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Table des matières :

1- Programme de bourses du gouvernement chilien
2- Annonce de post-doc et offre de stage
  Gestion Energétique d'un Véhicule Electrique
3- Annonce de post-doc
4- Proposal of postdoc fellowship
5- ``Chaire d'excellence'' en Recherche Opérationnelle
6- BCAM: International Call for researchers' positions
7- Annonces de séminaires
8- Nonlinear Analysis and Convex Analysis NACA2009
9- Workshop on Control, Nonsmooth Analysis and Optimization
10- 2nd International Conference on Nonlinear Analysis and Optimization
11- 8th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
12- EURO XXIII, 23rd European Conference on Operational Research
13- École d'été en Optimisation, Barcelona
14- IFAC Workshop on Control of Distributed Parameter Systems

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1- Programme de bourses du gouvernement chilien
(source: Jean-Baptiste Hiriart-Urruty)

Le Poste Diplomatique de Santiago du Chili et notre Espace CampusFrance
local nous demandent de vous transmettre cette information relative au
nouveau programme de bourses du Gouvernement chilien, créé pour inciter
les jeunes chiliens à aller étudier à l'étranger dans des institutions
d'excellence.

Vous trouverez en pièce jointe un document qui explique les principes du
programme.

Pour toute information complémentaire sur ce projet,  n'hésitez pas à
prendre contact directement avec René Quirin, Attaché de coopération
universitaire, scientifique et technique à l'Ambassade de France au
Chili (rene.quirin@diplomatie.gouv.fr
<mailto:rene.quirin@diplomatie.gouv.fr>) ou Laure-Hélène Filhol,
Responsable CampusFrance Chili (santiago@campusfrance.org
<mailto:santiago@campusfrance.org>).  Elle sera présente également aux
« Rencontres CampusFrance» la sema! ine du 1^er décembre et pourra vous
présenter ce programme plus en détail.

Nous profitons de ce message pour vous informer que la Manifestation
Europosgrados Chili-Argentine, prévue pour mai 2009 sera lancée très
prochainement.

Bien cordialement,

Olivier Chiche-Portiche
Coordonnateur Amériques

Andrea Marin
Animation Espaces Amériques
andrea.marin@campusfrance.org

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2- Annonce de post-doc et offre de stage
  Gestion Energétique d'un Véhicule Electrique
(source: J. Frédéric Bonnans)

http://uma.ensta.fr/stage.php?id=25

The project aims at developing mathematical tools to model and simulate
scenarios allowing to improve the performances of hybrid car engines.
hese problems can be described by stochastic dynamic optimization problems.
The objective of our project is twofold:

  * Theoretical and numerical study of related stochastic optimization
    problems
  * Validation on the model associated to the problem of hybrid car
    engine

Host institution
Commands Team (INRIA-Saclay, CMAP, ENSTA) in collaboration with
Renault (Technocentre Guillancourt).

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3- Annonce de post-doc
(source: J. Frédéric Bonnans)

TITLE: Trajectory optimization for space launchers
      with mixed control and state constraints

http://www.cmap.polytechnique.fr/commands/

CONTACT: P. Martinon and F. Bonnans
        Pierre.Martinon@inria.fr, Frederic.Bonnans@inria.fr

COMMANDS team, INRIA-Saclay, CMAP and ENSTA
      http://www.cmap.polytechnique.fr/commands/

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4- Proposal of postdoc fellowship
(source: J. Frédéric Bonnans)

The Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra (CMUC) invites
applications for one-year postdoctoral research positions, beginning
September 2009.
Applicants should have a PhD in Mathematics (preferably obtained after
December 31, 2006) and a good command of English.
They must show considerable promise in one of the areas of research in
which the members of CMUC are currently active.
Information about CMUC is available at
                           www.mat.uc.pt/?cmuc
The positions obey the Portuguese scholarship system and the corresponding
salary is ? 1495 per month (tax free). No teaching duties are associated
with the positions.
Applicants should send
   ? cover sheet (available from www.mat.uc.pt/?cmuc/coversheet.pdf)
   ? curriculum vitae (publication list included)
   ? statement of research interests (one page maximum)
and arrange for two letters of recommendation to be sent directly to
         Centre for Mathematics
         University of Coimbra
         3001-454 Coimbra, Portugal
         cmuc@mat.uc.pt
The deadline for applications is January 31, 2009.

