The annual Eubank Conference on Real World Markets is possible due to the generous support of our sponsors. The annual conference is a central activity of the faculty, students, staff, and affiliates of the Center for Computational Finance and Economic Systems (CoFES). In addition to the base support provided by the endowment to CoFES established by Nancy Moore and Thomas J. Eubank, the conference is generously supported by Rice University’s Department of Statistics.
There is a growing demand for highly skilled statisticians in the 21st Century, and the Department of Statistics at the university’s George R. Brown School of Engineering is producing professionals who can take on challenges in medicine, finance, energy, and the environment. Rice faculty and students have made contributions to statistical theory and methods including modeling of contagious diseases, the genetics of cancer, neuroimaging, machine learning, applied probability, and many other areas.