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e-BriefsBernoulli Society Bulletin e-Briefs issue 31 - February 2018 Contents: - GENERAL NEWS - EVENTS IN 2018 - EVENTS IN 2019 - JOB OFFERS - RECENT ISSUES OF OFFICIAL AND SPONSORED PUBLICATIONS For information to be considered in the next issue, please contact Corina Constantinescu This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. See http://goo.gl/G9AOgl for the deadlines.
GENERAL NEWS ***CONGRATULATIONS and THANKS Professor Zhen-Qing Chen (https://goo.gl/GXheTD) is the new chair of CCSP (Committee for Conferences on Stochastic Processes). He has started his term on January 1, 2018 and will end it on December 31, 2019. Many thanks to Professor Kavita Ramanan (https://goo.gl/k5TGFG), who served as chair of CCSP until the end of 2017.
***Bernoulli Society New Researcher Award The Bernoulli Society welcomes submissions to the New Researcher Award. Each awardee will deliver a 30-minute talk during the ISI World Congress in Malasya 2019, and will receive a funding up to 1000€ to offset travel and other expenses. Bernoulli News will publish their pictures and a paragraph about their work. Candidates should submit a 3-page synopsis of their presentation, along with their CV, to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by February 28, 2018. Eligible candidates are active researchers in Mathematical Statistics who, at the time of submission, are regular members of the Bernoulli Society and are within 5 years of receiving the PhD. Female candidates get 1 extra year for each child born since receiving the PhD.
EVENTS IN 2018 Events sponsored and co-sponsored by Bernoulli Society ***The Frontier Probability Days 2018 March 29-31, 2018 Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
***CIMAT workshop on "Random Trees: Structure, Self-similarity, and Dynamics" April 23-27, 2018 CIMAT, Guanajuato, Mexico ***Transport and localization in random media: theory and applications May 1-3, 2018 Columbia University, New York, USA
***Lancaster Probability Days 2018 May 22-24, 2018 University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK
***The ISNPS (International Society of Non-Parametric Statistics) conferences take place biennially. June 11-15, 2018 Salerno, Southern Italy
Other events ***The 9th International Workshop on Applied Probability June 18-21, 2018 Budapest,Hungary
***ISBA 2018-the World Meeting of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis June 24-29, 2018, in Edinburgh Deadline for abstract submission: 1 March, 2018
***NORDSTAT 2018 (Conference on Mathematical Statistics of Nordic and Baltic countries ) June 26-29, 2018 Tartu, Estonia
***XVIII-th International Summer Conference on Probability and Statistics (ISCPS) June 25-30, 2018 Pomorie, Bulgaria
***Bocconi Summer School in Advanced Statistics and Probability: Graphical Models July 9-20, 2018 Villa del Grumello, Italy Applications deadline: March 15, 2018
***The 11th European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (ECMTB 2018) July 23-27, 2018 Lisbon, Portugal Deadline for abstract submission: 20 February 2018 The ECMTB 2018 Organizing Committee is setting up a Mentorship Program to facilitate research and career interactions between junior and senior scientists attending the meeting. Participants of ECMTB 2018 can sign up to be part of the mentorship program, either as a mentee, a mentor, or both. If you wish to participate in the Mentorship Program at ECMTB 2018, register for it before May 10th, 2018.
EVENTS IN 2019 ***European Meeting of Statisticians (EMS) 2019 July 22-26 July 2019 Palermo, Italy
Confirmed plenary speakers: Opening lecture: Judith Rousseau (Oxford University, UK) BS-EMS special invited lecture: Aad van der Vaart (University of Leiden, NL) Forum lectures: Victor Panaretos (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, CH) Special invited lecture: Genevera Allen (Rice University, USA) Special invited lecture: Gilles Blanchard (University of Potsdam, DE) Closing lecture: John Lafferty (Yale University, USA)
The European Meeting of Statisticians (EMS) , sponsored by the European Regional Committee of the Bernoulli Society, is the main conference in statistics and probability in Europe. EMS is a conference where statisticians of all ages and from all regions meet to exchange ideas and talk about the newest developments on the broad field of statistics and probability theory. The conference is organized every other year. Website coming soon.
