Carnegie Mellon
Department of
       Mathematical Sciences

Probability and Mathematical Finance Seminar

If you have questions or suggestions about the seminar, please contact the organizers: Agoston Pisztora and Kavita Ramanan (Probability), Kasper Larsen, Dmitry Kramkov and Steven Shreve (Mathematical Finance).
Information for outside speakers or visitors can be found here.

Past Schedules

Fall 2007 Spring 2007, Fall 2006, Spring 2006, Fall 2005, Spring 2005, Fall 2004, Spring 2004, Fall 2003, Spring 2003

Schedule for Spring 2008



Unless otherwise stated, the talks take place on Mondays at 5 P.M. in Wean Hall, 6423.

February 18
Elizabeth Meckes, Cornell University
Stein's method: the discrete case (Abstract)

February 19
Elizabeth Meckes, Cornell University
Stein's method: the discrete case (Abstract)
1:30 P.M., PPB 300

March 17
Michael Harrison, Stanford University
Recurrence Classification of Semimartingale Reflecting Brownian Motions (Abstract)

March 18, 4:30 P.M., DH 1212
Michael Harrison, Stanford University
Staffing and Routing in Large Call Centers:
A Method Based on Stochastic Fluid Models
(Abstract)

March 24
Frank Riedel, Bielefeld University
On Equilibrium Prices in Continuous Time (Paper)

March 31
Thorsten Schmidt, Universitat Leipzig
Pricing and hedging of credit derivatives via nonlinear filtering (Abstract)

April 7
Kasper Larsen, Carnegie Mellon University
Numerical solution of the problem on optimal investment

April 14
Anja Sturm, University of Delaware
Survival and coexistence in some cancellative spin systems (Abstract)

April 21
Uwe Wystup, Math Finance AG and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
On the Cost of Poor Volatility Modeling - The Case of Cliquets, (Abstract)