Subject: NA Digest, V. 19, # 49 NA Digest Tuesday, December 24, 2019 Volume 19 : Issue 49 Today's Editor: Daniel M. Dunlavy Sandia National Labs [log in to unmask] Today's Topics: OR Resources Online, IFORS, New Contributions New Book, Complex Variables and Analytic Functions New Book, Fast Direct Solvers for Elliptic PDEs New Book, Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences New Book, Introduction to Optimization and Hadamard Semidifferential Calculus New Book, Practical Optimization Short-Course and Spring School on SPDEs, Germany, Feb-Mar 2020 MIT Uncertainty Quantification Workshop, Germany, Mar 2020 Computational Integral Equations, Mexico, May-Jun 2020 IFORS 2020, South Korea, Jun 2020 SIPTA School on Imprecise Probabilities, UK, Jul 2020 Summer School, Numerical Approximation of SDEs, Italy, Jul 2020 Approximation Methods and Fast Algorithms, Germany, Sep 2020 Fractured media, numerical methods for fluid flow/mechanics, Italy, Sep 2020 NUMGRID, Russia, Nov 2020 Research Scientist Position, Computer Vision/Machine Learning, SZU Postdoc Position, Applied Mathematics and Human Genetics Postdoc Position, Nottingham (UK) Postdoc Positions, Applied Mathematics, UC Merced Postdoc/Research Technician Positions, BCAM Postdoc/PhD Positions, KAUST, EPFL, KTH, and RWTH PhD/Postdoc Position, Scientific Computing, FAU PhD/Postdoc Positions, Uncertainty Quantification, DTU, Denmark PhD Position, Mathematics/Computational Science, FZJ, JSC, Germany PhD Position, Weierstrass Institute Berlin PhD Positions, Berlin-Oxford Research Training Group PhD Positions, Mathematical Statistics, Umeå University Contents, Information and Inference, 8 (4) Subscribe, unsubscribe, change address, or for na-digest archives: http://www.netlib.org/na-digest-html/faq.html Submissions for NA Digest: http://icl.utk.edu/na-digest/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber [log in to unmask] Date: December 20, 2019 Subject: OR Resources Online, IFORS, New Contributions The aim of the IFORS Developing Countries Online Resources page is to offer the OR worker all publicly-available materials on the topic of OR for Development. It also aims to provide a venue for people who are working in the area to share their completed or in-process work, learn from others, and stimulate comments and discussions on the work. Regarding IFORS Developing Countries OR resources website, its regular updates - and your possible submission of "free" (not copyright protected) material, you might occasionally visit http://ifors.org/developing_countries/index.php?title=Main_Page. "Operational Research" (OR) is the discipline of applying advanced analytical methods to help make better decisions. By using techniques such as problem structuring methods and mathematical modelling to analyze complex situations, Operational Research gives executives the power to make more effective decisions and build more productive systems. The International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS; http://ifors.org/) is an almost 60-year old organization which is currently composed of 51 national societies. Regional Groups of IFORS are: ALIO (The Latin American Ibero Association on Operations Research), APORS (The Association of Asian-Pacific Operational Research Societies), EURO (The Association of European Operational Research Societies), NORAM (The Association of North American Operations Research Societies). IFORS conferences are taking place every three years. IFORS 2020 will be celebrated in Seoul, South Korea (http://www.ifors2020.kr/). PS: Feedback is welcome via [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Kris ONeill [log in to unmask] Date: December 24, 2019 Subject: New Book, Complex Variables and Analytic Functions Complex Variables and Analytic Functions: An Illustrated Introduction By Bengt Fornberg and Cecile Piret This is the first primary introductory textbook on complex variables and analytic functions to make extensive use of functional illustrations. Aiming to reach undergraduate students entering the world of complex variables and analytic functions, the authors utilize graphics to visually build on familiar cases and illustrate how these same functions extend beyond the real axis. The book covers several important topics that are omitted in nearly all recent texts, including techniques for analytic continuation and discussions of elliptic functions and of Wiener-Hopf methods. It presents current advances in research, highlighting the subject's active and fascinating frontier. 