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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