The present webpage outlines the areas of current research at the RiskLab of the University of Toronto which are appropriate to run a research program with undergraduate students.

Each project is an autonomous undertaking, with a designated project leader, instructor and dedicated collaboration team.

Timelines presented assume students are highly independent and are able to carry out tasks on their own once they have been introduced to the topics during a first introductory week. Still, each project will have a weekly update meeting amongst all members of the research theme team.

Program Delivery Format

‣Each project will start with a first week where a Professor or senior member will give 3x30 minute session introducing the topic, its significance, context and its relevance.

‣There will be a one-hour session to introduce participants to the Microsoft Teams collaboration environment.

‣There will be a one-hour session to introduce participants to the academic researching paper writing.

‣Each week after the first one, a Professor or senior member will give a 45 mins lecture on topics of relevance to the research.

‣Each week, a research lead will host a student session of 45 mins to answer questions.

‣A research lead will go through students' interim reports and give feedback; this will occur halfway through the program.

‣Prior to the end of the program, a Professor will provide feedback to the final student report draft.

‣Prof or research lead will participate in the final defence of the research report.

Document coordination

Each project will use Microsoft Teams for project coordination, which allows concurrent updates with version tracking, together with a SharePoint to host the files.

Research Themes

 Machine Learning for Dynamic Trading Strategies

 Machine Learning for Portfolio Optimization

 Investment Scoring and Artificial Intelligence

 BlockChain Based Finance

 Business Intelligence

 Climate, Carbon and New Commodities Trading

Application Deadline

December 31, 2022

Click here to apply or contact program coordinators for more information:

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