UCL Financial Computing MSc Student Showcase 2021

UCL Financial Computing MSc Student Showcase 2021
Monday 6th September 2021 (online event)

Morning: Insurance projects: 10.00 - 12.00 BST
Afternoon: Distributed Ledger Technology Projects 13.00 - 15.00 BST

Please join us for a free online event where our MSc students will present projects from their industry placement and take questions from the audience. The morning will be focused on insurance projects and the afternoon will be Distributed Ledger Technology Projects.

This event forms part of the CS Expo Series hosted by UCL Computer Science to celebrate our 40th anniversary.

Register for Financial Computing MSc Showcase 2021

Agenda

Morning: Insurance Projects. 10am -12pm

10:00 – 10:15 Welcome and Intros: Tomaso Aste - Head of Financial Computing & Analytics Group

10:15 – 10:30 Brit Insurance

10:30 – 10:45 Clearlife

10:45 – 11:00 Break

11:00 – 11:15 Vesuvio Labs

11:15 – 11:30 Naxxar Shipping

11:30 – 11:40 Introduction: New MSc’s - Nikhil Vadgama

11:40 – 11:45 Closing remarks

Afternoon: Distributed Ledger Technology Projects. 13.00 - 15.00

13:00 – 13:15 Welcome and Intros — Paolo Tasca, founder and Executive Director of the Centre for Blockchain Technologies

13:15 – 13:30 Research projects on Blockchain

13:30 – 13:45 Everis

13:45 – 14:00 Break

14:00 – 14:15 Ripple Labs

14:15 – 14:30 Hedera Hashgraph

14:30 – 14:40 Introduction to the new MScs — Nikhil Vadgama

14:40 – 14:45 Closing remarks