THEMATIC PROGRAMS

February  9, 2010

Thematic Program on Quantitative Finance: Foundations and Applications January - June, 2010

March 22 - 24, 2010
Workshop on Computational Methods in Finance

Scientific Committee: Mark Broadie (co-chair), Paul Glasserman (co-chair), David Saunders, Stathis Tompaidis
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Topics

  • portfolio optimization and control
  • optimal execution
  • derivatives and credit risk
  • risk measurement
  • numerical analysis

Invited Speakers (talk titles and abstracts)

Liming Feng (Illinois)
Peter Forsyth (Waterloo)
Lorenzo Garlappi (UBC)
Jim Gatheral (Merrill Lynch)
Kay Giesecke (Stanford)
Mike Giles (Oxford)
Garud Iyengar (Columbia)
Petter Kolm (NYU)
Ralf Korn (TU Kaiserslautern)
Ciamac Moallemi (Columbia)
Kumar Muthuraman (UT Austin)
Phillip Protter (Cornell)
Chris Rogers (Cambridge)
Birgit Rudloff (Princeton)
Georgios Skoulakis (Maryland)
Jeremy Staum (Northwestern)
Nizar Touzi (Ecole Polytechnique)

Confirmed Participants as of February 5, 2010

Full Name University/Affiliation
Alexandru-Gajura, Elena McMaster University
Assa, Hirbod Université de Montréal
Bayraktar, Erhan University of Michigan
Broadie, Mark Columbia University
Byelkina, Svitlana Bank of Montreal
Campolieti, Joe Wilfrid Laurier University
Chadam, John University of Pittsburgh
Chellathurai, Thamayanthi Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Chen, Nan Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dang, Duy Minh University of Toronto
Draviam, Thangaraj  
Eberlein, Ernst University of Freiburg
Ebert, Sebastian Bonn Graduate School of Economics (University of Bonn)
Evans, Michael University of Toronto
Fayyad, Wael McMaster University
Feng, Liming University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ferrando, Sebastian Ryerson University
Forsyth, Peter University of Waterloo
Garlappi, Lorenzo University of British Columbia
Gatheral, Jim Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc
Gebbie, Tim University of Witwatersrand
Giesecke, Kay Stanford University
Giles, Mike Oxford University
Glasserman, Paul Columbia University
Grasselli, Matheus McMaster University
Gravelle, Toni Bank of Canada
Ha, Eugene Fields Institute
Han, Meng University of Toronto
Heider, Pascal Univerisity of Ulm
Hu, Xueying University of Michigan
Hurd, Tom McMaster University
Hyndman, Cody Concordia University
Itkin, Andrey Rutgers University
Iyengar, Garud Columbia University
Jahanshah, Davoudi University of Toronto
Jaimungal, Sebastian University of Toronto
Jeon, Yoontae University of Toronto
Jun, Doobae Sungkyunkwan University
Kan, Kin Hung (Felix) University of Western Ontario
Kang, Wanmo KAIST
Kapchinsky, Michael Toronto Dominion Bank
Kawczak, Janusz BMO
Khisti, Ashish University of Toronto
Kolm, Petter New York University
Korn, Ralf Universität Kaiserslautern
Krasin, Vladislav University of Alberta
Kreinin, Alexander Algorithmics Incorporated
Ku, Hyejin York University
Kuznetsov, Alexey York University
Lai, Yongzeng Wilfrid Laurier University
Lakhany, Asif Algorithmics Incorporated
Lee, Kiseop University of Louisville
Leung, Louis University of Toronto
Levin, Alex RBC
Li, Sebastian University of Toronto
Lin, Jen-Wen TD Bank Financial Group
Ludkovski, Mike UC Santa Barbara
Lukas, Mike BMO
Ma, Xiaofang BMO
Marri, Fouad York University
Moallemi, Ciamac Columbia University
Moazeni, Somayeh University of Waterloo
Morales, Manual Université de Montréal
Moreno, Santiago Humboldt University Berlin
Muhina, Irina Manulife
Müller, Stefanie University of Kaiserslautern
Muthuraman, Kumar The University of Texas at Austin
Niu, Shilei University of Waterloo
Nkote, Isaac Makerere University Business School
Nobakhtian, Soghra University of Isfahan
Ntantamis, Christos Aarhus University
Pal, Janos Bank of Montreal
Papapantoleon, Antonis TU Berlin
Peng, Xianhua Columbia University
Penn, Gerald University of Toronto
Pestrikov, Alex University of York
Pirvu, Traian McMaster University
Protter, Philip E. Cornell University
Pulido, Sergio Cornell University
Qiao, Yun (Carrie) York University
Rogers, Chris University of Cambridge
Romanyuk, Yuliya Bank of Canada
Rudloff, Birgit Princeton University
Salisbury, Thomas York University
Saunders, David University of Waterloo
Seydel, Ruediger University of Cologne
Shah, Nilesh  
Shakourifar, Mohammad University of Toronto
Shen, Jerry Bank of Montreal
Silla, Sebastiano Polytechnic University of Marche
Skoulakis, Georgios University of Maryland
Staum, Jeremy Northwestern University
Tanaka, Keiichi Tokyo Metropolitan University
Tompaidis, Stathis University of Texas at Austin
Tourin, Agnes  
Touzi, Nizar Ecole Polytechnique
Tsui, Lung Kwan University of Pittsburgh
Vaz, Anthony Manulife Financial
Vinogradov, Vladimir Ohio University
Walker, Michael University of Toronto
Wang, Jinlian York University
Wilcox, Diane University of Witwatersrand
Xing, Hao Boston University
Xu, Jiaqing University of Pittsburgh
Yi, Chuang Bank of Montreal
Zheng, Harry Imperial College
Zhou, Zhuowei McMaster University

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