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Inside the ACM Winter School: AI, Finance, and Learning

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   ACM Winter School on AI and Finance: What I Learned and Why It Matters AI and Finance are currently booming domains across the globe. Countries and institutions are trying to make citizens AI-literate through various learning programs. I am an Undergrad student set out to learn new technologies that will equip me to contribute meaningfully to society. I was interested in finance because of Time Research it felt a very cool idea to deal with money, markets and decision-making made me venture into Data Science. Later I explored a lot of stuff online to understand how my interest in solving problems can help me to contribute in the domain of Finance. However, it was very difficult. I was unable to understand the literature present, there were many new financial terms coming up and the more I tried the more I felt that I was either directionless or simply stupid. Then after 2 years with ACM I came across the Winter School in AI and Finance organized by IIIT Hyderabad and Alpha ...