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CEWIT & SQA Quantitative Finance Competition at Stony Brook University

Alphathon 2024 Winning Teams

Congratulations to the winning teams of the first-ever Alphathon.

These projects created innovative, robust research and applications, used large data, statistical techniques, machine learning methodologies and great insight, and addressed real issues for the world of investment!

Thank you to all of our particpants in this year's competition.

Alphathon 2024 winners

Question 1: A Real-Time Streaming Application Using CSP, by Point72 / Cubist Systematic Strategies

Team 29: Zhishu Zhang and Zilin Chen

Question 2: Using Large Language Models (LLMs) in Investment, by AllianceBernstein (AB)

Team 34 "Big Red Big Purple": Elina (Fuwei) Zhuang, Shun Wang, Hudson Chen, Yuao Peng, Yuanzhi Ma and Wanqing (Tyler) Li

Question 3: Fund Flows, Crowding and Subsequent Returns, by Principal Financial Group

Team 54: Lars Warren Ericson

Question 4: A Long-Short Portfolio Strategy that Accurately Reflects Stock Selection Skill, by Optimal Portfolio Strategies!

Team 76 "Alphasycratics": Douglas Ricardo Sansão