Join the IAQF for virtual presentations and conversations with the winners of the IAQF Academic Paper Competition

Join the IAQF for virtual presentations and conversations with the winners of the IAQF Academic Case Competition

Tuesday, October 28th 2025

5:00pm - 6:15pm

Zoom Event

Registration is Complimentary for All

Moderator:

Richard Lindsey PhD - Principal, Callcott Group LLC

Schedule of Events:

• Introductions & presentation of problem.
• Questions to each of the teams.
• Following an overview of the problem that students were asked to work on, the moderator will turn it over to each of the Teams who will have 10 minutes to discuss how they came to their conclusion.
• This will be followed by a Q&A portion.

Winning Teams Are:

Team Sharpe Minds, University of California Berkeley, Master of Financial Engineering. The team was led by student team captain John Ryan. Team members included Fanghou He, Frank Wang, Jichu Han, Yingshi Li, and Benjamin Steel. The team worked under the direction of Kevin Coldiron.

Team Geeks for Greeks, University of California Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management, Master of Financial Engineering. The team was led by student team captain Matthew Atwell. Team members included Aryan Jain, Vikalp Thukral, Siddhant Kumar, Aditya Shankar, and Panagiotis Kargados Mallouchos. The team worked under the direction of Eric Reiner.

Team Psych, Columbia University, Mathematics of Finance Program. The team was led by student team captain Ruohao Yin. Team members included Thomas Cole, Paul Heyden, Alexander Pereyma, and Hua-Hsuan Shih. The team worked under the direction of Eric Yeh.

Team Violet Quants, New York University School of Engineering, Masters in Financial Engineering. The team was led by student team captain Harsh Kharabe. Team members included Shinjinee Maiti, Krish Kalyani, Vatsal Makodia, Pushkar Jain, and Arnav Sinha. The team worked under the direction of Jianing Yao.