Finance

The role of applied mathematics in finance

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“Sometimes there’s a strange dichotomy between applied mathematics and pure mathematics,” said Professor Raul Tempone, a founding KAUST faculty member and principal investigator of the University's Stochastic Numerics Research Group. “People think that applied math is simply the application of theory.” The argument is that applied math is just classified by its ends in the sense that one is trying to solve a real problem. Tempone argues that this doesn’t mean that new theories don’t need to be created. It also does not mean that the kinds of problems are less challenging than the ones faced in

Liliana Rivera

Liliana Rivera is the center manager for the Visual Computing Center (VCC) in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

Hamimah Supian

Hamimah Supian joined KAUST in August 2009 as one of the founding members of the university. She was the Business Manager for the Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC) before assuming the Senior Business Manager position for CEMSE in January 2014. Hamimah oversees the financial, administration and operation of the division. She had well over 25 years of experiences in finance and administration from diverse industries prior to joining KAUST.