Escaping The Sisyphean Trap: How Quants Can Achieve Their Full Potential
Event details
| Date | 18.03.2022 |
| Hour | 10:30 › 12:00 |
| Speaker | Marcos Lopez de Prado, Cornell University, and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority https://www.orie.cornell.edu/faculty-directory/marcos-lopez-de-prado-0 https://quantresearch.org/ |
| Location |
UniL, Extra 126
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
While investment firms have attracted scientific talent, they have done a poor job at developing it. Firms hire specialists, but entice them to become generalists (e.g., portfolio managers). Under the ubiquitous silo/platform structure, quants succumb to the Sisyphean trap, and fail to achieve their full potential.
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