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  • Events 

    Thursday, December 3, 2009 | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

    To Regulate or Not To Regulate

    Speakers: Til Schuermann (Federal Reserve Bank) and Allan Meltzer (Carnegie Mellon University)

    The Quantitative Finance Discussion Group presents this discussion on regulation of capital markets.

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  • Past Events

    Monday, November 9, 2009 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

    Can Markets Undergo Phase Transitions?

    Speaker: Lisa Borland, PhD (Evnine and Associates)

    Dr. Lisa Borland applies methods from theoretical physics to understand the dynamics of financial markets. At this symposium, she will present her recent work “Statistical Signatures in Times of Panic: Markets as a Self-Organizing System”.

    Monday, November 9, 2009 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

    New York Computer Science and Economics Day

    Speakers: Jennifer Rexford (Princeton University), Shahar Dobzinski (Cornell Univeristy), Michael Kearns (University of Pennsylvania), and Larry Blume (Cornell University)

    This meeting brings together researchers in the New York metropolitan area with interests in Computer Science, Economics, Marketing and Business, and a common focus in understanding and developing the economics of internet activity.

    Thursday, April 16, 2009 | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

    Texas Hold'em: Algorithmic Trading

    Speakers: Ian Domowitz (Investment Technology Group) and Lee Maclin (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences & Founding Partner, Pragma Financial Systems)

    The use of algorithms to optimize execution of trading strategies has surged in popularity in recent years. This meeting will feature experts discussing recent advances in algorithmic trading.

    Friday, April 3, 2009 | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

    Managing Your Lab's Money

    Speaker: Jayne Raper (NYU School of Medicine)

    Join us for a lesson on financial management for scientists, as researchers discuss best practices for balancing a lab's books, and offer sage advice for new budget-makers.

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  • Publications 

    Annals

    Ecological Economics Reviews

    Edited by Karin E. Limburg (SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York) and Robert Costanza (Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT)

    This inaugural volume of will review topics that are at the crossroads of ecology and economics.

    Forthcoming volume

    eBriefing

    The Market's Hidden Cards: Algorithmic Trading Strategies

    Speakers: Ian Domowitz (Investment Technology Group) and Lee Maclin (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences)

    Algorithmic trading has transformed the finance industry, affecting the way shares are sold in "dark pools" and how portfolio managers and traders interact.

    Annals

    The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology 2009

    Edited by Richard S. Ostfeld and William H. Schlesinger (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies)

    This second volume of The Year in Ecology and Conservation Biology series focuses on the human impact on the environment.

    eBriefing

    Anatomy of a Bubble: Lessons from the Credit Crisis

    Speakers: Petter Kolm (Courant Institute, NYU), Bjorn Flesaker (Bloomberg), and Stephen Figlewski (Stern School of Business, NYU)

    At a meeting of the Academy's Quantitative Finance Discussion Group, a panel dissected the current disaster in global markets and discussed some dramatic steps that might be necessary to fix it.

    Annals

    Reducing the Impact of Poverty on Health and Human Development: Scientific Approaches

    Edited by Stephen G. Kaler and Owen M. Rennert (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland)

    Diverse elements contribute to poverty in the United States and elsewhere in the world. This volume provides a look at this problem from the perspectives of many disciplines.

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