Financial/Actuarial Mathematics Seminar

Academic Year 2004-2005: Thursdays 3:10-4:00, 3088 East Hall

For more information contact Kristen Moore or Virginia Young.

September 9 Virginia Young, UM Math The connection between expectations of functions of diffusion processes and differential equations
September 16 Kristen Moore, UM Math Optimal surrender strategies and design of a perpetual equity-indexed annuity
September 23 David Kausch, UM Math Managing pension funding risks in a dynamic interest environment
September 30 Sheldon Lin, Department of Statistics, University of Toronto Some analytical methods for insurance risk models
October 7 Simon Brendle, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University Portfolio optimization under incomplete information
October 14 Virginia Young, UM Math Indifference pricing via the probability of ruin, part I
October 21 Virginia Young, UM Math Indifference pricing via the probability of ruin, part II
October 28 Thaleia Zariphopoulou, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas CANCELLED
November 4 Erhan Bayraktar, UM Math Revisiting the standard Poisson disorder problem
November 11 Roger Lee, Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago Robust hedging of volatility derivatives
November 18 Sheldon Lin, Department of Statistics, University of Toronto Forward risk adjusted measure and its applications to insurance
November 25 Thanksgiving Break Thanksgiving Break
December 2 Ronnie Sircar, Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Princeton University CANCELLED
December 9 Savas Dayanik, Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Princeton University Compound Poisson disorder problem
January 6 Thaleia Zariphopoulou, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas CANCELLED
January 13 Sean Han, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) and Ford Motors Variance reduction for Monte Carlo methods to evaluate option prices under multi-factor stochastic volatility models
January 20 Mike Tehranchi, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas Optimal portfolio choice in the bond market
January 27 Ronnie Sircar, Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Princeton University Multiscale stochastic volatility diffusion models for equity options, bonds and defaultable securities
February 3 David Promislow, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University Stochastic mortality
February 10 Virginia Young, Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan CANCELLED
February 17 Erhan Bayraktar, Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan Markets with inert investors
March 10 Kristen Moore, Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan A variational inequality approach to finanical valuation of retirement benefits based on salary
March 17 Gordan Zitkovic, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University Financial equilibria with jumps *** 4:10PM ***
March 24 Virginia Young, Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan A simplified treatment of the theory of optimal regulation of Brownian motion
April 14 Erhan Bayraktar, Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan TBA