***62st ISI World Statistics Congress 2019 August 18-23, 2019 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Bernoulli Society (BS) invites the submission of proposals for BS-sponsored Invited Paper Sessions (IPS) at the 2019 ISI World Statistics Congress, to be held from 18 to 23 August 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Proposals can be submitted as of 1 January 2018 using the electronic submission system on the WSC website. If you wish that your proposed session is considered as a BS-sponsored session, please indicate this by choosing the Bernoulli Society as the primary related ISI Association in the relevant field. If you wish to list more than one Association, please note that your proposal will first be reviewed by the primary Association, under the guidance of its representative on the SPC. Deadline for IPS proposals: 31 March 2018. Each proposal should include: (1) a paragraph describing and justifying the proposed session; (2) a list of speakers and discussants that have agreed to participate; (3) an organizer, as well as a potential replacement in case that organizer declines. The selection criteria will take into account scientific quality, impact, and diversity. For Bernoulli Society sessions specifically, an effort will be made to strike a proper balance between statistics and probability in light of the typical composition of the body of WSC attendees.
***XV Latin American Congress of Probability and Mathematical Statistics (CLAPEM 2019) December 2 - 6 December, 2019 Hotel Castellano, Merida-Yucatán, México
JOB OFFERS ****There are currently 10 positions open at (or in close collaboration with) the Chebychev laboratory at St Petersburg State University. Information on the postdoc positions (2+1 years) can be found here: https://goo.gl/ovudNs Information on the assistant/associate/full professorship positions (5+5 years) can be found here: https://goo.gl/crV2wZ or here (in Russian): https://goo.gl/DeFv6v Application deadline is February 28, 2018.
****The Department of Statistics at the University of Warwick invites applications for a 3-year EPSRC-funded Research Associate post, to work with Professor Wilfrid Kendall on recent advances in the applications of Dirichlet form theory to Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC). Candidates with a background either in probability/stochastic analysis, or in the development of statistical methodology relating to MCMC, and interested in working on novel interactions of these two sub-disciplines, are encouraged to apply. The post is funded for 36 months, starting 1 July, 2018 (or by agreement). Informal enquiries may be made to Prof Wilfrid Kendall (email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) Detailed job advertisement and a link for online application: https://goo.gl/Eq1qNK Application deadline: 4 March 2018.
RECENT ISSUES OF OFFICIAL AND SPONSORED PUBLICATIONS * Recent issues of official publications of the Bernoulli Society Stochastic Processes and their Applications http://goo.gl/JCahtH, Bernoulli http://goo.gl/yJywLg * Co-sponsored publications Have a look at http://goo.gl/7EP2cZ for the latest articles in Electronic Communications in Probability, Electronic Journal of Probability, Electronic Journal of Statistics, Probability Surveys, Statistics Surveys, and ALEA. * Bernoulli News Latest issue at http://goo.gl/nRDPYo Bernoulli Society Bulletin e-Briefs issue 30 July 2017
Bernoulli Society Bulletin e-Briefs issue 28 February 2017 Contents: For information to be considered in the next issue, please contact Corina Constantinescu This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. See http://goo.gl/G9AOgl for the deadlines. GENERAL NEWS * New e-Briefs editor It was a pleasure to serve as the e-Briefs editor in the past two years. I would like to thank Wilfrid Kendall, Sara van de Geer, Susan Murphy, Thomas Mikosch and Byeong Park for all the help and support. Let me welcome Corina Constantinescu who has co-edited this issue with me and who will take over from issue 29. Leonardo T. Rolla * New Chair of the European Regional Committee We are happy to welcome Niels Richard Hansen as the chair of Bernoulli Society's European Regional Committee, for a two-year term started on January 1st. EVENTS - Events sponsored and co-sponsored by Bernoulli Society * 