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5- ``Chaire d'excellence'' en Recherche Opérationnelle
(source: J. Frédéric Bonnans)

L'Université Bordeaux 1 et le Centre  INRIA Bordeaux-Sud-Ouest ouvrent
conjointement une ``Chaire d'excellence'' en Recherche Opérationnelle
(profil orienté Programmation Mathématique) : voir
http://www.math.u-bordeaux.fr/~fv/pubProfRO/

Ce poste est à mi-chemin entre un poste de Maitre de Conférence et un
poste de Chargé de Recherche, avec une charge d'enseignement réduite,
un budget de recherche et une prime salariale substantielle.
L'ambition est d'attirer des jeunes chercheurs de premier rang, ayant
fait preuve de mobilité, et dont les travaux de recherche ont une
notoriété internationale.

Francois Vanderbeck <fv@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
Institut de Math. de Bordeaux (IMB) et INRIA Bordeaux Sud Ouest

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6- BCAM: International Call for researchers' positions
(source: Michel Théra)

BCAM the newly created Basque Center for Applied Mathematics has just
opened an International Call, with the aim of appointing RESEARCHERS
on a temporary or permanent basis, in order to carry out research in
mathematics, with special emphasis on applied and cross-disciplinary
areas.

In particular, we are appointing positions for:

Ph.D. STUDENTS and POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS in the areas of:

   * Partial differential equations, numerics and control
   * Multiphysics, inversion, and petroleum
   * Networks
   * Calculus of variations and elasticity
   * Mathematical biology

And SENIOR RESEARCHERS to develop and lead new research lines.

The details for this call can be found at our website:
http://www.bcamath.org/joboffers

Applications must be submitted on-line.  More information on the research
lines of BCAM can be found at:  http://www.bcamath.org

We kindly ask you to circulate this notice as widely as possible.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or to
require additional information.

Enrique Zuazua
Scientific Director

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7- Annonces de séminaires
(sources: J. Frédéric Bonnans, Jérôme Renault)

Une nouvelle 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 (Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris)

http://www.ann.jussieu.fr/~plc/spo.html

lundi 26 janvier: H. Bonnel (Univ. Nouvelle Calédonie)
                 M. Akian (INRIA Saclay)
**

**
GT Advances in Game Theory (Ecole Polytechnique, GIS Sciences de la décision)

http://sites.google.com/site/jrenaultsite/advances-in-game-theory

January 16, 2009: Stéphane Gaubert (CMAP et INRIA)
January 23, 2009: Hugo Gimbert (LABRI)
January 30, 2009: Pierre Cardaliaguet (Université Brest)
**

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8- Nonlinear Analysis and Convex Analysis NACA2009
(source: Michel Théra)

March 27-31, 2009

Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JAPAN

In celebration of the retirement of Professor Wataru Takahashi

http://www.is.titech.ac.jp/NACA2009/

The sixth international conference on Nonlinear Analysis and Convex
Analysis (NACA2009) will take place at Tokyo Institute of Technology,
Tokyo, Japan.

The conference is held once in every two or three years with the
tradition of previous meetings held in Niigata (1998), Hirosaki (2001),
Tokyo (2003), Okinawa (2005), Hsinchu (2007), and this time, it reaches
the sixth meeting in Tokyo. The purpose of the conference is to get
together world-wide experts on nonlinear analysis and convex analysis,
to exchange scientific information on generic and applied areas of the
conference, and to discuss recent advances in theoretical and
applicational aspects of such topics.

One of the objectives of the meeting is to honor Professor Wataru
Takahashi for his achievements on the occasion of his retirement from
Tokyo Institute of Techonology at the age of 65.

