Lettre MODE
novembre 2014

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Table des matières

-- Thèses et Postes
1- Postdoc Brunella, Institut math. Bourgogne : deadline 16/03/2015
2- Research Associate in Optimisation for Inverse Imaging Problems (Fixed Term)
3- Position at IBM Research: Research Staff Member (in Mathematical Programming)

-- Conférences et évènements
4- Annonces de séminaires
5- Journée conjointe des GDR MIA et ISIS
6- Journée SMAI inter-groupes "Maillages"
7- Workshop on Optimal Transport & Machine Learning, Montréal
8- Last CFP ICORES 2014 - Doctoral Consortium on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems
9- Conference on Modelling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences
10- French Symposium on Game Theory and Applications
11- British-French-German Conference on Optimization held at Imperial College London

-- Autres
12- Prix de these du PGMO
13- EUROPT - The Continuous Optimization Working Group of EURO
14- Special issue of Math. Prog. B on "Modern convex analysis" (to appear)
15- livre : Variational Analysis in Sobolev and BV Spaces: Applications to PDEs and Optimization,
 Second Edition

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1- Postdoc Brunella, Institut math. Bourgogne : deadline 16/03/2015
(source : J.B. Caillau)

http://math.u-bourgogne.fr/recrute/post-doc-eng.html

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2- Research Associate in Optimisation for Inverse Imaging Problems (Fixed Term)
(source : D. Aussel, J.B. Caillau)

We invite applications for the position of a Post-doctoral Research Associate to work in the area
of large-scale optimisation for inverse imaging problems within the Cambridge Image Analysis (CIA)
group at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), University of
Cambridge. The research activity of the successful candidate will focus on the development and
analysis of efficient optimisation techniques for large-scale and high-dimensional problems for
inverse imaging tasks. For more information please see http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/research/cia/.

The length of tenure will be 3 years in the first instance with a preferred start date of 1 December
or as soon as possible after that date.

Duties include developing and conducting individual and collaborative research objectives, proposals
and projects. The role holder will be expected to plan and manage their own research and administration,
with guidance if required, and to assist in the preparation of proposals and applications to external
bodies. You must be able to communicate material of a technical nature and be able to build internal
and external contacts. You may be asked to assist in the supervision of student projects, the
development of student research skills, provide instruction or plan/deliver seminars relating to
research area.

The successful candidate will have (or soon be completing) a PhD in Mathematics. The ideal candidate
will have experience in numerical analysis and optimisation and variational methods in image processing.
Experience in parallel computing and C programming skills are desirable.

Informal enquiries about this position may be made to Dr Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb and Dr Tuomo Valkonen
by emailing LE04599@maths.cam.ac.uk.

To apply online for this vacancy, please click on the 'Apply' button below. This will route you to the
University's Web Recruitment System, where you will need to register an account (if you have not already)
and log in before completing the online application form.

Please be sure to include the contact details of two academic referees on the online application form
and upload your CV, a list of publications and a description of your research. Please note that we will
assume that you are happy for us to approach your referees at any stage.

Please quote reference LE04599 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

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3-  Position at IBM Research: Research Staff Member (in Mathematical Programming)
(source : D. Aussel)

IBM Research is seeking a Research Staff Member to work with the Mathematical Programming group in
the Business Solutions and Mathematical Sciences Department. The ideal candidate should possess a
strong publication record and be willing and able to apply theoretical ideas to industrial problems.

Our group offers a unique environment that combines basic research with applied optimization projects
for our internal and external customers. A Research Staff Member is expected to conduct basic research,
publish in leading journals and present in scientific conferences, as well as to model, design and
implement solutions for practical problems.

IBM T.J Watson Research Center (http://www.watson.ibm.com/general_info_ykt.shtml) is located
30 miles north of New York City in Yorktown Heights, NY.

Interested candidates are invited to send their CVs with names of references to leoliberti@us.ibm.com

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4- Annonces de séminaires
(sources: T. Bayen, 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 17 novembre :
15h : V. Millot (Paris Diderot)
16h : J.-M. Mirebaeu (Paris-Dauphine)

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

**
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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 (Jussieu, salle 15-16-309)

contact : lamboley@ceremade.dauphine.fr

lundi 3 novembre :
10h : A. Figalli
11h : M. Villanueva-Pesqueira
**
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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 4 novembre :
10h : F. Santambrogio (Paris-Sud)
11h : Y. Giga (Tokyo)
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Séminaire Pluridisciplinaire d'Optimisation de Toulouse (lieu : voir site)

