Rice's Vertical InteGration of Research and Education – A Unique Rice Opportunity in the Mathematical Sciences
VIGRE is an on-line environment which brings together Mathematics, Statistics and Computational and Applied Mathematics. This combination of interdisciplinary groups work on parallel themes to achieve the full potential of vertical integration and the merging of education and research. It was designed to ensure that members at all levels will be able to contribute to work in many fields and appreciate the broad relevance of mathematical sciences. Computational Finance has been an ongoing theme to this ten year program.
CoFES Creation Announced
2002
Symposium, Quantitative Advances in Computational Finance and Economic Systems
November, 2002
Funding generously provided by William Rapson ('53).
CoFES is instrumental in NSF $10 million investment in mathematical sciences at Rice through Rice’s Vertical Integration of Research and Education (VIGRE) program
2003
CoFES Symposium on Advancements in Quantitative Finance.
September, 2004
Creation of Undergraduate Minor in Financial Computation and Modeling
2007
1st Eubank Conference
March 23, 2009
Modeling Real World Markets
A workshop concerning empiricism in modeling the market. How does one handle situations in which current orthodoxies in finance produce strategies which fail to model the real world? To what extent have the current orthodoxies been responsible for failed strategies on the part of investors and government regulators? What are the implications of market practice in nonwestern markets. How shall we begin to build new theories which are more effective at modeling and modifying real world markets?
2nd Eubank Conference
October 18, 2010
Modeling Financial Markets in a World of Fiat Money
A conference on modeling real-world markets. In spite of the beauty and wonder of closed form mathematical solutions to financial market models, it has become increasingly apparent that such formulae are not helping reduce financial risk encountered in the real world. Today, things are even more complicated given the increasing frequency of command economy decisions and interventions.
3rd Eubank Conference
October 17, 2011
Critical Issues in Today’s Dynamic and Uncertain Political Climate and Markets
A conference addressing critical issues in today's dynamic and uncertain political climate and markets.
CoFES Receives Endowed Gift from Nancy and Tom Eubank to Support the Annual Eubank Conference on Real World Markets and Cofes Programs
2013
CoFES Awards the First Eubank Prize to Our Longtime Colleague and Co-Founder James R. Thompson
2013
4th Eubank Conference
March 23, 2014
Creating Growth; Entrepreneurship and Analytics
A workshop concerning empiricism in modeling the market. How does one handle situations in which current orthodoxies in finance produce strategies which fail to model the real world? To what extent have the current orthodoxies been responsible for failed strategies on the part of investors and government regulators? What are the implications of market practice in nonwestern markets. How shall we begin to build new theories which are more effective at modeling and modifying real world markets?
CoFES Launches Discussion Group Stat 499/699 to Support Students’ Interest in Quantitative Finance
September, 2014
5th Eubank Conference
March 26, 2015
Real World Markets
A conference, "A Focus on Energy," was jointly sponsored by Rice Center for Computational Finance and Economic Systems (CoFES) and Baker Institute for Public Policy Energy Forum of the Center for Energy Studies.
6th Eubank Conference
April 25, 2016
Real World Markets
A workshop concerning empiricism in modeling the market. How does one handle situations in which current orthodoxies in finance produce strategies which fail to model the real world? To what extent have the current orthodoxies been responsible for failed strategies on the part of investors and government regulators? What are the implications of market practice in nonwestern markets. How shall we begin to build new theories which are more effective at modeling and modifying real world markets?
7th Eubank Conference
April 24, 2017
Real World Markets
A workshop concerning empiricism in modeling the market. How does one handle situations in which current orthodoxies in finance produce strategies which fail to model the real world? To what extent have the current orthodoxies been responsible for failed strategies on the part of investors and government regulators? What are the implications of market practice in nonwestern markets. How shall we begin to build new theories which are more effective at modeling and modifying real world markets?
8th Eubank Conference
April 23, 2018
Real World Markets
A workshop concerning empiricism in modeling the market. How does one handle situations in which current orthodoxies in finance produce strategies which fail to model the real world? To what extent have the current orthodoxies been responsible for failed strategies on the part of investors and government regulators? What are the implications of market practice in nonwestern markets. How shall we begin to build new theories which are more effective at modeling and modifying real world markets?