Andreas Park PRO
Professor of Finance at UofT
Rotman FinHub for Advanced Analytics
Agenda
- 5:00 - 5:10 Welcoming Remarks
- 5:10 - 5:30 FinHub Summer project admin notes
- 5:30 - 6:30 Project Sponsor Presentations
- 6:30 - 7:00 Networking
Talent
Financial Industry
Innovative Approaches
Rotman's
FinHub
Our Model
Projects
Talent
Results
Project Procedure
- Organization proposes project
- basic premise, needs and wants for talent, timeline, start date, type of deliverable, funding
- FinHub matches project with talent
- solicits student applications
- students have access to a faculty mentor
- Work starts
Matching Talent with Projects
Students express preferences
FinHub processes preferences and checks whether candidates have the required skills
FinHub proposes shortlist of candidates to project partners.
Project partners and candidates ascertain if they are a good match.
Teams are formed
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
March 23
April 2
April 18
April 23
May 1
Step 6
Work begins
April 2
Project Funding
- Students receive academic credit for work done
- Some firms may arrange payroll
- Some internal funds for startups for nominal payments are available
- StartUp projects will apply for OCE (Ontario Centres for Excellence) funding.
Don't expect to get rich, but expect a great experience...
Projects: The Future
- Summer 2018:
- Summer internship projects: 3-4 months
- Fall 2018
- Formal analyses: 8 week term projects
- Sprints: 4-6 week ideations (usually course-linked)
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Fall and Spring 2018
- Sponsored Hackathons
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
2017
2019
2018
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
grant proposal
funding awarded
funding from TD&GRI
funding
events
teaching
projects
misc
Nov 21 Launch
10-year Financial Crisis
FinTech in Research
Opening of Advanced Analytics
Lab Space
Appointment of Director
MBA FinTech Course
Machine Learning Module
Coding
Module
Blockchain
Module
6 week
MBA
10 week
MFRM
4 month
summer
FinTech in Research
Hackathon
MBA Case Comp
Summer Project Pitches
6 week
MBA
10 week
MFRM
4 month
summer
MBA FinTech Course
Blockchain
Coding
Machine Learning
MFin
FinTech Course
MFRM
FinTech Course
Development of novel teaching materials
proposal
portal opens
New finance faculty member in FinTech
Project Sponsor Presentations
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BluePier
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Cogniframe
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Karen.ai
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Overbond
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Transunion
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Vexo
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TD Bank
Talent
Financial Industry
Innovative Approaches
Rotman FinHub Project Meet and Greet
By Andreas Park
Rotman FinHub Project Meet and Greet
This deck explains how the FinHub will work.
