Rama Cont

Rama Cont is the Statutory Professor of Mathematical Finance at the University of Oxford and a Professorial Fellow at St Hugh's College.15 He is an internationally recognized expert in mathematical modeling in finance, quantitative risk management, and the modeling of extreme market risks.3

Career and Achievements

• Appointed Statutory Professor in Mathematical Finance at Oxford in 20181
• Previously held positions at Imperial College London, Columbia University, and École Polytechnique12
• Director of the Oxford Mathematical and Computational Finance Group5
• Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking4
• Editor-in-Chief of Mathematical Finance5

Research Contributions

Cont is known for his work in several areas:

• Probability theory and stochastic analysis1
• Mathematical modeling of systemic risk and financial stability13
• Development of the "Causal functional calculus"1
• Applications of machine learning and generative AI in finance3

Awards and Honors

• Louis Bachelier Prize from the French Academy of Sciences (2010)13
• Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) (2017)1
• Royal Society Award for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Research (2017)35

Cont has extensive consulting experience with regulators, financial institutions, and exchanges, particularly in stress testing and risk management of central counterparties (CCPs).3 His work has influenced academic research and policy in the areas of systemic risk modeling and central clearing in over-the-counter (OTC) markets.13