This introductory level workshop will give you the ability to navigate the world of quantitative finance. We focus on core principles of rigorous statistical research, and try to teach overall intuitions so you’re comfortable learning more on your own. We’ll also walk you through a simple trading strategy example that you can use as a starting point for moving forward.
Our lecture series is vetted and used by professors at dozens of top universities worldwide including Harvard IACS and Cornell ORIE. We work with academics and industry alike to ensure that our curriculum reflects both academic rigor and practical applications.Â
Pre-requisites to attend include college mathematics and basic understanding of Python, NumPy, and Pandas.
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Dr. Tom Starke has a PhD in Physics and works as an algorithmic trader at a proprietary trading company in Sydney. He has a keen interest mathematical modeling and machine learning in the financial markets. He has previously lectured computer simulation at Oxford University and lead strategic research projects for Rolls-Royce Plc.Â
Tom is very active in the quantitative trading community, running workshops for Quantopian, teaching people quantitative analysis techniques, and organizing algorithmic trading meetup groups such as Cybertraders Syd.
Where can I access the material covered in the workshop?
The material is available for free on our Quantopian Lecture Series and Tutorials.
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What should I know before attending?
- College level mathematics
-Â Basic Python and Pandas/NumPyÂ
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What should I bring with me?
Your laptop, charger, and an ID.
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What are the next steps after I complete this workshop?
- Keep working on lectures in the Quantopian Lecture Series to learn more
- Start researching and developing your own strategy on our platform
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The workshop will be held at:Â
Avanta Business Centre
Gurugram HR
Quantopian is a crowd-sourced quantitative investment firm. We inspire talented people from around the world to write investment algorithms. Quantopian provides capital, data, a research environment, and a development platform to algorithm authors (quants). We offer license agreements for algorithms that fit our investment strategy, and the licensing authors are paid based on their strategy's individual performance.
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We provide everything a quant needs to create a strategy and profit from it. With over 170,000 members in more than 190 countries, that range from students to professionals, Quantopian’s community is continuing to grow every day.
For more information go to: https://www.quantopian.com/