Luis Seco honoured by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada October 29, 2007, for his work in bringing university research to the marketplace. Luis Seco, a faculty member of the Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences won a $25,000 Synergy Award for his collaboration with Algorithmics, a risk management company. Their partnership has yeided financial software that identifies and manages the risks involved in complex financial instruments. Seco and Algorithmics were the first to apply financial engineering – the confluence of math and computer science – to practical challenges within the financial industry.
The NSERC press release is available on the NSERC website. The U of T news story is available HERE.