Statistical Modeling and Applications

MSA advanced course Engineering degree - Master’s level

Arwa ZahramanArwa ZAHRAMAN, Class of 2019

“The MSA option allowed me to develop skills in statistical models applied to digital communication and finance. This course also introduced me to the world of Big Data processing and artificial intelligence.”

 

PROGRAM

Compulsory courses:

  • Parametric statistics and extreme values
  • Stochastic processes

Two courses to choose from:

  • Statistical learning and high-dimensional biology data
  • Markov models in signal and image
  • Risk management and financial regulation

Two courses to choose from:

  • Statistical processing of high-dimensional data
  • Statistical methods for learning and tracking
  • Economic modeling

EXAMPLES OF INTERNSHIPS

  • Asset Liability Manager, Modeling, BNP Paribas
  • Assistant Delta One Trader, HSBC BANK PLC Paris Branch
  • Detection of resolved targets on complex funds
  • Thales Optronique
  • Statistical researcher, Française des Jeux
  • Data Scientist, l'Oreal France
  • Statistical characterization of energy consumption, Orange Labs

EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS

  • Predicting the properties of a biomolecule using a multitask approach
  • Valuation of American options in a discrete model
  • Sound and music signals
  • Extended multi-object tracking
  • Hidden Markov models and deep learning in automatic speech processing
  • Statistical filtering of stochastic volatility in finance
  • Automatic natural language processing using Markov chains
  • Ensemble Kalman filtering and particle filtering

PROFESSIONS

  • Data Scientist
  • Quantitative Analyst in finance
  • Consulting
  • Research Engineer
  • Biostatistician
  • Signal Processing Engineer
  • Marketing Researcher
  • Web analytics & statistics consultancy
  • Data Manager in the food industry

DISTINCTIONS

Since 2006, 6 prizes awarded to Advanced Course students by the SEE or the Fondation Telecom.

Among them, in 2014 and 2015: Pierre Juin, Coded apertures in biometric systems, Safran Morpho /Youssef Balma, Real-time RGB-D SLAM for augmented reality applications, Airbus Group Innovations

AMONG OUR RECRUITERS

  • Banks: LCL, BNP Paribas, Société Générale
  • Telecoms: Orange, SFR
  • Consulting: Deloitte
  • Energy: EDF, RTE
  • Industry: Thales, Sagem, Defence
  • Transport: Airbus, Air France
CONTACT

CONTACT

Wojciech PIECZYNSKI
Coordinator, Communications, Images, and Information Processing Department - CITI
Email: @wojciech.pieczynski

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