Description and Activities Active Scientists Pension funds, mutual funds, insurance companies, university and foundation endowments, as well as individual investors all look to find investment portfolios that maximize return with minimal risk for their clients. How do they find the best mix of investments given the plethora of options out there in the ever-changing financial world? The answer: they use data, lots of data, requiring significant computational resources. Scientists at the Center lend a hand in this endeavor by developing optimization tools helping make the determination of quality portfolios faster and more computationally efficient.
