Jan Korbel

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Curriculum vitae


Working experience

10/2016 –                Post Doc. at Zhejiang University, Department of Physics, Hangzhou, China.
                              Working in the econophysics team of Prof. Zheng Bo.
12/2012 – 09/2016    Internship in Watson Research Centre, IBM Czech Republic, Prague
                              Worked on natural language processing and Markov decision models.
10/2013 – 08/2014    Internship in Max-Planck-Institute für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin
                              Worked under Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Hagen Kleinert on the topic of
                              Double fractional option pricing.
05/2011– 07/2011     Internship in IT department of Quirin Bank, Berlin
                              Worked on financial markets analysis done in the statistical interface R.


Education

07/2012 – 05/2016    Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical                                  Engineering – Doctor's degree (Ph.D.), Mathematical Engineering
09/2010 – 06/2012    Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical                                  Engineering – Master’s degree (Ing.) with honours, Mathematical Physics
                               Master thesis: Applications of Multifractals in Financial Markets
10/2011– 03/2012     Free University in Berlin, Germany – Study exchange (Erasmus): Physics
09/2007 – 08/2010    Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical                                  Engineering – Bachelor’s degree (Bc.), Mathematical Physics
                               Bachelor thesis: Application of Generalized Statistics in Econophysics
     2003 –     2007    Grammar school, Jihlava
04/2005  06/2005    Study stay at Blundell’s School, Tiverton, UK


Student contests
05/2012                   1st place in Econtech students team contest
                               Topic: Ernst&Young - Analysis of price evolution on energetic exchanges
                               Analyzed energy markets and suggested a solution to predict energy prices from                                  other energetic exchanges.


Conference talks, publications
See sections Conference talks, Publications