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Workshop "Thermodynamic Formalisms: Ergodic Theory and Geometry", Warwick, 22-26 July 2019

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Workshop
“Thermodynamic Formalisms: Ergodic Theory and Geometry”
University of Warwick, 22-26 July 2019

(also celebrating the 60th birthday of Mark Pollicott)

The workshop webpage is at
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/maths/research/events/2018-19/tfetg
including a link for registration. (Registration is free of charge but is required.)

Limited funding is available to support participants and applications for support can be made when registering. The deadline for applications and to request that the organisers arrange accommodation is 14 April 2019.

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Conference "Equidistribution, invariant measures and applications: a tribute to the legacy of Marina Ratner", Jerusalem, May 19-24, 2019

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Conference
“Equidistribution, invariant measures and applications: a tribute to the legacy of Marina Ratner”
Midrasha Mathematicae
Israel Institute for Advanced Study, Jerusalem, May 19-24, 2019

organized by Kostya Khanin, Elon Lindenstrauss, Jens Marklof, Yakov Pesin, Peter Sarnak

The meeting will include both research talks and short minicourses. Confirmed speakers include:

  • Yves Benoist (Orsay)
  • Aaron Brown (University of Chicago)
  • Dmitry Dolgopyat (University of Maryland)
  • Manfred Einsiedler (ETH Zürich)
  • Alex Eskin (The University of Chicago)
  • Hillel Furstenberg (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
  • Adam Kanigowski (University of Maryland)
  • Ilya Khayutin (Princeton University)
  • Amos Nevo (Technion)
  • Federico Rodriguez Hertz (Penn State University)
  • Nimish Shah (The Ohio State University)
  • Uri Shapira (Technion)
  • Andreas Strömbergsson (Uppsala University)
  • Jacob Tsimerman (University of Toronto)
  • Corinna Ulcigrai (University of Bristol)

Minicourse speakers include:

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ESA Space Debris Training Course 2019

ESA have opened the call for university students to participate in the space debris training course for 2019.

The course will be hosted  at the ESA Academy’s Training & Learning Facility in ESEC-Galaxia, Transinne, Belgium, from 13 to 17 May 2019.

University students will be provided with an introduction to the concept of space debris, why it is necessary to address this problem, and how the mitigation policies set by ESA apply to missions.

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Two ESR (Early Stage Researcher) positions, University of Rome Tor Vergata

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As part of the Marie Curie Initial Training Network, STARDUST-R, the Department of Mathematics of the University of Rome Tor Vergata offers 2 fully funded ESR positions on the following subjects:

1) Dynamics of space debris within different orbital elements regions;

2) Proper elements for Space Debris.

More information are available at:

https://www.stardust-network.eu/about/jobs/

MSCA ELIGIBILITY CRITERION: At the time of appointment applicants should have no more than 4 years experience after graduation and should not have resided in Italy for more than 12 months in the last 3 years immediately before the appointment.

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PhD position in Mathematical Neuroscience, UPC Barcelona

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A PhD fellowship of the INPHINIT INCOMING programme
(BGSMATH-CRM center) is available under the supervision of G. Huguet  and T. M. Seara (UPC, Barcelona). 

The goal is to  study singular perturbation phenomena in a neuron-astrocyte model.

First deadline is February 6.

More information about the fellowship application procedure:

https://bgsmath.cat/event/inphinit-doctoral-fellowship-call-2019/

https://obrasociallacaixa.org/en/investigacion-y-becas/programa-de-becas-de-posgrado/inphinit/incoming

More information about the project:

https://bgsmath.cat/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/inphinit_2019_huguet_seara.pdf

If you know any candidate with a Master’s degree in mathematics (or similar) that might be interested, please let him/her know.

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