Lettre MODE
décembre 2014

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Table des matières

-- Thèses et Postes
1- 3 PhD Positions, Road design optim or convex analysis, UBC
2- PhD in Computational analysis and mathematics of information
3- PhD Positions, Applied Mathematics, EPN Quito
4- Post-doc et postes de chercheur invité - Toulouse
5- Poste Maître de Conférences (Section 26) Optimisation et Recherche Opérationnelle
6- Positions at Huawei - Mathematical and Algorithmic Sciences Lab in Paris
7- Tenure Track Position, Santiago, Chile
8- Assistant Professorship in Optimization

-- Conférences et évènements
9- Annonces de séminaires
10- Workshop GeoLMI 2015, Paris
11- "Modeling and OPtimization: Theory and Applications" (MOPTA) conference

-- Autres
12- Special issue of Math. Prog. dedicated to Modern convex analysis and J-J. Moreau
13- Le facteur d?impact en mathématiques
14- Annonce cours M2 de R. Henrion, IMT Toulouse

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1- 3 PhD Positions, Road design optim or convex analysis, UBC
(source : D. Aussel)

COCANA (Centre for Optimization Convex Analysis and Nonsmooth
Analysis,https://ocana.ok.ubc.ca/) invites applications for 3 PhD
positions starting September 2015.

The positions will be based at the UBC Okanagan campus
(http://ok.ubc.ca/). The PhD positions are fully funded for 4 years
(2 years funded MSc positions are also available).

The first theme is on road design optimization. The research is
industry sponsored and include the opportunity to develop patents.
Good programming skills (C/C++) are required and optimization or
operations research skills are desired.

The second theme is on computational convex analysis and involves the
creation of new algorithms to compute mathematical objects regularly
used in convex analysis. The background required is good programming
skills (MATLAB, Scilab, or Octave), and a desire to learn convex
analysis.

Historically students with a computer science background have been
very successful in our program (and found positions at Google, Amazon,
or Microsoft), as well as students with a mathematical background and
strong programming skills.

Interested candidates should contact Dr. Yves Lucet, Associate
Professor, Computer Science, Director, Centre for Optimization Convex
Analysis and Nonsmooth Analysis, atyves.lucet@ubc.ca. The deadline
for funded applications is January 31, 2015.

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2- PhD in Computational analysis and mathematics of information
(source : M. Théra)

We are looking for outstanding students who are keen to do a PhD in one of our
core areas of analysis: computational analysis and mathematics of information
(including inverse problems, mathematical imaging, and compressed sensing),
partial differential equations, stochastic analysis and statistics.
The CCA will be holding an open day on the 27th of November 2014, see

http://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/postgrad/cca/D

Deadline for applications is the 15th of January 2015.

Thanks a lot in advance and best wishes!
Carola Schönlieb

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3- PhD Positions, Applied Mathematics, EPN Quito
(source : D. Aussel)

The Department of Mathematics and the Research Center on Mathematical
Modeling (MODEMAT) invite applications for their PhD program in
Applied Mathematics. The PhD positions are fully funded for 4 years,
starting in March 2015.

The research areas include: optimization and control, numerical
analysis, scientific computing, operations research, mathematical
image processing, bioinformatics and discrete mathematics.

The academic staff of the program consists of five permanent faculty
members, project researchers and a computer technician. The research
activities will be carried out at the Research Center on Mathematical
Modelling (MODEMAT), a multidisciplinary center that aims at
developing new mathematical and computational techniques for solving
problems arising in different application areas. We have priority
access to the Ecuadorian National Scientific Computing Laboratory. We
have close collaborations with leading mathematicians from many
research institutions, including University of Cambridge, New York
University, Technical University of Dortmund, Universidad T. F. Santa
MarÃ­a, University of Duisburg-Essen, University of Rosario and
University of Wuerzburg.

We offer a lively research environment and a warm working atmosphere.

