Connecting the mathematical finance community

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

Registration is quick and the link is valid for multiple future talks.

Past seminars

Ulrich Horst
October 8, 2026

Ulrich Horst

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Microstructural Foundation of Rough Log-Normal Volatility ModelsRead abstract →
René Aïd
September 10, 2026

René Aïd

Université Paris-Dauphine

Carbon Markets and Their ModelingRead abstract →
Sergio Pulido
June 11, 2026

Sergio Pulido

ensIIE

Boundary attainment conditions for stochastic Volterra equationsRead abstract →
Ruimeng Hu
May 14, 2026

Ruimeng Hu

University of California, Santa Barbara

Machine Learning for Stochastic Control and Games: From Foundations to Mean-Field LearningRead abstract →
Yufei Zhang
April 9, 2026

Yufei Zhang

Imperial College London

An alpha-potential game framework for dynamic N-player gamesRead abstract →
Eduardo Abi Jaber
March 12, 2026

Eduardo Abi Jaber

Ecole Polytechnique

Path-Signatures: Memory and StationarityRead abstract →
Christian Bayer
February 12, 2026

Christian Bayer

WIAS Berlin

Global and local regression: a signature approach with applicationsRead abstract →
Erhan Bayraktar
December 11, 2025

Erhan Bayraktar

University of Michigan

A Mean-Field Approach to DeFi Currency ExchangesRead abstract →
Luciano Campi
November 13, 2025

Luciano Campi

University of Milan

Optimal coarse correlated equilibria in mean field gamesRead abstract →
Nicole Bäuerle
October 9, 2025

Nicole Bäuerle

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Competitive portfolio optimizationRead abstract →
Fayçal Drissi
September 11, 2025

Fayçal Drissi

University of Oxford

Equilibrium Liquidity Provision in Concentrated Liquidity Automated Market MakersRead abstract →
Chiara Amorino
September 11, 2025

Chiara Amorino

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Minimax rate for multivariate data under componentwise local differential privacy constraintsRead abstract →
Purba Das
June 12, 2025

Purba Das

King's College London

Invariance of Stochastic integral with respect to the choice of partitionsRead abstract →
Valentin Tissot-Daguette
June 12, 2025

Valentin Tissot-Daguette

Bloomberg

Pathwise Superhedging of Asian ClaimsRead abstract →
Julio Backhoff
May 8, 2025

Julio Backhoff

University of Vienna

Of 'most exciting' games and the specific relative entropy between martingalesRead abstract →
Sara Svaluto-Ferro
April 10, 2025

Sara Svaluto-Ferro

University of Verona

Signature-based models: theory, calibration, and expansionsRead abstract →
Luhao Zhang
March 20, 2025

Luhao Zhang

Johns Hopkins University

A Class of Interpretable and Decomposable Multi-period Convex Risk MeasuresRead abstract →
Terry Lyons
March 20, 2025

Terry Lyons

University of Oxford

The Mathematics of Complex Streamed DataRead abstract →
Jose Blanchet
December 12, 2024

Jose Blanchet

Stanford University

Inference in Stochastic Optimization with Heavy Tailed InputRead abstract →
Ben Hambly
November 14, 2024

Ben Hambly

University of Oxford

Systemic risk, endogenous contagion and McKean-Vlasov controlRead abstract →
Maxim Bichuch
October 10, 2024

Maxim Bichuch

University at Buffalo

A Deep Learning Scheme for Solving Fully Nonlinear Partial Differential EquationRead abstract →
Miklós Rásonyi
June 13, 2024

Miklós Rásonyi

HUN-REN Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics

Portolio choice for exponential investors when prices are mean-revertingRead abstract →
Mykhaylo Shkolnikov
May 9, 2024

Mykhaylo Shkolnikov

Carnegie Mellon University

Pathwise entropy solutions of SPDEs via rank-based models with common noiseRead abstract →
Joe Jackson
April 11, 2024

Joe Jackson

University of Chicago

Sharp convergence rates for mean field control on the region of strong regularityRead abstract →
Ofelia Bonesini
April 11, 2024

