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• 19 Jan 2022

We’re excited to announce the latest talk in the G-Research Distinguished Speaker Series, which will be given by Wes McKinney. Wes is an open source software developer focusing on analytical computing. He created the Python pandas project and is a co-creator of Apache Arrow, his current focus. He authored two editions of the reference book, […]

• 08 Jan 2022

Last month, we were pleased to welcome Dr Katie Mack, theoretical astrophysicist and author of the best-selling book, The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking), as the latest speaker in our Distinguished Speaker Series event. Dr Mack’s talk – From the Big Bang to the End of Time – focused on her research into cosmology and […]

• 05 Dec 2021

We’re excited to announce the latest talk in the G-Research Distinguished Speaker Series, which will be given by Imperial College London Professor and recipient of the Fields Medal, Professor Sir Martin Hairer. Professor Hairer is a leading mathematician in the field of stochastic analysis. His work focuses on generating equations which accurately describe seemingly random motions […]

• 01 Dec 2021

Recently I was tasked with finding a way to secure one of our Prometheus instances we have deployed in Kubernetes. This proved a slight challenge as Prometheus doesn’t actually support any authentication mechanisms out of the box. After a bit of searching, I discovered this useful little open-source reverse-proxy oauth2-proxy as well as some features […]

• 10 Nov 2021

Each month, we provide up to £2,000 in grant money to early career researchers in quantitative disciplines. Our aim is to support and assist PhD students and postdocs conducting research, particularly with costs that may be difficult to get funding for elsewhere (e.g. travel for those who are caring for children, or expenses for volunteer […]

• 01 Nov 2021

Wednesday 24th November 2021 Quant Finance Algorithmic Challenge: 18:00 – 20:15 (CET) Q&A and online networking: 20:15 – 22:00 (CET) This online challenge involves taking part in a live trading simulation game that will give you an insight into the world of quantitative finance. The event will be run by our Quantitative Researchers and Machine […]

• 01 Nov 2021

There’s something undeniably attractive, yet archaic, about the idea of walls. Hadrian ordered his built, bisecting Britain, in AD 122. The idea of keeping the baddies at bay on the opposite side, can be highly appealing in a simplistic sort of way. It’s an age-old metaphor for conceptualising conflict. Much of the literature, research and […]

• 20 Oct 2021

We are proud to announce that G-Research will once again be hosting its annual PhD Prize in Maths and Data Science. We will be giving away an academic prize of up to £10,000 to the best PhD draft dissertation entered into the competition. Who can apply? Cambridge University students in their ultimate or penultimate PhD […]

• 13 Oct 2021

Wednesday 10th November 2021 Quant Finance Algorithmic Challenge: 18:00 – 20:15 (CET) Q&A and online networking: 20:15 – 22:00 (CET) This online challenge involves taking part in a live trading simulation game that will give you an insight into the world of quantitative finance. The event will be run by our Quantitative Researchers and Machine […]