Quantum Computing for Finance

Topic: Quantum Computing For Finance
Speaker: Dr. Roman Orus, Co-founder/CSO
Moderator: Paul Dowling, CEO
Abstract:
In this talk I'll make a non-technical overview of how quantum computing can be applied in the financial industry, and explain some of the use-cases in which Multiverse Computing has been working on. In particular, I will focus on how quantum technolgies can help in portfolio optimization and financial crash prediction.

Biographies
Prof. Román Orús is Ikerbasque research professor at the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) in San Sebastián, Spain, and co-founder and CSO of Multiverse Computing. After obtaining his degree and PhD in Physics at the University of Barcelona in 2006, he worked as a research fellow at the University of Queensland, Australia, and the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Germany, as well as a junior professor at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz, Germany. He was also visiting professor at the Universitè Paul Sabatier – CNRS, France, and at the DIPC. Dr Orús has achieved several awards for his work, including a Marie Curie Incoming International Fellowship, and the Early Career Prize (2014) by the European Physical Society. He has written around 80 scientific articles about quantum research cited more than 5000 times, and is founding and coordinating editor of the journal Quantum, member of the ‘Quantum for Quants’ (Q4Q) commission of the Quantum World Association, partner at Entanglement Partners, and president of the Specialized Group on Quantum Information at the Spanish Royal Society of Physics.

Paul is founder and CEO of Mindstream AI, a specialist consultancy focused on AI and other emerging technologies. He is also involved in designing and running the data-centric health startup accelerator, KQ Labs, for The Francis Crick Institute and similar programmes involving AI. This has lead to taking a driving role in developing the London Kings Cross Knowledge Quarter deep tech ecosystem that includes organisations such as Google Deepmind, The Alan Turing Institute and Open Data Institute.
Paul is passionate about making a positive impact on the world through his involvement with technology, and has been involved in technology strategy for 30 years. He has a strong interest in the impact of technology startups on global innovation, and has spoken at many international conferences including Mobile World Congress and Pioneers Festival. He is particularly interested in investing in the technology startups that solve real problems using innovative technology or business models.