On 1 April 2019, we saw the power of machine learning techniques in building an automated stock investment system. A/Prof Carol Hargreaves described a data science approach to identify top stocks, a trading system that not only she built with her expertise but also used by her personally. We are grateful for the support from the host ING Bank, and for having Annerie Vreugdenhil (Head of Innovation, ING Wholesale Banking) open the event.
Agenda for the Evening
Hady Lauw (Chapter Chair) outlined the agenda for the evening, as well as introduced the Singapore Chapter of ACM SIGKDD and our activities covering tutorials, seminars, and symposia to contribute to the data science community in Singapore
Annerie Vreugdenhil (CIO of ING Wholesale Banking) shared about the innovation activities pursued by ING
Carol Hargreaves (Associate Professor, NUS) described the broad arc of her approach in using multiple techniques such as PCA, regression and K-means for identifying top stocks
Beyond the concepts, Carol showed a live demo of the techniques
The talk was engaging leading to many follow-up questions from the crowd which included domain experts and banking professionals, as well as data science enthusiasts
