<r>QuoteI mean: can I find in the STL somethig useful?The C++ Standard Library has auto_ptr and auto_ptr_ref, which can help you code the behaviour you want (they internalise reference counting). Be careful though...<URL url="http://www.gotw.ca/publications/using_auto_ptr_effectively.htm"><LINK_TEXT...

Mackinn,A while ago I read some papers applying fractal ideas to timeseries modelling of returns, someone at Univ. of Bremen Maths dep.. Do you have some more recent references on this?Good luck!A

Ditto for Birkbeck, it's on the web. As for programming, we're promised a gentle intro into C, followed by C++. My understanding is that a good knowledge is not neccessary, as it will be taught.

<t>Talking about UK courses, I phoned around a few recruiters (advertising on this site) to get some feedback on how the UK market perceives the various academic offerings. I was given as many conflicing answers as there were people I spoke to. On Birkbeck, which is a new course this academic year a...

<t>I'm afraid I don't know the answer to your question - I've never tried answered to one posted on the board But the type of ads are identical to those run elsewhere by the same firms, so I suspect that they are mostly of the same ephemoral quality.That doesn't mean that the job doesn't exist, per ...

Birckbeck's MSc in Financial Engineering is a new course this academic year, but they have been running a "straight" Finance MSc. The people setting it up have previously been involved in doing the same at Imperial, and Birckbeck has some well-known academics on their books....