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avril 2015

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Table des matières

0- Renouvellement du comité de liaison -appel à candidatures

-- Thèses et Postes
1- Offre de thèse au GREYC à Caen avec J. Fadili
2- PhD position in quantum control (Munich, September 2015)
3- PhD Position, Optimal Control of Energy Storage, Sussex, UK
4- Postdoc Position, Large-scale Numerical Optimization
5- Poste MCF au LJK (Grenoble) : Optimisation et analyse de sensibilité en grande dimension
6- Lectureships open in the School of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh
7- Tenure-track position at Dpt of Mathematical Engineering, Univ. Concepcion (Chile)

-- Conférences et évènements
8- Annonces de séminaires
9- Workshop in Optimization and Applications, à Kenitra (Maroc)
10- 2015 SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM15)
11- International Workshop on Evolution Problems and Optimization, Agadir
12- Dynamic Discrete Choice Models: Econometric Models and Operations Research Methods
13- Gradient flows in Paris
14- Workshop on Computational Optimization (WCO'15)
15- VII Symposium on Nonlinear Analysis, Toru?, 14-18/09/2015
16- PGMO DAYS 2015 Conference : 27-28 Oct. 2015, ENSTA, France
17- Workshop on Optimal Control of Partial and Ordinary Differential Equations
18- Journées du GDR MOA

-- Autres
19- Appel à projets pour Écoles de recherche CIMPA en 2017
20- Projets BOUM (BOUge tes Mathématiques) de la SMAI
21- Nouveau journal : Pure and Applied Functional Analysis
22- Prix de these PGMO : soumission des candidatures avant le 5/5/2015
23- Prix de thèse AMIES parrainé par les sociétés savantes SFdS, SMAI et SMF
24- Discover the work of the three winners of the 2015 Robert Faure Prize

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0 - Renouvellement du comité de liaison -appel à candidatures
(source : F. Silva)

Le groupe SMAI-MODE lance un appel à candidature en vue du renouvellement de 6 membres
de son comité de liaison.
La composition actuelle est consultable à l'adresse suivante :

http://smai.emath.fr/spip.php?article338&lang=fr

On rappelle que parmi les membres sortants: Patrick Louis Combettes, Jean-Noel Corvellec,
O. Ley, J. Malick, A. Ouorou, A. Rondepierre, seuls O. Ley, J. Malick  et A. Ouorou
sont rééligibles, les autres membres ayant déjà accompli 3 mandats consécutifs.

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1- Offre de thèse au GREYC à Caen avec J. Fadili
(source : D. Aussel)

Voir l'annonce : https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13015899/sujet_these2015.pdf

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2- PhD position in quantum control (Munich, September 2015)
(source : J-B. Caillau)

A PhD position in optimal control of spin dynamics is opened at the Institute for Advanced
Study of Technische Universita?t Mu?nchen (TUM-IAS) in the framework of a Hans Fisher fellowship
(see the webpage http://www.tum-ias.de for information).

mailto:dominique.sugny@u-bourgogne.fr

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3- PhD Position, Optimal Control of Energy Storage, Sussex, UK
(source : D. Aussel, J-B. Caillau)

A fully funded PhD studentship is available for a project in applied
mathematics at the University of Sussex, England. The project is
concerned with the rigorous analysis of electrical networks with
random energy production and consumption as well as electrical energy
storage. Given processes characterising energy production and
consumption, a key question is which strategy will optimally drive an
electrical energy storage facility.

The projects aims (A) to extend the existing dynamic programming
models for electrical networks with storage, (B) to numerically study
the resulting Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation with semi-Langrangian
numerical methods, (C) to prove well-posedness of the
Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation and the convergence of the
semi-Langrangian methods.

Candidates should have a strong background in at least one of the
areas of Optimal Control, PDEs, Numerical Analysis or Power
Systems. The project will be supervised by Dr Max Jensen

Possible start dates are May 2015 and September 2015. The project
includes a tax free maintenance bursary of Â£13863 per year, plus a
waiver of UK/EU fees for 3.5 years.

If you have questions concerning the vacancy, please contact Dr Max
Jensen (M.Jensen@sussex.ac.uk). Additional information is available at

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/maths/pgstudy/scholarships/2015/view/458

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4- Postdoc Position, Large-scale Numerical Optimization
(source : P. Armand)

Applications invited for a Postdoctoral position in large-scale
numerical optimization at The University of Luxembourg, within the
Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB); to start as soon as
possible. An excellent opportunity to participate in an established
international collaboration led by Ronan Fleming, LCSB, Michael and
Michael Saunders, Stanford University.

Your profile is a PhD in mathematics, applied mathematics,
computational engineering, mathematical engineering, or a related
discipline. A comprehensive understanding of and evidence of primary
research within numerical optimization is essential. Experience with
development of numerical software is essential. Experience with
efficient numerical solution of large-scale variational inequalities
posed as optimization problems is desirable. No knowledge of biology
is expected, but a willingness to work as part of an interdisciplinary
team is essential.  Excellent written English is essential.

Your role will be numerical implementation of novel, globally
convergent optimization algorithms designed for simulation of
high-dimensional systems of chemical reactions.  Specifically,
numerical implementation of proposed algorithms involving a sequence
of parametric, sparsely constrained, smooth, large-scale convex
optimization problems.

Fixed-term contract for 1 year, may be extended up to 3 years. Very
competitive salary. For further information please visit
http://emea3.mrted.ly/mlv7

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5- Poste MCF au LJK (Grenoble) : Optimisation et analyse de sensibilité en grande dimension
(source : J-B. Caillau)

Descriptif:

Il existe une forte demande d'outils mathématiques et algorithmiques nouveaux de l'optimisation
en grande dimension appliquée dans les domaines de l'apprentissage statistique et du traitement
de données non-homogènes. Les jeux de données à traiter, mais aussi les modèles qui les régissent
contiennent par ailleurs des incertitudes dont il s'agit d'estimer et de maitriser l'impact.

L'optimisation dans le contexte de données massives, l'analyse d'incertitudes et l'optimisation
robuste pour minimiser leur influence, sont des problématiques qui apparaissent dans plusieurs
domaines applicatifs dans lesquels le LJK est beaucoup investi : traitement et indexation
d'images, climatologie et sciences de l'environnement, développement durable, génomique, analyse
de données multi-media, de données bancaires et financières.

Le LJK souhaite recruter un maître de conférences, qui cherche à développer des aspects
méthodologiques ou applicatifs de ces thématiques, transverses à plusieurs équipes et départements
du laboratoire. La priorité sera donnée aux candidats possédant un excellent dossier de recherche,
souhaitant mener leur recherche dans un environnement multidisciplinaire, notamment au travers des
activités du label Persyval-lab.

contact :

Eric Bonnetier eric.bonnetier@imag.fr
Edouard Oudet edouard.oudet@imag.fr

Une description plus détaillée : http://www-ljk.imag.fr/Emplois/Documents/posteMCF1502.pdf

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6- Lectureships open in the School of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh
(source : P-L. Combettes)

We have 2 Lectureships (= Assistant Professorships in the US) open in the School of
Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh:

1) Lectureship in the Mathematics of Data Science

2) Lectureship in Operational Research
Application deadline: April 14, 2015
Starting date: August 1, 2015

The University of Edinburgh, alongside Cambridge, Oxford, Warwick and UCL, is a partner
in the Alan Turing Institute, which is being formed at the moment. This constitutes a
major investment by the UK government (£42 million) into Big Data research and Algorithms.
The successful candidates will benefit from and will be expected to contribute to the
vibrant community of the Alan Turing Institute.

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7- Tenure-track position at Dpt of Mathematical Engineering, Univ. Concepcion (Chile)
(source : CMM Univ. Chile)

see the announcement :

http://eims.ams.org/jobs/6970585/tenure-track-positions

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8- Annonces de séminaires
(sources: T. Bayen, L. Bourdin, P.L. Combettes, V. Fruchard, A. Monteil,
A. Rondepierre, A. Skoda, G. Vigeral,)

Une rubrique pour signaler succinctement les séminaires ayant
lieu ce mois-ci et organisés dans nos laboratoires.
N'hésitez pas à l'alimenter, préférentiellement via un lien vers
la page du séminaire et une liste de conférenciers,

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Séminaire Parisien d'Optimisation (exceptionnellement : ENSCP 01, à côté de l'IHP)

http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.html

lundi 13 avril :
15h : V. Cevher (EPFL, Lausanne)
16h : C. Dossal (Bordeaux)

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Séminaire du programme PGMO, salle PGMO (Polytechnique)

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar

mardi 7 avril,
14h : J. Linderoth (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
15h : R. Aid (EDF R&D)
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Groupe de Travail CalVa (université Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/fr/seminaires/gt_calcul_des_variations.html

lundi 13 avril :
10h : P. Donato
11h : N. Alikakos*
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Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-línéaire et EDP (IHP)

http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html

mardi 14 avril,
10h : E. Lenzmann
11h : B. Grébert (Nantes)
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Séminaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)

http://projects.laas.fr/spot/

lundi 27 avril
14 : M. Overton (Courant Inst.)
15h : J-B. Lasserre (LAAS-CNRS Toulouse)
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Séminaire SAMOCOD (séminaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation Contrôle et Dynamique)

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Séminaire hebdomadaire de l'équipe MOD de l'Université de Limoges

https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36

vendredi 10 avril : N. Igbida
vendredi 17 avril : E. Carlini

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Séminaire Parisien de Théorie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)

https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/

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Séminaire de Mathématiques Discrètes, Optimisation et Décision, Centre d'Economie
de la Sorbonne et Université Paris 1

http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/

mardi 14 avril : P. Perny

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9- Workshop in Optimization and Applications, à Kenitra (Maroc)
(source : J-B. Caillau)

22-23 avril 2015

http://www.univ-ibntofail.ac.ma/ensak/woa2015

Cette rencontre permettra aux chercheurs, industriels, spécialistes et utilisateurs des méthodes
numériques de suivre les derniers développements qu?ont connus les différentes méthodes en
optimisation et simulation, notamment l?utilisation des modèles mathématiques.

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10- 2015 SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM15)
(source : J-B. Caillau)

Pinnacle Vancouver Harbourfront Hotel, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada
April 30 ? May 2, 2015
http://www.siam.org/meetings/sdm15/program.php

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11- International Workshop on Evolution Problems and Optimization, Agadir
(source : M. Théra)

The aim of the workshop is to bring together the leading experts in the field of evolution
problems and optimization, postdoctoral researches and graduate students, in order to discuss
and share ideas on the major open problems, to suggest novel research perspectives, and to
develop new scientific connections.

see : http://www.fsjes-agadir.org/iwepo/

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12- Dynamic Discrete Choice Models: Econometric Models and Operations Research Methods
(source : M. Mongeau)

We are pleased to announce a summer school on

Dynamic Discrete Choice Models: Econometric Models and Operations Research Methods

that will be held at Université de Montréal (Montreal, Canada) June 10-12, 2015

Keynote speakers: Mogens Fosgerau, Michel Gendreau and John Rust
Organizers and lecturers: Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo and Emma Frejinger

For registration and more information, please visit : https://symposia.cirrelt.ca/Summer-School/en

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13- Gradient flows in Paris
(source : J-F. Babadjian)

June 22 - 23, 2015

This meeting aims at gathering mathematicians working on gradient flows in metric spaces
with Wasserstein-like metrics and related problems, either from a modeling, analysis or
numerical point of view.

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/cances/GFIP/

organizers : Clément Cancès, Boris Andreianov, Adrien Blanchet et Thomas Gallouët

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14- Workshop on Computational Optimization (WCO'15)
(source : D. Aussel)

In the framework of Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems
(FedCSIS'15), Lodz, Poland, 13-16 September, 2015

https://fedcsis.org/wco

Many real world problems arising in engineering, economics, medicine and
other domains can be formulated as optimization tasks. These problems
are frequently characterized by non-convex, non-differentiable,
discontinuous, noisy or dynamic objective functions and constraints
which ask for adequate computational methods.

The aim of this workshop is to stimulate the communication between
researchers working on different fields of optimization and
practitioners who need reliable and efficient computational optimization
methods.

We invite original contributions related to both theoretical and
practical aspects of optimization methods.

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15- VII Symposium on Nonlinear Analysis, Toru?, 14-18/09/2015
(source : H. Frankowska)

Several specialists in different branches of nonlinear analysis, fixed point theory,
topological and variational methods in differential equations are expected to give plenary
or contributed talks. The meeting will take place in the building of The Faculty of Mathematics
and Computer Science of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru?. We hope for offering the
participants good opportunities for research, personal contacts, informal meetings and discussions.

See the website :

https://www.sna2015.mat.umk.pl/home

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16- PGMO DAYS 2015 Conference : 27-28 Oct. 2015, ENSTA, France
(source : V. Fruchard, J-B. Caillau, M. Théra)

We are pleased to invite you to the 2015 Conference of the PGMO at ENSTA Paris Tech
on the 27th and 28th of October, 2015.

The conference program will is available here:

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/fr/pgmodays2015/scientific_program

In order to help the organization, please register before September 30th on this webform:

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/fr/pgmodays2015/registration

(Registration is free but mandatory)

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17- Workshop on Optimal Control of Partial and Ordinary Differential Equations
(source : J-B. Caillau)

November 16th and 17th, 2015, Ecole Polytechnique

The aim of the workshop is to show some recent developments which have been made in the area
of optimal control of differential equations. A special emphasis will be given to optimal
control of partial differential equations, Hamilton-Jacobi Bellman equations, stochastic control,
numerical methods, and applications.

see :
http://commands.saclay.inria.fr/workhop-on-optimal-control-of-partial-and-ordinary-differential-equations

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18- Journées du GDR MOA
(source : D. Aussel)

Les Journées du GdR MOA auront lieu cette année à Dijon du 2 au 4 décembre 2015.
Comme on dit en anglais : "Save the date"

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19- Appel à projets pour Écoles de recherche CIMPA en 2017
(source : D. Aussel, C. Chalons, M. Théra)

Dear Colleagues,
CIMPA is opening its annual call for projects for 2017, which can be found at the following link :

http://cimpa.info/actualites/article/2017-cimpa-research-schools-call

Please provide as much diffusion as  possible to it. We search for a widely open call.
Thank you in advance.
Best regards,
Claude Cibils
Directeur of CIMPA

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20- Projets BOUM (BOUge tes Mathématiques) de la SMAI
(source : C. Chalons)

La SMAI a souhaité lancer une nouvelle initiative pour favoriser l'insertion dans la communauté
et la prise d'initiative des étudiants en thèse ou post-doctorants en Mathématiques Appliquées.
Il s'agit des projets BOUM (BOUge tes Mathématiques) de la SMAI. Vous trouverez le texte de
l'appel à projets sur la page suivante http://smai.emath.fr/spip.php?article548
La procédure de soumission est très simple et y est également décrite.
Nous vous invitons à relayer cette information autour de vous et à inciter les jeunes de votre
entourage à candidater.

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21- Prix de these PGMO : soumission des candidatures avant le 5/5/2015
(source : J-B. Caillau)

Voir le site :

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/fr/prixthese

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22- Prix de thèse AMIES parrainé par les sociétés savantes SFdS, SMAI et SMF
(source : J-B. Caillau)

voir le site :

http://www.agence-maths-entreprises.fr/a/?q=fr/prix-de-thèse

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23- Discover the work of the three winners of the 2015 Robert Faure Prize
(source : M. Théra)

See the website of the prize : http://roadef.org/content/roadef/rfaure.htm
As well as the 3 winners :

1st Prize: Giacomo Nannicini, http://people.sutd.edu.sg/~nannicini
2nd Prize: Claudia D'Ambrosio, http://www.lix.polytechnique.fr/~dambrosio
3rd Prize: Wim Van Ackooij, /pmwiki.php/PagesPerso/WVanAckooij

Presentations were made at the recent ROADEF conference: http://roadef2015.lsis.org/

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24- Nouveau journal : Pure and Applied Functional Analysis
(source : P-L. Combettes)

"Pure and Applied Functional Analysis". This new journal will publish top quality
research in the area of functional analysis and its applications. The first issue
to appear in 2016, submissions are to be sent by email to one of the editors in chief.
For more information, see:

http://www.ybook.co.jp/pafa/FLASH/index.htmlLettre MODE : Journees SMAI-MODE 2016, 23-25 mars 2016 (Toulouse)

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Journees SMAI-MODE 2016, 23-25 mars 2016 (Toulouse)

**** Date limite de soumission des communications et des demandes de soutien financier pour les jeunes : 31 décembre 2015 ****
http://mode2016.sciencesconf.org

Toulouse accueille les journées MODE 2016 de la société de mathématiques appliquées industrielles du 23 au 25 mars 2016. Cette manifestation permettra de rassembler de nombreux étudiants en thèse et chercheurs des domaines académiques et industriels autour de l’optimisation et de l’aide à la décision. Ce sera l’occasion pour les participants de présenter les travaux de recherche et d’initier des collaboration fructueuses, comme ce fut le cas lors des éditions  précédentes. Plus d’une centaine de participants sont attendus dans les différents amphithéâtres de l’ENSEEIHT, école Toulousaine du groupe INP, pour échanger autour des thématiques suivantes :

• l’analyse non-linéaire
• l’optimisation
• le contrôle optimal
• la théorie des jeux
• les mathématiques discrètes
• la recherche opérationnelle
• les modélisations mathématiques en économie, finance et sciences sociales

Traditionnellement, les participants à la conférence proviennent de nombre de pays Européens ; Allemagne, Italie, Royaume Uni, par exemple. La conférence comporte 5 orateurs pléniers invités et une cinquantaine de présentations regroupées dans des sessions thématiques. La conférence est aussi l’occasion de décerner le prix Dodu aux meilleurs exposés. Ce prix est sponsorisé par EDF R&D.

Le GdR MOA organisera un mini-cours les 21 et 22 mars 2016.

Lettre MODE
décembre 2015

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-- Thèses et Postes
1- 10 doctoral research positions at the University of Trier starting
1st April 2016
2- Postdoctoral fellowships are available at the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) for the  2016-17 Research Program on Optimization
3- Assistant or Associate Prof. position at Stanford ICME Faculty in
Foundational Computational Mathematics and Scientific Computing
4- IC2015_Winter International Call for BCAM (Basque Center for Applied
Mathematics) Researcher and Postdoctoral fellowships
5- Several postdoctoral and PhD positions open at the University of
Edinburgh

-- Conférences et évènements
6- Optimization and Equilibrium in Energy Economics, IPAM, JANUARY 11 -
15, 2016
7- Workshop on "Optimization and data assimilation". CERFACS, Toulouse,
January 13-15th 2016
8- Cours invité de dans le Master 2 d'Optimisation de Paris-Saclay,
20-22 janvier, 2016
9- International Workshop Decision Models and Population Management, 2-4 février 2016,  UPMC, Paris
10- Conférence   Ultrasonic 2016, Orléans du 7 au 10 mars 2016
11- 3rd International Conference on Control, Decision and Information
Technologies, Malta, April 6-8, 2016
12- 6th International Conference in Optimization Theory and its
Applications (ALEL’2016), 6-8 juin 2016, Cartagena
13- 66th International Workshop: ADVANCES IN CONVEX ANALYSIS AND
OPTIMIZATION ERICE, SICILY: 5–12 JULY 2016
14- Annonces de séminaires

-- Autres (ouvrages, etc.)
15- Clerc, M. L’aléatoire contrôlé en optimisation. 2015, ISTE editions
16- John von Neumann Theory Prize 2015 Winners: Vašek Chvátal
(Concordia) and Jean Bernard Lasserre (LAAS)
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1- 10 doctoral research positions at the University of Trier starting
1st April 2016
(sorce : D. Aussel, F. Santambrogio et M. Théra)

RTG 2126 (Graduiertenkolleg) Algorithmic Optimization

The Research Training Group (RTG) "Algorithmic Optimization", funded by
the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), is accepting applications for

10 doctoral research positions (TVL 13, 75%) at the University of Trier
for the period of 3 years, starting 1st April 2016

The research topics are devoted to all mathematical aspects of
algorithmic optimization with an emphasis on applications, in particular in large and big data as well as systems models from economics. The doctoral research positions do not involve teaching duties.

Applicants must hold a MSc degree (or equivalent) in mathematics or a
strongly related field at the time of hiring. They should be able to
communicate in English and should document their interest in the scientific goals of the research program of the research training group
(Graduiertenkolleg). Excellent programming skills are a plus.

Applications should include:

 * letter of motivation (no longer than 2 pages)
 * curriculum vitae
 * a recent letter of reference (in English or German) to be sent
   directly to the address given below
 * contact information of at least one additional reference
 * copies of earned degrees (in German or English translation)
 * a mathematical writing sample (preferably the master's thesis)

We welcome applications from researchers of all nationalities. Trier
University strives to increase the share of women in research and
strongly encourages women to apply. Trier University is a certified
family-friendly employer. Applicants with disabilities who are equally
qualified will be favoured.

Please include all application material in one pdf or zip-file and send
it via e-mail to:

Graduiertenkolleg ALOP
Mathematik - FB IV
Universtitaet Trier
54286 Trier, Germany
Email: alop@uni-trier.de
Subject: RTG ALOP

For full consideration, applications must be received by January 15,
2016, however, late applications will be considered until the positions
are filled.

For more information please see: http://www.alop.uni-trier.de

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2- Postdoctoral fellowships are available at the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) for the  2016-17 Research Program on Optimization
(sorce : D. Aussel et M. Théra)

This program aims to leverage the synergy between Mathematics and
Statistics to produce ground breaking advances in a number of areas,
including optimization for large-scale statistical analysis; statistical approaches for the numerical solution of large-scale optimization problems; and applications of optimization to machine learning, inverse problems, image and signal processing, energy, and others.

Information about the program is available at http://www.samsi.info/OPT

SAMSI Postdoctoral Fellowships begin in August 2016 and  typically last
two years. Appointments are made jointly between SAMSI and one of its
partner universities, where teaching is a possibility. Extremely competitive salaries, travel stipends, and health insurance will be offered.

Application information is available at http://www.samsi.info/opportunities/post-docs

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3- Assistant or Associate Prof. position at Stanford ICME Faculty in
Foundational Computational Mathematics and Scientific Computing
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

For details please see:

http://stanford.us12.list-manage.com/track click?u=1a17776f7cf56f849b937fbc2&id=8c0a025c24&e=6a10dfaa99

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4- IC2015_Winter International Call for BCAM (Basque Center for Applied
Mathematics) Researcher and Postdoctoral fellowships
(source : O. S. Serea)

For more information please see:

http://www.bcamath.org/en/research/job

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5- Several postdoctoral and PhD positions open at the University of Edinburgh
(source : F. Bonnans)

There are several postdoctoral and PhD positions open at the University
of Edinburgh in the â€œBig Data Optimization" Lab of  Peter Richtarik: http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~prichtar/

The positions start in Fall 2016.

1) Postdoctoral Research Associate position in Big Data Optimization

Closing date: January 29, 2016
Duration: 3 years

More information and online application form:

https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=034907

Funded through EPSRC grant: "Randomized Algorithms for Extreme
Convex Optimizationâ€.

2) Several Alan Turing Postdoctoral Fellowships

Closing date: December 20, 2015
Duration: 3 years (subject to interim review, could be extended by
further 2 years)

More information and application instructions:

https://turing.ac.uk/jobs/alan-turing-fellowships/

These fellowships are for research in all areas of Data Science and are
not necessarily attached to any host or supervisor. I'll be happy to
work with successful applicants interested in areas such as big data
optimization, randomized algorithms and scalable machine learning.

3) PhD position in Big Data Optimization

Closing date: January 31, 2016
Duration: 3.5 years

Apply here:
http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/studying-here/pgr/phd-application/apply
(Choose "OR and Optimization")

Funded by the School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh. The post
is associated with the EPSRC grant: "Randomized Algorithms for Extreme
Convex Optimizationâ€.

4) Ten PhD positions in Data Science

http://datascience.inf.ed.ac.uk/apply/

Closing date for UK/EU applications: January 29, 2016
Closing date for other applicants: December 11, 2015
Duration: 4 years

We have funding for 10 PhD students in virtually all areas of Data
Science, including optimization. I'll be happy to supervise successful
applicants wishing to work in areas such as big data optimization,
randomized algorithms for numerical linear algebra or optimization, and
scalable machine learning.

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6- Optimization and Equilibrium in Energy Economics, IPAM, JANUARY 11 -
15, 2016
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

For details please see:

http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/workshops/optimization-and-equilibrium-in-energy-economics/

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7- Workshop on "Optimization and data assimilation". CERFACS,
Toulouse, January 13-15th 2016
(source : D. Aussel)

In the context of the CIMI Semester on "High performance linear and
nonlinear methods for large scale applications", a workshop on
"Optimization and data assimilation" will be held at CERFACS, Toulouse,
France, from 13th to 15th January 2016. The objective of the workshop is to gather a limited number of people sharing an interest on this topic and to foster discussions and collaborations. Confirmed invited speakers are currently Yurii Nesterov (Louvain University, Belgium), Pavel Sakov (Bureau of Meteorology, Australia), Luis Nunes Vicente (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Stephen Wright (University of Wisconsin, USA) and Oleg Burdakov (Linkoping University, Sweden).

Interested participants are asked to propose a contribution to the
workshop in the form of an abstract before December 10th 2015. Abstracts should be sent toehouarn.simon@enseeiht.fr  and notifications of acceptance will be given no later than December 15th 2015. There are no registration fees for the workshop.

For further information please contact Serge Gratton
(serge.gratton@enseeiht.fr) and Ehouarn Simon (ehouarn.simon@enseeiht.fr).

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8- Cours invité de dans le Master 2 d'Optimisation de Paris-Saclay,
20-22 janvier, 2016
(source : F. Santambrogio)

Cours invité de dans le Master 2 d'Optimisation de Paris-Saclay
Yuri Nesterov (UC Louvain) : Advanced Convex Optimisation

20 janvier : 10h-12h + 14h-16h, Amphi Becquerel,
21 janvier : 10h-12h + 14h-16h, Amphi Painlevé,
22 janvier : 10h-12h, Amphi Becquerel.

Voir https://webens.math.u-psud.fr/IMG/pdf/program_cle04fd14.pdf pour le programme.
Le cours est ouvert à toute personne intéressé et spécialement proposé
aux étudiants de M2, les doctorants, et les chercheurs des laboratoires
industriels et académiques. Ce cours est financé par le programme PGMO (EDF & FMJH).

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9- International Workshop Decision Models and Population Management, 2-4 février 2016,  UPMC, Paris
(source : H. Frankowska et S. Sorin)

This three days international and interdisciplinary workshop is devoted
to decision making, in particular in presence of multiple actors with or without interaction. These issues occur in a natural way in management of populations, where the dynamics are strongly related to the decisions. The workshop aims at bringing together Mathematicians,
Computer Scientists and Ecologists around problems of populations
management. Population dynamics, viability theory and game theory form
an umbrella of useful mathematical tools in this context. On the other
hand, a computer science approach provides online and algorithmic
mechanism design. The workshop is motivated by concrete problems
proposed by ecologists and its objective is to create a synergy between
scientists from different backgrounds to address the challenging
modelling of decision making in the context of ecological paradigms.

For further information please see:

http://webusers.imj-prg.fr/~helene.frankowska/Demagma/index.html

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10- Conférence Ultrasonic 2016, Orléans du 7 au 10 mars 2016
(source : D. Aussel)

Le workshop s'inscrit dans le cadre du projet ANR AVENTURES -
(ANR-12-BLAN-BS01-0001-01) et a pour but de rassembler  des chercheurs
autour des problématiques d’imagerie hybride (comme la tomographie
thermo et photo-acoustique), tant du point de vue modélisation
mathématique et physique et expérimentation numérique et physique. Les participants sont issus des communautés mathématique (problèmes inverses, transformée de Radon, identification de paramètres, EDP, ondes …) et physique (acoustique et optique).

Plus d’informations sur le site http://ultrasonic2016.sciencesconf.org/

Date limite de soumission pour les exposés (20mn + 10mn questions) : 15
janvier 2016

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11- 3rd International Conference on Control, Decision and Information
Technologies, Malta, April 6-8, 2016
(source : D. Aussel)

Dear colleague,
We invite you to participate in the 3rd International Conference on
Control, Decision and Information Technologies, to be held in Malta, on
April 6-8, 2016. Website: www.codit2016.com

Publication and Indexing:
1. Papers presented will be published on IEEE Xplore
2. Indexed in Socpus  &  ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index
(Thomson Reuters).

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
Track I. Control and Automation.
Track II. Decision and Optimization.
Track III. Information Technologies and Computer Science.

Important Dates

Deadline for submission of papers: December 7, 2015
Notification: February 2, 2016
Note: If you need more time to prepare your paper please inform us

Best regards
Dr. Achraf J TELMOUDI
Communication Chair of CoDIT'16

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12- 6th International Conference in Optimization Theory and its
Applications (ALEL’2016), 6-8 juin 2016, Cartagena
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

For more details please see:

http://www.um.es/beca/alel2016

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13- 66th International Workshop: ADVANCES IN CONVEX ANALYSIS AND
OPTIMIZATION ERICE, SICILY: 5–12 JULY 2016
(sorce : M. Théra)

The 66th International Workshop: ADVANCES IN CONVEX ANALYSIS AND
OPTIMIZATION will take place in July 5 – 12, 2016 at “Ettore Majorana” Foundation and Center for Scientific Culture located in Erice, Sicily, Italy. The aim of the Workshop is to review and discuss recent developments of the theory of Convex Analysis and Optimization and to provide a forum for fruitful interactions in closely related fields of research and their applications.
Optimization is a rich and thriving mathematical discipline.
Properties of minimizers and maximizers of functions rely in an
essential way on richness of techniques from mathematical analysis,
including tools from calculus and its generalizations, topology, and
geometry. The theory underlying current computational optimization
techniques grows evermore: sophisticated duality-based algorithms,
interior point methods, and control-theoretic applications are typical
examples. The powerful and elegant language of convex analysis unifies
much of this theory.
Many important analytic problems have illuminating optimization
formulations and hence can be approached through main variational
tools: subgradients and optimality conditions, the many forms of
duality, metric regularity and so forth. More generally, the idea of
convexity is central to the transition from classical analysis to
various branches of modern analysis: from linear to nonlinear
analysis, from smooth to nonsmooth, from the study of functions to
multifunctions and has important applications in optimal control,
mathematical economics, and other areas of infinite-dimensional
optimization.
Particular emphasis will be placed on novel ideas and promising
research developments.

Specific topics of interest are (but not limited to):
- Nonlinear Optimization
- Stochastic Optimization
- Variational Inequalities
- Differential Inclusions
- Differential Variational Inequalities
- Optimization for Imaging
- Optimization for Finance
- Optimal Transportation Theory
- Optimization for Machine Learning
- Convex, Nonsmooth and Energy Optimization
- Optimization and Dynamical Systems
- Equilibrium Problems

Confirmed plenary speakers:
• S. ADLY, Université de Limoges, FR
• H. ATTOUCH, Université Montpellier, FR
• R.I. BOT, University of Vienna, AT
• G. BUTTAZZO, University of Pisa, IT
• P. CANNARSA, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, IT
• P.L. COMBETTES, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), FR
• A. DANIILIDIS, Universidad de Chile, CL
• M.B. DONATO, University of Messina, IT
• N. FUSCO, University of Naples “Federico II”, IT
• S. GAUBERT, INRIA Saclay and CMAP École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, FR
• M. HINTERMÜLLER, Humboldt-Universität, DE
• W. KRYSZEWSKI, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru&#324;, PL
• M. LASSONDE, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, FR
• A.S. LEWIS, Cornell University, USA
• T.  LORENZ, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, DE
• L. MALLOZZI, University of Naples “Federico II”, IT
• S. MARANO,  University of Catania, IT
• B. MORDUKHOVICH, Wayne State University, USA
• T. PENNANEN, King’s College London, UK
• A. PORRETTA, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, IT
• J. PUERTO, Universidad de Sevilla, ES
• M. QUINCAMPOIX, Université de Brest, FR
• M.A. RAGUSA,  University of Catania, IT
• L. ROSASCO, University of Genoa, IT, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
• C. SBORDONE, University of Naples “Federico II”, IT
• M. THÉRA, Université de Limoges, FR
• L. THIBAULT, Université Montpellier, FR
• C. ZALINESCU, University “Al. I. Cuza” Iasi, RO

APPLICATIONS
Persons wishing to attend the Workshop or give a short communication
should apply by sending an e-mail to the Co-Director of the Workshop:
Professor Annamaria BARBAGALLO Department of Mathematics and Applications “R. Caccioppoli”, University of Naples “Federico  II”, Via Cinthia – 80126  Naples, IT e-mail: annamaria.barbagallo@unina.it
They should specify: date and place of birth, together with current
nationality; affiliation; address; e-mail address.

Additional information about the Workshop can be found at the following address: http://www.dma.unina.it/CAO2016

Closing Date for Applications: 31 May 2016

DIRECTORS OF THE WORKSHOP

Annamaria BARBAGALLO, University of Naples “Federico  II”, IT
Hélène FRANKOWSKA, CNRS and Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6),
FR Gioconda MOSCARIELLO, University of Naples “Federico  II”, IT

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14- Annonces de séminaires

Une rubrique pour signaler quelques liens pour les séminaires ayant
lieu ce mois-ci et organisés dans nos laboratoires. N'hésitez pas à l'alimenter, préférentiellement via un lien vers la page du séminaire

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Séminaire Parisien d'Optimisation (exceptionnellement : ENSCP 01, à côté de l'IHP)

http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.html

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Séminaire du programme PGMO, salle PGMO (Polytechnique)

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar

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Groupe de Travail CalVa (université Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/fr/seminaires/gt_calcul_des_variations.html

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Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-línéaire et EDP (IHP)

http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html

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Séminaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)

http://projects.laas.fr/spot/

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Séminaire SAMOCOD (séminaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation Contrôle et Dynamique)

http://www.i3m.univ-montp2.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&catid=19&sem=618

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Séminaire hebdomadaire de l'équipe MOD de l'Université de Limoges

https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36

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Séminaire Parisien de Théorie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)

https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/

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Séminaire de Mathématiques Discrètes, Optimisation et Décision, Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne et Université Paris 1

http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/

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14- Clerc, M. L’aléatoire contrôlé en optimisation. 2015, ISTE editions
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

http://iste-editions.fr/products/l-aleatoire-controle-en-optimisation
<http://iste-editions.fr/products/l-aleatoire-controle-en-optimisation>

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15- John von Neumann Theory Prize 2015 Winners: Vašek Chvátal
(Concordia) and Jean Bernard Lasserre (LAAS)
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

For details pllease see:

https://www.informs.org/Recognize-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes-Awards/John-von-Neumann-Theory-Prize

Lettre MODE
février 2015

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champion@univ-tln.fr avant la fin du mois.

Prière d'indiquer "pour la lettre MODE" dans l'objet.

L'inscription et la désinscription automatiques se font en écrivant à
lettre-mode-smai-request@emath.fr
et en mettant dans le sujet suivant le cas subscribe ou unsubscribe.

Vous pouvez également retrouver les lettres MODE sur le site :

http://smai.emath.fr/spip.php?article330&lang=fr

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Table des matières

-- Thèses et Postes

1- Offres de thèse à Edinburgh
2- Offre de stage INRIA Chile
3- PostDoctoral Position, Universidad de Chile, starting june 2015
4- Poste d'EC pour un jeune en optimisation numérique à l'ISAE-Supaéro
5- Poste de MCF, profil "Optimisation, Recherche opérationnelle", INSA Rennes
6- Poste ouvert à THALES pour un(e) ingénieur de développement en décision et optimisation
7- Job offer at Qucit, an innovative startup from Bordeaux

-- Conférences et évènements

8- Annonces de séminaires
9- 6 day Spring School on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control, Freiburg, March 26-April 2, 2015
10- Optimization and Big Data 2015
11- Atelier/conférence NCMIP 2015, parrainé par le GdR MOA
12- Registration and abstract submission for 17th British-French-German Conf. on Optimization
13- Conférence "Optimal Transport and Geometry"
14- Workshop on Computational Optimization (WCO'15), Lodz, Poland
15- Conference on Optimization and Control with Applications (6th OCA), Changsha

-- Autres

16- Prix Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh 2014
17- International Prize ?Enrico Magenes? 2015

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1- Offres de thèse à Edinburgh
(source : J. Malick)

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Data Science is now inviting applications
for 10 fully-funded PhD studentships at the University of Edinburgh, to start in September
2015. Students with a strong background in computer science, mathematics, physics, or
engineering are particularly encouraged to apply.

The CDT focuses on the computational principles, methods, and systems for extracting knowledge
from data. Large data sets are now generated by almost every activity in science, society, and
commerce --- ranging from molecular biology to social media, from sustainable energy to health
care. Data science asks: How can we efficiently find patterns in these vast streams of data?
Many research areas have tackled parts of this problem:

* machine learning focuses on finding patterns and making predictions from data;
* databases are needed for efficiently accessing data and ensuring its quality;
* ideas from algorithms are required to build systems that scale to big data streams;
* the mathematical fields of statistics and optimization provide foundational tools and theory;
* natural language processing, computer vision, and speech processing consider the analysis of
different types of unstructured data.

Recently, these distinct disciplines have begun to converge into a single field called data
science.

The CDT is a 4-year programme: the first year provides Masters level training in the core areas
of data science, along with a significant project. In years 2-4 students will carry out PhD
research in Data Science, guided by PhD supervisors from within the centre. The CDT is funded
by EPSRC and the University of Edinburgh.

Because of constraints from funding agencies, there are different rules for funding depending
on your fee status:

* UK and EU students: Full funding (fees and stipend) is available.
* Non-EU students: Funding is significantly more competitive; for details, please see
   http://datascience.inf.ed.ac.uk/apply/information-for-non-eu-students/

There are three deadlines for applications:

* 12 December 2014 -- all overseas applicants should apply by this deadline for full consideration
* 30 January 2015 -- all UK and EU applicants should apply by this deadline for full consideration
* 13 March 2015 -- any remaining UK and EU studentships will be allocated in the third round

See http://datascience.inf.ed.ac.uk/apply/ for further information and application forms.

Enquiries can be sent to datascience@inf.ed.ac.uk

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2- Offre de stage INRIA Chile
(source : J-F. Bonnans)

Voir l'offre de stage sur le lien suivant :

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nqj6itfwddccfcr/lettre-1502-stageUChile.pdf?dl=0

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3- PostDoctoral Position, Universidad de Chile, starting june 2015
(source : R. Cominetti)

Up to two postdoctoral fellowship are available at Universidad de
Chile (Santiago) starting in June 2015, or by mutual agreement at any
date thereafter. We are looking for applicants with interests in the
broad areas of Discrete Mathematics, Optimization, Game Theory, or
Algorithms.

The selected candidate will work within a team of researchers gathered
in the Núcleo Milenio project "Information and Coordination in
Networks" (see http://acgo.dii.uchile.cl), and is expected to devote
fully to research. The appointment will be for a period of 12 months,
renewable by mutual agreement, with a monthly salary of 1.500.000 CLP
(approx. US$2.500 tax free). Shorter periods may also be considered.
Travel support is available.

Applicants must hold a recent PhD or be close to finishing their
thesis. Applications including curriculum vitae, list of publications,
research plan (1 or 2 pages), and names of references with their
e-mail addresses, should be sent electronically to Jose Correa
correa@uchile.cl . To ensure full consideration the application should
be sent before the deadline of March 15th, 2015. Late applications
will be considered on a case by case basis.

For further information please feel free to contact any of the group members.

Roberto Cominetti

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4- Poste d'EC pour un jeune en optimisation numérique à l'ISAE-Supaéro
(source : D. Aussel, J-F. Bonnans,, J-B. Caillau, J-B. Irriart-Urruty, M. Mongeau)

les délais sont courts : 12 février 2015. Voir la fiche :

http://www.isae.fr/sites/default/files/isae/isae/_documents/emploi/isae-289_ec_maths_applis_optim_num.pdf

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5- Poste de MCF, profil "Optimisation, Recherche opérationnelle", INSA Rennes
(source : D. Aussel)

voir détails ci-dessous ou sur le lien suivant :

https://www.dropbox.com/s/k2ggpzlvp57s9h7/lettre-1502-MCF-INSARennes.pdf?dl=0

Section : 26-Mathématiques appliquées et applications des mathématiques, IRMAR, INSA Rennes

Profil : Le futur MCF renforcera le potentiel scientifique de la composante IRMAR-INSA par son
activité de recherche en optimisation, recherche opérationnelle et applications. Ces thèmes
constituent un des deux piliers de la formation dispensée dans la spécialité Génie Mathématique
de l?INSA Rennes. Il sera donc amené à intervenir en optimisation numérique, continue et discrète
et en recherche opérationnelle. Il participera également aux enseignements de mathématiques pour
le département STPI.

Mots-clés : Optimisation, Recherche Opérationnelle.

Profil enseignement :
Le futur MCF participera aux enseignements de mathématiques générales du tronc commun scientifique
des deux premières années formation de l?INSA Rennes. Dans le cadre de la spécialité Génie
Mathématique de l?INSA de Rennes, ce recrutement devra renforcer le potentiel pédagogique en
optimisation numérique, optimisation discrète, optimisation globale, recherche opérationnelle.
La personne recrutée sera également appelée à encadrer des projets et stages en entreprise.
Les candidats sont encouragés à consulter le site « http://www.insa-rennes.fr/gm.html » pour plus
de détails.

Profil recherche :
Le futur MCF fera sa recherche en mathématiques appliquées au sein du laboratoire IRMAR (UMR 6625)
dans le profil recherché : Optimisation, Recherche opérationnelle. Ses recherches pourront porter
sur l?un ou plusieurs des domaines de l?optimisation numérique et appliquée, déterministe ou aléatoire
tels que l?optimisation continue convexe et non convexe, l?optimisation globale, l?optimisation non
lisse, l?optimisation discrète, la recherche opérationnelle, les méthodes de décomposition et/ou de
relaxation, programmation stochastique, ...

Les candidats sont encouragés à contacter le Professeur Mounir Haddou pour plus d?informations.

Responsabilité administrative et compétences/expériences :
Des compétences et une expérience de la recherche en optimisation et recherche opérationnelle sont
requises.
Une expérience dans l'enseignement des mathématiques générales et l?optimisation numérique est aussi
exigible.
Dans le contexte de l?ouverture en septembre 2014 de la spécialité Génie Mathématique à l?INSA Rennes,
le futur MCF devra s?impliquer dans le développement, la gestion et la vie de cette spécialité.
Il sera donc amener à participer à différentes tâches administratives ou d?animation.

Contacts :
Mounir Haddou mounir.haddou@insa-rennes.fr ;
Marc Briane (resp. composante IRMAR-INSA) marc.briane@insa-rennes.fr ;
James Ledoux (resp. Centre de Mathématiques) james.ledoux@insa-rennes.fr

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6- Poste ouvert à THALES pour un(e) ingénieur de développement en décision et optimisation
(source : J-F. Bonnans)

Pour servir au mieux l?ensemble de ses Divisions opérationnelles, Thales a développé un réseau
de centres de recherche à vocation transversale, Thales Research & Technology, qui accueillent
plus de 500 chercheurs, 80 doctorants et une centaine de scientifiques issus des organismes
partenaires.
Dans le cadre de notre développement, nous recherchons un(e) :
Ingénieur de développement en décision et optimisation ? H/F
Basé(e) à Palaiseau (91)
Vous serez rattaché(e) au Groupe de Recherche Sciences et Techniques de l?Information, au sein du
Laboratoire Décision & Optimisation.
Vous aurez la charge du développement (collaboratif) de prototypes informatiques et leur pré-
industrialisation, dans divers domaines de l?aide à la décision et l?optimisation.

Dans ce contexte, vos principales missions seront : Le développement d?algorithmes (par exemple
de décision multicritère, optimisation, apprentissage automatique), La capitalisation des différents
algorithmes développés au sein de l?équipe, au travers de la définition et de la mise en place
d?une plateforme d?outils, La réalisation de projets pour la mise en ?uvre de ces développements
sur des applications dans le domaine de l?Espace, du Transport et de la Défense.

Le/La candidat(e) devra posséder une forte expérience en développement de logiciels de production
(définition de tests, validation, développement de plateformes collaboratives, mise en place de
bonnes pratiques,...).
Votre profil : Diplômé d'une école d'ingénieur, vous justifiez d?une expérience d?au moins 3 ans
dans ce domaine.

Vos compétences :
Compétences indispensables : Développement de logiciels (architecture, IHM, client/serveur, bases
de données, gestion de configuration, ...), Programmation avancée en Java sous environnement Eclipse,
C++, Recherche Opérationnelle / Intelligence Artificielle: optimisation combinatoire, apprentissage
automatique, théorie des graphes.

Compétences complémentaires : Décision multicritère, aide à la décision, Optimisation convexe,
Traitement de l?incertitude

Contacts :
Christophe Labreuche (christophe.labreuche@thalesgroup.com)
et Florence Aligne (florence.aligne@thalesgroup.com).

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7- Job offer at Qucit, an innovative startup from Bordeaux
(source : N. Bonnotte)

Qucit is a young startup specialised in urban-mobility prediction and optimisation.
In Bordeaux, for instance, we provide our client with forecasts about the local
bikeshare system's use in the next 12 hours.
We are a small team of 8 people coming from various backgrounds (mathematics, computer
science, statistical physics, engineering, ...). For instance, my own PhD thesis was
about optimal transportation! We are looking for young PhDs and/or post-docs that are
interested by the full startup experience: versatile people eager to find better
mathematical models, but also ready to contribute in other ways as the needs arise.

Contact: Nicolas Bonnotte | nicolas.bonnotte@qucit.com | www.qucit.com

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8- Annonces de séminaires
(sources: T. Bayen, L. Bourdin, P.L. Combettes, V. Fruchard, J. Lamboley, B. Montjardet,
A. Rondepierre, G. Vigeral,)

Une rubrique pour signaler succinctement les séminaires ayant
lieu ce mois-ci et organisés dans nos laboratoires.
N'hésitez pas à l'alimenter, préférentiellement via un lien vers
la page du séminaire et une liste de conférenciers,

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Séminaire Parisien d'Optimisation (IHP, salle 05 ou 421)

http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.html

lundi 9 février :
15h : P. Cannarsa   (Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italie)
16h : M. Safey el Din   (Paris 6)

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Séminaire du programme PGMO, Amphi 2329 (ENSTA)

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar

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Groupe de Travail CalVa (université Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/fr/seminaires/gt_calcul_des_variations.html

lundi 2 mars :
10h : B. Ruffini
11h : P. Dondle
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Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-línéaire et EDP (Jussieu, salle 15-16-309)

http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html

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Séminaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)

http://projects.laas.fr/spot/

lundi 2 mars :
14h : J-F. Bonnans
15h : M. Teboulle
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Séminaire SAMOCOD (séminaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation Contrôle et Dynamique)

mardi 24 février (Université Montpellier 2, 10h-12h) :
10h : Aris Daniilidis - Université du Chili  (titre: à préciser)
11h : Emmanuel Trélat - UPMC

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Séminaire hebdomadaire de l'équipe MOD de l'Université de Limoges

https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36

vendredi 13 février : J. Cresson

vendredi 20 février : J. Backhoff

vendredi 6 mars : B. Nazaret

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Séminaire Parisien de Théorie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)

https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/

lundi 9 février : A. Gizatulina (Max Planck Institute)

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Séminaire de Mathématiques Discrètes, Optimisation et Décision, Centre d'Economie
de la Sorbonne et Université Paris 1

http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/

mardi 17 février : S. Courtin

**

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9- 6 day Spring School on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control, Freiburg, March 26-April 2, 2015
(source : M. Théra)

?Theory and Numerics of Nonlinear Model Predictive Control?
            on March 26 to April 2, 2015, in Freiburg, by
  J. Rawlings, J. Andersson, M. Zanon and M. Diehl

which might be interesting for some of your PhD students,
master students or industrial contacts.
It is co-sponsored by the EU project TEMPO on embedded optimization.
I would be grateful if you could help to distribute
the PDF announcement in your department.

See the flyer :

https://www.imtek.de/professuren/systemtheorie/events/dateien/flyerspringschool/at_download/file

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10- Optimization and Big Data 2015
(source : M. Théra)

Following two very successful workshops in the series ?Optimisation and Big Data?
run in 2012 and 2013; this is the third workshop in the series:

Optimization and Big Data 2015
May 6-8, 2015
Edinburgh (Informatics Forum & JCMB).

http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~prichtar/Optimization_and_Big_Data_2015/index.html

Keynote speaker: Arkadi Nemirovski (Georgia Tech)

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11- Atelier/conférence NCMIP 2015, parrainé par le GdR MOA
(source : D. Aussel)

This is a kind reminder for the 5th International Workshop on New Computational Methods
for Inverse Problems (ncmip 2015) organized by Institut Farman, which will be held on
May 29, 2015, at Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan.
You are kindly invited to submit a contribution to the workshop.

Submitted papers will be peer reviewed and accepted papers will be published by IOP
publishing ?Journal of Physics: Conference Series? both on-line and in a printed volume.

Submission deadline, February 22, 2015

more information here:   http://complement.farman.ens-cachan.fr/NCMIP_2015.html

Please note that the registration to the workshop is free.

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12- Registration and abstract submission for 17th British-French-German Conf. on Optimization
(source : M. Théra)

Registration and abstract submission are open for the 17th British-French-German Conference
on Optimization held at Imperial College London, UK, on June 15th-17th, 2015.

The conference will address all aspects of optimization and its applications, including
optimization theory and algorithm design, robust and stochastic optimization, variational
inequalities and convex analysis as well as applications in control theory, energy, finance,
operations management and engineering.

More information about the conference series, which started in Oberwolfach in 1980, can be
found at http://optimisation.doc.ic.ac.uk/bfg2015.

Further enquiries can also be sent to bfg2015@imperial.ac.uk.