39th Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Moscow, July 24-28 The Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications is organized under the auspices of the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability, co-sponsored by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and in partnership with the Clay Mathematics Institute. Plenary speakers: Vladimir Bogachev (Doob Lecture), Charles Bordenave, Sandra Cerrai, Dima Chelkak, Nicolas Curien, Massimiliano Gubinelli, Richard Kenyon (Schramm Lecture), Takashi Kumagai (IMS Medallion Lecture), Noemi Kurt (Itô prize Lecture), Mikhail Lifshits, Grigorii Olshanski (Lévy Lecture), Marta Sanz-Sole (IMS Medallion Lecture), Zhan Shi, Allan Sly (Döblin Prize Lecture), Xicheng Zhang Registration to open soon. https://goo.gl/Arvsvj * European Meeting of Statisticians, Helsinki, Finland, July 24-28 The European Meeting of Statisticians (EMS) , sponsored by the European Regional Committee of the Bernoulli Society, is the main conference in statistics and probability in Europe. EMS is a conference where statisticians of all ages and from all regions meet to exchange ideas and talk about the newest developments on the broad field of statistics and probability theory. Opening: Martin Wainwright. Plenary speakers: John Aston, Gerda Claeskens, Alison Etheridge, Alexander Holevo, Hannu Oja. Forum: Mark Girolami. Closing: Yann LeCun. Deadline for contributed talk and poster proposal: February 15. https://goo.gl/TH4c2K * 20th European Young Statisticians Meeting, Uppsala, Sweden, August 14-18 The EYSM is arranged every two years under the auspices of the Bernoulli Society. The idea of the meeting is to provide young researchers an introduction to the international scene within the broad subject area - from pure probability theory to applied statistics. Participation is by invitation only. https://goo.gl/Gmj0Nh * XXXIV International Seminar on Stability Problems for Stochastic Models, Debrecen, Hungary, August 25-29 The XXXIV International Seminar on Stability Problems for Stochastic Models is organized under the auspices of Faculty of Informatics, University of Debrecen, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and Institute of Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Main sessions: Limit Theorems and Stability Problems; Stochastic Processes; Statistics of Time Series and Stochastic Processes; Finance, Insurance, Risk; Spatial Statistics; Applied Statistics and Data Analysis; Stochastic Dynamics; Random Graphs; Queuing Theory and Modeling Information Systems; Probability Distributions; Discrete Probability Models; Nonparametric Statistics; Statistical Learning. https://goo.gl/t3bE3m * High Dimensional Statistics, theory and practice, Fréjus, France, October 01-06 This course presents an introduction and recent advances in high dimensional statistics, with a special emphasis on main concepts of variable selection, nonparametric estimation, supervised and unsupervised classification and multiple testing. It will address theoretical, methodological and practical aspects of this field. https://goo.gl/oedmsf - Other events * Seminar on Stochastic Processes 2017, Charlottesville, Virginia, March 08-11 The SSP is a series of annual conferences devoted to stochastic analysis, Markov processes and other topics in probability theory of current interest. Invited speakers: David Nualart (Kai Lai Chung Lecturer), Paul Dupuis, Massimiliano Gubinelli, Jason Schweinsberg, Nike Sun. Tutorial lectures: Elchanan Mossel. https://goo.gl/1K3JBX * Dynamics, Aging and Universality in Complex Systems, New York, June 19-23 This conference will bring together probabilists studying the evolution of complex random systems such as spin glasses, random matrices, growth process, and stochastic PDEs. It will also include a celebration of the 60th birthday of Gerard Ben Arous. https://goo.gl/GMELVo * PCMI Summer Session, Park City, USA, June 25 - July 15 This Summer Session will be on Random Matrix Theory. The program includes a graduate summer school, a research program, an undergraduate summer school , an undergraduate faculty program, a teacher leadership program, and a workshop on increasing minority participation in undergraduate mathematics. Courses given by Percy Deift, Ioana Dumitriu, Laszlo Erdos, Yan Fyodorov, Jeremy Quastel, Mark Rudelson, Sylvia Serfaty, Dimitri