Marco Tolotti Curriculum Vitae March 2015 Personal Data date of birth: 18.th of March 1978 civil status: married, two children nationality: Italian position: Assistant Professor (Ricercatore) affiliation: Department of Management Università Ca Foscari Venezia Cannaregio 873-30121, Venice, Italy e- mail : tolotti@unive.it phone: +39 041 2346928 website: http://venus.unive.it/ tolotti fax: +39 041 2347444 scientific-disciplinary sector (Italian university system): SECS-S/06 Metodi matematici dell economia e delle scienze attuariali e finanziarie Member of the Academic Senate of Ca Foscari University of Venice, since October 2014. Member of the Research Center IOS (Innovation, Organization and Strategy), Università Ca Foscari Venezia, since April 2011. Member of the AMS (American Mathematical Society) and AMASES (Italian Association of Mathematics Applied to Economic and Social Sciences). Former academic positions Department of Applied Mathematics, Università Ca Foscari Venezia (December 2008 - December 2010) Department of Finance, Bocconi University, Milano. Postdoctoral position. (March 2006- November 2008) 1
Scholarships March 2006 - November 2008: Postdoctoral position, Department of Finance, Bocconi University, Milano. January 2006 - February 2006: Research Project Application of models from the Statistical Mechanics to the study of the contagious default in Finance, Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of Padova. January 2003 - December 2005: Ph.D. Scholarship, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy. Graduate Studies Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics to Finance and Insurance, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, July 2008 Master of Advanced Studies in Finance, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, February 2005 Laurea in Matematica, University of Padova, March 2002 Professional Service Referee for: Applied Mathematics and Computation; Chaos, Solitons & Fractals; Finance and Stochastics; Journal of Banking and Finance; Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination; Mathematical Finance; Plos One; Review of Managerial Science; Stochastic Systems; The Journal of Credit Risk International conferences (organization/committee): MAF2012 (Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Actuarial Sciences and Finance) Research visits UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney, 15 March - 11 April 2015. School of Electronic Eng. & Computer Science, Queen Mary Univ., London, July 2014. UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney, 5-13 August 2013. School of Math. Sciences, Monash University (Melbourne), 4 July - 4 August 2013. Institute of Mathematics, Technische Universität Berlin, 19-25 May 2013. School of Eng. and Applied Science, Columbia University (New York), 2-10 Nov. 2008. 2
Research interests Large deviations and limit theorems with applications to economics and finance. Contagion models with applications to credit risk. Diffusion of innovations through social networks. Dynamics of conformism attitudes in random utility models with social interactions. Price formation in market games with many interacting and boundedly rational agents. Refereed Publications 1. Paolo Pellizzari, Elena Sartori, Marco Tolotti Trade-In Programs in the Context of Technological Innovation with Herding, Advances in Artificial Economics in LECTURE NOTES IN ECONOMICS AND MATHEMATICAL SYSTEMS, Berlin, Germany: Springer Verlag Germany, vol. 676, pp. 219-230 (ISBN 9783319095776) (ISSN 0075-8442) 2. COLAPINTO C.; SARTORI E.; TOLOTTI M. (2014) Awareness, persuasion, and adoption: Enriching the Bass model, in PHYSICA. A, vol. 395, pp. 1-10 (ISSN 0378-4371; DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2013.10.001) 3. DAI PRA P.; SARTORI E.; TOLOTTI M. (2013) Strategic interaction in trend-driven dynamics, in JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL PHYSICS, vol. 152(4), pp. 724-741 (ISSN: 0022-4715; DOI: 10.1007/s10955-013-0784-y) 4. BARUCCI E.; TOLOTTI M. (2012) Social Interaction and Conformism in a Random Utility Model, in JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC DYNAMICS AND CONTROL, vol. 36(12), pp. 1855-1866 (ISSN 0165-1889) 5. BARUCCI E.; TOLOTTI M. (2012) Identity, reputation and social interaction with an application to sequential voting, in JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC INTERACTION AND COORDINATION, vol. 7 (1), pp. 79-98 (ISSN 1860-711X) 6. TOLOTTI M. (2012) A linear filtering approach for incomplete accounting information models, in ADVANCES AND APPLICATIONS IN STATISTICS, vol. 29 (2), pp. 135-151 (ISSN 0972-3617) 7. DAI PRA P.; TOLOTTI M. (2009) Heterogeneous credit portfolios and the dynamics of the aggregate losses., in STOCHASTIC PROCESSES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS, vol. 119 (9), pp. 2913-2944 (ISSN 0304-4149) 8. DAI PRA P.; RUNGGALDIER W.J.; SARTORI E.; TOLOTTI M. (2009) Large portfolio losses: a dynamic contagion model, in THE ANNALS OF APPLIED PROBABILITY, vol. 19(1), pp. 347-394 (ISSN 1050-5164) 3