Ofelia Bonesini

Imperial College London

Rough volatility, path-dependent PDEs and weak rates of convergenceRead abstract →
Ryan Donnelly
February 8, 2024

Ryan Donnelly

King's College London

Dynamic Inventory Management with Mean-Field CompetitionRead abstract →
Athena Picarelli
January 11, 2024

Athena Picarelli

University of Verona

A deep solver for BSDEs with jumpsRead abstract →
Yu-Jui Huang
December 14, 2023

Yu-Jui Huang

University of Colorado Boulder

Partial Information Breeds Systemic RiskRead abstract →
Silvana Pesenti
November 9, 2023

Silvana Pesenti

University of Toronto

Dynamic robust risk measures with applicationsRead abstract →
Michael Ludkovski
October 12, 2023

Michael Ludkovski

University of California Santa Barbara

Machine Learning Surrogates for Parametric and Adaptive Optimal ExecutionRead abstract →
David Itkin
September 14, 2023

David Itkin

Imperial College London

Ergodic robust maximization of asymptotic growth with stochastic factors.Read abstract →
Gökçe Dayanıkli
September 14, 2023

Gökçe Dayanıkli

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Single level approach to solve Stackelberg Mean Field GamesRead abstract →
Stephan Eckstein
May 11, 2023

Stephan Eckstein

ETH Zürich

Numerical aspects of adapted optimal transportRead abstract →
Haoyang Cao
May 11, 2023

Haoyang Cao

École Polytechnique

Feasibility and Transferability of Transfer Learning: A Mathematical FrameworkRead abstract →
Mihai Sîrbu
April 13, 2023

Mihai Sîrbu

University of Texas at Austin

Backward Martingale Transport and Fitzpatrick Functions in Pseudo-Euclidean SpacesRead abstract →
Sebastian Jaimungal
March 9, 2023

Sebastian Jaimungal

University of Toronto

Risk-Aware Reinforcement Learning for FinanceRead abstract →
Christoph Reisinger
February 9, 2023

Christoph Reisinger

University of Oxford

Risk Management of Option Books with Arbitrage-Free Neural-SDE Market ModelsRead abstract →
Sigrid Källblad
January 12, 2023

Sigrid Källblad

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Adapted Wasserstein distance between the laws of SDEsRead abstract →
Johannes Wiesel
December 8, 2022

Johannes Wiesel

Columbia University

An optimal transport based toolbox for mathematical financeRead abstract →
Gabriela Kovacova
December 8, 2022

Gabriela Kovacova

WU Vienna

Set-valued Bellman's principle: evidence from the mean-risk problemRead abstract →
Johannes Ruf
November 10, 2022

Johannes Ruf

London School of Economics and Political Science

Estimation of Growth in Fund ModelsRead abstract →
Eva Lütkebohmert-Holtz
October 13, 2022

Eva Lütkebohmert-Holtz

University of Freiburg

Robust deep hedgingRead abstract →
Agostino Capponi
September 8, 2022

Agostino Capponi

Columbia University

The Adoption of Blockchain-Based Decentralized ExchangesRead abstract →
Harvey Stein
June 9, 2022

Harvey Stein

Two Sigma Investments

Model Invariants and Functional RegularizationRead abstract →
Carole Bernard
May 12, 2022

Carole Bernard

Grenoble Ecole de Management / Faculty of Economics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Multivariate Portfolio Choice via QuantilesRead abstract →
Ronnie Sircar
April 14, 2022

Ronnie Sircar

ORFE, Princeton University

ORFEUSRead abstract →
Yufei Zhang
March 10, 2022

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
March 10, 2022

Mesias Alfeus

Stellenbosch University

Quantitative Finance: Toward A General Framework for Modelling Roll-Over RiskRead abstract →
Stephane Crepey
February 10, 2022

Stephane Crepey

Université de Paris / LPSM

Darwinian model risk and reverse stress testingRead abstract →
Daniel Lacker
January 13, 2022

Daniel Lacker

IEOR, Columbia University

Stochastic games on large graphs in mean field and sparse regimesRead abstract →
Philippe Casgrain
December 2, 2021

