MATH/AMSC 420 Projects, Spring 2012

(4 May version, tentative)

Each group must submit both an electronic and a paper copy
of the slides used in their oral presentation and of their written report.

Midterm Project

Oral Presentations due 12 March
Written Reports due Friday, 16 March

The written report is worth 35 points. Everyone in the group will get the same score for the written report.
The oral presentation is worth 5 points.

Risky Asset Midterm Projects

Histories and Weights Matthew Loscastro and Mike Williams, presentation March 16.
Rolling Frontiers Alyssa Maccarone and Maria Stenborg, presentation March 16.
Efficient Market Hypothesis Joseph Hankin and Jacob Warren, presentation March 12.
Capital Asset Pricing Model Oliver Lum and Nurudeen Ogunsanya, presentation March 12.
Price to Earnings Ratios

Epidemiology Midterm Projects

AIDS Models
Holman Gao and Alex Kandell (New York data), presentation March 14.
Nathan Suberi and David Yates (Los Angeles data), presentation March 14.
Roland Jeannier and Isaac Yoo (San Francisco data), presentation March 14.

Final Project

Oral Presentations due 2 May
Written Reports due Wednesday, 9 May

The written report is worth 50 points. Everyone in the group will get the same score for the written report.
The oral presentation is worth 10 points.

Risky Asset Final Projects

Monday Markov Models Holman Guo and Nurudeen Ogunsanya (Nurudeen's old asset groups), presentation May 4.
Statistical Validation of IID Models
Graphical Validation of IID Models
Validity of the Objective Function Matthew Loscastro and Jacob Warren (Jacob's old asset groups), presentation May 2.
Analytics and Risk Aversion Roland Jennier and Mike Williams (Mike's old asset groups) presentation May 9.

Epidemiology Final Projects

AIDS Models
Alex Kandell and Alyssa Maccarone (New York data), presentation May 7.
Maria Stenborg and Nathan Suberi (Washington DC data), presentation May 4.
Oliver Lum and Isaac Yoo (San Francisco data), presentation May 2.
Joesph Hankin and David Yates (Los Angeles data), presentation May 7.

Oral Presentation Feedback Reports

For each final project oral presentation, every student not in the group giving the presentation should submit a paragraph or two on a separate sheet of paper summarizing and critiquing the presentation. This should state what you felt were the main points of the presentation, what parts were hard to understand, what parts were particularly effective, etc. These contribute to your 20 point class participation score.