Frederi G. Viens

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Education

  • M.S., University of California, Mathematics, 1991
  • Maîtrise de Mathématiques Pures, University of Paris, Mathematics, 1991
  • Ph.D., University of California, Mathematics, 1996

Research Interests

  • Stochastic Processes (Stochastic Partial Differential Equations, Fractional Brownian Motion, Branching and Interacting Particle Systems, Numerical Methods for Stochastic Processes, Nonlinear Stochastic Filtering, Propagation of Chaos)
  • Probability Theory (Regularity of Random Fields, Malliavin Calculus, Spin Glasses, Products of Random Matrices)
  • Mathematical Finance (Stochastic Portfolio Optimization, Stochastic Volatility, Monte-Carlo and Particle Methods, Financial Time Series)
  • Others (Magneto-hydrodynamics, Non-linear Semigroups, Harmonic Analysis on Lie Groups, Optimal Control)

Ph.D. Students from Purdue University Department of Statistics

  • Ionut Florescu
  • Nikita Tuzov
  • Luis Barboza
  • Alexandra Chronopoulou

Ph.D. Students from Other Departments and Universities

  • Ha-Young Kim, Department of Mathematics, Purdue University
  • Andrew Vizcarra, Department of Mathematics, Purdue University
  • Chao Yin, Department of Mathematics, Purdue University
  • Songfu Zhang, Department of Mathematics, Purdue University
  • Tao Zhang, Department of Mathematics, Purdue University

Awards/Honors

  • Editorial Board, Annals of Finance
  • Editorial Board, Communications on Stochastic Analysis
  • National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship, 1992-1996
  • Honorary Fellowship, University of Wisconsin, 1996
  • UC Irvine Connely Graduate Teaching Award, 1996
  • NSF International Opportunities Fellowship, 1997
  • NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1998-1999
  • Fulbright Scholar, 2004
  • College of Science Graduate Student Mentoring Award, February 2008
For more information about Frederi G. Viens, please visit: http://www.stat.purdue.edu/~viens/