{"id":5980,"date":"2025-02-18T12:19:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T11:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/?p=5980"},"modified":"2025-02-18T12:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T11:19:15","slug":"prof-dr-thorsten-schmidt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/prof-dr-thorsten-schmidt\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Dr. Thorsten\u00a0Schmidt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Schmidt-Thorsten.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Thorsten Schmidt\" class=\"wp-image-5985 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>University of Freiburg<br>Mathematics<br><br>Internal Senior Fellow<br>October 2017 &#8211; September 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-ufr-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ufr-button\"> \n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stochastik.uni-freiburg.de\/de\/professoren\/thorsten-schmidt\"\n\t\ttarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\t\taria-label=\"\"\n\t\tclass=\"\n\t\tbl-text-[1.125rem] bl-leading-[1.5625rem] bl-px-[26px] bl-py-[7px] bl-border-[2px] bl-gap-[8px] !bl-decoration-2 !bl-underline-offset-[5px] focus-visible:bl-outline-offset-[6px]\t\tbl-no-underline hover:bl-underline bl-font-medium\n\t\t\n\t\tfocus-visible:bl-outline-dotted focus-visible:bl-outline-2 bl-border-identity-black bl-text-identity-black\n\t   hover:bl-bg-identity-blue-80 hover:bl-border-identity-blue-80 hover:bl-text-pure-white\n\t   active:bl-bg-identity-blue active:bl-text-pure-white active:bl-border-identity-blue\n\t   !bl-outline-identity-black dark:bl-text-pure-white dark:!bl-border-pure-white\n\t\tdark:hover:bl-text-identity-black dark:hover:bl-bg-identity-yellow-40 dark:hover:!bl-border-identity-yellow-40\n\t\tdark:active:bl-text-identity-black dark:active:bl-bg-identity-yellow dark:active:!bl-border-identity-yellow\n\t\tdark:!bl-outline-pure-white\t\tbl-inline-flex bl-flex-row bl-items-center motion-safe:bl-transition-colors\n\t\tmotion-safe:bl-duration-[400ms] justify-center bl-hyphens-auto\n\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"bl-inline-block\">\n\t\t\tWebsite\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>E-Mail: <a href=\"mailto:thorsten.schmidt@stochastik.uni-freiburg.de\">thorsten.schmidt@stochastik.uni-freiburg.de<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*]:bl-relative last:[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*.bl-absolute]:bl-absolute\n\t\t\t[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*]:bl-z-20 last:[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*]:bl-z-10 bl-relative bl-overflow-x-clip\n\t\t\t[.wp-block-ufr-section_&amp;amp;]:bl-overflow-x-visible\n\t\t\tbl-bg-identity-lightblue bl-text-identity-black dark:bl-bg-identity-lightblue dark:bl-text-identity-black bl-py-[24px]  align wp-block-ufr-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-ufr-section-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\t\n\n<p>Last Update: 31.08.2019<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Curriculum Vitae<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thorsten&nbsp;Schmidt&nbsp;became professor for mathematical stochastics at University of Freiburg in the summer 2015. He is the successor of Ernst Eberlein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His research combines financial mathematics with the area of stochastic processes and statistics and he has published papers in the area of credit risk, interest rates, affine processes, estimation of risk measures and further topics. Currently, he also developed some interest in machine learning. In his career he met interesting problems, both from Statistics and Financial Mathematics which inspire for deeper mathematical understanding by their surprising complexity. In Freiburg he and his young research team are working on tackling these challenges with improved mathematical model and targeting various applied areas where this can be useful. Besides Finance, this includes medicine, roboting and in general all areas where stochastic modelling is used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bl-w-full wp-block-ufr-accordion\">\n\n\n<article class=\"ufr-accordion-container-wrapper\" data-accordion=\"animationDuration: 400; direction: vertical; collapsible: true; \">\n\t<div class=\"ufr-accordion-container-flex-wrapper \">\n\t\t\n\n<section\n\tid=\"Selected-Publications\"\n\tclass=\"ufr-accordion-item-section\n\tufr-accordion-item-section--vertical\">\n\t<div class=\"bl-group\/accordion-header ufr-accordion-item-header\n\t\t\t\"\n\trole=\"button\"\n\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\taria-label=\"Toggle accordion item: Selected