Mathematical finance for Africa’s next digital transformation.
3rd Summer School in Mathematical Finance and Financial Engineering, connecting AI, cybersecurity, quantum finance, and quantitative research in a hybrid program from Nairobi.
A focused scientific school for emerging finance technologies.
The third SSMFFE program brings together lectures, plenary sessions, poster presentations, simulation practice, and scientific discussion on emerging directions in mathematical finance and financial engineering.
The school is hosted at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, with participation options for both physical and online attendees.
Event information
- Venue
- PAUSTI and STACS, JKUAT, Nairobi
- Mode
- Hybrid participation with Google Meet
- Contact
- jimbo.maths@gmail.com
- Online room
- Google Meet
Scientific themes and research tracks
Built for researchers, students, and practitioners working across quantitative finance, digital transformation, and emerging computational technologies.
Day-wise agenda
Expand each day to view plenary sessions, research talks, breaks, posters, simulations, and excursions.
Day 1 Opening, plenaries, posters and simulation practicals Tuesday, June 02, 2026
Plenary Session 1
Leveraging Quantum Finance for Digital Transformation
AI, Cybersecurity, and Quantum Computing in Finance
Coffee Break
Plenary Session 2
Non-Linear Portfolio Optimization with Risk Specification
Mathematical Modelling and Predictive Analysis
Coffee Break
Plenary Session 3
AI Credit Risk Default and Fraud Detection in Finance
Dependence & Mixing for Perturbations of Copula-Based Markov Chains
Option Pricing under Stochastic Volatility and Exogenous Factors
Afternoon Session
Day 2 Financial Asset Pricing and GARCH Modelling Wednesday, June 03, 2026
Special Session II: Financial Asset Pricing and GARCH Modelling
Modelling and Predicting Investment Attractivity of Export Industry in Uzbekistan
Comparing Analytical and Numerical Solutions of SPDEs
Pricing Commodities with Mixed Brownian Motions on Data from Senegal
Mixed Modified Fractional Stochastic Volatility Model with Application to DSX
Digital Cross-Border Payments in International Logistics
Leveraging Dynamic Correlations in Factor Models for Financial Options Pricing
Predicting Exchange Rates Volatility Using Hybrid ARIMA-GARCH Model
Developing a Novel Unified Option Pricing Model Tailored for African Markets
GMM Modelling for Predictive Assessment
A Meta-Learning Model Selection Framework for Forecasting Agricultural Commodity Prices Based on Time Series Features and Market Indicators
Parameter Estimation in Jump Diffusion Process of Electricity Prices under Price-Cap
Break Time
Poster Presentation and Simulation Session
Day 3 Financial Risk Metrics and Computation Thursday, June 04, 2026
Special Session III: Financial Risk Metrics and Computation
Optimality Conditions for Nonlinear, Nonconvex, Fuzzy Optimization with Granular Differentiability: Application to Portfolio Optimization
Numerical Methods and Optimizations Techniques in Risk Theory
Financial Modelling and Prediction for Digital Transformation
Dynamic Mixture Copulas Model for Anti-Fragile Portfolio VaR and ES Forecasting
Reinforcement Learning for Portfolio Selection: An Artificial Intelligence Approach
Multi-Factor Model Calibration for Illiquid Markets: Challenges and Solutions for African Stock Exchanges
Digital Transformation in Logistics for Emerging Market
Export-Driven GDP Growth Models using Second-Order Cone Programming Under Tail Risk Constraints
Advancing Market Risk Assessment in Emerging Financial Markets: A Hybrid Econometric-Deep Learning Approach
A Lagrangean-Guided Adaptive Heuristic for the Capacitated Warehouse Location Problem
Break Time
Research Presentations
Specifying Solutions of Differential Equations and Applications
Adaptation of Deep Sequencing Data
A Hybrid MGARCH-LSTM Model for Forecasting Exchange Rate Volatility
Enhancing Portfolio Optimization through Stock Market Prediction Using Advanced Deep Learning Algorithms
Forecasting Extreme Daily Rainfall Using an Advanced Hidden-Markov Chain Analogue Year Model
Spatiotemporal Hawkes Processes with Mean-Reverting Non-Negative Stochastic Excitations
Prediction of Time Varying Volatility and Correlation in Stock Markets and Some Agricultural Commodities: A Hybrid Asymmetric DCC-GARCH with LSTM Model
LLM Enhanced Portfolio Optimization: Integrating Gemini AI with LSTM-ARIMA-GARCH Hybrid Models for Superior Risk Adjusted Returns
Market Entry Barriers in Non-Issuer Green Bond Markets: An Integrated Feasibility Pricing Model with Cross-Country Evidence from Developing Economies
Poster Presentation
Day 4 AI in Finance, Cybersecurity and Quantum Computing Friday, June 05, 2026
Special Session IV: AI in Finance, Cybersecurity and Quantum Computing
Quantum AI and Consciousness
Encrypted Network Traffic Analysis
Shaping Africa’s Digital Future: AI, Cybersecurity, and Quantum Finance at the Frontier
Decoding Financial Markets with Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics
Deep Learning for Intelligent and Adaptive Payment Fraud Detection
Quantum-Safe Finance: Preparing Digital Banking and FinTech Systems for the Post-Quantum Era
RegTech for AML, KYC, and Fraud Detection: Emerging Technologies and Best Practices
AI-Driven Legal Systems: From Rule-Based Law to Predictive Justice
Stochastic Volatility and Inflation Risk Premiums: A Four-Factor Decomposition for Emerging Market Derivatives
Advancing Operational Risk Management in Financial Industry
Break Time
Poster Presentation
Day 5 Financial Market Dynamics and Predictive Modelling Saturday, June 06, 2026
Special Session V: Financial Market Dynamics and Predictive Modelling
Digital Transformation in Medical Tourism
Modelling Insurance Solvency Risk: Finite-Time Ruin Probabilities under Log-Normal Claims and Stochastic Returns
Uncertain Random Optimal Control with Poisson Jumps and Its Application to Portfolio Selection
Bayesian and Frequentist Inference for the Secant-Weibull ACD Model with Calendar Effects
A Hybrid AI Approach to Portfolio Optimization
Fostering Quantum Portfolio Optimization
Tailoring Quantum Option Pricing Problems
Tailoring Quantum Risk Analysis in Finance
Leveraging Time Series Models and LSTM Optimization Framework for Prediction
Optimal Client Securities Operations Management in Banking Systems
Break Time
Closing Excursion
Organizing committee
Prof. Jimbo Henri Claver
Samarkand International University of Technology, Uzbekistan
Prof. Jules Sadefo Kamdem
University of Montpellier, France
Prof. Sazzad Hossain
Samarkand State University, Uzbekistan
Assoc. Prof. Tesfahun Berhane
Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
Assoc. Prof. Longla Martial
University of Mississippi, USA
Dr. Prof. Offen Elias
University of Botswana, Botswana
Dr. Jane Duda
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
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