2019 / x + 361 pages / Softcover / 978-1-611975-97-0 / List $84.00 / SIAM Member $58.80 / OT165 Book details: https://my.siam.org/Store/Product/viewproduct/?ProductId=31254876 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Kris ONeill [log in to unmask] Date: December 17, 2019 Subject: New Book, Fast Direct Solvers for Elliptic PDEs Fast Direct Solvers for Elliptic PDEs By Per-Gunnar Martinsson This is the first textbook to detail the active field of fast direct solvers, presenting fast solvers from the point of view of integral equation formulations, which enable unparalleled accuracy and speed in many applications. Fast Direct Solvers for Elliptic PDEs provides an accessible introduction to boundary integral equation methods, the fast multipole method, fast direct solvers for both dense and sparse linear systems, and randomized algorithms for factorizing matrices. Written with an emphasis on mathematical intuition rather than theoretical details, the text is richly illustrated and provides pseudocode for all key techniques. 2020 / xvi + 315 pages / Softcover / 978-1-611976-03-8 / List $84.00 / SIAM Member $58.80 / CB96 Book details: my.siam.org/Store/Product/viewproduct/?ProductId=31255041 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Kris ONeill [log in to unmask] Date: December 17, 2019 Subject: New Book, Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences, Third Edition By Nicholas J. Higham Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences provides advice on all aspects of scientific writing, with a particular focus on writing mathematics. Its readable style and handy format, coupled with an extensive bibliography and comprehensive index, make it useful for everyone from undergraduates to seasoned professionals. This third edition revises, updates, and expands the best-selling second edition to reflect modern writing and publishing practices and builds on the author's extensive experience in writing and speaking about mathematics. 2019 / xxii + 353 pages / Softcover / 978-1-611976-09-0 / List $69.00 / SIAM Member $48.30 / Student $34.50 / OT167 Book details: https://my.siam.org/Store/Product/viewproduct/?ProductId=31300058 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Kris ONeill [log in to unmask] Date: December 24, 2019 Subject: New Book, Introduction to Optimization and Hadamard Semidifferential Calculus Introduction to Optimization and Hadamard Semidifferential Calculus, Second Edition By Michel C. Delfour This second edition builds upon its prior edition's foundation, showcasing new material linked to convex analysis and nonsmooth optimization. It presents a modern treatment of optimization and Hadamard semidifferential calculus while remaining at a level that is accessible to undergraduate students. Appropriate as both a textbook and a reference, it includes exercises related to problems in such fields as engineering, mechanics, medicine, physics, and economics along with answers. 2019 / xvi + 427 pages / Hardcover / 978-1-611975-95-6 / List $99.00 / SIAM Member $69.30 / MO27 Book details: https://my.siam.org/Store/Product/viewproduct/?ProductId=31254878 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Kris ONeill [log in to unmask] Date: December 17, 2019 Subject: New Book, Practical Optimization Practical Optimization By Philip E. Gill, Walter Murray, and Margaret H. Wright Classics in Applied Mathematics 81 In the intervening years since this book was published in 1981, the field of optimization has been exceptionally lively. This fertility has involved not only progress in theory but also faster numerical algorithms and extensions into unexpected or previously unknown areas such as semidefinite programming. Despite these changes, many of the important principles and much of the intuition can be found in this Classics version of Practical Optimization. This book provides model algorithms and pseudocode, presents algorithms in a step-by-step format, and contains a wealth of techniques and strategies that are well suited for optimization in the twenty-first century and particularly in the now-flourishing fields of data science, "big data," and machine learning. 2019 / xx + 401 pages / Softcover / 978-1-611975-59-8 / List $74.00 / SIAM Member $51.80 / CL81 Book details: my.siam.org/Store/Product/viewproduct/?ProductId=31205265 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Guenther Gruen [log in to unmask] Date: December 18, 2019 Subject: Short-Course and Spring School on SPDEs, Germany, Feb-Mar 2020 The DFG Research-Training-Group 2339 "IntComSin" -- a joint venture of the Universities of Erlangen-Nurnberg and of Regensburg -- announces the spring school "PDEs meet uncertainty: New analytical and numerical concepts", March 15th-19th, 2020, Ellwangen (Germany) together with its pre-course "Stochastic compactness and SPDEs", Feb. 11th-13th, 2020, Erlangen (Germany). The pre-course will be given by Martina Hofmanova (University of Bielefeld) , the lecturers of the spring school will be Benjamin Gess (University of Bielefeld and Max-Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig), Fabio Nobile (EPFL Lausanne), and Andreas Prohl (University of Tubingen). Both events are designed for PhD-students, PostDocs, and junior scientists who are interested in - existence theory for nonlinear SPDEs with multiplicative noise, - numerical concepts to discretize SPDEs, - uncertainty quantification via multi-level Monte-Carlo methods or spectral methods based on polynomial chaos expansion. For more information, see www.math.fau.de/springschool or www.math.fau.de/shortcourse , respectively. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Anne Reinarz [log in to unmask] Date: December 19, 2019 Subject: MIT Uncertainty Quantification Workshop, Germany, Mar 2020 WORKSHOP / TUTORIAL TO LEARN MUQ: MUQ (MIT Uncertainty Quantification) is a library of uncertainty quantification-focused algorithms and a system for seamlessly connecting these algorithms with complex models. Our goal is to provide an easy and transparent way to set up and efficiently solve UQ problems. See muq.mit.edu Topics include: - A broad variety of Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) - sampling algorithms - Transport maps - Adaptive polynomial chaos expansions (PCE) - Random field representations - Regression and Gaussian processes - Surrogate modeling for inference and forward UQ When: March 30 and 31, 2020 Location: Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (Garching by Munich) Sign up: https://muq2020.eventbrite.de Contact: Andrew Davis, [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Mike O'Neil [log in to unmask] Date: December 18, 2019 Subject: Computational Integral Equations, Mexico, May-Jun 2020 Casa Matematica Oaxaca (CMO), together with Banff International Research Station (BIRS), have five available slots for researchers from Mexican institutions to participate in a workshop in Oaxaca at Casa Matematica (BIRS affiliated) on "Challenges in Computational Methods for Integral Equations" from May 31-Jun 5, 2020. The application form must be completed by Feb 18, 2020 at: https://forms.gle/QwBz8KjDBJKiozm28 From the list provided at the above link, please select workshop 20w5060. Young researchers or doctoral students may participate in this call to access these five available spaces. Senior researchers may also participate in the call; however, preference will be given to young researchers. Candidates will be evaluated by a committee of experienced researchers from important Mexican institutions such as: Instituto de Matematicas UNAM, Centro de Ciencias Matematicas UNAM and CIMAT. NEITHER LATE NOR INCOMPLETE PROPOSALS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Please contact [log in to unmask] with any questions. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Gerhard-Wilhelm Weber [log in to unmask] Date: December 21, 2019 Subject: IFORS 2020, South Korea, Jun 2020 The Organizing and Program Committees for IFORS 2020 welcomes all operations researchers to attend the 22nd Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS). Dates: June 21-26 (Sun-Fri), 2020 Location: Seoul, Korea Abstract submission closes: 17th January 2020 Submit an abstract: https://www.euro-online.org/conf/ifors2020/ Interested in organizing one or more sessions? Please go to the list of Area Chairs at http://www.ifors2020.kr/sub02/sub02.php and send email to the Chair(s) of the most relevant area. Please visit the IFORS 2020 webpage (www.ifors2020.kr) to learn more about important dates, abstract submission, registration, special issues of journals, the social program and accommodation. The IFORS 2020 conference will highlight global developments in operations research and show how the tools of operations research are expanding their impact on society, health, science and industry. IFORS conferences, held only once every three years, provide a platform for experts from around the world to showcase the diverse potential of state-of-the-art operations research techniques and technologies. IFORS 2020 offers a unique opportunity to network with operations research analysts, industrial users of operations research, and academic and industry experts from all parts of the globe. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Marco De Angelis [log in to unmask] Date: December 20, 2019 Subject: SIPTA School on Imprecise Probabilities, UK, Jul 2020 The Risk Institute will host the next SIPTA summer school. The school will run from Monday to Friday, 13 -17 July 2020. Register here. We warmly invite all the students and researchers in imprecise probability (IP) to participate. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/imprecise-probabilities/ This is a great opportunity to meet likeminded researchers, learn more about IP and enjoy a set of extracurricular activities. The School will feature a number of speakers who are renowned leaders in their field. The topics and speakers so far confirmed are: (1) Game theoretical decision theory, by Glenn Shafer; (2) Inferential models, by Ryan Martin. Other topics will be: Intro to IP and credal sets, uncertainty communications, and expert aggregation. Lodging, lunches and refreshments will be provided to graduate/PhD students. We are setting up a small webpage where we'll be posting updates and information about the School: https://riskinstitute.uk/events/sipta-school-2020/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Dajana Conte [log in to unmask] Date: December 17, 2019 Subject: Summer School, Numerical Approximation of SDEs, Italy, Jul 2020 The summer school aims to provide an overall perspective on the numerical integration of stochastic differential equations. It is organized in theoretical lectures as well as on laboratory training sessions, held by Evelyn BUCKWAR ("Johannes Kepler" University of Linz) David COHEN (University of Umea) Desmond HIGHAM (School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh) School venue is the Department of Mathematics, University of Salerno, on 14-17 July 2020. Grants for covering the expenses will be issued to a certain number of participants on a selection basis. Further information is available at the website http://www.dipmat2.unisa.it/iniziative/nasde2020/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Stefan Kunis [log in to unmask] Date: December 22, 2019 Subject: Approximation Methods and Fast Algorithms, Germany, Sep 2020 We invite you and the members of your research group to participate in the Mecklenburg Workshop on Approximation Methods and Fast Algorithms, September 21-25, 2020, www.math.uos.de/hasenwinkel2020 The workshop continues a longstanding tradition of workshops on approximation theory and related fields held in Northern Germany since the 1990's. The upcoming workshop is dedicated to the 60th birthday of our colleague Jurgen Prestin. Invited Speakers are - Frank Filbir (TU Munchen) - Hrushikesh Mhaskar (Claremont Graduate University) - Holger Rauhut (RWTH Aachen) - Winfried Sickel (FSU Jena) - Manfred Tasche (Universitat Rostock) ------------------------------------------------------- From: Stefano Berrone [log in to unmask] Date: December 21, 2019 Subject: Fractured media, numerical methods for fluid flow/mechanics, Italy, Sep 2020 We are pleased to announce the first edition of the FRAME conference: FRAME 2020 - Fractured media: numerical methods for fluid flow and mechanics to be held on September 21-24, 2020 at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. The conference is aimed at presenting and discussing cutting-edge issues about modeling and development of numerical tools for porous fractured media simulations. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: Flow in fractures; Influence of roughness inside the fractures; Flow in fractured porous media; Up-scaling and homogeneization; Coupled thermal, hydraulic and/or mechanical processes in fractured media; Fault reactivation and fracture deformation; Fracture propagation; Self organization of fracture networks; Non-linearities (such as geochemistry, dissolution inside the fractures etc...); Verification benchmarks; Uncertainty quantification/risk measurements; Artificial intelligence applied to fractured media, Graph based methods, model reduction. Further information can be found at https://areeweb.polito.it/disma-excellence/events_2020/Frame/index.html ------------------------------------------------------- From: Lennard Kamenski [log in to unmask] Date: December 20, 2019 Subject: NUMGRID, Russia, Nov 2020 The 10th International Conference on Numerical Geometry, Grid Generation and Scientific Computing (NUMGRID) celebrating the 130th anniversary of Boris Delaunay will be held November 25-27, 2020 at the Dorodnicyn Computing Center in Moscow. Conference website: https://numgrid.ru We invite technical papers presenting results particularly in the area of in numerical geometry, grid generation, and their theoretical foundations; a detailed description of the relevant topics can be found at http://www.ccas.ru/gridgen/numgrid2020/call.html Accepted papers presented by participants will be published in the peer-reviewed conference proceedings (Springer LNCSE series). Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for submission to Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Physics (CMMP). Important dates: Jun 21: paper submission deadline Aug 30: initial acceptance notification Sep 20: revision submission deadline Oct 04: revision acceptance notification Nov 23-24: winter school Nov 25-27: conference Nov 29: final paper acceptance notification Dec 13: final camera-ready submission deadline If you are planing to participate, we cordially ask you to submit an abstract early to allow us for better planing; the full paper can be uploaded later within the paper submission deadline. ------------------------------------------------------- From: J. Lu [log in to unmask] Date: December 17, 2019 Subject: Research Scientist Position, Computer Vision/Machine Learning, SZU Job Type: Full-Time Duration: 3--4 years Number of Position: 2 positions Salary: about 350000 - 700,000 RMB (100,000 US dollars) per year. Closing Date: Open Until Filled Description: We have projects that are looking for Research scientist in Computer Vision, Image/Video/Signal Processing/Analysis,Mathematical Imaging, Machine Learning, Optimization, etc. We have no teaching tasks and Check in/out policy for Research Scientist. Promotors: - Prof. Jian Lu (Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Advanced Machine Learning and Applications, Shenzhen University) - Prof. Ke Chen (University of Liverpool) - Prof. Lixin Shen (Syracuse University) - Prof. Yiqiu Dong (Technical University of Denmark) Those who are interested in Research Scientist please send their C.V. to Prof. Jian Lu, Emails: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Gilles Gnacadja [log in to unmask] Date: December 22, 2019 Subject: Postdoc Position, Applied Mathematics and Human Genetics Postdoctoral fellowships at the interface of applied mathematics and human genetics available at deCODE Genetics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amgen in Reykjavik Iceland Amgen: https://www.amgen.com/ deCODE Genetics: https://www.decode.com/ Official job posting: https://careers.amgen.com/ShowJob/JobId/391176/PostdoctoralFellowHumanPopulationGen eticsResearch ------------------------------------------------------- From: Andrea Cangiani [log in to unmask] Date: December 19, 2019 Subject: Postdoc Position, Nottingham (UK) Research Associate/Fellow position, Long-term anatomical fluid dynamics for new univentricular hearts palliation We are offering an exciting opportunity for a researcher, whose expertise lies in computational partial differential equations, to work on a multidisciplinary MRC-funded project aimed at modelling the circulation of blood in individuals with univentricular hearts. The project is a Newton Fund UK-Malaysia partnership, comprising a team of mathematicians, surgeons and engineers, aimed at improving the long-term prognosis of children with univentricular circulation by establishing a new simulation-assisted treatment protocol. State-of-the-art multi-scale numerical modelling techniques based on polytopic finite elements will be developed and combined with artificial intelligence techniques to produce an open-source computational tool for the analysis of surgical procedures and their impact on later-life conditions. The successful applicant will be based in the School of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Nottingham, joining the local project's team of Dr Andrea Cangiani, Prof Antonio Corno, Dr Edward Hall, and Prof Paul Houston and in close collaboration with the University of Leicester team of Dr Aldo Rona and Ivan Tyukin. The preferred candidate will have a PhD in mathematics or closely related subject, expert knowledge of finite element methods for PDEs, and strong background in programming. Experience with biomedical modelling, artificial intelligence, adaptive mesh refinement, and parallel programming is desirable. Informal enquiries may be addressed to [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] Fixed-term contract until 30 December 2021 with a minimum salary of 30,942 GBP per annum with relevant PhD. Closing date of 03 Feb 2020. Apply online at http://jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/SCI461419 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Roummel Marcia [log in to unmask] Date: December 17, 2019 Subject: Postdoc Positions, Applied Mathematics, UC Merced The National Science Foundation has granted the University of California Merced Department of Applied Mathematics a five-year award to establish the Data-Intensive Research And Computing (DIRAC) Research Training Group (RTG) focused on the theme of Computational and Data-Enabled Sciences. Four different Small Mentoring and Research Training (SMaRT) teams constitute this RTG: (i) Energy and the Environment, (ii) Mathematical Biology, (iii) Imaging and Sensing, and (iv) Scientific Computing. The UC Merced Department of Applied Mathematics invites applications for Postdoctoral