Applications must include a full CV, an essay of 10 pages about a
mathematical topic of interest and 2 recommendation letters. A
masterâ??s degree in mathematics, computer science or a related area is
mandatory. Applications should be sent to
posgrados.matematica@epn.edu.ec. The deadline for funded applications
is December 31, 2014. For further information, please visit:
http://www.math.epn.edu.ec/doctorado

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4- Post-doc et postes de chercheur invité - Toulouse
(source : M. Théra)

Poste de chercheur invité

http://www.cimi.univ-toulouse.fr/fr/poste-de-chercheur-visiteur

Post-doc

http://www.cimi.univ-toulouse.fr/fr/bourses-post-doctorales

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5- Positions at Huawei - Mathematical and Algorithmic Sciences Lab in Paris
(source : J. Renault)

Huawei France is opening a top level Mathematical and Algorithmic Sciences Lab located
in the center of Paris on applied Mathematics and Algorithms for next generation advanced
communications. The center will recruit 70 PhD researchers by the end of the year.
Potential candidates are encouraged to apply by sending a CV with list of publications to:

Gaoning He hegaoning@huawei.com.

Requirements:

1. PhD
2. Communication Theory/Networking Theory/Information Theory/Signal Processing/computer
science background.
Only good applied mathematical backgrounds will be considered with a focus on any of these
disciplines: Discrete Mathematics, Statistics, Game Theory, Mean Field Theory, Signal
Processing, Queuing Theory, Estimation Theory, Random Matrix Theory, Stochastic Geometry,
Information Theory, Free Probability Theory, Decision theory, Probability Theory, Statistical
Mechanics, Optimization Theory, Factor Graphs, Control Theory, Learning theory, Partial
Differential Equations Theory and Optimal Transport Theory.
3. A good track record of publications in top level journals and conferences in the Computer
Science, Signal Processing, Information and Communication Theory societies.

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6- Poste Maître de Conférences (Section 26) Optimisation et Recherche Opérationnelle
(source : M. Haddou)

Un poste de Maitre de Conférences (section 26) profil Optimisation et Recherche
Opérationnelle est à pourvoir au concours 2015 à l'INSA de Rennes. Le profil et
descriptif détaillés seront diffusés dès que possible.

Pour ce poste, les candidats sont encouragés à entrer en contact avec :

Mounir HADDOU
mounir.haddou@insa-rennes.fr
mounir.haddou@agence-maths-entreprises.fr
Institut de Recherche Mathématique de Rennes
et INSA de Rennes
20 Avenue des Buttes de Coësmes
CS 70839, 35708 Rennes cedex 7
Tél. +33 2 23 23 85 30

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7- Tenure Track Position, Santiago, Chile
(source : D. Aussel)

The Department of Mathematics of the Catholic University of Chile is
accepting applications for an assistant professor (tenure track)
position beginning August 2015 or March 2016. Applications are invited
in all areas of mathematics.

More information is available on
https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/6562

The Mathematics Faculty website ishttp://www.mat.uc.cl/

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8- Assistant Professorship in Optimization
(source : M. Théra)

The Department of Statistics and Operations Research at the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill has an opening for a tenure-track position in mathematical optimization
at the assistant professor level starting July 1, 2015.

The department is seeking candidates with a doctorate in a relevant field, strong
training in mathematical optimization, and the potential to maintain a strong research
program in this area. The successful candidate will be expected to teach courses in
optimization at the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as introductory operations
research courses. A commitment to application-oriented and interdisciplinary research,
and to interaction with other groups in the department will be a positive factor in the
consideration of candidates.

We will begin considering candidates after December 1, 2014, and will continue accepting
applications until the position is filled. The application package should include a cover
letter, an up-to-date curriculum vitae, research and teaching statements, representative
papers, and a graduate transcript. Applicants should also arrange for four letters of
recommendation. At least one of the letters should include an evaluation of the
applicant's teaching ability. Application materials and letters of recommendation must
be submitted in electronic form only; click onhttp://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/62294
to apply for this position.

Optimization Assistant Professor Search Committee
Department of Statistics and Operations Research
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
http://www.stat-or.unc.edu

"The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity employer that
welcomes all to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities".

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9- 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 1 décembre :
15h : J.-C. Gilbert (INRIA Rocquencourt)
16h : Q. Mérigot (Grenoble)

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 (CMAP, Ecole Polytechnique, salle séminaire CPHT)

contact : lamboley@ceremade.dauphine.fr

lundi 15 décembre :
10h : G. Peyré
11h : M. Rupflin
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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

mardi 2 décembre :
10h : A. Meylet (Maryland)
11h : T. Takahashi (Nancy)

mardi 16 décembre :
10h : P. Gérard (Orsay)
11h : J-M. Delort (Paris 13)

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

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

lundi 8 décembre :
14h : R. Henrion (Weierstrass Inst. Berlin)
15h : F. Gamboa (Univ. Paul Sabatier Toulouse)

