Welcome to the Center for Financial Mathematics and Actuarial Research

The goal of the Center for Financial Mathematics and Actuarial Research (CFMAR) at UCSB is to encourage interdisciplinary research, and to provide national and international leadership in quantitative finance from different perspectives. The Center brings together faculty, students, and visitors affiliated with the departments of Statistics and Applied Probability, Economics (Econometrics and Finance), Mathematics (Applied Mathematics), Computer Science and others on the UCSB campus and facilitates interdepartmental cooperation in mathematical modeling, statistical and actuarial data analysis and efficient computational methods specific to financial and actuarial data.

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About the Center

Announcements

CFMAR is hosting the Spring 2026 SCQFF on Tuesday April 14

Associate Professor Ruimeng Hu and Professor Mike Ludkovski have been awarded a collaborative...

Alex successfully passed his dissertation defense presentation on June 11, 2025

Xiaoqian successfully passed her dissertation defense presentation on May 27

Upcoming Events

Students who completed the 2025-26 CFMAR Undergraduate Lab present their posters

  1. April 13, 2026 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm

Schedule TBA

  1. April 14, 2026 - 3:00pm to 6:00pm

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