Quant (Finance) data processing in Python

February’s meetup will again be joint between Women in Data & PyLadies and hosted by the hedge fund AHL. They’re sponsoring the meeting and providing insight into how they use python at work! It should be interesting to anyone who likes working with python and data :)

Schedule

18:30 Mingling – There will be pizzas and drinks (beer, wine and soft drinks) provided by AHL

19:00 Talks start:

19:00 Carol Ward (COO): An introduction to Hedge Funds and AHL

19:10 Charlie Beeson (Python Quant Developer): An overview of AHL technology (this will mainly be about python, with mention of some supplementary tech we use such as MongoDB and JavaScript)

19:30 Giuliana Bordigoni (Senior Quantitative Research): Using Python for Quant Research and building systematic models

19:50 Flash Talks (Let us know if you want to give one!)

~20:00 Wrap up, questions etc.

We’ve left time in the schedule for lightning talks. This can be about anything python related (a project you’ve been working on lately, how to use a particular library etc.) Message/email us or write in the comments below if you want to give a talk.

Note: if registrations in one of the meetup groups is full go and sign up in the other one!

AHL have a bar with a great view of the Thames (see picture below) to which we can go at the end (~20:30) for more mingling :)

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