The Curious Quant Podcast
1) EP20: Prof Rob Hyndman: Forecasting COVID, time-series, and why causality doesnt matter as much as you think.
We speak to Prof Rob Hyndman about the ideas around forecasting, COVID19, and why causality doesn't matter as much as it should.
2) Conversations with a SuperIntelligence: The Digital Deity
In this episode we explore the idea of a digital deity from the lens of all the major religions from the world. Most of this episode is of an AI system talking to itself about the notion of a digital ...Show More
3) Conversations with a SuperIntelligence - "What is your nature?"
This is the first episode of a short series I am calling : Conversations with a super-intelligence. I must warn you, it is not for the faint hearted. They are live recorded conversations with the most...Show More
4) Generative AI: applications in the Quant Investment Process
In this episode, I explore some of the more direct applications of Generative AI, specifically ChatGPT within a quantitative investment process, starting with expansions to NLP signals, to product str...Show More
5) EP22: Professor Stuart Russell. The future of Humanity and AI.
I spoke with Professor Russell at the beginning of the pandemic about AI and humanity.
6) EP19: Igor Halperin: On the application of reinforcement learning in Finance
Fantastic conversation with Igor Halperin around the application of reinforcement learning into forecasting problem, and the limits to data and understanding the world.
EP19: Igor Halperin: On the application of reinforcement learning in Finance
53:27 | Jul 16th, 2020
7) COVID Popup Podcast: Curious Quant and Nick Wade discuss if risk models have something to say about pandemic risk.
Nick Wade from Northfield and the Curious Quant discuss the impact of COVID on risk modeling frameworks, assumptions, and how the recent movements in asset markets may or may not impact the short and ...Show More
8) EP18: Matt Kuperholtz: On Ethics and AI and old ATARI computers
I speak to Matt about his wonderful collection of old (retro?) computers but also all about the challenges of defining an ethical framework for algorithms, and what we can do to understand this tricky...Show More
9) EP17: Saeed Amed: The New Age of (data and research) in FX and Macro
I speak with my a great voice of independent research in London on the topics of using alternative data for FX and macro research for quantitative strategies.
10) EP16: Christina Qi: High Frequency Trading - Then and Now
I chat with Christina about her experiences starting her own firm dealing with high frequency trading strategies, and her observations about how high frequency strategies have evolved, where they are ...Show More