Shlyakhtenko, Terance Tao, and Balint Virag. Undergraduate courses given by Antonio Auffinger, and Mihai Stoiciu. https://goo.gl/D2Oj5D * International Conference on Robust Statistics, Wollongong, Australia, July 03-07 The aim of ICORS is to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in robust statistics, data analysis and related areas. This includes theoretical and applied statisticians as well as data analysts from other fields, and leading experts as well as junior researchers and graduate students. Deadline for abstract submission: February 27. https://goo.gl/m2RY4p * INFORMS Applied Probability Society Conference 2017, Evaston, USA, July 10-12 The Applied Probability Society is a subdivision of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. The Society is concerned with the application of probability theory to systems that involve random phenomena, for example, manufacturing, communication network, computer network, service, and financial systems. The conference will take place at the Kellogg School of Management's new Global Hub at Northwestern University in Evanston. Deadline for abstract submission: March 20. https://goo.gl/zb82tV * Spectral Properties of Large Random Objects, Bures-sur-Yvette, France, July 17-28 This summer school will be held at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, and is open to everybody but intended primarily for young participants, including PhD students and postdoctoral fellows. Minicourses: Charles Bordenave, Paul Bourgade, Frédéric Klopp, Eyal Lubetzky, Yuval Peres, Christophe Sabot, Balint Virag, Simone Warzel. Deadline for applying: March 15. https://goo.gl/HnqKtU * Dyson-Schwinger Equations, Topological Expansions, and Random Matrices, New York, August 28 - September 01 This one-week school will feature 10 lectures by Alice Guionnet, with supplementary lectures by Charles Bordenave, Gaetan Borot, Paul Bourgade, Vadim Gorin and Sylvia Serfaty. Deadline for applying: March 01. https://goo.gl/dt2hvs JOB OFFERS Job offers can range from graduate scholarships to full Professor positions, in Probability, Mathematical Statistics, and related areas. Those who are aware of open calls may send a contribution directly to the e-Briefs Editor, including an URL where the complete information is available. * Lecturer, School of Mathematics, The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh will make a substantial number of appointments in the Mathematical Sciences as part of an ambitious plan for the School of Mathematics. As part of this development, we wish to appoint two Lecturers in Statistics and Data Science to start on 1 August 2017 or by agreement. We are seeking candidates with a track record of high quality research. The successful applicants will contribute to the establishment of the University of Edinburgh as an international centre for Statistics and Data Science, and will deliver high quality undergraduate and postgraduate level teaching. They will interact with colleagues in the Maxwell Institute, a longstanding partnership in the Mathematical Sciences between the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University, in the University, and have an active role within The Alan Turing Institute. Deadline: February 07. https://goo.gl/JSx5kV * Lecturer, The University of Liverpool The Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Liverpool has two open positions of Lecturer. You will play a part in the development of the institute through extending existing research networks within the University, supporting the University of Liverpool initiative in London, building new networks nationally and internationally and contributing to the development of the institutes' role within the region. We encourage applications from mathematicians working in any field of Actuarial and Financial Mathematics or related fields. Deadline: February 27. https://goo.gl/Z3xHfohttps://goo.gl/zkhhzX * Tenure-track position in Statistics, CIMAT, Guanajuato, Mexico The Department of Probability and Statistics at CIMAT is welcoming applications towards a tenure-track position in the area of Statistics, broadly understood, beginning between July, 2017 to July, 2018. Preference will be given to candidates with excellent accomplishments in research in these areas or with outstanding potential, with no more than 15 years from graduation. Deadline: April 15. https://goo.gl/jwaUwZ RECENT ISSUES OF OFFICIAL AND SPONSORED PUBLICATIONS * Recent issues of official publications of the Bernoulli Society Stochastic Processes and their Applications http://goo.gl/JCahtH, Bernoulli http://goo.gl/yJywLg * Co-sponsored publications Have a look at http://goo.gl/7EP2cZ for the latest articles in Electronic Communications in Probability, Electronic Journal of Probability, Electronic Journal of Statistics, Probability Surveys, Statistics Surveys, and ALEA. * Bernoulli News Latest issue at http://goo.gl/nRDPYo
