CFEM News

CFEM's Class of 2018 held its graduation ceremony on Thursday, December 13th, at the Bloomberg Center. We had opening remarks from CFEM Director Victoria Averbukh and Senior Research Associate Sasha Stoikov, as well as guest appearances from ORIE Director Shane Henderson and the Director of Master of Engineering Studies, Kathryn Caggiano. We were thrilled to spend the semester with such promising young students, and we look forward to seeing their achievements in finance and beyond. Read more

On November 13th, 2018, the Cornell community and industry experts from different sectors came together to discuss the transformative impact of AI on asset management. CFEM aims to be at the forefront as data analytics and new technologies become an integral part of quantitative finance. Seasoned professionals from the following companies came to share their insight: Point72 Asset Management / Cubist Systematic Strategies Voya Investment Management Tudor Investment Corporation Wolfe Research AQR Capital Management Millennium Management Seven Eight Capital We hope to host more opportunities for... Read more

AQR's new "Head of Machine Learning" is Dr. Marcos Lopez de Prado of CFEM. Read more

A team of Cornell students, including two from ORIE’s master’s in financial engineering (MFE) program, won the Parker Center for Investment Research’s Investment Portfolio Case Competition. Read more

ORIE's M.Eng. programs among finalists for the 2018 UPS George D. Smith Prize. Read more

CFEM Practitioner Lecturer, Irene Aldridge, (AbleMarkets) has been listed on Forbes’ Whitney Johnson 2017 Honorees: 40 Women to Watch Over 40. Read more