Researchers to participate and engage with the DIRAC- RTG starting July 1, 2020 . This 3-year position requires the successful candidate to conduct research and teach 1 course each semester during the academic year. Preference will be given to candidates at the early stage of their careers. We are seeking exceptionally qualified candidates with expertise matching at least one of the SMaRT teams. Special attention will be paid to applicants who can collaborate with researchers in applied mathematics and other fields in natural sciences, engineering and/or social sciences at UC Merced. The minimum qualifications required for this position is a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, Mathematics or a related field and having some teaching experience at the collegiate level are required at the time of application. Applications are now being accepted at https://aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF00898. Review of applications will begin on January 18, 2020; this search will be open until the position is filled with a final closing date of June 30, 2020. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Irune Diaz Gonzalez [log in to unmask] Date: December 24, 2019 Subject: Postdoc/Research Technician Positions, BCAM We are glad to announce you that we have launched a series of projects related to different areas of applied mathematics. We are looking for 2 postdoctoral fellows and 1 research technician to collaborate in those projects. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Applyed Analysis: The preferred candidate will have experience in the analytical study of partial differential equations describing physical phenomena. A preference will be given to candidates with experience in complex fluids, in particular Navier-Stokes equations (regularity and or qualitative properties) or related fluid mechanics equations. Postdoctoral Fellowship in Harmonic Analysis: The current postdoc position is aimed to work on topics within the framework of Harmonic Analysis and its application to PDEs. In this concern, the potential problems will be related, in a broad sense, with the study of properties of singular integrals and other objects in connection with solutions to elliptic and parabolic equations. Research technician in Maths & Artificial Intelligence: In the framework of the BCAM "Maths & Artificial Intelligence" strategy, a series of projects in this field will be launched in different areas of Applied Mathematics. This project deals with: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Temporal Data. Deadline for applications: January 15, 2020 ------------------------------------------------------- From: Raul Tempone [log in to unmask] Date: December 17, 2019 Subject: Postdoc/PhD Positions, KAUST, EPFL, KTH, and RWTH Several Postdoctoral and PhD Student positions are currently available at the aforementioned four universities for a collaborative project with a starting date of April 1, 2020. The candidates will be involved in the three-year project "High Dimensional Hierarchical Optimization methods for Machine Learning and Stochastic Optimal Control". Background or expertise in one or more of the following areas will be considered when selecting candidates: Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Numerical solutions of PDEs and SDEs, Numerical Optimization, Uncertainty quantification, Approximation Theory, Applied Probability and Bayesian statistics, Optimal Control and Dynamic Programming. Strong interpersonal qualities from the candidates will be appreciated as they will be working in a highly collaborative project and will be expected to spend part of the time at the collaborating institutions. Qualifications: A successful candidate preferably has completed a MSc or PhD, for PhD student and Postdoc positions respectively, in the field of applied mathematics or computational engineering, or in any field related to one or more of the aforementioned areas of research. Excellent analytical, computational and programming skills are expected. Interested applicants should send their application to [log in to unmask] See also: https://stochastic_numerics.kaust.edu.sa/Pages/JoinUs.aspx The positions will remain open until filled, but the candidate is expected to join the team on April 1, 2020, or as soon as possible. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Nicolas Neuss [log in to unmask] Date: December 16, 2019 Subject: PhD/Postdoc Position, Scientific Computing, FAU The Department of Mathematics at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU) is looking for a mathematician or theoretically interested physicist, engineer etc. (TVL-13 3/4, 24 months) within the project ``Structural changes and inactivation of enzymes during drying and particle formation of levitated droplets''. The project is in collaboration with the Institute of Pharmaceutics as well as the Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics at FAU and financed by the DFG. The project is concerned with modeling and developing numerical methods for the drying and particle formation of an elevated droplet due to evaporation. Qualification: - Master/Diplom or PhD in mathematics or related fields, in particular expertise in partial differential equations and numerical methods thereof, - experience or willingness to work in mathematical modeling of physical problems in continuum mechanics, - programming skills, - fluency in English, - knowledge of German is of advantage. The position is to be filled as soon as possible. The employment is limited to 24 months but may be extended depending on available funding. For Master/Diploma candidates it is expected that the candidate will do a PhD within this project. FAU is seeking to augment the number of women in research and hence encourages female scientists in particular to apply for this position. Handicapped persons will be preferred in case of equal ability and qualifications. If desired, a member of the equal opportunity office of FAU can participate in the selection process without any disadvantage for the applicant. Please submit your full applications including CV, certificates, motivation letter as pdf-files to [log in to unmask] (reference: evaporating droplets). Deadline for application: February, 28, 2020. The position is open until filled. Further information: Prof. Dr. Eberhard Bansch, Applied Mathematics 3 (Scientific Computing), [log in to unmask] ------------------------------------------------------- From: Per Christian Hansen [log in to unmask] Date: December 19, 2019 Subject: PhD/Postdoc Positions, Uncertainty Quantification, DTU, Denmark The Technical University of Denmark opens a 3-year PhD position and a 2-year postdoc position, both starting June 1, 2020 (or as soon as possible after that). The positions are part of the research project CUQI, Computational Uncertainty Quantification for Inverse Problems (https://www.compute.dtu.dk/english/cuqi). These two positions deal with goal-oriented UQ where the objective is to perform UQ for a Quantity of Interest (QoI) defined on the solution to an inverse problem. Some challenges here are how to develop fast computational algorithms and how to compute the QoI directly from the data, if possible. These activities are done in collaboration with the Dept. of Mathematics, Virginia Tech, and candidates must spend some time there. Both the PhD and the postdoc will be responsible for integrating goal- oriented UQ in a general computational platform for UQ for inverse problems. This involves a combination of theoretical considerations, development of computational methods and algorithms, and evaluation of results on selected inverse problems, e.g., sound source reconstruc- tion, electrical impedance tomography, or image analysis. For more details and to apply: https://tiny.cc/CUQI-PhD-2 and https://tiny.cc/CUQI-Postdoc-2. The applicants will work in a team of PhD students, postdocs and faculty members in the Section for Scientific Computing, and they must contribute with research towards the overall goals of the CUQI project. Applicants are expected to give limited contributions to teaching and training activities as well as supervision of students. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Andreas Kleefeld [log in to unmask] Date: December 19, 2019 Subject: PhD Position, Mathematics/Computational Science, FZJ, JSC, Germany The Julich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) operates one of the most powerful computer systems for scientific and technical applications in Europe and makes it available for research purposes to scientists at Forschungszentrum Julich (FZJ), in Germany, and throughout Europe. Important fields of the work of the "mathematics and education" department at JSC include mathematical modeling and the development and optimization of innovative numerical methods and algorithms on massively parallel supercomputers. For the earliest possible date, we are offering a PhD position in the field of mathematics and/or computational science. Please check our web site for details about the program, the job description, and the application process: https://www.fz-juelich.de/SharedDocs/Stellenangebote/_common/dna/2019D-242-EN- JSC.html ------------------------------------------------------- From: Patricio Farrell [log in to unmask] Date: December 20, 2019 Subject: PhD Position, Weierstrass Institute Berlin Candidates with an interest in solving PDEs numerically are invited to apply for a PhD position at the Weierstrass Institute Berlin (WIAS). The candidate will be part of the newly established research group on "Numerics for innovative semiconductor devices". The paid position comes with travel funds, no teaching obligations (though teaching can be arranged for if experience is desired) as well as international collaboration partners. The Weierstrass Institute is an applied maths institute, right in the center of Berlin's flourishing mathematical landscape. More details can be found here: https://www.wias-berlin.de/jobs/job.jsp?lang=1&year=19&number=28 The deadline for the application is the 31st of January, 2020. