Stevens Institute of Technology, a private research university located in Hoboken, New Jersey, and Springer/Apress, global publishers of STM content for technology professionals and researchers in academia, announced the creation of an innovative series of books focused on the fast-growing field of quantitative finance. Springer/Apress and Stevens jointly plan to sign five titles to the book series in 2014 - the first of which is Practical Methods of Financial Engineering and Risk Management, written by Rupak Chatterjee, Ph.D., and published simultaneously with the series announcement.
Dr. Chatterjee is an Industry Professor and Deputy Director of the Financial Engineering Division at Stevens and former director of the multi-asset quantitative research group at Citigroup in New York.
Forthcoming titles in the Stevens-Springer/Apress series will include topics such as derivatives pricing, hedge fund modelling, market microstructure, portfolio theory and securities law. Planned titles will also include financial applications of optimisation models, high-performance computing, big data migration, data visualization and algorithmic trading strategies.
The series is designed to fill the widening gap between traditional textbooks and the real-world skills required to make an impact in today's rapidly evolving finance industry.
Stevens' quantitative finance curriculum is designed to prepare students for immediate entry-level employment at Wall Street firms and investment banks, while its graduate financial engineering program is designed to address market demands for analytical and computational skills in the financial industry, including financial risk management and regulation, portfolio optimization, algorithmic trading, and financial software engineering. The program offers a Ph.D. in financial engineering.
Modelled after the curricula of Stevens' dual programs in quantitative finance and financial engineering, the Stevens-Springer/Apress series will mirror both programs, which are taught by both Wall Street practitioners and outstanding academicians using simulated trading-floor labs to train the school's growing student populations on campus and online.
All books in the new Series will be available in both hard copy and electronic versions, distributed through all major retail channels, including Amazon, iTunes, and Barnes & Noble, as well as via SpringerLink® (Springer's industry-leading electronic distribution channel to academic and industry customers worldwide), Books24x7, and Safari.
