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SUMMARY:Financial Technology: Algorithmic Trading and Social Media Analyti
 cs - Prof Philip Treleaven (University College London)
DTSTART:20121030T170000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Two of the 'hottest' topics in financial technology are: a) hi
 gh-frequency algorithmic trading where algorithmic trade automatically in 
 milliseconds\; and b) social media scraping and analytics such as using Tw
 itter and News data to assess market sentiment. This presentation will des
 cribe the structure of Algorithmic Trading systems and how Social Media is
  scraped and sentiment analysis performed. It will then discuss applicatio
 ns in financial services and business analytics.\n\nPhilip Treleaven is Di
 rector of the UK Centre for Financial Computing and Business Analytics and
  Professor of Computing at UCL. The UK Centre is a collaboration of UCL\, 
 London School of Economics\, London Business School and the major financia
 l institutions and commercial organisations. The Centre undertakes analyti
 cs research in finance\, retail\, healthcare\, services and sport. For the
  past 8 years the UK Centre has worked with many of the leading Investment
  Banks and Funds developing algorithmic trading systems\, and for the past
  3 years we have worked with the regulators on High-frequency trading risk
  and systemic risk. The UK Centre has over 60 PhD students working on fina
 nce and business analytics\, and is unique in placing them in banks\, fund
 s and companies to develop advanced analytics and software. An additional 
 20-25 PhD students will join in October.\n\nAdmission free to CUCaTS membe
 rs\, £2 otherwise. Membership may also be bought at the door. As usual re
 freshments will be served 15 minutes before the start of the talk.\n\nhttp
 ://cucats.org/event/26
LOCATION:Umney Lounge\, Robinson College
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