Virtual Attendance - Bloomberg Quant (BBQ) May

Please register to join us virtually for the May installment of the Bloomberg Quant (BBQ) Seminar Series – broadcast from New York City.

In this seminar chaired by Bruno Dupire, Ali Hirsa will present the keynote, followed by “lightning talks” of 5 minutes each in quick succession.

5:30 PM
Keynote: Ali Hirsa
Columbia University

Global assets under management (AuM) reached $147 trillion in 2025, an 11% year-over-year increase. These assets are managed through data processing, security selection, allocation, portfolio construction, and risk-management frameworks that may not remain stable over time. When models are temporally unstable or optimization objectives are misaligned, the problem does not disappear; it becomes embedded in the asset-management process. In this talk, we discuss several such cases, visually explain the underlying phenomena, and suggest possible solutions. Ultimately, what is under the hood matters.

6:30 PM
Lightning Talks

• Francesco Tonin | Bloomberg
 Simpson’s Paradox
• Alexander Skabelin | Clear Street
 Topology, Drift and Software Scalability in the Age of AI
• Nadja Popovich | Bloomberg News
 Don’t Make Me Think, Make Me See
• Runeet Kishore | Bloomberg
 Equity Sector Selection Using Textual-Analytics
• Christine Shevchenko | Principal Ballerina, American Ballet Theatre
 When the Model Breaks Mid-Performance: A Case Study in Human Alpha