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Risk Economics Sponsored the IAFE/SunGard 2011 Financial Engineer of the Year Award Gala
Risk Economics® sponsored the IAFE/SunGard 2011 Financial Engineer of the Year (FEOY) Award Gala Dinner honoring Dr. Robert Engle. Robert Engle is an expert in time series analysis with a long-standing interest in the analysis of financial markets. His ARCH model and its generalizations have become indispensable tools not only for researchers, but also for analysts of


Risk Economics Sponsored TEDx Manhattan: Changing the Way We Eat 2012
Risk Economics sponsored the second annual TEDx Manhattan 2012: Changing the Way We Eat. This one-day TEDx event explored the food system as we shift to a more sustainable way of eating and farming. The goal of “Changing the Way We Eat” was to create new synergies, connections and collaborations across disciplines, to unite different areas


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 Management that he co-authored with Mark


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 in order to highlight


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 event, which was made


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 Institute (ESRI). The Summit