Deadlines

27 Feb '15: Proposals deadline for invited sessions
06 Mar '15: Submission deadline for extended abstracts
13 Mar '15: Notification of abstract acceptance
08 May '15: Early registration deadline

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13- Conférence "Optimal Transport and Geometry"
(source : J. Bertrand)

Le groupe ANR GMT organise une conférence « Optimal Transport and Geometry »,
à Montpellier du 22 au 26 juin prochain. Il y aura deux mini-cours de Francesco Maggi
et Karl T. Sturm et une douzaine d?exposés.

Pour plus d?informations, voir http://www.math.univ-montp2.fr/anr-gmt/.

Les organisateurs,
Jérôme Bertrand & Philippe Castillon.

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14- Workshop on Computational Optimization (WCO'15), Lodz, Poland
(source : D. Aussel)

8th Workshop on Computational Optimization (WCO'15)
in the framework of the FEDERATED CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER SCIENCE AND
INFORMATION SYSTEMS (FedCSIS'14)
Lodz, Poland, 13-16 September, 2015
https://fedcsis.org/wco

Many real world problems arising in engineering, economics, medicine and
other domains can be formulated as optimization tasks. These problems
are frequently characterized by non-convex, non-differentiable,
discontinuous, noisy or dynamic objective functions and constraints
which ask for adequate computational methods.

The aim of this workshop is to stimulate the communication between
researchers working on different fields of optimization and
practitioners who need reliable and efficient computational optimization
methods.

We invite original contributions related to both theoretical and
practical aspects of optimization methods.

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15- Conference on Optimization and Control with Applications (6th OCA), Changsha
(source : )

The  6th International Conference on Optimization and Control with Applications
(6th OCA) is organised by Changsha University of Technology (China) and Curtin
University (Australia). It will be held on 12-16 December, 2015 in Changsha, China.
The co-chairs of the Organising committee are Mingyong Lai (President of Changsha
University of Technology) and Kok Lay Teo. The co-chairs of the International
Program Committee are Masao Fukushima and Jie Sun, while the co-chairs of the
Advisory Committee are Shu-Cherng Fan and T. Tanaka.

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16- Prix Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh 2014
(source : J-B. Caillau)

Le Comité du Prix Ibni a décidé à l'unanimité de proposer que le Prix soit attribué
à Monsieur David Jaures Fotsa Mbogne. David Jaures Fotsa Mbogne est un doctorant
camerounais, assistant a l'Universite de Ngaoundere, qui effectue sa these sur le
contrôle optimal des modeles d'équations de dérivees partielles en vue d'applications
en epidemiologie et ecologie, sous la direction de David Bekolle, codirigee par Elvis
Houpa et Michel Ndoumbe.

http://smf4.emath.fr/PrixIbni/Documents/proclamation-2014.pdf

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17- International Prize ?Enrico Magenes? 2015
(source : M. Théra)

The Italian Mathematical Union, in collaboration with the Department of Mathematics
?Felice Casorati? of the University of Pavia, the Institute of Applied Mathematics
and Information Technology IMATI-CNR ?Enrico Magenes?, the Laboratory for Modeling
and Scientific Computing MOX of Politecnico di Milano, students, colleagues and
friends of Enrico Magenes, invites applications and nominations for the

International Prize ?Enrico Magenes? 2015 amounting to 10.000 Euro.

The prize is awarded for outstanding achievements in the field of Analysis, either
Theoretical or Numerical, of Differential Models and their Applications.

The prize is open to any person born since January 1, 1970;
the deadline for applications and nominations is March 1, 2015.

Further information can be found on

http://umi.dm.unibo.it/en/unione-matematica-italiana-prizes/enrico-magenes-prize/Lettre MODE
janvier 2015 -- Bonne année !

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Envoyez vos contributions en format simple texte à
champion@univ-tln.fr avant la fin du mois.

Prière d'indiquer "pour la lettre MODE" dans l'objet.

L'inscription et la désinscription automatiques se font en écrivant à
lettre-mode-smai-request@emath.fr
et en mettant dans le sujet suivant le cas subscribe ou unsubscribe.

Vous pouvez également retrouver les lettres MODE sur le site :

http://smai.emath.fr/spip.php?article330&lang=fr

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Table des matières

0- Message du responsable du groupe MODE

-- Thèses et Postes
1- Offres de thèses au BCAM : deadline 30/03/2015
2- Postdoctoral Positions at CMM (Chile) - 2015
3- Postdoc en optimisation et contrôle - Valparaiso
4- Poste de maitre de conferences (Dijon)
5- Junior Professorship (W1) for Optimization (Tenure-Track) in Darmstadt

-- Conférences et évènements
6- Annonces de séminaires
7- Joint ORSC/EURO International Conference 2015 on Continuous Optimization, Shanghai
8- Conférence en l'honneur des 80 ans de T. Rockafellar
9- 5th International Workshop on New Computational Methods for Inverse Problems
10- Appel à mini-symposia pour le congrès SMAI 2015 (date limite le 30 janvier 2015)
11- Ecole d'été Juin 2015 Geometric measure theory and calculus of variations
12- International Thematic Week on "Smart Energy and Stochastic Optimization"
13- 27th European Conference on Operational Research,
14- International workshop on variational Analysis and Applications, Erice

-- Autres
15- PGMO 2015 Call for projects
16- Appel à projets PEPS CNRS
17- Prix G. Stampacchia

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0- Message du responsable du groupe MODE
(source : J.B. Caillau)

Chers collegues,

Meilleurs voeux a tous pour 2015.

L'analyse convexe est à l'honneur avec un numero special de Math. Programming et une
conference a l'occasion des 80 ans de R. T. Rockafellar en mai :

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/mpB2014.pdf
http://terryfest2015.xlim.fr

Autres dates importantes pour notre communaute scientifique :

- la 17eme edition de la British-French-German Conference se tiendra a Londres du 15 au
17 juin prochains ; inscriptions et soumissions ouvertes :
http://optimisation.doc.ic.ac.uk/bfg2015

- l'appel a projets 2015 du Programme Gaspard Monge pour l'Optimisation et la Recherche
operationnelle est en ligne jusqu'au 28/02/2015 :
http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/fr/PGMO/call

2015 est une annee de congres SMAI (du 8 au 12 juin), il est important que nos thematiques
de recherche soient representees ; appel a mini-symposia ci-apres :

http://smai.emath.fr/smai2015/appel_communications.php

Notez finalement qu'en 2016 les journees SMAI-MODE se derouleront a Toulouse du 23 au 25 mars.

Jean-Baptiste Caillau

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1- Offres de thèses au BCAM : deadline 30/03/2015
(source : J.B. Caillau)

Voir le site : http://www.bcamath.org/en/research/job

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2- Postdoctoral Positions at CMM (Chile) - 2015
(source : A. Joffre)

Applications are invited for several postdoctoral positions at the Center
for Mathematical Modeling (CMM) of Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
(www.cmm.uchile.cl).
Besides the fundamental and applied areas cultivated at CMM we encourage
candidates to apply in themes currently developed at CMM (see Applied
Research section at CMM´s website and laboratories).
Monthly salary will be $ 1.800.000 (Chilean Pesos) before taxes, about
US$ 3000. For 12 months. As a reference, the rent of a furnished apartment
near CMM is about US$800 per month. Flight Ticket (round trip) will be
covered.
Candidates should exhibit evidence of outstanding research potential and to
have received a Ph.D. degree in mathematics or related fields by the
beginning of the appointment, and not before 2009. They are expected to
dedicate fully to research in an active research-oriented environment, with
no teaching duties, funding for participating in conferences/workshop abroad
during the stay. Spanish language is not required. Positions are for one year,
renewable for up to three years. Appointments do not have a fixed starting
date but should preferably start by September 2015 or before. Possibility to
apply for national grants in case of a longer stay is also open.
Candidates should submit curriculum vitae, research statement and arrange at
least three recommendation letters sent no later than 15 January 2014, by email
to Maria Ines Rivera mrivera@dim.uchile.cl, and hard copies to: POSTDOCTORAL
SEARCH COMMITTEE Center for Mathematical Modeling Universidad de Chile,
Beauchef 851, Edificio Central, Santiago, CHILE

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3- Postdoc en optimisation et contrôle - Valparaiso
(source : D. Aussel, J.B. Caillau)

Veuillez trouver un appel pour un poste de postdoc en optimisation et contrôle à
l'Université Federico Santa María, date limite 15 janvier :

https://www.dropbox.com/s/v571j7ncl7kwsut/Postdoc_acpa-1501.pdf?dl=0

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4- Poste de maitre de conferences (Dijon)
(source : J.B. Caillau)

L'Université de Bourgogne recrute un maître de conférences à la rentrée 2015.
Le candidat effectuera sa recherche au sein de l'Institut de Mathématiques de
Bourgogne (UMR 5584 du CNRS). Les compétences du laboratoire recouvrent des
domaines variés tels que la géométrie et les systèmes dynamiques, la physique
mathématique, le contrôle et l'optimisation, les probabilités et les statistiques.
Les axes de recherche prioritaires pour ce poste sont les suivants :
- optimisation, contrôle
- statistique, probabilités
- EDP non linéaires
Les candidats montrant un potentiel de collaborations avec d'autres disciplines,
en particulier au sein de l'IUT de Dijon-Auxerre et de son département « Gestion
des Entreprises et Administrations (GEA) », seront particulièrement pris en
considération.

http://math.u-bourgogne.fr

Contact : S. Herrmann (samuel.herrmann@u-bourgogne.fr)

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5- Junior Professorship (W1) for Optimization (Tenure-Track) in Darmstadt
(source : M. Théra)

The Graduate School of Computational Engineering (CE) and the Department of
Mathematics at the Technische Universität Darmstadt are inviting applications
or a Junior Professorship (W1) for Optimization (Tenure-Track) in the Department
of Mathematics.

The research field of the candidates should complement the topics represented
in the research group optimization. Candidates should have expertise in at least
one of the following areas:
* Optimization with PDEs
* Discrete-continuous optimal control
* Discrete and combinatorial optimization

The ability for collaboration within the optimization group, to contribute to
interdisciplinary research projects and to cooperate with other fields of science
within the Graduate School of Computational Engineering is required.

The Graduate School CE has been recognized as a center for top-level research and
scientific excellence by the highly competitive "Excellence  Initiative" of the
German Federal and State Governments in 2007 and 2012. Within the framework of
the Graduate School the TU Darmstadt intends to further strengthen its expertise
in the field ofComputational Engineering and in the area of optimization in particular.
The Graduate School is embedded into an excellent environment at TU Darmstadt
consisting of the Computational Engineering Research Center, a variety of Research
and Research Training Groups, Collaborative Research Centers and existing BSc/MSc
study programs in Computational Engineering.

The candidates will have excellent opportunities for interaction within this
stimulating, interdisciplinary environment and are expected to develop a high
quality research program. The Graduate School will support the activities by PhD
scholarships related to each position in order to establish a Junior Research Group.

Applicants should hold an excellent PhD or equivalent qualifications in the above
or a related area. The prerequisites according to §64 HHG (Hessisches Hochschulgesetz)
apply. The doctorate and the experience as post-doctoral researcher should not have
exceeded a total of 6 years. Besides scientific qualification, didactic skills are
essential. Successful candidates are expected to teach classes primarily in German
for all mathematical degrees and at a later stage also for engineering and science
students.

The position has a tenure-track option. It is initially assigned for three years at
W1-level. Given a positive evaluation at the end of the initial period, the appointment
can be extended by three more years. After a successful tenure evaluation the position
is converted to a permanent W2-position.

The Technische Universität Darmstadt intends to increase the number of female faculty
members and encourages female candidates to apply. In case of equal qualifications
applicants with a degree of disability of at least 50 or equal will be given preference.

Qualified applicants should submit a letter of application, a curriculum vitae,
research records and teaching records in electronic form to
bewerbung@mathematik.tu-darmstadt.de
quoting the reference number in the subject.

Code. No. 481

Application deadline: January 31, 2015

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6- Annonces de séminaires
(sources: T. Bayen, L. Bourdin, P.L. Combettes, V. Fruchard, J. Lamboley, B. Montjardet,
A. Rondepierre, G. Vigeral,)

Une rubrique pour signaler succinctement les séminaires ayant
lieu ce mois-ci et organisés dans nos laboratoires.
N'hésitez pas à l'alimenter, préférentiellement via un lien vers
la page du séminaire et une liste de conférenciers,

**
Séminaire Parisien d'Optimisation (IHP, salle 05 ou 421)

http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.html

lundi 19 janvier :
15h : G. Barles (Tours)
16h : M. Bacak (Max Planck Gesellschaft, Allemagne)

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Séminaire du programme PGMO, Amphi 2329 (ENSTA)

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar

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Groupe de Travail CalVa (université Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)

contact : lamboley@ceremade.dauphine.fr

lundi 12 janvier :
10h : S. Armstrong
11h : C. Imbert
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Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-línéaire et EDP (Jussieu, salle 15-16-309)

http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html

**
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Séminaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)

http://projects.laas.fr/spot/

**
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Séminaire SAMOCOD (séminaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation Contrôle et Dynamique)

**
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Séminaire hebdomadaire de l'équipe MOD de l'Université de Limoges

https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36

vendredi 23 janvier : V.V. Nguyen (Limoges)

vendredi 30 janvier : F. Ezzahra Saissi (Limoges)

vendredi 6 février : E. Ocana (Lima)

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**
Séminaire Parisien de Théorie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)

https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/

lundi 12 janvier :
11h : T. Tomala (HEC)

lundi 19 janvier :
11h : R. Combes (Supelec)

lundi 15 décembre :
11h : P. Coucheney (Versailles)

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**
Séminaire de Mathématiques Discrètes, Optimisation et Décision, Centre d'Economie
de la Sorbonne et Université Paris 1

http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/

mardi 13 janvier
11h : S. Destercke

mardi 20 janvier
11h : G. Koshevoy

mardi 3 février
11h : N. Schabanel

**

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7- Joint ORSC/EURO International Conference 2015 on Continuous Optimization, Shanghai
(source : D. Aussel)

Shanghai, China, May 10-12, 2015

Overview

Continuous optimization is a highly interconnected field, having close
relationships to the other areas of OR, with scientific computing and
numerical analysis, and with numerous application areas. In order to
promote academic communication and cooperation between Chinese and
European researchers and practitioners in the field of continuous
optimization, Operations Research Society of China (ORSC) and the
Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO) will
organize the Joint ORSC/EURO International Conference 2015 on
Continuous Optimization during May 10-12, 2015. Dr. Xiaodong Hu (the
President of ORSC) and Dr. Gerhard Wäscher (President of EURO) are
co-chairs of the conference, Dr. Yuhong Dai (President of the Math
Programming Subsociety of ORSC) and Dr. Julius Zilinskas (Chair of
EUROPT Managing Board) are the co-chairs of program committee and Dr.
Yanqin Bai (Shanghai University, Shanghai) and Dr. Gerhard-Wilhelm
Weber (Middle East Technical University, Ankara) are the co-chairs of
organization committee.

Full papers could be submitted after the conference to the special
issue of Journal of the Operations Research Society of China to be
published by the end of 2015.

Deadlines & Important Dates

* Abstract submissions: February 13, 2015
* Notification of acceptance of abstracts: February 27, 2015
* Online registration/room reservation: March 13, 2015
* On-site registration: May 10, 2015
* Conference dates: May 11-12, 2015
* Full paper submissions for special issue: July 10, 2015
* Notification of acceptance of full papers: October 9, 2015
* Final version submissions: November 13, 2015

Conference Venue and Website

The conference will be held in Shanghai, the largest Chinese city by
population and described as the "showpiece" of the booming economy of
mainland China. The conference venue is New LeHuLou Hotel in Shanghai
University located in the heart of Shanghai. More information could be
found at the conference website
http://orsc-euro2015.csp.escience.cn.

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8- Conférence en l'honneur des 80 ans de T. Rockafellar
(source : J.B. Caillau)

du 18-22 mai 2015, Limoges

http://terryfest2015.xlim.fr

The main objective of this conference  is to provide a forum for reporting new results
and exchanging ideas  in the area of variational analysis, optimization and mathematical
finance. A wide range of topics will be covered with focus on the following subjects:

   Variational Analysis
   Continuous Optimization
   Convex Analysis
   Optimal Control Theory
   Stochastic Programming
   Risk Management and Quantitative Finance

The conference is dedicated to Professor R. Tyrrell Rockafellar on the occasion of his
80th birthday, and to honor his exceptional contributions to mathematics and particularly
to variational analysis and optimization. Distinguished scientists from around the world
will join us in Limoges to give talks, participate in discussions, enjoy a rich social
program and celebrate Terry?s birthday.

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9- 5th International Workshop on New Computational Methods for Inverse Problems
(source : D. Aussel)

We are pleased to inform you that the 5th International Workshop on New Computational
Methods for Inverse Problems :

http://complement.farman.ens-cachan.fr/NCMIP_2015.html

organized by Institut Farman, will be held on May 29, 2015, at Ecole Normale Supérieure
de Cachan.

You are kindly invited to submit a contribution to the workshop and to advertise the
following call for paper :

http://complement.farman.ens-cachan.fr/documents_web_NCMIP_2015/NCMIP_2015.pdf

Eric Vourc?h and Thomas Rodet
co-chair of NCMIP 2015

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10- Appel à mini-symposia pour le congrès SMAI 2015 (date limite le 30 janvier 2015)
(source : J.B. Caillau, C. Chalons)

Le Congrès SMAI 2015 aura lieu du 8 au 12 juin 2015 au Karellis en Savoie

http://smai.emath.fr/smai2015/

Ce congrès biennal a pour but de rassembler toute la communauté
française de mathématiques appliquées dans ses diverses composantes. Il
comprend aussi des minisymposia thématiques d'une durée d'une heure et
demie dont l'importance est fondamentale, en particulier par la variété
des thèmes présentés.

Un appel à candidatures est donc lancé pour l'organisation de ces
minisymposia.

Merci aux personnes intéressées d'envoyer dès que possible, et en tous
cas avant le 30 janvier (date limite) à l'adresse

ms-smai2015@smai.emath.fr

une proposition indiquant
* le nom de l'organisateur et son email,
* le titre du mini-symposium proposé et une description de quelques lignes,
* la liste des orateurs pressentis.

Les projets de minisymposia portés directement ou indirectement par des
ANR, GdR  ou collaboration avec des entreprises sont particulièrement
encouragés. L'organisateur d'un minisymposium sera exonéré des droits
d'inscription au congrès. La liste des minisymposia retenus sera connue
milieu février.

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11- Ecole d'été Juin 2015 Geometric measure theory and calculus of variations
(source : J. Lamboley)

Nous sommes heureux d?annoncer la tenue de l?école d?été « GEOMETRIC MEASURE
THEORY AND CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS: theory and applications » qui aura lieu à
Grenoble du 15 juin au 3 juillet 2015.

Le programme est disponible sur le site suivant:

http://if-summer2015.sciencesconf.org

Merci de diffuser cette annonce le plus largement possible.

Antoine Lemenant

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12- International Thematic Week on "Smart Energy and Stochastic Optimization"
(source : M. De Lara)

following SESO 2014, http://cermics.enpc.fr/~delara/SESO2014/SESO2014/

we will organize an International Thematic Week on
"Smart Energy and Stochastic Optimization" (SESO 2015)
from Monday 22 to Friday 26 June, 2015.

If you are interested, you can already book the dates.
We will provide more information during the first months of 2015.

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13- 27th European Conference on Operational Research,
(source : M. Théra)

July 12-15, 2015, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

http://www.euro2015.org/

Second CALL FOR PAPERS

The next European Conference on Operational Research, EURO 2015:
Operational Research In Practice, will take place at the University of
Strathclyde's new Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow. It is
the place to present your work and find out about other cutting edge
ideas emerging from the Operational Research community. Glasgow is
very lively city, and we have a great social programme to look forward
to.

Researchers, academics, practitioners, and students interested in any
branch of Operational Research, mathematical modelling or economic
analysis are invited to submit abstracts or organize sessions.

The deadline for abstract submissions is March 16, 2015, but if you
are interested in organizing a session then you should contact the
Programme Committee. More information is on the website, including
details of the main topical areas, the Programme and Organizing
Committee members, and details of how to submit your abstract.

Submit your Abstract now: http://www.euro-online.org/conf/euro27/.

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14- International workshop on variational Analysis and Applications, Erice
(source : M. Théra)

The  International Workshop on VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS
will be held at Erice (Sicily) during the period August 28 ? September
5, 2015 under the auspices of the International School of Mathematics
G. STAMPACCHIA, directed by P. Daniele ? C. De Lellis ? A. Maugeri ?
R.T. Rockafellar ? M. Théra.

http://varana.org/international-workshop/

August 28th is the day of arrivals and September 5th is the day of
departures and there will be no lectures on those days. A shuttle
service from the airports of Palermo and Trapani will be provided, in
those days, both for arrival and departure of the participants.

The sessions of September 3 and 4 will be dedicated to Professor
Antonino Maugeri in the occasion of his retirement.

The proceedings of the special session dedicated to Professor Maugeri,
but extended also to all the participants in the international
workshop, will be published in a special issue of Journal of Convex
Analysis, edited by P. Daniele, F. Giannessi and M. Théra. The
deadline for submitting the contribution is November 1, 2015.

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15- PGMO 2015 Call for projects
(source : J.B. Caillau, PGMO)

The new PGMO call for project is on line on the PGMO Web site :

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/pgmo/call

Projects can be submitted till february 28
Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any question.
If you wish to submit an IROE project, please get in touch with us as soon as possible.

Best regards,

The PGMO executive board

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16- Appel à projets PEPS CNRS
(source : J. Renault)

je tiens à attirer votre attention sur l'appel à projets PEPS
interdisciplinaires du CNRS intitulé

"Modèles Mathématiques et Interactions Sociales"

              http://www.cnrs.fr/mi/spip.php?article615

et dans lequel je vous encourage très fortement à candidater. Le dossier est
très léger et requiert juste des équipes faisant intervenir différentes
disciplines (par exemple des mathématiciens avec des économistes, des
informaticiens, des sociologues, etc).

La date limite de candidature est le

              jeudi 12 février 2015.

N'hésitez pas à me solliciter pour plus de détails. Pour des
renseignements de type administratif, il faut contacter la mission pour
l'interdisciplinarité (Mi.contact@cnrs.fr).

Merci de transmettre ce message à tous ceux qui pourraient être intéressés.

Mathieu Lewin

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17- Prix G. Stampacchia.
(source : J.B. Caillau, M. Théra)

A Gold Medal in honour of Guido Stampacchia will
be assigned for the fifth time, after an international competition, to
a young mathematician whose age be not greater than 35 on December 31st 2015, for his/her scientific contribution in the
field of Variational Analysis. The medal will be awarded during VARANA'2015 (http://varana.org/international-workshop). If you want to suggest someone for the
award, please, send motivation and his/her CV before March 31st 2015 to:

Commissione Premio Stampacchia
Unione Matematica Italiana
Dipartimento di Matematica
Piazza Porta San Donato 5
40126 BOLOGNA (ITALY)
Lettre MODEjanvier 2015 -- Bonne annÃ©e !-----------------------------------------------------------Envoyez vos contributions en format simple texte Ã champion@univ-tln.fr avant la fin du mois.PriÃ¨re d'indiquer "pour la lettre MODE" dans l'objet.L'inscription et la dÃ©sinscription automatiques se font en Ã©crivant Ã lettre-mode-smai-request@emath.fret en mettant dans le sujet suivant le cas subscribe ou unsubscribe.Vous pouvez Ã©galement retrouver les lettres MODE sur le site :http://smai.emath.fr/spip.php?article330&lang=fr-------------------------------------------------------------Table des matiÃ¨res0- Message du responsable du groupe MODE-- ThÃ¨ses et Postes1- Offres de thÃ¨ses au BCAM : deadline 30/03/20152- Postdoctoral Positions at CMM (Chile) - 20153- Postdoc en optimisation et contrÃ´le - Valparaiso4- Poste de maitre de conferences (Dijon)5- Junior Professorship (W1) for Optimization (Tenure-Track) in Darmstadt-- ConfÃ©rences et Ã©vÃ¨nements6- Annonces de sÃ©minaires7- Joint ORSC/EURO International Conference 2015 on Continuous Optimization, Shanghai8- ConfÃ©rence en l'honneur des 80 ans de T. Rockafellar9- 5th International Workshop on New Computational Methods for Inverse Problems10- Appel Ã  mini-symposia pour le congrÃ¨s SMAI 2015 (date limite le 30 janvier 2015)11- Ecole d'Ã©tÃ© Juin 2015 Geometric measure theory and calculus of variations12- International Thematic Week on "Smart Energy and Stochastic Optimization"13- 27th European Conference on Operational Research,14- International workshop on variational Analysis and Applications, Erice-- Autres15- PGMO 2015 Call for projects16- Appel Ã  projets PEPS CNRS17- Prix G. Stampacchia--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0- Message du responsable du groupe MODE(source : J.B. Caillau)Chers collegues,Meilleurs voeux a tous pour 2015.L'analyse convexe est Ã  l'honneur avec un numero special de Math. Programming et uneconference a l'occasion des 80 ans de R. T. Rockafellar en mai :https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/mpB2014.pdfhttp://terryfest2015.xlim.frAutres dates importantes pour notre communaute scientifique :- la 17eme edition de la British-French-German Conference se tiendra a Londres du 15 au17 juin prochains ; inscriptions et soumissions ouvertes :http://optimisation.doc.ic.ac.uk/bfg2015- l'appel a projets 2015 du Programme Gaspard Monge pour l'Optimisation et la Rechercheoperationnelle est en ligne jusqu'au 28/02/2015 :http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/fr/PGMO/call2015 est une annee de congres SMAI (du 8 au 12 juin), il est important que nos thematiquesde recherche soient representees ; appel a mini-symposia ci-apres :http://smai.emath.fr/smai2015/appel_communications.phpNotez finalement qu'en 2016 les journees SMAI-MODE se derouleront a Toulouse du 23 au 25 mars.Jean-Baptiste Caillau-------------------------------------------------------------1- Offres de thÃ¨ses au BCAM : deadline 30/03/2015(source : J.B. Caillau)Voir le site : http://www.bcamath.org/en/research/job-------------------------------------------------------------2- Postdoctoral Positions at CMM (Chile) - 2015(source : A. Joffre)Applications are invited for several postdoctoral positions at the Centerfor Mathematical Modeling (CMM) of Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile(www.cmm.uchile.cl).Besides the fundamental and applied areas cultivated at CMM we encouragecandidates to apply in themes currently developed at CMM (see AppliedResearch section at CMMÂ´s website and laboratories).Monthly salary will be $ 1.800.000 (Chilean Pesos) before taxes, aboutUS$ 3000. For 12 months. As a reference, the rent of a furnished apartmentnear CMM is about US$800 per month. Flight Ticket (round trip) will becovered.Candidates should exhibit evidence of outstanding research potential and tohave received a Ph.D. degree in mathematics or related fields by thebeginning of the appointment, and not before 2009. They are expected todedicate fully to research in an active research-oriented environment, withno teaching duties, funding for participating in conferences/workshop abroadduring the stay. Spanish language is not required. Positions are for one year,renewable for up to three years. Appointments do not have a fixed startingdate but should preferably start by September 2015 or before. Possibility toapply for national grants in case of a longer stay is also open.Candidates should submit curriculum vitae, research statement and arrange atleast three recommendation letters sent no later than 15 January 2014, by emailto Maria Ines Rivera mrivera@dim.uchile.cl, and hard copies to: POSTDOCTORALSEARCH COMMITTEE Center for Mathematical Modeling Universidad de Chile,Beauchef 851, Edificio Central, Santiago, CHILE-------------------------------------------------------------3- Postdoc en optimisation et contrÃ´le - Valparaiso(source : D. Aussel, J.B. Caillau)Veuillez trouver un appel pour un poste de postdoc en optimisation et contrÃ´le Ã l'UniversitÃ© Federico Santa MarÃ­a, date limite 15 janvier :https://www.dropbox.com/s/v571j7ncl7kwsut/Postdoc_acpa-1501.pdf?dl=0-------------------------------------------------------------4- Poste de maitre de conferences (Dijon)(source : J.B. Caillau)L'UniversitÃ© de Bourgogne recrute un maÃ®tre de confÃ©rences Ã  la rentrÃ©e 2015.Le candidat effectuera sa recherche au sein de l'Institut de MathÃ©matiques deBourgogne (UMR 5584 du CNRS). Les compÃ©tences du laboratoire recouvrent desdomaines variÃ©s tels que la gÃ©omÃ©trie et les systÃ¨mes dynamiques, la physiquemathÃ©matique, le contrÃ´le et l'optimisation, les probabilitÃ©s et les statistiques.Les axes de recherche prioritaires pour ce poste sont les suivants :- optimisation, contrÃ´le- statistique, probabilitÃ©s- EDP non linÃ©airesLes candidats montrant un potentiel de collaborations avec d'autres disciplines,en particulier au sein de l'IUT de Dijon-Auxerre et de son dÃ©partement Â« Gestiondes Entreprises et Administrations (GEA) Â», seront particuliÃ¨rement pris enconsidÃ©ration.http://math.u-bourgogne.frContact : S. Herrmann (samuel.herrmann@u-bourgogne.fr)-------------------------------------------------------------5- Junior Professorship (W1) for Optimization (Tenure-Track) in Darmstadt(source : M. ThÃ©ra)The Graduate School of Computational Engineering (CE) and the Department ofMathematics at the Technische UniversitÃ¤t Darmstadt are inviting applicationsor a Junior Professorship (W1) for Optimization (Tenure-Track) in the Departmentof Mathematics.The research field of the candidates should complement the topics representedin the research group optimization. Candidates should have expertise in at leastone of the following areas:* Optimization with PDEs* Discrete-continuous optimal control* Discrete and combinatorial optimizationThe ability for collaboration within the optimization group, to contribute tointerdisciplinary research projects and to cooperate with other fields of sciencewithin the Graduate School of Computational Engineering is required.The Graduate School CE has been recognized as a center for top-level research andscientific excellence by the highly competitive "Excellence Â Initiative" of theGerman Federal and State Governments in 2007 and 2012. Within the framework ofthe Graduate School the TU Darmstadt intends to further strengthen its expertisein the field ofComputational Engineering and in the area of optimization in particular.The Graduate School is embedded into an excellent environment at TU Darmstadtconsisting of the Computational Engineering Research Center, a variety of Researchand Research Training Groups, Collaborative Research Centers and existing BSc/MScstudy programs in Computational Engineering.The candidates will have excellent opportunities for interaction within thisstimulating, interdisciplinary environment and are expected to develop a highquality research program. The Graduate School will support the activities by PhDscholarships related to each position in order to establish a Junior Research Group.Applicants should hold an excellent PhD or equivalent qualifications in the aboveor a related area. The prerequisites according to Â§64 HHG (Hessisches Hochschulgesetz)apply. The doctorate and the experience as post-doctoral researcher should not haveexceeded a total of 6 years. Besides scientific qualification, didactic skills areessential. Successful candidates are expected to teach classes primarily in Germanfor all mathematical degrees and at a later stage also for engineering and sciencestudents.The position has a tenure-track option. It is initially assigned for three years atW1-level. Given a positive evaluation at the end of the initial period, the appointmentcan be extended by three more years. After a successful tenure evaluation the positionis converted to a permanent W2-position.The Technische UniversitÃ¤t Darmstadt intends to increase the number of female facultymembers and encourages female candidates to apply. In case of equal qualificationsapplicants with a degree of disability of at least 50 or equal will be given preference.Qualified applicants should submit a letter of application, a curriculum vitae,research records and teaching records in electronic form tobewerbung@mathematik.tu-darmstadt.dequoting the reference number in the subject.Code. No. 481Application deadline: January 31, 2015-------------------------------------------------------------6- Annonces de sÃ©minaires(sources: T. Bayen, L. Bourdin, P.L. Combettes, V. Fruchard, J. Lamboley, B. Montjardet,A. Rondepierre, G. Vigeral,)Une rubrique pour signaler succinctement les sÃ©minaires ayantlieu ce mois-ci et organisÃ©s dans nos laboratoires.N'hÃ©sitez pas Ã  l'alimenter, prÃ©fÃ©rentiellement via un lien versla page du sÃ©minaire et une liste de confÃ©renciers,**SÃ©minaire Parisien d'Optimisation (IHP, salle 05 ou 421)http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.htmllundi 19 janvier :15h : G. Barles (Tours)16h : M. Bacak (Max Planck Gesellschaft, Allemagne)****SÃ©minaire du programme PGMO, Amphi 2329 (ENSTA)http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar****Groupe de Travail CalVa (universitÃ© Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)contact : lamboley@ceremade.dauphine.frlundi 12 janvier :10h : S. Armstrong11h : C. Imbert****Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-lÃ­nÃ©aire et EDP (Jussieu, salle 15-16-309)http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html****SÃ©minaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)http://projects.laas.fr/spot/****SÃ©minaire SAMOCOD (sÃ©minaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation ContrÃ´le et Dynamique)****SÃ©minaire hebdomadaire de l'Ã©quipe MOD de l'UniversitÃ© de Limogeshttps://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36vendredi 23 janvier : V.V. Nguyen (Limoges)vendredi 30 janvier : F. Ezzahra Saissi (Limoges)vendredi 6 fÃ©vrier : E. Ocana (Lima)****SÃ©minaire Parisien de ThÃ©orie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/lundi 12 janvier :11h : T. Tomala (HEC)lundi 19 janvier :11h : R. Combes (Supelec)lundi 15 dÃ©cembre :11h : P. Coucheney (Versailles)****SÃ©minaire de MathÃ©matiques DiscrÃ¨tes, Optimisation et DÃ©cision, Centre d'Economiede la Sorbonne et UniversitÃ© Paris 1http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/mardi 13 janvier11h : S. Desterckemardi 20 janvier11h : G. Koshevoymardi 3 fÃ©vrier11h : N. Schabanel**-------------------------------------------------------------7- Joint ORSC/EURO International Conference 2015 on Continuous Optimization, Shanghai(source : D. Aussel)Shanghai, China, May 10-12, 2015OverviewContinuous optimization is a highly interconnected field, having closerelationships to the other areas of OR, with scientific computing andnumerical analysis, and with numerous application areas. In order topromote academic communication and cooperation between Chinese andEuropean researchers and practitioners in the field of continuousoptimization, Operations Research Society of China (ORSC) and theAssociation of European Operational Research Societies (EURO) willorganize the Joint ORSC/EURO International Conference 2015 onContinuous Optimization during May 10-12, 2015. Dr. Xiaodong Hu (thePresident of ORSC) and Dr. Gerhard WÃ¤scher (President of EURO) areco-chairs of the conference, Dr. Yuhong Dai (President of the MathProgramming Subsociety of ORSC) and Dr. Julius Zilinskas (Chair ofEUROPT Managing Board) are the co-chairs of program committee and Dr.Yanqin Bai (Shanghai University, Shanghai) and Dr. Gerhard-WilhelmWeber (Middle East Technical University, Ankara) are the co-chairs oforganization committee.Full papers could be submitted after the conference to the specialissue of Journal of the Operations Research Society of China to bepublished by the end of 2015.Deadlines & Important Dates* Abstract submissions: February 13, 2015* Notification of acceptance of abstracts: February 27, 2015* Online registration/room reservation: March 13, 2015* On-site registration: May 10, 2015* Conference dates: May 11-12, 2015* Full paper submissions for special issue: July 10, 2015* Notification of acceptance of full papers: October 9, 2015* Final version submissions: November 13, 2015Conference Venue and WebsiteThe conference will be held in Shanghai, the largest Chinese city bypopulation and described as the "showpiece" of the booming economy ofmainland China. The conference venue is New LeHuLou Hotel in ShanghaiUniversity located in the heart of Shanghai. More information could befound at the conference websitehttp://orsc-euro2015.csp.escience.cn.-------------------------------------------------------------8- ConfÃ©rence en l'honneur des 80 ans de T. Rockafellar(source : J.B. Caillau)du 18-22 mai 2015, Limogeshttp://terryfest2015.xlim.frThe main objective of this conference Â is to provide a forum for reporting new resultsand exchanging ideas Â in the area of variational analysis, optimization and mathematicalfinance. A wide range of topics will be covered with focus on the following subjects:Â Â Â Variational AnalysisÂ Â Â Continuous OptimizationÂ Â Â Convex AnalysisÂ Â Â Optimal Control TheoryÂ Â Â Stochastic ProgrammingÂ Â Â Risk Management and Quantitative FinanceThe conference is dedicated to Professor R. Tyrrell Rockafellar on the occasion of his80th birthday, and to honor his exceptional contributions to mathematics and particularlyto variational analysis and optimization. Distinguished scientists from around the worldwill join us in Limoges to give talks, participate in discussions, enjoy a rich socialprogram and celebrate Terry?s birthday.-------------------------------------------------------------9- 5th International Workshop on New Computational Methods for Inverse Problems(source : D. Aussel)We are pleased to inform you that the 5th International Workshop on New ComputationalMethods for Inverse Problems :http://complement.farman.ens-cachan.fr/NCMIP_2015.htmlorganized by Institut Farman, will be held on May 29, 2015, at Ecole Normale SupÃ©rieurede Cachan.You are kindly invited to submit a contribution to the workshop and to advertise thefollowing call for paper :http://complement.farman.ens-cachan.fr/documents_web_NCMIP_2015/NCMIP_2015.pdfEric Vourc?h and Thomas Rodetco-chair of NCMIP 2015-------------------------------------------------------------10- Appel Ã  mini-symposia pour le congrÃ¨s SMAI 2015 (date limite le 30 janvier 2015)(source : J.B. Caillau, C. Chalons)Le CongrÃ¨s SMAI 2015 aura lieu du 8 au 12 juin 2015 au Karellis en Savoiehttp://smai.emath.fr/smai2015/Ce congrÃ¨s biennal a pour but de rassembler toute la communautÃ©franÃ§aise de mathÃ©matiques appliquÃ©es dans ses diverses composantes. Ilcomprend aussi des minisymposia thÃ©matiques d'une durÃ©e d'une heure etdemie dont l'importance est fondamentale, en particulier par la variÃ©tÃ©des thÃ¨mes prÃ©sentÃ©s.Un appel Ã  candidatures est donc lancÃ© pour l'organisation de cesminisymposia.Merci aux personnes intÃ©ressÃ©es d'envoyer dÃ¨s que possible, et en touscas avant le 30 janvier (date limite) Ã  l'adressems-smai2015@smai.emath.frune proposition indiquant* le nom de l'organisateur et son email,* le titre du mini-symposium proposÃ© et une description de quelques lignes,* la liste des orateurs pressentis.Les projets de minisymposia portÃ©s directement ou indirectement par desANR, GdR Â ou collaboration avec des entreprises sont particuliÃ¨rementencouragÃ©s. L'organisateur d'un minisymposium sera exonÃ©rÃ© des droitsd'inscription au congrÃ¨s. La liste des minisymposia retenus sera connuemilieu fÃ©vrier.-------------------------------------------------------------11- Ecole d'Ã©tÃ© Juin 2015 Geometric measure theory and calculus of variations(source : J. Lamboley)Nous sommes heureux d?annoncer la tenue de l?Ã©cole d?Ã©tÃ© Â« GEOMETRIC MEASURETHEORY AND CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS: theory and applications Â» qui aura lieu Ã Grenoble du 15 juin au 3 juillet 2015.Le programme est disponible sur le site suivant:http://if-summer2015.sciencesconf.orgMerci de diffuser cette annonce le plus largement possible.Antoine Lemenant-------------------------------------------------------------12- International Thematic Week on "Smart Energy and Stochastic Optimization"(source : M. De Lara)following SESO 2014, http://cermics.enpc.fr/~delara/SESO2014/SESO2014/we will organize an International Thematic Week on"Smart Energy and Stochastic Optimization" (SESO 2015)from Monday 22 to Friday 26 June, 2015.If you are interested, you can already book the dates.We will provide more information during the first months of 2015.-------------------------------------------------------------13- 27th European Conference on Operational Research,(source : M. ThÃ©ra)July 12-15, 2015, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UKhttp://www.euro2015.org/Second CALL FOR PAPERSThe next European Conference on Operational Research, EURO 2015:Operational Research In Practice, will take place at the University ofStrathclyde's new Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow. It isthe place to present your work and find out about other cutting edgeideas emerging from the Operational Research community. Glasgow isvery lively city, and we have a great social programme to look forwardto.Researchers, academics, practitioners, and students interested in anybranch of Operational Research, mathematical modelling or economicanalysis are invited to submit abstracts or organize sessions.The deadline for abstract submissions is March 16, 2015, but if youare interested in organizing a session then you should contact theProgramme Committee. More information is on the website, includingdetails of the main topical areas, the Programme and OrganizingCommittee members, and details of how to submit your abstract.Submit your Abstract now: http://www.euro-online.org/conf/euro27/.-------------------------------------------------------------14- International workshop on variational Analysis and Applications, Erice(source : M. ThÃ©ra)The Â International Workshop on VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONSwill be held at Erice (Sicily) during the period August 28 ? September5, 2015 under the auspices of the International School of MathematicsG. STAMPACCHIA, directed by P. Daniele ? C. De Lellis ? A. Maugeri ?R.T. Rockafellar ? M. ThÃ©ra.http://varana.org/international-workshop/August 28th is the day of arrivals and September 5th is the day ofdepartures and there will be no lectures on those days. A shuttleservice from the airports of Palermo and Trapani will be provided, inthose days, both for arrival and departure of the participants.The sessions of September 3 and 4 will be dedicated to ProfessorAntonino Maugeri in the occasion of his retirement.The proceedings of the special session dedicated to Professor Maugeri,but extended also to all the participants in the internationalworkshop, will be published in a special issue of Journal of ConvexAnalysis, edited by P. Daniele, F. Giannessi and M. ThÃ©ra. Thedeadline for submitting the contribution is November 1, 2015.-------------------------------------------------------------15- PGMO 2015 Call for projects(source : J.B. Caillau, PGMO)The new PGMO call for project is on line on the PGMO Web site :http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/pgmo/callProjects can be submitted till february 28Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any question.If you wish to submit an IROE project, please get in touch with us as soon as possible.Best regards,The PGMO executive board-------------------------------------------------------------16- Appel Ã  projets PEPS CNRS(source : J. Renault)je tiens Ã  attirer votre attention sur l'appel Ã  projets PEPSinterdisciplinaires du CNRS intitulÃ©"ModÃ¨les MathÃ©matiques et Interactions Sociales"Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â http://www.cnrs.fr/mi/spip.php?article615et dans lequel je vous encourage trÃ¨s fortement Ã  candidater. Le dossier esttrÃ¨s lÃ©ger et requiert juste des Ã©quipes faisant intervenir diffÃ©rentesdisciplines (par exemple des mathÃ©maticiens avec des Ã©conomistes, desinformaticiens, des sociologues, etc).La date limite de candidature est leÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â jeudi 12 fÃ©vrier 2015.N'hÃ©sitez pas Ã  me solliciter pour plus de dÃ©tails. Pour desrenseignements de type administratif, il faut contacter la mission pourl'interdisciplinaritÃ© (Mi.contact@cnrs.fr).Merci de transmettre ce message Ã  tous ceux qui pourraient Ãªtre intÃ©ressÃ©s.Mathieu Lewin-------------------------------------------------------------17- Prix G. Stampacchia.(source : J.B. Caillau, M. ThÃ©ra)A Gold Medal in honour of Guido Stampacchia willbe assigned for the fifth time, after an international competition, toa young mathematician whose age be not greater than 35 on December 31st 2015, for his/her scientific contribution in thefield of Variational Analysis. The medal will be awarded during VARANA'2015 (http://varana.org/international-workshop). If you want to suggest someone for theaward, please, send motivation and his/her CV before March 31st 2015 to:Commissione Premio StampacchiaUnione Matematica ItalianaDipartimento di MatematicaPiazza Porta San Donato 540126 BOLOGNA (ITALY)Lettre MODE
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Table des matières

-- Thèses et Postes
1- Research Associate position at Imperial College Business School
2- Ikerbasque Research Professors and Marie S-Curie Individual Fellowships 2015 at  Research Institutions in the Basque Country
3- Thèse CIFRE, Inria Saclay-Safety Line
4- PhD Position, Optimization and Num Meth for Coupled Problems at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen
5- PhD and post-doctoral positions at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Belgium
6- Postdoc position on Large-scale optimization at Inria Saclay
7- PhD Positions at the University of Vienna

-- Conférences et évènements
8- Conférence en l'honneur des 60 ans de L. Praly, 27-28 juillet 2015, Paris
9- Trimestre thématique sur le machine learning septembre-decembre 2015, International Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science in Toulouse
10- 2ème forum de la R&D, 18 septembre 2015, École Polytechnique
11- XXth International Symposium on Mathematical Methods Applied to the Sciences, February 23th-26th, 2016, University of Costa Rica
12- Annonces de séminaires

-- Autres (ouvrages, etc.)
13- Biographie de Ennio De Giorgi

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1- Research Associate position at Imperial College Business School
(source : M. Théra)

The Management Science & Operations group at Imperial College Business School is seeking applications for a Research Associate position in Stochastic and Robust Optimisation, as part of the EPSRC grant EP/M028240/1 (deadline 13 July 2015).

The advertisement can be found thorugh Imperial College's job application system (http://www.imperial.ac.uk/job-applicants). For further enquiries, please send an email to ww@imperial.ac.uk.

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2- Ikerbasque Research Professors and Marie S-Curie Individual Fellowships 2015 at Research Institutions in the Basque Country
(source : J. B. Caillau, O.S. Serea)

Ikerbasque, the Basque Foundation for Science http://www.ikerbasque.net has launched its annual call for attracting senior researchers to the Research Institutions in the Basque Country.

This call offers 10 permanent contract positions for experienced researchers within any of the Basque Research Institutions (Universities, BERC - Basque Excellence Research Centres, CIC – Cooperative Research Centres, Biomedical institutions and Technology Corporations, among others).

BCAM – Basque Center for Applied Mathematics http://www.bcamath.org, is a BERC Excellence Research Centre and Host Institution in the Ikerbasque call, whose mission is to develop high quality interdisciplinary research in the frontiers of Applied Mathematics. Our research agenda is focussed in:
- COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS (CM)
- MATHEMATICAL MODELLING WITH MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS (M3A)
- MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS (MP)
- PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, CONTROL AND NUMERICS (DCN)
- DATA SCIENCE (DS)

The researchers who succeed in the Ikerbasque Research Professors call can join the centre as Group Leaders, to move, create or consolidate their research groups in the vibrant scientific environment of BCAM. Ikerbasque offers excellent conditions to internationally competitive scientists. Contracting conditions and benefits are negotiated with Ikerbasque.

All applications must be submitted on line: http://www.ikerbasque.net/ deadline for submissions: Sept 10th 2015.

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships 2015

BCAM expresses it's interest to host Marie S-Curie Fellows in Mathematics (MAT), Physics (PHY), Economic Sciences (ECO) and Information Science and Engineering (ENG). We kindly ask you to distribute this call among colleagues and potential candidates.

All applications must be submitted on line: (http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/10057-msca-if-2015-ef.html#tab3) deadline for submissions: Sept 10th 2015.

Please do not hesitate to contact us for any additional information recruitment@bcamath.org.

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3- Thèse CIFRE, Inria Saclay-Safety Line
(source : J.F. Bonnans)

Sujet de thèse : Exploration de données pour l'optimisation de trajectoires aériennes

Le partenariat Inria-Safety Line a déjà permis de vérifier la faisabilité de l'exploitation des enregistrements en vol afin de calibrer des modèles de mécanique du vol, de propulsion et de
consommation qui permettent ensuite d'optimiser les trajectoires en terme de consommation ou temps minimal.

L'objet de la thèse est d'arriver à une analyse plus précise. La première étape sera d'identifier avec soin les parties du domaine de vol dans lesquelles les données permettent de calibrer effectivement
les paramètres du modèle. On pourra représenter ces sous domaines comme des unions d'ellipsoïdes et de polyèdres, avec pour but l'obtention d'une méthode souple permettant d'extraire ces informations d'une grande base de données.
La seconde étape est l'optimisation de trajectoire sous contrainte de rester dans ces sous domaines de vol. On pourra relaxer la contrainte en pénalisant la distance aux sous domaines, et on testera ces possibilités par les deux approches 'directe' et programmation dynamique.
La troisième étape est l'estimation plus précise des paramètres et de leur domaine d'incertitude pour étudier la possibilité de résolution de l'optimisation de trajectoire dans une situation 'pire cas'.

Contacts académiques
J.F. Bonnans et P. Martinon
Inria-Saclay et Centre de Mathématiques Appliquées
Ecole Polytechnique
Frederic.Bonnans, Pierre.Martinon @inria.fr

Contacts industriels
K. Tekkal et P.Jouniaux
Safety Line
karim.tekkal, pierre.jouniaux@safety-line.fr

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4- PhD Position, Optimization and Num Meth for Coupled Problems at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen
(source : D. Aussel)

We offer a PhD Position in the project CoSimO within the International
Graduate School of Science and Engineering (IGSSE:
http://www.igsse.tum.de/) at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen.

The topic of the project is development and analysis of numerical
methods for solving optimization or optimal control problems in the
context of coupled multi-physic problems. This is a collaboration
project between the chair of Optimal Control (www-m17.ma.tum.de) and
the chair of Structural Analysis (www.st.bgu.tum.de).

Applicants should hold a master's degree in mathematics or related
areas. They are asked to submit a curriculum vitae, copies of
certifications of academic qualifications held, a copy of a degree
thesis and a letter of recommendation.

Please send you application or question about the project/position to
Prof. Dr. Boris Vexler (vexler@ma.tum.de).

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5- PhD and post-doctoral positions at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Belgium
(source : D. Aussel)

The Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) is announcing one PhD opening and one post-doctoral research opening
at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Belgium.

The research will focus on optimization models and algorithms for electricity markets and power systems operations, with an emphasis on (i) mobilizing flexible resources in order to support the operation of future electric power systems, and (ii) tackling the resulting problems by developing distributed computing methods.

