Applications of Computing in Industry : Lecture

Over the past 20 years, the volume and complexity of data that software can and has to manage has increased exponentially. Many real-world applications are either algorithmically simple or algorithmically solved, but data complex. Processing power has increased massively, software tools and processes have changed hugely (mainly for the better), we have better abstractions and libraries, but the data problem is often overlooked. Using examples from encryption and finance the talk will look at the complexity of data engineering in the real world and some approaches to manage it.

Richard Waters has been working in software development for over 20 years, much of it creating security software or in financial services. He has worked for companies including Logica, Goldman Sachs and Sophos Anti-Virus. He is currently the Chief Technical Officer for for BHDG Systematic Trading.