In the online university Hekslet after the first course launched a new - Introduction to financial engineering.
Financial engineering is a fairly new term, and is one of the possible translations of the English term "quantifying end." Operational, "engineering" - the best word for knowledge, which affects the mathematics and programming. ')
In this case, there are three hardwired topics:
The principles of the functioning of financial markets are his participants, the mechanisms of operation, tools and technology of work.
Financial mathematics - methods for the use of mathematics in financial calculations.
Programming - how to write software that will work on financial markets.
Microsoft Excel is a general public service provider because This is the simplest and most understandable tool for working with data.
Visual Studio of any version with an extension of F #, or the same F # company separately. For free version of the ExCress follow F # Tools for Visual Studio Express . If you use Mac or Linux, you can also set F # and use, for example, MonoDevelop as IDE.
The main languages ​​on this page are MATLAV and F #, but you can use other programs and other packages (Mathematics or R) or programming languages ​​(C ++, OS, etc., etc.). The press will provide input information on MATLAV and F # for those who are not familiar with these technicalities.
Lecturer: Dmitry Nesteruk Education : B.Sc. Computer Science, University of Southampton . Career: more than 10 years in development (.NET / F #) in various subject areas, including in the field of algorithmic trading. Community: Head of St. Petersburg Alt.Net Group . MVP Visual C # since 2009 Blogger, podcaster, speaker at conferences