The stimulating research environment of CORE is supported by faculty whose expertise covers a wide range of domains in optimization, energy, economics, and statistics, strong interactions with international collaborators in Europe and the United States and access to powerful computing infrastructure. UCL is located a half hour away from Brussels, in the heart of Europe.

Applications are due November 22nd, 2015. For additional details regarding the research projects, benefits, and application material please email Anthony Papavasiliou at anthony.papavasiliou@uclouvain.be or consult the following link:

http://perso.uclouvain.be/anthony.papavasiliou/public_html/openings.html

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6- Postdoc position on Large-scale optimization at Inria Saclay
(source : A. Auger)

A one year postdoc position on large-scale optimization is available within the Inria Saclay TAO team to work on black-box large-scale optimization within the context of the ANR NumBBO project.

Details about the position and how to apply can be found here:
https://www.lri.fr/~auger/PostDocEngineerProposal.pdf.

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7- PhD Positions at the University of Vienna
(source : J.F. Bonnans)

The Department of Statistics and Operations Research at the University of Vienna (working group of Professor Pflug) opens a position for a PhD student (prae doc assistant) as of September/October 2015. The candidate should hold a Master Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research or a similar discipline.

During the appointment of 3 years the candidate should phrase and complete his/her PhD thesis. He/she is supposed to actively take part in the research activities of the department and hold exercise classes for undergraduates (2 hours per week).  The research group of Prof. Pflug is actively involved in Risk Management, Stochastic Optimization, Statistical Modelling and Statistics of Extremes. The candidate should have good knowledge in probability/statistics as well as in optimization. It is expected that the degree of a PhD is awarded to the candidate within the 3-year period.
The annual salary is about EUR 36,000 before taxes.
The University lays special emphasis on increasing the number of women in academic positions. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female applicants.
Candidates should explain their interest by writing an email to Professor Georg Pflug at georg.pflug@univie.ac.at. Please include a motivation letter explaining your preferred topic for the PhD thesis and your general interest in pursuing a PhD study, as well as a CV and 1-2 reference letters (if possible).  A list of publications and/or lectures given, if available, would be welcome. Knowledge of statistical program packages and/or optimization software is of advantage (R, Matlab, Gams/AIMMS etc.).

In addition, another PhD position (with same requirments as attached)
and one Post-Doc position will be opened  in Jan 2016. Especially the
Post Doc position is possibly of interest for your students finishing
PhD. It is in the framework of a research initiative for Computational
Optimization. We need a person who is good in Stochastic and
Deterministic Optimization and helps us to structure our PhD program.

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8- Conférence en l'honneur des 60 ans de L. Praly, 27-28 juillet 2015, Paris
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

http://cas.ensmp.fr/~petit/LP/index.html

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9- Trimestre thématique sur le machine learning septembre-decembre 2015, International Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science in Toulouse
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

From September to December 2015, the International Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science (CIMI) organizes a thematic trimester on Machine Learning.

The goal of this trimester is to propose a series of scientific and pedagogic events reflecting common interests of the two laboratories that founded CIMI:
- Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse (IMT)
- Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse (IRIT)

The focus will be set in particular on three axes:
- optimization problems in machine learning,
- learning with structured data and natural language,
- sequential learning.

The trimester will start with a summer school and will continue with three thematic workshops:
- Summer school - 14th to 18th September 2015
- workshop 1 - 6th to 7th October 2015
- workshop 2 - 9th to 10th November 2015
- workshop 3 - 9th to 11th December 2015

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10- 2ème forum de la R&D, 18 septembre 2015, École Polytechnique
(source T. Champion)

Comment la R&D d'EDF intègre-t-elle les problématiques innovantes liées à la transition énergétique?
42 conférences répondront à cette question à travers des thèmes aussi variés que les réseaux intelligents, les énergies renouvelables, les sciences économiques, humaines et sociales, l'environnement, les villes et les territoires durables, les nouvelles technologies ou encore la performance et la sûreté des moyens de production d’électricité sans CO2.

En parallèle, vous pourrez assister à une exposition co-portée par la R&D d'EDF et l'École polytechnique.

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11- XXth International Symposium on Mathematical Methods Applied to the Sciences, February 23th-26th, 2016, University of Costa Rica
(source : M. Théra)

The XXth International Symposium on Mathematical Methods Applied to the Sciences (XX SIMMAC) is the most important event in applied mathematics in Central America. It is organized by the Center for Research in Pure and Applied Mathematics (CIMPA) of the University of Costa Rica every two years, with the support of the School of Mathematics.

Since 1978, this activity has been developped with the participation of several mathematicians and scientists of affine disciplines, coming from Central America, Europe, North America and South America.

For more details please see http://www.cimpa.ucr.ac.cr/simmac/en/.

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12- Annonces de séminaires

Une rubrique pour signaler quelques liens pour les séminaires ayant
lieu ce mois-ci et organisés dans nos laboratoires. N'hésitez pas à l'alimenter, préférentiellement via un lien vers la page du séminaire.

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Séminaire Parisien d'Optimisation (exceptionnellement : ENSCP 01, à côté de l'IHP)

http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.html

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Séminaire du programme PGMO, salle PGMO (Polytechnique)

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar

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Groupe de Travail CalVa (université Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/fr/seminaires/gt_calcul_des_variations.html

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Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-línéaire et EDP (IHP)

http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html

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Séminaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)

http://projects.laas.fr/spot/

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Séminaire SAMOCOD (séminaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation Contrôle et Dynamique)

http://www.i3m.univ-montp2.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&catid=19&sem=618

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Séminaire hebdomadaire de l'équipe MOD de l'Université de Limoges

https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36

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Séminaire Parisien de Théorie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)

https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/

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Séminaire de Mathématiques Discrètes, Optimisation et Décision, Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne et Université Paris 1

http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/

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13- Biographie de Ennio De Giorgi
(source : M. Théra)

Une biographie de Ennio De Giorgi vient de paraitre et est disponible sur le site www.ibs.it/code/9788870485844/parlangeli-andrea/spirito-puro-ennio.html ou encore sur http://www.milellalecce.it/contatti.html.Lettre MODE
juin 2015

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Envoyez vos contributions en format simple texte à
oana-silvia.serea@univ-perp.fr avant la fin du mois.

Prière d'indiquer "pour la lettre MODE" dans l'objet.

L'inscription et la désinscription automatiques se font en écrivant à
lettre-mode-smai-request@emath.fr
et en mettant dans le sujet suivant le cas subscribe ou unsubscribe.

Vous pouvez également retrouver les lettres MODE sur le site :

http://smai.emath.fr/spip.php?article330&lang=fr

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-- Thèses et Postes
1- These CIFRE 2015-2018, Orange labs
2- PhD position at LAAS-CNRS, University of Toulouse, France
3- Post-doc position in the areas of Optimization, MS/OR and Statistics, Thompson Rivers University, Canada

-- Conférences et évènements
4- Ecole d'été - Equations d'évolutions : comportement en temps long et contrôle, 15-18 juin à l'Université de Savoie
5- Second edition of the International Thematic Week "Smart Energy and Stochastic Optimization" SESO 2015 (Paris, June 22 to 26, 2015)
6- Conférence "Optimal Transport and Geometry", Montpellier, 22 au 26 juin 2015
7- Groupe de Travail Programmation Mathematique du GdR RO, 29 juin 2015, Dijon
8- Sparse days III, Saint Girons , June 29th - July 2nd, 2015
9- Workshop "Challenges in optimization for data science", July 1-2, 2015, Paris
10- Current trends for high performance computing and challenges for the future, 2 juillet 2015 à l’INP-ENSEEIHT Toulouse
11- Fourteenth annual "Modeling and OPtimization: Theory and Applications" (MOPTA) conference, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, July 20-22, 2015
12- International Workshop “Variational Analysis and Applications”, ERICE, August 28 – September 5, 2015
13- Workshop Analysis in Lyon, October 26-30, 2015
14- Annonces de séminaires

-- Autres
15- Prix Fermat de Mathématiques 2015 (deadline 30/06/2015)
16- Prix Fermat Junior de Mathématiques 2015 (deadline 30/09/2015)
17- Special issue of Mathematical Programming B on Optimization Models and Algorithms for Data Science
18- Stochastic Multi-Stage Optimization. At the Crossroads between Discrete Time Stochastic Control and Stochastic Programming (livre)
19- Numéro spécial newsletter AMIES: publication de l'Etude sur l'Impact Socio-Economique des Mathématiques en France (EISEM)
20- Will Computers Redefine the Roots of Math?

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0- Edito
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

Apres huit annees de tres bons et tres loyaux services, notre charge de mission lettre MODE, Thierry Champion, passe la main : grand merci a lui pour son activite patiente et efficace de selection et de transmission de l’information au sein de notre communaute. Oana-Silvia Serea, enseignante-chercheuse a Perpignan, prend le relais : c’est desormais a elle qu’il convient d’envoyer vos contributions (sujet : “pour la lettre mode”).

Le comite de liaison du groupe SMAI-MODE a ete renouvele au tiers fin mai : J. Malick (Grenoble) et A. Ouorou (Orange) repartent pour un nouveau mandat, et nous souhaitons la bienvenue a M. Akian (Saclay), A. Cabot (Dijon), O. Fercoq (Paris) et M. Haddou (Rennes). Tous nos remerciements vont aux membres sortants, P. Combettes (Paris), J.-N. Corvellec (Perpignan), O. Ley (Rennes) et A. Rondepierre (Toulouse), pour leur action. Mention speciale a Jean-Noel qui a oeuvre pendant de nombreuses annees, notamment au bureau en tant que responsable financier.

A l’occasion du congres ICIAM 2015, le prix Maxwell sera decerne a Jean-Michel Coron (Paris VI) pour ses travaux novateurs sur les methodes variationnelles pour les equations aux derivees partielles, en particulier le controle des edp non-lineaires. Felicitations a lui !
http://www.cnrs.fr/insmi/spip.php?article1237

Last but not least: vous n’aurez pas manque la parution des resultats de l’enquete EISEM (impact socio-economique des mathematiques) qui explicite de facon spectaculaire la place des mathematiques dans notre societe. Parmi les commentaires qu’on a pu lire : “Les mathematiques sont l’oxygene du monde numerique”.
http://www.agence-maths-entreprises.fr/a/?q=fr/node/508
Sur le meme sujet, voir egalement l’interview de C. Villani ci-apres :
http://bfmbusiness.bfmtv.com/mediaplayer/video/les-mathematiques-c-est-un-art-mais-en-meme-temps-une-technologie-et-une-discipline-cedric-villani-2805-538803.html
Il y est notamment question de “simulation, modelisation, optimisation”…

Bonne lecture a tous,

Jean-Baptiste Caillau

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1- These CIFRE 2015-2018, Orange labs
(source : D. Aussel, J.-B. Caillau)

Titre : Optimisation d’allocation des ressources et de la sélection temps réel de l’accès dans un grand réseau mobile multi-technologies.
Contact : Mustapha Bouhtou (mustapha.bouhtou@orange.com)

http://gdrmoa.math.cnrs.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015_these_bouhtou_optim_telecom.pdf

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2- PhD position at LAAS-CNRS, University of Toulouse, France
(source : D. Aussel)

Polynomial and semi-algebraic optimization and its applications

Supervisors : Jean-Bernard Lasserre and Didier Henrion, LAAS-CNRS

This doctorate thesis is part of the TAMING project funded by an ERC grant, see http://taming.laas.fr/. TAMING intends to provide a systematic methodology for solving hard nonconvex polynomial optimization problems, based on the "moment-SOS" approach also known as "Lasserre hierarchy" which has attracted a lot of attention in many areas (e.g., optimization, applied mathematics, quantum computing, engineering, theoretical computer science).

Interested candidates please contact Jean-Bernard Lasserre at <lasserre@laas.fr>.

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3- Post-doc position in the areas of Optimization, MS/OR and Statistics, Thompson Rivers University, Canada
(source : M. Théra)

The Centre for Optimization and Decision Science (CODS) at Thompson Rivers University has one Post-Doc position available for its industrial research projects sponsored by NSERC and industrial partners. The expected starting date is in July 1, 2015 and the initial contract is 12 months, with possible extension to 24 months. The Centre of Optimization and Decision Science (http://www.tru.ca/science/research/cods.html) is a research centre at Thompson Rivers University, which commits to expand the boundaries of knowledge of optimization and decision-making through interdisciplinary research, development, and innovation of quantitative approaches to complex systems. Located in Kamloops, BC, just a four-hour drive east of Vancouver, Thompson Rivers University’s (http://www.tru.ca) is one of Canada’s most beautiful university settings.

Position Description:

CODS is seeking talented individual who has a Ph. D. degree, with solid theoretical backgrounds and interested in applying their knowledge to improve the efficiency of industrial operations, to conduct impact assessment to the adoption of new technology or policy and to develop strategies to reduce the impact to environment.

Required Qualifications:

Academic credentials: Ph.D. degree.
Expertise should include one or more areas of Operations Research, Statistics, Optimization, Mathematical Modelling and Industrial Engineering. The past industrial experience is a valuable assess.
Other desired expertise includes algorithm designs, mathematical programming, discrete optimization, energy conservation, and mineral mining.
Experience of using statistics and optimization software packages, for example, R, SAS, ILOG Cplex, LINGO or Matlab.
Excellent in critical thinking, analysis of data, and problem
solving.
Excellent communication skill.
Ability to work in a team environment and industrial setting.
Self-motivated, proactive, flexible and passionate about learning.

The first round of selection starts on June 1, 2015, and will continue to accept applications until the position is filled. Interested applicants should visit https://tru.hua.hrsmart.com/hr/ats/Posting/view/3844 to apply.

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4- Ecole d'été - Equations d'évolutions : comportement en temps long et contrôle, 15-18 juin à l'Université de Savoie
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

http://lama.univ-savoie.fr/MIS2015

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5- Second edition of the International Thematic Week ``Smart Energy and Stochastic Optimization'' SESO 2015 (Paris, June 22 to 26, 2015)
(source : T. Champion, M. De Lara)

The registration for the second edition of the International Thematic Week ``Smart Energy and Stochastic Optimization'' SESO 2015
(Paris, June 22 to 26, 2015) is now open.

Information and registration (free but mandatory) can be found at

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/fr/pgmo/seso2015

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6- Conférence "Optimal Transport and Geometry", Montpellier, 22 au 26 juin 2015
(source : J. Bertrand, P. Castillon)

Cher Collègue,

Nous vous rappelons qu’une conférence « Optimal Transport and Geometry » aura lieu à Montpellier du 22 au 26 juin prochain. Le programme comprend 2 mini-cours de F. Maggi et K.T. Sturm, et 13 exposés. Les titres et résumés des interventions sont disponibles sur le site de la conférence : http://www.math.univ-montp2.fr/anr-gmt/.

Pour des raisons d'organisation, nous demandons à tous ceux qui souhaitent venir à Montpellier de se signaler en nous contactant à anrgmt@univ-montp2.fr.

Par ailleurs, nous pourrons financer l’hébergement de quelques doctorants et post-doctorants qui souhaitent assister à la conférence, précisez dans votre message si vous souhaitez profiter de cette possibilité.

Merci de diffuser l’information auprès de vos collègues et étudiants intéressés.

Les organisateurs,
Jérôme Bertrand et Philippe Castillon

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7- Groupe de Travail Programmation Mathematique du GdR RO, 29 juin 2015, Dijon
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

2eme journee du Groupe de Travail Programmation Mathematique du GdR RO, 29 juin 2015, Dijon

http://projects.laas.fr/GTPM/dijon15.html

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8- Sparse days III, Saint Girons , June 29th - July 2nd, 2015
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

The conference is organized by IRIT and CERFACS researchers with an international management committee comprising general chairs
James Demmel (University of Berkeley), Jack Dongarra (University of Tennessee), Iain Duff (RAL and CERFACS-IRIT common lab), and
Patrick Amestoy (INPT-IRIT). The local organizer chair is Pierre-Henri Cros (IRIT).

In any large-scale numerical computation in the context of large, complex and hierarchical computers, one has to understand the algorithmic choices that have to be made. In this context, both sparse linear algebra kernels together with dense linear kernels are the key to enable other numerical libraries in the software stack to achieve high computational efficiency.
The focus of the conference in St Girons will be on these kernel topics although there will be dedicated sessions on optimization and on the themes of the four workshops of the CIMI semester: - Low-rank approximations for high performance sparse solvers
- Innovative clustering methods for large graphs and block methods
- Parallel methods for time dependent problems
- Advances in optimization with application to data assimilation

http://inpact.inp-toulouse.fr/CIMI_Semester/conf.html

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9- Workshop "Challenges in optimization for data science", July 1-2, 2015, Paris
(source : P. L. Combettes)

Objective: Optimization plays a central role in the various facets of data science. The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers and scientists with different background and expertise to discuss challenging issues in the modeling and the numerical solution of optimization problems arising in data science. The conference is organized around 14 interactive invited plenary talks.

Registration: Participation is free but registration is mandatory:

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/data2015/

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10- Current trends for high performance computing and challenges for the future
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

Tendances actuelles du calcul de haute performance et défis pour l'avenir/Current trends for high performance computing and challenges for the future (de Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee, et Satoshi Matsuoka, Tokyo Institute of Technology) le jeudi 2 juillet 2015 de 16h à 18h à l’INP-ENSEEIHT, 2 rue Camichel 31 000 Toulouse.

http://www.inp-toulouse.fr/fr/l-inp-toulouse/l-actualite/conf-cimi.html

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11- Fourteenth annual "Modeling and OPtimization: Theory and Applications" (MOPTA) conference, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, July 20-22, 2015
(source : M. Théra)

MOPTA aims at bringing together a diverse group of people from both
discrete and continuous optimization, working on both theoretical and
applied aspects.  There will be invited plenary talks from distinguished
speakers as well as organized sessions and contributed talks, spread
over three days.  Our target is to provide a diverse set of exciting new
developments from different areas of optimization research while at the
same time providing a setting which will allow increased interaction
among the participants.  We aim to bring together researchers from both the theoretical and applied communities in the framework of a
medium-scale event who do not usually have the chance to interact in
larger meetings.

We welcome contributed talks, and we are also very interested in hearing from people who could organize a session centered around one of their topics of expertise. MOPTA sessions have 3 speakers, with 30 mins per presentation including Q&A's. Speakers will be kindly asked
to submit their abstract on the MOPTA website. The deadline for abstract submission is May 1.

Confirmed plenary speakers:
* Alper Atamtürk (University of California-Berkeley)
* Amir Beck (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology)
* Mirjam Dür (University of Trier)
* Eugene Feinberg (SUNY)
* Ravi Mazumdar (Waterloo)
* Luis Nunes Vicente (Universidade de Coimbra)
* Tong Zhang (Rutgers University)

Please contact Alexander Stolyar (als714@lehigh.edu)
or Martin Takac (Takac.MT@gmail.com) if you would like to organize a session for MOPTA.

Alexander Stolyar, Martin Takac
Organizing Committee Co-Chairs

See more at http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta

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12- International Workshop “Variational Analysis and Applications”, ERICE,August 28 – September 5, 2015
(source : M. Théra)

The workshop aims at presenting state-of-the-art and current research directions in variational analysis and partial differential equations and systems.

Variational analysis encompasses a large area of modern mathematics, including the classic calculus of variations, the theories of perturbation, approximation, subgradient, subderivatives, set convergence and variational inequalities. Originating with the Signorini problem, about 5 decades ago, variational inequalities have undergone great development and influence both in the progress of variational analysis, and in applications to mathematical physics and, more recently, to engineering, statistics, economics, financial networks and generalized complementarity problems.

In particular, several classical and new theories have received a strong impulse for effective solutions to until-now unsolved problems. These theories include: evolutionary projected dynamical systems, infinite dimensional duality, minimax problems, existence of solutions for Jacobian and Hessian equations, optimal control, differential inclusions, dual conditions for nonconvex functions, moving boundary variational problems, inverse variational inequalities, degenerate transmission problems, obstacle problems with measurable coefficients, second order optimality conditions, infima over sub-level sets, relaxation methods in Hilbert spaces, new energy inversion in saddle point problems, stochastic variational inequalities.

The workshop aims at offering a review of the results achieved in the above research themes, specifying the used methods and pointing out the open problems together with outlines of the new research trends in the principal topics of variational analysis and applications.

The sessions of September 3-4 will be dedicated to Professor Antonino Maugeri in the occasion of his 70th birthday.

During the opening ceremony of the International Workshop, a Gold Medal in honour of Guido Stampacchia will be assigned for the fifth time, after an international competition, to a young mathematician, whose age be not greater than 35 years at the date of December 31st 2015, for his scientific contribution in the field of Variational Analysis.

http://varana.org/

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13- Workshop Analysis in Lyon, October 26-30, 2015
(source : M. Théra)

Workshop Analysis in Lyon, École normale supérieure de Lyon
Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1

please see: http://perso.ens-lyon.fr/marco.mazzucchelli/analysis-lyon2015/

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14- Annonces de séminaires

Une rubrique pour signaler quelques liens pour les séminaires ayant
lieu ce mois-ci et organisés dans nos laboratoires. N'hésitez pas à l'alimenter, préférentiellement via un lien vers la page du séminaire

**
Séminaire Parisien d'Optimisation (exceptionnellement : ENSCP 01, à côté de l'IHP)

http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.html

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Séminaire du programme PGMO, salle PGMO (Polytechnique)

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar

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Groupe de Travail CalVa (université Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/fr/seminaires/gt_calcul_des_variations.html

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Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-línéaire et EDP (IHP)

http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html

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Séminaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)

http://projects.laas.fr/spot/

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**
Séminaire SAMOCOD (séminaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation Contrôle et Dynamique)

http://www.i3m.univ-montp2.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&catid=19&sem=618

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Séminaire hebdomadaire de l'équipe MOD de l'Université de Limoges

https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36

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Séminaire Parisien de Théorie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)

https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/

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Séminaire de Mathématiques Discrètes, Optimisation et Décision, Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne et Université Paris 1

http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/

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15- Prix Fermat de Mathématiques 2015 (deadline candidature 30/06/2015)
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

http://www.math.univ-toulouse.fr/PrixFermat

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16- Prix Fermat Junior de Mathématiques 2015 (deadline candidature 30/09/2015)
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

http://www.math.univ-toulouse.fr/spip.php?article246

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17- Special issue of Mathematical Programming B on Optimization Models and Algorithms for Data Science
(source : M. Théra)

Dear Colleagues

We would like to draw your attention to an upcoming special issue of Mathematical Programming B on Optimization Models and Algorithms for Data Science.

Data and decisions are more strongly linked in the information age than ever before. This special issue focuses on modelling and optimization approaches that deal with large data sets, as well as applications from business analytics and machine learning that have emerged in the last decades as data accumulates from multiple sources such as internet traffic, social and sensor networks.

Successful submissions to this call are expected to provide a substantial methodological contribution to
- data-related modelling issues in optimization, such as tractable reformulations of problems involving uncertain data (e.g. using stochastic, robust or data-driven optimization techniques); or
- numerical solution schemes for optimization problems involving large data sets, such as solution approaches for large, sparse optimization problems or real-time optimization methods.

This call is being advertised via the British-French-German Conference on Optimization 2015 (optimisation.doc.ic.ac.uk/bfg2015). Attendance at the conference is not a pre-requisite for submitting a paper to the special issue, however.

Authors should submit their papers via http://www.editorialmanager.com/mapr/ and select article type "S.I.: Data Science — Series B" for consideration in this special issue.

Papers will be refereed according to the standards of Mathematical Programming, Series A. We are requesting that all papers be submitted using MP style files, and conform to a maximum of 25 pages. The necessary LaTeX files can be downloaded at www.eng.cam.ac.uk/~dr241/MPB/MPB- Springer-latex-style-files.zip.

Deadline for submission of full papers: December 1, 2015. We aim at completing a first review of all submissions by May 15, 2016.

Additional information about the special issue can be obtained from the guest editors:

Ruth Misener
Department of Computing
Imperial College London
London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
r.misener@imperial.ac.uk

Danny Ralph
Judge Business School
University of Cambridge
Cambridge CB2 1AG, U.K.
d.ralph@jbs.cam.ac.uk

Panos Parpas
Department of Computing
Imperial College London
London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
p.parpas@imperial.ac.uk

Wolfram Wiesemann
Imperial College Business School
Imperial College London
London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
ww@imperial.ac.uk

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18- Stochastic Multi-Stage Optimization. At the Crossroads between Discrete Time Stochastic Control and Stochastic Programming (livre)
(source : M. De Lara)

Stochastic Multi-Stage Optimization At the Crossroads between Discrete Time Stochastic Control and Stochastic Programming

Authors: Carpentier, P., Chancelier, J.-P., Cohen, G., De Lara, M.

Discusses the role of information in dynamic stochastic optimization problems.

http://www.springer.com/fr/book/9783319181370

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19- Numéro spécial newsletter AMIES: publication de l'Etude sur l'Impact Socio-Economique des Mathématiques en France (EISEM)
(source : F. Alabau, D. Aussel)

http://www.agence-maths-entreprises.fr/newsletter/newsletterhs2.html

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20- Will Computers Redefine the Roots of Math?
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

please see: https://www.quantamagazine.org/20150519-will-computers-redefine-the-roots-of-math
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Table des matières

-- Thèses et Postes
1- Numerical Programming Position, NYC
2- German Research Chair for Mathematics and its Applications

-- Conférences et évènements
3- Annonces de séminaires
4- Rencontres mathematiques de Rouen, 17-19 juin 2015
5- Conference on Learning Theory, Paris, July 3-6
6- "Nonlinear Control and Geometry", Conference Center in Bedlewo, Poland
7- International conference on Operations Research
8- Workshop sur les problèmes de Whithney au CIRM
9- Journees SMAI-MODE 2016, 23-25 mars 2016 a Toulouse

-- Autres
10- Projets BOUM (BOUge tes Mathématiques) de la SMAI
11- Prix Fermat, candidature jusqu?au 30 juin 2015
12- INFORMS Optimization Society awards four prizes
13- Call for Chapters, Modeling and Optimization in Space Engineering, Volume 2

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1- Numerical Programming Position, NYC
(source : P. Armand)

Sendyne, a technology company based in lower Manhattan, develops
numerical models for battery systems, power grids and related energy
systems.

We are actively recruiting for some programming talent to join our
team. Topics of immediate interest include numerical solution of
differential-algebraic systems, applied linear algebra, spline fitting
and optimization. At the present time we are not heavily involved in
PDEs, but that might be a topic of future interest. This is a hands-on
position requiring a working knowledge of C++ and Fortran with
emphasis on good coding practice and performance.

Some knowledge of physics, chemistry, applied math or electrical
engineering would be highly valued, but is not an absolute requirement
for the position. Candidates anywhere from a strong recent
undergraduate degree to a Ph.D. would be considered.

Interested parties should contact Dr. Robert Melville as
bobmelville1@gmail.com.

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2- German Research Chair for Mathematics and its Applications
(source : M. Théra)

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is calling for applications for a German
Research Chair for Mathematics and its Applications at the African Institute for
Mathematical Sciences in Ghana (AIMS Ghana). In the coming years, this endowed
chair will promote higher education and research in mathematics in Africa.

This call is aimed at postdoctoral academics from any country who demonstrably
conduct application-related research in the field of mathematics, have several
years? experience in training students and, ideally, doctoral candidates.
Experience in working in and cooperating with Africa and a willingness to
collaborate with other academic disciplines are also desired.

The closing date for applications is 15 July 2015. Please note that the application
must be supported by at least one collaborative partner in Germany. Please visit
http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/research-chair-aims-ghana.html
for more details on the programme and the application specifications as well as for
the application package.

This research chair is funded with a total of ?560,000 for a four-year period.
A concurrent appointment at a collaborating university in Ghana is planned.
Following three years of funding, AIMS Ghana plans to conduct an evaluation of the
chair to examine an appropriate continuation of the position.

AIMS Ghana is part of the AIMS Next Einstein Initiative which seeks to establish a
coordinated network of 15 supra-regional centres of excellence in mathematics across
Africa by the year 2020. The endowed research chair, which is being advertised
internationally, is designed to help promote networking between AIMS Ghana and
German universities and to drive networking amongst the various AIMS centres in
Africa. As part of the German Research Chair programme that is financed by the
Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Humboldt Foundation will fill three
further research chairs at AIMS centres in South Africa, Cameroon and Tanzania in
the coming years.

We should be very grateful if you would draw the attention of potential candidates
in your personal network to this announcement. You can forward this email to them
or disseminate the attached Programme Information at your institute. If you have any
further questions about this new sponsorship programme, please do not hesitate to
address them to GermanResearchChairs@avh.de.

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3- Annonces de séminaires
(sources: T. Bayen, L. Bourdin, P.L. Combettes, V. Fruchard, A. Monteil,
A. Rondepierre, A. Skoda, G. Vigeral,)

Une rubrique pour signaler succinctement les séminaires ayant
lieu ce mois-ci et organisés dans nos laboratoires.
N'hésitez pas à l'alimenter, préférentiellement via un lien vers
la page du séminaire et une liste de conférenciers,

**
Séminaire Parisien d'Optimisation (exceptionnellement : ENSCP 01, à côté de l'IHP)

http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.html

lundi 18 mai :
15h : M. Joswig (TR.U. Berlin)
16h : A. Dalayan (ENSAE)

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Séminaire du programme PGMO, salle PGMO (Polytechnique)

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar

mardi 9 juin : ?

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Groupe de Travail CalVa (université Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/fr/seminaires/gt_calcul_des_variations.html

lundi 1 juin : ?

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Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-línéaire et EDP (IHP)

http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html

mardi 5 mai,
10h : F. Macia
11h : P. Zhang
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Séminaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)

http://projects.laas.fr/spot/

lundi 1 juin
14 : L. Nunes Vicente (U. Coimbra)
15h : C. Jimenez (U. Brest)
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Séminaire SAMOCOD (séminaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation Contrôle et Dynamique)

**
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Séminaire hebdomadaire de l'équipe MOD de l'Université de Limoges

https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36

vendredi 29 mai : J. Benoist
vendredi 5 juin : H. Bonnek

**
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Séminaire Parisien de Théorie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)

https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/
lundi 11 mai : S. Severinov
lundi 18 mai : S. Govindan
mardi 26 mai : french symposium on games - Paris Diderot
**
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Séminaire de Mathématiques Discrètes, Optimisation et Décision, Centre d'Economie
de la Sorbonne et Université Paris 1

http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/

mardi 12 mai : S. Courtin

**

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4- Rencontres mathematiques de Rouen, 17-19 juin 2015
(source : J-B. Caillau)

"Géométrie Sous-Riemannienne, Géométrie de Cauchy-Riemann et Analyse sur les variétés?

http://lmrs.univ-rouen.fr/RMR15/conf.html

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5- Conference on Learning Theory, Paris, July 3-6
(source : J. Renault)

see the website : http://www.learningtheory.org/colt2015/authors/call-for-papers/

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6- "Nonlinear Control and Geometry", Conference Center in Bedlewo, Poland
(source : J-B. Caillau)

Mathematical Research and Conference Center in Bedlewo, Poland,
in August 24-28, 2015.

The deadlines for submitting a talk and to register are, respectively,
June 20 and June 30, 2015.
http://bcc.impan.pl/15Nonlinear

contact: nonlinear15@impan.pl

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7- International conference on Operations Research
(source : D. Aussel)

The next international conference on Operations Research organized jointly
by the Austrian (OEGOR), German (GOR), and Swiss (SVOR/ASRO) OR societies,

   OR 2015

will take place at the University of Vienna, Austria,

   1-4 September 2015.

The theme of this conference is "Optimal Decisions and Big Data", but
the conference covers all directions of Operations Research.

Please visit our webpages for further information, including details
of the main topical areas, Plenaries and Semi-Plenaries,
the Program and Organizing Committee Members,
details of how to submit your abstract, and registration:

http://or2015.univie.ac.at/

There will be a business day, software and book exhibitions, an emerging
scholar program, and more. Practitioners and academic people are invited
to participate and contribute to this event with interdisciplinary
perspective in mathematics, computer science, economics, and business.
Come and enjoy the conference as well as the social program in Vienna,
the city full of history, art, music, science, and Gemuetlichkeit.

We have already received almost 200 session proposals but new
proposals are still being received and are welcome.

Abstract submission is open with deadline Thursday 30 April 2015.

We are really looking forward to welcoming you to Vienna.

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8- Workshop sur les problèmes de Whithney au CIRM
(source : E. Le Gruyer)

Le 8ème workshop sur les problèmes de Whithney aura lieu au CIRM (Luminy)
du 19 au 23 octobre 2015.
Comme lors des précédentes éditions (Williamsburg VA 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014,
Palo Alto 2010, Toronto 2012, Banff 2013), il sera consacré à des problèmes
variés reliés aux extensions et à l'interpolation par des fonctions lisses.

http://programme-scientifique.weebly.com/1128.html

Comité scientifique: Alexander Brudnyi, Charles Fefferman, Erwan Le Gruyer,
Pavel Shvartsman, Nahum Zobin

Il reste des places disponibles et des supports financiers, en particulier
pour les doctorants et post-doctorants. Si vous êtes intéressés ou pour toute
information, merci de contacter rapidement
Erwan Le Gruyer  Erwan.Le-Gruyer@insa-rennes.fr
Matthew Hirn matthew.hirn@ens.fr

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9- Journees SMAI-MODE 2016, 23-25 mars 2016 a Toulouse
(source : J-B. Caillau)

http://smai.emath.fr/spip.php?article336&lang=fr
Les journees seront precedees d?un mini-cours organise par le GdR MOA les 21 et 22 mars 2016.

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10- Projets BOUM (BOUge tes Mathématiques) de la SMAI
(source : J-B. Caillau)

La SMAI a souhaité lancer une nouvelle initiative pour favoriser l'insertion dans la communauté
et la prise d'initiative des étudiants en thèse ou post-doctorants en Mathématiques Appliquées.
Il s'agit des projets BOUM (BOUge tes Mathématiques) de la SMAI. Vous trouverez le texte de
l'appel à projets sur la page suivante :

http://smai.emath.fr/spip.php?article548

La procédure de soumission est très simple et y est également décrite.
Nous vous invitons à relayer cette information autour de vous et à inciter les jeunes de votre
entourage à candidater.

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11- Prix Fermat, candidature jusqu?au 30 juin 2015
(source : J-B. Caillau)

voir l'annonce : http://www.math.univ-toulouse.fr/spip.php?article240&lang=fr

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12- INFORMS Optimization Society awards four prizes
(source : M. Théra)

The INFORMS Optimization Society awards four prizes annually at the INFORMS annual meeting.
We seek nominations (including self-nominations) for each of them, due by July 15, 2015.
Each of the four awards includes a cash amount of US$1,000 and a citation plaque. The award
winners will be invited to give a presentation in a special session sponsored by the
Optimization Society during the INFORMS annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA in November 2015
(the winners will be responsible for their own travel expenses to the meeting).  Award
winners are also asked to contribute an article about their award-winning work to the annual
Optimization Society newsletter.  The four awards are listed below with links to more
information about them.  For each award, follow the given link to find eligibility information
and instructions on the nomination process.  Nominations and inquiries should be sent directly
via email to the chair of the corresponding prize committee.

Khachiyan Prize
* Awarded for outstanding lifetime contributions to the field of optimization by an individual
or team.
* 2015 Committee Chair:  Ilan Adler (adler@ieor.berkeley.edu)
* Other committee members: Michael Ball, Don Goldfarb, Werner Roemisch
* https://www.informs.org/Community/Optimization-Society/Optimization-Society-Prizes/Khachiyan-Prize

Farkas Prize
* Awarded for outstanding contributions by a mid-career researcher to the field of optimization,
over the course of their career.
* 2015 Committee Chair: Ariela Sofer (asofer@gmu.edu)
* Other committee members: Jon Lee, Sanjay Mehrotra, Ariela Sofer, Zelda Zabinski
* http://www.informs.org/Community/Optimization-Society/Optimization-Society-Prizes/Farkas-Prize

Prize for Young Researchers
* Awarded to one or more young researcher(s) for an outstanding paper in optimization that is
submitted to and accepted, or published in a
refereed professional journal.
* 2015 Committee Chair: Nick Sahinidis (sahinidis@cmu.edu)
* Other committee members: Dan Bienstock, Sam Burer, Andrew Schaefer

* http://www.informs.org/Community/Optimization-Society/Optimization-Society-Prizes/Young-Researchers

Student Paper Prize
* Awarded to one or more student(s) for an outstanding paper in optimization that is submitted to
and received or published in a refereed professional journal within three calendar years preceding
the year of the award.
* 2015 Committee Chair: Mohit Tawarmalani (mtawarma@purdue.edu)
* Other committee members: Fatma Kilinc-Karzan, Warren Powell, Uday Shanbhag
* http://www.informs.org/Community/Optimization-Society/Optimization-Society-Prizes/Student-Paper-Prize
Mathematics is the language in which the universe is written (Galileo Galilei)

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13- Call for Chapters, Modeling and Optimization in Space Engineering, Volume 2
(source : D. Aussel)

We solicit book chapters contributed to the forthcoming volume titled
Modeling and Optimization in Space Engineering, Volume 2, to be
published by Springer Science + Business Media, New York. Topical
theoretical developments, computational approaches, applications and
case studies are welcome.

Please send us a note if you wish to contribute. We assume that the
book project will be accepted within a month by Springer [we already
corresponded with our editorial contact]. We will keep all potential
contributors informed.

We suggest September 30, 2015 as the deadline for manuscript
submission, followed by a brief review period [~ 1 month], and we
expect to receive all finalized chapters by November 30. This will
enable us to send the entire volume for publication to Springer in
December 2015.

MS Word files or Latex source files accompanied by corresponding pdf
files will be accepted: we will circulate the appropriate template
information.

Giorgio Fasano and Janos Pinter, Editors
giorgio.fasano@thalesaleniaspace.com,janos.d.pinter@gmail.com
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Table des matières

-- Thèses et Postes

1- Postdoctoral Research Position in Optimization at Lehigh University
2- Postdoc position, Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università di Pavia
3- Lecturer in Operational Research

-- Conférences et évènements

4- Annonces de séminaires
5- Mini-cours Optimisation numérique et applications
6- Terryfest2015 à Limoges
7- Hamiltonian systems and their applications, Saint-Petersbourg, June 3-8 2015
8- Ouverture des inscriptions pour le congrès SMAI 2015
9- European Workshop on General Equilibrium Theory (EWGET2015)
10- Int. Conf. on Machine Learning, Lille, July 6-11, 2015
11- SIAM Conference on Control and its applications
12- ISMP 2015 - Last call for presentations and session proposals
13- Third EUROPT Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization
14- European Conference on Operational Research, EURO2015
15- Modeling and OPtimization: Theory and Applications (MOPTA) conference
16- International OR2015 conference on Operations Research
17- IMA Thematic year on Control theory and its applications
18- Annual Conference of the Italian Operations Research Society, AIRO 2015
19- IFAC Workshop on control Applications of Optimization (CAO?2015)

-- Autres

20- Book "Convex Optimization Algorithms", D. Bertsekas
21- Internet page entitled on the Superiorization Methodology and Perturbation
 Resilience of Algorithms

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1- Postdoctoral Research Position in Optimization at Lehigh University
(source : M. Théra)

We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Industrial
and Systems Engineering (www.lehigh.edu/ise) at Lehigh University. The
position is for the project "Randomized Models for Nonlinear Optimization:
Theoretical Foundations and Practical Numerical Methods" funded by the
National Science Foundation (NSF). This project is being conducted under
the joint supervision of Katya Scheinberg (katyas@lehigh.edu) and Frank
E. Curtis (frank.e.curtis@lehigh.edu). The postdoctoral research position
is for one year with the possibility of an extension to a second year.

Project
The project involves the design, analysis, and implementation of algorithms
for solving nonlinear optimization problems. In particular, the project
focuses on randomized algorithms for derivative-free optimization (commonly
known as DFO) and nonsmooth optimization. The goals of the project are to
design and analyze novel, practical methods for solving such problems that
also have a strong theoretical foundation. It will also involve the development
of prototype software written in Matlab, and eventually high-performance
software in a language such as C, C++, or Fortran.

Qualifications
A successful candidate will hold a PhD in Optimization, Industrial Engineering,
Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or other field related to the project
by August 1, 2015. Additional desired attributes include the following:
(1) experience in the design, analysis, and implementation of optimization
algorithms; (2) experience using and/or implementing numerical optimization
software; and (3) excellent communication skills.

Workplace
Lehigh University is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. By car, Bethlehem
is approximately 1 hour from Philadelphia and 1.5 hours from New York City.
There is also an airport, Lehigh Valley International Airport, located approximately
10 minutes from campus. The project will benefit from the facilities in the COR@L
Laboratory (http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu) located in the Department of ISE at Lehigh.

Application Timeline
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until a successful
candidate is found. An offer is expected to be made by June 1, 2015, if not earlier.

Application
An interested applicant should send the following information to Katya Scheinberg
(katyas@lehigh.edu) and Frank E. Curtis (frank.e.curtis@lehigh.edu): (1) a cover
letter describing their experience and research interests as they relate to the
project, (2) a CV that includes a list of publications, and (3) contact information
(i.e., name, position, e-mail address, and phone number) of at least two references
with knowledge of the applicant's knowledge and experience.

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2- Postdoc position, Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università di Pavia
(source : P. Colli)

Detailed information in English can be found at

http://bandi.miur.it/bandi.php/public/fellowship/id_fellow/98992

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3- Lecturer in Operational Research
(source : M. Théra)

Location:  Highfield Campus, University of Southampton, UK
Salary:   £36,309 to £45,954
Full Time Permanent
Closing Date:   Wednesday 01 April 2015
Reference:  530215PJ

The University of Southampton is a leading UK teaching and research
institution with a global reputation for leading-edge research and
scholarship. It is one of the UK's top 10 research universities,
offering first-rate opportunities for study and research across a wide
range of subjects. The 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014)
rated 100% of research activity in Mathematical Sciences as of
internationally excellent or world-leading quality, and we were rated
9thin the UK for research intensity.

To build on our education and research success to date, Mathematical
Sciences is seeking to consolidate and develop its research strength
in the area of Operational Research.  Applications are invited for the
post of Lecturer in Operational Research.

You should have a research background in any area of Operational
Research.  You should either have a PhD, or have submitted your PhD
thesis, and should be able to demonstrate a high-quality research
track record with plans for future research activity.  Teaching duties
may involve a variety of Operational Research-related topics, to be
delivered to both an undergraduate (BSc/MMath) audience and to
postgraduate students.

Duties, as determined by the Head of Mathematical Sciences, will
include:  conducting research at a national level in Operational
Research; applying for externally funded research grants; and teaching
undergraduate and postgraduate students including the supervision of
research students.  As part of the role, you will also be expected to
support the effective management and administration within the
Mathematical Sciences.  Experience of teaching, assessme nt of
students and dissertation project supervision would be advantageous.

The position is available from 1 September 2015. Interviews are
expected to be held in May or June 2015.  As part of the interview
process, you will be invited to give a research presentation.

Equal opportunities and benefits

The University of Southampton holds an Athena Swan Bronze Award,
demonstrating commitment to provide equal opportunities and to advance
the representation of women in STEM subjects: science, technology,
engineering, mathematics and medicine. The University has a generous
maternity policy, and onsite childcare facilities. Employeesare able
to participate in the childcare vouchers scheme. Other benefits
include state-of-the-art on-campus sports, arts and culture
facilities, a full programme of events and a range of staff discounts.

Application procedure:

The closing date for this vacancy is 01 April 2015. You should submit
your completed application form online at www.jobs.southampton.ac.uk.
The vacancy will close at midnight on the closing date as shown above.
If you require any assistance, please contact Charlene Tyson on +44
(0) 23 8059 6803. As part of your completed application, you will be
required to include addresses of 3 referees and your full CV.  At the
University of Southampton, we promote equality and value diversity.

Informal enquiries can be made at any time to:

Professor Joerg Fliege, Head of the Operational Research Group

Email: J.Fliege@southampton.ac.uk, tel. +44 (0)23 8059 8453

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4- Annonces de séminaires
(sources: T. Bayen, L. Bourdin, P.L. Combettes, V. Fruchard, A. Monteil,
A. Rondepierre, A. Skoda, G. Vigeral,)

Une rubrique pour signaler succinctement les séminaires ayant
lieu ce mois-ci et organisés dans nos laboratoires.
N'hésitez pas à l'alimenter, préférentiellement via un lien vers
la page du séminaire et une liste de conférenciers,

**
Séminaire Parisien d'Optimisation (IHP, salle 201)

http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.html

lundi 9 mars :
15h : G. Vigeral (Paris-Dauphine)
16h : B. Escoffier (Paris 6)

**
**
Séminaire du programme PGMO, salle PGMO (Polytechnique)

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar

mardi 17 mars, 14h : F. Wahid (Ecole Polythecnique)
**
**
Groupe de Travail CalVa (université Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/fr/seminaires/gt_calcul_des_variations.html

lundi 23 mars :
11h : F. Suarez-Grau
**
**
Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-línéaire et EDP (Jussieu, salle 15-16-309)

http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html

**
**
Séminaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)

http://projects.laas.fr/spot/

**
**
Séminaire SAMOCOD (séminaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation Contrôle et Dynamique)

**
**
Séminaire hebdomadaire de l'équipe MOD de l'Université de Limoges

https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36

vendredi 13 mars : J-B. Baillon (Paris 1)
vendredi 20 mars : I. Lankoande (Limoges)
vendredi 27 mars : F. Silva (Limoges)
vendredi 3 avril : M. Bacak (Telecom ParisTech)

**
**
Séminaire Parisien de Théorie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)

https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/

lundi 9 mars : P. Loiseau (Eurocom)
lundi 16 mars : H. Moulin (Glasgow)
lundi 23 mars : M. Akian (INRIA - Polytechnique)
lundi 30 mars : S. Sorin (Paris 6)

**
**
Séminaire de Mathématiques Discrètes, Optimisation et Décision, Centre d'Economie
de la Sorbonne et Université Paris 1

http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/

mardi 17 mars : J. Lescqa
mardi 31 mars : M. Pivato

**

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5- Mini-cours Optimisation numérique et applications
(source : D. Aussel, J-B. Caillau)

à XLIM, Université de Limoges, le 15, 16 et 17 mai 2015

Au programme, trois cours assurés par :
        M. Haddou (INSA de Rennes)
        D. Noll (Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse)
        M. Overton (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences)

Aucun droit d?inscription n?est demandé mais, pour des raisons
d?organisation, nous vous demandons de vous inscrire au plus vite ici.

Afin d?encourager la participation des doctorants et jeunes chercheurs,
l?hébergement durant la durée de l?école sera pris en charge par le GdR MOA,
dans la limite de notre budget : les 15 premières candidatures de doctorants
et jeunes chercheurs. Ces quinze participants se verront aussi offrir
l?hébergement durant la durée de la conférence Terry Fest qui suivra l?école.

http://gdrmoa.math.cnrs.fr/activites/mini-cours-mai-2015

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6- Terryfest2015 à Limoges
(source : S. Adly)

Une conférence internationale en Analyse Variationnelle, Optimisation et Finance
Quantitative est organisée en l?honneur du Professeur Rockafellar à Limoges du 18
au 22 mai 2015:

http://terryfest2015.xlim.fr

L?inscription à la conférence est ouverte : http://www.unilim.fr/terryfest2015/

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7- Hamiltonian systems and their applications, Saint-Petersbourg, June 3-8 2015
(source : J-B. Caillau)

http://www.pdmi.ras.ru/EIMI/2015/hsta

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8- Ouverture des inscriptions pour le congrès SMAI 2015
(source : C. Chalons)

Le congrès SMAI 2015 aura lieu du 08 au 12 juin 2015 au Karellis en Savoie.
Les inscriptions sont maintenant ouvertes sur le site

http://smai.emath.fr/smai2015/

Les dates limites d'inscription (au tarif minoré notamment), de demande de
bourses jeunes chercheurs, et de soumission des résumés sont données ici :

http://smai.emath.fr/smai2015/calendrier.php

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9- European Workshop on General Equilibrium Theory (EWGET2015)
(source : M. Théra)

June 29th, 30th and July 1st at the Centro Congressi of
University Federico II in Naples.

The DEADLINE to submit a paper is:  MARCH 28th, 2015.
We expect to make selections by:    April 20th, 2015.

We shall cover the cost of two nights for those participants whose paper
has been accepted for presentation at the conference. Participation without
presenting a paper just requires registration.

For more details about the workshop please visit the webpage:

http://www.mathematical-economics-naples.org

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10- Int. Conf. on Machine Learning, Lille, July 6-11, 2015
(source : J-B. Caillau)

ICML is the leading international machine learning conference and is supported by
the International Machine Learning Society (IMLS). The 32nd International Conference
on Machine Learning (ICML 2015) will be held in Lille, France, from July 6 to 11, 2015.
The conference will consist of one day of tutorials, followed by three days of main
conference sessions, followed by two days of workshops. We invite submissions of
papers on all topics related to machine learning for the conference proceedings, and
proposals for tutorials and workshops.

http://icml.cc/2015/ <http://icml.cc/2015/>

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11- SIAM Conference on Control and its applications
(source : J-B. Caillau)

Paris, July 8-10 2015,

http://www.siam.org/meetings/ct15

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12- ISMP 2015 - Last call for presentations and session proposals
(source : D. Aussel)

www.ismp2015.org

The organizers of ISMP 2015 have the great pleasure of inviting you to Pittsburgh,
PA  USA, July 12-17, 2015. ISMP is the international symposium on optimization and
is held every three years on behalf of the Mathematical Optimization Society.

Last Call for PRESENTATIONS and SESSION PROPOSALS

Presentations on all theoretical, computational and practical aspects of mathematical
programming in one of the program clusters are welcome. Invited and contributed
presentations will be organized in parallel sessions, each session consisting of three
talks. Interested session organizers are invited to contact the cluster chairs for their
particular topic.

