Welcome
For over two decades, the Center for Computational Finance and Economic Systems (CoFES) has collaborated with many academic and industry partners to develop prominent research pipelines and provide students with simulated training environments, internship opportunities, and real-world projects where they can apply their computational, statistical and mathematical techniques to understand the health of an economy and its market environments. Visit our Top Stories webpage for more details.
In addition to our programs in research and higher education, we are committed to deepening the widespread understanding of quantitative finance and the analysis of economic systems. CoFES and its partners have hosted engaging short courses, workshops, symposia, and honorary lectures.
The center’s flagship event, the Eubank Conference on Real World Markets, has brought together an array of leading experts in the field to discuss technologies for maximizing data and the creative development of probabilistic and statistical modeling methods to understand and address pressing industry issues. The Eubank Conference has been made possible by the generous support of academic and industry sponsors.
Invited Lecturers
Vasant Dhar, Ph.D.
Robert A Miller Professor of Business
Professor of Data Science
New York University
Nick Howard, MBA
Owner/CEO
Bantix Technologies, QuikStrike
Atif Malik
Dir., Securities and FX
Bank of America
Mark Radulovich, MBA
Partner and Founder
Prota Financial
Xifan Wang, Ph.D.
Quantitative Research Analyst
Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.
Joseph Egbulefu, Ph.D.
Founder
Meritic
Mukul Khandelia, MS
Managing Partner
QuantRoll Capital
Michael Reed, Ph.D.
Owner
M. J. Reed Investment Consulting
William Wojciechowski, Ph.D.
Chief Risk Officer
Vaughan Nelson
Kranthi Gade, Ph.D.
Managing Director
Bank of America
Lynn Lewis
Retired, Director and Board Member
Green Street Advisors
Thompson Ng
Portfolio Manager
Gunvor Group Ltd
Rituparna Sen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Indian Statistical Institute
Emma Zohner, Ph.D.
Quant/Data Science Lead
Fidelity Investments
Jim Harmon, Ph.D.
Director, Data Science
Liberty Mutual
Rangan Padmanabhan, CFA, FRM
CFO
Nauticus Robotics, Inc.
Evan Troop, MBA
CEO and CIO
Troop Capital Management
Contact Us
For general inquiries and partnerships, or to sign up for our newsletter, email cofes@rice.edu.

Location
Physical Address
6100 Main St.
Maxfield Hall, Suite 113
Houston, TX, 77005
Mailing Address
CoFES MS-138
P.O. Box 1892
Houston, TX, 77251-1892