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David K.A. Mordecai
David K.A. Mordecai Testified Regarding the Dynamics of the Auction Rate Securities Market
David K.A. Mordecai, testified regarding the dynamics of the auction rate securities (ARS) market before, during, and following the financial crisis at a FINRA arbitration hearing on behalf of Lehman Brothers, Inc. and certain of its employees. A former corporate client of Lehman’s asserted several causes of action against Lehman, including
David K.A. Mordecai was Invited to Present at a Conference Sponsored by the Department of Treasury Office of Financial Research and Financial Stability Oversight Council
David K.A. Mordecai, President of Risk Economics, was invited to present at The Macroprudental Toolkit: Measurement and Analysis Conference sponsored by the Department of Treasury Office of Financial Research (OFR) and Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC). David K.A. Mordecai served as a panelist for a discussion based on the OFR working paper entitled Forging Best Practices in Risk
David K.A. Mordecai Presented an Applied Mathematics Seminar at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences NYU
David K.A. Mordecai presented an Applied Mathematics Seminar at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences NYU entitled (Not So) Distant Cousins: Some Common Statistical Relations Underlying Models Across Disparate Social Processes. Dr. Mordecai’s presentation at Courant Institute compared and contrasted specific models within political science, mathematical and economic sociology, economics, and finance
Samantha Kappagoda and David K.A. Mordecai Participated in NYU CSAW 2011
Samantha Kappagoda and David K.A. Mordecai participated as judges at NYU-Poly’s Eighth Annual Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) Competition on November 11, 2011 at MetroTech Center in Brooklyn, NY. Academic entrants of all levels, from Post-Doctoral fellows and Ph.D. Candidates to high school students took part in the two day Cyber Security
David K.A. Mordecai and Samantha Kappagoda Participated in the National Academy of Sciences Summit for Managing Extreme Events
David K.A. Mordecai and Samantha Kappagoda of Risk Economics, participated in the National Academy of Sciences Summit for Managing Extreme Events. The event was co-sponsored by National Academy of Sciences, Willis Research Network, Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), and Environmental Systems Research
David K.A. Mordecai Participated in the Santa Fe Institute and Fidelity Investments Software Complexity Conference
David K.A. Mordecai, President of Risk Economics, participated in the jointly sponsored Santa Fe Institute (SFI) and Fidelity Investments Software Complexity: Implications for the Capability, Integrity and Security of Large Scale Software Systems Conference. Dr. Mordecai’s presentation was entitled Implications for the Financial Industry. The conference took place on May 11, 2011 at
