**************************************************************************** MEDEDELINGEN VAN HET KONINKLIJK WISKUNDIG GENOOTSCHAP, 2014 nr. 14 29 augustus 2014 (electronische aflevering) De eerstvolgende aflevering verschijnt omstreeks 12 september 2014. Kopij kan worden gestuurd naar [email protected]; agenda-items kunnen ook worden aangeboden via de website www.wiskgenoot.nl . *************************************************************************** 1. Agenda 2. Colleges, voordrachten en cursussen 3. Personalia 4. Promoties *************************************************************************** 1. Agenda Van de met * aangeduide activiteiten vindt men bijzonderheden in de rubriek Colleges, voordrachten en cursussen *************************************************************************** 29/30-8 Amsterdam: Vakantiecursus 2014 voor Wiskundeleraren Thema: Nieuwe tijden website voor informatie en registratie 3-9 TUE: CASA Colloquium Lecturer: Jean-David Benamou (INRIA Rocquencourt, France) Weak solutions of Monge-Ampere equation, Optimal Transport and applications to reflector design 11-11.45 hrs, lecture room MF 13 The lecture will be preceded by coffee and tea from 10:30 hrs in MF 5.086 (MF is building MetaForum) Organisator: dr.ir. A.S. Tijsseling website 12-9 *Eindhoven: 18-9 UU: Stafcolloquium Harry Buhrman (CWI) Title to be announced 15.30-16.30 hr, room 611 of the Hans Freudenthal building, (campus De Uithof), lecture is preceded by coffee, tea, and cookies from 15 to15.30 hr in the same room Website 22/25-9 Leiden: website 25-9 UU: Stafcolloquium Sebastiaan Klein (UU) Title to be announced 15.30-16.30 hr, room 611 of the Hans Freudenthal building, (campus De Uithof), lecture is preceded by coffee, tea, and cookies from 15 to 15.30 hr in the same room Website 26/27-9 UvA: Celebration event in honour of Johan van Benthem Friday 26-9: The Impact of Logic Venue: Aula Oude Lutherse kerk, Singel 411 Saturday 27-9: Workshop on the Future of Logic Venue: Tobacco Theater, Nes 75-87, Amsterdam website Finale Nederlandse Wiskunde Olympiade Statistical Inference for Lévy Processes 2-10 UU: Stafcolloquium Teun Koetsier (VUA) and Jan van Mill (VUA/UvA) Irmgard Gawehn and the topological classification of manifolds. An attempt at rehabilitation 15.30-16.30 hr, room 611 of the Hans Freudenthal building, (campus De Uithof), lecture is preceded by coffee, tea, and cookies from 15 to 15.30 hr in the same room Website 16-10 UU: Stafcolloquium Hendrik Lenstra (Leiden) Title to be announced 15.30-16.30 hr, room 611 of the Hans Freudenthal building, (campus De Uithof), lecture is preceded by coffee, tea, and cookies from 15 to 15.30 hr in the same room Website 30-10 *Wageningen: 3/7-11 *Zandvoort: 7-11 Eindhoven: Prijsuitreiking Nederlandse Wiskunde Olympiade 2014 Organisator: Nederlandse Wiskunde Olympiade e-mail, website 10/12-11 *Lunteren: The annual Meeting of Dutch Statisticians and Probabilists 13-11 UU: Stafcolloquium Edwin van Dam (Tilburg) Title to be announced 15.30-16.30 hr, room 611 of the Hans Freudenthal building, (campus De Uithof), lecture is preceded by coffee, tea, and cookies from 15 to 15.30 hr in the same room Website 4-12 UU: Stafcolloquium Richard Gill (Leiden) Title to be announced 15.30-16.30 hr, room 611 of the Hans Freudenthal building, (campus De Uithof), lecture is preceded by coffee, tea, and cookies from 15 to 15.30 hr in the same room Website 11-12 UU: Stafcolloquium Sam Payne (Yale) Title to be announced 15.30-16.30 hr, room 611 of the Hans Freudenthal building, (campus De Uithof), lecture is preceded by coffee, tea, and cookies from 15 to 15.30 hr in the same room Website 10-1-2015 Utrecht: Wintersymposium van het KWG – Dataverwerking en statistiek Sprekers: Fetsje Bijma (VU, neurale netwerken), Marjan Sjerps (NFI, UvA, forensisch onderzoek), Wouter Verkerke (Nikhef, Higgs search) en Maurice Schmeits (KNMI, neerslag) Tijd: 11-16 u. Organisator: Jenneke Krüger (e-mail) 19/29-1-2015 Scholen in heel Nederland: Olympiade 2015 Optimaal beslissen in de life sciences GQT graduate school and conference Eerste ronde Nederlandse Wiskunde 14/15-4-2015 Leiden: 51e Nederlands Mathematisch Congres Organisator: Universiteit Leiden / TU Delft e-mail **************************************************************************** 2. Colleges, voordrachten en cursussen Eindhoven Finale Nederlandse Wiskunde Olympiade Datum: vrijdag 12 september 2014 Organisator: Nederlandse Wiskunde Olympiade website, e-mail . Aan de finale van de Nederlandse Wiskunde Olympiade doen de 150 beste leerlingen uit de tweede ronde van de Wiskunde Olympiade mee. In de finale krijgen deze leerlingen drie uur de tijd om vijf opgaven op te lossen. Er zijn prijzen te winnen in drie categorieën: klas 6, klas 5, en klas 4 en lager. De beste leerlingen in elke categorie maken ook kans op een plek in de trainingsgroep voor de internationale wiskundewedstrijden. Wageningen Optimaal beslissen in de Life Sciences Datum/tijd: 30 oktober 2014, 15-20 u. Organisator: Betasteunpunt Wageningen website, e-mail In deze verdiepingscursus laten we zien hoe je in de Life Sciences strategische beslissingen kunt nemen op grond van mathematische modellen. Als centraal voorbeeld gebruiken we het modelleren van het beheer van kuddes in een savannegebied en gaan na hoe woestijnvorming kan worden voorkomen. Zandvoort