Forecasting Motor Vehicle Collision

Dr. Darren Shannon, a Lecturer in Quantitative Finance in the Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Limerick, joins us today to talk about his work "Extending the Heston Model to Forecast Motor Vehicle Collision Rates."

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Dr. Darren Shannon: Dr. Darren Shannon is a Lecturer (or Assistant Professor) in Quantitative Finance in the Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Limerick, and a researcher in the Emerging Risk Group (ERG). Prior to receiving his PhD in Applied Statistics, he completed an MSc. in Computational Finance, and a BSc. in Mathematics. His PhD work contributed heavily to two EU H2020 research projects (VIDAS and Cloud-LSVA), which identified and addressed emerging risks associated with conventional and highly-automated vehicles. Follow his PhD, Darren set out to define his academic identity, and found the best way to do so was to find ways to combine both finance and transportation research. He continues to be engaged with the research community on facilitating the timely integration of advanced-tech vehicles onto public roads.