Alex Paulet
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EDUCATION
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY New York, NY
The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
MS in Mathematics in Finance (expected December 2013)
Quantitative Finance: Ito calculus, diffusion process, portfolio management, option pricing
Computing: Java, design patterns, data structures, order management, pricing, Monte Carlo
Future Courses: PDE, volatility modeling, stat arb, algo trading, numerical analysis
PARIS VI UNIVERSITY (2011-2012) Paris, France
BS in Applied Mathematics (non-degree)
Real and complex analysis, martingales, Markov chains, jump processes
ENSAE (2010-2013) Paris, France
MS equivalent in Statistics, Grande Ecole
Quantitative Finance and math: Binomial trees, Black-Scholes, Girsanov, risk premiums,
Poisson models, VaR, numerical analysis, dynamic programming, Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman
Statistics and Econometrics: tests, bootstrap, panel data, MLE, GMM, logit, tobit, probit,
ARIMA, cointegration, stationarity, PCA, Monte Carlo
EXPERIENCE
SORBONNE UNIVERSITY and LYCEE SAINT LOUIS Paris, France
Teaching Assistant, Econometrics and Computational Mathematics (Dec. 2011 - April 2012)
Led problem sessions in Econometrics for 3rd year undergraduate students
Led computing problem sessions using Maple for 2nd-year Classe Preparatoire students
CEREMADE Paris, France
Research Intern, Applied Mathematics (June 2011 - August 2011)
Studied a partial differential equation problem applied to neuroscience with PhD students
Researched theoretical proofs and implemented numerical approach of the problem using Matlab
PROJECTS
Project in Statistical Arbitrage (June 2012 July 2012) Paris, France
Implemented in R and refined a statistical arbitrage strategy on US equity
Applied previous knowledge in cointegration, PCA, OU process
DIAMANT BLEU GESTION (October 2011 - April 2012) Paris, France
Led a team of 4 students. Designed and implemented in C++ and Matlab Monte Carlo techniques
to optimize an insurance portfolio with control on VaR, using time series, jump-diffusion, copulas
Our work will be published by Institut des Actuaires (French equivalent of Society of
Actuaries)
COMPUTER SKILLS AND OTHER
Languages: C++, Java, Python, R, Matlab, SAS
Other: LaTeX, Linux, Excel
Activities/Leadership: Secretary of Forum ENSAE, organizing seminars and on-campus meetings with
companies (1 year)