Gautam Mitra obtained a Ph. D. in Computational Methods in Operational Research from Institute of Computer Science, University of London, and is an internationally renowned research scientist in the field of Operational Research. He was Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Brunel University, between 1990 and 2001. In 2001 he established CARISMA: The Centre for the Analysis of Risk and Optimisation Modelling Applications, which specialises in the research of Risk and Optimisation and their combined paradigm in decision modeling. Professor Mitra is also a Director of UNICOM Consultants (trading as OptiRisk Systems Ltd).
Gautam Mitra will speak on "Modern Portfolio Theory: Recent Developments and New Directions".