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

Lundi 3 novembre :
14h : P. Cardaliaguet (U. Paris-Dauphine)
15h : C. Gruen (U. Toulouse 1)

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 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/

Vendredi 7 novembre : Journée OSGAD
mardi 18 novembre : J. Mercik et H. de Swart
**

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5- Journée conjointe des GDR MIA et ISIS
(source : J.B. Caillau)

Optimisation Géométrique sur les Variétés, 21/11/2014, Paris

https://fadili.users.greyc.fr/mia/events/optimgeo-14

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6- Journée SMAI inter-groupes "Maillages"
(source : J.B. Caillau)

Les groupes thématiques MAIRCI, GAMNI et SIGMA de la SMAI s?associent
pour organiser une journée autour des maillages le 25 novembre 2014, à
l'IHP à Paris (amphi Darboux).

Le programme est en ligne :

http://smai.emath.fr/spip/spip.php?article508

Inscriptions gratuites mais obligatoires pour des questions de logistique.

N'hésitez pas à diffuser cette information autour de vous.

Cordialement
Violaine Louvet.

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7- Workshop on Optimal Transport & Machine Learning, Montréal
(source : J.B. Caillau)

le 13 décembre 2014

http://www.iip.ist.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/OTML2014/doku.php

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8- Last CFP ICORES 2014 - Doctoral Consortium on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems
(source : ICORES)

The Doctoral Consortium will take place in conjunction with the 4th International Conference
on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems (ICORES), to be held January 10 - 12 in Lisbon,
Portugal. The ICORES 2015 doctoral consortium will provide an opportunity for graduate students
to explore their research interests in an interdisciplinary workshop, under the guidance of a
panel of distinguished experts in the field.

The Doctoral Consortium on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems is intended to bring
together Ph.D. students within the operations research field to discuss their research in an
international forum. More precisely, the Doctoral Consortium will provide students with an
opportunity to:

- Present their research work in a relaxed and supportive environment;
- Receive feedback and suggestions from peers and experienced faculty members;
- Gain an overview of the breadth and depth of operations research and enterprise systems;
- Obtain insight into directions for pattern recognition taken by other doctoral candidates;
- Discuss concerns about research, supervision, the job market, and other issues;
- Network with peers and future colleagues

Thus, the symposium will help shape ongoing and future research projects aimed at operations
research and enterprise systems, will promote scholarship and networking among new researchers
in this emerging interdisciplinary area, and will expose these promising young researchers to
the larger global community.

Topics are the same as in the main conference (www.icores.org/CallForPapers.aspx)

Should you have any question or suggestions please don?t hesitate to contact me.
Please check further information at http://www.icores.org/DoctoralConsortium.aspx

Email: icores.secretariat@insticc.org

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9- Conference on Modelling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences
(source : D. Aussel, J.B. Caillau)

The third international conference on Modelling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems
and Management Sciences, MCO 2015, will be held in conjunction with ICCSAMA 2015

May 11-13, 2015, in Metz, France.

http://lita.sciences.univ-metz.fr/iccsama2015/MCO/index.php

The conference will cover, traditionally, several fields of Management Sciences and Information Systems:
Computer Sciences, Information Technology, Mathematical Programming, Optimization & Operations Research
and related areas. It should allow researchers and practitioners to discuss recent developments in models
and solutions methods for decision making in Engineering and Information Systems.
Contributions to the solution of real-life problems are particularly appreciated.

Looking forward to meet you in  MCO 2015, Metz, France

Sincerely yours,

Conference Chair

Le Thi Hoai An
Director of Theoretical and Applied Computer Science Laboratory
University of Lorraine
Ile du Saulcy, 57 045 Metz, France
Tel +33 3 87 31 54 41          Fax +33 3 87 31 53 09
hoai-an.le-thi@univ-lorraine.fr
http://lita.sciences.univ-metz.fr/~lethi

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10- French Symposium on Game Theory and Applications
(source : J. Renault)

Le GDR Jeux  organise un "French Symposium on Game Theory and Applications" du 26 au 30 mai à
l'Université Paris 7. C'est une occasion de réunir toute la communauté du GDR Jeux pour un
évènement commun.

https://sites.google.com/site/fsgta2015/home

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

Nous espérons vous y voir nombreux, et que toutes les tendances des jeux y seront représentées.
Pour soumettre une proposition, merci d'envoyer titre et résumé à fsgta2015@gmail.com avant
le 15 décembre 2014.

