SIAG/FME Early Career Prize
Principal Guideline
The SIAM Activity Group on Financial Mathematics and Engineering (SIAG/FME) Early Career Prize, established in 2010, is awarded to an outstanding early career researcher for distinguished contributions to the mathematical modeling of financial markets in the three calendar years prior to the year of the award.
Prize Committee
Formation
The recipient will be selected by the SIAG/FME Prize Committee. This committee will consist of a panel of at least five SIAG/FME members and will oversee all SIAG/FME prizes to be awarded at the next SIAM Conference on Financial Mathematics and Engineering. The SIAG Chair, in consultation with the other officers, will form a list of people to serve and will submit the list to the SIAM Vice President at Large (SIAM VP) for approval prior to inviting the committee members to serve. The SIAG officers will seek to ensure a diverse composition of the prize committee in research area, geography, employment sector (industry, national laboratories, universities), and under-represented groups. The appointments will be made at least twelve months in advance of the prize award date.
Tenure
The term of office will be from the date of appointment until the date of the award.
Rules of Operation
The Prize Committee will solicit nominations for the prize from the general membership of the SIAG/FME, using SIAM office resources as needed.
If a committee member accepts nomination for the award, the SIAG officers will appoint a replacement upon notification by the committee chair and with the approval of the SIAM VP.
Selection Procedures
Eligibility
The recipient's work must be a significant research contribution to financial mathematics. At least one of the papers containing this work must be published in English in a peer-reviewed journal bearing a publication date within the three calendar years prior to the year of the award. Moreover, either the recipient must be a graduate student or the paper's publication date must be no more than three (3) calendar years later than the year in which the author received the PhD or equivalent degree. The award can be received only once in a lifetime.
Prize Committee's Recommendation
The Prize Committee will notify the SIAM VP of its selection at least six months prior to the award date. The notification must be accompanied by a written justification and a citation not exceeding 25 words that can be used for a certificate and read at award time.
The SIAM VP will accept or reject the committee's recommendation within one month of notification.
If the recommendation is accepted, the award presentation will be made according to the procedure below. If the recommendation is not accepted, the SIAM VP and the Prize Committee will select an acceptable individual at least four months prior to the award date.
Notification of Award
The Chair of the Prize Committee will notify the recipient of the award at least three months in advance of the award date. An invitation will also be extended to the recipient to attend the award ceremony at the biennial SIAM Conference on Financial Mathematics and Engineering to receive the award. The recipient will be offered the opportunity to give a brief plenary talk at this conference about the work for which the award is given.
Description of the Award
Award Type
The award will consist of a certificate containing the citation. As part of the award, the recipient will be invited to give a brief plenary talk at the conference. Travel funds will be made available to reimburse the recipient for reasonable travel expenses incurred in attending the award ceremony and giving the talk.
Award Date and Eligibility Period
The prize is awarded every second year (starting in 2010) at the biennial SIAM Conference on Financial Mathematics and Engineering. The eligibility period is the three calendar years prior to the year of the award. The overlap in eligibility periods is intended to ensure that no candidate will fail to be considered due to the nomination deadline.
The Award Presentation
The SIAG/FME Chair and the Chair of the Prize Committee will announce the award at the SIAM Conference on Financial Mathematics and Engineering and present the award to the recipient. An announcement of the award will appear in SIAM News and on the SIAG/FME website.
Prize History
Through 2014, the prize was awarded under the title SIAG/FME Junior Scientist Prize.
- 2010 Erhan Bayraktar
- 2012 Sergey Nadtochiy (Market-Based Approach to Modeling Derivatives Prices)
- 2014 Tomoyuki Ichiba (Some Financial Markets with Discontinuities)
- 2016 Matthew Lorig and Andreea Minca
The next award will be made in 2019.
Selection Committee
Click here to see a list of selection committee members by year.
