Podcasts Technology Super Data Science: ML & AI Podcast with Jon Krohn 405: The Work of Quants and Data Scientists in the Financial Space

405: The Work of Quants and Data Scientists in the Financial Space

Published: Sept. 30, 2020, 11 p.m.

Thomas Obrist joins us to give an advanced talk on the work he does in the financial and energy space as a quant and how it overlaps with data science.\n\nIn this episode you will learn:\n\nThomas\u2019s background and studies [5:04]\n\nLong and short in financial markets [8:33]\n\nThomas\u2019s current role at Axpo [14:55]\n\nQuant vs. data scientist vs. data analyst [18:55]\n\nThe Monte Carlo method [26:26]\n\nThomas\u2019s day-to-day [30:06]\n\nGrid loss use case [35:25]\n\nThomas\u2019s hackathon success [53:22]\n\nThomas\u2019s recommendation for those interested in the space [1:01:39]\n\n\nAdditional materials: www.superdatascience.com/405