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Seventh Financial Mathematics Team Challenge

06 July 2020–16 July 2020, 9:30 am–5:30 pm

Fifth Financial Mathematics Team Challenge

The Seventh Financial Mathematics Team Challenge brings together South African and international graduate students to undertake research in Financial Mathematics on real-world problems in a team setting.

Event Information

Open to

Invitation Only

Availability

Yes

Organiser

Andrea Macrina

Location

University of Cape Town

Four teams of mixed Master’s and Doctoral students will each work on a separate research project for seven days and then present their findings on the final two days. The teams will be mentored by international academics and/or industry practitioners.

Each research problem will be proposed by the mentors and industrial partners. The selected projects will be in topical research areas. In order to prepare each team for the Challenge, some initial guidance and preliminary reading will be given in early-June. The team with the highest-quality solution will be awarded a floating trophy.

Each team of students will be asked to prepare a report on their findings, which will be collated in a workshop volume. This volume will then be available to future Team Challenge participants, and Master’s and Doctoral students in Financial and Insurance Mathematics. The expected output from the Challenge will be this written report. The volumes of the last six years’ Financial Mathematics Team Challenge reports are available; please get in touch with us if you wish to get access to them.

This is a great opportunity for students to interact and collaborate in the fields of Risk, Financial and Insurance Mathematics.

UCT will cover local expenses for out-of-town students. No travel support will be available. The teams will work in a well-equipped, friendly and motivating work environment.

Contact David Taylor at UCT (David.Taylor@uct.ac.za) or Andrea Macrina at UCL (a.macrina@ucl.ac.uk) for further information.