The deadline for submitting titles and abstracts of presentations has been extended
to March 10, 2015. This is the final deadline. There is a one talk per speaker policy
at ISMP, i.e., no participant will be able to register more than one presentation.
Abstract submission and registration can be done online, via the conference web page
at www.ismp2015.org. Notice that ISMP does not have published proceedings and it is
not possible to submit entire papers. But short abstracts of a talks (at most 750
characters) will appear in the book of abstracts.

Important Dates

March 10, 2015: abstract submission deadline
March 27, 2015: notification of abstract acceptance
April 15, 2015: early registration deadline
June 8, 2015: hotel reservation deadline
July 12, 2015: opening ceremony at Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown Hotel

For further details including the abstracts of these talks please visit
http://www.ismp2015.org/?page_id=13.

Conference Venue

The symposium and opening ceremony will take place at the Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh
Downtown Hotel located at the confluence of Pittsburghs famed Three Rivers.
The opening ceremony will feature the presentation of awards by the Mathematical
Optimization Society and will be followed by the welcome reception. The conference
banquet will be on Wednesday July 15th featuring a river cruise on the Monongahela,
Allegheny and Ohio Rivers, with uncompromised view of beautiful landscapes and
towering skyscrapers of Pittsburgh. The scientific talks will be scheduled on
Monday-Friday 9:00am-6:00pm.

Early registration rate for 2015 MOS members:

Student or retiree: $190
Lifetime member: $290
Regular member: $375

Early registration rate for non-2015 MOS members:

Student: $210
Retiree: $220
All others: $435

The registration rates for late registration are higher.

More details (including clusters, cluster chairs, all registration rates, discounted
MOS membership for 2016-2018, hotel, sponsorship opportunities, exhibits etc.)
are available on the conference website at www.ismp2015.org.

We look forward to welcoming you next year in Pittsburgh!

The ISMP Organizing Committee

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13- Third EUROPT Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization
(source : M. Théra)

July 8-10, 2015: Edinburgh

http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/hall/EUROPT15/

EUROPT2015 is the annual event of the EUROPT continuous optimization
working group of EURO (The Association of European Operational
Research Societies). This is the 13th such workshop and is held
in collaboration with the EURO 2015 conference to be held
in Glasgow on July 12-15 2015.

Talks should be related to continuous optimization theory,
algorithms, software or applications. It is expected that
there will be a particular focus on large-scale optimization
and linear algebra techniques in optimization.

Plenary speakers confirmed:

Sven Leyffer (Argonne National Laboratory)
Lieven Vandenberghe (University of California, Los Angeles)
Serge Gratton (CERFACS-IRIT, Toulouse)

Abstracts (max one page *.pdf) should be submitted to
 EUROPT15@maths.ed.ac.uk
by March 27 2015

Selected papers presented at EUROPT2015 will be considered
for peer-reviewed publication in a special issue of
Mathematical Methods of Operations Research.

Registration will open in due course, with the fees having been
set as £150 (Standard) and £75 (PhD student) before May 15 2015.
Afterwards the respective fees will be £200 and £100.

Well priced accommodation has been booked for the nights before,
during and after the conference, and details of how to reserve
a room will be published in due course.

We hope you will want to take this opportunity to visit Edinburgh
and contribute to advances in continuous optimization.

Julian Hall and Jacek Gondzio
Chairs of the Organising and Programme Committees for EUROPT2015

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14- European Conference on Operational Research, EURO2015
(source : M. Théra)

University of Strathclyde in Glasgow from 12-15 July 2015.
It is the place to present your work and find out about cutting edge
ideas emerging from the Operational Research community.

The deadline for abstract submissions is March 16. Researchers,
academics, practitioners, and students interested in any branch of
Operational Research, mathematical modelling or economic analysis are
invited to submit abstracts or organize sessions. If you would like to
organize a session, please contact the Programme Committee.

More information is on the website http://www.euro2015.org,
including details of the main topical areas, the Programme and
Organizing Committee members, and details of how to submit your
abstract.

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15- Modeling and OPtimization: Theory and Applications (MOPTA) conference
(source : M. Théra)

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, July 20-22, 2015.

We welcome contributed talks, and we are also very interested in hearing from
people who could organize a session centered around one of their topics of
expertise. MOPTA sessions have 3 speakers, with 30 mins per presentation including
Q&A's. Speakers will be kindly asked
to submit their abstract on the MOPTA website. The deadline for abstract submission
is May 1.

Confirmed plenary speakers:
* Alper Atamtürk (University of California-Berkeley)
* Amir Beck (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology)
* Mirjam Dür (University of Trier)
* Eugene Feinberg (SUNY)
* Ravi Mazumdar (Waterloo)
* Luis Nunes Vicente (Universidade de Coimbra)
* Tong Zhang (Rutgers University)

Alexander Stolyar, Martin Takac
Organizing Committee Co-Chairs

See more at http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta

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16- International OR2015 conference on Operations Research
(source : M. Théra)

organized by the Austrian (OEGOR), Swiss (SVOR/ASRO) and German (GOR) OR societies.

The conference will take place at the University of Vienna, Austria

                   September 1-4, 2015

The theme of this conference is "Optimal Decisions and Big Data", but the conference
covers all directions of Operations Research. The invited plenary speakers are Matteo
Fischetti (Padova) and Steven Scott (Google).  There will be 28 streams:  Accounting
and Revenue Management, Analytics, Bioinformatics, Computational and Experimental
Economics, Continuous Optimization, Control Theory, Discrete Optimization, Graphs
and Networks, Energy and Environment, Financial Modeling, Forecasting, Game Theory,
Health and Disaster Aid, Integer Programming, Logistics and Transportation,
Metaheuristics, Multiple Criteria Decision Making, Networks and Regulation, Neural
Nets and Fuzzy Systems, OR for Security, OR Software and Modeling Languages, Policy
Modeling and Public Sector OR, Production and Operations Management, Scheduling and
Project Management, Simulation and Decision Support, Stochastic Models, Stochastic
Optimization,
Supply Chain Management.

Please visit our webpages for further information, abstract submission and registration:

               or2015.univie.ac.at

There will be a business day, software and book exhibitions, an emerging scholar
program and more. Practitioners and academic people are invited to participate and
contribute to this event with interdisciplinary perspective in mathematics, computer
science, economics and business. Come and enjoy the conference as well as the social
program in Vienna, the city full of history, art, music, science and Gemuetlichkeit.

Gernot Tragler and Georg Pflug

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17- IMA Thematic year on Control theory and its applications
(source : J-B. Caillau)

Minnesota, Sep. 2015-June 2016,
http://www.ima.umn.edu/2015-2016

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18- Annual Conference of the Italian Operations Research Society, AIRO 2015
(source : D. Aussel)

Department of Computer Science of the University of Pisa on September 7-10,
2015.
This conference is the traditional yearly get-together of the Italian Operations
Research Society, but colleagues from all around the world working on all facets
of optimization are warmly welcome. The theme of AIRO 2015 is "Optimization for
Energy, Environment and Sustainability", but contributions are encouraged for all
areas of optimization.

The conference is organized into plenary and parallel sessions, with Italian and
English as the official languages. Each speaker can give only one talk.

We encourage perspective session chairs to submit to

submissions2015@airo.org

proposals for sessions they could be willing to organize.

Plenary Speakers:

Luís Eduardo Neves Gouveia (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Leo Liberti (CNRS LIX Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France)
Claudia Sagastizábal (Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Important dates:

April 1: Conference abstract submission opens
April 30: Abstract submission deadline
May 15: Early bird registration opens
May 31: Notification of acceptance
June 15: Early bird registration deadline

More information can be found on the website

http://www.airo.org/conferences/airo2015/

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19- IFAC Workshop on control Applications of Optimization (CAO?2015)
(source : M. Théra)

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany from October 6 to 9, 2015.

Following the traditions of the previous CAO workshops held in Rimini
(2012), Jyväskylä (2009), Cachan-Paris (2006), Visegrad (2003), Saint
Petersburg (2000), Haifa (1995) and Munich (1992), CAO? 2015 in
Garmisch-Partenkirchen will bring together researchers and practitioners
to discuss recent developments in the applications of optimization for
control purposes, decision making and for risk management in economy
and industry.

CAO? 2015 is an international meeting of the International Federation of
Automatic Control, sponsored by the IFAC Technical Committee on Optimal
Control and co-sponsored by the IFAC Technical Committees on Adaptive and
Learning Systems, Networked Systems, Linear Control Systems, Non-Linear
Control Systems, Robust Control and Economic and Business Systems.

CAO? 2015 is organized by Prof. Stefan Pickl, Institut für Theoretische
Informatik, Mathematik und Operations Research, Fakultät für Informatik,
Universität der Bundeswehr München.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Authors are encouraged to submit papers, session proposals and invited
sessions electronically in PDF format using the conference submission
system PaperPlaza:
http://ifac.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl#CAO15

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20- Book "Convex Optimization Algorithms", D. Bertsekas
(source : M. Théra)

http://web.mit.edu/dimitrib/www/Convex_Alg_Chapters.html

(576 pages, hardcover, Athena, Scientific, February 2015).

The book provides a comprehensive and accessible presentation of algorithms for
solving convex optimization problems. It relies on rigorous mathematical analysis,
but also aims at an intuitive exposition that makes use of visualization where
possible. It places particular emphasis on modern developments, and their
widespread applications in fields such as large-scale resource allocation problems,
signal processing, and machine learning.

The book is aimed at students, researchers, and practitioners, roughly at the first
year graduate level. It is similar in style to my 2009 "Convex Optimization Theory"
book, but can be read independently. The latter book focuses on convexity theory
and optimization duality, while the present book focuses on algorithmic issues.
The two books share notation, and together cover the entire finite-dimensional
convex optimization methodology. To facilitate readability, the statements of
definitions and results of the "theory book" are reproduced without proofs in an
appendix.
Information about the book may be found at

Let me also take the opportunity to announce the hardcover/wide page edition of my
book "Parallel and Distributed Computation: Numerical Methods" (735 pages, hardcover,
Athena, Scientific, February 2015; jointly authored with John N. Tsitsiklis).
This book, which originally appeared in 1989, is now available only in paperback
ormat, which will continue to be available for a few more months. See

http://web.mit.edu/dimitrib/www/pdc.html

D. Bertsekas

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21- Internet page entitled on the Superiorization Methodology and Perturbation
 Resilience of Algorithms
(source : M. Théra)

This is a (chronologically ordered) bibliography on the superiorization
methodology, on perturbation resilience of algorithms and related works,
compiled and continuously updated by Yair Censor. If you know of a related
work in any form (preprint, reprint, journal publication, conference
report, abstract or poster, book chapter, thesis, etc.) that should be
included here kindly write to me on: yair@math.haifa.ac.il with full
bibliographic details, a DOI if available, and a PDF copy of the work if
possible.
This page has been last updated: March 7, 2015.

To view the new internet page please go to:
http://math.haifa.ac.il/YAIR/bib-superiorization-censor.htmlLettre MODE
novembre 2015

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Envoyez vos contributions en format simple texte à
oana-silvia.serea@univ-perp.fr avant la fin du mois.

Prière d'indiquer "pour la lettre MODE" dans l'objet.

L'inscription et la désinscription automatiques se font en écrivant à
lettre-mode-smai-request@emath.fr
et en mettant dans le sujet suivant le cas subscribe ou unsubscribe.

Vous pouvez également retrouver les lettres MODE sur le site :

http://smai.emath.fr/spip.php?article330&lang=fr

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Table des matières

-- Thèses et Postes
1- 2 Postdoc positions (1-year) at the University KU Leuven Belgium
2- Campagne 2016 de chercheurs postdoctoraux en mathématiques et informatique fondamentale, Laboratoire d'excellence Milyon, Lyon en Sciences pour l’Ingénieur – Automatique
3- Postdoctoral Position - Automotive Control Engineering, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
4- Postdoctoral Position at INRIA, Rennes, France
5- Professor possition in the team Combinatoire et Optimisation (IMJ-PRG / Universite P. et M. Curie, Paris)

-- Conférences et évènements
6- Journées annuelles du GdR MOA, 4-5 décembre 2015, Dijon
7- Les journées SMAI-MODE 2016 auront lieu à Toulouse le 23, 24 et 25 mars 2016
8- XVI International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems: Theory, Numerics, Application, August 1-5, 2016 in Aachen (Germany)
9- The 10th International Conference on Optimization: Techniques and Applications, July 23-26, 2016, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
10- Annonces de séminaires

-- Autres (ouvrages, etc.)
11- Triste nouvelle : décès de Bernard Prum
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1- 2 Postdoc positions (1-year) at the University KU Leuven Belgium
(sorce : M. Théra)

The research group KU Leuven ESAT-STADIUS is currently offering 2 Postdoc positions (1-year) within the framework of the ERC (European Research Council) Advanced Grant A-DATADRIVE-B (PI: Johan Suykens) http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/stadius/ADB on Advanced Data-Driven Black-box modelling.

The research positions relate to the following possible topics:

-1- Prior knowledge incorporation
-2- Kernels and tensors
-3- Modelling structured dynamical systems
-4- Sparsity
-5- Optimization algorithms
-6- Core models and mathematical foundations
-7- Next generation software tool

The research group ESAT-STADIUS http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/stadius at the university KU Leuven Belgium provides an excellent research environment being active in the broad area of mathematical engineering, including systems and control theory, neural networks and machine learning, nonlinear systems and complex networks, optimization, signal processing, bioinformatics and biomedicine.

The research will be conducted under the supervision of Prof. Johan Suykens. Interested candidates having a solid mathematical background and PhD degree can on-line apply by following the submission guidelines given at the website http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/stadius /ADB/vacancies.php by including CV and motivation letter.

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2- Campagne 2016 de chercheurs postdoctoraux en mathématiques et informatique fondamentale, Laboratoire d'excellence Milyon, Lyon
(sorce : M. Théra)

Le Laboratoire d'excellence Milyon http://milyon.universite-lyon.fr lance la campagne 2016 de chercheurs postdoctoraux en mathématiques et informatique fondamentale.

Milyon propose trois contrats de recherche sans charge d'enseignement pour la période 2016–2018 http://milyon.universite-lyon.fr/2015/11/02/ouverture-appel-a-candidatures-chercheurs-postdoctoraux-2016/

Date limite de candidature : 15 janvier 2016.

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3- Postdoctoral Position - Automotive Control Engineering, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
(source : O.S. Serea)

As part of our new, enhanced strategy to further strengthen research programs at Tecnológico de Monterrey, our institution is seeking qualified candidates for positions as full time postdoctoral researchers in the fields of Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Automotive Control Engineering.

Therefore, Tecnológico de Monterrey, opens one position for Full Time Postdoctoral Researchers in the fields of: Control / Automotive Control / Mechanical Engineering.

Theoretical research interest: Robust and H-infinity control, LMIs, LPV systems, sampling dependent control design. Time-delay systems, observers, robust control, structural analysis, LPV TDS. Fault detection and diagnosis, fault tolerant control. Nonlinear control, Nonlinear observers.

Applied research interests: Automotive/Vehicle modeling & control; Global chassis control, Suspensions modeling and control (semi-active), Brakes, Steer modeling & control. Mechatronics systems, Instrumentation.

The Postdoctoral Researchers will work under the supervision of the Consortium Engineering Research Group. The Consortium coordinates the efforts of three of the most important Tier 1 suppliers of components for the Automotive Industry, which cooperate with ITESM in the development of new manufacturing processes, materials and components for the next generation of automotive systems. Postdocs will have the opportunity of doing research stays at important automotive engineering research centers in Mexico and abroad, as required by their particular project goals.

These are 1 year positions with a starting date between January 1, 2016 and January 1, 2017, with possible extensions to 2 years.

For details please see:

https://www.researchgate.net/job/860056_Postdoctoral_Position-Automotive_Control_Engineering

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4- Postdoctoral Position at INRIA, Rennes, France
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

Exploiting Image Data in the Process of Model Order Reduction

For more information please see:

http://people.rennes.inria.fr/Cedric.Herzet/Cedric.Herzet/Geronimo/files/postdoc_geronimo.pdf

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5- Professor possition in the team Combinatoire et Optimisation (IMJ-PRG / Universite P. et M. Curie, Paris)
(source : J.-P. Allouche et M. Théra)

Game Theory, Dynamics, and Optimisation

We want to hire an outstanding senior scientist in game theory. The new colleague will pilot the research on the theme "game theory, dynamics, and optimization" within the group Combinatorics and Optimization and will be responsible for the M1 and M2 lecturing on this theme. He/she will work at the Institut de Mathématiques (IMJ-PRG, UMR 7586) for his/her research and teach at the Faculté de Mathématiques, UPMC (UFR 929).

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6- Journées annuelles du GdR MOA, 4-5 décembre 2015, Dijon
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

Pour plus de détails voir :

http://gdrmoa.math.cnrs.fr/activites/journees-annuelles-gdr-moa-2015

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7- Les journées SMAI-MODE 2016 auront lieu à Toulouse le 23, 24 et 25 mars 2016
(source : J. Gergaud et S. Gratton )

Les journées SMAI-MODE 2016 auront lieu à Toulouse le 23, 24 et 25 mars 2016 (http://mode2016.sciencesconf.org).

Les soumissions de résumés sont attendues pour le 27 Novembre 2015. Merci de soumettre vos propositions de communications orales et d'inciter les doctorants à soumettre et à s'inscrire sur le site des Journées, en suivant les recommandations disponibles à http://mode2016.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/9.

Les conférenciers pléniers attendus sont :

Guillaume Carlier (Paris Dauphine)
Jacek Gondzio (Edinburgh, Ecosse)
Rida Laraki (Paris Dauphine) (conférence grand public)
Monique Laurent (Tilburg, Pays Bas)
Fabien Mangeant (Airbus)
Vianney Perchet (Paris Diderot)

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8- XVI International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems: Theory, Numerics, Application, August 1-5, 2016 in Aachen (Germany)
(source : O.S. Serea)

The objective of the conference is to bring together scientists with
interests in the theoretical, applied, and computational aspects of hyperbolic partial differential equations and of related mathematical
models that appear in applied sciences.

The conference was first held 1986 in St. Etienne (France) and has
been organized since then biennially at different locations all over
the world: 2014 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 2012 Padua (Italy), 2010 Beijing (China), 2008 College Park (U.S.A.), 2006 Lyon (France), etc.

In keeping with the tradition, the conference consists of plenary and
invited lectures, as well as contributed talks and poster presentations.
These will represent all three aspects of the field: theory, numerics and applications. As has been done in the past, a special effort will be made to enable young scientists to attend the conference and to meet and interact with the more senior researchers.

Registration for the conference is available now at the website http://www.hyp2016.de.

We urge all interested participants to register and to submit their
proposals for contributed talks or poster presentations at their earliest convenience. For full consideration, abstracts should be submitted not later than April 15, 2016.

Please have a look at the webpage for additional information and forward
this announcement to people who might be interested in the conference. Hope to seeing you in Aachen next year.

Christian Klingenberg
Michael Westdickenberg
(organizers)

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9- The 10th International Conference on Optimization: Techniques and Applications, July 23-26, 2016, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
(source : I. Tseveendorj)

The first two ICOTA conferences were held in Singapore in 1987 and 1992, respectively. After which, ICOTA has become an important conference series run by a steering committee. The third ICOTA conference was held in Chengdu in 1995, and the fourth ICOTA was held in Perth in 1998. The fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth ICOTA were held, respectively, in Hong Kong in 2001, Ballarat in 2004, Kobe in 2007, Shanghai in 2010, and Taipei in 2013.

The ICOTA conference series is an official conference series of The
Pacific Optimization Research Activity Group (POP). Like previous ICOTA
conferences, the goal of the 10th ICOTA is to provide an international
forum for scientist, researchers, software developers, and practitioners
to exchange ideas and approaches, to present research findings and
state-of-the-art solutions, to share experiences on potentials and
limits, and to open new avenues of research and development, on all
issues and topics related to optimization and its applications.

Topics in the 10th ICOTA include, but not limited to, those listed in the following:

Optimization theory and numerical algorithms: linear programming, nonlinear programming, integer programming, network programming,
semi-definite programming, stochastic programming, dynamic programming,
optimal control, global optimization, nonsmooth optimization, semi-infinite programming, multi-objective optimization, variational
inequalities, complementarity problems, mathematical programs with
equilibrium constraint.

Algorithm: design, analysis, implementation of traditional mathematical
programming methodology, modern techniques such as meta-heuristic for
combinatorial and continuous optimization.

Application: engineering, nonlinear systems, stochastic system control,
data/text mining from large databases, intelligent information and
technology, systems science, knowledge management, information and
communication networks, transportation, scheduling, logistics, finance,
game theory, industrial engineering, management science, operations
research.

Publication details:

All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by referees. Papers accepted
for presentation in the conference will be included in the conference
proceedings, while outstanding papers will be invited for publications
in specialissues of several prestigious international journals.

Important dates:

Deadlinefor extended abstract submission : May 31, 2016
Notification ofacceptance: June 20, 2016

For further details, please contact Prof. R. Enkhbat (renkhbat46"at"yahoo.com) or visit the conference homepage
http://iom.num.edu.mn/icota2016.

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10- Annonces de séminaires

Une rubrique pour signaler quelques liens pour les séminaires ayant
lieu ce mois-ci et organisés dans nos laboratoires. N'hésitez pas à l'alimenter, préférentiellement via un lien vers la page du séminaire

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Séminaire Parisien d'Optimisation (exceptionnellement : ENSCP 01, à côté de l'IHP)

http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.html

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Séminaire du programme PGMO, salle PGMO (Polytechnique)

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar

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Groupe de Travail CalVa (université Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/fr/seminaires/gt_calcul_des_variations.html

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Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-línéaire et EDP (IHP)

http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html

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Séminaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)

http://projects.laas.fr/spot/

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Séminaire SAMOCOD (séminaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation Contrôle et Dynamique)

http://www.i3m.univ-montp2.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&catid=19&sem=618

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Séminaire hebdomadaire de l'équipe MOD de l'Université de Limoges

https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36

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Séminaire Parisien de Théorie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)

https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/

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Séminaire de Mathématiques Discrètes, Optimisation et Décision, Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne et Université Paris 1

http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/

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11- Triste nouvelle : décès de Bernard Prum
(source : F. Alabau)

Chers membres de la SMAI,

J'ai l'immense tristesse de vous faire part du décès de notre collègue et ami Bernard Prum, survenu le mercredi 21 octobre à l'âge de 69 ans.

Bernard Prum a été secrétaire général de la SMAI de 1995 à 1998, responsable du groupe MAS de 2002 à 2006, membre du Conseil d'administration de la SMAI plusieurs années et un membre très actif et très apprécié de notre communauté.

Ses obsèques auront lieu à partir du vendredi 23 octobre. L'inhumation sera faite le jeudi 29 octobre au cimetière de Thonon-les-Bains.

Bien amicalement,

Fatiha Alabau
Présidente de la SMAI

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Table des matières

-- Thèses et Postes
1- Open position at Aukland University within the Department of Engineering Science (DES), deadline november 11, 2015
2- Poste de thèse à IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN)
en Sciences pour l’Ingénieur – Automatique
3- Poste de chercheur en mathématiques, Alcatel-Lucent
4- Two open PhD Marie-Curie positions - Optimization in computational systems biology, IIM-CSIC (Spain)
5- Poste d'ingénieur, COMMANDS Team, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau

-- Conférences et évènements
6- Ordered Structures in Games and Decision, Maison des Sciences Economiques, Paris, 23 october 2015
7- PGMO DAYS 2015 Conference, ENSTA Paris Tech on the 27th and 28th of October, 2015
8- 3rd International Conference on Mathematical Sciences and their Applications:ICEOMFE 2015,King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 9-11, 2015
9- Contrôle des EDP et Applications, à Marseille, 09 novembre 2015 - 13 novembre 2015
10- Workshop on Optimal Control of Partial and Ordinary Differential
Equations, à Palaiseau, 16 novembre 2015 - 17 novembre 2015
11- 18th European Workshop on Automatic Differentiation on November 30th (half day) and  December 1st, 2015, at the University of Paderborn
12- Journées du GdR MOA du 2 au 5 décembre 2015, Dijon
13- Seconde édition du workshop international " Optimization for Image and Signal Processing",du 7 au 9 décembre 2015, à l'IHP
14- Optimization and Control with Applications (OCA),Changsha, 12-14 December, 2015
15- 10th International Young Researcher Workshop on Geometry, Mechanics and Control,Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris, January 13-15, 2016
16- The XI Brazilian Workshop on Continuous Optimization, Manaus, Brazil, from May 22 to 27, 2016
17- Annonces de séminaires

-- Autres (ouvrages, etc.)
18- Nomination du directeur de la FSMP (juillet 2015)
19- Nomination du prochain directeur du CIMPA (octobre 2016)
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1- Open position at Aukland University within the Department of Engineering Science (DES), deadline november 11, 2015
(source : V. Leclère et A. Philpott)

The University of Auckland is New Zealand's largest university and houses the country’s largest and most successful engineering school. Within the Faculty of Engineering, the Department of Engineering Science (DES) provides undergraduate degree programmes in Engineering Science and Biomedical Engineering (see www.des.auckland.ac.nz). The Engineering Science degree focuses on mathematical modelling and its application to problems in solid and fluid mechanics and operations research/computational analytics. Each cohort in the Engineering Science degree consists of about 50 students selected at Year 2 of their degree. Entry standards are very high. DES also has teaching responsibilities in mathematics and computation to students from all disciplines within the School of Engineering. DES has an excellent research record in operations research/computational analytics and provides the largest and most successful group working in this area in New Zealand. The operations research/computational analytics team (currently seven full-time academics) has special expertise in scheduling and rostering, transportation modeling, healthcare analytics, stochastic and multi- objective optimization, and electricity market research. Much of this research is carried out in collaboration with local industries, with which the group has strong links. Research funding for analytics in DES is growing rapidly. Two DES faculty are principal investigators in Te Punaha Matatini (the New Zealand Centre for Networks and Complexity), and three operations research/computational analytics faculty are principal investigators in the Smart Services portfolio of National Science Challenge 7, Science for Technological Innovation. Four operations research/computational analytics faculty are also investigators on MBIE grants. Operations research/computational analytics faculty collaborate often with researchers in North America and Europe, and regularly attend major conferences (e.g. INFORMS and EURO). The Department of Engineering Science are seeking to make an appointment in operations research/computational analytics to complement the decision modelling expertise in the Department. We are seeking applicants with broad interests in business analytics and its applications, but specific expertise in data science, machine learning, applied probability and statistics, and database systems for mining and analysing complex and unstructured data sets will be preferred. The successful applicant will be expected to build and lead a programme of international quality research and undertake PhD research supervision in the general area of operations research/computational analytics; to develop and deliver curricula and courses in the field of operations research/computational analytics, in particular at postgraduate and advanced undergraduate level; and perform service roles in the Department of Engineering Science. Salary range: Lecturer Step 1 (77,453 NZD p.a. ) to Senior Lecturer Step 8 (123,338 NZD p.a. ). The University has an equity policy and welcomes applications from all qualified persons. The University is committed to meeting its obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi and achieving equity outcomes for staff and students. It provides on-site early childhood education centres for babies and pre-school children, it has parental leave and flexible work policies which support a balance between work, life, family and caring responsibilities. If you have any questions about this position please contact Professor Rosalind Archer via r.archer@auckland.ac.nz Applications close 11 November 2015.

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2- Poste de thèse à IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) en Sciences pour l’Ingénieur – Automatique
(source : F. Bonnans)

Titre : Contrôle optimal et robuste des véhicules hybrides
rechargeables

L'Union européenne tend à développer des mesures réglementaires visant à diminuer l'impact des véhicules sur les émissions de gaz à effet de serre et les rejets de polluants. Pour répondre à ces mesures,les
véhicules conventionnels vont évoluer vers des véhicules à taux d'hybridation de plus en plus élevé. De nombreux véhicules hybrides rechargeables vont donc faire leur apparition dans les prochaines années. Dans ce contexte, l'objectif de la thèse est de développer une stratégie de contrôle permettant d'optimiser la consommation énergétique de véhicules hybrides rechargeables. Des solutions existent pour déterminer une telle stratégie dans un contexte de connaissance parfaite du parcours. Cependant, le contexte d'usage réel implique une évolution constante des nombreuses contraintes appliquées au système durant le parcours. La stratégie a priori n'est donc pas robuste par rapport à ces évolutions. Ce manque de robustesse constitue le
verrou que la thèse va chercher à lever. D'un point de vue plus global, la thèse doit contribuer à développer une stratégie  de commande optimale et robuste pour des systèmes déterministes évoluant dans des
environnements stochastiques. La cible à atteindre est la fourniture d'une brique logicielle qui devra être intégrée dans l'environnement
global développé dans le projet miroir. Ce travail s'appuiera sur une expérience forte acquise par les thèses passées dans le domaine du contrôle des véhicules hybrides et des Systèmes de Transport Intelligents.

Mots clefs : Véhicule hybride, Systèmes de Transport Intelligents, Gestion d’énergie, Commande optimale

Directeur de thèse : Joseph Frédéric Bonnans, Centre de Mathématiques Appliquées

Ecole doctorale : ED 447, Ecole Doctorale de l’Ecole Polytechnique

Encadrant IFPEN : Thomas Leroy, Dépt. Contrôle, Signal et Système, thomas.leroy@ifpen.fr

Localisation du doctorant : IFP Energies nouvelles, Rueil-Malmaison, France

Durée et date de début : 3 ans, début de préférence : le 1 novembre 2015

Employeur : IFP Energies nouvelles, Rueil-Malmaison, France

Qualifications : Master  2  ou diplôme d’ingénieur, Analyse de données, Optimisation/Commande optimale, Informatique

Connaissances linguistique : Anglais

Pour  plus  d’information  ou  pour  soumettre  votre  candidature, voir  theses.ifpen.fr  ou  contacter  l’encadrant IFPEN.

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3- Poste de chercheur en mathématiques, Alcatel-Lucent
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

Description

L'activité de mathématiques des réseaux et informations dynamiques du programme « IP Platform » des Bell Labs recrute des chercheurs à temps plein. L'activité a pour objectif de modéliser les réseaux dynamiques comme par exemple le "cloud", les réseaux sociaux, le graphe du Web ou les réseaux mobiles, et de concevoir des algorithmes pour en optimiser les performances et le suivi. Les domaines abordés sont (liste non exhaustive) :
- Modèles et analyses spatio-temporels des graphes ;
- Propagation de l’information dans les réseaux dynamiques ;
- Reconnaissance et traçage de l’information ;
- Algorithmes d’indexation des informations ;
- Algorithmes cognitifs dans les réseaux.

Qualifications

Les candidats devront être titulaires d’une thèse en informatique ou en mathématiques, et justifier d’une certaines visibilité sur le plan des publications académiques, notamment avec des conférences de rang A. Ils devront démontrer leur habilité à manipuler les outils mathématiques et informatiques associés aux domaines suivants :
- la combinatoire,
- les modèles stochastiques,
- la théorie de l’information,
- compression, codage de source,
- les analyses asymptotiques,
- la statistique,
- l’analyse d’algorithmes en moyenne,
- la complexité,
- la théorie des jeux,
- les chaînes de Markov,
- les transformées de Laplace et l’analyse complexe,
- les filtrages bayesiens,
- La géométrie stochastique.
Ils devront savoir programmer en java ou en C, connaître des simulateurs de réseaux et des logiciels de calculs formels (Maple, Mathlab). Ils devront être familiers avec les réseaux mobiles et les réseaux sociaux.

Pour plus des détails voir :

https://aluperf.taleo.net//careersection/10000/jobdetail.ftl?=en&job=15000001F7&src=JB-10780 <https://aluperf.taleo.net//careersection/10000/jobdetail.ftl?=en&job=15000001F7&src=JB-10780>

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4- Two open PhD Marie-Curie positions - Optimization in computational systems biology, IIM-CSIC (Spain)
(source : F. Bonnans)

TWO MARIE-CURIE EARLY STAGE RESEARCHER POSITIONS AT IIM-CSIC (Spanish Council for Scientific Research), Vigo (Spain) in the field of COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEMS BIOLOGY.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Applications are invited for two Early Stage Researcher Positions in computational systems biology under the supervision of Prof. Julio R. Banga, IIM-CSIC (Spain), starting in early 2016.

Position ESR6: novel optimization-based methods for systematic development of dynamic models of biological systems.

Position ESR7: optimal control methods to explain and predict operating
principles in biochemical pathways.

Candidates are expected to have a strong background in mathematical optimization, including global optimization and optimal control.

Duration: 36 months. These Early Stage Reseachers (ESRs) will be hired
for 36 months each and will be expected to pursue a PhD. Candidates must
be in possession of a relevant Masters degree (or very close to obtaining it) at the time of appointment.

Salary will be excellent, in the range of 33-36 k€ gross/year, according
to EU regulations (Marie Curie ITN Early Stage Researcher conditions).

Other benefits: the ESRs will be involved in a Marie-Curie network with
excellent opportunities for scientific and personal development, including funding for short stays at top-class research groups in Germany and the UK, plus regular training events and meetings across Europe.

FURTHER INFORMATION (including HOW TO APPLY): https://goo.gl/85Op8t

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5- Poste d'ingénieur, COMMANDS Team, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau
(source : F. Bonnans)

Commands : http://commands.saclay.inria.fr est une équipe Inria-Ecole Polytechnique au sein du CMAP, dédiée à l'optimisation dynamique dans un contexte déterministe ou stochastique. Elle inclut plusieurs doctorants travaillant sur des problématiques d'optimisation énergétique. L'équipe développe la boîte à outils Bocop en commande optimale : www.bocop.org.

L'équipe a une collaboration depuis 2014 avec la startup Safety Line, sur le thème de l'optimisation de la consommation des avions de ligne, tirant profit des données des enregistreurs de vol.

Mission

Etendre la boîte à outils Bocop en vue de l'optimisation de trajectoire d'avions

Descriptif du poste
- Méthodes de programmation dynamique pour les phases de montée et croisière.
- Mise en œuvre de versions parallèles.
- Post traitement pour le calcul des consignes de vol.
- Développements logiciels et aide à l'utilisateur.

Profil recherché
- Formation au calcul scientifique (optimisation, EDP).
- Compétences en développement C/C++.
- Une expérience en calcul parallèle serait appréciée.

Pour plus de détails voir :

https://www.inria.fr/institut/recrutement-metiers/offres/ingenieurs-r-d-jeunes-diplomes

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6- Ordered Structures in Games and Decision, Maison des Sciences Economiques, Paris, 23 october 2015
(source : O. S. Serea)

Participation is free, but in order to make organization easier, please register by sending a message to michel.grabisch@univ-paris1.fr, before October 15th. All information can be found on the web site http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/OSGAD/OSGAD.htm.

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7- PGMO DAYS 2015 Conference, ENSTA Paris Tech on the 27th and 28th of October, 2015
(source : F. Bonnans)

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to the 2015 Conference of the PGMO at ENSTA Paris Tech on the 27th and 28th of October, 2015 (http://www.ensta-paristech.fr/fr/venir-ensta-paristech).

The conference program is now published here: http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/fr/pgmodays2015/scientific_program

In order to help the organization, please register (registration is free but mandatory) before October 15th on this webform: http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/fr/pgmodays2015/registration

If you have already registered (for which we thank you), you should have received a confirmation email. If this is not the case, it is necessary that you proceed to registration again which we very much apologize for.

Be careful, registration is mandatory due to Vigipirate restrictions. Access to ENSTA ParisTech will not be possible for unregistered persons.

Best Regards

The conference organization board

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8- 3rd International Conference on Mathematical Sciences and their Applications:ICEOMFE 2015,King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 9-11, 2015
(sorce : M. Théra)

For details please see:

https://npst.ksu.edu.sa/en/iceomfe/about

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9- Contrôle des EDP et Applications, à Marseille, 09 novembre 2015 - 13 novembre 2015
(source : O. S. Serea)

Pour plus de détails voir : http://cirm2015control.sciencesconf.org

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10- Workshop on Optimal Control of Partial and Ordinary Differential
Equations, à Palaiseau, 16 novembre 2015 - 17 novembre 2015
(source : O. S. Serea)

Pour plus de détails voir : http://commands.saclay.inria.fr/workhop-on-optimal-control-of-partial-and-ordinary-differential-equations

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11- 18th European Workshop on Automatic Differentiation on November 30th (half day) and December 1st, 2015, at the University of Paderborn
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

For more information please see:

http://www.autodiff.org/?module=Workshops&submenu=EuroAD/18/main

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12- Journées du GdR MOA du 2 au 5 décembre 2015, Dijon
(source : D. Aussel)

Les Journées du GdR MOA se tiendront à Dijon du 2 au 5 décembre 2015.
Les inscriptions seront très bientôt ouvertes mais réservez dès à
présent ces dates.

Pour plus des détails voir : http://gdrmoa.math.cnrs.fr/.

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13- Seconde édition du workshop international " Optimization for Image and Signal Processing", du 7 au 9 décembre 2015, à l'IHP
(source : D. Aussel)

La seconde édition du workshop international " Optimization for Image and Signal Processing" se tiendra à l'IHP du 7 au 9 décembre 2015.
Ce workshop est organisé par le groupe MAORI dans le cadre du programme PGMO.
L'inscription est gratuite mais OBLIGATOIRE.

Pour plus des détails voir : http://www.lss.supelec.fr/MaoriWorkshop/index.php

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14- Optimization and Control with Applications (OCA), Changsha, December 12-14, 2015
(sorce : M. Théra)

Dear Colleagues:

As you may know, POP sponsors three tri-annual conference series: Optimization and Control with Applications (OCA), International Conference on Optimization Theory and Applications (ICOTA) and Pacific Optimization Conference (POC), so we shall have one of such conferences every year. This year we have OCA, to be held in Changsha, PRC on 12-14 Dec. http://oca2015.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/1

The abstract submission deadline for OCA 2015 has been extended to 31st October 2015. Please encourage your students and collaborators to submit abstracts via the EasyChair online system located at:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=oca2015

For those of you intending to organize a special session, please email me the following information as soon as possible: session name, session  organizer(s), speakers’ names and affiliations. The speakers  in your session must upload their abstracts via the EasyChair online  system.

All of you are most welcome to join us in Changsha for OCA 2015.

Sincerely,

Kok Lay Teo
Chair of the Working Committee of POP

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14- 10th International Young Researcher Workshop on Geometry, Mechanics and Control,Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris, January 13-15, 2016
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

For more information please see: http://gmcnet.webs.ull.es/?q=activity-detaill/1396

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16- The XI Brazilian Workshop on Continuous Optimization, Manaus, Brazil, from May 22 to 27, 2016
(sorce : M. Théra)

The XI Brazilian Workshop on Continuous Optimization will take place in Manaus, (UFAM) in the Amazonas state, north of Brazil, from May 22 to 27, 2016, celebrating Carlos Humes Júnior's 70th birthday. Subjects to be discussed encompass theoretical, computational and implementation issues, in both linear and nonlinear programming, including variational inequalities, complementarity problems, nonsmooth optimization, vector optimization, generalized equations, optimization in manifolds etc.

For more details please see: http://www.impa.br/opencms/en/eventos/store/evento_1602

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17- Annonces de séminaires

Une rubrique pour signaler quelques liens pour les séminaires ayant
lieu ce mois-ci et organisés dans nos laboratoires. N'hésitez pas à l'alimenter, préférentiellement via un lien vers la page du séminaire

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Séminaire Parisien d'Optimisation (exceptionnellement : ENSCP 01, à côté de l'IHP)

http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.html

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Séminaire du programme PGMO, salle PGMO (Polytechnique)

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar

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Groupe de Travail CalVa (université Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/fr/seminaires/gt_calcul_des_variations.html

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Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-línéaire et EDP (IHP)

http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html

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Séminaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)

http://projects.laas.fr/spot/

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Séminaire SAMOCOD (séminaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation Contrôle et Dynamique)

http://www.i3m.univ-montp2.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&catid=19&sem=618

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Séminaire hebdomadaire de l'équipe MOD de l'Université de Limoges

https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36

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Séminaire Parisien de Théorie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)

https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/

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Séminaire de Mathématiques Discrètes, Optimisation et Décision, Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne et Université Paris 1

http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/

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18- Nomination du directeur de la FSMP (juillet 2015)
(source : J. B. Caillau)

Emmanuel Trélat est directeur de la FSMP (juillet 2015).

Pour plus de détails voir : http://www.sciencesmaths-paris.fr/fr/equipe-51.htm

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19- Nomination du prochain directeur du CIMPA (octobre 2016)
(source : J. B. Caillau et M. Théra)

Ludovic Rifford sera le prochain directeur du CIMPA (octobre 2016).

Pour plus de détails voir : http://www.cimpa-icpam.org/actualites/article/annonce-du-prochain-directeur-787?lang=fr <http://www.cimpa-icpam.org/actualites/article/annonce-du-prochain-directeur-787?lang=fr>

Lettre MODE
septembre 2015

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Table des matières

-- Thèses et Postes
1- PhD position is available at the Institute for Mathematics, University of Wurzburg, 1 October 2015
2- Orange-Telecom Paristech postdoc position in convex optimization (12 months)

-- Conférences et évènements
3- International Master's program in Mathematics at the University of Würzburg, October 2015
4- Workshop "Optimization in Machine Learning, vision and image processing" les 6 et 7 octobre à Toulouse
5- Conférence du programme Gaspard Monge pour RO & Optimisation, à Palaiseau, 27-28 octobre 2015
6- Journée « Industrielle » : Rencontre entre Académiques et Industriels L’Optimisation et la Programmation Mathématique en Contexte Industriel, 12 novembre 2015
7- The 6th International Conference on Optimization and Control with Applications, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha, China, December 11th-14th, 2015
8- The AMSI Summer School in Mathematical Sciences, Melbourne, Australia, 4-29 January 2016
9- EECI International Graduate School on Control 2016
10- Annonces de séminaires

-- Autres (ouvrages, etc.)
11- Sad news: Professor Rolewicz has left us, July 2015
12- Soutien a evenement GdR MOA
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1- PhD position is available at the Institute for Mathematics, University of Wurzburg, 1 October 2015
(source : M. Théra)

A PhD position is available at the Institute for Mathematics, Chair for Mathematics in the Sciences, at the University of Wurzburg.
Candidates should be interested in pursuing a PhD in partial dierential equations or the calculus of variations related to the research topics of the group of Prof. Anja Schlomerkemper.

For more information please see:

http://www11.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de/pdf/job-opening-doc-Wuerzburg2015v2.pdf

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2- Orange-Telecom Paristech postdoc position in convex optimization (12 months)
(source : O. Fercoq)

Telecom ParisTech and Orange Labs are seeking applicants for a postdoc position in numerical Optimization. Particular interest is in candidates with a research orientation broadly related to the area of convex optimization with applications to heterogeneous big data. The aim of the postdoc will be to develop new stochastic optimization methods for solving non-smooth machine learning problems of large dimensions. A special emphasis will be put on the development and the analysis of random coordinate descent methods in a distributed framework. Knowledge in reinforcement learning is welcome. The candidate is expected to work in joint collaboration with the both project partners (Orange, Telecom Paristech) and to participate to the scientific animation of the partnership.

Applications should include a cover letter, a detailed resume, a list of publications, a statement of research interests. All materials should be emailed to pascal.bianchi@telecom-paristech.fr and/or olivier.fercoq@telecom-paristech.fr

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3- International Master's program in Mathematics at the University of Würzburg, October 2015
(source : M. Théra)

Starting in October 2015, there will be an International Master's program in Mathematics at the University of Würzburg, Institute for Mathematics.
In the coming winter term I will offer a "Research in Groups" on analytical aspects of elastic bodies and microstructures in the context of the calculus of variations as well as on analytical aspects of the Navier-Stokes equations. Further there will be a seminar on Minimal surfaces and Harmonic maps among many other courses.

For more information please see:

https://www.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~schloemerkemper/index.php?seite=teaching as well as http://www.mathinfo.uni-wuerzburg.de/vven.html.

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4- Workshop "Optimization in Machine Learning, vision and image processing" les 6 et 7 octobre à Toulouse
(source : N. Couellan)

Dans le cadre du trimestre thématique "Machine Learning" organisé par
CIMI (Centre International de Mathématiques et d'Informatique de
Toulouse) de septembre à décembre 2015, un workshop "Optimization in
Machine Learning, vision and image processing" aura lieu les 6 et 7
octobre à Toulouse.

La liste des conférenciers invités est la suivante:

- Amir Beck, Technion
- Marco Cuturi, Kyoto University
- Martin Jaggi, ETH Zürich
- Joseph Landsberg, Texas A&M University
- Lek Heng Lim, University of Chicago
- Julien Mairal, INRIA
- Eric Moulines, Telecom Paristech
- Gabriel Peyré, University of Chicago
- Jean Ponce, ENS
- Saverio Salzo, University of Genoa
- Johan Suykens, KU Leuven
- Marc Teboulle, Tel-Aviv University

Pour obtenir plus d'information sur le programme, consulter le site du
workshop à l'adresse:http://www.irit.fr/cimi-machine-learning/node/7

L'inscription au workshop est gratuite mais obligatoire (sur le site web).

Cordialement,

Nicolas Couellan, Francois Malgouyres, Sandrine Mouysset

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5- Conférence du programme Gaspard Monge pour RO & Optimisation, à Palaiseau, 27-28 octobre 2015
(source : O.S. Serea)

For more information please see:

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/fr/pgmodays2015

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6- Journée « Industrielle » : Rencontre entre Académiques et Industriels L’Optimisation et la Programmation Mathématique en Contexte Industriel, 12 novembre 2015
(source : D. Aussel et J.-B. Caillau)

Journée « Industrielle » : Rencontre entre Académiques et Industriels; L’Optimisation et la Programmation Mathématique en Contexte Industriel
Organisée conjointement par les GDR CNRS R.O. (Recherche Opérationnelle)
et M.O.A (Mathématique de l’Optimisation et Applications), en partenariat avec la ROADEF

Date : Jeudi 12 Novembre 2015, de 10 h à 17 h.
Lieu : Institut Henri POINCARE (IHP)

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7- The 6th International Conference on Optimization and Control with Applications, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha, China, December 11th-14th, 2015
(source : H. Bonnel et M. Théra)

The 6th International Conference on Optimization and Control with Applications (6thOCA) is organized by Changsha University of Science & Technology (China) and Curtin University (Australia). It will be held at International Academic Exchange Center of Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha, China on December 11th-14th, 2015.

The previous five conferences of the OCA conference series were held in Erice, Italy (2001), Tunxi, China (2002), Jiuzhaigou, China (2004), Harbin, China (2009), and Beijing, China (2012), respectively.

For more information please see:

http://oca2015.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/65578

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8- The AMSI Summer School in Mathematical Sciences, Melbourne, Australia, 4-29 January 2016
(source : D. Aussel)

Some of the themes of the Summer School are in are optimization.

For more information please see:

https://www.rmit.edu.au/events/all-events/conferences/2016/january/2016-amsi-summer-school/

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9- EECI International Graduate School on Control 2016
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

EECI International Graduate School on Control 2016:
- 28 Independent Graduate Modules – one 21 hours module per week, taught in English
- Deadline for advanced registration to each module: *31/12/2015*
- Eligible for 2nd Year Master Degree credits and Scientific Thesis modules (3 ECTS)
- Partial financial support for selected PhD Students worldwide

For more information please see:

http://www.eeci-institute.eu/EECI-docs2/EECI-IGSC-2016-PRE-programme-final-SUMMARIES-8%20septembre2015.pdf

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10- Annonces de séminaires

Une rubrique pour signaler quelques liens pour les séminaires ayant
lieu ce mois-ci et organisés dans nos laboratoires. N'hésitez pas à l'alimenter, préférentiellement via un lien vers la page du séminaire

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Séminaire Parisien d'Optimisation (exceptionnellement : ENSCP 01, à côté de l'IHP)

http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.html

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Séminaire du programme PGMO, salle PGMO (Polytechnique)

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar

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Groupe de Travail CalVa (université Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/fr/seminaires/gt_calcul_des_variations.html

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Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-línéaire et EDP (IHP)

http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html

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Séminaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)

http://projects.laas.fr/spot/

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Séminaire SAMOCOD (séminaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation Contrôle et Dynamique)

http://www.i3m.univ-montp2.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&catid=19&sem=618

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Séminaire hebdomadaire de l'équipe MOD de l'Université de Limoges

https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36

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Séminaire Parisien de Théorie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)

https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/

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Séminaire de Mathématiques Discrètes, Optimisation et Décision, Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne et Université Paris 1

http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/

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11- Sad news: Professor Rolewicz has left us, July 2015
(source : M. Théra)

Professor's Rolewicz web page:

http://www.impan.pl/User/rolewicz/Rolewicz.html

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12- Soutien a evenement GdR MOA
(source : D. Aussel)

Comme chaque année, le GdR MOA souhaite apporter un soutien aux événements (école, conférences, workshop...) en optimisation et ses applications, que vous allez organiser en 2016.

Ce soutien peut être de deux types :

- un parrainage de l'événement par le GdR MOA (annonce sur la page du GdR MOA et par la liste de diffusion)

- un soutien financier du GdR MOA. Etant donné le budget modeste du GdR, ce soutien financier sera toujours relativement limité (un ou deux milliers d'euros au maximum). Ce soutien devra exclusivement servir à financer la participation de doctorants ou jeunes chercheurs.

Nous vous demandons donc de nous communiquer vos demandes de soutien financier avant le 30 novembre 2015. Elles devront être accompagnées d'une lettre de demande d'un des organisateurs principaux, organisateur qui doit être membre du GdR MOA et qui s'engagera à utiliser ses fonds pour les doctorants et jeunes chercheurs. Un budget prévisionnel devra aussi être joint.

Les demandes de parrainage pourront quant à elles être traitées par le bureau tout au long de l'année 2016.

