Module Supervisor: Dr Yik-Chung WU (HKU email: ycwu at hku.hk)
Lecturer: Professor Edward TSANG (HKU email: epktsang at hku.hk)
Subclass A Teaching Assistant: LIU Tianbo (HKU email: timber at connect.hku.hk)
Subclass B Teaching Assistant: LI Zefan (HKU email: zefanl at connect.hku.hk)
Subclass C Teaching Assistant: SUN Kaiyue (HKU email: kaiyue at connect.hku.hk)
Moodle: AI in Finance
Subclass A [ELEC7082_2A_2024] /
Subclass B [ELEC7082_2B_2024] /
Subclass C [ELEC7082_2C_2024]
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Lectures Plan:
Following is a tentative teaching plan.
This plan will be adjusted according to progress and feedback from students.
Links to the lectures recorded in Moodle will be filled in below (login to access).
Lecture 1: Overview 2025.01.22/23/24
Lecture 2: Computation, the Missing Ingredient in Classical Economics 2025.02.05/06/07
Lecture 3: Machine Learning, Overview 2025.02.12/13/14
- Mock Test: 2025.02.14 21:30-21:36 (6 minutes), 0%
Lecture 4: Machine Learning, Technical Details 2025.02.19/20/21
- Test 1: 2025.02.21 21:15-21:45 (30 minutes), 20%
Lecture 5: Financial Forecasting with Genetic Programming 2025.02.26/27/28
Lecture 6: Directional Change for Knowledge Representation 2025.03.05/06/07
Lecture 7: Risk analysis 2025.03.19/20/21
Lecture 8: Population-based Incremental Learning 2025.03.26/27/28
- Test 2: 2025.03.28 21:15-21:45 (30 minutes), 20%
Lecture 9: Portfolio Optimization 2025.04.02/03/11
Lecture 10: Algorithmic Trading 2025.04.09/10/25
Lecture 11: Bargaining (Game Theory) 2025.04.16/17/05.02
Lecture 12: AI at Finance Frontier 2025.04.23/24/(no lecture for Class C)
(Non-examinable)
- Project Deadline: 2025.05.04 12:00 noon, 30%
- Test 3: 2025.05.09 21:00-21:45 (45 minutes), 30%
Page maintained by Edward Tsang;
Last updated: 2025.02.06
Background:
Mandelbrot set, which is
related to finance