In response to the national AI development strategy and to cultivate interdisciplinary talent leading financial transformation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Institute of Natural Sciences, together with the School of Mathematical Sciences Quantitative Finance Research Center and LIXIN University of Accounting and Finance's School of Financial Technology, will host the "AI + Finance Youth Pilot Training Camp" at the Xuhui Campus from August 29-31, 2025. The camp deeply integrates academic frontiers with industry practice, led by QFRC core faculty Lin Yiqing and Samuel Drapeau, joined by leading academic and industry experts, creating a premium platform featuring general courses, professional courses, hands-on workshops, and closed-door salons.
Top Faculty Leading Core Courses, Building AI Finance Foundations
Center Executive Director Associate Prof. Lin Yiqing (lead instructor for Shanghai First-Class Course "Mathematical Finance") deeply participated in curriculum design and personally teaches the opening general course "How AI is Reshaping Future Finance," systematically deconstructing AI's transformation of financial logic with real cases from the Center's proprietary financial data platform. Prof. Samuel Drapeau leads the core hands-on course "AI-Driven Quantitative Strategy Development," guiding students through building ML-based trading models on the Center's Fastbox financial data platform, covering strategy backtesting, risk control, and performance evaluation.
Deep Industry-Academia Integration, Building a Forward-Looking Dialogue Platform
The camp features two closed-door thematic salons focusing on "AI Large Models Reshaping Financial Paradigms" and "Intelligent Algorithms Empowering Quantitative Innovation." Organized by the Center with top academic and industry resources, the salons bring together industry leaders including Shanghai Guangce CEO Chen Liang and Duxi Bintai Fund GM Tang Fuquan with Center experts Lin Yiqing and Samuel Drapeau for in-depth dialogue on topics including LLM applications in investment research and risk control, financial factor discovery, and commercialization of quantitative strategies.
The Quantitative Finance Research Center has always been committed to promoting the convergence of financial education and AI innovation. This training camp will further demonstrate the Center's leadership in interdisciplinary talent development, injecting new momentum into the intelligent transformation of finance.