University of Massachusetts Archives

Taming the oil price

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Belleh Fontem has devised a mixed-integer, non-linear programme that considers multiple inputs into the volatile world of oil prices and commodity stock trading, and the complexities of the risk facing brokers and their clients in terms of oil prices.

For the foreseeable future, the world will need oil, but its price volatility makes buying and selling it a challenge for producers and the myriad manufacturers who need it. For brokers who sit in the middle of such transactions, finding the optimal price and the number of clients to spread their risk is one of their biggest challenges. Belleh Fontem, […]

Architecting 3D integrated circuit fabrics at nanoscale

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Dr Csaba Andras Moritz, entrepreneur and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is developing a new nanoscale 3D integrated circuit technology. This research offers a solution to the current 2D CMOS scaling issues and offers a pathway for building integrated circuits in the future with much higher densities and efficiencies than currently possible. It could […]