Bernoulli Society has launched its own Twitter account, @BernoulliSoc. We invite all BS members to follow us!
***Bernoulli Journal Editors
Markus Reiss and Mark Podolskij will be the new co-editors of the Bernoulli Journal starting January 2019.
***COPSS Awards
Among the prestigious awards by the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS), Richard Samworth (Council Member) has received the Presidents' Award, Bin Yu received the Elizabeth L. Scott Award, and our president Susan A. Murphy has received the R. A. Fisher Award. Congratulations!
*** Bernoulli Society New Researcher Award 2020
The Bernoulli Society welcomes applications to the New Researcher Award 2020. This time the award will be in Probability Theory. Each awardee shall deliver a talk at a special invited session during the World Congress in Probability and Statistics 2020, and will receive a funding up to 1000€ to offset travel and other expenses. The deadline is March 15, 2019 and candidates should apply through the web form https://goo.gl/forms/v8zDJaFUKj5IGEG73.
*** Call for Nominations for the Newbold Prize
The Ethel Newbold Prize for excellence in statistics is awarded every 2 years, next time in spring 2019. Nominations as well as any inquiries about the award should be sent to Oddbjorg Wethelund, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The deadline for accepting nominations is November 30, 2018. The Ethel Newbold Prize is generously supported by Wiley. Further information about the Ethel Newbold Prize (and other prizes of the Bernoulli Society) may be found at http://www.bernoulli-society.org/index.php/prizes
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Events sponsored and co-sponsored by Bernoulli Society
***41st Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications
SPA Conferences are organized under patronage of the Bernoulli Society and can justifiably be regarded as the most important international scientific meeting on the theory and applications of stochastic processes. They are held annually except for the years when the World Congress in Probability and Statistics takes place.
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.
The European Young Statisticians Meetings are held every two years under the auspices of the European Regional Committee of the Bernoulli Society. The idea of the meeting is to provide young researchers (less than thirty years of age or two to eight years of research experience) an introduction to the international scene within the broad subject area - from pure probability theory to applied statistics. Every participant is expected to submit an abstract and a short paper for conference proceedings and to give a twenty minutes talk introducing his/her research field to a wide audience.
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.
***XV Latin American Congress of Probability and Mathematical Statistics (CLAPEM 2019)
The Congreso Latinoamericano de Probabilidad y Estadística Matemática (CLAPEM) is the official meeting of the Sociedad Latino Americana de Probabilidad y Estadística Matemática (SLAPEM), the Latin American Chapter of the Bernoulli Society. It is the major event in Probability and Statistics in the region and it gathers an important number of researchers and students, predominantly from Latin America.
Other Events
***Universality in Random Structures: Interfaces, Matrices, Sandpiles 2019
The primary focus of this program will be on the theme of universality in three different classes of discrete random structures. This program aims to bring together leading researchers in these areas from all over the world for a discussion on recent progress and remaining challenges. The plan is to have a mini-course each week, aimed at the graduate students and young researchers, together with a number of talks and open problem sessions, and enough free slots for discussions and collaboration between the participants.
***Singapore-Abu Dhabi-Shanghai-India Probability Meeting (SASI)
May 27 - 29, 2019
Institute for Mathematical Sciences, National University of Singapore
The aim of the meeting is to bring together probability researchers from the Asia region, in particular from Singapore, NYU-Abu Dhabi, NYU-Shanghai, and India, to foster research collaborations and discussions amongst all of us on a regular basis. The first meeting was held in May 2017 at the Indian Statistical Institute in Bangalore, India (http://www.isibang.ac.in/~athreya/pmtnl/).
***29th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL)
The Committee on Probability and Statistics in the Physical Sciences (CPSPS) of the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability is supporting the 29th European Safety and Reliability Conference as a collaborative partner. ESREL is organized by the Institute for Risk and Reliability, Leibniz Universität Hannover under the auspices of the European Safety and Reliability Association (ESRA). The objective of ESREL 2019 is to provide an all-round inspiring environment and a multi-disciplinary forum for the exchange of knowledge and expertise on theories and methods in the field of risk, safety and reliability, and on their application to a wide range of industrial, civil and social sectors and problem areas. Papers presented will be published in open access conference proceedings by Research Publishing Services, Singapore. The deadline for abstract submission is November 20.
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Job Offers
*Assistant Professorships at EPFL. The School of Basic Sciences at EPFL invites applications for two Tenure Track Assistant Professorships in Mathematics. Candidates in all fields will be considered. The Institute is encouraging applicants with expertise in the areas of dynamical systems, algebraic structures, as well as discrete mathematics. Looking for candidates with an outstanding research record and the capacity to direct high quality research. A strong commitment to excellence in teaching at all levels expected. While appointments are foreseen at the tenure-track assistant professor level, in truly exceptional cases more senior appointments might be considered. The evaluation process will start on November 15, 2018. See https://professeurs.epfl.ch/page-158249-fr.html.
