TCM 2019 Plenary Speaker: Edwin Anderson PhD
Channel: North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Date: 29/01/2019

Teaching Contemporary Mathematics, Plenary Speaker: Edwin Anderson, PhD, NCSSM 1989

The Razor and the Bubble - Edwin ended up with a ringside view of the Great Recession from an unusual seat at Bank of America.  The obviousness of the coming crisis, the ways that people found to ignore it, and the role of mathematical models and expertise in both fueling and addressing it greatly inform his talk at TCM.

After graduating from NCSSM in 1989, Edwin earned mathematics and physics degrees at NCSU.  There he also served as a teaching assistant for the physics department for three of his four years and worked as a tutor for dyslexic students through student services.  He went on to earn his PhD in physics at Cornell where he taught.

Edwin is currently a partner at the international consulting firm Oliver Wyman where he has remained involved in financial modeling including not only mortgages but also on climate change with the United Nations and on housing challenges in foreign countries.  

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