Dear all, it's a pleasure to announce the next Probability and Finance seminar at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Padova, which will be held both *in presence* and online with the following details: - Date: 25 February 2022 - Speaker: Dr. Sara Svaluto-Ferro (Univ. of Verona) - Venue: Dept of Mathematics, Univ. of Padova, room 2BC30 - Zoom link: available at https://www.math.unipd.it/~bianchi/seminari/ - Title: "*Signature processes in mathematical finance, an introduction*" - Abstract: we will provide an introduction to the signature of a continuous semimartingale. This in particular includes its definition, its main properties, and an overview of (some) of its uses in financial mathematics. Thanks and hope to see you soon, Giorgia -- Giorgia Callegaro Associate Professor Department of Mathematics - University of Padova Via Trieste 63 , I-35121 Padova - ITALY Tel: +39-0498271481 Fax: +39-0498271499 E-Mail: gcallega@math.unipd.it <https://webmail.math.unipd.it/horde3/imp/message.php?mailbox=Sent&index=598#> Personal web-page: https://sites.google.com/site/giogiocallegaro/Home