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Irene Aldridge joins us to discuss how Big Data can have an impact on the market stability and trader profitability.
Irene Aldridge is a co-author of “Big Data Science in Finance” (with
Marco Avellaneda, Wiley 2020), an internationally-recognized
quantitative and Big Data Finance researcher, Adjunct Professor at
Cornell University and President and Managing Director, Research, of
AbleMarkets, a Big Data for Capital Markets company. She was named to
the Forbes’ Top 40-Over-40 Women’s List in 2017. Prior to AbleMarkets,
Aldridge designed and ran high-frequency trading strategies in a
$20-million cross-asset portfolio. Still previously, Aldridge was, in
reverse order, a quant on a trading floor; in charge of risk
quantification of commercial loans; Basel regulation team lead;
technology equities researcher; lead systems architect on large
integration projects, including web security and trading floor
globalization. Aldridge started her career as software engineer in
financial services.
Aldridge holds a BE in Electrical Engineering from Cooper Union, and MS
in Financial Engineering from Columbia University, and an MBA from
INSEAD. In addition, Aldridge studied in two PhD programs: Operations
Research at Columbia University (ABD) and FInance (ABD). Aldridge is the
author of multiple academic papers and several books. Most notable
titles include “Big Data Science in Finance” (co-authored with Marco
Avellaneda, Wiley, 2020), “Real-Time Risk: What Investors Should Know
About Fintech, High-Frequency Trading, Flash Crashes” (co-authored with
Steve Krawciw, Wiley, 2017), “High-Frequency Trading: A Practical Guide
to Algorithmic Strategies and Trading Systems” (2nd edition, translated
into Chinese, Wiley 2013), and “The Quant Investor’s Almanac 2011: A
Road Map to Investing” (Wiley, 2010). Her recent academic publications
include “Neural Networks in Finance: Design and Performance” (with Marco
Avellaneda in the Journal of Financial Data Science, 2019), “Big Data in
Portfolio Management” (Journal of Financial Data Science, 2019), “ETFs,
High-Frequency Trading and Flash Crashes” (Journal of Portfolio
Management, 2016), and “High-Frequency Runs and Flash Crash
Predictability” (Journal of Portfolio Management, 2014). Aldridge
presently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of
Applied Data Science to Finance.
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