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Workshop on Quantitative Finance

Our premiere one-day workshop with industry representatives in quantitative finance.

Guests and students joined us for an informative one-day workshop with industry leaders in quantitative finance. This was a great opportunity to hear the latest in the financial field from a variety of experts. The workshop hosted industry leaders with a wealth of experience and backgrounds in the financial market. Registrants learned about current trends within a variety of quantitative financial disciplines. Our speakers represent Citi, Charles Schwab, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, BlackRock, Silicon Valley Bank, Zions Bancorporation, Flex, and The Options Clearing Corporation.

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Guest Speakers

Yuhong Fu

Senior Vice President

Solutions Engineering Citi

Larry Goldberg

Director

S&P Global

Adam Haller

Senior Trader

Kind Lending

Albert Hopping

Lead Product Manager

Risk Engines SAS

Qinyang Huang

Senior Specialist

Risk Analytics/Modeling Charles Schwab

Yuxiang Huang

Senior Vice President

Macro Economics Quant Citi

Michelle Ji

Vice President

Wholesale Credit Risk Stress Testing JP Morgan Chase

Ratika Kapoor

Vice President

Quantitative Finance Analyst Bank of America

Cagatay Karan

Vice President and Model Validation Manager

First Citizens Bank

Rohit Khurana

Model Risk Manager

Morgan Stanley

Sam Knox

Risk Specialist

FRG

Zheng Liu

Senior Quantitative Analytics Specialist

Corporate Risk Wells Fargo

Matthew Puksta

eFX Trader

Silicon Valley Bank

Tanmay Sah

Senior Quantitative Modeler

Zions Bancorporation

Ritu Sharma

Product Owner

JP Morgan

Niyati Srivastava

Director

Model Risk Audit Morgan Stanley

Ran Wei

Senior Vice President

Quantitative Risk Analyst Citi

Harry Yu

Director

Credit Strategy Flex

Workshop Gallery

2026 Workshop on Quantitative Finance

Students and guests at a panel discussion

Panel discussion speakers — Panel discussion on Trading & Portfolio Management

Panelists sharing their insight — Trading & Portfolio Management panelists share their insight

Students at a panel discussion — FM graduate students at a panel discussion

Panelists sharing their insight on Risk Management — Panel discussion on Risk Management

Panelists share their insight — Panelist Matthew Puksta shares his thoughts about trading and portfolio management

Students at the Workshop — FM Graduate Students at the Workshop on Quantitative Finance

FM Graduate Students at the Workshop on Quantitative Finance

Panelists on Trading and Portfolio Management — Panelist Cagatay Karan with fellow panelists discussing trading and portfolio management.

FM graduate students at workshop — FM graduate students at the Workshop on Quantitative Finance

FM graduate students at workshop — FM graduate students at the Workshop on Quantitative Finance

FM graduate students at workshop — FM graduate students at the Workshop on Quantitative Finance

FM graduate students at workshop — FM graduate students at the Workshop on Quantitative Finance

Rohit Khurana sharing insights during the workshop — Panelist Rohit Khurana sharing his thoughts on Risk Management

Risk Management panelists — Risk Management panelists at the Workshop on Quantitative Finance

Guest speakers attending the workshop — Ritu Sharma, Ratika Kapoor and Tanmay Sah at the Workshop on Quantitative Finance

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Reception Gallery

A special reception was held in Riddick Hall for all workshop attendees

Dr. Tao Pang, Matthew Puksta and Patrick Roberts

FM student with workshop guest speaker — FM student with guest speaker and alum Matthew Puksta (back)

Dr. Pang with industry guests and alumni — Dr. Tao Pang with industry guests and alumni, Ran Wei (back), Ritu Sharma, Qinyang Huang and Yuhong Fu.

FM graduate students with industry guest and alum Albert Hopping — Albert Hopping with two FM students, Anas Mouden and Ryan Landey

Students, alumni and industry guests gathered together — Students, alumni and industry guests at the Workshop on Quantitative Finance reception.

Patrick Roberts with graduate students and ambassadors

Susan Uy with NC State student at the reception — Susan Uy with NC State student and guest of the Workshop on Quantitative Finance

The FM Program Administrative Team — Susan Uy, Tao Pang and Patrick Roberts

FM Ambassadors with Dr. Tao Pang and Patrick Roberts — Dr. Tao Pang with FM Ambassadors Mark Deng, Surya Sridhar, Ted Kratt, Soham Joshi, Puskar Patil, Jacob Attia, Isha Wadekar, Anas Mouden, Chinna Gurram, Abhishek Tandon, Yueyang Wang and Patrick Roberts

FM Ambassadors — Spring 2026 FM Ambassadors Mark Deng, Surya Sridhar, Ted Kratt, Soham Joshi, Puskar Patil, Jacob Attia, Isha Wadekar, Anas Mouden, Chinna Gurram, Abhishek Tandon, Yueyang Wang (missing Zach Wiebe)

Workshop guest speakers and alumni with Dr. Pang — Workshop guest speakers and alumni with Dr. Pang (back)

Dr. Tao Pang with guest speakers and alumni, and Patrick Roberts — Tao Pang, Ratika Kapoor, Qinyang Huang, Yohung Fu, Ran Wei, Matthew Puksta, Niyati Srivastava, Tanmay Sah, Harry Yu, Sam Knox, Ritu Sharma, Yuxiang Huang, Albert Hopping and Patrick Roberts

Students with industry guest Albert Hopping — Students with industry guest and alum Albert Hopping

FM graduate students and guests — Students and guests at the Workshop on Quantitative Finance

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