9. BATTAUZ A.; DE DONNO M.; SBUELZ A.; TOLOTTI M. (2009) Risk tolerance levels for insurance companies, in GIORNALE DELL ISTITUTO ITALIANO DEGLI AT- TUARI, GIORNALE DELL ISTITUTO ITALIANO DEGLI ATTUARI, vol. 72, pp. 289-300 (ISSN 0390-5780) 10. DAI PRA P.; RUNGGALDIER W.; TOLOTTI M. (2004) Pathwise optimality for benchmark tracking, in IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATIC CONTROL, vol. 49(3), pp. 386-395 (ISSN 0018-9286) Working Papers and other publications 1. P. PELLIZZARI; E. SARTORI; M. TOLOTTI (2014) Trade-in programs in the context of technological innovation with herding, Working Paper 4/2014, in WORKING PAPER SERIES, Venezia, Department of Management, Università Ca Foscari Venezia., pp. 1-15, ISSN 2239-2734. 2. COLAPINTO C.; SARTORI E.; TOLOTTI M. (2013) How the innovation diffusion models from the past can help us to explain marketing in the new media era, Proceedings of The 16th Biennial World Marketing Congress, pp. 749-755, July 2013. 3. COLAPINTO C.; SARTORI E.; TOLOTTI M. (2012) A two-stage model for diffusion of innovations, in Working Paper Series, Department of Management, Università Ca Foscari Venezia, pp. 1-20, ISSN: 2239-2734. Working Paper n.16, October 2012. 4. DAI PRA P.; FONTINI F.; SARTORI E.; TOLOTTI M. (2011) Endogenous equilibria in liquid markets with frictions and boundedly rational agents, in Working Paper Series, Venice, Department of Management, Università Ca Foscari Venezia, pp. 1-35, ISSN: 2239-2734. Working Paper n.7, August 2011. 5. BARUCCI E; TOLOTTI M. (2009) The dynamics of social interaction with agents heterogeneity, in Working Papers, Department of Applied Mathematics, Ca Foscari University of Venice, vol., pp. 1-30, ISSN: 1828-6887. Working Paper n.189, July 2009. 6. TOLOTTI M. (2009) Social interactions and heterogeneous agent models. Applications to economics and finance, pp. 124-130, Nei rendiconti del Seminario Dottorato 2008/09, Scuola di Dottorato in Matematica Pura e Matematica Computazionale. 7. TOLOTTI M. (2008) The impact of contagion on large portfolios. Modeling aspects. Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, June 2008. (PhD Thesis) 8. TOLOTTI M. (2005) Credit Risk under incomplete accounting information: A discretized approach in filtering language, ETH Zurich, February 2005. (Master Thesis) 9. SCHOENBUCHER P.; TOLOTTI M. (2005) Credit Risk under incomplete accounting information: A discrete time model and its asymptotic behaviour, Preprint. 4
Presentations at refereed conferences Artificial Economics Conference 2014, Barcelona, 1-2 Septmeber 2014. Trade-in programs in the context of technological innovation with herding PRIN Workshop, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino, 17 December 2013. Monopolistic pricing on the edge of a technologial change 16th Biennial Academy of Marketing Science - World Marketing Congress, July 2013. How the innovation diffusion models from the past can help us to explain marketing in the new media era XXXVI Convegno AMASES 2012, Vieste, September 2012. Awareness and adoption in the new media era: a micro founded approach 12th Workshop on Optimal Control, Dynamic Games and Nonlinear Dynamics, Wien, May 2012. Endogenous equilibria in liquid markets with frictions and boundedly rational agents 16th Workshop on Economics & Heterogeneous Interacting Agents, Ancona, June 2011. Price formation in mean field games under market frictions and social interactions. Workshop on Quantitative Finance, Padova, January 2011. Price formation in mean field games under market frictions and social interactions. Mini-Symposium on Topics on Dependence Models and Multivariate Risk, Rome, June 2010 (Invited speaker). Direct contagion in large portfolios. Modeling aspects. 11th Workshop on Optimal Control, Dynamic Games and Nonlinear Dynamics, Amsterdam, June 2010. Microfoundation of conformism in a reduced form model for social interactions Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics 18th Annual Symposium, Novara, April 2010. Microfoundation of conformism in a reduced form model for social interactions XXXIII Convegno AMASES 2009, Parma, September 2009. The dynamics of social interactions with agent s heterogeneity X Workshop on Quantitative Finance, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, January, 2009. Heterogeneous credit portfolios and the dynamics of the aggregate losses XXXII Convegno AMASES, Trento, September 2008. Heterogeneous credit portfolios and the dynamics of the aggregate losses Bachelier Finance Society Fifth World Congress, London, July 2008. Heterogeneous credit portfolios and the dynamics of the aggregate losses 5
