Overview
AI and Machine Learning are set to re-landscape traditional industries. However, there are unique challenges when they are applied to the financial industry.
Bloomberg is pleased to co-host “Machine Learning Technical Seminar – The Forefront of Technologies in Finance” with Hong Kong Data Science Society, Artificial Intelligence Hong Kong, and PyData Hong Kong. A strong line up of speakers from leading financial technology firms and startups will share their experience.
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Agenda
- 6:30pm – Registration
- 6:45pm – Opening Remarks
- 6:50pm – AI and Machine Learning at Bloomberg
Bloomberg LP is a Media and Financial Data leader which possess a lot of timely and valuable data. Gary will share with us how Bloomberg has been leveraging AI and Machine Learning to harvest the power of the data and deliver value adding insights to its clients.
Speaker: Gary Kazantsev, Global Head of Machine Learning, Bloomberg L.P.
- 7:10pm – Classifying Companies Using Machine Learning
Some traditional ways of security classification are by industry, market capitalization, or country of risk. As revenue streams of large corporations, especially those in Asia, become more complex, are these still efficient classifications? Kevin will explore ways to classify companies using machine learning methodology.
Speaker: Kevin Kwan, Quant Financial Model Developer, Bloomberg L.P.
- 7:30pm – Natural Language Processing on Social Media for Investment
Alpha capture has been increasingly difficult in the market. To seek alpha, inventors and portfolio managers have started to look beyond traditional data sets. Ken will share his experience of using Natural Language Processing technique to look into unstructured data sourced from social media.
Speaker: Ken Liu, Founder, Datatact
- 7:50pm – Automated Machine Learning Technique
AI and Machine Learning will streamline and automate a lot of work that we, as human, used to do. It also streamlines the AI development itself. Sam will discuss the concept of Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) and relevant case studies.
Speaker: Sam Ho, Co-founder, ThinkCol
- 8:10pm – End of Event
Speakers
Kevin Kwan, CFA, FRM
Ken Liu
Ken is the founder of Datatact startup on AI/Big Data projects and consultancy. He is also an experienced Algo developer currently working with Daiwa Capital Markets. He has previously worked in similar capacities at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse. He researches extensively on how social networks and sentiments are used to formulate trading ideas.
Sam Ho
Sam is the co-founder of ThinkCol, an AI consulting startup in Hong Kong. Sam has grown the company from 2 people to a team of 10 in 2 years. Their clients include high profile global corporations.
When & Where
Thursday, August 30, 2018
6:30pm – 8:10pm
25/F Cheung Kong Center,
2 Queen’s Road, Central,
Hong Kong
Sponsors
- AIHK
- HKDSS
- PyData