For further information, please contact

Dr Yasunori Kimura
The Secretariat of NACA2009
Department of Mathematical and Computing Sciences
Tokyo Institute of Technology
O-okayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8552, JAPAN
Email: yasunori@is.titech.ac.jp

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9- Workshop on Control, Nonsmooth Analysis and Optimization
(source: Maria do Rosario de Pinho)

Celebrating Francis Clarke's and Richard Vinter's 60th Birthday
May 4-8, 2009
Porto, Portugal*

Conference web page: http://ceoc.mat.ua.pt/fc-rv-60

Come and join us in this workshop organized to honor the remarkable
career of Francis Clarke and Richard Vinter on the occasion of their
60th birthday.

*Scope of the Conference:*
This Workshop is to serve as a forum for discussion and dissemination
of the state-of-the-art in the field of Nonsmooth Analysis, Control
and Optimization.
Its objective is that of revealing the main developments of Nonsmooth
Analysis and its contributions to control and optimization and of
measuring the capability of present and future methods and tools to
deal with real, challenging applications. Each of the honorees will
give a plenary lecture.
There will be also some invited lectures by some eminent researchers.

In this workshop there will be invited oral presentations and
contributed oral presentations.

Those willing to present their work on this Workshop should submit a
one-page abstract including authors' names and affiliations (contributed
abstracts).
Only electronic submission will be accepted.

There will be also two panel sessions to discuss Open Problems.
The deadline for submission of proposals for open problems discussions
is April 4, 2008.

Please visit the WCNAO 2009 website: http://ceoc.mat.ua.pt/fc-rv-60 for
instructions.

*Proceedings of the Conference:*
The proceedings of the Conference will be published in a special issue
of Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems- Series A of American
Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
All contributions will pass the refereeing process standard for that
journal.
All papers must be original research of 15 or more final pages.
Papers for this special issue should be comparable in quality with
regular issues of the journal and submissions are not guaranteed for
acceptance.
The deadline for the submission is September 1, 2009.

*Important Dates:*
? Contributed abstract submission deadline: February 6, 2009
? Submission of invited abstracts (for invited speakers only):
March 2, 2009
? Notification of acceptance of abstracts: March 15, 2009
? Final version of abstract for Book of Abstracts: April 3, 2009
? Proposal of Open Problems to be discussed: April 4, 2009
*Registration Fee:*
? From March 20, 2009 until April 4, 2009: 150 ?
? From April 5, 2009 until April 30, 2009: 200 ?
This includes: Two coffee breaks per day, Welcome Reception, Workshop
Lunch on the last day of the workshop and Book of Abstracts.

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10- 2nd International Conference on Nonlinear Analysis and Optimization
(source: Michel Théra)

Isfahan, Iran
May 13-15, 2009,
organized by J. Zafarani and M. Fakhar

For more info, go to the Conference website
http://www.sci.ui.ac.ir/~naop2009/
or the Math Calendar of AMS,
http://www.ams.org/mathcal/info/2009_may13-15_isfahan.html
or contact the organizers at fakhar@math.ui.ac.ir or analysis@ui.ac.ir.

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11- 8th World Congress on Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
(source: Michel Théra)

1 - 5 June 2009, Lisbon, Portugal

http://www.wcsmo8.org

The Official Congress of ISSMO
International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization

Dear Colleague:

It is our pleasure to invite you, your colleagues and students to present
your recent research work on structural and multidisciplinary optimization
at the ISSMO WCSMO-8 Congress.

GENERAL TOPICS*:
Structural Optimization
Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
Engineering Optimization and Inverse and Identification problems
Optimization of Thermal and Fluid Engineering systems
Engineering Optimization Techniques and Methods
Emerging Areas: advanced and adaptive materials, bioengineering, MEMS,
ecodesign, multibody system dynamics, multi-scale modeling.
Applications

* Detailed topic list in the abstract submission page.

