Invite-only, all-expenses-paid summit for PhD students and postdocs. Attendees meet Citadel Securities researchers, explore applying their research to finance, participate in a research poster session, and compete for grants awarded to winning research labs. The event takes place in Miami, Florida, from April 8 to 11.
Job Description
The Citadel Securities PhD Summit is an invite-only two-day event that brings together the top PhD students and postdocs in the world with researchers across our organization. This year, we are excited to host the event in Miami, Florida, the location of the Citadel | Citadel Securities headquarters.
During the summit, attendees will have the opportunity to engage one-on-one with current Citadel Securities researchers to explore applications of their own research in finance. The event will include a poster session in which we will be awarding a substantial grant to the research lab of the winning poster. The second and third place posters will also receive grants.
The all-expenses-paid summit will include travel to and from Miami, accommodations, direct connection with our researchers about cutting-edge research, and a world class dining experience.
The PhD Summit is open to PhD students and postdocs of all graduation years.
Location: Miami, Florida
Date: April 8th to 11th
Application Deadline: February 19th
*Selected attendees will be notified by March 2nd
About Citadel Securities
Citadel Securities is a technology-driven, next-generation global market maker. We provide institutional and retail investors with world-class liquidity, competitive pricing and seamless front-to-back execution in a broad array of financial products. Our teams of engineers, traders and researchers harness leading-edge quantitative research and the accelerating power of compute, machine learning and AI to power our analytics and tackle the market's and our clients' most critical challenges. Together, we are forging the future of capital markets. For more information, visit citadelsecurities.com .
The Citadel Securities PhD Summit is an invite-only two-day event that brings together the top PhD students and postdocs in the world with researchers across our organization. This year, we are excited to host the event in Miami, Florida, the location of the Citadel | Citadel Securities headquarters.
During the summit, attendees will have the opportunity to engage one-on-one with current Citadel Securities researchers to explore applications of their own research in finance. The event will include a poster session in which we will be awarding a substantial grant to the research lab of the winning poster. The second and third place posters will also receive grants.
The all-expenses-paid summit will include travel to and from Miami, accommodations, direct connection with our researchers about cutting-edge research, and a world class dining experience.
The PhD Summit is open to PhD students and postdocs of all graduation years.
Location: Miami, Florida
Date: April 8th to 11th
Application Deadline: February 19th
*Selected attendees will be notified by March 2nd
About Citadel Securities
Citadel Securities is a technology-driven, next-generation global market maker. We provide institutional and retail investors with world-class liquidity, competitive pricing and seamless front-to-back execution in a broad array of financial products. Our teams of engineers, traders and researchers harness leading-edge quantitative research and the accelerating power of compute, machine learning and AI to power our analytics and tackle the market's and our clients' most critical challenges. Together, we are forging the future of capital markets. For more information, visit citadelsecurities.com .
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