A vos propositions,

Le bureau du GdR MOA

Lettre MODE
avril 2015

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Table des matières

0- Renouvellement du comité de liaison -appel à candidatures

-- Thèses et Postes
1- Offre de thèse au GREYC à Caen avec J. Fadili
2- PhD position in quantum control (Munich, September 2015)
3- PhD Position, Optimal Control of Energy Storage, Sussex, UK
4- Postdoc Position, Large-scale Numerical Optimization
5- Poste MCF au LJK (Grenoble) : Optimisation et analyse de sensibilité en grande dimension
6- Lectureships open in the School of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh
7- Tenure-track position at Dpt of Mathematical Engineering, Univ. Concepcion (Chile)

-- Conférences et évènements
8- Annonces de séminaires
9- Workshop in Optimization and Applications, à Kenitra (Maroc)
10- 2015 SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM15)
11- International Workshop on Evolution Problems and Optimization, Agadir
12- Dynamic Discrete Choice Models: Econometric Models and Operations Research Methods
13- Gradient flows in Paris
14- Workshop on Computational Optimization (WCO'15)
15- VII Symposium on Nonlinear Analysis, Toru?, 14-18/09/2015
16- PGMO DAYS 2015 Conference : 27-28 Oct. 2015, ENSTA, France
17- Workshop on Optimal Control of Partial and Ordinary Differential Equations
18- Journées du GDR MOA

-- Autres
19- Appel à projets pour Écoles de recherche CIMPA en 2017
20- Projets BOUM (BOUge tes Mathématiques) de la SMAI
21- Nouveau journal : Pure and Applied Functional Analysis
22- Prix de these PGMO : soumission des candidatures avant le 5/5/2015
23- Prix de thèse AMIES parrainé par les sociétés savantes SFdS, SMAI et SMF
24- Discover the work of the three winners of the 2015 Robert Faure Prize

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0 - Renouvellement du comité de liaison -appel à candidatures
(source : F. Silva)

Le groupe SMAI-MODE lance un appel à candidature en vue du renouvellement de 6 membres
de son comité de liaison.
La composition actuelle est consultable à l'adresse suivante :

http://smai.emath.fr/spip.php?article338&lang=fr

On rappelle que parmi les membres sortants: Patrick Louis Combettes, Jean-Noel Corvellec,
O. Ley, J. Malick, A. Ouorou, A. Rondepierre, seuls O. Ley, J. Malick  et A. Ouorou
sont rééligibles, les autres membres ayant déjà accompli 3 mandats consécutifs.

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1- Offre de thèse au GREYC à Caen avec J. Fadili
(source : D. Aussel)

Voir l'annonce : https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13015899/sujet_these2015.pdf

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2- PhD position in quantum control (Munich, September 2015)
(source : J-B. Caillau)

A PhD position in optimal control of spin dynamics is opened at the Institute for Advanced
Study of Technische Universita?t Mu?nchen (TUM-IAS) in the framework of a Hans Fisher fellowship
(see the webpage http://www.tum-ias.de for information).

mailto:dominique.sugny@u-bourgogne.fr

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3- PhD Position, Optimal Control of Energy Storage, Sussex, UK
(source : D. Aussel, J-B. Caillau)

A fully funded PhD studentship is available for a project in applied
mathematics at the University of Sussex, England. The project is
concerned with the rigorous analysis of electrical networks with
random energy production and consumption as well as electrical energy
storage. Given processes characterising energy production and
consumption, a key question is which strategy will optimally drive an
electrical energy storage facility.

The projects aims (A) to extend the existing dynamic programming
models for electrical networks with storage, (B) to numerically study
the resulting Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation with semi-Langrangian
numerical methods, (C) to prove well-posedness of the
Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation and the convergence of the
semi-Langrangian methods.

Candidates should have a strong background in at least one of the
areas of Optimal Control, PDEs, Numerical Analysis or Power
Systems. The project will be supervised by Dr Max Jensen

Possible start dates are May 2015 and September 2015. The project
includes a tax free maintenance bursary of Â£13863 per year, plus a
waiver of UK/EU fees for 3.5 years.

If you have questions concerning the vacancy, please contact Dr Max
Jensen (M.Jensen@sussex.ac.uk). Additional information is available at

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/maths/pgstudy/scholarships/2015/view/458

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4- Postdoc Position, Large-scale Numerical Optimization
(source : P. Armand)

Applications invited for a Postdoctoral position in large-scale
numerical optimization at The University of Luxembourg, within the
Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB); to start as soon as
possible. An excellent opportunity to participate in an established
international collaboration led by Ronan Fleming, LCSB, Michael and
Michael Saunders, Stanford University.

Your profile is a PhD in mathematics, applied mathematics,
computational engineering, mathematical engineering, or a related
discipline. A comprehensive understanding of and evidence of primary
research within numerical optimization is essential. Experience with
development of numerical software is essential. Experience with
efficient numerical solution of large-scale variational inequalities
posed as optimization problems is desirable. No knowledge of biology
is expected, but a willingness to work as part of an interdisciplinary
team is essential.  Excellent written English is essential.

Your role will be numerical implementation of novel, globally
convergent optimization algorithms designed for simulation of
high-dimensional systems of chemical reactions.  Specifically,
numerical implementation of proposed algorithms involving a sequence
of parametric, sparsely constrained, smooth, large-scale convex
optimization problems.

Fixed-term contract for 1 year, may be extended up to 3 years. Very
competitive salary. For further information please visit
http://emea3.mrted.ly/mlv7

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5- Poste MCF au LJK (Grenoble) : Optimisation et analyse de sensibilité en grande dimension
(source : J-B. Caillau)

Descriptif:

Il existe une forte demande d'outils mathématiques et algorithmiques nouveaux de l'optimisation
en grande dimension appliquée dans les domaines de l'apprentissage statistique et du traitement
de données non-homogènes. Les jeux de données à traiter, mais aussi les modèles qui les régissent
contiennent par ailleurs des incertitudes dont il s'agit d'estimer et de maitriser l'impact.

L'optimisation dans le contexte de données massives, l'analyse d'incertitudes et l'optimisation
robuste pour minimiser leur influence, sont des problématiques qui apparaissent dans plusieurs
domaines applicatifs dans lesquels le LJK est beaucoup investi : traitement et indexation
d'images, climatologie et sciences de l'environnement, développement durable, génomique, analyse
de données multi-media, de données bancaires et financières.

Le LJK souhaite recruter un maître de conférences, qui cherche à développer des aspects
méthodologiques ou applicatifs de ces thématiques, transverses à plusieurs équipes et départements
du laboratoire. La priorité sera donnée aux candidats possédant un excellent dossier de recherche,
souhaitant mener leur recherche dans un environnement multidisciplinaire, notamment au travers des
activités du label Persyval-lab.

contact :

Eric Bonnetier eric.bonnetier@imag.fr
Edouard Oudet edouard.oudet@imag.fr

Une description plus détaillée : http://www-ljk.imag.fr/Emplois/Documents/posteMCF1502.pdf

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6- Lectureships open in the School of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh
(source : P-L. Combettes)

We have 2 Lectureships (= Assistant Professorships in the US) open in the School of
Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh:

1) Lectureship in the Mathematics of Data Science

2) Lectureship in Operational Research
Application deadline: April 14, 2015
Starting date: August 1, 2015

The University of Edinburgh, alongside Cambridge, Oxford, Warwick and UCL, is a partner
in the Alan Turing Institute, which is being formed at the moment. This constitutes a
major investment by the UK government (£42 million) into Big Data research and Algorithms.
The successful candidates will benefit from and will be expected to contribute to the
vibrant community of the Alan Turing Institute.

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7- Tenure-track position at Dpt of Mathematical Engineering, Univ. Concepcion (Chile)
(source : CMM Univ. Chile)

see the announcement :

http://eims.ams.org/jobs/6970585/tenure-track-positions

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8- Annonces de séminaires
(sources: T. Bayen, L. Bourdin, P.L. Combettes, V. Fruchard, A. Monteil,
A. Rondepierre, A. Skoda, G. Vigeral,)

Une rubrique pour signaler succinctement les séminaires ayant
lieu ce mois-ci et organisés dans nos laboratoires.
N'hésitez pas à l'alimenter, préférentiellement via un lien vers
la page du séminaire et une liste de conférenciers,

**
Séminaire Parisien d'Optimisation (exceptionnellement : ENSCP 01, à côté de l'IHP)

http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.html

lundi 13 avril :
15h : V. Cevher (EPFL, Lausanne)
16h : C. Dossal (Bordeaux)

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Séminaire du programme PGMO, salle PGMO (Polytechnique)

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar

mardi 7 avril,
14h : J. Linderoth (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
15h : R. Aid (EDF R&D)
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Groupe de Travail CalVa (université Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/fr/seminaires/gt_calcul_des_variations.html

lundi 13 avril :
10h : P. Donato
11h : N. Alikakos*
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Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-línéaire et EDP (IHP)

http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html

mardi 14 avril,
10h : E. Lenzmann
11h : B. Grébert (Nantes)
**
**
Séminaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)

http://projects.laas.fr/spot/

lundi 27 avril
14 : M. Overton (Courant Inst.)
15h : J-B. Lasserre (LAAS-CNRS Toulouse)
**
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Séminaire SAMOCOD (séminaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation Contrôle et Dynamique)

**
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Séminaire hebdomadaire de l'équipe MOD de l'Université de Limoges

https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36

vendredi 10 avril : N. Igbida
vendredi 17 avril : E. Carlini

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Séminaire Parisien de Théorie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)

https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/

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Séminaire de Mathématiques Discrètes, Optimisation et Décision, Centre d'Economie
de la Sorbonne et Université Paris 1

http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/

mardi 14 avril : P. Perny

**

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9- Workshop in Optimization and Applications, à Kenitra (Maroc)
(source : J-B. Caillau)

22-23 avril 2015

http://www.univ-ibntofail.ac.ma/ensak/woa2015

Cette rencontre permettra aux chercheurs, industriels, spécialistes et utilisateurs des méthodes
numériques de suivre les derniers développements qu?ont connus les différentes méthodes en
optimisation et simulation, notamment l?utilisation des modèles mathématiques.

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10- 2015 SIAM International Conference on Data Mining (SDM15)
(source : J-B. Caillau)

Pinnacle Vancouver Harbourfront Hotel, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada
April 30 ? May 2, 2015
http://www.siam.org/meetings/sdm15/program.php

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11- International Workshop on Evolution Problems and Optimization, Agadir
(source : M. Théra)

The aim of the workshop is to bring together the leading experts in the field of evolution
problems and optimization, postdoctoral researches and graduate students, in order to discuss
and share ideas on the major open problems, to suggest novel research perspectives, and to
develop new scientific connections.

see : http://www.fsjes-agadir.org/iwepo/

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12- Dynamic Discrete Choice Models: Econometric Models and Operations Research Methods
(source : M. Mongeau)

We are pleased to announce a summer school on

Dynamic Discrete Choice Models: Econometric Models and Operations Research Methods

that will be held at Université de Montréal (Montreal, Canada) June 10-12, 2015

Keynote speakers: Mogens Fosgerau, Michel Gendreau and John Rust
Organizers and lecturers: Fabian Bastin, Cinzia Cirillo and Emma Frejinger

For registration and more information, please visit : https://symposia.cirrelt.ca/Summer-School/en

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13- Gradient flows in Paris
(source : J-F. Babadjian)

June 22 - 23, 2015

This meeting aims at gathering mathematicians working on gradient flows in metric spaces
with Wasserstein-like metrics and related problems, either from a modeling, analysis or
numerical point of view.

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/cances/GFIP/

organizers : Clément Cancès, Boris Andreianov, Adrien Blanchet et Thomas Gallouët

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14- Workshop on Computational Optimization (WCO'15)
(source : D. Aussel)

In the framework of Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems
(FedCSIS'15), Lodz, Poland, 13-16 September, 2015

https://fedcsis.org/wco

Many real world problems arising in engineering, economics, medicine and
other domains can be formulated as optimization tasks. These problems
are frequently characterized by non-convex, non-differentiable,
discontinuous, noisy or dynamic objective functions and constraints
which ask for adequate computational methods.

The aim of this workshop is to stimulate the communication between
researchers working on different fields of optimization and
practitioners who need reliable and efficient computational optimization
methods.

We invite original contributions related to both theoretical and
practical aspects of optimization methods.

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15- VII Symposium on Nonlinear Analysis, Toru?, 14-18/09/2015
(source : H. Frankowska)

Several specialists in different branches of nonlinear analysis, fixed point theory,
topological and variational methods in differential equations are expected to give plenary
or contributed talks. The meeting will take place in the building of The Faculty of Mathematics
and Computer Science of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru?. We hope for offering the
participants good opportunities for research, personal contacts, informal meetings and discussions.

See the website :

https://www.sna2015.mat.umk.pl/home

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16- PGMO DAYS 2015 Conference : 27-28 Oct. 2015, ENSTA, France
(source : V. Fruchard, J-B. Caillau, M. Théra)

We are pleased to invite you to the 2015 Conference of the PGMO at ENSTA Paris Tech
on the 27th and 28th of October, 2015.

The conference program will is available here:

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/fr/pgmodays2015/scientific_program

In order to help the organization, please register before September 30th on this webform:

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/fr/pgmodays2015/registration

(Registration is free but mandatory)

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17- Workshop on Optimal Control of Partial and Ordinary Differential Equations
(source : J-B. Caillau)

November 16th and 17th, 2015, Ecole Polytechnique

The aim of the workshop is to show some recent developments which have been made in the area
of optimal control of differential equations. A special emphasis will be given to optimal
control of partial differential equations, Hamilton-Jacobi Bellman equations, stochastic control,
numerical methods, and applications.

see :
http://commands.saclay.inria.fr/workhop-on-optimal-control-of-partial-and-ordinary-differential-equations

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18- Journées du GDR MOA
(source : D. Aussel)

Les Journées du GdR MOA auront lieu cette année à Dijon du 2 au 4 décembre 2015.
Comme on dit en anglais : "Save the date"

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19- Appel à projets pour Écoles de recherche CIMPA en 2017
(source : D. Aussel, C. Chalons, M. Théra)

Dear Colleagues,
CIMPA is opening its annual call for projects for 2017, which can be found at the following link :

http://cimpa.info/actualites/article/2017-cimpa-research-schools-call

Please provide as much diffusion as  possible to it. We search for a widely open call.
Thank you in advance.
Best regards,
Claude Cibils
Directeur of CIMPA

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20- Projets BOUM (BOUge tes Mathématiques) de la SMAI
(source : C. Chalons)

La SMAI a souhaité lancer une nouvelle initiative pour favoriser l'insertion dans la communauté
et la prise d'initiative des étudiants en thèse ou post-doctorants en Mathématiques Appliquées.
Il s'agit des projets BOUM (BOUge tes Mathématiques) de la SMAI. Vous trouverez le texte de
l'appel à projets sur la page suivante http://smai.emath.fr/spip.php?article548
La procédure de soumission est très simple et y est également décrite.
Nous vous invitons à relayer cette information autour de vous et à inciter les jeunes de votre
entourage à candidater.

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21- Prix de these PGMO : soumission des candidatures avant le 5/5/2015
(source : J-B. Caillau)

Voir le site :

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/fr/prixthese

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22- Prix de thèse AMIES parrainé par les sociétés savantes SFdS, SMAI et SMF
(source : J-B. Caillau)

voir le site :

http://www.agence-maths-entreprises.fr/a/?q=fr/prix-de-thèse

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23- Discover the work of the three winners of the 2015 Robert Faure Prize
(source : M. Théra)

See the website of the prize : http://roadef.org/content/roadef/rfaure.htm
As well as the 3 winners :

1st Prize: Giacomo Nannicini, http://people.sutd.edu.sg/~nannicini
2nd Prize: Claudia D'Ambrosio, http://www.lix.polytechnique.fr/~dambrosio
3rd Prize: Wim Van Ackooij, /pmwiki.php/PagesPerso/WVanAckooij

Presentations were made at the recent ROADEF conference: http://roadef2015.lsis.org/

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24- Nouveau journal : Pure and Applied Functional Analysis
(source : P-L. Combettes)

"Pure and Applied Functional Analysis". This new journal will publish top quality
research in the area of functional analysis and its applications. The first issue
to appear in 2016, submissions are to be sent by email to one of the editors in chief.
For more information, see:

http://www.ybook.co.jp/pafa/FLASH/index.htmlLettre MODE : Journees SMAI-MODE 2016, 23-25 mars 2016 (Toulouse)

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Journees SMAI-MODE 2016, 23-25 mars 2016 (Toulouse)

**** Date limite de soumission des communications et des demandes de soutien financier pour les jeunes : 31 décembre 2015 ****
http://mode2016.sciencesconf.org

Toulouse accueille les journées MODE 2016 de la société de mathématiques appliquées industrielles du 23 au 25 mars 2016. Cette manifestation permettra de rassembler de nombreux étudiants en thèse et chercheurs des domaines académiques et industriels autour de l’optimisation et de l’aide à la décision. Ce sera l’occasion pour les participants de présenter les travaux de recherche et d’initier des collaboration fructueuses, comme ce fut le cas lors des éditions  précédentes. Plus d’une centaine de participants sont attendus dans les différents amphithéâtres de l’ENSEEIHT, école Toulousaine du groupe INP, pour échanger autour des thématiques suivantes :

• l’analyse non-linéaire
• l’optimisation
• le contrôle optimal
• la théorie des jeux
• les mathématiques discrètes
• la recherche opérationnelle
• les modélisations mathématiques en économie, finance et sciences sociales

Traditionnellement, les participants à la conférence proviennent de nombre de pays Européens ; Allemagne, Italie, Royaume Uni, par exemple. La conférence comporte 5 orateurs pléniers invités et une cinquantaine de présentations regroupées dans des sessions thématiques. La conférence est aussi l’occasion de décerner le prix Dodu aux meilleurs exposés. Ce prix est sponsorisé par EDF R&D.

Le GdR MOA organisera un mini-cours les 21 et 22 mars 2016.

Lettre MODE
décembre 2015

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-- Thèses et Postes
1- 10 doctoral research positions at the University of Trier starting
1st April 2016
2- Postdoctoral fellowships are available at the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) for the  2016-17 Research Program on Optimization
3- Assistant or Associate Prof. position at Stanford ICME Faculty in
Foundational Computational Mathematics and Scientific Computing
4- IC2015_Winter International Call for BCAM (Basque Center for Applied
Mathematics) Researcher and Postdoctoral fellowships
5- Several postdoctoral and PhD positions open at the University of
Edinburgh

-- Conférences et évènements
6- Optimization and Equilibrium in Energy Economics, IPAM, JANUARY 11 -
15, 2016
7- Workshop on "Optimization and data assimilation". CERFACS, Toulouse,
January 13-15th 2016
8- Cours invité de dans le Master 2 d'Optimisation de Paris-Saclay,
20-22 janvier, 2016
9- International Workshop Decision Models and Population Management, 2-4 février 2016,  UPMC, Paris
10- Conférence   Ultrasonic 2016, Orléans du 7 au 10 mars 2016
11- 3rd International Conference on Control, Decision and Information
Technologies, Malta, April 6-8, 2016
12- 6th International Conference in Optimization Theory and its
Applications (ALEL’2016), 6-8 juin 2016, Cartagena
13- 66th International Workshop: ADVANCES IN CONVEX ANALYSIS AND
OPTIMIZATION ERICE, SICILY: 5–12 JULY 2016
14- Annonces de séminaires

-- Autres (ouvrages, etc.)
15- Clerc, M. L’aléatoire contrôlé en optimisation. 2015, ISTE editions
16- John von Neumann Theory Prize 2015 Winners: Vašek Chvátal
(Concordia) and Jean Bernard Lasserre (LAAS)
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1- 10 doctoral research positions at the University of Trier starting
1st April 2016
(sorce : D. Aussel, F. Santambrogio et M. Théra)

RTG 2126 (Graduiertenkolleg) Algorithmic Optimization

The Research Training Group (RTG) "Algorithmic Optimization", funded by
the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), is accepting applications for

10 doctoral research positions (TVL 13, 75%) at the University of Trier
for the period of 3 years, starting 1st April 2016

The research topics are devoted to all mathematical aspects of
algorithmic optimization with an emphasis on applications, in particular in large and big data as well as systems models from economics. The doctoral research positions do not involve teaching duties.

Applicants must hold a MSc degree (or equivalent) in mathematics or a
strongly related field at the time of hiring. They should be able to
communicate in English and should document their interest in the scientific goals of the research program of the research training group
(Graduiertenkolleg). Excellent programming skills are a plus.

Applications should include:

 * letter of motivation (no longer than 2 pages)
 * curriculum vitae
 * a recent letter of reference (in English or German) to be sent
   directly to the address given below
 * contact information of at least one additional reference
 * copies of earned degrees (in German or English translation)
 * a mathematical writing sample (preferably the master's thesis)

We welcome applications from researchers of all nationalities. Trier
University strives to increase the share of women in research and
strongly encourages women to apply. Trier University is a certified
family-friendly employer. Applicants with disabilities who are equally
qualified will be favoured.

Please include all application material in one pdf or zip-file and send
it via e-mail to:

Graduiertenkolleg ALOP
Mathematik - FB IV
Universtitaet Trier
54286 Trier, Germany
Email: alop@uni-trier.de
Subject: RTG ALOP

For full consideration, applications must be received by January 15,
2016, however, late applications will be considered until the positions
are filled.

For more information please see: http://www.alop.uni-trier.de

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2- Postdoctoral fellowships are available at the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) for the  2016-17 Research Program on Optimization
(sorce : D. Aussel et M. Théra)

This program aims to leverage the synergy between Mathematics and
Statistics to produce ground breaking advances in a number of areas,
including optimization for large-scale statistical analysis; statistical approaches for the numerical solution of large-scale optimization problems; and applications of optimization to machine learning, inverse problems, image and signal processing, energy, and others.

Information about the program is available at http://www.samsi.info/OPT

SAMSI Postdoctoral Fellowships begin in August 2016 and  typically last
two years. Appointments are made jointly between SAMSI and one of its
partner universities, where teaching is a possibility. Extremely competitive salaries, travel stipends, and health insurance will be offered.

Application information is available at http://www.samsi.info/opportunities/post-docs

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3- Assistant or Associate Prof. position at Stanford ICME Faculty in
Foundational Computational Mathematics and Scientific Computing
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

For details please see:

http://stanford.us12.list-manage.com/track click?u=1a17776f7cf56f849b937fbc2&id=8c0a025c24&e=6a10dfaa99

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4- IC2015_Winter International Call for BCAM (Basque Center for Applied
Mathematics) Researcher and Postdoctoral fellowships
(source : O. S. Serea)

For more information please see:

http://www.bcamath.org/en/research/job

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5- Several postdoctoral and PhD positions open at the University of Edinburgh
(source : F. Bonnans)

There are several postdoctoral and PhD positions open at the University
of Edinburgh in the â€œBig Data Optimization" Lab of  Peter Richtarik: http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~prichtar/

The positions start in Fall 2016.

1) Postdoctoral Research Associate position in Big Data Optimization

Closing date: January 29, 2016
Duration: 3 years

More information and online application form:

https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=034907

Funded through EPSRC grant: "Randomized Algorithms for Extreme
Convex Optimizationâ€.

2) Several Alan Turing Postdoctoral Fellowships

Closing date: December 20, 2015
Duration: 3 years (subject to interim review, could be extended by
further 2 years)

More information and application instructions:

https://turing.ac.uk/jobs/alan-turing-fellowships/

These fellowships are for research in all areas of Data Science and are
not necessarily attached to any host or supervisor. I'll be happy to
work with successful applicants interested in areas such as big data
optimization, randomized algorithms and scalable machine learning.

3) PhD position in Big Data Optimization

Closing date: January 31, 2016
Duration: 3.5 years

Apply here:
http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/studying-here/pgr/phd-application/apply
(Choose "OR and Optimization")

Funded by the School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh. The post
is associated with the EPSRC grant: "Randomized Algorithms for Extreme
Convex Optimizationâ€.

4) Ten PhD positions in Data Science

http://datascience.inf.ed.ac.uk/apply/

Closing date for UK/EU applications: January 29, 2016
Closing date for other applicants: December 11, 2015
Duration: 4 years

We have funding for 10 PhD students in virtually all areas of Data
Science, including optimization. I'll be happy to supervise successful
applicants wishing to work in areas such as big data optimization,
randomized algorithms for numerical linear algebra or optimization, and
scalable machine learning.

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6- Optimization and Equilibrium in Energy Economics, IPAM, JANUARY 11 -
15, 2016
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

For details please see:

http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/workshops/optimization-and-equilibrium-in-energy-economics/

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7- Workshop on "Optimization and data assimilation". CERFACS,
Toulouse, January 13-15th 2016
(source : D. Aussel)

In the context of the CIMI Semester on "High performance linear and
nonlinear methods for large scale applications", a workshop on
"Optimization and data assimilation" will be held at CERFACS, Toulouse,
France, from 13th to 15th January 2016. The objective of the workshop is to gather a limited number of people sharing an interest on this topic and to foster discussions and collaborations. Confirmed invited speakers are currently Yurii Nesterov (Louvain University, Belgium), Pavel Sakov (Bureau of Meteorology, Australia), Luis Nunes Vicente (University of Coimbra, Portugal), Stephen Wright (University of Wisconsin, USA) and Oleg Burdakov (Linkoping University, Sweden).

Interested participants are asked to propose a contribution to the
workshop in the form of an abstract before December 10th 2015. Abstracts should be sent toehouarn.simon@enseeiht.fr  and notifications of acceptance will be given no later than December 15th 2015. There are no registration fees for the workshop.

For further information please contact Serge Gratton
(serge.gratton@enseeiht.fr) and Ehouarn Simon (ehouarn.simon@enseeiht.fr).

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8- Cours invité de dans le Master 2 d'Optimisation de Paris-Saclay,
20-22 janvier, 2016
(source : F. Santambrogio)

Cours invité de dans le Master 2 d'Optimisation de Paris-Saclay
Yuri Nesterov (UC Louvain) : Advanced Convex Optimisation

20 janvier : 10h-12h + 14h-16h, Amphi Becquerel,
21 janvier : 10h-12h + 14h-16h, Amphi Painlevé,
22 janvier : 10h-12h, Amphi Becquerel.

Voir https://webens.math.u-psud.fr/IMG/pdf/program_cle04fd14.pdf pour le programme.
Le cours est ouvert à toute personne intéressé et spécialement proposé
aux étudiants de M2, les doctorants, et les chercheurs des laboratoires
industriels et académiques. Ce cours est financé par le programme PGMO (EDF & FMJH).

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9- International Workshop Decision Models and Population Management, 2-4 février 2016,  UPMC, Paris
(source : H. Frankowska et S. Sorin)

This three days international and interdisciplinary workshop is devoted
to decision making, in particular in presence of multiple actors with or without interaction. These issues occur in a natural way in management of populations, where the dynamics are strongly related to the decisions. The workshop aims at bringing together Mathematicians,
Computer Scientists and Ecologists around problems of populations
management. Population dynamics, viability theory and game theory form
an umbrella of useful mathematical tools in this context. On the other
hand, a computer science approach provides online and algorithmic
mechanism design. The workshop is motivated by concrete problems
proposed by ecologists and its objective is to create a synergy between
scientists from different backgrounds to address the challenging
modelling of decision making in the context of ecological paradigms.

For further information please see:

http://webusers.imj-prg.fr/~helene.frankowska/Demagma/index.html

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10- Conférence Ultrasonic 2016, Orléans du 7 au 10 mars 2016
(source : D. Aussel)

Le workshop s'inscrit dans le cadre du projet ANR AVENTURES -
(ANR-12-BLAN-BS01-0001-01) et a pour but de rassembler  des chercheurs
autour des problématiques d’imagerie hybride (comme la tomographie
thermo et photo-acoustique), tant du point de vue modélisation
mathématique et physique et expérimentation numérique et physique. Les participants sont issus des communautés mathématique (problèmes inverses, transformée de Radon, identification de paramètres, EDP, ondes …) et physique (acoustique et optique).

Plus d’informations sur le site http://ultrasonic2016.sciencesconf.org/

Date limite de soumission pour les exposés (20mn + 10mn questions) : 15
janvier 2016

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11- 3rd International Conference on Control, Decision and Information
Technologies, Malta, April 6-8, 2016
(source : D. Aussel)

Dear colleague,
We invite you to participate in the 3rd International Conference on
Control, Decision and Information Technologies, to be held in Malta, on
April 6-8, 2016. Website: www.codit2016.com

Publication and Indexing:
1. Papers presented will be published on IEEE Xplore
2. Indexed in Socpus  &  ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index
(Thomson Reuters).

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
Track I. Control and Automation.
Track II. Decision and Optimization.
Track III. Information Technologies and Computer Science.

Important Dates

Deadline for submission of papers: December 7, 2015
Notification: February 2, 2016
Note: If you need more time to prepare your paper please inform us

Best regards
Dr. Achraf J TELMOUDI
Communication Chair of CoDIT'16

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12- 6th International Conference in Optimization Theory and its
Applications (ALEL’2016), 6-8 juin 2016, Cartagena
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

For more details please see:

http://www.um.es/beca/alel2016

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13- 66th International Workshop: ADVANCES IN CONVEX ANALYSIS AND
OPTIMIZATION ERICE, SICILY: 5–12 JULY 2016
(sorce : M. Théra)

The 66th International Workshop: ADVANCES IN CONVEX ANALYSIS AND
OPTIMIZATION will take place in July 5 – 12, 2016 at “Ettore Majorana” Foundation and Center for Scientific Culture located in Erice, Sicily, Italy. The aim of the Workshop is to review and discuss recent developments of the theory of Convex Analysis and Optimization and to provide a forum for fruitful interactions in closely related fields of research and their applications.
Optimization is a rich and thriving mathematical discipline.
Properties of minimizers and maximizers of functions rely in an
essential way on richness of techniques from mathematical analysis,
including tools from calculus and its generalizations, topology, and
geometry. The theory underlying current computational optimization
techniques grows evermore: sophisticated duality-based algorithms,
interior point methods, and control-theoretic applications are typical
examples. The powerful and elegant language of convex analysis unifies
much of this theory.
Many important analytic problems have illuminating optimization
formulations and hence can be approached through main variational
tools: subgradients and optimality conditions, the many forms of
duality, metric regularity and so forth. More generally, the idea of
convexity is central to the transition from classical analysis to
various branches of modern analysis: from linear to nonlinear
analysis, from smooth to nonsmooth, from the study of functions to
multifunctions and has important applications in optimal control,
mathematical economics, and other areas of infinite-dimensional
optimization.
Particular emphasis will be placed on novel ideas and promising
research developments.

Specific topics of interest are (but not limited to):
- Nonlinear Optimization
- Stochastic Optimization
- Variational Inequalities
- Differential Inclusions
- Differential Variational Inequalities
- Optimization for Imaging
- Optimization for Finance
- Optimal Transportation Theory
- Optimization for Machine Learning
- Convex, Nonsmooth and Energy Optimization
- Optimization and Dynamical Systems
- Equilibrium Problems

Confirmed plenary speakers:
• S. ADLY, Université de Limoges, FR
• H. ATTOUCH, Université Montpellier, FR
• R.I. BOT, University of Vienna, AT
• G. BUTTAZZO, University of Pisa, IT
• P. CANNARSA, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, IT
• P.L. COMBETTES, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), FR
• A. DANIILIDIS, Universidad de Chile, CL
• M.B. DONATO, University of Messina, IT
• N. FUSCO, University of Naples “Federico II”, IT
• S. GAUBERT, INRIA Saclay and CMAP École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, FR
• M. HINTERMÜLLER, Humboldt-Universität, DE
• W. KRYSZEWSKI, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru&#324;, PL
• M. LASSONDE, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, FR
• A.S. LEWIS, Cornell University, USA
• T.  LORENZ, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, DE
• L. MALLOZZI, University of Naples “Federico II”, IT
• S. MARANO,  University of Catania, IT
• B. MORDUKHOVICH, Wayne State University, USA
• T. PENNANEN, King’s College London, UK
• A. PORRETTA, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, IT
• J. PUERTO, Universidad de Sevilla, ES
• M. QUINCAMPOIX, Université de Brest, FR
• M.A. RAGUSA,  University of Catania, IT
• L. ROSASCO, University of Genoa, IT, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
• C. SBORDONE, University of Naples “Federico II”, IT
• M. THÉRA, Université de Limoges, FR
• L. THIBAULT, Université Montpellier, FR
• C. ZALINESCU, University “Al. I. Cuza” Iasi, RO

APPLICATIONS
Persons wishing to attend the Workshop or give a short communication
should apply by sending an e-mail to the Co-Director of the Workshop:
Professor Annamaria BARBAGALLO Department of Mathematics and Applications “R. Caccioppoli”, University of Naples “Federico  II”, Via Cinthia – 80126  Naples, IT e-mail: annamaria.barbagallo@unina.it
They should specify: date and place of birth, together with current
nationality; affiliation; address; e-mail address.

Additional information about the Workshop can be found at the following address: http://www.dma.unina.it/CAO2016

Closing Date for Applications: 31 May 2016

DIRECTORS OF THE WORKSHOP

Annamaria BARBAGALLO, University of Naples “Federico  II”, IT
Hélène FRANKOWSKA, CNRS and Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6),
FR Gioconda MOSCARIELLO, University of Naples “Federico  II”, IT

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14- Annonces de séminaires

Une rubrique pour signaler quelques liens pour les séminaires ayant
lieu ce mois-ci et organisés dans nos laboratoires. N'hésitez pas à l'alimenter, préférentiellement via un lien vers la page du séminaire

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Séminaire Parisien d'Optimisation (exceptionnellement : ENSCP 01, à côté de l'IHP)

http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.html

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Séminaire du programme PGMO, salle PGMO (Polytechnique)

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar

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Groupe de Travail CalVa (université Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/fr/seminaires/gt_calcul_des_variations.html

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Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-línéaire et EDP (IHP)

http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html

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Séminaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)

http://projects.laas.fr/spot/

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Séminaire SAMOCOD (séminaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation Contrôle et Dynamique)

http://www.i3m.univ-montp2.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&catid=19&sem=618

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Séminaire hebdomadaire de l'équipe MOD de l'Université de Limoges

https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36

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Séminaire Parisien de Théorie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)

https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/

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Séminaire de Mathématiques Discrètes, Optimisation et Décision, Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne et Université Paris 1

http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/

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14- Clerc, M. L’aléatoire contrôlé en optimisation. 2015, ISTE editions
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

http://iste-editions.fr/products/l-aleatoire-controle-en-optimisation
<http://iste-editions.fr/products/l-aleatoire-controle-en-optimisation>

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15- John von Neumann Theory Prize 2015 Winners: Vašek Chvátal
(Concordia) and Jean Bernard Lasserre (LAAS)
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

For details pllease see:

https://www.informs.org/Recognize-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes-Awards/John-von-Neumann-Theory-Prize

Lettre MODE
février 2015

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Prière d'indiquer "pour la lettre MODE" dans l'objet.

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et en mettant dans le sujet suivant le cas subscribe ou unsubscribe.

Vous pouvez également retrouver les lettres MODE sur le site :

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Table des matières

-- Thèses et Postes

1- Offres de thèse à Edinburgh
2- Offre de stage INRIA Chile
3- PostDoctoral Position, Universidad de Chile, starting june 2015
4- Poste d'EC pour un jeune en optimisation numérique à l'ISAE-Supaéro
5- Poste de MCF, profil "Optimisation, Recherche opérationnelle", INSA Rennes
6- Poste ouvert à THALES pour un(e) ingénieur de développement en décision et optimisation
7- Job offer at Qucit, an innovative startup from Bordeaux

-- Conférences et évènements

8- Annonces de séminaires
9- 6 day Spring School on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control, Freiburg, March 26-April 2, 2015
10- Optimization and Big Data 2015
11- Atelier/conférence NCMIP 2015, parrainé par le GdR MOA
12- Registration and abstract submission for 17th British-French-German Conf. on Optimization
13- Conférence "Optimal Transport and Geometry"
14- Workshop on Computational Optimization (WCO'15), Lodz, Poland
15- Conference on Optimization and Control with Applications (6th OCA), Changsha

-- Autres

16- Prix Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh 2014
17- International Prize ?Enrico Magenes? 2015

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1- Offres de thèse à Edinburgh
(source : J. Malick)

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Data Science is now inviting applications
for 10 fully-funded PhD studentships at the University of Edinburgh, to start in September
2015. Students with a strong background in computer science, mathematics, physics, or
engineering are particularly encouraged to apply.

The CDT focuses on the computational principles, methods, and systems for extracting knowledge
from data. Large data sets are now generated by almost every activity in science, society, and
commerce --- ranging from molecular biology to social media, from sustainable energy to health
care. Data science asks: How can we efficiently find patterns in these vast streams of data?
Many research areas have tackled parts of this problem:

* machine learning focuses on finding patterns and making predictions from data;
* databases are needed for efficiently accessing data and ensuring its quality;
* ideas from algorithms are required to build systems that scale to big data streams;
* the mathematical fields of statistics and optimization provide foundational tools and theory;
* natural language processing, computer vision, and speech processing consider the analysis of
different types of unstructured data.

Recently, these distinct disciplines have begun to converge into a single field called data
science.

The CDT is a 4-year programme: the first year provides Masters level training in the core areas
of data science, along with a significant project. In years 2-4 students will carry out PhD
research in Data Science, guided by PhD supervisors from within the centre. The CDT is funded
by EPSRC and the University of Edinburgh.

Because of constraints from funding agencies, there are different rules for funding depending
on your fee status:

* UK and EU students: Full funding (fees and stipend) is available.
* Non-EU students: Funding is significantly more competitive; for details, please see
   http://datascience.inf.ed.ac.uk/apply/information-for-non-eu-students/

There are three deadlines for applications:

* 12 December 2014 -- all overseas applicants should apply by this deadline for full consideration
* 30 January 2015 -- all UK and EU applicants should apply by this deadline for full consideration
* 13 March 2015 -- any remaining UK and EU studentships will be allocated in the third round

See http://datascience.inf.ed.ac.uk/apply/ for further information and application forms.

Enquiries can be sent to datascience@inf.ed.ac.uk

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2- Offre de stage INRIA Chile
(source : J-F. Bonnans)

Voir l'offre de stage sur le lien suivant :

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nqj6itfwddccfcr/lettre-1502-stageUChile.pdf?dl=0

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3- PostDoctoral Position, Universidad de Chile, starting june 2015
(source : R. Cominetti)

Up to two postdoctoral fellowship are available at Universidad de
Chile (Santiago) starting in June 2015, or by mutual agreement at any
date thereafter. We are looking for applicants with interests in the
broad areas of Discrete Mathematics, Optimization, Game Theory, or
Algorithms.

The selected candidate will work within a team of researchers gathered
in the Núcleo Milenio project "Information and Coordination in
Networks" (see http://acgo.dii.uchile.cl), and is expected to devote
fully to research. The appointment will be for a period of 12 months,
renewable by mutual agreement, with a monthly salary of 1.500.000 CLP
(approx. US$2.500 tax free). Shorter periods may also be considered.
Travel support is available.

Applicants must hold a recent PhD or be close to finishing their
thesis. Applications including curriculum vitae, list of publications,
research plan (1 or 2 pages), and names of references with their
e-mail addresses, should be sent electronically to Jose Correa
correa@uchile.cl . To ensure full consideration the application should
be sent before the deadline of March 15th, 2015. Late applications
will be considered on a case by case basis.

For further information please feel free to contact any of the group members.

Roberto Cominetti

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4- Poste d'EC pour un jeune en optimisation numérique à l'ISAE-Supaéro
(source : D. Aussel, J-F. Bonnans,, J-B. Caillau, J-B. Irriart-Urruty, M. Mongeau)

les délais sont courts : 12 février 2015. Voir la fiche :

http://www.isae.fr/sites/default/files/isae/isae/_documents/emploi/isae-289_ec_maths_applis_optim_num.pdf

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5- Poste de MCF, profil "Optimisation, Recherche opérationnelle", INSA Rennes
(source : D. Aussel)

voir détails ci-dessous ou sur le lien suivant :

https://www.dropbox.com/s/k2ggpzlvp57s9h7/lettre-1502-MCF-INSARennes.pdf?dl=0

Section : 26-Mathématiques appliquées et applications des mathématiques, IRMAR, INSA Rennes

Profil : Le futur MCF renforcera le potentiel scientifique de la composante IRMAR-INSA par son
activité de recherche en optimisation, recherche opérationnelle et applications. Ces thèmes
constituent un des deux piliers de la formation dispensée dans la spécialité Génie Mathématique
de l?INSA Rennes. Il sera donc amené à intervenir en optimisation numérique, continue et discrète
et en recherche opérationnelle. Il participera également aux enseignements de mathématiques pour
le département STPI.

Mots-clés : Optimisation, Recherche Opérationnelle.

Profil enseignement :
Le futur MCF participera aux enseignements de mathématiques générales du tronc commun scientifique
des deux premières années formation de l?INSA Rennes. Dans le cadre de la spécialité Génie
Mathématique de l?INSA de Rennes, ce recrutement devra renforcer le potentiel pédagogique en
optimisation numérique, optimisation discrète, optimisation globale, recherche opérationnelle.
La personne recrutée sera également appelée à encadrer des projets et stages en entreprise.
Les candidats sont encouragés à consulter le site « http://www.insa-rennes.fr/gm.html » pour plus
de détails.

Profil recherche :
Le futur MCF fera sa recherche en mathématiques appliquées au sein du laboratoire IRMAR (UMR 6625)
dans le profil recherché : Optimisation, Recherche opérationnelle. Ses recherches pourront porter
sur l?un ou plusieurs des domaines de l?optimisation numérique et appliquée, déterministe ou aléatoire
tels que l?optimisation continue convexe et non convexe, l?optimisation globale, l?optimisation non
lisse, l?optimisation discrète, la recherche opérationnelle, les méthodes de décomposition et/ou de
relaxation, programmation stochastique, ...

Les candidats sont encouragés à contacter le Professeur Mounir Haddou pour plus d?informations.

Responsabilité administrative et compétences/expériences :
Des compétences et une expérience de la recherche en optimisation et recherche opérationnelle sont
requises.
Une expérience dans l'enseignement des mathématiques générales et l?optimisation numérique est aussi
exigible.
Dans le contexte de l?ouverture en septembre 2014 de la spécialité Génie Mathématique à l?INSA Rennes,
le futur MCF devra s?impliquer dans le développement, la gestion et la vie de cette spécialité.
Il sera donc amener à participer à différentes tâches administratives ou d?animation.

Contacts :
Mounir Haddou mounir.haddou@insa-rennes.fr ;
Marc Briane (resp. composante IRMAR-INSA) marc.briane@insa-rennes.fr ;
James Ledoux (resp. Centre de Mathématiques) james.ledoux@insa-rennes.fr

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6- Poste ouvert à THALES pour un(e) ingénieur de développement en décision et optimisation
(source : J-F. Bonnans)

Pour servir au mieux l?ensemble de ses Divisions opérationnelles, Thales a développé un réseau
de centres de recherche à vocation transversale, Thales Research & Technology, qui accueillent
plus de 500 chercheurs, 80 doctorants et une centaine de scientifiques issus des organismes
partenaires.
Dans le cadre de notre développement, nous recherchons un(e) :
Ingénieur de développement en décision et optimisation ? H/F
Basé(e) à Palaiseau (91)
Vous serez rattaché(e) au Groupe de Recherche Sciences et Techniques de l?Information, au sein du
Laboratoire Décision & Optimisation.
Vous aurez la charge du développement (collaboratif) de prototypes informatiques et leur pré-
industrialisation, dans divers domaines de l?aide à la décision et l?optimisation.

Dans ce contexte, vos principales missions seront : Le développement d?algorithmes (par exemple
de décision multicritère, optimisation, apprentissage automatique), La capitalisation des différents
algorithmes développés au sein de l?équipe, au travers de la définition et de la mise en place
d?une plateforme d?outils, La réalisation de projets pour la mise en ?uvre de ces développements
sur des applications dans le domaine de l?Espace, du Transport et de la Défense.

Le/La candidat(e) devra posséder une forte expérience en développement de logiciels de production
(définition de tests, validation, développement de plateformes collaboratives, mise en place de
bonnes pratiques,...).
Votre profil : Diplômé d'une école d'ingénieur, vous justifiez d?une expérience d?au moins 3 ans
dans ce domaine.

Vos compétences :
Compétences indispensables : Développement de logiciels (architecture, IHM, client/serveur, bases
de données, gestion de configuration, ...), Programmation avancée en Java sous environnement Eclipse,
C++, Recherche Opérationnelle / Intelligence Artificielle: optimisation combinatoire, apprentissage
automatique, théorie des graphes.

Compétences complémentaires : Décision multicritère, aide à la décision, Optimisation convexe,
Traitement de l?incertitude

Contacts :
Christophe Labreuche (christophe.labreuche@thalesgroup.com)
et Florence Aligne (florence.aligne@thalesgroup.com).

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7- Job offer at Qucit, an innovative startup from Bordeaux
(source : N. Bonnotte)

Qucit is a young startup specialised in urban-mobility prediction and optimisation.
In Bordeaux, for instance, we provide our client with forecasts about the local
bikeshare system's use in the next 12 hours.
We are a small team of 8 people coming from various backgrounds (mathematics, computer
science, statistical physics, engineering, ...). For instance, my own PhD thesis was
about optimal transportation! We are looking for young PhDs and/or post-docs that are
interested by the full startup experience: versatile people eager to find better
mathematical models, but also ready to contribute in other ways as the needs arise.

Contact: Nicolas Bonnotte | nicolas.bonnotte@qucit.com | www.qucit.com

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8- Annonces de séminaires
(sources: T. Bayen, L. Bourdin, P.L. Combettes, V. Fruchard, J. Lamboley, B. Montjardet,
A. Rondepierre, G. Vigeral,)

Une rubrique pour signaler succinctement les séminaires ayant
lieu ce mois-ci et organisés dans nos laboratoires.
N'hésitez pas à l'alimenter, préférentiellement via un lien vers
la page du séminaire et une liste de conférenciers,

**
Séminaire Parisien d'Optimisation (IHP, salle 05 ou 421)

http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.html

lundi 9 février :
15h : P. Cannarsa   (Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italie)
16h : M. Safey el Din   (Paris 6)

**
**
Séminaire du programme PGMO, Amphi 2329 (ENSTA)

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar

**
**
Groupe de Travail CalVa (université Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/fr/seminaires/gt_calcul_des_variations.html

lundi 2 mars :
10h : B. Ruffini
11h : P. Dondle
**
**
Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-línéaire et EDP (Jussieu, salle 15-16-309)

http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html

**
**
Séminaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)

http://projects.laas.fr/spot/

lundi 2 mars :
14h : J-F. Bonnans
15h : M. Teboulle
**
**
Séminaire SAMOCOD (séminaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation Contrôle et Dynamique)

mardi 24 février (Université Montpellier 2, 10h-12h) :
10h : Aris Daniilidis - Université du Chili  (titre: à préciser)
11h : Emmanuel Trélat - UPMC

**
**
Séminaire hebdomadaire de l'équipe MOD de l'Université de Limoges

https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36

vendredi 13 février : J. Cresson

vendredi 20 février : J. Backhoff

vendredi 6 mars : B. Nazaret

**
**
Séminaire Parisien de Théorie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)

https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/

lundi 9 février : A. Gizatulina (Max Planck Institute)

**
**
Séminaire de Mathématiques Discrètes, Optimisation et Décision, Centre d'Economie
de la Sorbonne et Université Paris 1

http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/

mardi 17 février : S. Courtin

**

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9- 6 day Spring School on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control, Freiburg, March 26-April 2, 2015
(source : M. Théra)

?Theory and Numerics of Nonlinear Model Predictive Control?
            on March 26 to April 2, 2015, in Freiburg, by
  J. Rawlings, J. Andersson, M. Zanon and M. Diehl

which might be interesting for some of your PhD students,
master students or industrial contacts.
It is co-sponsored by the EU project TEMPO on embedded optimization.
I would be grateful if you could help to distribute
the PDF announcement in your department.

See the flyer :

https://www.imtek.de/professuren/systemtheorie/events/dateien/flyerspringschool/at_download/file

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10- Optimization and Big Data 2015
(source : M. Théra)

Following two very successful workshops in the series ?Optimisation and Big Data?
run in 2012 and 2013; this is the third workshop in the series:

Optimization and Big Data 2015
May 6-8, 2015
Edinburgh (Informatics Forum & JCMB).

http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~prichtar/Optimization_and_Big_Data_2015/index.html

Keynote speaker: Arkadi Nemirovski (Georgia Tech)

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11- Atelier/conférence NCMIP 2015, parrainé par le GdR MOA
(source : D. Aussel)

This is a kind reminder for the 5th International Workshop on New Computational Methods
for Inverse Problems (ncmip 2015) organized by Institut Farman, which will be held on
May 29, 2015, at Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan.
You are kindly invited to submit a contribution to the workshop.

Submitted papers will be peer reviewed and accepted papers will be published by IOP
publishing ?Journal of Physics: Conference Series? both on-line and in a printed volume.

Submission deadline, February 22, 2015

more information here:   http://complement.farman.ens-cachan.fr/NCMIP_2015.html

Please note that the registration to the workshop is free.

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12- Registration and abstract submission for 17th British-French-German Conf. on Optimization
(source : M. Théra)

Registration and abstract submission are open for the 17th British-French-German Conference
on Optimization held at Imperial College London, UK, on June 15th-17th, 2015.

The conference will address all aspects of optimization and its applications, including
optimization theory and algorithm design, robust and stochastic optimization, variational
inequalities and convex analysis as well as applications in control theory, energy, finance,
operations management and engineering.

More information about the conference series, which started in Oberwolfach in 1980, can be
found at http://optimisation.doc.ic.ac.uk/bfg2015.

Further enquiries can also be sent to bfg2015@imperial.ac.uk.

