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 co-orgnizing the 2-day event on October 26–27, 2026 at NVIDIA HQ (8:30 AM – 5:00 PM) in Santa Clara. 

Five different talks are being given by CFMAR faculty and students at the 2026 Bachelier World Congress taking place in Bologna, Italy during June 29-July 3, 2026. This is the pre-eminent global event in mathematical finance. 

CFMAR is hosting the Spring 2026 SCQFF on Tuesday April 14

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

Upcoming Events

TBA

  1. September 28, 2026 - 3:30pm to 4:30pm

Fall 2026 edition of the SCQFF, hosted by University of Southern California

  1. November 9, 2026 - 3:30pm to 7:45pm

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