Department of  Computing

Applications of Computing in Industry : Lecture

17 January
Noon, Rm 341/342 Huxley
 
company: Bloomberg

Title: The evolution of computers and finance, and why I still get my pay check (for now)
Abstract:

Bloomberg sold its first 'Terminal' in 1983, a time where financial mathematics was done by hand, traders shouted at one another in pits and computer games came on cassette tapes. Within the next five years, personal computers halved in price (only USD6,500!), financial markets became deregulated and expanded, and Bloomberg sold its 5000th 'Terminal'. Technology and finance were booming, and this trend continues to this very day.

In this presentation we visit the ongoing evolution of computers in finance and just how innovations in software has allowed Bloomberg to stay on top. We'll go through some of Bloomberg's historical breakthroughs, the importance of using modern hardware and software techniques, and where we see the future of software and Bloomberg.

Speaker Details: Kai To
 

Kai graduated with a BSc. in Mathematics and Computer Science from King's College London. With a passion for software development, he joined Bloomberg on their graduate software developer program, and later specialising in the low latency market data feeds team where he has been for the past four years


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