Deadlines

27 Feb '15: Proposals deadline for invited sessions
06 Mar '15: Submission deadline for extended abstracts
13 Mar '15: Notification of abstract acceptance
08 May '15: Early registration deadline

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13- Conférence "Optimal Transport and Geometry"
(source : J. Bertrand)

Le groupe ANR GMT organise une conférence « Optimal Transport and Geometry »,
à Montpellier du 22 au 26 juin prochain. Il y aura deux mini-cours de Francesco Maggi
et Karl T. Sturm et une douzaine d?exposés.

Pour plus d?informations, voir http://www.math.univ-montp2.fr/anr-gmt/.

Les organisateurs,
Jérôme Bertrand & Philippe Castillon.

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14- Workshop on Computational Optimization (WCO'15), Lodz, Poland
(source : D. Aussel)

8th Workshop on Computational Optimization (WCO'15)
in the framework of the FEDERATED CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER SCIENCE AND
INFORMATION SYSTEMS (FedCSIS'14)
Lodz, Poland, 13-16 September, 2015
https://fedcsis.org/wco

Many real world problems arising in engineering, economics, medicine and
other domains can be formulated as optimization tasks. These problems
are frequently characterized by non-convex, non-differentiable,
discontinuous, noisy or dynamic objective functions and constraints
which ask for adequate computational methods.

The aim of this workshop is to stimulate the communication between
researchers working on different fields of optimization and
practitioners who need reliable and efficient computational optimization
methods.

We invite original contributions related to both theoretical and
practical aspects of optimization methods.

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15- Conference on Optimization and Control with Applications (6th OCA), Changsha
(source : )

The  6th International Conference on Optimization and Control with Applications
(6th OCA) is organised by Changsha University of Technology (China) and Curtin
University (Australia). It will be held on 12-16 December, 2015 in Changsha, China.
The co-chairs of the Organising committee are Mingyong Lai (President of Changsha
University of Technology) and Kok Lay Teo. The co-chairs of the International
Program Committee are Masao Fukushima and Jie Sun, while the co-chairs of the
Advisory Committee are Shu-Cherng Fan and T. Tanaka.

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16- Prix Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh 2014
(source : J-B. Caillau)

Le Comité du Prix Ibni a décidé à l'unanimité de proposer que le Prix soit attribué
à Monsieur David Jaures Fotsa Mbogne. David Jaures Fotsa Mbogne est un doctorant
camerounais, assistant a l'Universite de Ngaoundere, qui effectue sa these sur le
contrôle optimal des modeles d'équations de dérivees partielles en vue d'applications
en epidemiologie et ecologie, sous la direction de David Bekolle, codirigee par Elvis
Houpa et Michel Ndoumbe.

http://smf4.emath.fr/PrixIbni/Documents/proclamation-2014.pdf

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17- International Prize ?Enrico Magenes? 2015
(source : M. Théra)

The Italian Mathematical Union, in collaboration with the Department of Mathematics
?Felice Casorati? of the University of Pavia, the Institute of Applied Mathematics
and Information Technology IMATI-CNR ?Enrico Magenes?, the Laboratory for Modeling
and Scientific Computing MOX of Politecnico di Milano, students, colleagues and
friends of Enrico Magenes, invites applications and nominations for the

International Prize ?Enrico Magenes? 2015 amounting to 10.000 Euro.

The prize is awarded for outstanding achievements in the field of Analysis, either
Theoretical or Numerical, of Differential Models and their Applications.

The prize is open to any person born since January 1, 1970;
the deadline for applications and nominations is March 1, 2015.

Further information can be found on

http://umi.dm.unibo.it/en/unione-matematica-italiana-prizes/enrico-magenes-prize/Lettre MODE
janvier 2015 -- Bonne année !

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Envoyez vos contributions en format simple texte à
champion@univ-tln.fr avant la fin du mois.

Prière d'indiquer "pour la lettre MODE" dans l'objet.

L'inscription et la désinscription automatiques se font en écrivant à
lettre-mode-smai-request@emath.fr
et en mettant dans le sujet suivant le cas subscribe ou unsubscribe.

Vous pouvez également retrouver les lettres MODE sur le site :

http://smai.emath.fr/spip.php?article330&lang=fr

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Table des matières

0- Message du responsable du groupe MODE

-- Thèses et Postes
1- Offres de thèses au BCAM : deadline 30/03/2015
2- Postdoctoral Positions at CMM (Chile) - 2015
3- Postdoc en optimisation et contrôle - Valparaiso
4- Poste de maitre de conferences (Dijon)
5- Junior Professorship (W1) for Optimization (Tenure-Track) in Darmstadt

-- Conférences et évènements
6- Annonces de séminaires
7- Joint ORSC/EURO International Conference 2015 on Continuous Optimization, Shanghai
8- Conférence en l'honneur des 80 ans de T. Rockafellar
9- 5th International Workshop on New Computational Methods for Inverse Problems
10- Appel à mini-symposia pour le congrès SMAI 2015 (date limite le 30 janvier 2015)
11- Ecole d'été Juin 2015 Geometric measure theory and calculus of variations
12- International Thematic Week on "Smart Energy and Stochastic Optimization"
13- 27th European Conference on Operational Research,
14- International workshop on variational Analysis and Applications, Erice

-- Autres
15- PGMO 2015 Call for projects
16- Appel à projets PEPS CNRS
17- Prix G. Stampacchia

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0- Message du responsable du groupe MODE
(source : J.B. Caillau)

Chers collegues,

Meilleurs voeux a tous pour 2015.

L'analyse convexe est à l'honneur avec un numero special de Math. Programming et une
conference a l'occasion des 80 ans de R. T. Rockafellar en mai :

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/mpB2014.pdf
http://terryfest2015.xlim.fr

Autres dates importantes pour notre communaute scientifique :

- la 17eme edition de la British-French-German Conference se tiendra a Londres du 15 au
17 juin prochains ; inscriptions et soumissions ouvertes :
http://optimisation.doc.ic.ac.uk/bfg2015

- l'appel a projets 2015 du Programme Gaspard Monge pour l'Optimisation et la Recherche
operationnelle est en ligne jusqu'au 28/02/2015 :
http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/fr/PGMO/call

2015 est une annee de congres SMAI (du 8 au 12 juin), il est important que nos thematiques
de recherche soient representees ; appel a mini-symposia ci-apres :

http://smai.emath.fr/smai2015/appel_communications.php

Notez finalement qu'en 2016 les journees SMAI-MODE se derouleront a Toulouse du 23 au 25 mars.

Jean-Baptiste Caillau

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1- Offres de thèses au BCAM : deadline 30/03/2015
(source : J.B. Caillau)

Voir le site : http://www.bcamath.org/en/research/job

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2- Postdoctoral Positions at CMM (Chile) - 2015
(source : A. Joffre)

Applications are invited for several postdoctoral positions at the Center
for Mathematical Modeling (CMM) of Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
(www.cmm.uchile.cl).
Besides the fundamental and applied areas cultivated at CMM we encourage
candidates to apply in themes currently developed at CMM (see Applied
Research section at CMM´s website and laboratories).
Monthly salary will be $ 1.800.000 (Chilean Pesos) before taxes, about
US$ 3000. For 12 months. As a reference, the rent of a furnished apartment
near CMM is about US$800 per month. Flight Ticket (round trip) will be
covered.
Candidates should exhibit evidence of outstanding research potential and to
have received a Ph.D. degree in mathematics or related fields by the
beginning of the appointment, and not before 2009. They are expected to
dedicate fully to research in an active research-oriented environment, with
no teaching duties, funding for participating in conferences/workshop abroad
during the stay. Spanish language is not required. Positions are for one year,
renewable for up to three years. Appointments do not have a fixed starting
date but should preferably start by September 2015 or before. Possibility to
apply for national grants in case of a longer stay is also open.
Candidates should submit curriculum vitae, research statement and arrange at
least three recommendation letters sent no later than 15 January 2014, by email
to Maria Ines Rivera mrivera@dim.uchile.cl, and hard copies to: POSTDOCTORAL
SEARCH COMMITTEE Center for Mathematical Modeling Universidad de Chile,
Beauchef 851, Edificio Central, Santiago, CHILE

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3- Postdoc en optimisation et contrôle - Valparaiso
(source : D. Aussel, J.B. Caillau)

Veuillez trouver un appel pour un poste de postdoc en optimisation et contrôle à
l'Université Federico Santa María, date limite 15 janvier :

https://www.dropbox.com/s/v571j7ncl7kwsut/Postdoc_acpa-1501.pdf?dl=0

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4- Poste de maitre de conferences (Dijon)
(source : J.B. Caillau)

L'Université de Bourgogne recrute un maître de conférences à la rentrée 2015.
Le candidat effectuera sa recherche au sein de l'Institut de Mathématiques de
Bourgogne (UMR 5584 du CNRS). Les compétences du laboratoire recouvrent des
domaines variés tels que la géométrie et les systèmes dynamiques, la physique
mathématique, le contrôle et l'optimisation, les probabilités et les statistiques.
Les axes de recherche prioritaires pour ce poste sont les suivants :
- optimisation, contrôle
- statistique, probabilités
- EDP non linéaires
Les candidats montrant un potentiel de collaborations avec d'autres disciplines,
en particulier au sein de l'IUT de Dijon-Auxerre et de son département « Gestion
des Entreprises et Administrations (GEA) », seront particulièrement pris en
considération.

http://math.u-bourgogne.fr

Contact : S. Herrmann (samuel.herrmann@u-bourgogne.fr)

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5- Junior Professorship (W1) for Optimization (Tenure-Track) in Darmstadt
(source : M. Théra)

The Graduate School of Computational Engineering (CE) and the Department of
Mathematics at the Technische Universität Darmstadt are inviting applications
or a Junior Professorship (W1) for Optimization (Tenure-Track) in the Department
of Mathematics.

The research field of the candidates should complement the topics represented
in the research group optimization. Candidates should have expertise in at least
one of the following areas:
* Optimization with PDEs
* Discrete-continuous optimal control
* Discrete and combinatorial optimization

The ability for collaboration within the optimization group, to contribute to
interdisciplinary research projects and to cooperate with other fields of science
within the Graduate School of Computational Engineering is required.

The Graduate School CE has been recognized as a center for top-level research and
scientific excellence by the highly competitive "Excellence  Initiative" of the
German Federal and State Governments in 2007 and 2012. Within the framework of
the Graduate School the TU Darmstadt intends to further strengthen its expertise
in the field ofComputational Engineering and in the area of optimization in particular.
The Graduate School is embedded into an excellent environment at TU Darmstadt
consisting of the Computational Engineering Research Center, a variety of Research
and Research Training Groups, Collaborative Research Centers and existing BSc/MSc
study programs in Computational Engineering.

The candidates will have excellent opportunities for interaction within this
stimulating, interdisciplinary environment and are expected to develop a high
quality research program. The Graduate School will support the activities by PhD
scholarships related to each position in order to establish a Junior Research Group.

Applicants should hold an excellent PhD or equivalent qualifications in the above
or a related area. The prerequisites according to §64 HHG (Hessisches Hochschulgesetz)
apply. The doctorate and the experience as post-doctoral researcher should not have
exceeded a total of 6 years. Besides scientific qualification, didactic skills are
essential. Successful candidates are expected to teach classes primarily in German
for all mathematical degrees and at a later stage also for engineering and science
students.

The position has a tenure-track option. It is initially assigned for three years at
W1-level. Given a positive evaluation at the end of the initial period, the appointment
can be extended by three more years. After a successful tenure evaluation the position
is converted to a permanent W2-position.

The Technische Universität Darmstadt intends to increase the number of female faculty
members and encourages female candidates to apply. In case of equal qualifications
applicants with a degree of disability of at least 50 or equal will be given preference.

Qualified applicants should submit a letter of application, a curriculum vitae,
research records and teaching records in electronic form to
bewerbung@mathematik.tu-darmstadt.de
quoting the reference number in the subject.

Code. No. 481

Application deadline: January 31, 2015

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6- Annonces de séminaires
(sources: T. Bayen, L. Bourdin, P.L. Combettes, V. Fruchard, J. Lamboley, B. Montjardet,
A. Rondepierre, G. Vigeral,)

Une rubrique pour signaler succinctement les séminaires ayant
lieu ce mois-ci et organisés dans nos laboratoires.
N'hésitez pas à l'alimenter, préférentiellement via un lien vers
la page du séminaire et une liste de conférenciers,

**
Séminaire Parisien d'Optimisation (IHP, salle 05 ou 421)

http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.html

lundi 19 janvier :
15h : G. Barles (Tours)
16h : M. Bacak (Max Planck Gesellschaft, Allemagne)

**
**
Séminaire du programme PGMO, Amphi 2329 (ENSTA)

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar

**
**
Groupe de Travail CalVa (université Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)

contact : lamboley@ceremade.dauphine.fr

lundi 12 janvier :
10h : S. Armstrong
11h : C. Imbert
**
**
Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-línéaire et EDP (Jussieu, salle 15-16-309)

http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html

**
**
Séminaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)

http://projects.laas.fr/spot/

**
**
Séminaire SAMOCOD (séminaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation Contrôle et Dynamique)

**
**
Séminaire hebdomadaire de l'équipe MOD de l'Université de Limoges

https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36

vendredi 23 janvier : V.V. Nguyen (Limoges)

vendredi 30 janvier : F. Ezzahra Saissi (Limoges)

vendredi 6 février : E. Ocana (Lima)

**
**
Séminaire Parisien de Théorie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)

https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/

lundi 12 janvier :
11h : T. Tomala (HEC)

lundi 19 janvier :
11h : R. Combes (Supelec)

lundi 15 décembre :
11h : P. Coucheney (Versailles)

**
**
Séminaire de Mathématiques Discrètes, Optimisation et Décision, Centre d'Economie
de la Sorbonne et Université Paris 1

http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/

mardi 13 janvier
11h : S. Destercke

mardi 20 janvier
11h : G. Koshevoy

mardi 3 février
11h : N. Schabanel

**

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7- Joint ORSC/EURO International Conference 2015 on Continuous Optimization, Shanghai
(source : D. Aussel)

Shanghai, China, May 10-12, 2015

Overview

Continuous optimization is a highly interconnected field, having close
relationships to the other areas of OR, with scientific computing and
numerical analysis, and with numerous application areas. In order to
promote academic communication and cooperation between Chinese and
European researchers and practitioners in the field of continuous
optimization, Operations Research Society of China (ORSC) and the
Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO) will
organize the Joint ORSC/EURO International Conference 2015 on
Continuous Optimization during May 10-12, 2015. Dr. Xiaodong Hu (the
President of ORSC) and Dr. Gerhard Wäscher (President of EURO) are
co-chairs of the conference, Dr. Yuhong Dai (President of the Math
Programming Subsociety of ORSC) and Dr. Julius Zilinskas (Chair of
EUROPT Managing Board) are the co-chairs of program committee and Dr.
Yanqin Bai (Shanghai University, Shanghai) and Dr. Gerhard-Wilhelm
Weber (Middle East Technical University, Ankara) are the co-chairs of
organization committee.

Full papers could be submitted after the conference to the special
issue of Journal of the Operations Research Society of China to be
published by the end of 2015.

Deadlines & Important Dates

* Abstract submissions: February 13, 2015
* Notification of acceptance of abstracts: February 27, 2015
* Online registration/room reservation: March 13, 2015
* On-site registration: May 10, 2015
* Conference dates: May 11-12, 2015
* Full paper submissions for special issue: July 10, 2015
* Notification of acceptance of full papers: October 9, 2015
* Final version submissions: November 13, 2015

Conference Venue and Website

The conference will be held in Shanghai, the largest Chinese city by
population and described as the "showpiece" of the booming economy of
mainland China. The conference venue is New LeHuLou Hotel in Shanghai
University located in the heart of Shanghai. More information could be
found at the conference website
http://orsc-euro2015.csp.escience.cn.

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8- Conférence en l'honneur des 80 ans de T. Rockafellar
(source : J.B. Caillau)

du 18-22 mai 2015, Limoges

http://terryfest2015.xlim.fr

The main objective of this conference  is to provide a forum for reporting new results
and exchanging ideas  in the area of variational analysis, optimization and mathematical
finance. A wide range of topics will be covered with focus on the following subjects:

   Variational Analysis
   Continuous Optimization
   Convex Analysis
   Optimal Control Theory
   Stochastic Programming
   Risk Management and Quantitative Finance

The conference is dedicated to Professor R. Tyrrell Rockafellar on the occasion of his
80th birthday, and to honor his exceptional contributions to mathematics and particularly
to variational analysis and optimization. Distinguished scientists from around the world
will join us in Limoges to give talks, participate in discussions, enjoy a rich social
program and celebrate Terry?s birthday.

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9- 5th International Workshop on New Computational Methods for Inverse Problems
(source : D. Aussel)

We are pleased to inform you that the 5th International Workshop on New Computational
Methods for Inverse Problems :

http://complement.farman.ens-cachan.fr/NCMIP_2015.html

organized by Institut Farman, will be held on May 29, 2015, at Ecole Normale Supérieure
de Cachan.

You are kindly invited to submit a contribution to the workshop and to advertise the
following call for paper :

http://complement.farman.ens-cachan.fr/documents_web_NCMIP_2015/NCMIP_2015.pdf

Eric Vourc?h and Thomas Rodet
co-chair of NCMIP 2015

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10- Appel à mini-symposia pour le congrès SMAI 2015 (date limite le 30 janvier 2015)
(source : J.B. Caillau, C. Chalons)

Le Congrès SMAI 2015 aura lieu du 8 au 12 juin 2015 au Karellis en Savoie

http://smai.emath.fr/smai2015/

Ce congrès biennal a pour but de rassembler toute la communauté
française de mathématiques appliquées dans ses diverses composantes. Il
comprend aussi des minisymposia thématiques d'une durée d'une heure et
demie dont l'importance est fondamentale, en particulier par la variété
des thèmes présentés.

Un appel à candidatures est donc lancé pour l'organisation de ces
minisymposia.

Merci aux personnes intéressées d'envoyer dès que possible, et en tous
cas avant le 30 janvier (date limite) à l'adresse

ms-smai2015@smai.emath.fr

une proposition indiquant
* le nom de l'organisateur et son email,
* le titre du mini-symposium proposé et une description de quelques lignes,
* la liste des orateurs pressentis.

Les projets de minisymposia portés directement ou indirectement par des
ANR, GdR  ou collaboration avec des entreprises sont particulièrement
encouragés. L'organisateur d'un minisymposium sera exonéré des droits
d'inscription au congrès. La liste des minisymposia retenus sera connue
milieu février.

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11- Ecole d'été Juin 2015 Geometric measure theory and calculus of variations
(source : J. Lamboley)

Nous sommes heureux d?annoncer la tenue de l?école d?été « GEOMETRIC MEASURE
THEORY AND CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS: theory and applications » qui aura lieu à
Grenoble du 15 juin au 3 juillet 2015.

Le programme est disponible sur le site suivant:

http://if-summer2015.sciencesconf.org

Merci de diffuser cette annonce le plus largement possible.

Antoine Lemenant

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12- International Thematic Week on "Smart Energy and Stochastic Optimization"
(source : M. De Lara)

following SESO 2014, http://cermics.enpc.fr/~delara/SESO2014/SESO2014/

we will organize an International Thematic Week on
"Smart Energy and Stochastic Optimization" (SESO 2015)
from Monday 22 to Friday 26 June, 2015.

If you are interested, you can already book the dates.
We will provide more information during the first months of 2015.

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13- 27th European Conference on Operational Research,
(source : M. Théra)

July 12-15, 2015, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

http://www.euro2015.org/

Second CALL FOR PAPERS

The next European Conference on Operational Research, EURO 2015:
Operational Research In Practice, will take place at the University of
Strathclyde's new Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow. It is
the place to present your work and find out about other cutting edge
ideas emerging from the Operational Research community. Glasgow is
very lively city, and we have a great social programme to look forward
to.

Researchers, academics, practitioners, and students interested in any
branch of Operational Research, mathematical modelling or economic
analysis are invited to submit abstracts or organize sessions.

The deadline for abstract submissions is March 16, 2015, but if you
are interested in organizing a session then you should contact the
Programme Committee. More information is on the website, including
details of the main topical areas, the Programme and Organizing
Committee members, and details of how to submit your abstract.

Submit your Abstract now: http://www.euro-online.org/conf/euro27/.

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14- International workshop on variational Analysis and Applications, Erice
(source : M. Théra)

The  International Workshop on VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS
will be held at Erice (Sicily) during the period August 28 ? September
5, 2015 under the auspices of the International School of Mathematics
G. STAMPACCHIA, directed by P. Daniele ? C. De Lellis ? A. Maugeri ?
R.T. Rockafellar ? M. Théra.

http://varana.org/international-workshop/

August 28th is the day of arrivals and September 5th is the day of
departures and there will be no lectures on those days. A shuttle
service from the airports of Palermo and Trapani will be provided, in
those days, both for arrival and departure of the participants.

The sessions of September 3 and 4 will be dedicated to Professor
Antonino Maugeri in the occasion of his retirement.

The proceedings of the special session dedicated to Professor Maugeri,
but extended also to all the participants in the international
workshop, will be published in a special issue of Journal of Convex
Analysis, edited by P. Daniele, F. Giannessi and M. Théra. The
deadline for submitting the contribution is November 1, 2015.

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15- PGMO 2015 Call for projects
(source : J.B. Caillau, PGMO)

The new PGMO call for project is on line on the PGMO Web site :

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/pgmo/call

Projects can be submitted till february 28
Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any question.
If you wish to submit an IROE project, please get in touch with us as soon as possible.

Best regards,

The PGMO executive board

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16- Appel à projets PEPS CNRS
(source : J. Renault)

je tiens à attirer votre attention sur l'appel à projets PEPS
interdisciplinaires du CNRS intitulé

"Modèles Mathématiques et Interactions Sociales"

              http://www.cnrs.fr/mi/spip.php?article615

et dans lequel je vous encourage très fortement à candidater. Le dossier est
très léger et requiert juste des équipes faisant intervenir différentes
disciplines (par exemple des mathématiciens avec des économistes, des
informaticiens, des sociologues, etc).

La date limite de candidature est le

              jeudi 12 février 2015.

N'hésitez pas à me solliciter pour plus de détails. Pour des
renseignements de type administratif, il faut contacter la mission pour
l'interdisciplinarité (Mi.contact@cnrs.fr).

Merci de transmettre ce message à tous ceux qui pourraient être intéressés.

Mathieu Lewin

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17- Prix G. Stampacchia.
(source : J.B. Caillau, M. Théra)

A Gold Medal in honour of Guido Stampacchia will
be assigned for the fifth time, after an international competition, to
a young mathematician whose age be not greater than 35 on December 31st 2015, for his/her scientific contribution in the
field of Variational Analysis. The medal will be awarded during VARANA'2015 (http://varana.org/international-workshop). If you want to suggest someone for the
award, please, send motivation and his/her CV before March 31st 2015 to:

Commissione Premio Stampacchia
Unione Matematica Italiana
Dipartimento di Matematica
Piazza Porta San Donato 5
40126 BOLOGNA (ITALY)
Lettre MODEjanvier 2015 -- Bonne annÃ©e !-----------------------------------------------------------Envoyez vos contributions en format simple texte Ã champion@univ-tln.fr avant la fin du mois.PriÃ¨re d'indiquer "pour la lettre MODE" dans l'objet.L'inscription et la dÃ©sinscription automatiques se font en Ã©crivant Ã lettre-mode-smai-request@emath.fret en mettant dans le sujet suivant le cas subscribe ou unsubscribe.Vous pouvez Ã©galement retrouver les lettres MODE sur le site :http://smai.emath.fr/spip.php?article330&lang=fr-------------------------------------------------------------Table des matiÃ¨res0- Message du responsable du groupe MODE-- ThÃ¨ses et Postes1- Offres de thÃ¨ses au BCAM : deadline 30/03/20152- Postdoctoral Positions at CMM (Chile) - 20153- Postdoc en optimisation et contrÃ´le - Valparaiso4- Poste de maitre de conferences (Dijon)5- Junior Professorship (W1) for Optimization (Tenure-Track) in Darmstadt-- ConfÃ©rences et Ã©vÃ¨nements6- Annonces de sÃ©minaires7- Joint ORSC/EURO International Conference 2015 on Continuous Optimization, Shanghai8- ConfÃ©rence en l'honneur des 80 ans de T. Rockafellar9- 5th International Workshop on New Computational Methods for Inverse Problems10- Appel Ã  mini-symposia pour le congrÃ¨s SMAI 2015 (date limite le 30 janvier 2015)11- Ecole d'Ã©tÃ© Juin 2015 Geometric measure theory and calculus of variations12- International Thematic Week on "Smart Energy and Stochastic Optimization"13- 27th European Conference on Operational Research,14- International workshop on variational Analysis and Applications, Erice-- Autres15- PGMO 2015 Call for projects16- Appel Ã  projets PEPS CNRS17- Prix G. Stampacchia--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0- Message du responsable du groupe MODE(source : J.B. Caillau)Chers collegues,Meilleurs voeux a tous pour 2015.L'analyse convexe est Ã  l'honneur avec un numero special de Math. Programming et uneconference a l'occasion des 80 ans de R. T. Rockafellar en mai :https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/mpB2014.pdfhttp://terryfest2015.xlim.frAutres dates importantes pour notre communaute scientifique :- la 17eme edition de la British-French-German Conference se tiendra a Londres du 15 au17 juin prochains ; inscriptions et soumissions ouvertes :http://optimisation.doc.ic.ac.uk/bfg2015- l'appel a projets 2015 du Programme Gaspard Monge pour l'Optimisation et la Rechercheoperationnelle est en ligne jusqu'au 28/02/2015 :http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/fr/PGMO/call2015 est une annee de congres SMAI (du 8 au 12 juin), il est important que nos thematiquesde recherche soient representees ; appel a mini-symposia ci-apres :http://smai.emath.fr/smai2015/appel_communications.phpNotez finalement qu'en 2016 les journees SMAI-MODE se derouleront a Toulouse du 23 au 25 mars.Jean-Baptiste Caillau-------------------------------------------------------------1- Offres de thÃ¨ses au BCAM : deadline 30/03/2015(source : J.B. Caillau)Voir le site : http://www.bcamath.org/en/research/job-------------------------------------------------------------2- Postdoctoral Positions at CMM (Chile) - 2015(source : A. Joffre)Applications are invited for several postdoctoral positions at the Centerfor Mathematical Modeling (CMM) of Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile(www.cmm.uchile.cl).Besides the fundamental and applied areas cultivated at CMM we encouragecandidates to apply in themes currently developed at CMM (see AppliedResearch section at CMMÂ´s website and laboratories).Monthly salary will be $ 1.800.000 (Chilean Pesos) before taxes, aboutUS$ 3000. For 12 months. As a reference, the rent of a furnished apartmentnear CMM is about US$800 per month. Flight Ticket (round trip) will becovered.Candidates should exhibit evidence of outstanding research potential and tohave received a Ph.D. degree in mathematics or related fields by thebeginning of the appointment, and not before 2009. They are expected todedicate fully to research in an active research-oriented environment, withno teaching duties, funding for participating in conferences/workshop abroadduring the stay. Spanish language is not required. Positions are for one year,renewable for up to three years. Appointments do not have a fixed startingdate but should preferably start by September 2015 or before. Possibility toapply for national grants in case of a longer stay is also open.Candidates should submit curriculum vitae, research statement and arrange atleast three recommendation letters sent no later than 15 January 2014, by emailto Maria Ines Rivera mrivera@dim.uchile.cl, and hard copies to: POSTDOCTORALSEARCH COMMITTEE Center for Mathematical Modeling Universidad de Chile,Beauchef 851, Edificio Central, Santiago, CHILE-------------------------------------------------------------3- Postdoc en optimisation et contrÃ´le - Valparaiso(source : D. Aussel, J.B. Caillau)Veuillez trouver un appel pour un poste de postdoc en optimisation et contrÃ´le Ã l'UniversitÃ© Federico Santa MarÃ­a, date limite 15 janvier :https://www.dropbox.com/s/v571j7ncl7kwsut/Postdoc_acpa-1501.pdf?dl=0-------------------------------------------------------------4- Poste de maitre de conferences (Dijon)(source : J.B. Caillau)L'UniversitÃ© de Bourgogne recrute un maÃ®tre de confÃ©rences Ã  la rentrÃ©e 2015.Le candidat effectuera sa recherche au sein de l'Institut de MathÃ©matiques deBourgogne (UMR 5584 du CNRS). Les compÃ©tences du laboratoire recouvrent desdomaines variÃ©s tels que la gÃ©omÃ©trie et les systÃ¨mes dynamiques, la physiquemathÃ©matique, le contrÃ´le et l'optimisation, les probabilitÃ©s et les statistiques.Les axes de recherche prioritaires pour ce poste sont les suivants :- optimisation, contrÃ´le- statistique, probabilitÃ©s- EDP non linÃ©airesLes candidats montrant un potentiel de collaborations avec d'autres disciplines,en particulier au sein de l'IUT de Dijon-Auxerre et de son dÃ©partement Â« Gestiondes Entreprises et Administrations (GEA) Â», seront particuliÃ¨rement pris enconsidÃ©ration.http://math.u-bourgogne.frContact : S. Herrmann (samuel.herrmann@u-bourgogne.fr)-------------------------------------------------------------5- Junior Professorship (W1) for Optimization (Tenure-Track) in Darmstadt(source : M. ThÃ©ra)The Graduate School of Computational Engineering (CE) and the Department ofMathematics at the Technische UniversitÃ¤t Darmstadt are inviting applicationsor a Junior Professorship (W1) for Optimization (Tenure-Track) in the Departmentof Mathematics.The research field of the candidates should complement the topics representedin the research group optimization. Candidates should have expertise in at leastone of the following areas:* Optimization with PDEs* Discrete-continuous optimal control* Discrete and combinatorial optimizationThe ability for collaboration within the optimization group, to contribute tointerdisciplinary research projects and to cooperate with other fields of sciencewithin the Graduate School of Computational Engineering is required.The Graduate School CE has been recognized as a center for top-level research andscientific excellence by the highly competitive "Excellence Â Initiative" of theGerman Federal and State Governments in 2007 and 2012. Within the framework ofthe Graduate School the TU Darmstadt intends to further strengthen its expertisein the field ofComputational Engineering and in the area of optimization in particular.The Graduate School is embedded into an excellent environment at TU Darmstadtconsisting of the Computational Engineering Research Center, a variety of Researchand Research Training Groups, Collaborative Research Centers and existing BSc/MScstudy programs in Computational Engineering.The candidates will have excellent opportunities for interaction within thisstimulating, interdisciplinary environment and are expected to develop a highquality research program. The Graduate School will support the activities by PhDscholarships related to each position in order to establish a Junior Research Group.Applicants should hold an excellent PhD or equivalent qualifications in the aboveor a related area. The prerequisites according to Â§64 HHG (Hessisches Hochschulgesetz)apply. The doctorate and the experience as post-doctoral researcher should not haveexceeded a total of 6 years. Besides scientific qualification, didactic skills areessential. Successful candidates are expected to teach classes primarily in Germanfor all mathematical degrees and at a later stage also for engineering and sciencestudents.The position has a tenure-track option. It is initially assigned for three years atW1-level. Given a positive evaluation at the end of the initial period, the appointmentcan be extended by three more years. After a successful tenure evaluation the positionis converted to a permanent W2-position.The Technische UniversitÃ¤t Darmstadt intends to increase the number of female facultymembers and encourages female candidates to apply. In case of equal qualificationsapplicants with a degree of disability of at least 50 or equal will be given preference.Qualified applicants should submit a letter of application, a curriculum vitae,research records and teaching records in electronic form tobewerbung@mathematik.tu-darmstadt.dequoting the reference number in the subject.Code. No. 481Application deadline: January 31, 2015-------------------------------------------------------------6- Annonces de sÃ©minaires(sources: T. Bayen, L. Bourdin, P.L. Combettes, V. Fruchard, J. Lamboley, B. Montjardet,A. Rondepierre, G. Vigeral,)Une rubrique pour signaler succinctement les sÃ©minaires ayantlieu ce mois-ci et organisÃ©s dans nos laboratoires.N'hÃ©sitez pas Ã  l'alimenter, prÃ©fÃ©rentiellement via un lien versla page du sÃ©minaire et une liste de confÃ©renciers,**SÃ©minaire Parisien d'Optimisation (IHP, salle 05 ou 421)http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.htmllundi 19 janvier :15h : G. Barles (Tours)16h : M. Bacak (Max Planck Gesellschaft, Allemagne)****SÃ©minaire du programme PGMO, Amphi 2329 (ENSTA)http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar****Groupe de Travail CalVa (universitÃ© Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)contact : lamboley@ceremade.dauphine.frlundi 12 janvier :10h : S. Armstrong11h : C. Imbert****Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-lÃ­nÃ©aire et EDP (Jussieu, salle 15-16-309)http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html****SÃ©minaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)http://projects.laas.fr/spot/****SÃ©minaire SAMOCOD (sÃ©minaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation ContrÃ´le et Dynamique)****SÃ©minaire hebdomadaire de l'Ã©quipe MOD de l'UniversitÃ© de Limogeshttps://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36vendredi 23 janvier : V.V. Nguyen (Limoges)vendredi 30 janvier : F. Ezzahra Saissi (Limoges)vendredi 6 fÃ©vrier : E. Ocana (Lima)****SÃ©minaire Parisien de ThÃ©orie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/lundi 12 janvier :11h : T. Tomala (HEC)lundi 19 janvier :11h : R. Combes (Supelec)lundi 15 dÃ©cembre :11h : P. Coucheney (Versailles)****SÃ©minaire de MathÃ©matiques DiscrÃ¨tes, Optimisation et DÃ©cision, Centre d'Economiede la Sorbonne et UniversitÃ© Paris 1http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/mardi 13 janvier11h : S. Desterckemardi 20 janvier11h : G. Koshevoymardi 3 fÃ©vrier11h : N. Schabanel**-------------------------------------------------------------7- Joint ORSC/EURO International Conference 2015 on Continuous Optimization, Shanghai(source : D. Aussel)Shanghai, China, May 10-12, 2015OverviewContinuous optimization is a highly interconnected field, having closerelationships to the other areas of OR, with scientific computing andnumerical analysis, and with numerous application areas. In order topromote academic communication and cooperation between Chinese andEuropean researchers and practitioners in the field of continuousoptimization, Operations Research Society of China (ORSC) and theAssociation of European Operational Research Societies (EURO) willorganize the Joint ORSC/EURO International Conference 2015 onContinuous Optimization during May 10-12, 2015. Dr. Xiaodong Hu (thePresident of ORSC) and Dr. Gerhard WÃ¤scher (President of EURO) areco-chairs of the conference, Dr. Yuhong Dai (President of the MathProgramming Subsociety of ORSC) and Dr. Julius Zilinskas (Chair ofEUROPT Managing Board) are the co-chairs of program committee and Dr.Yanqin Bai (Shanghai University, Shanghai) and Dr. Gerhard-WilhelmWeber (Middle East Technical University, Ankara) are the co-chairs oforganization committee.Full papers could be submitted after the conference to the specialissue of Journal of the Operations Research Society of China to bepublished by the end of 2015.Deadlines & Important Dates* Abstract submissions: February 13, 2015* Notification of acceptance of abstracts: February 27, 2015* Online registration/room reservation: March 13, 2015* On-site registration: May 10, 2015* Conference dates: May 11-12, 2015* Full paper submissions for special issue: July 10, 2015* Notification of acceptance of full papers: October 9, 2015* Final version submissions: November 13, 2015Conference Venue and WebsiteThe conference will be held in Shanghai, the largest Chinese city bypopulation and described as the "showpiece" of the booming economy ofmainland China. The conference venue is New LeHuLou Hotel in ShanghaiUniversity located in the heart of Shanghai. More information could befound at the conference websitehttp://orsc-euro2015.csp.escience.cn.-------------------------------------------------------------8- ConfÃ©rence en l'honneur des 80 ans de T. Rockafellar(source : J.B. Caillau)du 18-22 mai 2015, Limogeshttp://terryfest2015.xlim.frThe main objective of this conference Â is to provide a forum for reporting new resultsand exchanging ideas Â in the area of variational analysis, optimization and mathematicalfinance. A wide range of topics will be covered with focus on the following subjects:Â Â Â Variational AnalysisÂ Â Â Continuous OptimizationÂ Â Â Convex AnalysisÂ Â Â Optimal Control TheoryÂ Â Â Stochastic ProgrammingÂ Â Â Risk Management and Quantitative FinanceThe conference is dedicated to Professor R. Tyrrell Rockafellar on the occasion of his80th birthday, and to honor his exceptional contributions to mathematics and particularlyto variational analysis and optimization. Distinguished scientists from around the worldwill join us in Limoges to give talks, participate in discussions, enjoy a rich socialprogram and celebrate Terry?s birthday.-------------------------------------------------------------9- 5th International Workshop on New Computational Methods for Inverse Problems(source : D. Aussel)We are pleased to inform you that the 5th International Workshop on New ComputationalMethods for Inverse Problems :http://complement.farman.ens-cachan.fr/NCMIP_2015.htmlorganized by Institut Farman, will be held on May 29, 2015, at Ecole Normale SupÃ©rieurede Cachan.You are kindly invited to submit a contribution to the workshop and to advertise thefollowing call for paper :http://complement.farman.ens-cachan.fr/documents_web_NCMIP_2015/NCMIP_2015.pdfEric Vourc?h and Thomas Rodetco-chair of NCMIP 2015-------------------------------------------------------------10- Appel Ã  mini-symposia pour le congrÃ¨s SMAI 2015 (date limite le 30 janvier 2015)(source : J.B. Caillau, C. Chalons)Le CongrÃ¨s SMAI 2015 aura lieu du 8 au 12 juin 2015 au Karellis en Savoiehttp://smai.emath.fr/smai2015/Ce congrÃ¨s biennal a pour but de rassembler toute la communautÃ©franÃ§aise de mathÃ©matiques appliquÃ©es dans ses diverses composantes. Ilcomprend aussi des minisymposia thÃ©matiques d'une durÃ©e d'une heure etdemie dont l'importance est fondamentale, en particulier par la variÃ©tÃ©des thÃ¨mes prÃ©sentÃ©s.Un appel Ã  candidatures est donc lancÃ© pour l'organisation de cesminisymposia.Merci aux personnes intÃ©ressÃ©es d'envoyer dÃ¨s que possible, et en touscas avant le 30 janvier (date limite) Ã  l'adressems-smai2015@smai.emath.frune proposition indiquant* le nom de l'organisateur et son email,* le titre du mini-symposium proposÃ© et une description de quelques lignes,* la liste des orateurs pressentis.Les projets de minisymposia portÃ©s directement ou indirectement par desANR, GdR Â ou collaboration avec des entreprises sont particuliÃ¨rementencouragÃ©s. L'organisateur d'un minisymposium sera exonÃ©rÃ© des droitsd'inscription au congrÃ¨s. La liste des minisymposia retenus sera connuemilieu fÃ©vrier.-------------------------------------------------------------11- Ecole d'Ã©tÃ© Juin 2015 Geometric measure theory and calculus of variations(source : J. Lamboley)Nous sommes heureux d?annoncer la tenue de l?Ã©cole d?Ã©tÃ© Â« GEOMETRIC MEASURETHEORY AND CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS: theory and applications Â» qui aura lieu Ã Grenoble du 15 juin au 3 juillet 2015.Le programme est disponible sur le site suivant:http://if-summer2015.sciencesconf.orgMerci de diffuser cette annonce le plus largement possible.Antoine Lemenant-------------------------------------------------------------12- International Thematic Week on "Smart Energy and Stochastic Optimization"(source : M. De Lara)following SESO 2014, http://cermics.enpc.fr/~delara/SESO2014/SESO2014/we will organize an International Thematic Week on"Smart Energy and Stochastic Optimization" (SESO 2015)from Monday 22 to Friday 26 June, 2015.If you are interested, you can already book the dates.We will provide more information during the first months of 2015.-------------------------------------------------------------13- 27th European Conference on Operational Research,(source : M. ThÃ©ra)July 12-15, 2015, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UKhttp://www.euro2015.org/Second CALL FOR PAPERSThe next European Conference on Operational Research, EURO 2015:Operational Research In Practice, will take place at the University ofStrathclyde's new Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow. It isthe place to present your work and find out about other cutting edgeideas emerging from the Operational Research community. Glasgow isvery lively city, and we have a great social programme to look forwardto.Researchers, academics, practitioners, and students interested in anybranch of Operational Research, mathematical modelling or economicanalysis are invited to submit abstracts or organize sessions.The deadline for abstract submissions is March 16, 2015, but if youare interested in organizing a session then you should contact theProgramme Committee. More information is on the website, includingdetails of the main topical areas, the Programme and OrganizingCommittee members, and details of how to submit your abstract.Submit your Abstract now: http://www.euro-online.org/conf/euro27/.-------------------------------------------------------------14- International workshop on variational Analysis and Applications, Erice(source : M. ThÃ©ra)The Â International Workshop on VARIATIONAL ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONSwill be held at Erice (Sicily) during the period August 28 ? September5, 2015 under the auspices of the International School of MathematicsG. STAMPACCHIA, directed by P. Daniele ? C. De Lellis ? A. Maugeri ?R.T. Rockafellar ? M. ThÃ©ra.http://varana.org/international-workshop/August 28th is the day of arrivals and September 5th is the day ofdepartures and there will be no lectures on those days. A shuttleservice from the airports of Palermo and Trapani will be provided, inthose days, both for arrival and departure of the participants.The sessions of September 3 and 4 will be dedicated to ProfessorAntonino Maugeri in the occasion of his retirement.The proceedings of the special session dedicated to Professor Maugeri,but extended also to all the participants in the internationalworkshop, will be published in a special issue of Journal of ConvexAnalysis, edited by P. Daniele, F. Giannessi and M. ThÃ©ra. Thedeadline for submitting the contribution is November 1, 2015.-------------------------------------------------------------15- PGMO 2015 Call for projects(source : J.B. Caillau, PGMO)The new PGMO call for project is on line on the PGMO Web site :http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/pgmo/callProjects can be submitted till february 28Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any question.If you wish to submit an IROE project, please get in touch with us as soon as possible.Best regards,The PGMO executive board-------------------------------------------------------------16- Appel Ã  projets PEPS CNRS(source : J. Renault)je tiens Ã  attirer votre attention sur l'appel Ã  projets PEPSinterdisciplinaires du CNRS intitulÃ©"ModÃ¨les MathÃ©matiques et Interactions Sociales"Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â http://www.cnrs.fr/mi/spip.php?article615et dans lequel je vous encourage trÃ¨s fortement Ã  candidater. Le dossier esttrÃ¨s lÃ©ger et requiert juste des Ã©quipes faisant intervenir diffÃ©rentesdisciplines (par exemple des mathÃ©maticiens avec des Ã©conomistes, desinformaticiens, des sociologues, etc).La date limite de candidature est leÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â jeudi 12 fÃ©vrier 2015.N'hÃ©sitez pas Ã  me solliciter pour plus de dÃ©tails. Pour desrenseignements de type administratif, il faut contacter la mission pourl'interdisciplinaritÃ© (Mi.contact@cnrs.fr).Merci de transmettre ce message Ã  tous ceux qui pourraient Ãªtre intÃ©ressÃ©s.Mathieu Lewin-------------------------------------------------------------17- Prix G. Stampacchia.(source : J.B. Caillau, M. ThÃ©ra)A Gold Medal in honour of Guido Stampacchia willbe assigned for the fifth time, after an international competition, toa young mathematician whose age be not greater than 35 on December 31st 2015, for his/her scientific contribution in thefield of Variational Analysis. The medal will be awarded during VARANA'2015 (http://varana.org/international-workshop). If you want to suggest someone for theaward, please, send motivation and his/her CV before March 31st 2015 to:Commissione Premio StampacchiaUnione Matematica ItalianaDipartimento di MatematicaPiazza Porta San Donato 540126 BOLOGNA (ITALY)Lettre MODE
juillet 2015

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-- Thèses et Postes
1- Research Associate position at Imperial College Business School
2- Ikerbasque Research Professors and Marie S-Curie Individual Fellowships 2015 at  Research Institutions in the Basque Country
3- Thèse CIFRE, Inria Saclay-Safety Line
4- PhD Position, Optimization and Num Meth for Coupled Problems at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen
5- PhD and post-doctoral positions at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Belgium
6- Postdoc position on Large-scale optimization at Inria Saclay
7- PhD Positions at the University of Vienna

-- Conférences et évènements
8- Conférence en l'honneur des 60 ans de L. Praly, 27-28 juillet 2015, Paris
9- Trimestre thématique sur le machine learning septembre-decembre 2015, International Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science in Toulouse
10- 2ème forum de la R&D, 18 septembre 2015, École Polytechnique
11- XXth International Symposium on Mathematical Methods Applied to the Sciences, February 23th-26th, 2016, University of Costa Rica
12- Annonces de séminaires

-- Autres (ouvrages, etc.)
13- Biographie de Ennio De Giorgi

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1- Research Associate position at Imperial College Business School
(source : M. Théra)

The Management Science & Operations group at Imperial College Business School is seeking applications for a Research Associate position in Stochastic and Robust Optimisation, as part of the EPSRC grant EP/M028240/1 (deadline 13 July 2015).

The advertisement can be found thorugh Imperial College's job application system (http://www.imperial.ac.uk/job-applicants). For further enquiries, please send an email to ww@imperial.ac.uk.

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2- Ikerbasque Research Professors and Marie S-Curie Individual Fellowships 2015 at Research Institutions in the Basque Country
(source : J. B. Caillau, O.S. Serea)

Ikerbasque, the Basque Foundation for Science http://www.ikerbasque.net has launched its annual call for attracting senior researchers to the Research Institutions in the Basque Country.

This call offers 10 permanent contract positions for experienced researchers within any of the Basque Research Institutions (Universities, BERC - Basque Excellence Research Centres, CIC – Cooperative Research Centres, Biomedical institutions and Technology Corporations, among others).

BCAM – Basque Center for Applied Mathematics http://www.bcamath.org, is a BERC Excellence Research Centre and Host Institution in the Ikerbasque call, whose mission is to develop high quality interdisciplinary research in the frontiers of Applied Mathematics. Our research agenda is focussed in:
- COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS (CM)
- MATHEMATICAL MODELLING WITH MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS (M3A)
- MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS (MP)
- PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, CONTROL AND NUMERICS (DCN)
- DATA SCIENCE (DS)

The researchers who succeed in the Ikerbasque Research Professors call can join the centre as Group Leaders, to move, create or consolidate their research groups in the vibrant scientific environment of BCAM. Ikerbasque offers excellent conditions to internationally competitive scientists. Contracting conditions and benefits are negotiated with Ikerbasque.

All applications must be submitted on line: http://www.ikerbasque.net/ deadline for submissions: Sept 10th 2015.

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships 2015

BCAM expresses it's interest to host Marie S-Curie Fellows in Mathematics (MAT), Physics (PHY), Economic Sciences (ECO) and Information Science and Engineering (ENG). We kindly ask you to distribute this call among colleagues and potential candidates.

All applications must be submitted on line: (http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/10057-msca-if-2015-ef.html#tab3) deadline for submissions: Sept 10th 2015.

Please do not hesitate to contact us for any additional information recruitment@bcamath.org.

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3- Thèse CIFRE, Inria Saclay-Safety Line
(source : J.F. Bonnans)

Sujet de thèse : Exploration de données pour l'optimisation de trajectoires aériennes

Le partenariat Inria-Safety Line a déjà permis de vérifier la faisabilité de l'exploitation des enregistrements en vol afin de calibrer des modèles de mécanique du vol, de propulsion et de
consommation qui permettent ensuite d'optimiser les trajectoires en terme de consommation ou temps minimal.

L'objet de la thèse est d'arriver à une analyse plus précise. La première étape sera d'identifier avec soin les parties du domaine de vol dans lesquelles les données permettent de calibrer effectivement
les paramètres du modèle. On pourra représenter ces sous domaines comme des unions d'ellipsoïdes et de polyèdres, avec pour but l'obtention d'une méthode souple permettant d'extraire ces informations d'une grande base de données.
La seconde étape est l'optimisation de trajectoire sous contrainte de rester dans ces sous domaines de vol. On pourra relaxer la contrainte en pénalisant la distance aux sous domaines, et on testera ces possibilités par les deux approches 'directe' et programmation dynamique.
La troisième étape est l'estimation plus précise des paramètres et de leur domaine d'incertitude pour étudier la possibilité de résolution de l'optimisation de trajectoire dans une situation 'pire cas'.

Contacts académiques
J.F. Bonnans et P. Martinon
Inria-Saclay et Centre de Mathématiques Appliquées
Ecole Polytechnique
Frederic.Bonnans, Pierre.Martinon @inria.fr

Contacts industriels
K. Tekkal et P.Jouniaux
Safety Line
karim.tekkal, pierre.jouniaux@safety-line.fr

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4- PhD Position, Optimization and Num Meth for Coupled Problems at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen
(source : D. Aussel)

We offer a PhD Position in the project CoSimO within the International
Graduate School of Science and Engineering (IGSSE:
http://www.igsse.tum.de/) at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen.

The topic of the project is development and analysis of numerical
methods for solving optimization or optimal control problems in the
context of coupled multi-physic problems. This is a collaboration
project between the chair of Optimal Control (www-m17.ma.tum.de) and
the chair of Structural Analysis (www.st.bgu.tum.de).

Applicants should hold a master's degree in mathematics or related
areas. They are asked to submit a curriculum vitae, copies of
certifications of academic qualifications held, a copy of a degree
thesis and a letter of recommendation.

Please send you application or question about the project/position to
Prof. Dr. Boris Vexler (vexler@ma.tum.de).

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5- PhD and post-doctoral positions at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Belgium
(source : D. Aussel)

The Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) is announcing one PhD opening and one post-doctoral research opening
at the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL), Belgium.

The research will focus on optimization models and algorithms for electricity markets and power systems operations, with an emphasis on (i) mobilizing flexible resources in order to support the operation of future electric power systems, and (ii) tackling the resulting problems by developing distributed computing methods.