* Assistant / Associate / Full Professor at UC Berkeley. The Department of Statistics at the University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for an Assistant, Associate or Full Professor position, in all areas of theoretical and applied probability or statistics with an expected start date of July 1, 2019. Professorships and Associate Professorships carry tenure, and Assistant Professor positions are regarded as tenure-track. With a broad view of Statistical Science, strong candidates working in theoretical or applied probability and strong candidates in applied statistics who work at the interface between statistics and the computational, biological, physical and social sciences will be considered. School of Mathematics and Statistics is seeking to expand its expertise in contemporary statistics within the Statistics research group. The closing dates are November 23, 2018 and December 28, 2018. See https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF01885 and https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF01886.
* Postdoctoral position at IHES. The Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES) offers a 2-year postdoctoral position in Probability and Mathematical Physics beginning September 2019 and funded by the ERC grant of Professor Hugo Duminil-Copin. All candidates with background in Probability or Mathematical Physics, and interested in working on the mathematical and physical aspects of Statistical Physics and Probability Theory, are encouraged to apply. The application deadline is November 25, 2018. See https://www.ihes.fr/candidatures/post-doc/erc-criblam/.
* Assistant Professors at Tilburg University. The Department of Econometrics and OR at Tilburg University is looking for two tenure track Assistant Professors in Econometric Theory. Looking for candidates whose main research focus is on developing novel econometric and statistical methods that are relevant for applied work in economics and related fields. Applications in all fields of econometric and statistical theory are welcome. The application deadline is December 3, 2018. See https://www.econjobmarket.org/positions/5345.
* Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University. On sequential decision making in mobile health, including experimental design and reinforcement learning algorithms. This position is in Professor Susan Murphy's lab. The successful applicant will be expected to develop an innovative research program in sequential decision making. See https://statistics.fas.harvard.edu/open-positions.
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Recent Issues of Official and Sponsored Publications
* Recent issues of official publications of the Bernoulli Society
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.
New publicity team: we welcome three new members in the publicity team of the Bernoulli Society. Soutir Bandyopadhyay (Colorado School of Mines) is succeeding Erik Baurdoux (London School of Economics) as Web Editor, and Carlos Améndola (TU Munich) is succeeding Corina Constantinescu (University of Liverpool) as E-Briefs Editor. Victor Panaretos (EPFL) is also starting in the new role of Publicity Chair, coordinating efforts between the different Bernoulli Society outlets. Many thanks to Erik and Corina for their contributions!
***Bernoulli Society on Twitter
Bernoulli Society has launched its own Twitter account, @BernoulliSoc. We invite all BS members to follow us!
***ERC Chair
Marloes Maathius (ETH Zurich) will be the next ERC chair, starting January 1, 2019.
***C(PS)ˆ2 Chair
Michael Beer (Leibniz University, Hannover) will be the new BS chair of C(PS)ˆ2, starting January 1, 2019.
***2018 Doeblin Prize
Jason Miller is the recipient of the 2018 Doeblin Prize. The prize is sponsored by Springer and is awarded to a single individual for outstanding research in the field of probability, and who is at the beginning of his or her mathematical career. Dr. Miller will contribute an invited Wolfgang Doeblin Prize Article in PTRF and will present the Doeblin Prize Lecture at SPA 2019. Congratulations!
*** Bernoulli Society New Researcher Award 2019
The response to the first edition of the Bernoulli Society New Researcher Award was fabulous. The awardees are Po-Ling Loh (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Gongjun Xu (University of Michigan) and Lingzhou Xue (Pennsylvania State University).
***Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize 2018
Bernoulli Society member David Donoho is awarded the 2018 Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize for his fundamental contributions to the mathematical, statistical and computational analysis of important problems in signal processing. The prize was awarded at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. https://www.mathunion.org/imu-awards/carl-friedrich-gauss-prize/carl-friedrich-gauss-prize-2018
*** Call for Nominations for the Newbold Prize
The Ethel Newbold Prize for excellence in statistics is awarded every 2 years, next time in spring 2019. Nominations as well as any inquiries about the award should be sent to Oddbjorg Wethelund, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The deadline for accepting nominations is November 30, 2018. The Ethel Newbold Prize is generously supported by Wiley. Further information about the Ethel Newbold Prize (and other prizes of the Bernoulli Society) may be found at http://www.bernoulli-society.org/index.php/prizes
SPA Conferences are organized under patronage of the Bernoulli Society and can justifiably be regarded as the most important international scientific meeting on the theory and applications of stochastic processes. They are held annually except for the years when the World Congress in Probability and Statistics takes place.
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.
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.
***XV Latin American Congress of Probability and Mathematical Statistics (CLAPEM 2019)
The Congreso Latinoamericano de Probabilidad y Estadística Matemática (CLAPEM) is the official meeting of the Sociedad Latino Americana de Probabilidad y Estadística Matemática (SLAPEM), the Latin American Chapter of the Bernoulli Society. It is the major event in Probability and Statistics in the region and it gathers an important number of researchers and students, predominantely from Latin America.
* Lecturer/Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne (Melbourne, Australia).The School of Mathematics and Statistics is seeking to expand its expertise in contemporary statistics within the Statistics research group. The closing date is October 31, 2018.
* Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Statistics at The Open University (Milton Keynes, UK). Unit: Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The closing date is September 14, 2018.
* Three female-only positions at Adelaide, for both statistics and probability, across different levels (with and without tenure tracks). If anybody would like to have more information about the department, or Adelaide in general, you can contact Giang Nguyen This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The closing date is September 9, 2018.
Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer/ Associate Professor in Statistics, School of Mathematical Sciences
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.
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
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.
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.
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)
****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.)
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.
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
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.
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.
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)
****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.)
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.
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
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.
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.
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)
****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.)
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.
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
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.
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.
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)
****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.)
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 Society Bulletin e-Briefs issue 30 July 2017
Contents: - GENERAL NEWS - EVENTS - 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
*Bernoulli Society 2017 flyer Please email the attached flyer to your young colleagues to advertise Bernoulli membership!
*New elected members of the European Regional Committee of Bernoulli Society Congratulations to the new elected members of the ERC: -Andreas Basse-O'Connor, Aarhus University, Denmark -Geurt Jongbloed, Delft University, The Netherlands -Peter Kevei, University of Szeged, Hungary -Tatyana Krivobokova, Goettingen, Germany -Marloes Maathuis, ETH Zurich, Switzerland -Davy Paindaveine, ULB Brussels, Belgium -Laura Sangalli, Politecnico di Milano, Italy -Ulrike Schneider, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
*2018 EMS/BS Joint Lecturer Samuel Kou (https://goo.gl/sc2N1V) has been chosen as the EMS/BS joint lecturer to speak at the 11th European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (ECMTB 2018), to be held in Lisbon, July 23-27, 2018.
*Second Bernoulli Prize for Outstanding Survey Articles in Probability The paper “Gaussian multiplicative chaos and applications: A review” by Remi Rhodes (https://goo.gl/WwNeC3) and Vincent Vargas (https://goo.gl/q7zyLh), published in Probability Surveys (2014, Vol 11, pp315-392) has been awarded the Second Bernoulli Prize for Outstanding Survey Articles in Probability. The prize committee was chaired by Erwin Bolthausen. Combined with Bernoulli Prize for Outstanding Survey Articles in Statistics, the prizes are awarded every two years alternately. The prize in probability was supposed to be awarded at the Bernoulli World Congress, Toronto in 2016, but the decision has been delayed. Information on the prize is to be found at https://goo.gl/hcBPWQ
*Call for nominations for the 2018 Doeblin Prize The Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability welcomes nominations for the 2018 Wolfgang Doeblin Prize. The Wolfgang Doeblin Prize, which was founded in 2011 and is generously sponsored by Springer, is awarded biannually to a single individual who is in the beginning of his or her mathematical career, for outstanding research in the field of probability theory. The awardee will be invited to submit to the journal Probability Theory and Related Fields a paper for publication as the Wolfgang Doeblin Prize Article, and will also be invited to present the Doeblin Prize Lecture at a World Congress of the Bernoulli Society, or at a Conference on Stochastic Processes and their Applications. More information about the Wolfgang Doeblin prize and past awardees can be viewed at https://goo.gl/hcBPWQ Each nomination should offer a brief but adequate case of support and should be sent by November 15, 2017, to the chair of the prize committee at the following address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with subject heading: Doeblin Prize 2018.
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. 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 September 15, 2017. https://goo.gl/dyLBxF
- Other events
* 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 10 lectures by Alice Guionnet, with supplementary lectures by Charles Bordenave, Gaetan Borot, Paul Bourgade, Vadim Gorin and Sylvia Serfaty. https://goo.gl/dt2hvs
*Professor of Mathematical Modelling and Statistical Analysis, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Deadline: September 24. https://goo.gl/F4WZsy
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.
Contents: - GENERAL NEWS - EVENTS - 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
* 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
* 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 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
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.
Contents: - GENERAL NEWS - EVENTS - 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
* 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
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
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.
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.
* 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.
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.
Contents: - GENERAL NEWS - EVENTS - JOB OFFERS - RECENT ISSUES OF OFFICIAL AND SPONSORED PUBLICATIONS
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.
- 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.
* 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.
* Assistant and Associate Professor, Tilburg School of Economics and Management, Netherlands
Candidates in all areas of Econometrics, Applied Economics, Statistics, Data Science, Big Data, or a related field will be given serious consideration. An assistant professorship is a tenure track position with a light teaching load. Associate professor positions are tenured. The selected applicant will be appointed at the Department of Econometrics and or at the Tilburg School of Economics and Management.
* Postdoc, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Paris
IHES offers a 2-year postdoctoral position in Probability and Mathematical Physics beginning September 2017 and funded by the IDEX Chair of Hugo Duminil-Copin. All candidates with background in Probability or Mathematical Physics, and interested in working on the mathematical and physical aspects of Statistical Physics and Probability Theory, are encouraged to apply.
Applications are invited for a 3-year postdoctoral Research Officer position at the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Bath. The post-holder will work under the supervision of Andreas Kyprianou, Simon Harris and Alex Cox and alongside a PhD student working on related material.
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