Bloomberg Quant (BBQ) Seminar – May

Please register to join us virtually for the May installment of the Bloomberg Quant (BBQ) Seminar Series – broadcast from New York City. In this seminar chaired by Bruno Dupire, Ali Hirsa will present the keynote, followed by “lightning talks” of 5 minutes each in quick succession. 5:30 PM Keynote: Ali Hirsa Columbia UniversityGlobal assets under management (AuM) reached $147 trillion in 2025, an 11% year-over-year increase. These assets are managed through data processing, security selection, allocation, portfolio construction, and risk-management frameworks that may not remain stable over time. When models are temporally unstable or optimization objectives are misaligned, the problem does not disappear; it becomes embedded in the asset-management process. In this talk, we discuss several such cases, visually explain the underlying phenomena, and suggest possible solutions. Ultimately, what is under the hood matters. 6:30 PM Lightning Talks • Francesco Tonin - Bloomberg Simpson’s Paradox • Alexander Skabelin - Clear Street Topology, Drift and Software Scalability in the Age of AI • Nadja Popovich - Bloomberg News Don’t Make Me Think, Make Me See • Runeet Kishore - Bloomberg Equity Sector Selection Using Textual-Analytics • Christine Shevchenko - Principal Ballerina, American Ballet Theatre When the Model Breaks Mid-Performance: A Case Study in Human Alpha