For Winter 2025, I taught a new course, AI & Financial Information. The course structure mimicked what one might find in a physics or chem course: lecture and discussion to cover theoretical aspects of a given topic followed by a lab in which students gained more practical experience. Grades were based largely on a final project of the students’ choosing which was presented to a panel of experts from Anthropic, DRW Trading, EY, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, Princeton, SECOR, and boutique VC.
I was overwhelmed by the diversity and quality of the projects. Below are a sample of the projects based on whether the students “opted-in” to public sharing. The 🏆 emoji indicates that the project won the “People’s Choice” award—which was a two-way tie.
To all the students in W25 who took the risk of spending precious points bidding on an unproven course and pushed themselves technically, thank you for the opportunity to play your professor. It was truly a pleasure and an honor. I hope you got as much out of the class I as did!