About us
The Thalesians are a group of dedicated professionals with an interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning (ML), quantitative finance, economics, mathematics, physics and computer science, not necessarily in that order. We currently run events London, New York, Budapest, Frankfurt and Prague!
Please also visit our main Thalesians web page here too to learn more about us!
The Thalesians are a member of Level39 - Europe's largest technology accelerator for finance, retail, cyber-security and future cities technology companies.
We consult, train, and write software. Our offering can be found on http://ai.thalesians.com/
Our GitHub page contains our open source Python financial analysis library PyThalesians.
If you are a full-time student, between jobs, or for any other reason would struggle with our Meetup dues, please let us know and we'll mark you as exempt from them!
Upcoming events
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- £24.00
London Seminar: Rob Carver: Heisenberg's Backtest
Huxley Building, Imperial College London, 180 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, London, GBPlease note that this event will take place IN PERSON on Friday, 6 March, 2026 in London at 6pm London time (1pm New York time).
In collaboration with Imperial College MathSoc!
Full title: Heisenberg's Backtest
Speaker: Rob Carver
Abstract: What is a backtest for? In fact, like electrons, backtests have two contradictory natures. Firstly, they tell how well a particular trading strategy would have done in the past. Secondly, they help you design a strategy that will perform well in the future. These are not the same thing. In this talk Rob discusses this problem and how to reconcile these two objectives.
Venue: Huxley Building, Imperial College London, 180 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ
Biography: Robert Carver is an independent systematic futures trader and writer. He is a visiting lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London, and is research advisor to Stylus Capital, a hedge fund trading digital assets. He is the author of four books: “Systematic Trading", "Smart Portfolios", "Leveraged Trading" and "Advanced Futures Trading Strategies".
Until 2013 Robert worked for AHL, a large systematic hedge fund, and part of the Man Group. He was responsible for the creation of AHL's fundamental global macro strategy, and then managed the funds multi billion dollar fixed income portfolio. Prior to that Robert worked as a research manager for CEPR, an economics think tank, and traded exotic derivatives for Barclays investment bank. He spent his early career in the Middle East.
Robert has a Bachelors degree in Economics from the University of Manchester, and a Masters degree, also in Economics, from Birkbeck College, University of London.
Links:
Rob's blog: https://qoppac.blogspot.com/
32 attendees - £1,450.00
A Weekend with Robert Carver in London: Backtesting Properly
Huxley Building, Imperial College London, 180 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, London, GBPlease note that this event will take place IN PERSON on Saturday, 7 March, 2026 and Sunday, 8 March, 2026 in London from 9am London time until 5pm London time on each of the two days.
In collaboration with Imperial College MathSoc!
Full title: A Weekend with Robert Carver in London: Backtesting Properly
Speaker: Robert Carver
Training Agenda:
This workshop will run through the process required to construct backtests that provide realistic historic returns and provide the best chance of creating a strategy that will be profitable in the future. It is not about fancy ML or AI techniques, nor is it designed to give you a magic formula for making infinite money from trading. Instead it will focus on understanding:
- statistical significance
- optimisation
- the importance of robustness and how to achieve it
- avoiding the three different types of overfittingPre-requisites for workshop:
- Attendance at the talk: https://www.meetup.com/thalesians/events/312539371/
- Ability to use python / pandas ecosystem to the level of https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/python-for-finance/9781492024323/
- A laptop with a full Anaconda stackVenue: Huxley Building, Imperial College London, 180 Queen's Gate, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ
Biography: Robert Carver is an independent systematic futures trader and writer. He is a visiting lecturer at Queen Mary, University of London, and is research advisor to Stylus Capital, a hedge fund trading digital assets. He is the author of four books: “Systematic Trading", "Smart Portfolios", "Leveraged Trading" and "Advanced Futures Trading Strategies".
Until 2013 Robert worked for AHL, a large systematic hedge fund, and part of the Man Group. He was responsible for the creation of AHL's fundamental global macro strategy, and then managed the funds multi billion dollar fixed income portfolio. Prior to that Robert worked as a research manager for CEPR, an economics think tank, and traded exotic derivatives for Barclays investment bank. He spent his early career in the Middle East.
Robert has a Bachelors degree in Economics from the University of Manchester, and a Masters degree, also in Economics, from Birkbeck College, University of London.
Links:
Rob's blog: https://qoppac.blogspot.com/
8 attendees
Past events
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