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Anna Amirdjanova

Education

  • Ph.D., Statistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000
  • Ph.D., Business Administration / Real Estate and Finance, University of California - Berkeley, 2015
  • Post-doctoral Research Associate

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    2001
  • Assistant Professor of Statistics

    University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

    2001 - 2009
  • Associate Professor of Mathematics

    American University

    2009 - 2011
  • Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2015
  • Senior Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2015 - present
  • Initial Margin for Crypto Currencies Risks in Uncleared Markets
    Anna Amirdjanova, David Lynch, and Anni Zheng
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2026)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2026.009
  • Inverse stochastic transfer principle
    Matthew Linn and Anna Amirdjanova
    Communication on Stochstic Analysis (2010)
    https://doi.org/10.31390/cosa.4.1.06
  • Representations of the optimal filter in the context of nonlinear filtering of random fields with fractional noise
    Matthew Linn and Anna Amirdjanova
    Stochastic Processes and their Applications (2009)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spa.2008.12.007
  • Stochastic evolution equations for nonlinear filtering of random fields in the presence of fractional Brownian sheet observation noise
    Anna Amirdjanova and Matthew Linn
    Computers & Mathematics with Applications (2008)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.camwa.2007.08.032
  • Vortex theory approach to stochastic hydrodynamics
    Anna Amirdjanova
    Mathematical and Computer Modelling (2007)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcm.2006.11.001
  • Product formula and independence criterion for multiple Huang–Cambanis integrals
    Sébastien Chivoret and Anna Amirdjanova
    Statistics & Probability Letters (2006)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spl.2006.07.003
  • Interaction between stock indices via changepoint analysis
    Martin J. Lenardon and Anna Amirdjanova
    Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry (2006)
    https://doi.org/10.1002/asmb.653
  • Large deviation principle for a stochastic navier-Stokes equation in its vorticity form for a two-dimensional incompressible flow
    Anna Amirdjanova and Jie Xiong
    Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - B (2006)
    https://doi.org/10.3934/dcdsb.2006.6.651
  • New Method for optimal nonlinear filtering of noisy observations by multiple stochastic fractional integral expansions
    A. Amirdjanova and S. Chivoret
    Computers & Mathematics with Applications (2006)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.camwa.2006.08.011
  • Shrinkage estimation for convex polyhedral cones
    Anna Amirdjanova and Michael Woodroofe
    Statistics & Probability Letters (2004)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spl.2004.08.007
  • Nonlinear Filtering with Fractional Brownian Motion
    Anna Amirdjanova
    Applied Mathematics and Optimization (2002)
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s00245-002-0754-2
  • Stochastic Vorticity and Associated Filtering Theory
    Anna Amirdjanova and Gopinath Kallianpur
    Applied Mathematics and Optimization (2002)
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s00245-002-0755-1
  • conference

    Jan 25-26, 2021

    virtual panel

    Counterparty Credit Risk Modeling and Management / GFMI Conference

  • conference

    July 27-31, 2015

    University of Cambridge, UK

    15th SAET Conference on Current Trends in Economics

Awards
  • 2006

    National Security Agency (Mathematical Sciences Program)

    Faculty Grant

  • 2003

    National Science Foundation, University of Wisconsin - Madison

    Probability Internship (Faculty) Award

  • 2008

    National Science Foundation (Probability and Applied Mathematics Program)

    Standard (Faculty) Grant

  • 2010

    The Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Cambridge, UK)

    Visiting (Faculty) Fellowship

  • 2004

    National Security Agency (Probability Program)

    Faculty Grant

  • 2007

    University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

    Rackham Spring/Summer Faculty Research Grant

  • 2009

    Haas School of Business at University of California - Berkeley

    The Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics Fellowship

  • 2007

    National Science Foundation, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach

    U.S. Junior Oberwolfach Fellowship

  • 1998

    University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

    Excellence in Teaching Award

  • 1996

    University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

    George Nicholson Doctoral Fellowship

  • 2007

    University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

    Grant from the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics

Conference Organization
  • Fall 2003 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    Probability Theme Semester

    Organizer

  • August 1-6, 2026 | Boston, MA

    Joint Statistical Meetings

    Organizer of Session "Advances in Statistical Methods for Financial Risk Management"

  • June 4 - 8, 2007 | Ann Arbor, MI

    International Workshop "Large Deviations: Theory and Applications"

    Co-organizer

  • 2006-2007 | Ann Arbor, MI

    The Michael B. Woodroofe Distinguished Lecture

    Co-organizer

  • August 26, 2006 | Madrid, Spain

    International Congress of Mathematicians

    Session chair

  • April 15, 2005 | Palm Cove, Australia

    Fourth International Symposium on Business and Industrial Statistics

    Session chair

  • August 11-15, 2002 | New York City, NY

    Joint Statistical Meetings

    Program committee representative from the Institute of Mathematical Statistics

  • May - August 2005 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    Summer Probability Seminar Series

    Organizer

  • May 28 - June 1, 2007 | Snowbird, Utah

    SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems

    Co-organizer of the invited mini-symposium "Random Dynamical Systems with Applications to Fluid Dynamics"

Referee
  • Journals and book publishers: The Journal of Finance, Mathematical Finance, Bernoulli, Stochastic Processes and Their Applications, Stochastics and Dynamics, IMS Monograph Series, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Electronic Journal of Probability, SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis, Physics Letters A, Springer-Verlag, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Addison-Wesley.
  • Referee for grant agencies: U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation, National Security Agency, National Science Foundation.
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Last Update: March 30, 2026