RE: CARISMA FINANCIAL ENGINEERING WORKSHOPS http://www.unicom.co.uk/events/event_details.asp?productid=1473&catid=1&subcatid=1007&title=CARISMA+Financial+Engineering+%3Cb%3EWorkshops%3C%2Fb%3E

EXTREME VALUE THEORY AND COPULAS http://www.unicom.co.uk/events/event_details.asp?productid=1456&catid=1&subcatid=1007 , 29 November 2005, London Presenters: Paul Embrechts, Johanna Neslehova, Rosario Dell'Aquila, RiskLab, ETH Zurich; Claudio Romano, Credit Risk Analyst, Capitalia Bank Holding, Rome; Annalisa Di Clemente, University of Rome;

FINANCIAL INNOVATION AND NEW STRUCTURED PRODUCTS IN THE EQUITY WORLD http://www.unicom.co.uk/events/event_details.asp?productid=1457&catid=1&subcatid=1007 , 30 November 2005, London Presenter: Dilip Madan, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland / Consultant to Morgan Stanley

PRACTICAL FINANCIAL OPTIMISATION: DECISION MAKING FOR FINANCIAL ENGINEERS http://www.unicom.co.uk/events/event_details.asp?productid=1458&catid=1&subcatid=1007 ,1 December 2005, London Presenters: Stavros Zenios, Wharton School of Business /University of Cyprus; Gautam Mitra, CARISMA, Brunel University

HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS, KALMAN FILTERS, ROBUST REGRESSION http://www.unicom.co.uk/events/event_details.asp?productid=1468&catid=1&subcatid=1007 , 2 December 2005, London Presenters: Paresh Date, Rogemar Mamon, Keming Yu, CARISMA, Brunel University;

We are pleased to announce the above workshops. The objective of the four one-day events is to bring together practitioners, academics working in the area of risk management, financial engineering, quantitative finance and optimisation. They will provide an opportunity for participants engaged at the forefront of this area to discuss problems and challenges and suggest fruitful directions for future research, which focus on the emerging requirements of the finance industry.

The speaker panel includes world leaders such as Dilip Madan, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland/ Consultant to Morgan Stanley; Paul Embrechts and colleagues, RiskLab, ETH, Zurich; Gautam Mitra, CARISMA, Brunel University; Stavros Zenios, Wharton School of Business/University of Cyprus; Claudio Romano, Credit Risk Analyst, Capitalia Bank Holding, Rome. All the speakers have achieved distinction through their research contributions and also possess wide experience of real world applications of highly sophisticated quantitative models.

You will learn about the latest developments in the field from acknowledged research leaders, gathered together in London. By networking and listening to the presentations, you will gain valuable knowledge and practical techniques to apply your own area of practice or research. You will gain first hand experience of the innovative thinking and best practices currently being developed in some of the world's leading educational institutions.

For further details please go to www.carisma.brunel.ac.uk/FE.html http://www.carisma.brunel.ac.uk/FE.html or www.unicom.co.uk/finance , either download brochure or email info@unicom.co.uk mailto:info@unicom.co.uk for a PDF filer.

The events are organised by the Centre for the Analysis of Risk and Optimisation Modelling Applications (CARISMA) at Brunel University, and managed by UNICOM Seminars.

We will appreciate if could put the poster on your bulleting board and make your colleagues aware of these events. We look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues to the workshops; please contact me if you require further information.

Best regards Michael Sun xiaochen.sun@brunel.ac.uk or michael@unicom.co.uk CARISMA, www.carisma.brunel.ac.uk http://www.carisma.brunel.ac.uk UNICOM Seminars, www.unicom.co.uk/finance http://www.unicom.co.uk/finance

Michael(Xiaochen) Sun

CARISMA, www.carisma.brunel.ac.uk Centre for the Analysis of Risk and Optimisation Modelling Application; School of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics Brunel University Middlesex Uxbridge, UB8 3PH United Kingdom * xiaochen.sun@brunel.ac.uk mailto:xiaochen.sun@brunel.ac.uk http://mam3xs.blogspot.com/ *(+44) (0)1895 265625 *(+44) (0)7841873292