The Quant / Financial Engineering Podcast

Patrick Zoro discusses what is next for quant degrees with Dimitri Bianco, FRM and quant youtuber with more than 1,000,000 views (https://www.youtube.com/user/djmacmusic) ; Anupriya Gupta of Quantinsti (https://www.quantinsti.com) and Nicolas Rocha a graduate of Lehigh's Master in Financial Engineering. Patrick Zoro is Professor of Practice and a director of the Master in Financial Engineering Program https://business.lehigh.edu/academics/graduate/masters-programs/ms-financial-engineering

Professor Zoro speaks with Ishan Shah about Algorithm Trading basics. Ishan Shah is a Quant Researcher at Quantra by QuantInsti. He also worked with Barclays in the Global Markets team & with Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He has a rich experience in financial markets spanning across various asset classes in different roles. He is an expert in Statistical Arbitrage, data analysis and modelling, and how to use statistics and machine learning to automate your trading strategies. Professor zoro manages the Master in Financial Engineering program at Lehigh University https://business.lehigh.edu/academics/graduate/masters-programs/ms-financial-engineering

Welcome to the second quant / Financial Engineering Conference from Lehigh University with the latest topics on the world of Quantitative Finance

Professor Zoro speaks with Nick Gans, Director of Research and Development at Inca Digital, https://inca.digital/ an open data aggregation and intelligence company. At Inca, he helps build systems which model and analyze the digital asset ecosystem. They talk about forensic data analysis and how the blockchain is handling the ability to track data integrity within the financial system

Dimitri Bianco FRM comes back to the podcast to discuss his on the impact of Covid 19 on MFE programs

Patrick Zoro speaks with Dr. Tamas Terlaky and Dr. Luis Zuluaga about Quantum Computing. Amplitude, Scaling, Quantum Supremacy, Cubits are discussed. They also discuss their DARPA grants aimed at exploring optimization algorithm. Dr.Terlaky is professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering https://engineering.lehigh.edu/ise/faculty/678, Dr. Zuluaga is Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering https://engineering.lehigh.edu/ise/faculty/694 Patrick Zoro is Professor of Practice , College of Business Both Dr Zuluaga and Professor Zoro are directors of the Master in Financial Engineering Program https://business.lehigh.edu/academics/graduate/masters-programs/ms-financial-engineering

Professor Zoro makes a long distance call to India and speaks with Vishal Bagla about his LinkedIn article https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vishal-bagla_why-business-schools-need-to-integrate-data-activity-6586137552481280000-cVzg Vishal is currently a manager at https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/ and is a graduate of https://www.iimcal.ac.in/ Patrick Zoro is a director for the Master in Financial Engineering at Lehigh University

Professor Patrick Zoro speaks with Quant Dimitri Bianco, FRM (YouTuber with 8,000 subscribers, 596,000 views over past 4 years) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLHvJ1KNGE1s-A3ODiSgplw about what students should know when selecting a Financial Engineering or Quant program. With more than 40 programs to pick from the US along, students have a daunting task. While the rewards can be had with possible starting salaries in excess of $150k, so are the pitfalls. This extensive podcast addresses several salient topics such as: Rigor of programs, Cohort dynamics, Financial Engineering history, Risk Management, Machine Learning, Hedge Funds, Fake vs real programs, Use of electives, Salaries. They make the point that the following points should be looked into by participants: How long has program been in existence?, Find out what jobs graduates actually get, understand our expected salary is derived, the importance of the development of interpersonal skills and professional development, online vs live vs brick and mortar. Many more topics are explored and discussed.

Patrick Zoro seats down again with Dr. Troy Adair as a follow-up to their previous podcast to discuss the potential demise of Excel and the impact on students' curriculum choices. Professor Zoro is a former Managing Director and the director of the Master of Financial Engineering program at Lehigh University. https://business.lehigh.edu/academics/graduate/masters-programs/ms-financial-engineering Dr. Adair (https://business.lehigh.edu/directory/troy-adair-jr) is a vocal advocate for the use of technology to enhance business processes, and is the author of numerous textbooks leveraging technology in the business decision-making processes, including Finance: Applications & Theory (5th ed, McGraw-Hill), Corporate Finance Demystified (2nd edition, McGraw-Hill), Business Analytics (forthcoming, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.), and Investments (forthcoming, Cengage Learning).

Professor Patrick Zoro speaks with Dr. Hank Korth about Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, Libra, Databases, Brenton Woods, Congress, China and the future of the dollar. Dr Korth is a Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering dept of Lehigh University (csb.lehigh.edu) . He is Co-Director of a unique program in Computer Science and Business. He has authored a leading database textbook, Database System Concepts, now in 7th edition (www.db-book.com) He leads an active community at Lehigh working on emerging issues in blockchain systems. Professor Zoro manages the Master in Financial Engineering program at Lehigh University. https://business.lehigh.edu/academics/graduate/masters-programs/ms-financial-engineering