2023 Democratize Quant Conference Recap and Materials
We recently hosted our 6th Annual Democratize Quant Conference. This post is a recap of what we heard and some resources we can make available to the public.
Democratize Quant 2023 is Live. Sign-up!
Eric Balchunas, Cliff Asness, Kai Wu, Que Nguyen, Corey Hoffstein
Call for speakers: Need quants with good ideas
This is an opportunity to get an all-expense paid trip (plus a stipend) to visit Australia! I'm sure one of our readers is qualified to deliver an excellent discussion for my friends in Melbourne.
2022 Democratize Quant Conference Recap and Materials
We recently hosted our Democratize Quant Conference (sign up here for updates).
This post is a recap of what we heard and some resources we can make available to the public.
Our 5th Annual Democratize Quant 2022 is Live. Sign-up!
We will be hosting our 5th annual Democratize Quant conference later this month via Zoom. The event is 100% free but we do screen participants to enforce our "no spammers" policy. https://alphaarchitect.com/democratizequant/
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