Math for Life
At the end of a long teaching term, I found myself reflecting on the beauty of mathematics — not just as a tool for solving problems, but as the very framework of knowledge and reality itself. Is it too much for my young padawans?
computing
Computers, Philosophy, Topical
Man as Chinese Room
Wrapping up this series on the so-called strong artificial intelligence with a closer look at Prof. Searle’s arguments.
Topical, Computers, Philosophy
Minds as Machine Intelligence
Is Turing Test enough of a test to detect consciousness in machines? Prof. Searle proves that it is not. I beg to differ.
Topical, Computers, Philosophy
Problem of Other Minds
How do you know other people have minds as you do? It is an unsolved problem in philosophy – the Problem of Other Minds. Before asking the question whether computers could have minds, we have to address this problem. Otherwise, how would we know even if computers actually had minds?
Philosophy, Topical, Computers
Brains and Computers
Could our brains be computer hardware and minds be software running on them? Could computers have consciousness and intelligence? Could they have minds? If they had minds, how would we know?
Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance, Books
Where to Go from Here?
Winding up this long series with book recommendations. All right, recommending my own book…
Books, Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance
Other Trade Perspectives
The perspective that is most common in the bank is still trade-centric. But view that the whole bank appreciates is the view of the senior management, which is narrowly focussed on the bottom line. Here is more about such perspectives.
Books, Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance
Middle Office
The perspective employed by the Middle Office team is that of queues running in a first-in, first-out mode.
Books, Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance
Quant Developers
The product-centric view of the quantitative developer suits their work paradigm.
Books, Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance
Quants
The perspective of the mathematical wizards of the bank, and why they often appear far-removed from the rest of the bank.
Books, Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance
Trade Perspectives
In this last section of this post series on how a bank works, we will see how the quants, quantitative developers and the middle office professionals (and the rest) see trades and trading activity.
Corporate Life, Quantitative Finance, Books
Summary — Life of a Trade
Quick summary of the section on the trade lifecycle, before we move on to the final section on the perspectives held dear by various business units in a bank.