Kurt Hornik: QFin Computing Winter Semester 2025
Classes
| Unit | Date | Time | Location | Topic | Materials | Assignments | ||
| 1 | 2025-10-02 | 10:00-13:30 | TC.1.01 | R Basics | Slides Transcript Code save dump | Exercises 1-24 | Due: 2025-10-08 23:59 | Read Chapter 2 |
| 2 | 2025-10-08 | 14:00-17:30 | TC.1.01 | R Data Types | ||||
| 3 | 2025-10-16 | 10:00-13:30 | TC.1.02 | R Data Types | ||||
| 4 | 2025-10-23 | 10:00-13:30 | TC.1.02 | R Programming | ||||
| 5 | 2025-11-08 | 10:00-13:30 | TC.1.02 | LaTeX, BibTeX and Sweave | ||||
| 6 | 2025-11-13 | 10:00-13:30 | TC.1.02 | Optimization and Root Finding | ||||
| 7 | 2025-11-20 | 10:00-12:00 | TC.0.01 | Finals | ||||
| 8 | 2025-11-25 | 09:00-15:00 | Online via teams | Presentations | ||||
Assignments
Exercises When submitting homework assignments by email, please use the subject ‘QFin Computing Unit n Team k’, where n is the number of the unit and k is the number of your team. Submit by email to Polina Atovmyan <polina.atovmyan@s.wu.ac.at>, Christian Hendrik Weißmeier <christian.hendrik.weissmeier@s.wu.ac.at> and <Kurt.Hornik@wu.ac.at>, and cc all team members. Chapters in assignments refer to the textbook by Braun & Murdoch used for this course. Homework and presentation teams and presentation slots:| 1 | Burigana, Kupeev, Mokliak, Ossani, Pavlova |
| 2 | Dushin, Kraciuk, Turhan, Uszko, Vasarhelyi |
| 3 | Borbas, Holzmann, Mirtchev, O'Sullivan, Sorochynska |
| 4 | Amelina, Capka, Dubini, Rzepka, Szaniszlo |
| 5 | Bachtiary, El Hariri, Gehring, Pell, Woegerer |
| 6 | Marcius, Ntallas, Pilz, Simic, Zizliauskaite |
| 7 | Balli, Boross, Machetta, Morozov, Mykhailiuk |
| 8 | Attanasio, Friedrich, Illes, Kolev, Maraj |
| 9 | Burlutskaya, Candrak, Docs, Gruenstaeudl, Nenadic |
| 10 | Baron von Westernhagen, Krieger, Li Jingqi, Radovanovic, Vazsonyi |
| 11 | De Pasquale, Ellecosta, Li Daniil, Molnar, Vershinin |
| 12 | Karmazin, Leitner, Malcoci, Reinhold, Vorhauser |
Lecture Notes
Docs CodeLiterature
W. John Braun and Duncan J. Murdoch: A First Course in Statistical Programming with R. Cambridge University Press ISBN 9781316451090, 2016. DOI:10.1017/CBO9781316451090. Tobias Oetiker, Hubert Partl, Irene Hyna and Elisabeth Schlegl: The (Not So) Short Introduction to LATEX2e.Links
Electronic University Calendar (eVVZ) Setting up R and LATEXFile translated from TEX by TTH, version 4.16.