEMATICA Luca Trevisan U.C. Berkeley Titolo: Some simple distributed network processes Mercoledi' 12 Giugno 2019 ORE 16:00 Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica Universita' degli Studi Roma Tre Aula M3, edificio Aule - Largo San Leonardo Murialdo,1 Abstract We will describe network processes in which, at each step, each node communicates with its neighbors, or a random subset of neighbors, and updates its state according to the outcome of these communications. We will first talk about processes in which each node updates its state to be "more like" the state of the neighbors. In a complete communication network, such protocols provide a solution to the problem of reaching a consensus, and they do so in a way that is robust to adversarial interventions. In a communication network with a clustered structure, such protocols give a decentralized solution to the community detection problem. We will then discuss a protocol in which each node wants to choose a constant number of neighbors in such a way that the resulting constant-degree subnet of the communication network is an expander. This is done in a way to similar to how virtual networks are formed in peer-to-peer protocols. We show that if the original communication network is a dense expanders, the protocol will construct a constant-degree expander. (Based on joint work with Luca Becchetti, Andrea Clementi, Pasin Manurangsi, Emanuele Natale, Francesco Pasquale and Prasad Raghavendra.)

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INTENSIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM IN QUANTITATIVE FINANCE June - July 2020 CRM Barcelona
by Maria Elvira Mancino 13 May '19

13 May '19

This is a first announcement for INTENSIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM IN QUANTITATIVE FINANCE June - July 2020 CRM - Barcelona Further information here: http://www.crm.cat/en/Activities/Curs_2019-2020/Pages/IRP_Quantitative_Fina…

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