L'inscription à la conférence est gratuite mais obligatoire. Merci de vous enregistrer sur le
site https://sites.google.com/site/fsgta2015/home.

Pour simplement assister à la conférence, il faut également s'enregistrer sur ce site.

Pour nous permettre de prévoir le nombre de participants, l'enregistrement avant le 15 décembre
2014 est fortement souhaité.

Le symposium est organisé par le GDR Jeux ainsi que par les labex "ECODEC" et "OSE", avec des
participations du Programme Gaspar Monge pour l'Optimisation, et du projet EU "Casting".

Bien cordialement

Jérôme Renault pour le GDR Jeux

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11- British-French-German Conference on Optimization held at Imperial College London
(source : D. Aussel, J.B. Hiriart-Urruty)

on June 15th-17th, 2015

We would like to draw your attention to 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
05 Jan '15: Extended abstract submission opening
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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12- Prix de these du PGMO
(source : J.B. Caillau)

Remise des prix de these du PGMO (3 membres du jury designes par SMAI-MODE : Jerome Bolte, Pierre Cardaliaguet
et Jean Bernard Lasserre, cette annee) le 28/10 lors de la premiere journee de la conf. PGMO-COPI'14

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/pgmo-copi-14/program

aux deux laureats ci-dessous :

** Daniel HOEHENER prepared his PhD thesis at Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6) on "Conditions d?optimalité
pour des problèmes de contrôle optimal avec contraintes d?états'' (Optimality conditions for some optimal control
problems with state constaints), supervised by Hélène Frankowska. His thesis includes several original results
about second order conditions, proven under more general assumptions than the results already existing in literature,
expressed in primal form, and involving both state and control constraints. The jury committee was impressed by the
novelty of the results in a very technical domain, which also gave rise to excellent publications.

** Miquel OLIU BARTON also prepared his PhD thesis in Paris 6, under the supervision of Sylvain Sorin. The dissertation,
on  "Jeux dynamiques à information incomplète en temps discret et continu" (Dynamical games with incomplete information
in dicrete and continuous time) is mainly devoted to the long-time behavior in differential and repeated games and
control problems, and to games with lack of information. The jury committee appreciated the impressive amount of works
and the novelty of the results, and in particular the new proof that M. Oliu Barton gave of the existence of a limit
for the value in discounted games, with new and self contained techniques.

http://www.fondation-hadamard.fr/fr/pgmo/prixthese2014

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13- EUROPT - The Continuous Optimization Working Group of EURO
(source : D. Aussel)

Chers Collègues,

J'encourage ceux parmi vous qui s'intéressent à l'optimisation continue d'adhérer (sans frais !)
au EUROPT - The Continuous Optimization Working Group of EURO via

http://europt.iam.metu.edu.tr/

Vous serez ainsi au courant, par exemple de la parution de la Newsletter (cf mail attaché) dont
je suis l'éditrice depuis juillet.

Cordialement,

Sonia Cafieri

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14- Special issue of Math. Prog. B on "Modern convex analysis" (to appear)
(source : J.B. Caillau, M. Théra)

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

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15- livre : Variational Analysis in Sobolev and BV Spaces: Applications to PDEs and Optimization,
 Second Edition
(source : M. Théra)

Hedy Attouch, Giuseppe Buttazzo, and Gérard Michaille

MOS-SIAM Series on Optimization 17

This volume is an excellent guide for anyone interested in variational analysis, optimization, and PDEs.
It offers a detailed presentation of the most important tools in variational analysis as well as
applications to problems in geometry, mechanics, elasticity, and computer vision.

Among the new elements in this second edition: the section of Chapter 5 on capacity theory and elements
of potential theory now includes the concepts of quasi-open sets and quasi-continuity; Chapter 6 includes
an increased number of examples in the areas of linearized elasticity system, obstacles problems,
convection-diffusion, and semilinear equations; Chapter 11 has been expanded to include a section on mass
transportation problems and the Kantorovich relaxed formulation of the Monge problem; a new subsection on
stochastic homogenization in Chapter 12 establishes the mathematical tools coming from ergodic theory,
and illustrates them in the scope of statistically homogeneous materials; Chapter 16 has been augmented
by examples illustrating the shape optimization procedure; and Chapter 17 is an entirely new and
comprehensive chapter devoted to gradient flows and the dynamical approach to equilibria.

Audience
The book is intended for Ph.D. students, researchers, and practitioners who want to approach the field of
variational analysis in a systematic way.

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