Bernoulli Society Bulletin e-Briefs issue 29 April 2017 Contents: For information to be considered in the next issue, please contact Corina Constantinescu This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. See http://goo.gl/G9AOgl for the deadlines. GENERAL NEWS * Many thanks to Leo! Many thanks to Leonardo T. Rolla for serving as e-Briefs editor in the past two years and co-editing this issue. * Vacancies on the European Regional Committee of the Bernoulli Society Eight nominations have been received to fill the eight vacancies on the European Regional Committee (ERC) of the Bernoulli Society. According to the ERC statutes, any group of at least five European members of the Bernoulli Society is entitled to nominate further candidates who have declared themselves willing to serve on the Committee. Additional nominations should be sent by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. If no further nominations are received by Friday 2 June, then the eight candidates nominated already will be declared elected. EVENTS - Events sponsored and co-sponsored by Bernoulli Society * 39th Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Moscow, July 24-28 The Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications is organized under the auspices of the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability, co-sponsored by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and in partnership with the Clay Mathematics Institute. Plenary speakers: Vladimir Bogachev (Doob Lecture), Charles Bordenave, Sandra Cerrai, Dima Chelkak, Nicolas Curien, Massimiliano Gubinelli, Richard Kenyon (Schramm Lecture), Takashi Kumagai (IMS Medallion Lecture), Noemi Kurt (Itô prize Lecture), Mikhail Lifshits, Grigorii Olshanski (Lévy Lecture), Marta Sanz-Sole (IMS Medallion Lecture), Zhan Shi, Allan Sly (Döblin Prize Lecture), Xicheng Zhang Deadline for abstracts: May 1. https://goo.gl/Arvsvj * European Meeting of Statisticians, Helsinki, Finland, July 24-28 The European Meeting of Statisticians (EMS) , sponsored by the European Regional Committee of the Bernoulli Society, is the main conference in statistics and probability in Europe. EMS is a conference where statisticians of all ages and from all regions meet to exchange ideas and talk about the newest developments on the broad field of statistics and probability theory. Opening: Martin Wainwright. Plenary speakers: John Aston, Gerda Claeskens, Alison Etheridge, Alexander Holevo, Hannu Oja. Forum: Mark Girolami. Closing: Yann LeCun. https://goo.gl/TH4c2K * 20th European Young Statisticians Meeting, Uppsala, Sweden, August 14-18 The EYSM is arranged every two years under the auspices of the Bernoulli Society. The idea of the meeting is to provide young researchers an introduction to the international scene within the broad subject area - from pure probability theory to applied statistics. Participation is by invitation only. https://goo.gl/Gmj0Nh * XXXIV International Seminar on Stability Problems for Stochastic Models, Debrecen, Hungary, August 25-29 The XXXIV International Seminar on Stability Problems for Stochastic Models is organized under the auspices of Faculty of Informatics, University of Debrecen, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and Institute of Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Main sessions: Limit Theorems and Stability Problems; Stochastic Processes; Statistics of Time Series and Stochastic Processes; Finance, Insurance, Risk; Spatial Statistics; Applied Statistics and Data Analysis; Stochastic Dynamics; Random Graphs; Queuing Theory and Modeling Information Systems; Probability Distributions; Discrete Probability Models; Nonparametric Statistics; Statistical Learning. https://goo.gl/t3bE3m * High Dimensional Statistics, theory and