Nassim Taleb

New York Times Bestselling Author, “The Black Swan” & Distinguished Scientific Advisor, Universa Investments

Nassim N. Taleb is a former derivatives trader who became a philosophical essayist, and researcher in probability in 2006. Although he is currently Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at New York University, he self-funds his research and operates in the manner of independent scholars. He is also Distinguished Scientific Advisor at Universa Investments L.P., an investment manager that specializes in tail hedging as a means to enhance long-term equity returns.

Mr. Taleb is the author of The Incerto: A Philosophical Essay on Uncertainty, in Four Volumes, which includes The Black Swan (2007) and Antifragile (2012). He is also author of a series of mathematical monographs on Probability and Risk in the Real World. His work focuses on decision-making under opacity and how systems can handle errors and disorder.

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Antifragility: A User’s Manual
Learn to flourish in a volatile and complex world by creating “antifragile” organizations that thrive on stress and disorder.
A two-day program for senior management
May 5th and 6th, 2014
Cambridge, MA

Speakers:
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Distinguished Professor, Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Yaneer Bar-Yam, President and Professor,New England Complex Systems Institute

Frame:
When strong winds blow, don’t build walls, but rather windmills: there is a way to turn every bit of adversity into fuel for improvement.

via NECSI Executive Education: Antifragility | NECSI.

Friends, Paris, Wednesday 18, Amphitheatre de la Sorbonne, free registration. Will speak in English as it is organized by the BBC and Paris Dauphine.

http://www.dauphine.fr/fr/actus/evenements/conferences-bbc/inscription-nassim-nicholas-taleb.html

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Inscription à la conférence du 18 décembre 2013
Université Paris-Dauphine & BBC World Service

Invite you to a recording of Justin Rowlatt of the BBC in conversation with
Nassim Nicholas TALEB,

Born in Lebanon in 1960, Taleb holds a MBA from Wharton and a PhD from the University of Paris-­­­­­Dauphine) (his thesis was on the mathematics of derivatives pricing)
Author of Black Swan (2008) and Antifragile (2012), Nassim Nicholas TALEB is now Professor of Risk Engineering at New York University.
“How to deal with unpredictability, in economics and in life ?”

The BBC’s Justin Rowlatt and an audience of over a thousand will join the one of the most important seers of the modern age, Nassim Taleb. He is the author of Black Swan and has been described as a ‘super hero of the mind’ (Independent), ‘the hottest thinker in the world’ (Sunday Times).

He claims the events that define us are never foretold. He will be answering questions on how to predict what an economy will do and what an understanding of random events could contribute to stability around the world.

EXCHANGES ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

The World’s Leading Economists Speak to the BBC
On 18th December 2013 from 6:45 to 8:30 PM
With Université Paris-Dauphine

Please join the debate

The conference will take place in Grand Amphithéâtre – La Sorbonne
47 rue des Ecoles 75005 Paris
Subway station : ligne 10 Cluny La Sorbonne or  RER B and C Station Saint Michel

After your online registration, a confirmation will be sent to you.
We invite you to print this confirmation message and to bring your ID. It will be mandatory to enter in La Sorbonne.

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