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mai 2015

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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,

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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 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