Think you can build an algorithm that predicts movements in stock prices using news analytics data? We just launched a @kaggle competition - partnering with @thomsonreuters and @intrinio - with $100,000 in prizes. Come compete:
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Two Sigma
@twosigma
We are a financial sciences company. We combine rigorous inquiry, data analysis, and invention to solve the toughest challenges across financial services.
- Spark’s Vectorized UDFs feature helps improve the performance and usability of user-defined functions in Python. Learn more: ow.ly/y5a230haUfq
- A new Two Sigma research paper examines proposed methods for estimating the Sharpe ratio, computing confidence intervals around a point estimation of it, and more. ow.ly/tvwL30kwcTg
- We 💙 building things, so there was no better way to celebrate National LEGO Day than to get together and build a large-scale Two Sigma logo. Now, we're donating all the LEGOs that we used to our friends @firstlegoleague! 🎉 #thatssoTwoSigma @LEGO_Group #HappyBirthdayBrick
00:00 - "The way to make magic real is through science. I learned I can make the impossible possible — I just have to come up with the right algorithm." Thank you @jessomatt of @upowerco for stopping by our office for an inspiring and empowering fireside chat with @skamille 👏
- We are proud to sponsor the leading international machine learning conference, @icmlconf. If you're attending, please visit us at booth B05:20. We look forward to meeting you. ow.ly/hfD230kOJ9g
- NEW: We examine whether the rise in stock buybacks has artificially propped up equity prices, suppressed market volatility, and weakened corporate balance sheets.
- Stephen Hawking helped bring scientific curiosity to the masses through his unrelenting passion and dedication to the pursuit of knowledge. His legacy lives on and will continue to inspire the scientist in all of us.
- How will machine learning affect database management systems, and vice versa? In an interview with #TwoSigma, @CarnegieMellon’s Professor @andy_pavlo offers his views on this and more. ow.ly/rx6130lBuoQ
- Today we launched @VennTwoSigma, a cloud-based investment analysis software. Now institutional investors and wealth managers can gain access to this powerful risk tool - sign up for free: ow.ly/OQX550xabwm
- It's #daylightsavings! Don't forget to turn your clocks back ⏰ Our offices feature some unique science and math-themed clocks. Can you solve for time on all of them? #thatssoTwoSigma
- Engineers from Two Sigma and @Google collaborated on improving BigQuery support in Ibis, a flexible Python interface for composing SQL queries. Read more about it here: ow.ly/yIFI50jnzEp
- Speaking at the 2019 Milken Institute Global Conference, Two Sigma co-chair David Siegel joined Sinovation Ventures' @kaifulee and Bloomberg's @joelwebershow to discuss the challenges and opportunities AI offers for individuals, companies, and societies. ow.ly/DeLS50ujIvx
- Predicting the future is hard. So we have to instill in people the desire to continue learning their whole lives. And schools have to be reformed to focus on creativity, which will help people find jobs. – David Siegel with @PreetaTweets #WSJFutureFest
