Message-ID: <9118704.1075863443771.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 15:00:50 -0700 (PDT) From: j.kaminski@enron.com To: pinsky@uh.edu Subject: RE: Nigel Goldenfeld's Visit-Correction Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Kaminski, Vince J X-To: 'Lawrence Pinsky @ENRON' X-cc: 'vkaminski@aol.com', Crenshaw, Shirley X-bcc: X-Folder: \VKAMINS (Non-Privileged)\Kaminski, Vince J\Sent Items X-Origin: Kaminski-V X-FileName: VKAMINS (Non-Privileged).pst Larry, I shall be glad to join you at the Colloquium as well. I haven't lost even one million dollars yet and I have to get up to speed. Vince -----Original Message----- From: Lawrence Pinsky @ENRON [mailto:IMCEANOTES-Lawrence+20Pinsky+20+3Cpinsky+40uh+2Eedu+3E+40ENRON@ENRON.com] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 4:52 PM To: Yannis.C.Tzamouranis@dynegy.com; Kaminski, Vince J Subject: Nigel Goldenfeld's Visit-Correction Correction to the last message... The Colloquium at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, Sept. 25 will be: COLLOQUIUM TITLE My Manhattan Project: A Physicist's Adventures on Wall St Nigel Goldenfeld Department of Physics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1110 West Green St Urbana IL 61801 http://guava.physics.uiuc.edu/~nigel Abstract Why is Wall St. one of the biggest employers of physicists? What is the quickest way to lose a billion dollars? How might academic physicists gain experience of real world applications? And why bother? I discuss these and other questions in light of my own experience, starting a software company to market ultra-fast tools for risk management of derivative securities. Guys: Professor Nigel Goldenfeld of the University of Illinois, [who also runs an options pricing software firm, NumenX, with Professor Mitchell Feigenbaum of Rockefeller University] will be visiting the University of Houston Physics department Monday and Tuesday September 24-25. Goldenfeld arrives on Monday afternoon, and we were wondering if there would be any interest in anyone there going out to dinner with us on Monday evening (Sept. 24). His Colloquium will be given at 3:00-4:00 PM (rather than the normal 4:00-5:00 PM) on Tuesday afternoon in room 634 SR1 on our campus, but at present it is on Soft Condensed Matter Physics, and I don't know if he will say anything about his work in "Econophysics." He has also been a pivotal person in starting an "Econophysics" program at Illinois. You can either let me know or get in touch with Mike Gorman, who is coordinating his visit, at 713 743 3558 (or Gorman@uh.edu). Larry +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Prof. Lawrence S. Pinsky, Esq. | | Chairperson | | Physics Department | | University of Houston | | Houston, Texas 77204-5005 | | | | Tel. +1 713 743 3552 (Private +1 281 488 6719) | | FAX: +1 713 743 3589 (Private +1 281 488 4339) | | e-mail: pinsky@uh.edu | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+