The document is an agenda for a QuantUniversity meetup on blockchain and cryptocurrencies. It includes: - Details about the event such as the date, location, and presenters. - Brief bios of three presenters: Dan Fasciano, Duru Turkoglu, and Anish Shah. - An agenda with two main presentations: a 101 introduction to blockchain technology, and analyzing cryptocurrencies using machine learning techniques.

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QuantUniversity Meetup
11/14/2017
Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
2017 Copyright QuantUniversity LLC.
Presented By:
Sri Krishnamurthy, CFA, CAP
sri@quantuniversity.com
www.analyticscertificate.com

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• December 6th 2017
▫ Machine Learning and AI in Risk Management
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• January 2017
▫ Machine Learning and AI for Finance – Boston & Online
▫ Blockchain workshop – Chicago & Online
• February 2017
▫ Machine Learning and AI for Finance – Chicago & Online
▫ Blockchain workshop – Boston & Online
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12. • Daniel J. Fasciano, CFA, CAIA, is a Managing
Director and Family Wealth Advisor at BNY Mellon
Wealth Management. He rejoined the firm in 2010
overseeing a team of Wealth Management
portfolio managers and staff and is a member of
the firm’s Investment Strategy Committee.
• Dan received his B.A. from the University of New
Hampshire and his MBA from Boston University.
• Presidents Council Chair at the CFA Institute and
Past Chair and Board member of CFA Boston
society
• In addition to the CFA designation, he also
maintains the Chartered Market Technician (CMT)
and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst
(CAIA) designations.
Dan Fasciano, CFA, CAIA
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13. • Duru Turkoglu, PhD leads the Blockchain
Technology practice at QuantUniversity.
• He has taught several computer science courses at
DePaul University, Chicago, including data
structures, discrete mathematics, computational
geometry, and systems.
• Previously, he was a partner in a startup
proprietary trading company, where he developed
and implemented profitable high-frequency
trading strategies.
• Duru has majored in computer engineering and
mathematics, and he has PhD and MS degrees in
computer science from the University of Chicago.
Duru Turkoglu, PhD
Blockchain Lead
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14. • Anish Shah, CFA leads the Quant Finance and
Machine Learning workshops at QuantUniversity.
• Anish has been a Quant at Northfield and ITG.
• He is a CFA charterholder and earned an MS in
Operations Research from University of California,
Berkeley and an MS in Applied Math from Brown
University.
• Anish is also an accomplished flamenco guitar
player and in pursuit of the ML algorithm that
would keep trading cryptocurrencies as he relaxes
in Spain playing his guitar.
Anish Shah, CFA
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15. • Founder of QuantUniversity LLC. and
www.analyticscertificate.com
• Advisory and Consultancy for Financial Analytics
• Prior Experience at MathWorks, Citigroup and
Endeca and 25+ financial services and energy
customers.
• Regular Columnist for the Wilmott Magazine
• Author of forthcoming book
“Financial Modeling: A case study approach”
published by Wiley
• Charted Financial Analyst and Certified Analytics
Professional
• Teaches Analytics in the Babson College MBA
program and at Northeastern University, Boston
Sri Krishnamurthy
Founder and CEO
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6.30-6.40 - Welcome & Introduction
6.40-6.50 - Kickoff by Dan Fasciano, CFA, CAIA
6.50-7.25 - Blockchain 101: A “Technical" introduction
7.25-8.00 - Analyzing Cryptocurrencies using Machine
Learning Techniques
Agenda

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QuantUniversity LLC.
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