NYAI #11: AI Perspectives on FinTech

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UPDATE: 4/25/17 @ 12PM - PRE-SALE TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT! THERE WILL BE A LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS. $15 - CASH ONLY. THANK YOU!

DESCRIPTION:

Join us for what's sure to be an awesome night in AI! This month's event is part of FinTech Week NYC (https://fintechweeknyc.com/). We'll hear from Dr. Anasse Bari (NYU) who will talk about "Mining Alternative Data Sources for Making Financial Decisions," followed by Mutisya Ndunda (Founder/CEO, Alpha Vertex) who will talk about "Artificial intelligence for Absolute Return Investment Strategies."

Wine + Beer + AI + Networking = The Best Tuesday ever!

COST TO ATTEND (TICKETS HERE (https://nyai11.splashthat.com/)): Limited availability per release*

• First Release ($5) - SOLD OUT

• Second Release ($8) - SOLD OUT

• Final Release ($10) - SOLD OUT

• Door Tickets ($15 - cash only!) - limited availability at the door; first come, first serve

Please Note: All ticket sales are final.

AGENDA:

[6:30 - 7:00 PM] Networking (Wine & Beer)

[7:00 PM] Welcome Introduction - Maryam Farooq (Organizer, NYAI)

[7:05 PM] Speaker #1: "Mining Alternative Data Sources for Making Financial Decisions" - Dr. Anasse Bari (NYU) [Featuring: Aniruddh Khera]

[7:35 PM] Rapid Q&A

[7:50 PM] Intermission

[8:00] Speaker #2: "Artificial Intelligence for Absolute Return Investment Strategies" - Mutisya Ndunda (Founder/CEO, Alpha Vertex)

[8:30 - 8:45 PM] Rapid Q&A

[8:45 - 9:00 PM] Closing Remarks

SPEAKER #1: DR. ANASSE BARI (NYU)

Professor Anasse Bari is a full time faculty member of computer science at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science with a focus on Data Mining. Bari is a Fulbright scholar and previously was a university professor at the Computer Science Department of the George Washington University (GWU) in Washington D.C where his students voted him the professor of the year in 2014.

Dr. Bari has over ten years of experience in large-scale software architecture and design for both the public and private sectors. Anasse worked closely for many years with leadership across the World Bank Group in engineering enterprise data analytics projects. He was the recipient of the World Bank Group ITS Spot award for extraordinary efforts in service of the organization.

While at the World Bank, he attended an executive program at Stanford University's Institute of Design. His scientific research has been focused on predictive analytics, biologically inspired data analytics, and information retrieval. He is the author of several publications on data mining and the co-author of the book “Predictive Analytics for Dummies,” published by Wiley in 2016.

ABSTRACT #1: "Mining Alternative Data Sources for Making Financial Decisions"

Dr. Anasse Bari (NYU) will talk about Mining Alternative Data Sources to Seek Alpha for Making Financial Decisions. This talk will not be highly technical, but will include algorithms + high-level highlights of the technology. Dr. Bari will highlight use cases where alternative datasets have been mined using machine learning algorithms and how they help in understanding movements in the stock market. Dr. Bari along and his graduate student and former GE software engineer Aniruddh Khera will close by highlighting their research team project - using news articles and micro-blogs to understand movements of financial markets.

SPEAKER #2: MUTISYA NDUNDA (FOUNDER/CEO, ALPHA VERTEX)

Mutisya has over 15 years of experience in the financial services including investment banking, private equity and market making. Prior to founding Alpha Vertex in 2015, he was the Head of Strategy & Business Development for Bloomberg Enterprise Solutions for 5 years. Before Bloomberg, Mutisya served as the Head of North America Business Development and Chief of Staff for Susquehanna International Groups proprietary trading businesses.

Mutisya holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and a Master’s Degree in Financial Engineering from Cornell University.

ABSTRACT #2: "Artificial intelligence for Absolute Return Investment Strategies"

Mutisya Ndunda (Founder/CEO, Alpha Vertex) will speak about using machine learning techniques to forecast time series in order to build investment strategies. Time series are an essential part of financial analysis and as the volume, velocity and complexity of financial data increases. Machine learning techniques hold great promise for time series analysis and offers a way to separate the signal from the noise, even when the noise can seem overwhelming. During his presentation, Mutisya will go through an accessible, non-trivial example of machine learning with financial time series.

ALPHA VERTEX:

[ABOUT]: Alpha Vertex (http://www.alphavertex.co/) is a financial technology company building the next generation of AI powered technologies that work with humans to support investments around the world, predict financial outcomes and identify trends before they become obvious.

[ALPHA VERTEX PRECOG]: PreCog is an analytical service that uses powerful machine learning models to forecast financial returns at multiple horizons. The PreCog platform leverages thousands of trained models to make sense of very large, high dimensional datasets. It is built on top of Alpha Vertex’s Knowledge Network, a massive, near real-time firehose of information that utilizes sophisticated natural language and data mining algorithms, including deep learning algorithms, to autonomously extract millions of data points and the relations that tie them together.

ANNOUCEMENTS:

1. Civic Hall (https://civichall.org/) will be hosting an Ethics of Automation Panel (https://civichall.org/events/civic-hall-on-the-road-event-ethics-of-automation/) on Tues, 4/18!
2. Flash Pitch is looking for the BEST AI Companies in NYC to pitch at a special AI edition of Flash Pitch. The winning team will get all the Flash Pitch winner benefits + a fast track to the final round of interviews for the AI Nexus Lab program (NYC's only AI-specific startup program). AI NexusLab companies get $100K investment; an NYU student fellow; office hours with investors, corporate partners + access to NYU faculty; a pilot partner; office space at Data Future Lab; among many other AI-specific benefits. Apply to pitch here (https://www.flashpitch.nyc/apply-to-pitch/) for the event on Thurs, 4/20!
3. Want to learn & work with Artificial Intelligence? You're in luck! The Global AI Hackathon (http://ai.hackathon.com/?utm_source=bma&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=&utm_campaign=aihackathon) will be taking place in multiple cities around the world on on incredible weekend! This Series is focused on AI, Machine learning, and Deep learning; all skills & abilities are encouraged to participate. Join your local community of innovators to create solutions! Register for the NYC Hackathon (Fri, 6/23-Sun, 6/25)! (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-ai-hackathon-new-york-tickets-31524732323)

ABOUT Rise (https://thinkrise.com/newyork.html):

Rise New York is a collaborative co-working community shaping the future of commerce and fintech by helping startups and entrepreneurs connect, co-create,and scale innovation. In partnership with Barclays, we listen, nurture and oxygenate through our international network of Rise hubs. Rise New York also houses a world-class event space and is home to the U.S. cohort of the Barclays Accelerator, powered by Techstars. Oh, and we leave the front door open for the curious…

Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you at the event!

Best regards,

Maryam + the NYAI Team