Philippe Casgrain

ETH Zürich and Princeton University

Anytime-valid sequential testing for elicitable functionals via supermartingalesRead abstract →
Renyuan Xu
December 2, 2021

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
November 4, 2021

Beatrice Acciaio

Department of Mathematics, ETH Zurich

Adapted Wasserstein distances in mathematical financeRead abstract →
Ibrahim Ekren
October 7, 2021

Ibrahim Ekren

Department of Mathematics, Florida State University

Optimal Transport and Risk Aversion in Kyle's Model of Informed TradingRead abstract →
Konstantinos Spiliopoulos
September 16, 2021

Konstantinos Spiliopoulos

Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Boston University

Normalization effects on neural networks: generalization properties and high dimensionsRead abstract →
Huyen Pham
April 29, 2021

Huyen Pham

Professor, LPSM/Université de Paris

DeepSet and their derivative networks for solving symmetric problemsRead abstract →
Mathieu Laurière
April 1, 2021

Mathieu Laurière

ORFE, Princeton University

Deep learning for Mean Field Games, and applications to financeRead abstract →
Xiaofei Shi
April 1, 2021

Xiaofei Shi

Department of Statistics, Columbia University

Equilibrium Asset Pricing with Liquidity RiskRead abstract →
Marcel Nutz
March 4, 2021

Marcel Nutz

Professor, Columbia University

Entropic Optimal TransportRead abstract →
Carol Alexander
February 4, 2021

Carol Alexander

Professor of Finance, University of Sussex

Trading and Hedging Bitcoin VolatilityRead abstract →
Alvaro Cartea
January 21, 2021

Alvaro Cartea

University of Oxford

Optimal Execution with Stochastic and Deterministic DelayRead abstract →
Sveinn Olafsson
December 10, 2020

Sveinn Olafsson

Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Columbia University

Personalized Robo-Advising: Enhancing Investment through Client InteractionRead abstract →
Dena Firoozi
December 10, 2020

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
November 12, 2020

Damir Filipovic

EPFL and Swiss Finance Institute

A Machine Learning Approach to Portfolio Pricing and Risk Management for High-Dimensional ProblemsRead abstract →
Francesca Biagini
October 29, 2020

Francesca Biagini

University of Munich

Reduced-form setting under model uncertainty with non-linear affine intensitiesRead abstract →
Samuel Drapeau
October 1, 2020

Samuel Drapeau

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

On Detecting Spoofing Strategies in High Frequency TradingRead abstract →
Rene Carmona
September 17, 2020

Rene Carmona

Princeton University

Contract theory and mean field games to inform epidemic modelsRead abstract →
Sergey Nadtochiy
September 3, 2020

Sergey Nadtochiy

Illinois Institute of Technology

A simple microstructural explanation of the concavity of price impactRead abstract →
Paolo Guasoni
August 20, 2020

Paolo Guasoni

Dublin City University

The cost of Lightning Network channels and its implications for the network's structureRead abstract →
A. Max Reppen
July 23, 2020

A. Max Reppen

Boston University

Discrete dividend payments in continuous timeRead abstract →
Ruimeng Hu
July 23, 2020

Ruimeng Hu

University of California Santa Barbara

Deep fictitious play for stochastic differential gamesRead abstract →
Jean-Pierre Fouque
June 25, 2020

Jean-Pierre Fouque

University of California Santa Barbara

Accuracy of Approximation for Portfolio Optimization under Multiscale Stochastic EnvironmentRead abstract →
Patrick Cheridito
June 11, 2020

Patrick Cheridito

ETH Zurich

Deep optimal stoppingRead abstract →
Bruno Dupire
May 14, 2020

Bruno Dupire

Head of Quantitative Research, Bloomberg LP

The Geometry of Money and the Perils of ParameterizationRead abstract →
Blanka Horvath
April 30, 2020

Blanka Horvath

Department of Mathematics, King's College London, UK

A Data-driven Market Simulator for Small Data EnvironmentsRead abstract →
Mete Soner
April 16, 2020

Mete Soner

Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Princeton University

Trading with impactRead abstract →