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Raphael Douady is a French mathematician who works in both academia as well as quantitative finance. His specialization is in chaos theory and financial mathematics. In this interview he shares how he got into mathematics and why he left for quantitative finance. We also briefly discuss AI in the finance space as he has a paid seminar on July 31st called, "Opportunities and Challenges in Leveraging AI for Financial Markets." The conversation is a fun discussion of the challenges of working in the finance world from a math and quant perspective.

Opportunities and Challenges in Leveraging AI for Financial Markets:
https://wallstreetscholars.com/seminar/b2310304-b22a-4622-8a47-1698b136b00f?rc=fq

Raphael Douady:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphael-douady/

Polymodels  Textbook:
https://amzn.to/3IVuEJV

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I sit down with Data Bento's CEO, Christina Qi to discuss how she started Data Bento and why their product of providing data is the best. It turns out there are a lot of features that firms want such as how data is structured, cleaned, and transferred which make a big difference especially in the finance and investing space. Learn more in this episode about Data Bento's focus on driving innovation instead of producing a low quality knock-off product.

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Welcome to Season 8 of Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant! This season I will bring in more guest speakers from the quantitative finance community to talk about data, business, math, stats, and their journey's through life.

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This is the presentation I gave at the Quaint Quant Conference 2025. The goal of the conference is to bring together more people to share ideas and collaborate. I touch on some of the main groups of people in the quantitative finance community and what each group can do to build a better community. The four groups are outsiders, academics, students, and practitioners.


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Discord:
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As there has been some discussion around H1Bs and immigration, and a subscriber asked me to talk about it, here is my perspective.

A few high points:
- Immigration is a key part of America.
- Great people should be allowed to immigrate and not just whoever decides they want to come.
- The H1B system needs to match the number of people coming as well as a clear and simpler path to a green card.

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I brought Patrick Zoro from Lehigh University on the channel to discuss jobs, hiring, program rankings, networking, and just to catch up with him on a personal note.

Some interesting takeaways include how programs gather and report graduate income. For example, the data is self reported by the students and then self reported by the universities. Some universities have third partis that do the work to reduce over stating salaries while others directly report. Another interesting piece is that many students take internships or research work at the universities as a way to stay in the US while they find a full time quant job. Should we include these as employment in the reporting for rankings?

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There is a lot of confusion on how admissions is done at quant finance masters programs in the US. Every program will do it differently however today I got the opportunity to learn about the admissions process from one of the top programs (Carnegie Mellon University). Emily Wertz is the director of Admissions and Recruiting at CMU's Masters of Science in Computational Finance program and has worked there for over eight years. We cover:

1) Academic Readiness
2) Career Readiness
3) Interpersonal Skills

Emily provides tips and some insight into how the applications are reviewed.

For more information on CMU's program:
https://www.cmu.edu/mscf/

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An interview with valuations expert, David Shimko to discuss what he has been up to. He's teaching a quantitative focused financial valuations core course at NYU Tandon and he has been working on a new company called, Wall Street Scholars. Wall Street Scholars is a consulting, research and publishing organization, whose scholars are renowned for their expertise in applied finance and economics. Our distinguished panel of scholars and practitioners offers tailored solutions for complex financial problems, ranging from strategic planning to regulatory compliance. Wall Street Scholars provides a comprehensive array of services including consulting, research coaching, seminars, sponsored research initiatives, and educational programs, all aimed at advancing financial knowledge and empowering professionals with innovative solutions and insights.

Wall Street Scholars:
https://wallstreetscholars.com/


A Structural Model for Capital Asset Prices
https://wallstreetscholars.com/paper/06004fb5-5449-454d-8bb9-359aa3c8257e

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I had another great conversation with Agus Sudjianto around machine learning models, LLMs, risk management, model validation, and building culture. Agus recently retired from Wells Fargo and is now enjoying a variety of side projects including working at H2O.ai, teaching model validation at UNC, and I believe a few other projects which may come to light within the next year.


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Zach Creighton is a quantitative finance recruiter and founder of Hemans. Hemans is a premier staffing and search agency with specialization in the Financial Services Corporate Governance sector. Zach talks about his journey into the career of recruiting, misconceptions about recruiters, sourcing talent, and tips for those looking for jobs in the quantitative finance space.

Zach's LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachary-creighton-14b080a0/

Hemans:
https://www.hemanstalent.com/

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