Courses

Insightful Corporation is pleased to invite you to join us for a FREE event demonstrating the latest statistical techniques and strategies in strategic risk management, portfolio optimization and asset management. The event will cover scenario optimization in financial applications, modern statistical methods in finance, simulation-based estimation methods, computation of risk measures, and more.

We'll also introduce you to the S-PLUS Product Family and demonstrate how it has helped leading financial institutions (such as Deutsche Bank, Banc One, Lipper Inc., Standard & Poors, etc.) build better predictive models and deploy production-quality solutions.

As a participant, you'll hear from industry experts and academic thought leaders including:

• Dr. Bernd Scherer, PhD,�Director
  Deutsche Asset Management
  Financial Optimization

• R. Douglas Martin,PhD
  University of Washington
  FinAnalytica, Inc
  Robust, Bayes and Resampling Statistics in Finance

• Eric Zivot, PhD
  University of Washington
  Simulation-Based Estimation Methods in S-PLUS

• Rene A. Carmona, PhD
  Princeton University
  Extreme Value Distributions and Copulas for the Computation of VaR and other Measures of Risk

• Jim Walter
  Insightful Corporation
  Scaling S-PLUS in a Production Environment

This event is intended for risk managers, quantitative analysts, portfolio analysts, asset allocation managers, fund-of-funds managers, and business decision-makers. Don't miss this opportunity to network with colleagues! Those who attend will receive a free book of their choice, including:

• Statistical Analysis of Financial Data in S-PLUS
  Rene A. Carmona, Princeton University

• Modeling Financial Time Series with S-PLUS
  Eric Zivot, University of Washington
  Jiahui Wang, Ronin Capital LLC

• Portfolio Construction and Risk Budgeting
  Bernd Scherer, Deutsche Asset Management

Also, Doug Martin and Bernd Scherer are offering a new course in conjunction with the conference � Portfolio Construction and Risk Budgeting with NuOpt for S-PLUS. You can find more information and register at http://www.insightful.com/services/course.asp?CID=35.