SIAM-BFS Mathematical Finance Online Seminar
The series keeps the financial mathematics community connected beyond traditional formats, with a diverse lineup of prominent speakers presenting the latest developments in financial mathematics and engineering.
A shared monthly space for the community.
- The talks take place once a month, usually on the second Thursday of the month.
- All talks are delivered remotely using Zoom.
- The talks are open to the public; for security, every attendee must register.
- The registration link is posted next to each seminar date below and shared through SIAM Engage.
- Registration asks only for your name and email. Once registered, you receive a personal meeting link—please do not share it. Registration is usually valid for multiple future talks.
Future seminars
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The next seminars will be announced soon. Past talks and their recordings are listed below.

Xiaofei Shi
University of Toronto
Inverse Learning in Mixed-Individual Mean Field GamesRead abstract →
Mehdi Talbi
Université Paris-Cité
Quantitative convergence of finite population approximations for mean field control problemsRead abstract →
Thaleia Zariphopoulou
University of Texas at Austin
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Thaleia Zariphopoulou
University of Texas at Austin
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Mehdi Talbi
Université Paris-Cité
Quantitative convergence of finite population approximations for mean field control problemsRead abstract →
Xiaofei Shi
University of Toronto
Inverse Learning in Mixed-Individual Mean Field GamesRead abstract →
Ulrich Horst
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Microstructural Foundation of Rough Log-Normal Volatility ModelsRead abstract →
René Aïd
Université Paris-Dauphine
Carbon Markets and Their ModelingRead abstract →
Sergio Pulido
ensIIE
Boundary attainment conditions for stochastic Volterra equationsRead abstract →
Ruimeng Hu
University of California, Santa Barbara
Machine Learning for Stochastic Control and Games: From Foundations to Mean-Field LearningRead abstract →
Yufei Zhang
Imperial College London
An alpha-potential game framework for dynamic N-player gamesRead abstract →
Eduardo Abi Jaber
Ecole Polytechnique
Path-Signatures: Memory and StationarityRead abstract →
Christian Bayer
WIAS Berlin
Global and local regression: a signature approach with applicationsRead abstract →
Erhan Bayraktar
University of Michigan
A Mean-Field Approach to DeFi Currency ExchangesRead abstract →
Luciano Campi
University of Milan
Optimal coarse correlated equilibria in mean field gamesRead abstract →
Nicole Bäuerle
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Competitive portfolio optimizationRead abstract →
Fayçal Drissi
University of Oxford
Equilibrium Liquidity Provision in Concentrated Liquidity Automated Market MakersRead abstract →
Chiara Amorino
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Minimax rate for multivariate data under componentwise local differential privacy constraintsRead abstract →
Purba Das
King's College London
Invariance of Stochastic integral with respect to the choice of partitionsRead abstract →
Valentin Tissot-Daguette
Bloomberg
Pathwise Superhedging of Asian ClaimsRead abstract →
Julio Backhoff
University of Vienna
Of 'most exciting' games and the specific relative entropy between martingalesRead abstract →
Sara Svaluto-Ferro
University of Verona
Signature-based models: theory, calibration, and expansionsRead abstract →
Luhao Zhang
Johns Hopkins University
A Class of Interpretable and Decomposable Multi-period Convex Risk MeasuresRead abstract →
Terry Lyons
University of Oxford
The Mathematics of Complex Streamed DataRead abstract →
Jose Blanchet
Stanford University
Inference in Stochastic Optimization with Heavy Tailed InputRead abstract →
Ben Hambly
University of Oxford
Systemic risk, endogenous contagion and McKean-Vlasov controlRead abstract →
Maxim Bichuch
University at Buffalo
A Deep Learning Scheme for Solving Fully Nonlinear Partial Differential EquationRead abstract →
Miklós Rásonyi
HUN-REN Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics
Portolio choice for exponential investors when prices are mean-revertingRead abstract →
Mykhaylo Shkolnikov
Carnegie Mellon University
Pathwise entropy solutions of SPDEs via rank-based models with common noiseRead abstract →
Joe Jackson
University of Chicago
Sharp convergence rates for mean field control on the region of strong regularityRead abstract →
Ofelia Bonesini
Imperial College London
Rough volatility, path-dependent PDEs and weak rates of convergenceRead abstract →
Ryan Donnelly
King's College London
Dynamic Inventory Management with Mean-Field CompetitionRead abstract →
Athena Picarelli
University of Verona
A deep solver for BSDEs with jumpsRead abstract →
Yu-Jui Huang
University of Colorado Boulder
Partial Information Breeds Systemic RiskRead abstract →
Silvana Pesenti
University of Toronto
Dynamic robust risk measures with applicationsRead abstract →
Michael Ludkovski
University of California Santa Barbara
Machine Learning Surrogates for Parametric and Adaptive Optimal ExecutionRead abstract →
David Itkin
Imperial College London
Ergodic robust maximization of asymptotic growth with stochastic factors.Read abstract →
Gökçe Dayanıkli
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Single level approach to solve Stackelberg Mean Field GamesRead abstract →
Stephan Eckstein
ETH Zürich
Numerical aspects of adapted optimal transportRead abstract →
