Current
Seminars Current
Tuesday Seminars for the Mathematics in Finance Masters Students
Tuesdays 5:15-7 p.m.
Warren Weaver Hall, Room 1302, 251 Mercer Street New York, NY 10012
Organizer: Petter Kolm, kolm AT cims.nyu.edu

Presenters: If you would like to present at one of our seminars please contact Petter Kolm (kolm AT cims.nyu.edu) or Melissa Kushner (kushner AT cims.nyu.edu).

Not only do the seminars give our students an opportunity to learn about what Wall Street and finance practitioners do -- and hear about recent research in academia and industry -- but also to personally meet and interact with our speakers and their colleagues. While we will not take attendance, students should try to attend all seminars.


Schedule (Fall 2012) 

September 4, Introduction session for incoming full-time students
September 11,  Economic Outlook for 2012, Petter Kolm

September 18,  Economic Outlook for 2012, Petter Kolm 

September 25,  No seminar  
October 2, 3rd semester student panel discussion
October 9, Microstructure Trading of US Equity Markets, Lance Diduck

October 16, TBD

October 23, No seminar 

October 30, TBD 
November 6, TBD

November 13, TBD
November 20, No seminar  
November 27, TBD
December 4, TBD
December 11, TBD
December 18, No seminar  
 
 

Schedule (Spring 2012) 
January 31, Economic Outlook for 2012, Petter Kolm
February 7, No seminar
February 14, No seminar 
February 21, Career workshop: Placement negotiation and Q&A, Petter Kolm and Lee Maclin 
February 28, Topic TBA, Mark Higgins, J.P. Morgan
March 6, No seminar
March 13, No seminar (spring break)
March 20, Topic TBA, Luiza Miranyan, Bloomberg
March 27, No seminar
April 3, Topic TBA,Amir Sadr, Panalytix

April 10, No seminar

April 17, Transaction cost modeling, Merav Ozair

April 24, Insight into the European Derivatives Market, Byron Baldwin, OTC Clearing and Institutional Investor Business Development at Eurex

May 1, No seminar 
May 8, No seminar

Schedule (Fall 2011) 
September 6, Orientation session
September 13, Introduction and Economic Outlook (part 1), Petter Kolm
September 20, Economic Outlook (part 2), Petter Kolm
September 27, David Mordecai
October 4, David Mordecai
October 11, NO SEMINAR
October 18, Panel with 3rd Semester Students
October 25, David Mordecai

November 1, Bank Loans, Dmitry Sendersky, BlackRock
November 8, The Present and Future of High-Frequency Trading, Edgar Perez, Author, The Speed Traders
November 15, MATLAB for Financial Applications: Credit Risk and Econometric Modeling, MathWorks
November 22, NO SEMINAR
November 29, Best Execution in Futures in the Presence of High-Frequency Trading, Irene Aldridge, Managing Partner, ABLE Alpha Trading, LTD