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Cooperating Departments are: Computer Science, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Risk Management, and Statistics.
FSU faculty members from six departments in three colleges developed this program
and guide the students. A group of FSU graduates and others who work in the financial
industry also advise the program which is resident in the Department of Mathematics
of the College of Arts and Sciences. Graduate study in Financial Mathematics and a
listing of participating faculty is described in the Guide to Financial Mathematics at Florida State University
There is a faculty Steering Committee from the participating departments
and a graduate advisor from each of the departments who works with the
program students and facilitates scheduling.
Financial Sector Advisors
Professionals in the field, including former Financial Mathematics Festival speakers, and FSU graduates who work in diverse areas — energy marketing to fund management — advise the program and visit the campus. The faculty and students appreciate their input.
Larry Abele (Auriel Capital),
Greg Anderson (Merrill Lynch),
David Barge (El Paso Energy),
Nolia Brandt (President Brandt Information Services Inc.),
Jim Moran (Institute for Global Entrepreneurship FSU),
E. Robert Fernholz (Chief Investment Officer INTECH),
Raffael Clerici (H.B.Fuller),
Lisa Goldberg (MSCI Barra),
Benoit Montin (Barclays Capital),
Steven Perfect (Florida Power and Light),
Edward Qian (PanAgora),
Ray Song (Branch Banking and Trust),
David Villa (CIO State of Wisconsin Investment Board),
Dan Waggoner (Federal Reserve Bank Atlanta),
Jay Webb (UBS), and
Anjun Zhou (State Street Global Advisors)
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News and Highlights
- A highly competitive program, with 44 current students; graduates are well placed throughout the financial sector.
- Doctoral students complete the professional master’s degree as part of their PhD requirements, assuring a smooth transition and a strong basis for research and a future in the financial sector or academia.
- Flexibility in some course choices of the master’s degree and a range of auxiliary professional development opportunities to sharpen practical skills and build on individual strengths.
- So far, seven PhD graduates in Financial Mathematics, with eight students currently advanced to PhD candidacy.
- Listed by the International Association of Financial Engineers (www.iafe.org); classified as graduate education and research by the Society of Actuaries.
The first term students, besides their theoretical mathematical finance and statistics courses, cross campus to the Finance Department and take their Investments course with the MBA students. Courses are updated to meet academic and industry needs, with continued cooperation from the FSU faculty members from six departments in three colleges who developed and guide this interdisciplinary master’s degree option in the Department of Mathematics. The Graduate Advisors for Financial Mathematics from the outside programs and departments are Professors Baker, Beaumont, Carson, Christiansen, Huffer, Maroney, Whalley, Zuehlke. Doctoral directive mathematics faculty includes Professors Case, Goncharov, Kercheval, Kim, Kopriva, Magnan, Navon, Nichols, Nolder, and Ökten (Director).
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