Dr. Johannes Ruf

Professor

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Biography

Professor Johannes Ruf specializes in stochastic analysis and its applications within financial mathematics. His research interests include stochastic portfolio theory, exchange rate options, and modeling financial markets under the presence of arbitrage. He has published extensively on topics such as stochastic portfolio theory and has worked on economic learning models utilizing stochastic approximation methods to estimate social structures from indirectly observed network data. Before joining the Department of Mathematics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance and served as a Senior Lecturer at University College London. Additionally, he held the position of Deputy Head (Teaching) in the Department of Mathematics for the 2021-22 academic year and is affiliated with the Data Science Institute at LSE.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

— Present

London School of Economics and Political Science • London, ENG

Teaching and conducting research in the Department of Mathematics.

Senior Research Fellow

— Present

Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance • Oxford, ENG

Conducted research on quantitative finance.

Senior Lecturer

— Present

University College London • London, ENG

Taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in mathematics.

Requirements for London School of Economics and Political Science

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Upper second class honours (2:1) degree or equivalent in a relevant social science discipline
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