Publications\"\n\taria-controls=\"Accordion Selected-Publications content\"\n\t>\n\t\t<div class=\"ufr-accordion-item-header-wrapper\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ufr-accordion-item-header-heading\n\t\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-header-heading--vertical\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\tSelected Publications\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<span class=\"\n\t\t\tchevron-container\n\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-header-chevron-container\n\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-header-chevron-container--!numbered ufr-accordion-header-chevron-container--light-in-lightmode ufr-accordion-header-chevron-container--dark-in-darkmode \t\t\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<svg width=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 50\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"\n\taria-label=\"chevron-right\" class=\"bl-h-[40px] md:bl-h-[40px] xl:bl-h-[100px] bl-rotate-90\" role=\"img\">\n\t<title>chevron-right<\/title>\n\t<path d=\"M5.00012 5L25.6062 25.0002L5.00012 45\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"12\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div\n\t\tid=\"Accordion Selected-Publications content\"\n\t\tclass=\"ufr-accordion-item-body\n\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-body--vertical\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"ufr-accordion-item-body-outer-content-wrapper\n\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"is-layout-flow\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>C. Fontana and T.\u00a0Schmidt. &#8220;General dynamic term structures under default risk&#8221;, 2017, Stochastic Processes and their Applications,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.spa.2017.11.003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.spa.2017.11.003<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gehmlich, F. and T.\u00a0Schmidt. &#8220;Dynamic defaultable term structure modelling beyond the intensity paradigm&#8221;, forthcoming in Mathematical Finance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>E. Eberlein, Z. Grabc and T.\u00a0Schmidt. &#8220;Discrete tenor models for credit risky portfolios driven by time-inhomogeneous Levy processes.&#8221;, 2013, SIAM Journal of Financial Mathematics 4 (1), 616-649.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>R. Frey and T.\u00a0Schmidt. &#8220;Pricing and Hedging of Credit Derivatives via the Innovations Approach to Nonlinear Filtering&#8221;, 2012. Finance and Stochastics 16, 105-133<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>D. Filipovic, L. Overbeck and T.\u00a0Schmidt. &#8220;Dynamic CDO Term Structure Modelling&#8221;, 2011. Mathematical Finance 21, 53-71.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>R. Frey, T.\u00a0Schmidt\u00a0and L. Xu, &#8220;On Galerkin Approximations for the Zakai Equation with Diffusive and Point Process Observations&#8221;, 2013,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/epubs.siam.org\/toc\/sjnaam\/51\/4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SIAM Journal of Numerical Analysis\u00a0<\/a>51 (4), pp. 2036-2062.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section\n\tid=\"FRIAS-Project-2\"\n\tclass=\"ufr-accordion-item-section\n\tufr-accordion-item-section--vertical\">\n\t<div class=\"bl-group\/accordion-header ufr-accordion-item-header\n\t\t\t\"\n\trole=\"button\"\n\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\taria-label=\"Toggle accordion item: FRIAS Project\"\n\taria-controls=\"Accordion FRIAS-Project-2 content\"\n\t>\n\t\t<div class=\"ufr-accordion-item-header-wrapper\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ufr-accordion-item-header-heading\n\t\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-header-heading--vertical\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\tFRIAS Project\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<span class=\"\n\t\t\tchevron-container\n\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-header-chevron-container\n\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-header-chevron-container--!numbered ufr-accordion-header-chevron-container--light-in-lightmode ufr-accordion-header-chevron-container--dark-in-darkmode \t\t\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<svg width=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 50\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"\n\taria-label=\"chevron-right\" class=\"bl-h-[40px] md:bl-h-[40px] xl:bl-h-[100px] bl-rotate-90\" role=\"img\">\n\t<title>chevron-right<\/title>\n\t<path d=\"M5.00012 5L25.6062 25.0002L5.00012 