Longstaff

Robustness of the Longstaff-Schwartz LSM Method of Pricing American Derivatives by Andrzej Kozlowski uses the Longstaff-Schwartz least squares Monte Carlo method of computing the value of an American put option, approximated by a Bermudan option with 50 exercise times.

Wolfram Blog : Mathematica Manages Financial Risk 2009

The opposite is true, according to Mr. Ang and Francis Longstaff of the University of California, Los Angeles, who looked at credit-default swaps, insurance that investors can buy against default, from 2008 through early 2011.

The Ties That Bond—and Don't David Wessel 2011

In it, Longstaff managed to capture the major themes of bush fire icon­ogr­aphy: helplessness, loss and utter desolation.

Archive 2009-02-01 Hels 2009

ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: ANZAC Day 2009: Longstaff in Ypres

ANZAC Day 2009: Longstaff in Ypres Hels 2009

Longstaff said that he was so pro­foundly moved by the ceremony that during a midnight walk along the Menin road he saw a vision of steel-helmeted spirits rising from the moonlit corn fields around him.

ANZAC Day 2009: Longstaff in Ypres Hels 2009

Longstaff visited the area later in Feb 1898 to investigate the aftermath of the fires and to sketch in preparation for a major work.

Archive 2009-02-01 Hels 2009

Longstaff painted Menin Gate at Midnight well after the war, after he saw the opening ceremony of the Menin Gate memorial at the ent­ran­ce of Ypres.

ANZAC Day 2009: Longstaff in Ypres Hels 2009

Following the success of Menin Gate, Longstaff painted several other works on a similar theme.

ANZAC Day 2009: Longstaff in Ypres Hels 2009

I wanted to include the Sleepless Travels quote because Longstaff probably had the same impact on everyone seeing the painting.

ANZAC Day 2009: Longstaff in Ypres Hels 2009

Eventually Longstaff was appointed Official Australian War Artist in 1918 and produced many works during the final campaigns of the Western Front.

ANZAC Day 2009: Longstaff in Ypres Hels 2009