AIS - Martingales and Stochastic Calculus with Applications to Finance

Speakers and Syllabus


Detailed syllabus

Name of the Speaker with affiliation

No. of Lectures

 

Detailed Syllabus

 

Dr. Koushik Saha

IIT Bombay

 

 

6 hrs

Definition and examples of discrete parameter martingales; Doob-Meyer decomposition, optional stopping theorems; martingale convergence theorems, uniform integrability.

 

Prof. Parthanil Roy

IIT Bombay

 

 

6 hrs

Definition of Brownian motion, sample path properties; strong Markov property, reflection principle; Definition and examples of continuous parameter martingales, Doob-Meyer decomposition, continuous square integrable martingales, quadratic variation, exponential martingales.

 

Dr. Manjunath Krishnapur

IISc. Bangalore

 

6 hrs

Definition of Ito integration, properties of Ito integral, Ito’s isometry, Ito-Doeblin formula; Existence and Uniqueness of stochastic differential equations, Feynman-Kac formula.

 

Prof. Siddhartha P. Chakrabarty

IIT Guwahati

 

6 hrs

Introduction of financial derivatives: forwards, futures, options. No arbitrage principle, put-call parity; Markowitz mean-variance portfolio optimization, efficient frontier, Capital asset pricing model.

 

 

Dr. Subhamay Saha

IIT Guwahati

 

6 hrs

Option pricing theory in discrete-time: Binomial model, pricing of European and American Options, finite market model, fundamental theorems of asset pricing.

 

Dr. Chandan Pal

IIT Guwahati

 

6 hrs

Option pricing theory in continuous-time: Black Scholes Merton model, derivation and solution of Black Scholes pde, risk-neutral pricing, Girsanov’s theorem and Martingale representation theorem, fundamental theorems of asset pricing.

 References:

1. D. Williams, Probability with Martingales, Cambridge University Press, 1991.

2. R. Durrett, Probability: Theory and Examples, Cambridge University Press, 2019.

3. I. Karatzas and S. E. Shreve, Brownian Motion and Stochastic Calculus, Springer, 1998.

4. P. Baldi, Stochastic Calculus: An Introduction through Theory and Exercises, Springer, 2017.

5. M. Capinski and T. Zastawniak, Mathematics for Finance: An Introduction to Financial Engineering, Springer, 2011.

6. S. E. Shreve, Stochastic Calculus for Finance I: The Binomial Asset Pricing Model, Springer, 2004.

7. S. E. Shreve, Stochastic Calculus for Finance II: Continuous-Time Models, Springer, 2004.

 Tutorial Assistants:

S. No.

Name

Affiliation

1

Bivakar Bose

IIT Guwahati

2

Amit Ghosh

IIT Guwahati

3

Pratim Dey

IIT Guwahati

 

 


Time Table

 

Day

Date

Lecture 1

(9.30–11.00)

Tea

(11.05 –11.25)

Lecture 2

(11.30–1.00)

Lunch

(1.05–2.25)

Tutorial

(2.30–3.30)

Tea

(3.35-3.55)

Tutorial

(4.00-5.00)

Snacks

5.05-5.30

 

 

(name of the speaker

 

(name of the speaker

 

(name of the speaker + tutors)

 

(name of the speaker + tutors)

 

Mon

11/05

DTM-1(KS)

 

BM&CTM-1 (PR)

 

KS+PD+AG

 

PR+PD+AG

 

Tues

12/05

DTM-2(KS)

 

BM&CTM-2 (PR))

 

KS+PD+AG

 

PR+PD+AG

 

Wed

13/05

DTM-3(KS)

 

BM&CTM-3 (PR)

 

KS+PD+BB

 

PR+BB+AG

 

Thu

14/05

DTM-4(KS)

 

BM&CTM-4 (PR)

 

KS+BB+AG

 

PR+BB+PD

 

Fri

15/05

SC-1(MK)

 

IFE-1(SPC)

 

MK+BB+AG

 

SPC+PD+BB

 

Sat

16/05

SC-2(MK)

 

IFE-2(SPC)

 

MK+PD+AG

 

SPC+BB+AG

 

SUNDAY: OFF

Mon

18/05

SC-3(MK)

 

IFE-3(SPC)

 

MK+AG+BB

 

SPC+BB+PD

 

Tues

19/05

SC-4(MK)

 

IFE-4(SPC)

 

MK+BB+PD

 

SPC+BB+AG

 

Wed

20/05

OPD-1(SS)

 

OPC-1(CP)

 

SS+PD+AG

 

CP+PD+BB

 

Thu

21/05

OPD-2(SS)

 

OPC-2(CP)

 

SS+PD+AG

 

CP+AG+BB

 

Fri

22/05

OPD-3(SS)

 

OPC-3(CP)

 

SS+PD+AG

 

CP+PD+BB

 

Sat

23/05

OPD-4(SS)

 

OPC-4(CP)

 

SS+BB+PD

 

CP+AG+BB

 

 

DTM- Discrete-time Martingales
BM&CTM – Brownian Motion and Continuous-time Martingales
SC- Stochastic Calculus
IFE- Introduction to Financial Engineering
OPD- Option Pricing in Discrete-time
OPC- Option Pricing in Continuous-time

Full forms for the abbreviations of speakers and tutors:

PR: Parthanil Roy

KS: Koushik Saha

SS: Subhamay Saha

CP: Chandan Pal

SPC: Siddhartha P. Chakrabarty

MK: Manjunath Krishnapur

PD: Pratim Dey

AG: Amit Ghosh

BB: Bivakar Bose

 

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