About the Author
Stan Uryasev

Stan Uryasev

Stan Uryasev is the George & Rolande Willis Endowed Professor and director of the Risk Management and Financial Engineering Laboratory at the University of Florida. His research is focused on efficient computer modeling and optimization techniques and their applications in finance and Department of Defense projects. Stan is also a co-inventor of the conditional value-at-risk and the conditional drawdown-at-risk optimization methodologies. He is currently developing optimization software in various areas of risk management.