MSCS Seminar Calendar
Friday January 16, 2026
Mathematics Publishing PanelTBD
Giampiero Accardo (Elsevier)
3:00 PM in 636 SEO
Monday January 26, 2026
Mathematical Computer Science SeminarTBA
Fan Wei (Duke)
3:00 PM in 1227 SEO
Monday February 16, 2026
Algebraic Geometry SeminarTBA
Suchitra Pande (University of Utah)
3:00 PM in 636 SEO
Monday March 2, 2026
Algebraic Geometry SeminarTBA
Juliette Bruce (Dartmouth University)
3:00 PM in 636 SEO
Wednesday March 11, 2026
Statistics and Data Science SeminarQuantile Portfolio Optimization
Lingjie Ma (UIC, Department of Finance)
4:15 PM in 636 SEO
It is well known that asset returns usually do not follow a normal distribution, rather, they have long and fat tails. This paper focuses on the quantile portfolio methodology, which considers the whole distribution of asset returns and employs expected loss as a risk measurement. In particular, we explore statistical properties of tau risk and propose related theories of quantile portfolio optimization. We also introduce portfolio performance terms for the quantile portfolio framework.
Monday March 16, 2026
Algebraic Geometry SeminarTBA
Ruijie Yang (University of Kansas)
3:00 PM in 636 SEO
Wednesday March 18, 2026
Algebraic Geometry SeminarTBA
Christian Schnell (Stony Brook University)
3:00 PM in 636 SEO
Monday March 30, 2026
Algebraic Geometry SeminarTBA
Jack Jeffries (University of Nebraska Lincoln)
3:00 PM in 636 SEO
Monday April 6, 2026
Algebraic Geometry SeminarTBA
Ritvik Ramkumar (University of Notre Dame)
3:00 PM in 636 SEO