The stimulating research environment of CORE is supported by faculty whose expertise covers a wide range of domains in optimization, energy, economics, and statistics, strong interactions with international collaborators in Europe and the United States and access to powerful computing infrastructure. UCL is located a half hour away from Brussels, in the heart of Europe.

Applications are due November 22nd, 2015. For additional details regarding the research projects, benefits, and application material please email Anthony Papavasiliou at anthony.papavasiliou@uclouvain.be or consult the following link:

http://perso.uclouvain.be/anthony.papavasiliou/public_html/openings.html

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6- Postdoc position on Large-scale optimization at Inria Saclay
(source : A. Auger)

A one year postdoc position on large-scale optimization is available within the Inria Saclay TAO team to work on black-box large-scale optimization within the context of the ANR NumBBO project.

Details about the position and how to apply can be found here:
https://www.lri.fr/~auger/PostDocEngineerProposal.pdf.

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7- PhD Positions at the University of Vienna
(source : J.F. Bonnans)

The Department of Statistics and Operations Research at the University of Vienna (working group of Professor Pflug) opens a position for a PhD student (prae doc assistant) as of September/October 2015. The candidate should hold a Master Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research or a similar discipline.

During the appointment of 3 years the candidate should phrase and complete his/her PhD thesis. He/she is supposed to actively take part in the research activities of the department and hold exercise classes for undergraduates (2 hours per week).  The research group of Prof. Pflug is actively involved in Risk Management, Stochastic Optimization, Statistical Modelling and Statistics of Extremes. The candidate should have good knowledge in probability/statistics as well as in optimization. It is expected that the degree of a PhD is awarded to the candidate within the 3-year period.
The annual salary is about EUR 36,000 before taxes.
The University lays special emphasis on increasing the number of women in academic positions. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female applicants.
Candidates should explain their interest by writing an email to Professor Georg Pflug at georg.pflug@univie.ac.at. Please include a motivation letter explaining your preferred topic for the PhD thesis and your general interest in pursuing a PhD study, as well as a CV and 1-2 reference letters (if possible).  A list of publications and/or lectures given, if available, would be welcome. Knowledge of statistical program packages and/or optimization software is of advantage (R, Matlab, Gams/AIMMS etc.).

In addition, another PhD position (with same requirments as attached)
and one Post-Doc position will be opened  in Jan 2016. Especially the
Post Doc position is possibly of interest for your students finishing
PhD. It is in the framework of a research initiative for Computational
Optimization. We need a person who is good in Stochastic and
Deterministic Optimization and helps us to structure our PhD program.

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8- Conférence en l'honneur des 60 ans de L. Praly, 27-28 juillet 2015, Paris
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

http://cas.ensmp.fr/~petit/LP/index.html

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9- Trimestre thématique sur le machine learning septembre-decembre 2015, International Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science in Toulouse
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

From September to December 2015, the International Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science (CIMI) organizes a thematic trimester on Machine Learning.

The goal of this trimester is to propose a series of scientific and pedagogic events reflecting common interests of the two laboratories that founded CIMI:
- Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse (IMT)
- Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse (IRIT)

The focus will be set in particular on three axes:
- optimization problems in machine learning,
- learning with structured data and natural language,
- sequential learning.

The trimester will start with a summer school and will continue with three thematic workshops:
- Summer school - 14th to 18th September 2015
- workshop 1 - 6th to 7th October 2015
- workshop 2 - 9th to 10th November 2015
- workshop 3 - 9th to 11th December 2015

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10- 2ème forum de la R&D, 18 septembre 2015, École Polytechnique
(source T. Champion)

Comment la R&D d'EDF intègre-t-elle les problématiques innovantes liées à la transition énergétique?
42 conférences répondront à cette question à travers des thèmes aussi variés que les réseaux intelligents, les énergies renouvelables, les sciences économiques, humaines et sociales, l'environnement, les villes et les territoires durables, les nouvelles technologies ou encore la performance et la sûreté des moyens de production d’électricité sans CO2.

En parallèle, vous pourrez assister à une exposition co-portée par la R&D d'EDF et l'École polytechnique.

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11- XXth International Symposium on Mathematical Methods Applied to the Sciences, February 23th-26th, 2016, University of Costa Rica
(source : M. Théra)

The XXth International Symposium on Mathematical Methods Applied to the Sciences (XX SIMMAC) is the most important event in applied mathematics in Central America. It is organized by the Center for Research in Pure and Applied Mathematics (CIMPA) of the University of Costa Rica every two years, with the support of the School of Mathematics.

Since 1978, this activity has been developped with the participation of several mathematicians and scientists of affine disciplines, coming from Central America, Europe, North America and South America.

For more details please see http://www.cimpa.ucr.ac.cr/simmac/en/.

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12- Annonces de séminaires

Une rubrique pour signaler quelques liens pour les séminaires ayant
lieu ce mois-ci et organisés dans nos laboratoires. N'hésitez pas à l'alimenter, préférentiellement via un lien vers la page du séminaire.

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Séminaire Parisien d'Optimisation (exceptionnellement : ENSCP 01, à côté de l'IHP)

http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.html

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Séminaire du programme PGMO, salle PGMO (Polytechnique)

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar

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Groupe de Travail CalVa (université Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/fr/seminaires/gt_calcul_des_variations.html

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Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-línéaire et EDP (IHP)

http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html

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Séminaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)

http://projects.laas.fr/spot/

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Séminaire SAMOCOD (séminaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation Contrôle et Dynamique)

http://www.i3m.univ-montp2.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&catid=19&sem=618

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Séminaire hebdomadaire de l'équipe MOD de l'Université de Limoges

https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36

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Séminaire Parisien de Théorie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)

https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/

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Séminaire de Mathématiques Discrètes, Optimisation et Décision, Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne et Université Paris 1

http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/

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13- Biographie de Ennio De Giorgi
(source : M. Théra)

Une biographie de Ennio De Giorgi vient de paraitre et est disponible sur le site www.ibs.it/code/9788870485844/parlangeli-andrea/spirito-puro-ennio.html ou encore sur http://www.milellalecce.it/contatti.html.Lettre MODE
juin 2015

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-- Thèses et Postes
1- These CIFRE 2015-2018, Orange labs
2- PhD position at LAAS-CNRS, University of Toulouse, France
3- Post-doc position in the areas of Optimization, MS/OR and Statistics, Thompson Rivers University, Canada

-- Conférences et évènements
4- Ecole d'été - Equations d'évolutions : comportement en temps long et contrôle, 15-18 juin à l'Université de Savoie
5- Second edition of the International Thematic Week "Smart Energy and Stochastic Optimization" SESO 2015 (Paris, June 22 to 26, 2015)
6- Conférence "Optimal Transport and Geometry", Montpellier, 22 au 26 juin 2015
7- Groupe de Travail Programmation Mathematique du GdR RO, 29 juin 2015, Dijon
8- Sparse days III, Saint Girons , June 29th - July 2nd, 2015
9- Workshop "Challenges in optimization for data science", July 1-2, 2015, Paris
10- Current trends for high performance computing and challenges for the future, 2 juillet 2015 à l’INP-ENSEEIHT Toulouse
11- Fourteenth annual "Modeling and OPtimization: Theory and Applications" (MOPTA) conference, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, July 20-22, 2015
12- International Workshop “Variational Analysis and Applications”, ERICE, August 28 – September 5, 2015
13- Workshop Analysis in Lyon, October 26-30, 2015
14- Annonces de séminaires

-- Autres
15- Prix Fermat de Mathématiques 2015 (deadline 30/06/2015)
16- Prix Fermat Junior de Mathématiques 2015 (deadline 30/09/2015)
17- Special issue of Mathematical Programming B on Optimization Models and Algorithms for Data Science
18- Stochastic Multi-Stage Optimization. At the Crossroads between Discrete Time Stochastic Control and Stochastic Programming (livre)
19- Numéro spécial newsletter AMIES: publication de l'Etude sur l'Impact Socio-Economique des Mathématiques en France (EISEM)
20- Will Computers Redefine the Roots of Math?

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0- Edito
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

Apres huit annees de tres bons et tres loyaux services, notre charge de mission lettre MODE, Thierry Champion, passe la main : grand merci a lui pour son activite patiente et efficace de selection et de transmission de l’information au sein de notre communaute. Oana-Silvia Serea, enseignante-chercheuse a Perpignan, prend le relais : c’est desormais a elle qu’il convient d’envoyer vos contributions (sujet : “pour la lettre mode”).

Le comite de liaison du groupe SMAI-MODE a ete renouvele au tiers fin mai : J. Malick (Grenoble) et A. Ouorou (Orange) repartent pour un nouveau mandat, et nous souhaitons la bienvenue a M. Akian (Saclay), A. Cabot (Dijon), O. Fercoq (Paris) et M. Haddou (Rennes). Tous nos remerciements vont aux membres sortants, P. Combettes (Paris), J.-N. Corvellec (Perpignan), O. Ley (Rennes) et A. Rondepierre (Toulouse), pour leur action. Mention speciale a Jean-Noel qui a oeuvre pendant de nombreuses annees, notamment au bureau en tant que responsable financier.

A l’occasion du congres ICIAM 2015, le prix Maxwell sera decerne a Jean-Michel Coron (Paris VI) pour ses travaux novateurs sur les methodes variationnelles pour les equations aux derivees partielles, en particulier le controle des edp non-lineaires. Felicitations a lui !
http://www.cnrs.fr/insmi/spip.php?article1237

Last but not least: vous n’aurez pas manque la parution des resultats de l’enquete EISEM (impact socio-economique des mathematiques) qui explicite de facon spectaculaire la place des mathematiques dans notre societe. Parmi les commentaires qu’on a pu lire : “Les mathematiques sont l’oxygene du monde numerique”.
http://www.agence-maths-entreprises.fr/a/?q=fr/node/508
Sur le meme sujet, voir egalement l’interview de C. Villani ci-apres :
http://bfmbusiness.bfmtv.com/mediaplayer/video/les-mathematiques-c-est-un-art-mais-en-meme-temps-une-technologie-et-une-discipline-cedric-villani-2805-538803.html
Il y est notamment question de “simulation, modelisation, optimisation”…

Bonne lecture a tous,

Jean-Baptiste Caillau

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1- These CIFRE 2015-2018, Orange labs
(source : D. Aussel, J.-B. Caillau)

Titre : Optimisation d’allocation des ressources et de la sélection temps réel de l’accès dans un grand réseau mobile multi-technologies.
Contact : Mustapha Bouhtou (mustapha.bouhtou@orange.com)

http://gdrmoa.math.cnrs.fr/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2015_these_bouhtou_optim_telecom.pdf

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2- PhD position at LAAS-CNRS, University of Toulouse, France
(source : D. Aussel)

Polynomial and semi-algebraic optimization and its applications

Supervisors : Jean-Bernard Lasserre and Didier Henrion, LAAS-CNRS

This doctorate thesis is part of the TAMING project funded by an ERC grant, see http://taming.laas.fr/. TAMING intends to provide a systematic methodology for solving hard nonconvex polynomial optimization problems, based on the "moment-SOS" approach also known as "Lasserre hierarchy" which has attracted a lot of attention in many areas (e.g., optimization, applied mathematics, quantum computing, engineering, theoretical computer science).

Interested candidates please contact Jean-Bernard Lasserre at <lasserre@laas.fr>.

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3- Post-doc position in the areas of Optimization, MS/OR and Statistics, Thompson Rivers University, Canada
(source : M. Théra)

The Centre for Optimization and Decision Science (CODS) at Thompson Rivers University has one Post-Doc position available for its industrial research projects sponsored by NSERC and industrial partners. The expected starting date is in July 1, 2015 and the initial contract is 12 months, with possible extension to 24 months. The Centre of Optimization and Decision Science (http://www.tru.ca/science/research/cods.html) is a research centre at Thompson Rivers University, which commits to expand the boundaries of knowledge of optimization and decision-making through interdisciplinary research, development, and innovation of quantitative approaches to complex systems. Located in Kamloops, BC, just a four-hour drive east of Vancouver, Thompson Rivers University’s (http://www.tru.ca) is one of Canada’s most beautiful university settings.

Position Description:

CODS is seeking talented individual who has a Ph. D. degree, with solid theoretical backgrounds and interested in applying their knowledge to improve the efficiency of industrial operations, to conduct impact assessment to the adoption of new technology or policy and to develop strategies to reduce the impact to environment.

Required Qualifications:

Academic credentials: Ph.D. degree.
Expertise should include one or more areas of Operations Research, Statistics, Optimization, Mathematical Modelling and Industrial Engineering. The past industrial experience is a valuable assess.
Other desired expertise includes algorithm designs, mathematical programming, discrete optimization, energy conservation, and mineral mining.
Experience of using statistics and optimization software packages, for example, R, SAS, ILOG Cplex, LINGO or Matlab.
Excellent in critical thinking, analysis of data, and problem
solving.
Excellent communication skill.
Ability to work in a team environment and industrial setting.
Self-motivated, proactive, flexible and passionate about learning.

The first round of selection starts on June 1, 2015, and will continue to accept applications until the position is filled. Interested applicants should visit https://tru.hua.hrsmart.com/hr/ats/Posting/view/3844 to apply.

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4- Ecole d'été - Equations d'évolutions : comportement en temps long et contrôle, 15-18 juin à l'Université de Savoie
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

http://lama.univ-savoie.fr/MIS2015

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5- Second edition of the International Thematic Week ``Smart Energy and Stochastic Optimization'' SESO 2015 (Paris, June 22 to 26, 2015)
(source : T. Champion, M. De Lara)

The registration for the second edition of the International Thematic Week ``Smart Energy and Stochastic Optimization'' SESO 2015
(Paris, June 22 to 26, 2015) is now open.

Information and registration (free but mandatory) can be found at

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/fr/pgmo/seso2015

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6- Conférence "Optimal Transport and Geometry", Montpellier, 22 au 26 juin 2015
(source : J. Bertrand, P. Castillon)

Cher Collègue,

Nous vous rappelons qu’une conférence « Optimal Transport and Geometry » aura lieu à Montpellier du 22 au 26 juin prochain. Le programme comprend 2 mini-cours de F. Maggi et K.T. Sturm, et 13 exposés. Les titres et résumés des interventions sont disponibles sur le site de la conférence : http://www.math.univ-montp2.fr/anr-gmt/.

Pour des raisons d'organisation, nous demandons à tous ceux qui souhaitent venir à Montpellier de se signaler en nous contactant à anrgmt@univ-montp2.fr.

Par ailleurs, nous pourrons financer l’hébergement de quelques doctorants et post-doctorants qui souhaitent assister à la conférence, précisez dans votre message si vous souhaitez profiter de cette possibilité.

Merci de diffuser l’information auprès de vos collègues et étudiants intéressés.

Les organisateurs,
Jérôme Bertrand et Philippe Castillon

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7- Groupe de Travail Programmation Mathematique du GdR RO, 29 juin 2015, Dijon
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

2eme journee du Groupe de Travail Programmation Mathematique du GdR RO, 29 juin 2015, Dijon

http://projects.laas.fr/GTPM/dijon15.html

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8- Sparse days III, Saint Girons , June 29th - July 2nd, 2015
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

The conference is organized by IRIT and CERFACS researchers with an international management committee comprising general chairs
James Demmel (University of Berkeley), Jack Dongarra (University of Tennessee), Iain Duff (RAL and CERFACS-IRIT common lab), and
Patrick Amestoy (INPT-IRIT). The local organizer chair is Pierre-Henri Cros (IRIT).

In any large-scale numerical computation in the context of large, complex and hierarchical computers, one has to understand the algorithmic choices that have to be made. In this context, both sparse linear algebra kernels together with dense linear kernels are the key to enable other numerical libraries in the software stack to achieve high computational efficiency.
The focus of the conference in St Girons will be on these kernel topics although there will be dedicated sessions on optimization and on the themes of the four workshops of the CIMI semester: - Low-rank approximations for high performance sparse solvers
- Innovative clustering methods for large graphs and block methods
- Parallel methods for time dependent problems
- Advances in optimization with application to data assimilation

http://inpact.inp-toulouse.fr/CIMI_Semester/conf.html

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9- Workshop "Challenges in optimization for data science", July 1-2, 2015, Paris
(source : P. L. Combettes)

Objective: Optimization plays a central role in the various facets of data science. The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers and scientists with different background and expertise to discuss challenging issues in the modeling and the numerical solution of optimization problems arising in data science. The conference is organized around 14 interactive invited plenary talks.

Registration: Participation is free but registration is mandatory:

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/data2015/

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10- Current trends for high performance computing and challenges for the future
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

Tendances actuelles du calcul de haute performance et défis pour l'avenir/Current trends for high performance computing and challenges for the future (de Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee, et Satoshi Matsuoka, Tokyo Institute of Technology) le jeudi 2 juillet 2015 de 16h à 18h à l’INP-ENSEEIHT, 2 rue Camichel 31 000 Toulouse.

http://www.inp-toulouse.fr/fr/l-inp-toulouse/l-actualite/conf-cimi.html

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11- Fourteenth annual "Modeling and OPtimization: Theory and Applications" (MOPTA) conference, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, July 20-22, 2015
(source : M. Théra)

MOPTA aims at bringing together a diverse group of people from both
discrete and continuous optimization, working on both theoretical and
applied aspects.  There will be invited plenary talks from distinguished
speakers as well as organized sessions and contributed talks, spread
over three days.  Our target is to provide a diverse set of exciting new
developments from different areas of optimization research while at the
same time providing a setting which will allow increased interaction
among the participants.  We aim to bring together researchers from both the theoretical and applied communities in the framework of a
medium-scale event who do not usually have the chance to interact in
larger meetings.

We welcome contributed talks, and we are also very interested in hearing from people who could organize a session centered around one of their topics of expertise. MOPTA sessions have 3 speakers, with 30 mins per presentation including Q&A's. Speakers will be kindly asked
to submit their abstract on the MOPTA website. The deadline for abstract submission is May 1.

Confirmed plenary speakers:
* Alper Atamtürk (University of California-Berkeley)
* Amir Beck (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology)
* Mirjam Dür (University of Trier)
* Eugene Feinberg (SUNY)
* Ravi Mazumdar (Waterloo)
* Luis Nunes Vicente (Universidade de Coimbra)
* Tong Zhang (Rutgers University)

Please contact Alexander Stolyar (als714@lehigh.edu)
or Martin Takac (Takac.MT@gmail.com) if you would like to organize a session for MOPTA.

Alexander Stolyar, Martin Takac
Organizing Committee Co-Chairs

See more at http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta

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12- International Workshop “Variational Analysis and Applications”, ERICE,August 28 – September 5, 2015
(source : M. Théra)

The workshop aims at presenting state-of-the-art and current research directions in variational analysis and partial differential equations and systems.

Variational analysis encompasses a large area of modern mathematics, including the classic calculus of variations, the theories of perturbation, approximation, subgradient, subderivatives, set convergence and variational inequalities. Originating with the Signorini problem, about 5 decades ago, variational inequalities have undergone great development and influence both in the progress of variational analysis, and in applications to mathematical physics and, more recently, to engineering, statistics, economics, financial networks and generalized complementarity problems.

In particular, several classical and new theories have received a strong impulse for effective solutions to until-now unsolved problems. These theories include: evolutionary projected dynamical systems, infinite dimensional duality, minimax problems, existence of solutions for Jacobian and Hessian equations, optimal control, differential inclusions, dual conditions for nonconvex functions, moving boundary variational problems, inverse variational inequalities, degenerate transmission problems, obstacle problems with measurable coefficients, second order optimality conditions, infima over sub-level sets, relaxation methods in Hilbert spaces, new energy inversion in saddle point problems, stochastic variational inequalities.

The workshop aims at offering a review of the results achieved in the above research themes, specifying the used methods and pointing out the open problems together with outlines of the new research trends in the principal topics of variational analysis and applications.

The sessions of September 3-4 will be dedicated to Professor Antonino Maugeri in the occasion of his 70th birthday.

During the opening ceremony of the International Workshop, a Gold Medal in honour of Guido Stampacchia will be assigned for the fifth time, after an international competition, to a young mathematician, whose age be not greater than 35 years at the date of December 31st 2015, for his scientific contribution in the field of Variational Analysis.

http://varana.org/

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13- Workshop Analysis in Lyon, October 26-30, 2015
(source : M. Théra)

Workshop Analysis in Lyon, École normale supérieure de Lyon
Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1

please see: http://perso.ens-lyon.fr/marco.mazzucchelli/analysis-lyon2015/

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14- Annonces de séminaires

Une rubrique pour signaler quelques liens pour les séminaires ayant
lieu ce mois-ci et organisés dans nos laboratoires. N'hésitez pas à l'alimenter, préférentiellement via un lien vers la page du séminaire

**
Séminaire Parisien d'Optimisation (exceptionnellement : ENSCP 01, à côté de l'IHP)

http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.html

**
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Séminaire du programme PGMO, salle PGMO (Polytechnique)

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar

**
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Groupe de Travail CalVa (université Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/fr/seminaires/gt_calcul_des_variations.html

**
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Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-línéaire et EDP (IHP)

http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html

**
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Séminaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)

http://projects.laas.fr/spot/

**
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Séminaire SAMOCOD (séminaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation Contrôle et Dynamique)

http://www.i3m.univ-montp2.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&catid=19&sem=618

**
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Séminaire hebdomadaire de l'équipe MOD de l'Université de Limoges

https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36

**
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Séminaire Parisien de Théorie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)

https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/

**
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Séminaire de Mathématiques Discrètes, Optimisation et Décision, Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne et Université Paris 1

http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/

**

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15- Prix Fermat de Mathématiques 2015 (deadline candidature 30/06/2015)
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

http://www.math.univ-toulouse.fr/PrixFermat

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16- Prix Fermat Junior de Mathématiques 2015 (deadline candidature 30/09/2015)
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

http://www.math.univ-toulouse.fr/spip.php?article246

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17- Special issue of Mathematical Programming B on Optimization Models and Algorithms for Data Science
(source : M. Théra)

Dear Colleagues

We would like to draw your attention to an upcoming special issue of Mathematical Programming B on Optimization Models and Algorithms for Data Science.

Data and decisions are more strongly linked in the information age than ever before. This special issue focuses on modelling and optimization approaches that deal with large data sets, as well as applications from business analytics and machine learning that have emerged in the last decades as data accumulates from multiple sources such as internet traffic, social and sensor networks.

Successful submissions to this call are expected to provide a substantial methodological contribution to
- data-related modelling issues in optimization, such as tractable reformulations of problems involving uncertain data (e.g. using stochastic, robust or data-driven optimization techniques); or
- numerical solution schemes for optimization problems involving large data sets, such as solution approaches for large, sparse optimization problems or real-time optimization methods.

This call is being advertised via the British-French-German Conference on Optimization 2015 (optimisation.doc.ic.ac.uk/bfg2015). Attendance at the conference is not a pre-requisite for submitting a paper to the special issue, however.

Authors should submit their papers via http://www.editorialmanager.com/mapr/ and select article type "S.I.: Data Science — Series B" for consideration in this special issue.

Papers will be refereed according to the standards of Mathematical Programming, Series A. We are requesting that all papers be submitted using MP style files, and conform to a maximum of 25 pages. The necessary LaTeX files can be downloaded at www.eng.cam.ac.uk/~dr241/MPB/MPB- Springer-latex-style-files.zip.

Deadline for submission of full papers: December 1, 2015. We aim at completing a first review of all submissions by May 15, 2016.

Additional information about the special issue can be obtained from the guest editors:

Ruth Misener
Department of Computing
Imperial College London
London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
r.misener@imperial.ac.uk

Danny Ralph
Judge Business School
University of Cambridge
Cambridge CB2 1AG, U.K.
d.ralph@jbs.cam.ac.uk

Panos Parpas
Department of Computing
Imperial College London
London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
p.parpas@imperial.ac.uk

Wolfram Wiesemann
Imperial College Business School
Imperial College London
London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
ww@imperial.ac.uk

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18- Stochastic Multi-Stage Optimization. At the Crossroads between Discrete Time Stochastic Control and Stochastic Programming (livre)
(source : M. De Lara)

Stochastic Multi-Stage Optimization At the Crossroads between Discrete Time Stochastic Control and Stochastic Programming

Authors: Carpentier, P., Chancelier, J.-P., Cohen, G., De Lara, M.

Discusses the role of information in dynamic stochastic optimization problems.

http://www.springer.com/fr/book/9783319181370

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19- Numéro spécial newsletter AMIES: publication de l'Etude sur l'Impact Socio-Economique des Mathématiques en France (EISEM)
(source : F. Alabau, D. Aussel)

http://www.agence-maths-entreprises.fr/newsletter/newsletterhs2.html

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20- Will Computers Redefine the Roots of Math?
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

please see: https://www.quantamagazine.org/20150519-will-computers-redefine-the-roots-of-math
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Table des matières

-- Thèses et Postes
1- Numerical Programming Position, NYC
2- German Research Chair for Mathematics and its Applications

-- Conférences et évènements
3- Annonces de séminaires
4- Rencontres mathematiques de Rouen, 17-19 juin 2015
5- Conference on Learning Theory, Paris, July 3-6
6- "Nonlinear Control and Geometry", Conference Center in Bedlewo, Poland
7- International conference on Operations Research
8- Workshop sur les problèmes de Whithney au CIRM
9- Journees SMAI-MODE 2016, 23-25 mars 2016 a Toulouse

-- Autres
10- Projets BOUM (BOUge tes Mathématiques) de la SMAI
11- Prix Fermat, candidature jusqu?au 30 juin 2015
12- INFORMS Optimization Society awards four prizes
13- Call for Chapters, Modeling and Optimization in Space Engineering, Volume 2

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1- Numerical Programming Position, NYC
(source : P. Armand)

Sendyne, a technology company based in lower Manhattan, develops
numerical models for battery systems, power grids and related energy
systems.

We are actively recruiting for some programming talent to join our
team. Topics of immediate interest include numerical solution of
differential-algebraic systems, applied linear algebra, spline fitting
and optimization. At the present time we are not heavily involved in
PDEs, but that might be a topic of future interest. This is a hands-on
position requiring a working knowledge of C++ and Fortran with
emphasis on good coding practice and performance.

Some knowledge of physics, chemistry, applied math or electrical
engineering would be highly valued, but is not an absolute requirement
for the position. Candidates anywhere from a strong recent
undergraduate degree to a Ph.D. would be considered.

Interested parties should contact Dr. Robert Melville as
bobmelville1@gmail.com.

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2- German Research Chair for Mathematics and its Applications
(source : M. Théra)

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is calling for applications for a German
Research Chair for Mathematics and its Applications at the African Institute for
Mathematical Sciences in Ghana (AIMS Ghana). In the coming years, this endowed
chair will promote higher education and research in mathematics in Africa.

This call is aimed at postdoctoral academics from any country who demonstrably
conduct application-related research in the field of mathematics, have several
years? experience in training students and, ideally, doctoral candidates.
Experience in working in and cooperating with Africa and a willingness to
collaborate with other academic disciplines are also desired.

The closing date for applications is 15 July 2015. Please note that the application
must be supported by at least one collaborative partner in Germany. Please visit
http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/research-chair-aims-ghana.html
for more details on the programme and the application specifications as well as for
the application package.

This research chair is funded with a total of ?560,000 for a four-year period.
A concurrent appointment at a collaborating university in Ghana is planned.
Following three years of funding, AIMS Ghana plans to conduct an evaluation of the
chair to examine an appropriate continuation of the position.

AIMS Ghana is part of the AIMS Next Einstein Initiative which seeks to establish a
coordinated network of 15 supra-regional centres of excellence in mathematics across
Africa by the year 2020. The endowed research chair, which is being advertised
internationally, is designed to help promote networking between AIMS Ghana and
German universities and to drive networking amongst the various AIMS centres in
Africa. As part of the German Research Chair programme that is financed by the
Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Humboldt Foundation will fill three
further research chairs at AIMS centres in South Africa, Cameroon and Tanzania in
the coming years.

We should be very grateful if you would draw the attention of potential candidates
in your personal network to this announcement. You can forward this email to them
or disseminate the attached Programme Information at your institute. If you have any
further questions about this new sponsorship programme, please do not hesitate to
address them to GermanResearchChairs@avh.de.

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3- Annonces de séminaires
(sources: T. Bayen, L. Bourdin, P.L. Combettes, V. Fruchard, A. Monteil,
A. Rondepierre, A. Skoda, G. Vigeral,)

Une rubrique pour signaler succinctement les séminaires ayant
lieu ce mois-ci et organisés dans nos laboratoires.
N'hésitez pas à l'alimenter, préférentiellement via un lien vers
la page du séminaire et une liste de conférenciers,

**
Séminaire Parisien d'Optimisation (exceptionnellement : ENSCP 01, à côté de l'IHP)

http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.html

lundi 18 mai :
15h : M. Joswig (TR.U. Berlin)
16h : A. Dalayan (ENSAE)

**
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Séminaire du programme PGMO, salle PGMO (Polytechnique)

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar

mardi 9 juin : ?

**
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Groupe de Travail CalVa (université Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/fr/seminaires/gt_calcul_des_variations.html

lundi 1 juin : ?

**
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Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-línéaire et EDP (IHP)

http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html

mardi 5 mai,
10h : F. Macia
11h : P. Zhang
**
**
Séminaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)

http://projects.laas.fr/spot/

lundi 1 juin
14 : L. Nunes Vicente (U. Coimbra)
15h : C. Jimenez (U. Brest)
**
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Séminaire SAMOCOD (séminaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation Contrôle et Dynamique)

**
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Séminaire hebdomadaire de l'équipe MOD de l'Université de Limoges

https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36

vendredi 29 mai : J. Benoist
vendredi 5 juin : H. Bonnek

**
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Séminaire Parisien de Théorie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)

https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/
lundi 11 mai : S. Severinov
lundi 18 mai : S. Govindan
mardi 26 mai : french symposium on games - Paris Diderot
**
**
Séminaire de Mathématiques Discrètes, Optimisation et Décision, Centre d'Economie
de la Sorbonne et Université Paris 1

http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/

mardi 12 mai : S. Courtin

**

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4- Rencontres mathematiques de Rouen, 17-19 juin 2015
(source : J-B. Caillau)

"Géométrie Sous-Riemannienne, Géométrie de Cauchy-Riemann et Analyse sur les variétés?

http://lmrs.univ-rouen.fr/RMR15/conf.html

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5- Conference on Learning Theory, Paris, July 3-6
(source : J. Renault)

see the website : http://www.learningtheory.org/colt2015/authors/call-for-papers/

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6- "Nonlinear Control and Geometry", Conference Center in Bedlewo, Poland
(source : J-B. Caillau)

Mathematical Research and Conference Center in Bedlewo, Poland,
in August 24-28, 2015.

The deadlines for submitting a talk and to register are, respectively,
June 20 and June 30, 2015.
http://bcc.impan.pl/15Nonlinear

contact: nonlinear15@impan.pl

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7- International conference on Operations Research
(source : D. Aussel)

The next international conference on Operations Research organized jointly
by the Austrian (OEGOR), German (GOR), and Swiss (SVOR/ASRO) OR societies,

   OR 2015

will take place at the University of Vienna, Austria,

   1-4 September 2015.

The theme of this conference is "Optimal Decisions and Big Data", but
the conference covers all directions of Operations Research.

Please visit our webpages for further information, including details
of the main topical areas, Plenaries and Semi-Plenaries,
the Program and Organizing Committee Members,
details of how to submit your abstract, and registration:

http://or2015.univie.ac.at/

There will be a business day, software and book exhibitions, an emerging
scholar program, and more. Practitioners and academic people are invited
to participate and contribute to this event with interdisciplinary
perspective in mathematics, computer science, economics, and business.
Come and enjoy the conference as well as the social program in Vienna,
the city full of history, art, music, science, and Gemuetlichkeit.

We have already received almost 200 session proposals but new
proposals are still being received and are welcome.

Abstract submission is open with deadline Thursday 30 April 2015.

We are really looking forward to welcoming you to Vienna.

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8- Workshop sur les problèmes de Whithney au CIRM
(source : E. Le Gruyer)

Le 8ème workshop sur les problèmes de Whithney aura lieu au CIRM (Luminy)
du 19 au 23 octobre 2015.
Comme lors des précédentes éditions (Williamsburg VA 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014,
Palo Alto 2010, Toronto 2012, Banff 2013), il sera consacré à des problèmes
variés reliés aux extensions et à l'interpolation par des fonctions lisses.

http://programme-scientifique.weebly.com/1128.html

Comité scientifique: Alexander Brudnyi, Charles Fefferman, Erwan Le Gruyer,
Pavel Shvartsman, Nahum Zobin

Il reste des places disponibles et des supports financiers, en particulier
pour les doctorants et post-doctorants. Si vous êtes intéressés ou pour toute
information, merci de contacter rapidement
Erwan Le Gruyer  Erwan.Le-Gruyer@insa-rennes.fr
Matthew Hirn matthew.hirn@ens.fr

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9- Journees SMAI-MODE 2016, 23-25 mars 2016 a Toulouse
(source : J-B. Caillau)

http://smai.emath.fr/spip.php?article336&lang=fr
Les journees seront precedees d?un mini-cours organise par le GdR MOA les 21 et 22 mars 2016.

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10- Projets BOUM (BOUge tes Mathématiques) de la SMAI
(source : J-B. Caillau)

La SMAI a souhaité lancer une nouvelle initiative pour favoriser l'insertion dans la communauté
et la prise d'initiative des étudiants en thèse ou post-doctorants en Mathématiques Appliquées.
Il s'agit des projets BOUM (BOUge tes Mathématiques) de la SMAI. Vous trouverez le texte de
l'appel à projets sur la page suivante :

http://smai.emath.fr/spip.php?article548

La procédure de soumission est très simple et y est également décrite.
Nous vous invitons à relayer cette information autour de vous et à inciter les jeunes de votre
entourage à candidater.

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11- Prix Fermat, candidature jusqu?au 30 juin 2015
(source : J-B. Caillau)

voir l'annonce : http://www.math.univ-toulouse.fr/spip.php?article240&lang=fr

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12- INFORMS Optimization Society awards four prizes
(source : M. Théra)

The INFORMS Optimization Society awards four prizes annually at the INFORMS annual meeting.
We seek nominations (including self-nominations) for each of them, due by July 15, 2015.
Each of the four awards includes a cash amount of US$1,000 and a citation plaque. The award
winners will be invited to give a presentation in a special session sponsored by the
Optimization Society during the INFORMS annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA in November 2015
(the winners will be responsible for their own travel expenses to the meeting).  Award
winners are also asked to contribute an article about their award-winning work to the annual
Optimization Society newsletter.  The four awards are listed below with links to more
information about them.  For each award, follow the given link to find eligibility information
and instructions on the nomination process.  Nominations and inquiries should be sent directly
via email to the chair of the corresponding prize committee.

Khachiyan Prize
* Awarded for outstanding lifetime contributions to the field of optimization by an individual
or team.
* 2015 Committee Chair:  Ilan Adler (adler@ieor.berkeley.edu)
* Other committee members: Michael Ball, Don Goldfarb, Werner Roemisch
* https://www.informs.org/Community/Optimization-Society/Optimization-Society-Prizes/Khachiyan-Prize

Farkas Prize
* Awarded for outstanding contributions by a mid-career researcher to the field of optimization,
over the course of their career.
* 2015 Committee Chair: Ariela Sofer (asofer@gmu.edu)
* Other committee members: Jon Lee, Sanjay Mehrotra, Ariela Sofer, Zelda Zabinski
* http://www.informs.org/Community/Optimization-Society/Optimization-Society-Prizes/Farkas-Prize

Prize for Young Researchers
* Awarded to one or more young researcher(s) for an outstanding paper in optimization that is
submitted to and accepted, or published in a
refereed professional journal.
* 2015 Committee Chair: Nick Sahinidis (sahinidis@cmu.edu)
* Other committee members: Dan Bienstock, Sam Burer, Andrew Schaefer

* http://www.informs.org/Community/Optimization-Society/Optimization-Society-Prizes/Young-Researchers

Student Paper Prize
* Awarded to one or more student(s) for an outstanding paper in optimization that is submitted to
and received or published in a refereed professional journal within three calendar years preceding
the year of the award.
* 2015 Committee Chair: Mohit Tawarmalani (mtawarma@purdue.edu)
* Other committee members: Fatma Kilinc-Karzan, Warren Powell, Uday Shanbhag
* http://www.informs.org/Community/Optimization-Society/Optimization-Society-Prizes/Student-Paper-Prize
Mathematics is the language in which the universe is written (Galileo Galilei)

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13- Call for Chapters, Modeling and Optimization in Space Engineering, Volume 2
(source : D. Aussel)

We solicit book chapters contributed to the forthcoming volume titled
Modeling and Optimization in Space Engineering, Volume 2, to be
published by Springer Science + Business Media, New York. Topical
theoretical developments, computational approaches, applications and
case studies are welcome.

Please send us a note if you wish to contribute. We assume that the
book project will be accepted within a month by Springer [we already
corresponded with our editorial contact]. We will keep all potential
contributors informed.

We suggest September 30, 2015 as the deadline for manuscript
submission, followed by a brief review period [~ 1 month], and we
expect to receive all finalized chapters by November 30. This will
enable us to send the entire volume for publication to Springer in
December 2015.

MS Word files or Latex source files accompanied by corresponding pdf
files will be accepted: we will circulate the appropriate template
information.

Giorgio Fasano and Janos Pinter, Editors
giorgio.fasano@thalesaleniaspace.com,janos.d.pinter@gmail.com
Lettre MODE
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Table des matières

-- Thèses et Postes

1- Postdoctoral Research Position in Optimization at Lehigh University
2- Postdoc position, Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università di Pavia
3- Lecturer in Operational Research

-- Conférences et évènements

4- Annonces de séminaires
5- Mini-cours Optimisation numérique et applications
6- Terryfest2015 à Limoges
7- Hamiltonian systems and their applications, Saint-Petersbourg, June 3-8 2015
8- Ouverture des inscriptions pour le congrès SMAI 2015
9- European Workshop on General Equilibrium Theory (EWGET2015)
10- Int. Conf. on Machine Learning, Lille, July 6-11, 2015
11- SIAM Conference on Control and its applications
12- ISMP 2015 - Last call for presentations and session proposals
13- Third EUROPT Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization
14- European Conference on Operational Research, EURO2015
15- Modeling and OPtimization: Theory and Applications (MOPTA) conference
16- International OR2015 conference on Operations Research
17- IMA Thematic year on Control theory and its applications
18- Annual Conference of the Italian Operations Research Society, AIRO 2015
19- IFAC Workshop on control Applications of Optimization (CAO?2015)

-- Autres

20- Book "Convex Optimization Algorithms", D. Bertsekas
21- Internet page entitled on the Superiorization Methodology and Perturbation
 Resilience of Algorithms

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1- Postdoctoral Research Position in Optimization at Lehigh University
(source : M. Théra)

We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Industrial
and Systems Engineering (www.lehigh.edu/ise) at Lehigh University. The
position is for the project "Randomized Models for Nonlinear Optimization:
Theoretical Foundations and Practical Numerical Methods" funded by the
National Science Foundation (NSF). This project is being conducted under
the joint supervision of Katya Scheinberg (katyas@lehigh.edu) and Frank
E. Curtis (frank.e.curtis@lehigh.edu). The postdoctoral research position
is for one year with the possibility of an extension to a second year.

Project
The project involves the design, analysis, and implementation of algorithms
for solving nonlinear optimization problems. In particular, the project
focuses on randomized algorithms for derivative-free optimization (commonly
known as DFO) and nonsmooth optimization. The goals of the project are to
design and analyze novel, practical methods for solving such problems that
also have a strong theoretical foundation. It will also involve the development
of prototype software written in Matlab, and eventually high-performance
software in a language such as C, C++, or Fortran.

Qualifications
A successful candidate will hold a PhD in Optimization, Industrial Engineering,
Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or other field related to the project
by August 1, 2015. Additional desired attributes include the following:
(1) experience in the design, analysis, and implementation of optimization
algorithms; (2) experience using and/or implementing numerical optimization
software; and (3) excellent communication skills.

Workplace
Lehigh University is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA. By car, Bethlehem
is approximately 1 hour from Philadelphia and 1.5 hours from New York City.
There is also an airport, Lehigh Valley International Airport, located approximately
10 minutes from campus. The project will benefit from the facilities in the COR@L
Laboratory (http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu) located in the Department of ISE at Lehigh.

Application Timeline
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until a successful
candidate is found. An offer is expected to be made by June 1, 2015, if not earlier.

Application
An interested applicant should send the following information to Katya Scheinberg
(katyas@lehigh.edu) and Frank E. Curtis (frank.e.curtis@lehigh.edu): (1) a cover
letter describing their experience and research interests as they relate to the
project, (2) a CV that includes a list of publications, and (3) contact information
(i.e., name, position, e-mail address, and phone number) of at least two references
with knowledge of the applicant's knowledge and experience.

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2- Postdoc position, Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università di Pavia
(source : P. Colli)

Detailed information in English can be found at

http://bandi.miur.it/bandi.php/public/fellowship/id_fellow/98992

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3- Lecturer in Operational Research
(source : M. Théra)

Location:  Highfield Campus, University of Southampton, UK
Salary:   £36,309 to £45,954
Full Time Permanent
Closing Date:   Wednesday 01 April 2015
Reference:  530215PJ

The University of Southampton is a leading UK teaching and research
institution with a global reputation for leading-edge research and
scholarship. It is one of the UK's top 10 research universities,
offering first-rate opportunities for study and research across a wide
range of subjects. The 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014)
rated 100% of research activity in Mathematical Sciences as of
internationally excellent or world-leading quality, and we were rated
9thin the UK for research intensity.

To build on our education and research success to date, Mathematical
Sciences is seeking to consolidate and develop its research strength
in the area of Operational Research.  Applications are invited for the
post of Lecturer in Operational Research.

You should have a research background in any area of Operational
Research.  You should either have a PhD, or have submitted your PhD
thesis, and should be able to demonstrate a high-quality research
track record with plans for future research activity.  Teaching duties
may involve a variety of Operational Research-related topics, to be
delivered to both an undergraduate (BSc/MMath) audience and to
postgraduate students.

Duties, as determined by the Head of Mathematical Sciences, will
include:  conducting research at a national level in Operational
Research; applying for externally funded research grants; and teaching
undergraduate and postgraduate students including the supervision of
research students.  As part of the role, you will also be expected to
support the effective management and administration within the
Mathematical Sciences.  Experience of teaching, assessme nt of
students and dissertation project supervision would be advantageous.

The position is available from 1 September 2015. Interviews are
expected to be held in May or June 2015.  As part of the interview
process, you will be invited to give a research presentation.

Equal opportunities and benefits

The University of Southampton holds an Athena Swan Bronze Award,
demonstrating commitment to provide equal opportunities and to advance
the representation of women in STEM subjects: science, technology,
engineering, mathematics and medicine. The University has a generous
maternity policy, and onsite childcare facilities. Employeesare able
to participate in the childcare vouchers scheme. Other benefits
include state-of-the-art on-campus sports, arts and culture
facilities, a full programme of events and a range of staff discounts.

Application procedure:

The closing date for this vacancy is 01 April 2015. You should submit
your completed application form online at www.jobs.southampton.ac.uk.
The vacancy will close at midnight on the closing date as shown above.
If you require any assistance, please contact Charlene Tyson on +44
(0) 23 8059 6803. As part of your completed application, you will be
required to include addresses of 3 referees and your full CV.  At the
University of Southampton, we promote equality and value diversity.

Informal enquiries can be made at any time to:

Professor Joerg Fliege, Head of the Operational Research Group

Email: J.Fliege@southampton.ac.uk, tel. +44 (0)23 8059 8453

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4- Annonces de séminaires
(sources: T. Bayen, L. Bourdin, P.L. Combettes, V. Fruchard, A. Monteil,
A. Rondepierre, A. Skoda, G. Vigeral,)

Une rubrique pour signaler succinctement les séminaires ayant
lieu ce mois-ci et organisés dans nos laboratoires.
N'hésitez pas à l'alimenter, préférentiellement via un lien vers
la page du séminaire et une liste de conférenciers,

**
Séminaire Parisien d'Optimisation (IHP, salle 201)

http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.html

lundi 9 mars :
15h : G. Vigeral (Paris-Dauphine)
16h : B. Escoffier (Paris 6)

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Séminaire du programme PGMO, salle PGMO (Polytechnique)

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar

mardi 17 mars, 14h : F. Wahid (Ecole Polythecnique)
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Groupe de Travail CalVa (université Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/fr/seminaires/gt_calcul_des_variations.html

lundi 23 mars :
11h : F. Suarez-Grau
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Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-línéaire et EDP (Jussieu, salle 15-16-309)

http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html

**
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Séminaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)

http://projects.laas.fr/spot/

**
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Séminaire SAMOCOD (séminaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation Contrôle et Dynamique)

**
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Séminaire hebdomadaire de l'équipe MOD de l'Université de Limoges

https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36

vendredi 13 mars : J-B. Baillon (Paris 1)
vendredi 20 mars : I. Lankoande (Limoges)
vendredi 27 mars : F. Silva (Limoges)
vendredi 3 avril : M. Bacak (Telecom ParisTech)

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Séminaire Parisien de Théorie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)

https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/

lundi 9 mars : P. Loiseau (Eurocom)
lundi 16 mars : H. Moulin (Glasgow)
lundi 23 mars : M. Akian (INRIA - Polytechnique)
lundi 30 mars : S. Sorin (Paris 6)

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Séminaire de Mathématiques Discrètes, Optimisation et Décision, Centre d'Economie
de la Sorbonne et Université Paris 1

http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/

mardi 17 mars : J. Lescqa
mardi 31 mars : M. Pivato

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5- Mini-cours Optimisation numérique et applications
(source : D. Aussel, J-B. Caillau)

à XLIM, Université de Limoges, le 15, 16 et 17 mai 2015

Au programme, trois cours assurés par :
        M. Haddou (INSA de Rennes)
        D. Noll (Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse)
        M. Overton (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences)

Aucun droit d?inscription n?est demandé mais, pour des raisons
d?organisation, nous vous demandons de vous inscrire au plus vite ici.

Afin d?encourager la participation des doctorants et jeunes chercheurs,
l?hébergement durant la durée de l?école sera pris en charge par le GdR MOA,
dans la limite de notre budget : les 15 premières candidatures de doctorants
et jeunes chercheurs. Ces quinze participants se verront aussi offrir
l?hébergement durant la durée de la conférence Terry Fest qui suivra l?école.

http://gdrmoa.math.cnrs.fr/activites/mini-cours-mai-2015

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6- Terryfest2015 à Limoges
(source : S. Adly)

Une conférence internationale en Analyse Variationnelle, Optimisation et Finance
Quantitative est organisée en l?honneur du Professeur Rockafellar à Limoges du 18
au 22 mai 2015:

http://terryfest2015.xlim.fr

L?inscription à la conférence est ouverte : http://www.unilim.fr/terryfest2015/

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7- Hamiltonian systems and their applications, Saint-Petersbourg, June 3-8 2015
(source : J-B. Caillau)

http://www.pdmi.ras.ru/EIMI/2015/hsta

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8- Ouverture des inscriptions pour le congrès SMAI 2015
(source : C. Chalons)

Le congrès SMAI 2015 aura lieu du 08 au 12 juin 2015 au Karellis en Savoie.
Les inscriptions sont maintenant ouvertes sur le site

http://smai.emath.fr/smai2015/

Les dates limites d'inscription (au tarif minoré notamment), de demande de
bourses jeunes chercheurs, et de soumission des résumés sont données ici :

http://smai.emath.fr/smai2015/calendrier.php

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9- European Workshop on General Equilibrium Theory (EWGET2015)
(source : M. Théra)

June 29th, 30th and July 1st at the Centro Congressi of
University Federico II in Naples.

The DEADLINE to submit a paper is:  MARCH 28th, 2015.
We expect to make selections by:    April 20th, 2015.

We shall cover the cost of two nights for those participants whose paper
has been accepted for presentation at the conference. Participation without
presenting a paper just requires registration.

For more details about the workshop please visit the webpage:

http://www.mathematical-economics-naples.org

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10- Int. Conf. on Machine Learning, Lille, July 6-11, 2015
(source : J-B. Caillau)

ICML is the leading international machine learning conference and is supported by
the International Machine Learning Society (IMLS). The 32nd International Conference
on Machine Learning (ICML 2015) will be held in Lille, France, from July 6 to 11, 2015.
The conference will consist of one day of tutorials, followed by three days of main
conference sessions, followed by two days of workshops. We invite submissions of
papers on all topics related to machine learning for the conference proceedings, and
proposals for tutorials and workshops.

http://icml.cc/2015/ <http://icml.cc/2015/>

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11- SIAM Conference on Control and its applications
(source : J-B. Caillau)

Paris, July 8-10 2015,

http://www.siam.org/meetings/ct15

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12- ISMP 2015 - Last call for presentations and session proposals
(source : D. Aussel)

www.ismp2015.org

The organizers of ISMP 2015 have the great pleasure of inviting you to Pittsburgh,
PA  USA, July 12-17, 2015. ISMP is the international symposium on optimization and
is held every three years on behalf of the Mathematical Optimization Society.

Last Call for PRESENTATIONS and SESSION PROPOSALS

Presentations on all theoretical, computational and practical aspects of mathematical
programming in one of the program clusters are welcome. Invited and contributed
presentations will be organized in parallel sessions, each session consisting of three
talks. Interested session organizers are invited to contact the cluster chairs for their
particular topic.

The deadline for submitting titles and abstracts of presentations has been extended
to March 10, 2015. This is the final deadline. There is a one talk per speaker policy
at ISMP, i.e., no participant will be able to register more than one presentation.
Abstract submission and registration can be done online, via the conference web page
at www.ismp2015.org. Notice that ISMP does not have published proceedings and it is
not possible to submit entire papers. But short abstracts of a talks (at most 750
characters) will appear in the book of abstracts.

