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ISBA²⁴ [call for contributed talks]

Posted in Kids, pictures, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 28, 2023 by xi'an

Now that the invited sessions have been selected by the scientific committee of ISBA²⁴ (with both sessions in which I am involved, Bayesian data privacy and The future of ISBA conferences, accepted), the call is open for contributed talks, with deadline 17 November. (If  this helps in making a proposal, childcare will be available during the conference.)

Contributed talks will be 20 minutes long. Please note that the one-oral-presentation-per-speaker policy is in effect: Each participant shall give at most one oral presentation. All talks, discussions, and panel discussions, &tc count as an oral presentation, the only exceptions being discussants for Named Lectures, and presenters of short courses.

 

postdocs sought for NEMESIS

Posted in Statistics, Travel, University life with tags , , , , , , , , , on September 19, 2023 by xi'an

ISBA²⁴ [website]

Posted in pictures, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 31, 2023 by xi'an

Italy no-no’s

Posted in Kids, pictures, Travel with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on May 22, 2023 by xi'an

The Lonely Planet blog has a list of prohibitions on tourists’ activities when visiting some Italian cities. Like Venice, Rome or Milan (below). Most of which is sort of obvious, like not walking around shirtless or barefoot away from beaches, feed the pigeons (although our kids did when visiting Venice for the first time!), hold picnics in busy areas, sit on the Rialto Bridge or the Spanish steps, ride a bike in Venezia!, swim in Trevi Fountain or a Venezia canalo (although kayaking remains allowed outside main canals and working hours), or steal sands from beaches. Some are less predictable, like eating in the street in Florence centre, dress up like an historical (Roman) figure, or wear sandals when hiking. (For the latest one, I got scolded last January when hiking to a waterfall in the Northern tip of Martinique, if not by the police!)

MCMC postdoc positions at Bocconi

Posted in pictures, Statistics, Travel, University life with tags , , , , , , , , , , on January 17, 2023 by xi'an

[A call for postdoc candidates to work in Milano with Giacomo Zanella in the coming years under ERC funding. In case you are interested with a postdoctoral position with me at Paris Dauphine on multi-agent decision-making, data sharing, and fusion algorithms, do not hesitate to contact me, the official call for applications should come up soon!]

Three postdoc positions available at Bocconi University (Milan, Italy), under the supervision of Giacomo Zanella and funded by the ERC Starting Grant “Provable Scalability for high-dimensional Bayesian Learning”. Details and links to apply available online.

The deadline for application is 28/02/2023 and the planned starting date is 01/05/2023 (with some flexibility). Initial contracts are for 1 year and are extendable for further years under mutual agreement.

Candidates will conduct research on computational aspects of statistical and machine learning methods, with a particular focus on Bayesian methodologies. The research activity, both in terms of specific topic and research approach, can adapt to the profile and interests of the successful candidates. Beyond working with the supervisor and coauthors on topics related to the grant project (see here and there for more details on the research topics of the supervisor and grant project), candidates will get the chance to interact with various faculty members, postdocs and PhD students of the Stats&ML group at Bocconi (see e.g. researchers at Bocconi).

Interested candidates can write to giacomo zanella at unibocconi for more information about the positions.