45\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"12\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div\n\t\tid=\"Accordion FRIAS-Project-2 content\"\n\t\tclass=\"ufr-accordion-item-body\n\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-body--vertical\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"ufr-accordion-item-body-outer-content-wrapper\n\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"is-layout-flow\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Linking Finance and Insurance: Theory and Applications<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal of this research group is to tackle problems which lie in the intersection of finance and insurance. Under the current market situation this is of particular interest, as the present low interest rate environment is both a big challenge for insurance companies and a key driving factor of stock markets. This shows the high topicality of this endeavor on one side and the enormous potential for future developments on the other side.&nbsp; The main topics we aim&nbsp; at&nbsp; are&nbsp; hybrid derivatives&nbsp; which have equity&nbsp; and&nbsp; interest&nbsp; rates&nbsp; as underlying&nbsp; instruments.&nbsp; This type&nbsp; of derivatives&nbsp; appears&nbsp; naturally&nbsp; in&nbsp; equity-linked&nbsp; insurance&nbsp; products,&nbsp; variable&nbsp; annuities&nbsp; and other&nbsp; financial products from the area of pensions and life-insurance.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our first step is to develop fundamental results on assets of this type, in particular we are looking for valuation and risk-management methodologies. We will also cover the important question of model risk utilizing methods from robust finance and Bayesian finance. The second step is to apply these results by studying specific industry-relevant problems and developing tailor-made solutions.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*]:bl-relative last:[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*.bl-absolute]:bl-absolute\n\t\t\t[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*]:bl-z-20 last:[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*]:bl-z-10 bl-relative bl-overflow-x-clip\n\t\t\t[.wp-block-ufr-section_&amp;amp;]:bl-overflow-x-visible\n\t\t\tbl-bg-transparent bl-text-inherit dark:bl-bg-transparent dark:bl-text-inherit  alignfull wp-block-ufr-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-ufr-section-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bl-absolute bl-inset-0 bl-w-full bl-h-full bl-pointer-events-none bl-mt-0\">\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"bl-absolute bl-origin-center\n\t\t\t\tbl-w-96\t\t\t\tbl-top-[50%] -bl-translate-y-[50%] bl-left-[50%] -bl-translate-x-[50%]\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg\n\twidth=\"100%\"\n\tviewBox=\"0 0 64.5 64.5\"\n\tfill=\"none\"\n\txmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"\n\taria-label=\"\"\n\tclass=\"bl-relative bl-block dark:bl-hidden bl-w-full\"\n\trole=\"img\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n<linearGradient\n\tid=\"q09rSCsOzP\"\n\tx1=\"50%\" y1=\"100%\"\n\tx2=\"50%\" y2=\"0%\">\n\t<stop\n\t\toffset=\"0%\"\n\t\tstop-color=\"#f5c2ed\"\n\t\tstop-opacity=\"1\" \/>\n\t<stop\n\t\toffset=\"100%\"\n\t\tstop-color=\"#f5c2ed\"\n\t\tstop-opacity=\"0\" \/>\n<\/linearGradient>\n\t<path\n\t\td=\"m32.25,64c17.53,0,31.75-14.21,31.75-31.75S49.78.5,32.25.5.5,14.71.5,32.25s14.21,31.75,31.75,31.75\"\n\t\tstroke-width=\"2px\"\n\t\tvector-effect=\"non-scaling-stroke\"\n\t\tfill=\"url(#q09rSCsOzP)\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n<svg\n\twidth=\"100%\"\n\tviewBox=\"0 0 64.5 64.5\"\n\tfill=\"none\"\n\txmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"\n\taria-label=\"\"\n\tclass=\"bl-relative bl-hidden dark:bl-block bl-w-full\"\n\trole=\"img\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n<linearGradient\n\tid=\"BMeO7Q1Iml\"\n\tx1=\"50%\" y1=\"100%\"\n\tx2=\"50%\" y2=\"0%\">\n\t<stop\n\t\toffset=\"0%\"\n\t\tstop-color=\"#000149\"\n\t\tstop-opacity=\"1\" \/>\n\t<stop\n\t\toffset=\"100%\"\n\t\tstop-color=\"#000149\"\n\t\tstop-opacity=\"0\" \/>\n<\/linearGradient>\n\t<path\n\t\td=\"m32.25,64c17.53,0,31.75-14.21,31.75-31.75S49.78.5,32.25.5.5,14.71.5,32.25s14.21,31.75,31.75,31.75\"\n\t\tstroke-width=\"2px\"\n\t\tvector-effect=\"non-scaling-stroke\"\n\t\tfill=\"url(#BMeO7Q1Iml)\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:128px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of FreiburgMathematics Internal Senior FellowOctober 2017 &#8211; September 2019 E-Mail: thorsten.schmidt@stochastik.uni-freiburg.de Curriculum Vitae Thorsten&nbsp;Schmidt&nbsp;became professor for mathematical stochastics at University of Freiburg in the summer 2015. 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