Hamed Amini is an associate professor in the Industrial & Systems Engineering department at the University of Florida. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Applied Mathematics from École Normale Supérieure-INRIA in Paris and an engineering degree (Diplôme d’Ingénieur) from École Polytechnique. He was previously an associate professor in the college of business at Georgia State University and an assistant professor in the mathematics department at the University of Miami. He serves on the editorial board of Mathematical Finance.