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

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

b'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\\u2022 Thomas\\u2019s background and studies [5:04]\\n\\u2022 Long and short in financial markets [8:33]\\n\\u2022 Thomas\\u2019s current role at Axpo [14:55]\\n\\u2022 Quant vs. data scientist vs. data analyst [18:55]\\n\\u2022 The Monte Carlo method [26:26]\\n\\u2022 Thomas\\u2019s day-to-day [30:06]\\n\\u2022 Grid loss use case [35:25]\\n\\u2022 Thomas\\u2019s hackathon success [53:22]\\n\\u2022 Thomas\\u2019s recommendation for those interested in the space [1:01:39]\\n\\nAdditional materials: www.superdatascience.com/405'