Robert Cao
Skills: Python, SQL, Excel - Advanced
Bio
Robert is a graduate student in the Master of Financial Mathematics program at NC State University. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with a secondary major in Finance at NYU Shanghai, gaining a solid quantitative foundation and cross-cultural perspective. His academic focus on machine learning has fueled a career ambition in financial mathematics and quantitative research. His professional experience already spans several facets of modern finance including as a research assistant at the Volatility Institute at NYU Shanghai where he helped construct volatility and skewness indices for Chinese equity market and Intern Analyst at a private-equity firm where he researched automation and high-tech investments. Robert seeks to fuse advanced mathematical modeling with data-driven insights to develop robust investing and risk-management strategies in global capital markets.