William Voisine
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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
Profile
- Financial Forecasting
- Portfolio Selection
- Algorithmic Trading
- Machine Learning
Biography
I'm a part-time and remote Research PhD student at the University of Essex. I live near Washington, DC, in the United States. My research areas are Financial Forecasting, Algorithmic Trading, and Portfolio Selection. My over 20-years of industry experience includes creating econometric forecasts for public sector programs to project resource needs, statistical analysis on datasets containing hundreds of millions of rows providing work quality insights, and financial system design assisting in the oversight and governance of acquisitions.
Qualifications
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BSc Computer Information Systems (Husson University) (2002)
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MSc Systems Engineering (The George Washington University) (2014)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Financial Forecasting
Developing novel methods of utilizing various data sources, ranging from macro economic indicators to news headlines, filtering noise, and creating algorithms to best project performance of a security or index over multiple time periods.
Portfolio Selection
Using multiple data sources and the application of algorithmic techniques to determine the most profitable combinations and proportions of securities to hold while dynamically predicting necessary changes over time.
Sentiment Analysis on Financial Market News
Using Transformers for natural language processing with focus on sentiment calculation and analysis of financial market news. Analyzing how market sentiment affects market prices and how this can be used to shape a portfolio.
Contact
Location:
Colchester Campus
Working pattern:
8:00am to 4:30pm Eastern Standard Time
