This course explores the role of technology in entrepreneurship from two perspectives. First, students will evaluate certain emerging technologies and consider how they might impact product development, operations, and competitive positioning. Second, it will provide hands-on exposure to starting a technology venture by way of an engaging simulation exercise that allows teams to compete while […]
Offers an overview of common applications of cryptography in the financial domain. An introduction to various key applications and concerns (e-payments, voting, auctions, digital rights and watermarking, identity management in light of confidentiality, integrity, non-repudiation, privacy and anonymity concerns) is followed by a description of dominant blockchain technologies, with the focus on their architectures and […]
Introduces the payment systems that move money among consumers and enterprises, and the concept of digital money. Students will examine how payment systems work, how they evolved, and the future of payment technology, from mobile payments to tokenization. Students will also develop an understanding of how to contrast the individual purposes and architectures of different […]
Building on FINT4610, it focuses on portfolio management and optimization: portfolio theory and mean-variance analysis, parameter estimation and optimization, equity portfolios, fixed-income management, global investing, performance measurement, client behavior and ethics.
Continues the presentation of ITEC2010 by adding technical depth and practical details on the structure and function of capital markets. Topics include: types of markets, applied financial analytics and modeling, trading systems and introduction to algorithmic trading.
The course is centered on decision-making situations in the financial service industry. Students learn how to formulate problems, objectives, and constraints, construct mathematical models, develop solutions, and interpret the results. The topics include linear programming, integer programming, and multi-criteria decision analysis.
A course on artificial neural networks and deep learning. Introduces the basic concepts, training algorithms, network types and architectures for different problems. Special focus on problems recurring in the financial domain.
Methods of testing, verification and validation, quality assurance processes and techniques, methods and types of testing, and ISO 9000/SEI CMM process evaluation. Special focus on security and practices for developing secure software and software for trading and distributed finance (e.g., smart contracts).
Introduction to the process for designing, building and maintaining large software systems and well as managing a software development capability. Topics include lifecycles and their main activities (planning, requirements, analysis and specification, design), maintenance, documentation, software metrics and estimation, software project management, staffing, directing and control, estimating, scheduling, monitoring, risk management, and use of tools […]
Students take on a real or hypothetical problem in the financial domain and conceptualize, design, prototype or otherwise deeply study a technological solution to that problem. Projects include the development of a new financial technology service, analyses of mass adoption of a proposed technology, security and reliability analyses of an existing technology, evaluations and recommendations […]