University College London - M.Sc. in Computational Finance & Financial Risk Management
This course provides a structured overview over both the main empirical facts and major theoretical approaches in market microstructure.
Introduction to limit order markets.
Empirical analysis of financial data, stylized facts and emerging properties.
Theoretical modelling approaches.
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This module is designed to explore the key mechanisms and features of blockchains and distributed ledgers and to understand how to implement business processes and represent traditional financial assets on distributed platforms. The part of this course on smart contracts and DAML has been designed in collaboration with Digital Asset.
1. Introduction.
Components of a blockchain - transactions, blocks, ledger.
The Bitcoin core protocol - cryptography/encryption, peer-to-peer network, consensus protocol, distributed ledger.
2. Enhancements to Bitcoin core protocol and crypto assets.
Bitcoin forks (Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin), improvements to cryptography (Monero and Zcash), P2P (Ripple), and consensus mechanisms.
3. Blockchain for business.
The blockchain for enterprise ecosystem.
4. Coding in DAML.
The Digital Asset Platform.
Smart contracts structure and functions.
King's College London
Introduction to dynamical systems
Mathematical aspects of statistical mechanics
Mathematical biology
Theory of complex networks