Prof. Dr. Jean Jacod

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsStochastics, Probability Theory,Statistics and Economics
Keywordsmathematical finance, Levy processes, statistics for continuous time processes

Current contact address

CountryFrance
CityParis 05 Pantheon
InstitutionSorbonne Universite
InstituteInstitut de Mathematique de Jussieu

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Claudia KlüppelbergFakultät für Mathematik / Zentrum Mathematik, Technische Universität München, Garching
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2008

Programme(s)

2007Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Jean Jacod holds world leadership in the area of continuous time stochastic processes. These studies have applications in Physics, the Life Sciences and Finance. During his stay in Germany Professor Jacod will work on statistical properties of such processes, in particular, the detection of discontinuities by jumps.