Haoyang Cao
École Polytechnique
Feasibility and Transferability of Transfer Learning: A Mathematical FrameworkRead abstract →
Mihai Sîrbu
University of Texas at Austin
Backward Martingale Transport and Fitzpatrick Functions in Pseudo-Euclidean SpacesRead abstract →
Sebastian Jaimungal
University of Toronto
Risk-Aware Reinforcement Learning for FinanceRead abstract →
Christoph Reisinger
University of Oxford
Risk Management of Option Books with Arbitrage-Free Neural-SDE Market ModelsRead abstract →
Sigrid Källblad
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Adapted Wasserstein distance between the laws of SDEsRead abstract →
Johannes Wiesel
Columbia University
An optimal transport based toolbox for mathematical financeRead abstract →
Gabriela Kovacova
WU Vienna
Set-valued Bellman's principle: evidence from the mean-risk problemRead abstract →
Johannes Ruf
London School of Economics and Political Science
Estimation of Growth in Fund ModelsRead abstract →
Eva Lütkebohmert-Holtz
University of Freiburg
Robust deep hedgingRead abstract →
Agostino Capponi
Columbia University
The Adoption of Blockchain-Based Decentralized ExchangesRead abstract →
Harvey Stein
Two Sigma Investments
Model Invariants and Functional RegularizationRead abstract →
Carole Bernard
Grenoble Ecole de Management / Faculty of Economics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Multivariate Portfolio Choice via QuantilesRead abstract →
Ronnie Sircar
ORFE, Princeton University
ORFEUSRead abstract →
Yufei Zhang
Department of Statistics, London School of Economics
Exploration-exploitation trade-off for continuous-time episodic reinforcement learning with linear-convex modelsRead abstract →
Mesias Alfeus
Stellenbosch University
Quantitative Finance: Toward A General Framework for Modelling Roll-Over RiskRead abstract →
Stephane Crepey
Université de Paris / LPSM
Darwinian model risk and reverse stress testingRead abstract →
Daniel Lacker
IEOR, Columbia University
Stochastic games on large graphs in mean field and sparse regimesRead abstract →
Philippe Casgrain
ETH Zürich and Princeton University
Anytime-valid sequential testing for elicitable functionals via supermartingalesRead abstract →
Renyuan Xu
Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California
Learning in Linear-quadratic Framework: From Single-agent to Multi-agent, and to Mean-fieldRead abstract →
Beatrice Acciaio
Department of Mathematics, ETH Zurich
Adapted Wasserstein distances in mathematical financeRead abstract →
Ibrahim Ekren
Department of Mathematics, Florida State University
Optimal Transport and Risk Aversion in Kyle's Model of Informed TradingRead abstract →
Konstantinos Spiliopoulos
Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Boston University
Normalization effects on neural networks: generalization properties and high dimensionsRead abstract →
Huyen Pham
Professor, LPSM/Université de Paris
DeepSet and their derivative networks for solving symmetric problemsRead abstract →
Mathieu Laurière
ORFE, Princeton University
Deep learning for Mean Field Games, and applications to financeRead abstract →
Xiaofei Shi
Department of Statistics, Columbia University
Equilibrium Asset Pricing with Liquidity RiskRead abstract →
Marcel Nutz
Professor, Columbia University
Entropic Optimal TransportRead abstract →
Carol Alexander
Professor of Finance, University of Sussex
Trading and Hedging Bitcoin VolatilityRead abstract →
Alvaro Cartea
University of Oxford
Optimal Execution with Stochastic and Deterministic DelayRead abstract →
Sveinn Olafsson
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia University
Personalized Robo-Advising: Enhancing Investment through Client InteractionRead abstract →
Dena Firoozi
Department of Decision Sciences, HEC Montréal - University of Montreal
Belief Estimation by Agents in Major-Minor LQG Mean Field GamesRead abstract →
Damir Filipovic
EPFL and Swiss Finance Institute
A Machine Learning Approach to Portfolio Pricing and Risk Management for High-Dimensional ProblemsRead abstract →
Francesca Biagini
University of Munich
Reduced-form setting under model uncertainty with non-linear affine intensitiesRead abstract →
Samuel Drapeau
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
On Detecting Spoofing Strategies in High Frequency TradingRead abstract →
Rene Carmona
Princeton University
Contract theory and mean field games to inform epidemic modelsRead abstract →
Sergey Nadtochiy
Illinois Institute of Technology
A simple microstructural explanation of the concavity of price impactRead abstract →
Paolo Guasoni
Dublin City University
The cost of Lightning Network channels and its implications for the network's structureRead abstract →
A. Max Reppen
Boston University
Discrete dividend payments in continuous timeRead abstract →
Ruimeng Hu
University of California Santa Barbara
Deep fictitious play for stochastic differential gamesRead abstract →
Jean-Pierre Fouque
University of California Santa Barbara
Accuracy of Approximation for Portfolio Optimization under Multiscale Stochastic EnvironmentRead abstract →
Patrick Cheridito
ETH Zurich
Deep optimal stoppingRead abstract →
Bruno Dupire
Head of Quantitative Research, Bloomberg LP
The Geometry of Money and the Perils of ParameterizationRead abstract →
Blanka Horvath
Department of Mathematics, King's College London, UK
A Data-driven Market Simulator for Small Data EnvironmentsRead abstract →
Mete Soner
Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Princeton University
Trading with impactRead abstract →