IMPORTANT DATES
·         January 12, 2009 - Abstract Submission Deadline
February 16, 2009 - Abstract Review Result
April 17, 2009 - Full Paper Submission Deadline
April 17, 2009 ? Early Registration Deadline

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION PAGE: http://www.wcsmo8.org/submission.php

We look forward to seeing you in Lisbon at the WCSMO-8.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Very Happy 2009,

Yours Truly,

Helder C. Rodrigues
WCSMO8 Organizing Committee

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12- EURO XXIII, 23rd European Conference on Operational Research
(source: Michel Théra)

Bonn, July 5 - 8, 2009

http://www.euro-2009.de/

topics:

ENGINEERING DESIGN OPTIMIZATION:

Modern design techniques seek for the best design to perform the  desired tasks.
Engineering Optimization deals with the optimal design of elements and  systems in all
engineering fields.

Nowadays, use of Design Optimization techniques is rapidly growing in most of
engineering disciplines, like automotive, aeronautical, mechanical,  civil, nuclear,
naval, mechanical, electrical, energy and off-shore engineering. This  is due to the
increase of technological competition and the development of strong  and efficient
techniques for several practical applications.

MDO - MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN OPTIMIZATION:

Engineering Systems are increasingly complex and represented by large and
sophisticated numerical models. They involve several interacting  disciplines or are
made up of distinct interacting subsystems that must be considered  simultaneously to
obtain efficient designs.

Multidisciplinary Design Optimization is devoted to the design of  complex systems
involving interacting subsystems or disciplines. The main scientific  challenges of MDO
are concerned with the development of strong and efficient numerical  techniques and
with the computational organization required for the necessary  coupling of codes
employed in interacting disciplines.

INVERSE PROBLEMS:

Numerical methods for inverse problems in most of cases are based on  optimization
techniques similar to those employed in optimal design. This field,  applied in all
engineering disciplines, is of utmost importance for Engopt conference.

ENGINEERING SIMULATION INVOLVING OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS:

Several physical phenomena are naturally represented by an  optimization problem. This
is the case when the "equilibrium" is attained at the minimum of an  energy function.
In several applications, constraints must be satisfied. This is the  case of contact
problems is solids mechanics.

BASIC NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES:

Engineering Optimization requires a large set of basic computer tools.  This is the
case of several CAD tools for geometric modeling, engineering analysis  methods,
sensitivity analysis as well as mathematical programming and genetic  or evolutionary
optimization algorithms.

Notice that:
G.P. Crespi is organizing a session at this EURO XXIII conference,  within the stream
of Convex Optimization. The topics will include generalized convexity  and generalized
monotonicity, and other related areas (Variational Inequalities,  Well-posedness in
Optimization and Game Theory).
Those interested to give a talk in this session, are invited to  contact Prof. Crespi at
g.crespi@univda.it.

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13- École d'été en Optimisation, Barcelona
(source: Aris Daniilidis, Didier Aussel)

Title: Advanced Course on Optimization: Theory, Methods, and Applications
Date: July 20-24, 2009
Place: Centre de Recerca Matemàtica (CRM), Bellaterra, Barcelona.

Goals:
This activity aims at promoting research in the area of Optimization in all
of its components: Theory, Algorithms and practical problems.

Courses given by:
- Jean-Bernard Lasserre, CNRS, France
- Francisco Facchinei, Università di Roma
- Roberto Cominetti, Universidad de Chile

For more details, please visit the web page of the activity:

http://www.crm.cat/OPT2009/

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14- IFAC Workshop on Control of Distributed Parameter Systems
(source: Michel Théra)

Toulouse, France on July 20-24, 2009.

The call for papers may be downloaded at
http://www.laas.fr/CDPS09/CallforpaperCDPS09.pdf

The important dates are
Submission of abstracts: 2 March, 2009
Notification of acceptance/rejection: 30 April, 2009
Final abstract due: 29 May, 2009
Deadline for early registration: 15 May, 2009

For further informations on the conference please visit
http://www.laas.fr/CDPS09/

A first list of confirmed participants is
http://www.laas.fr/CDPS09/participants.html

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Thierry Champion
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Laboratoire Imath -- Université du Sud Toulon-Var
page personnelle: http://champion.univ-tln.fr