Important Dates

March 10, 2015: abstract submission deadline
March 27, 2015: notification of abstract acceptance
April 15, 2015: early registration deadline
June 8, 2015: hotel reservation deadline
July 12, 2015: opening ceremony at Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown Hotel

For further details including the abstracts of these talks please visit
http://www.ismp2015.org/?page_id=13.

Conference Venue

The symposium and opening ceremony will take place at the Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh
Downtown Hotel located at the confluence of Pittsburghs famed Three Rivers.
The opening ceremony will feature the presentation of awards by the Mathematical
Optimization Society and will be followed by the welcome reception. The conference
banquet will be on Wednesday July 15th featuring a river cruise on the Monongahela,
Allegheny and Ohio Rivers, with uncompromised view of beautiful landscapes and
towering skyscrapers of Pittsburgh. The scientific talks will be scheduled on
Monday-Friday 9:00am-6:00pm.

Early registration rate for 2015 MOS members:

Student or retiree: $190
Lifetime member: $290
Regular member: $375

Early registration rate for non-2015 MOS members:

Student: $210
Retiree: $220
All others: $435

The registration rates for late registration are higher.

More details (including clusters, cluster chairs, all registration rates, discounted
MOS membership for 2016-2018, hotel, sponsorship opportunities, exhibits etc.)
are available on the conference website at www.ismp2015.org.

We look forward to welcoming you next year in Pittsburgh!

The ISMP Organizing Committee

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13- Third EUROPT Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization
(source : M. Théra)

July 8-10, 2015: Edinburgh

http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/hall/EUROPT15/

EUROPT2015 is the annual event of the EUROPT continuous optimization
working group of EURO (The Association of European Operational
Research Societies). This is the 13th such workshop and is held
in collaboration with the EURO 2015 conference to be held
in Glasgow on July 12-15 2015.

Talks should be related to continuous optimization theory,
algorithms, software or applications. It is expected that
there will be a particular focus on large-scale optimization
and linear algebra techniques in optimization.

Plenary speakers confirmed:

Sven Leyffer (Argonne National Laboratory)
Lieven Vandenberghe (University of California, Los Angeles)
Serge Gratton (CERFACS-IRIT, Toulouse)

Abstracts (max one page *.pdf) should be submitted to
 EUROPT15@maths.ed.ac.uk
by March 27 2015

Selected papers presented at EUROPT2015 will be considered
for peer-reviewed publication in a special issue of
Mathematical Methods of Operations Research.

Registration will open in due course, with the fees having been
set as £150 (Standard) and £75 (PhD student) before May 15 2015.
Afterwards the respective fees will be £200 and £100.

Well priced accommodation has been booked for the nights before,
during and after the conference, and details of how to reserve
a room will be published in due course.

We hope you will want to take this opportunity to visit Edinburgh
and contribute to advances in continuous optimization.

Julian Hall and Jacek Gondzio
Chairs of the Organising and Programme Committees for EUROPT2015

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14- European Conference on Operational Research, EURO2015
(source : M. Théra)

University of Strathclyde in Glasgow from 12-15 July 2015.
It is the place to present your work and find out about cutting edge
ideas emerging from the Operational Research community.

The deadline for abstract submissions is March 16. Researchers,
academics, practitioners, and students interested in any branch of
Operational Research, mathematical modelling or economic analysis are
invited to submit abstracts or organize sessions. If you would like to
organize a session, please contact the Programme Committee.

More information is on the website http://www.euro2015.org,
including details of the main topical areas, the Programme and
Organizing Committee members, and details of how to submit your
abstract.

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15- Modeling and OPtimization: Theory and Applications (MOPTA) conference
(source : M. Théra)

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, July 20-22, 2015.

We welcome contributed talks, and we are also very interested in hearing from
people who could organize a session centered around one of their topics of
expertise. MOPTA sessions have 3 speakers, with 30 mins per presentation including
Q&A's. Speakers will be kindly asked
to submit their abstract on the MOPTA website. The deadline for abstract submission
is May 1.

Confirmed plenary speakers:
* Alper Atamtürk (University of California-Berkeley)
* Amir Beck (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology)
* Mirjam Dür (University of Trier)
* Eugene Feinberg (SUNY)
* Ravi Mazumdar (Waterloo)
* Luis Nunes Vicente (Universidade de Coimbra)
* Tong Zhang (Rutgers University)

Alexander Stolyar, Martin Takac
Organizing Committee Co-Chairs

See more at http://coral.ie.lehigh.edu/~mopta

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16- International OR2015 conference on Operations Research
(source : M. Théra)

organized by the Austrian (OEGOR), Swiss (SVOR/ASRO) and German (GOR) OR societies.

The conference will take place at the University of Vienna, Austria

                   September 1-4, 2015

The theme of this conference is "Optimal Decisions and Big Data", but the conference
covers all directions of Operations Research. The invited plenary speakers are Matteo
Fischetti (Padova) and Steven Scott (Google).  There will be 28 streams:  Accounting
and Revenue Management, Analytics, Bioinformatics, Computational and Experimental
Economics, Continuous Optimization, Control Theory, Discrete Optimization, Graphs
and Networks, Energy and Environment, Financial Modeling, Forecasting, Game Theory,
Health and Disaster Aid, Integer Programming, Logistics and Transportation,
Metaheuristics, Multiple Criteria Decision Making, Networks and Regulation, Neural
Nets and Fuzzy Systems, OR for Security, OR Software and Modeling Languages, Policy
Modeling and Public Sector OR, Production and Operations Management, Scheduling and
Project Management, Simulation and Decision Support, Stochastic Models, Stochastic
Optimization,
Supply Chain Management.

Please visit our webpages for further information, abstract submission and registration:

               or2015.univie.ac.at

There will be a business day, software and book exhibitions, an emerging scholar
program and more. Practitioners and academic people are invited to participate and
contribute to this event with interdisciplinary perspective in mathematics, computer
science, economics and business. Come and enjoy the conference as well as the social
program in Vienna, the city full of history, art, music, science and Gemuetlichkeit.

Gernot Tragler and Georg Pflug

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17- IMA Thematic year on Control theory and its applications
(source : J-B. Caillau)

Minnesota, Sep. 2015-June 2016,
http://www.ima.umn.edu/2015-2016

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18- Annual Conference of the Italian Operations Research Society, AIRO 2015
(source : D. Aussel)

Department of Computer Science of the University of Pisa on September 7-10,
2015.
This conference is the traditional yearly get-together of the Italian Operations
Research Society, but colleagues from all around the world working on all facets
of optimization are warmly welcome. The theme of AIRO 2015 is "Optimization for
Energy, Environment and Sustainability", but contributions are encouraged for all
areas of optimization.

The conference is organized into plenary and parallel sessions, with Italian and
English as the official languages. Each speaker can give only one talk.

We encourage perspective session chairs to submit to

submissions2015@airo.org

proposals for sessions they could be willing to organize.

Plenary Speakers:

Luís Eduardo Neves Gouveia (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Leo Liberti (CNRS LIX Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France)
Claudia Sagastizábal (Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Important dates:

April 1: Conference abstract submission opens
April 30: Abstract submission deadline
May 15: Early bird registration opens
May 31: Notification of acceptance
June 15: Early bird registration deadline

More information can be found on the website

http://www.airo.org/conferences/airo2015/

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19- IFAC Workshop on control Applications of Optimization (CAO?2015)
(source : M. Théra)

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany from October 6 to 9, 2015.

Following the traditions of the previous CAO workshops held in Rimini
(2012), Jyväskylä (2009), Cachan-Paris (2006), Visegrad (2003), Saint
Petersburg (2000), Haifa (1995) and Munich (1992), CAO? 2015 in
Garmisch-Partenkirchen will bring together researchers and practitioners
to discuss recent developments in the applications of optimization for
control purposes, decision making and for risk management in economy
and industry.

CAO? 2015 is an international meeting of the International Federation of
Automatic Control, sponsored by the IFAC Technical Committee on Optimal
Control and co-sponsored by the IFAC Technical Committees on Adaptive and
Learning Systems, Networked Systems, Linear Control Systems, Non-Linear
Control Systems, Robust Control and Economic and Business Systems.

CAO? 2015 is organized by Prof. Stefan Pickl, Institut für Theoretische
Informatik, Mathematik und Operations Research, Fakultät für Informatik,
Universität der Bundeswehr München.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Authors are encouraged to submit papers, session proposals and invited
sessions electronically in PDF format using the conference submission
system PaperPlaza:
http://ifac.papercept.net/conferences/scripts/start.pl#CAO15

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20- Book "Convex Optimization Algorithms", D. Bertsekas
(source : M. Théra)

http://web.mit.edu/dimitrib/www/Convex_Alg_Chapters.html

(576 pages, hardcover, Athena, Scientific, February 2015).

The book provides a comprehensive and accessible presentation of algorithms for
solving convex optimization problems. It relies on rigorous mathematical analysis,
but also aims at an intuitive exposition that makes use of visualization where
possible. It places particular emphasis on modern developments, and their
widespread applications in fields such as large-scale resource allocation problems,
signal processing, and machine learning.

The book is aimed at students, researchers, and practitioners, roughly at the first
year graduate level. It is similar in style to my 2009 "Convex Optimization Theory"
book, but can be read independently. The latter book focuses on convexity theory
and optimization duality, while the present book focuses on algorithmic issues.
The two books share notation, and together cover the entire finite-dimensional
convex optimization methodology. To facilitate readability, the statements of
definitions and results of the "theory book" are reproduced without proofs in an
appendix.
Information about the book may be found at

Let me also take the opportunity to announce the hardcover/wide page edition of my
book "Parallel and Distributed Computation: Numerical Methods" (735 pages, hardcover,
Athena, Scientific, February 2015; jointly authored with John N. Tsitsiklis).
This book, which originally appeared in 1989, is now available only in paperback
ormat, which will continue to be available for a few more months. See

http://web.mit.edu/dimitrib/www/pdc.html

D. Bertsekas

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21- Internet page entitled on the Superiorization Methodology and Perturbation
 Resilience of Algorithms
(source : M. Théra)

This is a (chronologically ordered) bibliography on the superiorization
methodology, on perturbation resilience of algorithms and related works,
compiled and continuously updated by Yair Censor. If you know of a related
work in any form (preprint, reprint, journal publication, conference
report, abstract or poster, book chapter, thesis, etc.) that should be
included here kindly write to me on: yair@math.haifa.ac.il with full
bibliographic details, a DOI if available, and a PDF copy of the work if
possible.
This page has been last updated: March 7, 2015.

To view the new internet page please go to:
http://math.haifa.ac.il/YAIR/bib-superiorization-censor.htmlLettre MODE
novembre 2015

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Envoyez vos contributions en format simple texte à
oana-silvia.serea@univ-perp.fr avant la fin du mois.

Prière d'indiquer "pour la lettre MODE" dans l'objet.

L'inscription et la désinscription automatiques se font en écrivant à
lettre-mode-smai-request@emath.fr
et en mettant dans le sujet suivant le cas subscribe ou unsubscribe.

Vous pouvez également retrouver les lettres MODE sur le site :

http://smai.emath.fr/spip.php?article330&lang=fr

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Table des matières

-- Thèses et Postes
1- 2 Postdoc positions (1-year) at the University KU Leuven Belgium
2- Campagne 2016 de chercheurs postdoctoraux en mathématiques et informatique fondamentale, Laboratoire d'excellence Milyon, Lyon en Sciences pour l’Ingénieur – Automatique
3- Postdoctoral Position - Automotive Control Engineering, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
4- Postdoctoral Position at INRIA, Rennes, France
5- Professor possition in the team Combinatoire et Optimisation (IMJ-PRG / Universite P. et M. Curie, Paris)

-- Conférences et évènements
6- Journées annuelles du GdR MOA, 4-5 décembre 2015, Dijon
7- Les journées SMAI-MODE 2016 auront lieu à Toulouse le 23, 24 et 25 mars 2016
8- XVI International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems: Theory, Numerics, Application, August 1-5, 2016 in Aachen (Germany)
9- The 10th International Conference on Optimization: Techniques and Applications, July 23-26, 2016, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
10- Annonces de séminaires

-- Autres (ouvrages, etc.)
11- Triste nouvelle : décès de Bernard Prum
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1- 2 Postdoc positions (1-year) at the University KU Leuven Belgium
(sorce : M. Théra)

The research group KU Leuven ESAT-STADIUS is currently offering 2 Postdoc positions (1-year) within the framework of the ERC (European Research Council) Advanced Grant A-DATADRIVE-B (PI: Johan Suykens) http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/stadius/ADB on Advanced Data-Driven Black-box modelling.

The research positions relate to the following possible topics:

-1- Prior knowledge incorporation
-2- Kernels and tensors
-3- Modelling structured dynamical systems
-4- Sparsity
-5- Optimization algorithms
-6- Core models and mathematical foundations
-7- Next generation software tool

The research group ESAT-STADIUS http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/stadius at the university KU Leuven Belgium provides an excellent research environment being active in the broad area of mathematical engineering, including systems and control theory, neural networks and machine learning, nonlinear systems and complex networks, optimization, signal processing, bioinformatics and biomedicine.

The research will be conducted under the supervision of Prof. Johan Suykens. Interested candidates having a solid mathematical background and PhD degree can on-line apply by following the submission guidelines given at the website http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/stadius /ADB/vacancies.php by including CV and motivation letter.

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2- Campagne 2016 de chercheurs postdoctoraux en mathématiques et informatique fondamentale, Laboratoire d'excellence Milyon, Lyon
(sorce : M. Théra)

Le Laboratoire d'excellence Milyon http://milyon.universite-lyon.fr lance la campagne 2016 de chercheurs postdoctoraux en mathématiques et informatique fondamentale.

Milyon propose trois contrats de recherche sans charge d'enseignement pour la période 2016–2018 http://milyon.universite-lyon.fr/2015/11/02/ouverture-appel-a-candidatures-chercheurs-postdoctoraux-2016/

Date limite de candidature : 15 janvier 2016.

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3- Postdoctoral Position - Automotive Control Engineering, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
(source : O.S. Serea)

As part of our new, enhanced strategy to further strengthen research programs at Tecnológico de Monterrey, our institution is seeking qualified candidates for positions as full time postdoctoral researchers in the fields of Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Automotive Control Engineering.

Therefore, Tecnológico de Monterrey, opens one position for Full Time Postdoctoral Researchers in the fields of: Control / Automotive Control / Mechanical Engineering.

Theoretical research interest: Robust and H-infinity control, LMIs, LPV systems, sampling dependent control design. Time-delay systems, observers, robust control, structural analysis, LPV TDS. Fault detection and diagnosis, fault tolerant control. Nonlinear control, Nonlinear observers.

Applied research interests: Automotive/Vehicle modeling & control; Global chassis control, Suspensions modeling and control (semi-active), Brakes, Steer modeling & control. Mechatronics systems, Instrumentation.

The Postdoctoral Researchers will work under the supervision of the Consortium Engineering Research Group. The Consortium coordinates the efforts of three of the most important Tier 1 suppliers of components for the Automotive Industry, which cooperate with ITESM in the development of new manufacturing processes, materials and components for the next generation of automotive systems. Postdocs will have the opportunity of doing research stays at important automotive engineering research centers in Mexico and abroad, as required by their particular project goals.

These are 1 year positions with a starting date between January 1, 2016 and January 1, 2017, with possible extensions to 2 years.

For details please see:

https://www.researchgate.net/job/860056_Postdoctoral_Position-Automotive_Control_Engineering

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4- Postdoctoral Position at INRIA, Rennes, France
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

Exploiting Image Data in the Process of Model Order Reduction

For more information please see:

http://people.rennes.inria.fr/Cedric.Herzet/Cedric.Herzet/Geronimo/files/postdoc_geronimo.pdf

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5- Professor possition in the team Combinatoire et Optimisation (IMJ-PRG / Universite P. et M. Curie, Paris)
(source : J.-P. Allouche et M. Théra)

Game Theory, Dynamics, and Optimisation

We want to hire an outstanding senior scientist in game theory. The new colleague will pilot the research on the theme "game theory, dynamics, and optimization" within the group Combinatorics and Optimization and will be responsible for the M1 and M2 lecturing on this theme. He/she will work at the Institut de Mathématiques (IMJ-PRG, UMR 7586) for his/her research and teach at the Faculté de Mathématiques, UPMC (UFR 929).

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6- Journées annuelles du GdR MOA, 4-5 décembre 2015, Dijon
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

Pour plus de détails voir :

http://gdrmoa.math.cnrs.fr/activites/journees-annuelles-gdr-moa-2015

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7- Les journées SMAI-MODE 2016 auront lieu à Toulouse le 23, 24 et 25 mars 2016
(source : J. Gergaud et S. Gratton )

Les journées SMAI-MODE 2016 auront lieu à Toulouse le 23, 24 et 25 mars 2016 (http://mode2016.sciencesconf.org).

Les soumissions de résumés sont attendues pour le 27 Novembre 2015. Merci de soumettre vos propositions de communications orales et d'inciter les doctorants à soumettre et à s'inscrire sur le site des Journées, en suivant les recommandations disponibles à http://mode2016.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/9.

Les conférenciers pléniers attendus sont :

Guillaume Carlier (Paris Dauphine)
Jacek Gondzio (Edinburgh, Ecosse)
Rida Laraki (Paris Dauphine) (conférence grand public)
Monique Laurent (Tilburg, Pays Bas)
Fabien Mangeant (Airbus)
Vianney Perchet (Paris Diderot)

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8- XVI International Conference on Hyperbolic Problems: Theory, Numerics, Application, August 1-5, 2016 in Aachen (Germany)
(source : O.S. Serea)

The objective of the conference is to bring together scientists with
interests in the theoretical, applied, and computational aspects of hyperbolic partial differential equations and of related mathematical
models that appear in applied sciences.

The conference was first held 1986 in St. Etienne (France) and has
been organized since then biennially at different locations all over
the world: 2014 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 2012 Padua (Italy), 2010 Beijing (China), 2008 College Park (U.S.A.), 2006 Lyon (France), etc.

In keeping with the tradition, the conference consists of plenary and
invited lectures, as well as contributed talks and poster presentations.
These will represent all three aspects of the field: theory, numerics and applications. As has been done in the past, a special effort will be made to enable young scientists to attend the conference and to meet and interact with the more senior researchers.

Registration for the conference is available now at the website http://www.hyp2016.de.

We urge all interested participants to register and to submit their
proposals for contributed talks or poster presentations at their earliest convenience. For full consideration, abstracts should be submitted not later than April 15, 2016.

Please have a look at the webpage for additional information and forward
this announcement to people who might be interested in the conference. Hope to seeing you in Aachen next year.

Christian Klingenberg
Michael Westdickenberg
(organizers)

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9- The 10th International Conference on Optimization: Techniques and Applications, July 23-26, 2016, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
(source : I. Tseveendorj)

The first two ICOTA conferences were held in Singapore in 1987 and 1992, respectively. After which, ICOTA has become an important conference series run by a steering committee. The third ICOTA conference was held in Chengdu in 1995, and the fourth ICOTA was held in Perth in 1998. The fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth ICOTA were held, respectively, in Hong Kong in 2001, Ballarat in 2004, Kobe in 2007, Shanghai in 2010, and Taipei in 2013.

The ICOTA conference series is an official conference series of The
Pacific Optimization Research Activity Group (POP). Like previous ICOTA
conferences, the goal of the 10th ICOTA is to provide an international
forum for scientist, researchers, software developers, and practitioners
to exchange ideas and approaches, to present research findings and
state-of-the-art solutions, to share experiences on potentials and
limits, and to open new avenues of research and development, on all
issues and topics related to optimization and its applications.

Topics in the 10th ICOTA include, but not limited to, those listed in the following:

Optimization theory and numerical algorithms: linear programming, nonlinear programming, integer programming, network programming,
semi-definite programming, stochastic programming, dynamic programming,
optimal control, global optimization, nonsmooth optimization, semi-infinite programming, multi-objective optimization, variational
inequalities, complementarity problems, mathematical programs with
equilibrium constraint.

Algorithm: design, analysis, implementation of traditional mathematical
programming methodology, modern techniques such as meta-heuristic for
combinatorial and continuous optimization.

Application: engineering, nonlinear systems, stochastic system control,
data/text mining from large databases, intelligent information and
technology, systems science, knowledge management, information and
communication networks, transportation, scheduling, logistics, finance,
game theory, industrial engineering, management science, operations
research.

Publication details:

All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by referees. Papers accepted
for presentation in the conference will be included in the conference
proceedings, while outstanding papers will be invited for publications
in specialissues of several prestigious international journals.

Important dates:

Deadlinefor extended abstract submission : May 31, 2016
Notification ofacceptance: June 20, 2016

For further details, please contact Prof. R. Enkhbat (renkhbat46"at"yahoo.com) or visit the conference homepage
http://iom.num.edu.mn/icota2016.

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10- Annonces de séminaires

Une rubrique pour signaler quelques liens pour les séminaires ayant
lieu ce mois-ci et organisés dans nos laboratoires. N'hésitez pas à l'alimenter, préférentiellement via un lien vers la page du séminaire

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Séminaire Parisien d'Optimisation (exceptionnellement : ENSCP 01, à côté de l'IHP)

http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.html

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Séminaire du programme PGMO, salle PGMO (Polytechnique)

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar

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Groupe de Travail CalVa (université Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/fr/seminaires/gt_calcul_des_variations.html

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Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-línéaire et EDP (IHP)

http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html

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Séminaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)

http://projects.laas.fr/spot/

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Séminaire SAMOCOD (séminaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation Contrôle et Dynamique)

http://www.i3m.univ-montp2.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&catid=19&sem=618

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Séminaire hebdomadaire de l'équipe MOD de l'Université de Limoges

https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36

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Séminaire Parisien de Théorie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)

https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/

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Séminaire de Mathématiques Discrètes, Optimisation et Décision, Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne et Université Paris 1

http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/

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11- Triste nouvelle : décès de Bernard Prum
(source : F. Alabau)

Chers membres de la SMAI,

J'ai l'immense tristesse de vous faire part du décès de notre collègue et ami Bernard Prum, survenu le mercredi 21 octobre à l'âge de 69 ans.

Bernard Prum a été secrétaire général de la SMAI de 1995 à 1998, responsable du groupe MAS de 2002 à 2006, membre du Conseil d'administration de la SMAI plusieurs années et un membre très actif et très apprécié de notre communauté.

Ses obsèques auront lieu à partir du vendredi 23 octobre. L'inhumation sera faite le jeudi 29 octobre au cimetière de Thonon-les-Bains.

Bien amicalement,

Fatiha Alabau
Présidente de la SMAI

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Table des matières

-- Thèses et Postes
1- Open position at Aukland University within the Department of Engineering Science (DES), deadline november 11, 2015
2- Poste de thèse à IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN)
en Sciences pour l’Ingénieur – Automatique
3- Poste de chercheur en mathématiques, Alcatel-Lucent
4- Two open PhD Marie-Curie positions - Optimization in computational systems biology, IIM-CSIC (Spain)
5- Poste d'ingénieur, COMMANDS Team, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau

-- Conférences et évènements
6- Ordered Structures in Games and Decision, Maison des Sciences Economiques, Paris, 23 october 2015
7- PGMO DAYS 2015 Conference, ENSTA Paris Tech on the 27th and 28th of October, 2015
8- 3rd International Conference on Mathematical Sciences and their Applications:ICEOMFE 2015,King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 9-11, 2015
9- Contrôle des EDP et Applications, à Marseille, 09 novembre 2015 - 13 novembre 2015
10- Workshop on Optimal Control of Partial and Ordinary Differential
Equations, à Palaiseau, 16 novembre 2015 - 17 novembre 2015
11- 18th European Workshop on Automatic Differentiation on November 30th (half day) and  December 1st, 2015, at the University of Paderborn
12- Journées du GdR MOA du 2 au 5 décembre 2015, Dijon
13- Seconde édition du workshop international " Optimization for Image and Signal Processing",du 7 au 9 décembre 2015, à l'IHP
14- Optimization and Control with Applications (OCA),Changsha, 12-14 December, 2015
15- 10th International Young Researcher Workshop on Geometry, Mechanics and Control,Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris, January 13-15, 2016
16- The XI Brazilian Workshop on Continuous Optimization, Manaus, Brazil, from May 22 to 27, 2016
17- Annonces de séminaires

-- Autres (ouvrages, etc.)
18- Nomination du directeur de la FSMP (juillet 2015)
19- Nomination du prochain directeur du CIMPA (octobre 2016)
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1- Open position at Aukland University within the Department of Engineering Science (DES), deadline november 11, 2015
(source : V. Leclère et A. Philpott)

The University of Auckland is New Zealand's largest university and houses the country’s largest and most successful engineering school. Within the Faculty of Engineering, the Department of Engineering Science (DES) provides undergraduate degree programmes in Engineering Science and Biomedical Engineering (see www.des.auckland.ac.nz). The Engineering Science degree focuses on mathematical modelling and its application to problems in solid and fluid mechanics and operations research/computational analytics. Each cohort in the Engineering Science degree consists of about 50 students selected at Year 2 of their degree. Entry standards are very high. DES also has teaching responsibilities in mathematics and computation to students from all disciplines within the School of Engineering. DES has an excellent research record in operations research/computational analytics and provides the largest and most successful group working in this area in New Zealand. The operations research/computational analytics team (currently seven full-time academics) has special expertise in scheduling and rostering, transportation modeling, healthcare analytics, stochastic and multi- objective optimization, and electricity market research. Much of this research is carried out in collaboration with local industries, with which the group has strong links. Research funding for analytics in DES is growing rapidly. Two DES faculty are principal investigators in Te Punaha Matatini (the New Zealand Centre for Networks and Complexity), and three operations research/computational analytics faculty are principal investigators in the Smart Services portfolio of National Science Challenge 7, Science for Technological Innovation. Four operations research/computational analytics faculty are also investigators on MBIE grants. Operations research/computational analytics faculty collaborate often with researchers in North America and Europe, and regularly attend major conferences (e.g. INFORMS and EURO). The Department of Engineering Science are seeking to make an appointment in operations research/computational analytics to complement the decision modelling expertise in the Department. We are seeking applicants with broad interests in business analytics and its applications, but specific expertise in data science, machine learning, applied probability and statistics, and database systems for mining and analysing complex and unstructured data sets will be preferred. The successful applicant will be expected to build and lead a programme of international quality research and undertake PhD research supervision in the general area of operations research/computational analytics; to develop and deliver curricula and courses in the field of operations research/computational analytics, in particular at postgraduate and advanced undergraduate level; and perform service roles in the Department of Engineering Science. Salary range: Lecturer Step 1 (77,453 NZD p.a. ) to Senior Lecturer Step 8 (123,338 NZD p.a. ). The University has an equity policy and welcomes applications from all qualified persons. The University is committed to meeting its obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi and achieving equity outcomes for staff and students. It provides on-site early childhood education centres for babies and pre-school children, it has parental leave and flexible work policies which support a balance between work, life, family and caring responsibilities. If you have any questions about this position please contact Professor Rosalind Archer via r.archer@auckland.ac.nz Applications close 11 November 2015.

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2- Poste de thèse à IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) en Sciences pour l’Ingénieur – Automatique
(source : F. Bonnans)

Titre : Contrôle optimal et robuste des véhicules hybrides
rechargeables

L'Union européenne tend à développer des mesures réglementaires visant à diminuer l'impact des véhicules sur les émissions de gaz à effet de serre et les rejets de polluants. Pour répondre à ces mesures,les
véhicules conventionnels vont évoluer vers des véhicules à taux d'hybridation de plus en plus élevé. De nombreux véhicules hybrides rechargeables vont donc faire leur apparition dans les prochaines années. Dans ce contexte, l'objectif de la thèse est de développer une stratégie de contrôle permettant d'optimiser la consommation énergétique de véhicules hybrides rechargeables. Des solutions existent pour déterminer une telle stratégie dans un contexte de connaissance parfaite du parcours. Cependant, le contexte d'usage réel implique une évolution constante des nombreuses contraintes appliquées au système durant le parcours. La stratégie a priori n'est donc pas robuste par rapport à ces évolutions. Ce manque de robustesse constitue le
verrou que la thèse va chercher à lever. D'un point de vue plus global, la thèse doit contribuer à développer une stratégie  de commande optimale et robuste pour des systèmes déterministes évoluant dans des
environnements stochastiques. La cible à atteindre est la fourniture d'une brique logicielle qui devra être intégrée dans l'environnement
global développé dans le projet miroir. Ce travail s'appuiera sur une expérience forte acquise par les thèses passées dans le domaine du contrôle des véhicules hybrides et des Systèmes de Transport Intelligents.

Mots clefs : Véhicule hybride, Systèmes de Transport Intelligents, Gestion d’énergie, Commande optimale

Directeur de thèse : Joseph Frédéric Bonnans, Centre de Mathématiques Appliquées

Ecole doctorale : ED 447, Ecole Doctorale de l’Ecole Polytechnique

Encadrant IFPEN : Thomas Leroy, Dépt. Contrôle, Signal et Système, thomas.leroy@ifpen.fr

Localisation du doctorant : IFP Energies nouvelles, Rueil-Malmaison, France

Durée et date de début : 3 ans, début de préférence : le 1 novembre 2015

Employeur : IFP Energies nouvelles, Rueil-Malmaison, France

Qualifications : Master  2  ou diplôme d’ingénieur, Analyse de données, Optimisation/Commande optimale, Informatique

Connaissances linguistique : Anglais

Pour  plus  d’information  ou  pour  soumettre  votre  candidature, voir  theses.ifpen.fr  ou  contacter  l’encadrant IFPEN.

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3- Poste de chercheur en mathématiques, Alcatel-Lucent
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

Description

L'activité de mathématiques des réseaux et informations dynamiques du programme « IP Platform » des Bell Labs recrute des chercheurs à temps plein. L'activité a pour objectif de modéliser les réseaux dynamiques comme par exemple le "cloud", les réseaux sociaux, le graphe du Web ou les réseaux mobiles, et de concevoir des algorithmes pour en optimiser les performances et le suivi. Les domaines abordés sont (liste non exhaustive) :
- Modèles et analyses spatio-temporels des graphes ;
- Propagation de l’information dans les réseaux dynamiques ;
- Reconnaissance et traçage de l’information ;
- Algorithmes d’indexation des informations ;
- Algorithmes cognitifs dans les réseaux.

Qualifications

Les candidats devront être titulaires d’une thèse en informatique ou en mathématiques, et justifier d’une certaines visibilité sur le plan des publications académiques, notamment avec des conférences de rang A. Ils devront démontrer leur habilité à manipuler les outils mathématiques et informatiques associés aux domaines suivants :
- la combinatoire,
- les modèles stochastiques,
- la théorie de l’information,
- compression, codage de source,
- les analyses asymptotiques,
- la statistique,
- l’analyse d’algorithmes en moyenne,
- la complexité,
- la théorie des jeux,
- les chaînes de Markov,
- les transformées de Laplace et l’analyse complexe,
- les filtrages bayesiens,
- La géométrie stochastique.
Ils devront savoir programmer en java ou en C, connaître des simulateurs de réseaux et des logiciels de calculs formels (Maple, Mathlab). Ils devront être familiers avec les réseaux mobiles et les réseaux sociaux.

Pour plus des détails voir :

https://aluperf.taleo.net//careersection/10000/jobdetail.ftl?=en&job=15000001F7&src=JB-10780 <https://aluperf.taleo.net//careersection/10000/jobdetail.ftl?=en&job=15000001F7&src=JB-10780>

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4- Two open PhD Marie-Curie positions - Optimization in computational systems biology, IIM-CSIC (Spain)
(source : F. Bonnans)

TWO MARIE-CURIE EARLY STAGE RESEARCHER POSITIONS AT IIM-CSIC (Spanish Council for Scientific Research), Vigo (Spain) in the field of COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEMS BIOLOGY.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Applications are invited for two Early Stage Researcher Positions in computational systems biology under the supervision of Prof. Julio R. Banga, IIM-CSIC (Spain), starting in early 2016.

Position ESR6: novel optimization-based methods for systematic development of dynamic models of biological systems.

Position ESR7: optimal control methods to explain and predict operating
principles in biochemical pathways.

Candidates are expected to have a strong background in mathematical optimization, including global optimization and optimal control.

Duration: 36 months. These Early Stage Reseachers (ESRs) will be hired
for 36 months each and will be expected to pursue a PhD. Candidates must
be in possession of a relevant Masters degree (or very close to obtaining it) at the time of appointment.

Salary will be excellent, in the range of 33-36 k€ gross/year, according
to EU regulations (Marie Curie ITN Early Stage Researcher conditions).

Other benefits: the ESRs will be involved in a Marie-Curie network with
excellent opportunities for scientific and personal development, including funding for short stays at top-class research groups in Germany and the UK, plus regular training events and meetings across Europe.

FURTHER INFORMATION (including HOW TO APPLY): https://goo.gl/85Op8t

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5- Poste d'ingénieur, COMMANDS Team, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau
(source : F. Bonnans)

Commands : http://commands.saclay.inria.fr est une équipe Inria-Ecole Polytechnique au sein du CMAP, dédiée à l'optimisation dynamique dans un contexte déterministe ou stochastique. Elle inclut plusieurs doctorants travaillant sur des problématiques d'optimisation énergétique. L'équipe développe la boîte à outils Bocop en commande optimale : www.bocop.org.

L'équipe a une collaboration depuis 2014 avec la startup Safety Line, sur le thème de l'optimisation de la consommation des avions de ligne, tirant profit des données des enregistreurs de vol.

Mission

Etendre la boîte à outils Bocop en vue de l'optimisation de trajectoire d'avions

Descriptif du poste
- Méthodes de programmation dynamique pour les phases de montée et croisière.
- Mise en œuvre de versions parallèles.
- Post traitement pour le calcul des consignes de vol.
- Développements logiciels et aide à l'utilisateur.

Profil recherché
- Formation au calcul scientifique (optimisation, EDP).
- Compétences en développement C/C++.
- Une expérience en calcul parallèle serait appréciée.

Pour plus de détails voir :

https://www.inria.fr/institut/recrutement-metiers/offres/ingenieurs-r-d-jeunes-diplomes

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6- Ordered Structures in Games and Decision, Maison des Sciences Economiques, Paris, 23 october 2015
(source : O. S. Serea)

Participation is free, but in order to make organization easier, please register by sending a message to michel.grabisch@univ-paris1.fr, before October 15th. All information can be found on the web site http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/OSGAD/OSGAD.htm.

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7- PGMO DAYS 2015 Conference, ENSTA Paris Tech on the 27th and 28th of October, 2015
(source : F. Bonnans)

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to the 2015 Conference of the PGMO at ENSTA Paris Tech on the 27th and 28th of October, 2015 (http://www.ensta-paristech.fr/fr/venir-ensta-paristech).

The conference program is now published here: http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/fr/pgmodays2015/scientific_program

In order to help the organization, please register (registration is free but mandatory) before October 15th on this webform: http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/fr/pgmodays2015/registration

If you have already registered (for which we thank you), you should have received a confirmation email. If this is not the case, it is necessary that you proceed to registration again which we very much apologize for.

Be careful, registration is mandatory due to Vigipirate restrictions. Access to ENSTA ParisTech will not be possible for unregistered persons.

Best Regards

The conference organization board

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8- 3rd International Conference on Mathematical Sciences and their Applications:ICEOMFE 2015,King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 9-11, 2015
(sorce : M. Théra)

For details please see:

https://npst.ksu.edu.sa/en/iceomfe/about

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9- Contrôle des EDP et Applications, à Marseille, 09 novembre 2015 - 13 novembre 2015
(source : O. S. Serea)

Pour plus de détails voir : http://cirm2015control.sciencesconf.org

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10- Workshop on Optimal Control of Partial and Ordinary Differential
Equations, à Palaiseau, 16 novembre 2015 - 17 novembre 2015
(source : O. S. Serea)

Pour plus de détails voir : http://commands.saclay.inria.fr/workhop-on-optimal-control-of-partial-and-ordinary-differential-equations

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11- 18th European Workshop on Automatic Differentiation on November 30th (half day) and December 1st, 2015, at the University of Paderborn
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

For more information please see:

http://www.autodiff.org/?module=Workshops&submenu=EuroAD/18/main

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12- Journées du GdR MOA du 2 au 5 décembre 2015, Dijon
(source : D. Aussel)

Les Journées du GdR MOA se tiendront à Dijon du 2 au 5 décembre 2015.
Les inscriptions seront très bientôt ouvertes mais réservez dès à
présent ces dates.

Pour plus des détails voir : http://gdrmoa.math.cnrs.fr/.

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13- Seconde édition du workshop international " Optimization for Image and Signal Processing", du 7 au 9 décembre 2015, à l'IHP
(source : D. Aussel)

La seconde édition du workshop international " Optimization for Image and Signal Processing" se tiendra à l'IHP du 7 au 9 décembre 2015.
Ce workshop est organisé par le groupe MAORI dans le cadre du programme PGMO.
L'inscription est gratuite mais OBLIGATOIRE.

Pour plus des détails voir : http://www.lss.supelec.fr/MaoriWorkshop/index.php

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14- Optimization and Control with Applications (OCA), Changsha, December 12-14, 2015
(sorce : M. Théra)

Dear Colleagues:

As you may know, POP sponsors three tri-annual conference series: Optimization and Control with Applications (OCA), International Conference on Optimization Theory and Applications (ICOTA) and Pacific Optimization Conference (POC), so we shall have one of such conferences every year. This year we have OCA, to be held in Changsha, PRC on 12-14 Dec. http://oca2015.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/1

The abstract submission deadline for OCA 2015 has been extended to 31st October 2015. Please encourage your students and collaborators to submit abstracts via the EasyChair online system located at:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=oca2015

For those of you intending to organize a special session, please email me the following information as soon as possible: session name, session  organizer(s), speakers’ names and affiliations. The speakers  in your session must upload their abstracts via the EasyChair online  system.

All of you are most welcome to join us in Changsha for OCA 2015.

Sincerely,

Kok Lay Teo
Chair of the Working Committee of POP

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14- 10th International Young Researcher Workshop on Geometry, Mechanics and Control,Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris, January 13-15, 2016
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

For more information please see: http://gmcnet.webs.ull.es/?q=activity-detaill/1396

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16- The XI Brazilian Workshop on Continuous Optimization, Manaus, Brazil, from May 22 to 27, 2016
(sorce : M. Théra)

The XI Brazilian Workshop on Continuous Optimization will take place in Manaus, (UFAM) in the Amazonas state, north of Brazil, from May 22 to 27, 2016, celebrating Carlos Humes Júnior's 70th birthday. Subjects to be discussed encompass theoretical, computational and implementation issues, in both linear and nonlinear programming, including variational inequalities, complementarity problems, nonsmooth optimization, vector optimization, generalized equations, optimization in manifolds etc.

For more details please see: http://www.impa.br/opencms/en/eventos/store/evento_1602

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17- Annonces de séminaires

Une rubrique pour signaler quelques liens pour les séminaires ayant
lieu ce mois-ci et organisés dans nos laboratoires. N'hésitez pas à l'alimenter, préférentiellement via un lien vers la page du séminaire

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Séminaire Parisien d'Optimisation (exceptionnellement : ENSCP 01, à côté de l'IHP)

http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.html

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Séminaire du programme PGMO, salle PGMO (Polytechnique)

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar

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Groupe de Travail CalVa (université Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/fr/seminaires/gt_calcul_des_variations.html

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Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-línéaire et EDP (IHP)

http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html

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Séminaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)

http://projects.laas.fr/spot/

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Séminaire SAMOCOD (séminaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation Contrôle et Dynamique)

http://www.i3m.univ-montp2.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&catid=19&sem=618

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Séminaire hebdomadaire de l'équipe MOD de l'Université de Limoges

https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36

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Séminaire Parisien de Théorie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)

https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/

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Séminaire de Mathématiques Discrètes, Optimisation et Décision, Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne et Université Paris 1

http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/

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18- Nomination du directeur de la FSMP (juillet 2015)
(source : J. B. Caillau)

Emmanuel Trélat est directeur de la FSMP (juillet 2015).

Pour plus de détails voir : http://www.sciencesmaths-paris.fr/fr/equipe-51.htm

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19- Nomination du prochain directeur du CIMPA (octobre 2016)
(source : J. B. Caillau et M. Théra)

Ludovic Rifford sera le prochain directeur du CIMPA (octobre 2016).

Pour plus de détails voir : http://www.cimpa-icpam.org/actualites/article/annonce-du-prochain-directeur-787?lang=fr <http://www.cimpa-icpam.org/actualites/article/annonce-du-prochain-directeur-787?lang=fr>

Lettre MODE
septembre 2015

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Table des matières

-- Thèses et Postes
1- PhD position is available at the Institute for Mathematics, University of Wurzburg, 1 October 2015
2- Orange-Telecom Paristech postdoc position in convex optimization (12 months)

-- Conférences et évènements
3- International Master's program in Mathematics at the University of Würzburg, October 2015
4- Workshop "Optimization in Machine Learning, vision and image processing" les 6 et 7 octobre à Toulouse
5- Conférence du programme Gaspard Monge pour RO & Optimisation, à Palaiseau, 27-28 octobre 2015
6- Journée « Industrielle » : Rencontre entre Académiques et Industriels L’Optimisation et la Programmation Mathématique en Contexte Industriel, 12 novembre 2015
7- The 6th International Conference on Optimization and Control with Applications, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha, China, December 11th-14th, 2015
8- The AMSI Summer School in Mathematical Sciences, Melbourne, Australia, 4-29 January 2016
9- EECI International Graduate School on Control 2016
10- Annonces de séminaires

-- Autres (ouvrages, etc.)
11- Sad news: Professor Rolewicz has left us, July 2015
12- Soutien a evenement GdR MOA
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1- PhD position is available at the Institute for Mathematics, University of Wurzburg, 1 October 2015
(source : M. Théra)

A PhD position is available at the Institute for Mathematics, Chair for Mathematics in the Sciences, at the University of Wurzburg.
Candidates should be interested in pursuing a PhD in partial dierential equations or the calculus of variations related to the research topics of the group of Prof. Anja Schlomerkemper.

For more information please see:

http://www11.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de/pdf/job-opening-doc-Wuerzburg2015v2.pdf

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2- Orange-Telecom Paristech postdoc position in convex optimization (12 months)
(source : O. Fercoq)

Telecom ParisTech and Orange Labs are seeking applicants for a postdoc position in numerical Optimization. Particular interest is in candidates with a research orientation broadly related to the area of convex optimization with applications to heterogeneous big data. The aim of the postdoc will be to develop new stochastic optimization methods for solving non-smooth machine learning problems of large dimensions. A special emphasis will be put on the development and the analysis of random coordinate descent methods in a distributed framework. Knowledge in reinforcement learning is welcome. The candidate is expected to work in joint collaboration with the both project partners (Orange, Telecom Paristech) and to participate to the scientific animation of the partnership.

Applications should include a cover letter, a detailed resume, a list of publications, a statement of research interests. All materials should be emailed to pascal.bianchi@telecom-paristech.fr and/or olivier.fercoq@telecom-paristech.fr

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3- International Master's program in Mathematics at the University of Würzburg, October 2015
(source : M. Théra)

Starting in October 2015, there will be an International Master's program in Mathematics at the University of Würzburg, Institute for Mathematics.
In the coming winter term I will offer a "Research in Groups" on analytical aspects of elastic bodies and microstructures in the context of the calculus of variations as well as on analytical aspects of the Navier-Stokes equations. Further there will be a seminar on Minimal surfaces and Harmonic maps among many other courses.

For more information please see:

https://www.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de/~schloemerkemper/index.php?seite=teaching as well as http://www.mathinfo.uni-wuerzburg.de/vven.html.

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4- Workshop "Optimization in Machine Learning, vision and image processing" les 6 et 7 octobre à Toulouse
(source : N. Couellan)

Dans le cadre du trimestre thématique "Machine Learning" organisé par
CIMI (Centre International de Mathématiques et d'Informatique de
Toulouse) de septembre à décembre 2015, un workshop "Optimization in
Machine Learning, vision and image processing" aura lieu les 6 et 7
octobre à Toulouse.

La liste des conférenciers invités est la suivante:

- Amir Beck, Technion
- Marco Cuturi, Kyoto University
- Martin Jaggi, ETH Zürich
- Joseph Landsberg, Texas A&M University
- Lek Heng Lim, University of Chicago
- Julien Mairal, INRIA
- Eric Moulines, Telecom Paristech
- Gabriel Peyré, University of Chicago
- Jean Ponce, ENS
- Saverio Salzo, University of Genoa
- Johan Suykens, KU Leuven
- Marc Teboulle, Tel-Aviv University

Pour obtenir plus d'information sur le programme, consulter le site du
workshop à l'adresse:http://www.irit.fr/cimi-machine-learning/node/7

L'inscription au workshop est gratuite mais obligatoire (sur le site web).

Cordialement,

Nicolas Couellan, Francois Malgouyres, Sandrine Mouysset

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5- Conférence du programme Gaspard Monge pour RO & Optimisation, à Palaiseau, 27-28 octobre 2015
(source : O.S. Serea)

For more information please see:

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/fr/pgmodays2015

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6- Journée « Industrielle » : Rencontre entre Académiques et Industriels L’Optimisation et la Programmation Mathématique en Contexte Industriel, 12 novembre 2015
(source : D. Aussel et J.-B. Caillau)

Journée « Industrielle » : Rencontre entre Académiques et Industriels; L’Optimisation et la Programmation Mathématique en Contexte Industriel
Organisée conjointement par les GDR CNRS R.O. (Recherche Opérationnelle)
et M.O.A (Mathématique de l’Optimisation et Applications), en partenariat avec la ROADEF

Date : Jeudi 12 Novembre 2015, de 10 h à 17 h.
Lieu : Institut Henri POINCARE (IHP)

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7- The 6th International Conference on Optimization and Control with Applications, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha, China, December 11th-14th, 2015
(source : H. Bonnel et M. Théra)

The 6th International Conference on Optimization and Control with Applications (6thOCA) is organized by Changsha University of Science & Technology (China) and Curtin University (Australia). It will be held at International Academic Exchange Center of Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha, China on December 11th-14th, 2015.

The previous five conferences of the OCA conference series were held in Erice, Italy (2001), Tunxi, China (2002), Jiuzhaigou, China (2004), Harbin, China (2009), and Beijing, China (2012), respectively.

For more information please see:

http://oca2015.csp.escience.cn/dct/page/65578

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8- The AMSI Summer School in Mathematical Sciences, Melbourne, Australia, 4-29 January 2016
(source : D. Aussel)

Some of the themes of the Summer School are in are optimization.

For more information please see:

https://www.rmit.edu.au/events/all-events/conferences/2016/january/2016-amsi-summer-school/

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9- EECI International Graduate School on Control 2016
(source : J.-B. Caillau)

EECI International Graduate School on Control 2016:
- 28 Independent Graduate Modules – one 21 hours module per week, taught in English
- Deadline for advanced registration to each module: *31/12/2015*
- Eligible for 2nd Year Master Degree credits and Scientific Thesis modules (3 ECTS)
- Partial financial support for selected PhD Students worldwide

For more information please see:

http://www.eeci-institute.eu/EECI-docs2/EECI-IGSC-2016-PRE-programme-final-SUMMARIES-8%20septembre2015.pdf

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10- Annonces de séminaires

Une rubrique pour signaler quelques liens pour les séminaires ayant
lieu ce mois-ci et organisés dans nos laboratoires. N'hésitez pas à l'alimenter, préférentiellement via un lien vers la page du séminaire

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Séminaire Parisien d'Optimisation (exceptionnellement : ENSCP 01, à côté de l'IHP)

http://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/~plc/spo.html

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Séminaire du programme PGMO, salle PGMO (Polytechnique)

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/en/pgmo/seminar

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Groupe de Travail CalVa (université Paris-Dauphine, en salle A711)

https://www.ljll.math.upmc.fr/fr/seminaires/gt_calcul_des_variations.html

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Groupe de Travail Analyse Non-línéaire et EDP (IHP)

http://www.math.ens.fr/~alazard/seminaire.html

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Séminaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)

http://projects.laas.fr/spot/

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Séminaire SAMOCOD (séminaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation Contrôle et Dynamique)

http://www.i3m.univ-montp2.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&catid=19&sem=618

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Séminaire hebdomadaire de l'équipe MOD de l'Université de Limoges

https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/categoryDisplay.py?categId=36

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Séminaire Parisien de Théorie des Jeux (IHP, salle 05, 201 ou 314)

https://sites.google.com/site/theoriedesjeux/

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Séminaire de Mathématiques Discrètes, Optimisation et Décision, Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne et Université Paris 1

http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/membre/seminaire/MDOD/

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11- Sad news: Professor Rolewicz has left us, July 2015
(source : M. Théra)

Professor's Rolewicz web page:

http://www.impan.pl/User/rolewicz/Rolewicz.html

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12- Soutien a evenement GdR MOA
(source : D. Aussel)

Comme chaque année, le GdR MOA souhaite apporter un soutien aux événements (école, conférences, workshop...) en optimisation et ses applications, que vous allez organiser en 2016.

Ce soutien peut être de deux types :

- un parrainage de l'événement par le GdR MOA (annonce sur la page du GdR MOA et par la liste de diffusion)

- un soutien financier du GdR MOA. Etant donné le budget modeste du GdR, ce soutien financier sera toujours relativement limité (un ou deux milliers d'euros au maximum). Ce soutien devra exclusivement servir à financer la participation de doctorants ou jeunes chercheurs.

Nous vous demandons donc de nous communiquer vos demandes de soutien financier avant le 30 novembre 2015. Elles devront être accompagnées d'une lettre de demande d'un des organisateurs principaux, organisateur qui doit être membre du GdR MOA et qui s'engagera à utiliser ses fonds pour les doctorants et jeunes chercheurs. Un budget prévisionnel devra aussi être joint.

Les demandes de parrainage pourront quant à elles être traitées par le bureau tout au long de l'année 2016.

A vos propositions,

Le bureau du GdR MOA