GQT graduate school and conference Dates: 3-5 November: GQT graduate school, 6 and 7 November: GQT Colloquium We would like to draw your attention to the forthcoming GQT Graduate School and Colloquium, twin events organised by the Dutch Geometry and Quantum Theory research cluster. Registration is now open and can be done via the event’s website. The deadline for registration is 15 October, but we do encourage early registration. The school will focus on three topics: - Maarten Solleveld: p-adic groups - Jasper Stokman: Quantum integrable systems - Andre Henriques: K-theory The program of the colloquium is not fixed yet. The plan is to have several talks related to the topics discussed during the school as well as some talks on general GQT themes. Both events are aimed primarily at GQT-members, with the school aiming specially at PhD-students. The organization will cover the costs relative to their stay at Zandvoort (full board). There is limited funding for members from foreign universities. Lunteren The annual Meeting of Dutch Statisticians and Probabilists Date/location: November 10-12, 2014, Conference Hotel De Werelt Organisers: W.Th.F. den Hollander (Leiden), M.N.M. van Lieshout (CWI), A.W. van der Vaart (Leiden). The annual meeting will take place in `De Werelt' in Lunteren. Those who wish to participate in the meeting - including those who will not stay overnight - are kindly requested to register before October 1st. Confirmed speakers: Tony Cai (Pennsylvania), Nina Gantert (Munich), Leo Held (Zurich), Jonathan Taylor (Stanford), Cristina Toninelli (Paris),Anton Wakolbinger (Frankfurt). For registration and detailed information see the website. **************************************************************************** 3. Personalia UU Overlijdensbericht Tot ons grote leedwezen is op 16 augustus 2014 overleden onze bijzondere collega en emeritus in de Algebra, Jan Strooker. De crematie heeft plaatsgevonden op maandag 25 augustus j.l. Namens het Mathematisch Instituut van de Universiteit Utrecht Erik van den Ban **************************************************************************** 4. Promoties UL 30-9 Margriet Palm, Reverse engineering the role of tip cells and pericytes in vascular developement, promotor: Roeland Merks, Academiegebouw University Leiden, 15 u. TUE 3-9 Corien Prins, Inverse methods for illuminiation optics, promotor: W.L. IJzerman, co-promotoren: J.H.M. ten Thije Bookkamp, T.W. Tukker, Auditorium, zaal 4, 16 u. 22-9 Nico Banagaaya, Index-aware model order reduction for DAEs, promotor: W.H.A. Schilders, Auditorium, 16 u. 25-9 Manh Hong Duong, Large deviations and variational approaches to generalized gradient flows, promotor: M.A. Peletier, Copromotor: J. Zimmer, Auditorium, zaal 4,16 u. 28-10 Chris Köhn, High-energy Phenomena in Thunderstorm and Laboratory Discharges, promotor: prof.dr. Ute Ebert (CWI, TUE), co-promotor: dr. Lex van Deursen (TUE), Collegezaal 4, 14 u. **************************************************************************** 5. Vacatures 1) University of York, UK Postdoctoral Research Associates in Number Theory Applications are invited for up to three EPSRC funded postdoctoral positions to work jointly with Professors Sanju Velani and Victor Beresnevich on the programme “New frameworks in metric Number Theory: foundations and applications”. The research programme aims to make significant contribution to fundamental problems in the theory of Diophantine approximation; in particular, Littlewood’s conjecture on multiplicative Diophantine approximation, the DuffinSchaeffer conjecture on non-monotonic Diophantine approximation and the generalised Baker-Schmidt problem on Diophantine approximation on manifolds. For further details see programme http://maths.york.ac.uk/www/NTProgrammeGrant . You should hold a PhD in Mathematics`or an equivalent of this by the start date of your appointment. Applicants with a background in metric or analytic number theory, ergodic theory, dynamical systems and related areas are especially encouraged. The posts are fixed-term for a period of up to 3 years. Ideally the posts will be taken up between January 2015 and May 2015. The precise start date is subject to negotiation. The deadline for applications is 29th September 2014. To apply go to the following link. For further information and enquiries, please contact: Sanju Velani or Victor Beresnevich. 2) University of Kent, UK Mathematics Lectureships The School of Mathematics, Statistics & Actuarial Science at the University of Kent seeks to appoint three new lecturers in Mathematics, see. For two lectureships, preference will be given to candidates with research expertise in applied numerical computation, geometric integration or numerical analysis (Ref: STM0485). For one lectureship, preference will be given to candidates with research expertise in geometry and/or topology which links with and enhances the current research interests of the Mathematics group (Ref: STM0486). Ref: STM0485 Closing date: 12th October 2014 Interview date: 5th November 2014 Tinyurl Ref: STM0486 Closing date: 28th September 2014 Interview date: 30th October 2014 Tinyurl Informal enquiries are welcomed and should be directed to: Prof. Peter Clarkson or Prof. Andy Hone. **************************************************************************** einde Mededelingen