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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


RiskEcon® Lab for Decision Metrics has been Established at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences NYU
RiskEcon® Lab for Decision Metrics (RiskEcon® Lab) has been established at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences NYU, in order to apply a range of computational methods to researching geopolitical and socioeconomic issues, such as aging and health trends, immigration, and consumer behavior. The primary focus of RiskEcon® Lab will be to cultivate NYU’s competency in computational statistics and to


Samantha Kappagoda and David K.A. Mordecai Presented at the Casualty Actuarial Society Spring 2011 Meeting
Samantha Kappagoda and David K.A. Mordecai presented Harnessing Large Datasets to Navigate the Emerging Risk Landscape, during the session entitled Structural Shocks and Changing Dynamics Related to Emergent Risks, Evolving Health Trends, Demographic Shifts and Labor Markets at the Casualty Actuarial Society Spring 2011 Meeting. The meeting took place on May 15-18, 2011, in Palm Beach, FL. The mission and purposes


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 the Fidelity Investments office