practice, Fréjus, France, October 01-06 This course presents an introduction and recent advances in high dimensional statistics, with a special emphasis on main concepts of variable selection, nonparametric estimation, supervised and unsupervised classification and multiple testing. It will address theoretical, methodological and practical aspects of this field. https://goo.gl/oedmsf * Statistics meets friends, Gottingen, Germany, November 29- December 01 This meeting, held on the occasion of Axel Munk's 50th birthday, aims at bridging the gap between Mathematical Statistics, Inverse Problems and Biophysics, highlighting recent developments at their interfaces. There will be the possibility to present a poster. Keynote speakers: Rabindra N. Bhattacharya, Lawrence D. Brown, Peter Bühlmann, Tony Cai, Emmanuel Candès, Manfred Denker, Holger Dette, Lutz Dümbgen, Alexander Egner, Klaus Frick, Markus Grasmair, Helmut Grubmüller, Markus Haltmeier, Marc Hoffmann, Chris Holmes, Hajo Holzmann, Thomas Hotz, Zakhar Kabluchko, Bernard A. Mair, Enno Mammen, Richard Nickl, Victor M. Panaretos, Richard Samworth, David O. Siegmund, Alexandre Tsybakov, Sara van de Geer, Aad van der Vaart, Harrison Huibin Zhou. Registration is open until July 1, 2017. - Other events * Dynamics, Aging and Universality in Complex Systems, New York, June 19-23 This conference will bring together probabilists studying the evolution of complex random systems such as spin glasses, random matrices, growth process, and stochastic PDEs. It will also include a celebration of the 60th birthday of Gerard Ben Arous. https://goo.gl/GMELVo * PCMI Summer Session, Park City, USA, June 25 - July 15 This Summer Session will be on Random Matrix Theory. The program includes a graduate summer school, a research program, an undergraduate summer school , an undergraduate faculty program, a teacher leadership program, and a workshop on increasing minority participation in undergraduate mathematics. Courses given by Percy Deift, Ioana Dumitriu, Laszlo Erdos, Yan Fyodorov, Jeremy Quastel, Mark Rudelson, Sylvia Serfaty, Dimitri Shlyakhtenko, Terance Tao, and Balint Virag. Undergraduate courses given by Antonio Auffinger, and Mihai Stoiciu. https://goo.gl/D2Oj5D * International Conference on Robust Statistics, Wollongong, Australia, July 03-07 The aim of ICORS is to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in robust statistics, data analysis and related areas. This includes theoretical and applied statisticians as well as data analysts from other fields, and leading experts as well as junior researchers and graduate students. https://goo.gl/m2RY4p * INFORMS Applied Probability Society Conference 2017, Evaston, USA, July 10-12 The Applied Probability Society is a subdivision of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. The Society is concerned with the application of probability theory to systems that involve random phenomena, for example, manufacturing, communication network, computer network, service, and financial systems. The conference will take place at the Kellogg School of Management's new Global Hub at Northwestern University in Evanston. https://goo.gl/zb82tV * Spectral Properties of Large Random Objects, Bures-sur-Yvette, France, July 17-28 This summer school will be held at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, and is open to everybody but intended primarily for young participants, including PhD students and postdoctoral fellows. Minicourses: Charles Bordenave, Paul Bourgade, Frédéric Klopp, Eyal Lubetzky, Yuval Peres, Christophe Sabot, Balint Virag, Simone Warzel. https://goo.gl/HnqKtU * Dyson-Schwinger Equations, Topological Expansions, and Random Matrices, New York, August 28 - September 01 This one-week school will feature ten lectures by Alice Guionnet, with supplementary lectures by Charles Bordenave, Gaetan Borot, Paul Bourgade, Vadim Gorin and Sylvia Serfaty. JOB OFFERS Job offers can range from graduate scholarships to full Professor positions, in Probability, Mathematical Statistics, and related areas. Those who are aware of open calls may send a contribution directly to the e-Briefs Editor, including an URL where the complete information is available. * Tenure-track position in Statistics, CIMAT, Guanajuato, Mexico The Department of Probability and Statistics at CIMAT is welcoming applications towards