Machine learning challenges in finance
by Dr Mehrshad Motahari, Research Associate, Cambridge Centre for Finance and Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance Dr Mehrshad Motahari Machine learning (ML) is the most important branch of artificial intelligence (AI), providing tools with wide-ranging applications in finance. My…
Investing in Cambridge drug discovery
PharmEnable raises £1.8 million for drug discovery expansion. PharmEnable, a venture supported by the Accelerate Cambridge programme at the Entrepreneurship Centre of Cambridge Judge Business School, said it has secured £1.8 million in a seed financing round led by Cambridge…
Venturing Forth: Visionogy
Helping companies tell a big story in short bursts. When it comes to video advertising in the age of distraction and constant scrolling, brevity is a tactic that companies and agencies often use to cut through the noise. But presenting…
Startup innovation boost
£100,000-plus Innovate UK boost for two cutting-edge startups. The UK government recently announced that 800 innovative businesses and startups are set to benefit from Innovate UK funding. Two startups currently on the Accelerate Cambridge programme run by the Entrepreneurship Centre…
Can robots beat the market?
by Dr Mehrshad Motahari, Research Associate, Cambridge Centre for Finance and Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance Dr Mehrshad Motahari The growing trend of replacing active investment managers with computer algorithms (The Economist, 2019) has led to a surge in…
Technology and work (The Cambridge Judge Business Debate podcast series)
How do AI, video conferencing and other technologies affect the workplace? L-R: Michael Kitson, Dr Stella Pachidi, Dr Mia Gray, Dr Kishore Sengupta In this episode, joining podcast host Michael Kitson, University Senior Lecturer in International Macroeconomics at Cambridge Judge…
MSt in Entrepreneurship
Cambridge Judge student ventures pivot through the coronavirus crisis. Many startup firms, like many large companies, have adjusted their operations in response to the lockdowns and other measures related to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. We caught up with some current…
Cambridge Judge supported biotech firm joins the global coronavirus fight
Healx, a biotech firm that was supported by the Entrepreneurship Centre at Cambridge Judge Business School, says it is using its artificial intelligence (AI) platform to develop drug combinations from approved drugs to seek treatments for COVID-19. The Cambridge-based company,…
BBC: Digital planet
Alentina Vardanyan, currently on the PhD programme at Cambridge Judge Business School, recently gave a talk about artificial intelligence and fashion at the Cambridge Science Festival. She says artificial intelligence can be great in terms of predicting trends and what…
Venturing forth: soundpiece
An entrepreneur, currently studying for the Masters in Entrepreneurship at Cambridge Judge Business School, hopes to inspire people to create beautiful music within a few clicks. Pierre du Toit spent the past decade as an actuary developing artificial intelligence products…
