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Big Data Theme Talk - AI and Algorithmic Trading for Quantitative Investment (18 May 21)

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FinTech and Financial Intelligence

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Date & time
18May 2021 (Tue)19:30 - 20:00
Venue
Zoom Webinar
Fee
Free
Speaker
  • Dr. Simon Yiu

Dr. Simon Yiu

Dr. Simon Yiu, IT Department Head of a financial institution in Hong Kong, he handled many fintech initiatives and projects, such as Algo trading, finance big data analytics, Robo-advisors etc. Before that, he also worked for AI, and Machine learning startup as co-founder and CTO which located at a Hong Kong Science Park and participant at University organized Entrepreneurship Center in 2010, they focus on AI, Machine Learning, Big Data analytics and Natural language processing etc. Furthermore, He has hands-on programming experiences in fintech areas for over 10 years. Simon earned a Doctoral Degree in Business Administration from the City University of Hong Kong and a Master Degree in Data Science and Business Statistics from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Enquiry
2867 8331 (finedec@hkuspace.hku.hk)
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Remarks

Language: Cantonese (Supplemented with English)

AI and Algorithmic Trading for Quantitative Investment

With the advancement of AI and computational technologies, algorithmic trading is commonly using in quantitative investment by using automated pre-programmed trading instructions based on time, price and volume. The strategies of algorithmic trading powered by deep learning are being created and backtested using historical data for performance evaluation. Also, the computerized trading algorithm can help investors to avoid behavioral biases and errors as well as facilitate high-frequency trading. Our speaker would like to share his valuable experience and professional views about algorithmic trading during the theme talk.