Name: Vimal Dhama |
Primary: Quant Finance, Algo Trading |
Sharpe Ratio: 2.1 |
CFA Level I (In Progress) |
Mode: ALPHA GENERATION |
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Bridging decision‑making under uncertainty, scalable optimization, and physics‑informed ML — with a dash of quantum.
Topic | Focus | Tools / Frameworks |
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🤖 Reinforcement Learning (RL) | Policy optimization, exploration–exploitation, model‑based & safe/offline RL | PyTorch, Gymnasium, RLlib |
📐 Measure Theory & Advanced Probability | Foundations for stochastic processes, convergence, filtrations | Billingsley, Kallenberg (texts), custom notes |
🌊 Fourier Neural Operators (FNOs) | Operator learning for PDEs, generalization across domains | PyTorch, FNO implementations, NVIDIA Modulus |
⚛️ Quantum Computing | Finance, optimization, and simulation algorithms (VQE/QAOA) | Qiskit, Qiskit Finance |
🎯 Bayesian & Probabilistic ML | Posterior inference, UQ, hierarchical modeling (VI vs MCMC) | PyMC, NumPyro, Pyro |
🧩 Mixed‑Integer Programming (MIP) | Clustering, scheduling, portfolio optimization; decomposition & cuts | Pyomo, OR‑Tools, Gurobi/CPLEX |
🚀 High‑Performance Computing (HPC) | Parallel simulation/optimization, memory‑aware acceleration | MPI, Dask, CUDA, JAX |
🧮 Numerical Linear Algebra | Krylov methods, preconditioning, low‑rank structure | SciPy, PETSc, cuBLAS |
🧭 Convex & Non‑Convex Optimization | Convex relaxations, first‑order methods, metaheuristics | CVXPY, NLopt, Optuna |
📈 Stochastic Calculus | SDEs, Itô calculus, pricing/risk for quant finance | SDE solvers, Monte Carlo (GBM/Heston) |
Quick notes
- RL: from value‑based to policy‑gradient; emphasis on safe/offline RL for real constraints
- Measure theory: martingales, stopping times, stochastic integration
- FNOs: fast PDE surrogates via operator learning
- Quantum: encode finance/optimization as Ising problems; variational solvers
- Bayesian ML: priors, calibration, VI–MCMC trade‑offs
- MIP: cutting planes + hybrid MILP/heuristics for scale
- HPC: profiling, GPU/TPU acceleration for large workloads
- LinAlg: CG/GMRES, spectral properties, preconditioners
- Optimization: relaxations for non‑convexity; metaheuristics for combinatorics
- Stochastic calculus: risk‑neutral pricing, Greeks, variance reduction
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"In quantitative finance, alpha emerges not from avoiding risk, but from understanding, modeling, and systematically exploiting market inefficiencies through advanced analytics and AI-driven insights."