The Doctoral Progamme in Computational Methods for Forecasting and Decisions in Economics and Finance aims to provide advanced methodologies for optimization, statistics, financial engineering as well as critical and creative intellectual climate to cope with applications in economics/finance, logistics and energy.

Applicants should have a strong background in quantitative methods and some basic knowledge of finance and computing as well as a strong interest in doing research.

The PhD students will be appointed at the Department of Management, Economics and Quantitative Methods, that conducts international research in the fields of stochastic optimization, variational inequalities, data mining, statistics, quantitative finance and energy.

Benefits include a good research environment and facilities, includine computing equipment and software, a dedicated office and mobility funding. The Department is located in the centre of Bergamo and has a lively research-oriented collegial atmosphere.

If you are interested in a position, you should go on the website of the University of Bergamo (www.unibg.it) and look for the Doctorate Programme www.unibg.it/dottoratibg.

For specific information please contact the Scientific coordinator Prof. Marida Bertocchi (e-mail: marida.bertocchi@unibg.it) or the secretary Mrs. Marina Margheron (e-mail: marina.margheron@unibg.it) or have a look to the website (in Italian) www.unibg.it/struttura/struttura.asp?cerca=DOT-MCPDEF.

For administrative information (salary, committments, etc.) please refer to Dr. Natalia Caminetti (e-mail: natalia.cuminetti@unibg.it).