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Séminaire SAMOCOD (séminaire Avignon Montpellier Optimisation Contrôle et Dynamique)

jeudi 6 novembre (Université d'Avignon)
14h : P. Maréchal (U. paul Sabatier, Toulouse)
15h15 : A. Seeger (U. d'Avignon)

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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 12 décembre
10h30 : F. Karami (Université de Picardie Jules Verne)

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

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

lundi 1 décembre
10h : T. Truyts (Brussels-Core)
11h : N. Cesa-Bianchi (Milan)

lundi 8 décembre
11h : P. Vida (Mannheim)

lundi 15 décembre
11h : J. Horner (Yale)

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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 9 décembre
16h : F. Aleskerov

mardi 16 décembre
11h : F. Dietrich

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10- Workshop GeoLMI 2015, Paris
(source : D. Henrion)

Workshop GeoLMI 2015
22-24 June 2015, Paris
http://homepages.laas.fr/henrion/geolmi15

This is a workshop organized by Didier Henrion and Mohab Safey El Din as a closing
event for the GeoLMI project funded by the French National Research Agency.
The project deals with the following research topics: geometry of determinantal
varieties; positive polynomials; computational algebraic geometry; semidefinite
programming; systems control applications.

The workshop takes place from Monday 22 to Wednesday 24 June 2015 in the Durand
lecture hall of the Esclangon building on the Jussieu Campus of Universite Pierre
et Marie Curie in Paris.

Confirmed invited speakers:
Erwan Brugalle, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris
Stephane Gaubert, INRIA Saclay and Ecole Polytechnique, Paris
Eric Goubault, CEA Saclay and Ecole Polytechnique, Paris
Ilya Itenberg, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
Alain Jacquemard, Universite de Bourgogne, Dijon
Jean-Philippe Monnier, Universite d'Angers
Alban Quadrat, INRIA Saclay
Marie-Francoise Roy, Universite de Rennes

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

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

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.

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12- Special issue of Math. Prog. dedicated to Modern convex analysis and J-J. Moreau
(source : M. Théra)

see the preface : http://alerts.springer.com/re?l=D0In5tb3fI6guepnqI10

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13- Le facteur d?impact en mathématiques
(source : M. Théra)

article d'Etienne Ghys, voir le lien :

http://images.math.cnrs.fr/Le-facteur-d-impact-en.html

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14- annonce cours M2 de R. Henrion, IMT Toulouse
(source : J-B. Caillau, J-B. Hiriart-Urruty)

A l'occasion de sa venue à Toulouse début décembre, R. HENRION (Institut Weierstrass
de Berlin) donnera un mini-cours de 3 heures (niveau M2) sur l'optimisation sous
incertitude.
Outre ce mini-cours, R. HENRION donnera un séminaire le lundi 8 décembre après-midi
(séminaire SPOT 22, cf. annonce par ailleurs).
Bien à vous.
JBHU

R. Henrion (Institut Weierstrass de Berlin),
"Initiation aux contraintes en probabilité"
Les contraintes en probabilité représentent un modèle principal en optimisation
stochastique. Elles s'appliquent aux problèmes d'optimisation dont les contraintes
d'inégalités sont influencées par un vecteur aléatoire. Une décision est définie
être admissible si le système de contraintes-inégalités aléatoires est satisfait
avec une probabilité donnée, par exemple au seuil de probabilité p = 0.95. Le défi
posé par des contraintes en probabilité consiste en l'absence d'une formule
explicite pour leur évaluation. C'est pourquoi toutes les questions autour des
approches algorithmiques, des propriétés structurelles où de de la stabilité, se
posent de nouveau pour cette classe de problèmes d'optimisation. Le mini-cours
présente une initiation aux contraintes en probabilité. Pour les modèles, l'accent
est mis sur la classe importante des contraintes linéaires dans l'aléa et sur la
loi Gaussienne. Plusieurs applications aux problèmes de la production d'énergie
serviront comme illustrations. Des propriétés analytiques (par exemple convexité,
continuité, différentiabilité) seront présentées. Finalement, la question de la
stabilité des solutions sous une perturbation de la loi donnée (par exemple
approximation empirique) sera discutée.

Dates et lieu : Mardi 9 décembre à 14 heures : 2 fois 1 heure ; Mercredi 10 décembre :
1 fois 1 heure. Salle de séminaires MIP, 1er étage du bâtiment 1R3 de l'IMT,
Université Paul Sabatier.

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