a tenure-track position in the area of Statistics, broadly understood, beginning between July, 2017 to July, 2018. Preference will be given to candidates with excellent accomplishments in research in these areas or with outstanding potential, with no more than 15 years from graduation. Deadline: April 15. https://goo.gl/jwaUwZ * University Teacher in Statistics, University of Edinburgh, UK The School of Mathematics of the University of Edinburgh is seeking to appoint an University Teacher in Statistics. This is a fixed-term position, focusing manly on teaching across a range of statistics courses, but with opportunities to take part in research activities. The post is fixed term until 31 of August 2018. Deadline: April 26. https://goo.gl/kijqae * Postdoctoral positions in Percolation, Particle Systems, and Stochastic Networks, Buenos-Aires, Argentina The Buenos-Aires Probability Group is welcoming applications for two year postdoctoral positions in Percolation, Particle Systems, and Stochastic Networks, beginning in April 2018. Information on the group activities and projects can be found at http://goo.gl/ayKDkz. Deadline for applications to be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.: June 15. RECENT ISSUES OF OFFICIAL AND SPONSORED PUBLICATIONS * Recent issues of official publications of the Bernoulli Society Stochastic Processes and their Applications http://goo.gl/JCahtH, Bernoulli http://goo.gl/yJywLg * Co-sponsored publications Have a look at http://goo.gl/7EP2cZ for the latest articles in Electronic Communications in Probability, Electronic Journal of Probability, Electronic Journal of Statistics, Probability Surveys, Statistics Surveys, and ALEA. * Bernoulli News Latest issue at http://goo.gl/nRDPYo Bernoulli Society Bulletin e-Briefs issue 27 November 2016 Contents: For information to be considered in the next issue, please contact Leonardo T. Rolla This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. See http://goo.gl/G9AOgl for the deadlines. GENERAL NEWS * Call for Nominations for the Newbold Prize The Newbold Prize Committee invites nominations for the Ethel Newbold Prize. The Ethel Newbold Prize for excellence in statistics is awarded every 2 years, next time in spring 2017. The name of the prize recognizes a historically important role of women in statistics. The prize itself is for excellence in statistics without reference to the gender of the recipient. The Ethel Newbold Prize is generously supported by Wiley. The Ethel Newbold Prize is to be awarded to an outstanding statistical scientist for a body of work that represents excellence in research in mathematical statistics and/or excellence in research that links developments in a substantive field to new advances in statistics. The prize will be awarded at a following Bernoulli World Congress, Bernoulli-sponsored major conference, or ISI World Statistics Congress. The awardee will also be invited to present a talk at one of these conferences. Deadline for nominations: November 30. https://goo.gl/1D655D EVENTS - Events sponsored and co-sponsored by Bernoulli Society * XIV Latin American Congress of Probability and Mathematical Statistics, San José, Costa Rica, December 05-09 The Latin American Congress of Probability and Mathematical Statistics is the main event in probability and statistics in the region, having been held roughly every two or three years for almost 30 years. It is organized under the auspices of the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability and the Latin-American Society on Probability and Mathematical Statistics. The series of CLAPEMs has greatly contributed to the development of probability and statistics in Latin America by promoting regional cooperation, increasing the scholarly level of the research work in the region, facilitating the collaboration between Latin American researchers and colleagues from the rest of the world. Invited speakers: Graciela Boente, Alexei Borodin, Pietro Caputo, Rick Durrett, Onésimo Hernández, Jean-Michel Loubes, Eric Moulines, Susan Murphy, David Nualart, Gavin Shaddick, Barry Simon. http://goo.gl/5tI90L * Perspectives on Actuarial Risks in Talks of Young Researchers, Ascona, Switzerland, January 08-13 This international Winter School is targeted to young researchers working on current actuarial science topics. It focuses on two main