Positions Available at UNSW: Applied Maths, Pure Maths & Data Science


Five positions are currently available in the School of Mathematics and Statistics. Please see the position descriptions below, for:

Please apply for these positions via Jobs@UNSW

For more information, please refer to:

https://www.maths.unsw.edu.au/news/2021-02/positions-available

Master’s program in Economic Analysis IDEA, at the Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona

Master’s program in Economic Analysis IDEA, at the Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona is available for the 2021-2022 academic year of scholarships from the Severo Ochoa program to fund the most outstanding applicants.

The IDEA master is a two-year program with a genuinely international vocation and committed to rigorous and quality training. The program is taught entirely in English.

The graduates of the program are highly appreciated in the labor market, both in national and international markets, and a significant number of them continue their training in our Doctorate in Economic Analysis as well as in prestigious national and international doctoral programs.

Complete information about our program is available on the Master’s degree website http://idea.uab.es/ .

VA & Opt Webinar: Nam Ho-Nguyen

Title: Coordinate Descent Without Coordinates: Tangent Subspace Descent on Riemannian Manifolds

Speaker: Nam Ho-Nguyen (University of Sydney)

Date and Time: February 10th, 2021, 11:00 AEDT (Register here for remote connection via Zoom)

Abstract: We consider an extension of the coordinate descent algorithm to manifold domains, and provide convergence analyses for geodesically convex and non-convex smooth objective functions. Our key insight is to draw an analogy between coordinate blocks in Euclidean space and tangent subspaces of a manifold. Hence, our method is called tangent subspace descent (TSD). The core principle behind ensuring convergence of TSD is the appropriate choice of subspace at each iteration. To this end, we propose two novel conditions: the gap ensuring and C-randomized norm conditions on deterministic and randomized modes of subspace selection respectively. These ensure convergence for smooth functions, and are satisfied in practical contexts. We propose two subspace selection rules of particular practical interest that satisfy these conditions: a deterministic one for the manifold of square orthogonal matrices, and a randomized one for the more general Stiefel manifold. (This is joint work with David Huckleberry Gutman, Texas Tech University.)

International Conference “DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS: STABILITY, CONTROL, OPTIMIZATION” (DSSCO’21) in memory of Professor R.F. Gabasov (October 5-10, 2021, Minsk)

December 17, 2020 marks the 85th anniversary of the birth of Rafail Fedorovich Gabasov, Professor, Doctor of Sciences, Honored scientist of the Republic of Belarus, world-renowned researcher in the field of optimization and optimal control (1935-2020).
R.F. Gabasov was one of the founders of the Faculty of Applied Mathematics (now the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science) of the Belarusian State University and the Chair of Optimal Control Methods Department for many years (1967-2000). In 2000-2018 he was a professor of that department.
In memory of Rafail Fedorovich Gabasov Belarusian State University and the Institute of Mathematics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus are organizing the International Conference “Dynamical Systems: Stability, Control, Optimization” (DSSCO’21).
The conference will be held on October 5-10, 2021 in Minsk, Belarus, at the Belarusian State University.

For more information, please refer to

Web-page: http://conf.bsu.by/dssco_eng
Email: mou.fpmi@gmail.com
Secretary:
Vital Alsevich, tel.: +375(17)209-50-74, email: alsevichvv@mail.ru

Early Career Development Fellow (RMIT)

Early Career Development Fellow (ECDF) – Mathematical Sciences (3 positions at RMIT)

Full time – Fixed term/Contract

  • 3 x Full-time, 3 -year fixed-term contract positions based at RMIT City campus but may be required to work and/or be based at another campus of the University and/or partner institutes (including overseas)
    • 2 (two) positions are in the area of cybersecurity, specifically in the mathematics of cybersecurity.
    • 1 (one) position is in the area of applied mathematics
  • Play an important role in contributing to teaching and research activities within the Mathematical Sciences Discipline, in the School of Science
  • Remuneration at Academic Level B ($98,495 – $116,965) + 17% superannuation

For further details:

https://yourcareer.rmit.edu.au/caw/en/job/593398/early-career-development-fellow-ecdf-mathematical-sciences-3-positions

Seminar Series on Computational Mathematics

Dear MoCaO members.

We want to inform you about the launch of the Australian Seminar on Computational Mathematics.

You can visit the seminar webpage (main menu, CM Webinar)

where you can find the scheduled talks details and instructions about

1) livestream access to the talk and

2) subscription to the mailing list that will be used to announce new talks.

The inaugural talk will be Tue Feb 09 5pm AEDT, and it will be delivered by Alexandre Ern (Université Paris-Est, CERMICS , ENPC).

PhD Scholarship: Convergence Speed of Optimisation Algorithms

SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND APPLIED STATISTICS (SMAS),
UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG, AUSTRALIA
An exciting PhD scholarship is available in the School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics (SMAS) at the University of Wollongong, South Western Sydney campus, in the area of Optimisation. The title of the project is Determining the Convergence Speed of Derivative-free Optimisation Algorithms. The UOW scholarship is $28,092AUD tax-free per year for
three years full-time. Tuition fees (for up to 4 years) will be waived. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work with both Australian and international collaborators, and extra funding may be available for conference travel. Applications are invited from domestic and international students who are able to commence PhD studies at the University of Wollongong in 2021.

https://documents.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@eis/documents/doc/uow261302.pdf
HOW TO APPLY
If you are interested in applying for this scholarship, please contact Dr Chayne Planiden via email: chayne@uow.edu.au. Applications must include CV detailing previous education experience and academic transcripts. It is expected that the successful applicant will be available to commence this scholarship by 31 October 2021. Applications close 30 November, 2020.

VA & Opt Webinar: Ernest Ryu

Title: Scaled Relative Graph: Nonexpansive operators via 2D Euclidean Geometry

Speaker: Ernest Ryu (Seoul National University)

Date and Time: November 25th, 2020, 17:00 AEDT (Register here for remote connection via Zoom)

Abstract: Many iterative methods in applied mathematics can be thought of as fixed-point iterations, and such algorithms are usually analyzed analytically, with inequalities. In this work, we present a geometric approach to analyzing contractive and nonexpansive fixed point iterations with a new tool called the scaled relative graph (SRG). The SRG provides a rigorous correspondence between nonlinear operators and subsets of the 2D plane. Under this framework, a geometric argument in the 2D plane becomes a rigorous proof of contractiveness of the corresponding operator.

VA & Opt Webinar: Aram Arutyunov & S.E. Zhukovskiy

Title: Local and Global Inverse and Implicit Function Theorems

Speaker: Aram Arutyunov (Moscow State University) & S.E. Zhukovskiy (V. A. Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences of RAS)

Date and Time: November 18th, 2020, 17:00 AEDT (Register here for remote connection via Zoom)

Abstract: In the talk, we present a local inverse function theorem on a cone in a neighbourhood of abnormal point. We present a global inverse function theorem in the form of theorem on trivial bundle, guaranteeing that if a smooth mapping of finite-dimensional spaces is uniformly nonsingular, then it has a smooth right inverse satisfying a priori estimate. We also present a global implicit function theorem guaranteeing the existence and continuity of a global implicit function under the condition that the mappings in question are uniformly nonsingular. The generalization of these results to the case of mappings of Hilbert spaces and Banach spaces are discussed.

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