Credit Risk Models for Financial Markets and Banking, Rimini, October 2007 XXXI Convegno AMASES, Lecce, September 2007. Stochastic processes: Theory and Applications. On occasion of the 65th birthday of Wolfgang Runggaldier, Brixen July 2007 VIII Workshop on Quantitative Finance, Venice, January 2007. Credit risk tutorial, C.R.E.D.I.T. conference 2006, Venice, September 2006. Risk Management: From Basel II to Basel III, Ascona (Switzerland), March 2006. XXIX Convegno AMASES, Palermo, September 2005. Credit Risk under incomplete accounting information: A discrete time model and its asymptotic behaviour Invited talks School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, University of Wollongong, March 2015. Optimal policies in two-step binary games under social pressure and limited resources School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University, London, July 2014. Diffusion of innovation: Awareness, persuasion and adoption UTS Business School, University of Technology, Sydney, 7 August 2013. Strategic interaction in trend-driven dynamics School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, 31 July 2013. Probabilistic models for interacting agents facing binary decisions Università Ca Foscari Venezia, Laboratorio sui derivati e i loro rischi, Venezia, 13 June 2013. Rischio, come misurarlo e... comunicarlo? Alpen-Adria Universität, 3.rd Venice-Klagenfurt Workshop, Klagenfurt, 5 June 2013. Monopolistic pricing on the edge of a technological change Institute of Mathematics, Technische Universität Berlin, 23 May 2013. Probabilistic models for interacting agents facing binary decisions Fondazione per l Università e l alta cultura in provincia di Belluno, Laboratorio sui derivati e i loro rischi, Feltre, 16 June 2012. Rischio, come misurarlo e... comunicarlo? 6
Dipartimento di matematica F. Brioschi, Politecnico di Milano, 15 February 2012. Adoption Curves: Beyond the Bass Model Department of Decision Sciences, Bocconi University, Milano, 8 February 2012. Endogenous equilibria in liquid markets with frictions and boundedly rational agents. Dipartimento di Matematica Pura e Applicata, University of Padova, 7 June 2011. Price formation in mean field games under market frictions and social interactions. Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Dipartimento di Matematica per le Decisioni, University of Florence, 27 May 2010. Direct Contagion in Large Portfolios. Modeling aspects. Officina di Tesi Triennale, University Ca Foscari Venice, 29 March 2010. Crisi finanziaria 2007/09. Perché i matematici siedono sul banco degli imputati? Department of Decision Sciences, Bocconi University, 26 February 2010. Microfundation of conformism in a reduced form model for social interaction Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of Padova, 03 June 2009. Social Interactions and heterogeneous agents. Applications to Economics and Finance Department of Computer Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, 26 January 2009. Contagion models and applications to Finance and Social Sciences School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University (New York), 05 November 2008. The impact of contagion on large portfolios. Modeling aspects Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, 21 July 2008. The impact of contagion on large portfolios. Modeling aspects Dipartimento di matematica F. Brioschi, Politecnico di Milano, 10 June 2008. Applications of Large Deviations to Finance: the problem of credit contagion Economic Sciences and Quantitative Methods Department, Università del Piemonte Orientale, 15 May 2007. The impact of contagion on large portfolios. Modeling aspects Mathematical Economics and Quantitative Finance Seminars, Bocconi University Milan, February 2006. Dipartimento di matematica Guido Castelnuovo, Università La Sapienza, Rome, 30 January 2006. Colloquium Talks, ETH Zürich, February 2005. Credit Risk under incomplete accounting information: A discretized approach in filtering language 7
Tutoring of Postdoctoral students March 2011 - February 2012: Elena Sartori, Probabilistic techniques for decision sciences. July 2012 - June 2013: Elena Sartori, The role of social interaction in choice models. Teaching experiences (E): The courses marked with (E) have been taught in English Ph.D. courses and International Master Programs (Dottorato e Master II livello) Mathematical models for Finance (E), Master of Quantitative Finance and Risk Management (MAFINRISK), Bocconi University, Milan. Stochastic processes for finance (E), International Master in Economics and Finance (IMEF), Ca Foscari. Mathematics (E), International Master in Economics and Finance (IMEF), Ca Foscari. Mathematics (Preparatory Course) (E), Graduate School of Economics and Management (GSEM), Ca Foscari University of Venice and University of Padova. Master programs (Laurea magistrale) Techniques for managerial decisions (E), Master in Internat. Management, Ca Foscari. Tecnica delle Assicurazioni, Master in Economia e Finanza, Ca Foscari. Modelli quantitativi per la finanza, Master in Finance, Bocconi University, Milan. Undergraduate programs (Laurea triennale) Mathematics I (E), Economics and Management, Ca Foscari. Mathematics II (E), Economics and Management, Ca Foscari. Additional learning requirements in math. (E), Economics and Manag., Ca Foscari. Teaching assistant Mathematics, Practice Session, Ca Foscari University of Venice. Quantitative Finance (E), Bocconi University, Milan. Mathematical Finance (E), Bocconi University, Milan. Matematica finanziaria, Bocconi University Milan. Quantitative methods for finance (E), Bocconi University, Milan. 8