Blockchains are difficult to understand, harder to implement, and yet have generated billion-dollar markets. This inscrutable success has given them the perception of having magical powers, and VCs have poured millions of dollars into the space in the hope of finding the right engineers who understand the technology and problem enough to create the killer blockchain app. » Read More
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Reflections on the Citadel/Correlation One Datathon
I had the opportunity to participate in a Datathon this Friday, organized by Correlation One for Citadel Asset Management (and Citadel Securities). It was an incredible 8-hour sprint of data science and statistics, and -though I can still hardly believe it- our team walked away with first place, » Read More