Ecole Polytechnique and Columbia University Center for Financial Engineering Workshop in Quantitative Finance - 19-21 May 2008



The Ecole Polytechnique (Fiquam) and Columbia University Center for Financial Engineering's (CFE) Workshop on Quantitative Finance Thematics: New Directions in Quantitative Finance 19-21 May, 2008, 9:00 am Address: REID HALL 4 rue de Chevreuse 75006 Paris



Overview This workshop will bring together leading international experts and young researchers to discuss emerging issues in derivatives modeling, portfolio optimization and risk management. This 3-day workshop will consist of plenary talks with ample discussion time to stimulate interaction between participants and ignite collaborations between US and French researchers. Topics include: derivative pricing and hedging, risk measurement, credit risk modeling, portfolio optimization, Monte Carlo methods in finance, quantitative modeling in corporate finance.



Among the Speakers René Aid (Electricité de France) Marco Avellaneda (New York University) Bruno Bouchard Université de Paris Dauphine) Yann Braouezec (Ecole Sup. d'Ing. Léonard de Vinci) Luciano Campi (Université de Paris Dauphine) Stephane Crepey (Universite d'Evry) Emmanuel Gobet (InP Grenoble - ENSIMAG) Jean-Michel Lasry (Calyon) Andreea Minca (Ecole Polytechnique) Peter Tankov (Université Denis Diderot)... Program



Registration Registration is free but limited to 100 participants. Please register online at http://www.fiquam.polytechnique.fr/registration.html More information about this workshop...