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Peter Bank [log in to unmask] Date: December 19, 2019 Subject: PhD Positions, Berlin-Oxford Research Training Group The recently established Berlin-Oxford International Research Training Group (IRTG) 2544 "Stochastic Analysis in Interaction" offers 8 PhD positions (75% TVL E 13) for 3 years starting April 1st, 2020, or soon thereafter. Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), the IRTG is a joint research initiative of the stochastic analysis group of FU, HU, TU and WIAS Berlin with its counterpart at the University of Oxford. The advertised positions will be based in Berlin and will offer ample opportunities to interact also with members of the Oxford team, most notably in a 6-months exchange. Embedded in a truly international environment, the IRTG students will get excellent research training in a structured programme focussing on challenges at the mathematical foundations of Stochastic Analysis as well as on challenges arising from its various applications, e.g., in physics, biology, finance or data science. The combined expertise from the Berlin and Oxford groups will provide a significant breadth in depth and fertile ground for our students' ambitious research ideas. Successful candidates will have an MSc degree (or equivalent) in Mathematics (or a closely related field), strong knowledge of stochastic analysis, and feel eager to engage in the exchange of ideas with the teams in both Berlin and Oxford. Deadline for applications is January 20, 2020 (for now). Please see https://tub.stellenticket.de/de/offers/74386/ for the official job ad and for instructions how to apply. Our IRTG webpage www.math.tu-berlin.de/irtg offers more information on the Berlin-Oxford IRTG 2544. ------------------------------------------------------- From: Armin Eftekhari [log in to unmask] Date: December 21, 2019 Subject: PhD Positions, Mathematical Statistics, Umeå University The Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at Umea University is opening two (or more) PhD positions in mathematical statistics, broadly focused on developing learning theory for deep neural networks based on convex lifting. The position is for four years of doctoral studies which include both participation in research and postgraduate courses. Last day to apply is January 27, 2020. For more details and to apply, please visit: https://www.umu.se/en/work-with-us/open-positions/wasp-ai-program-phd-position-in- mathematical-statistics_308516/ WASP is Sweden's biggest research initiative. For more information on WASP graduate school, please visit: https://wasp-sweden.org/graduate- school/ ------------------------------------------------------- From: Alex Beaumont [log in to unmask] Date: December 23, 2019 Subject: Contents, Information and Inference, 8 (4) Information and Inference: A Journal of the IMA Special Issue: Optimal transport in data sciences Links to all articles in the issue are available online at: https://academic.oup.com/imaiai/issue/8/4 Editorial: Information and Inference special issue on optimal transport in data sciences, Gabriel Peyre, Marco Cuturi On parameter estimation with the Wasserstein distance, Espen Bernton, Pierre E Jacob, Mathieu Gerber, Christian P Robert Estimating matching affinity matrices under low-rank constraints, Arnaud Dupuy, Alfred Galichon, Yifei Sun Uncoupled isotonic regression via minimum Wasserstein deconvolution, Philippe Rigollet, Jonathan Weed Data-driven regularization of Wasserstein barycenters with an application to multivariate density registration, Jeremie Bigot, Elsa Cazelles, Nicolas Papadakis The Gromov-Wasserstein distance between networks and stable network invariants, Samir Chowdhury, Facundo Memoli Adaptive optimal transport, Montacer Essid, Debra F Laefer, Esteban G Tabak A central limit theorem for Lp transportation cost on the real line with application to fairness assessment in machine learning, Eustasio del Barrio, Paula Gordaliza, Jean-Michel Loubes ------------------------------------------------------- End of Digest **************************