areas of research of today’s insurance risk: Ageing & Risk Management. Keynote speakers: Aspasia Angelakopoulou, Madhavi Bajekal, Barbara D’Ambrogi-Ola, Alfredo D. Egídio dos Reis, Nicole El Karoui, Paul Embrechts, Manuel Morales, Daria Ossipova, Andrew D. Smith. http://goo.gl/Vz23bS * European Meeting of Statisticians, Helsinki, July 24-28 The European Meeting of Statisticians (EMS) , sponsored by the European Regional Committee of the Bernoulli Society, is the main conference in statistics and probability in Europe. EMS is a conference where statisticians of all ages and from all regions meet to exchange ideas and talk about the newest developments on the broad field of statistics and probability theory. Opening: Martin Wainwright. Plenary speakers: John Aston, Gerda Claeskens, Alison Etheridge, Alexander Holevo, Hannu Oja. Forum: Mark Girolami. Closing: Yann LeCun. Deadline for contributed paper session proposal: December 31. https://goo.gl/TH4c2K * 20th European Young Statisticians Meeting, Uppsala, Sweden, August 14-18 The EYSM is arranged every two years under the auspices of the Bernoulli Society. The idea of the meeting is to provide young researchers an introduction to the international scene within the broad subject area - from pure probability theory to applied statistics. Participation is by invitation only. https://goo.gl/Gmj0Nh * XXXIV International Seminar on Stability Problems for Stochastic Models, Debrecen, Hungary, August 25-29 The XXXIV International Seminar on Stability Problems for Stochastic Models is organized under the auspices of Faculty of Informatics, University of Debrecen, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and Institute of Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Main sessions: Limit Theorems and Stability Problems; Stochastic Processes; Statistics of Time Series and Stochastic Processes; Finance, Insurance, Risk; Spatial Statistics; Applied Statistics and Data Analysis; Stochastic Dynamics; Random Graphs; Queuing Theory and Modeling Information Systems; Probability Distributions; Discrete Probability Models; Nonparametric Statistics; Statistical Learning. https://goo.gl/t3bE3m - Other events * School on Information and Randomness 2016, Santiago de Chile, December 05-09 This School will cover topics in random processes, ergodic theory, heat kernel and potential theory, Lévy processes, coalescent and fragmentation theory, stochastic differential equations, percolation theory, finance, probabilistic algorithms and particle systems, seeing the latest developments in these areas. Invited Courses: Anthony Quas, Michael Damron. Invited Talks: Pierre Picco, Pablo Ferrari, Antonio Galves, Pierre Collet, Sebastián Donoso, Michael Schraudner, Pablo Shmerkin, Karl Petersen. http://goo.gl/UqzAUm * High Dimensional Statistics, theory and practice, Fréjus, France, October 01-06 This course presents an introduction and recent advances in high dimensional statistics, with a special emphasis on main concepts of variable selection, nonparametric estimation, supervised and unsupervised classification and multiple testing. It will address theoretical, methodological and practical aspects of this field. https://goo.gl/oedmsf JOB OFFERS Job offers can range from graduate scholarships to full Professor positions, in Probability, Mathematical Statistics, and related areas. Those who are aware of public calls for applications may send a contribution directly to the e-Briefs Editor. * Professor, University of Hong Kong Applications are invited for a tenure-track appointment as Professor in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, to commence on September 1, 2017 or as soon as possible thereafter, on a three-year fixed-term basis, with the possibility of renewal and with consideration for tenure before the expiry of the second three-year fixed-term contract. Direct tenure may be offered to outstanding candidates. Applicants should possess a Ph.D. degree in Statistics or related disciplines with expertise in high-dimensional time series modelling and forecasting, nonlinear time series, financial econometrics and nonparametric regression. The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science positively welcomes applications from women, who are currently under-represented at these levels. 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