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Dr Codina Cotar
1-19 Torrington Place
London
WC1E 6BT
Appointment
- Reader
- Dept of Statistical Science
- Faculty of Maths & Physical Sciences
Biography
Codina Cotar is a Reader in Probability in the Department of Statistical Science, UCL. She completed her PhD in Probability in 2004 in the Statistics Group, the Department of Mathematics, University of Bristol. Between 2004-2011 she held postdoctoral fellowships at University of British Columbia, Technishe Universitaet Berlin and Technische Universitaet Munich. Between 2011-2012 she held a Research Immersion Fellowship at the Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada. Between 2012-2016 she was a Lecturer in the Department of Statistical Science, UCL.
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Research interests: Probability Theory; Statistical Mechanics; Disorder and Critical Phenomena; Optimal Transport Methods for Physics and Finance
Teaching Summary
At University College London:
- STAT3006 Stochastic Methods in Finance I, Winter 2013, Winter 2014
- STAT6102 Introductory Statistical Methods, Summer 2013
- Graduate Course on Stochastic Processes (London Taught Course Centre), Winter 2012
At University of Toronto:
- Graduate mini-course on Gradient Models, November 2011
At Technische Universitaet Muenchen:
- The Black-Scholes equation and financial markets with bubbles, Summer 2011
- Risk Measures, Summer 2010
Lecturer at University of British Columbia:
- MATH 217-263 Multivariable and Vector Calculus, Summer 2006
- MATH 267 Fourier Series and Integrals, Winter 2006
- MATH 302 Introduction to Probability, Summer 2005
- MATH 152 Linear Algebra, Winter 2005
Appointments
| 01-OCT-2016 | Reader in Probability | Statistical Science | University College London, United Kingdom |
| 12-OCT-2012 – 30-SEP-2016 | Lecturer | Statistical Science | University College London, United Kingdom |
| 01-OCT-2011 – 30-SEP-2012 | Research Immersion Fellow | The Fields Institute, Canada | |
| 01-OCT-2008 – 30-SEP-2011 | Project Team Leader | Mathematics | Technische Universitaet Munich, Germany |
| 01-SEP-2006 – 30-SEP-2008 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Mathematics | Technische Universitaet Berlin, Germany |
| 01-SEP-2004 – 31-AUG-2006 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Mathematics | University of British Columbia, Canada |
Academic Background
| 2004 | Doctorat | University of Bristol | |
| 2001 | Master of Mathematics | Universitatea din Bucuresti | |
| 1999 | ATQ10 - Overseas accreditation or qualification for any level of teaching | Universitatea din Bucuresti | |
| 1999 | Bachelor of Science | Universitatea din Bucuresti |
