
The age of prediction: How data and technology are driving exponential change
The same advances in tech that have boosted our predictive capability have also made the task much more complex. To resolve this, we need a paradigm shift.
MA in Computer Science, University of Texas; MBA Finance and Entrepreneurship, Wharton School. Previously worked as a venture capitalist, Scientist at AT&T Bell Laboratories, video game programmer and author. Spent 12 years as Statistical Arbitrage Portfolio Manager, Millennium Management. 2007, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, WorldQuant, a global quantitative investment management firm with over $5 billion in assets under management and more than 25 offices in 15 countries. Founder, WorldQuant University, a not-for-profit that offers an instructor-guided, tuition-free MSc programme in financial engineering, and is committed to making higher-quality education more accessible worldwide. Also founded WorldQuant Ventures, a private investment vehicle focused on disruptive companies in technology.
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