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*Thank you for your interest in joining us for our upcoming VC Breakfast -- this event is limited to members of CSAIL, our CSAIL Alliances members, and selected guests from the MIT community as space permits. As noted on the registration form, filling the form does not guarantee entry into the event. You will be contacted by a member of CSAIL Alliances to confirm your registration as space permits*

This event is sponsored by Underscore_VC, with more information on the fund incoming.

For more information on Underscore_VC visit https://underscore.vc/ 

The Quant-essential Qualities: Insider Insights for Thriving in Algorithmic Trading

Abstract: The world of quantitative trading is notoriously siloed, secretive, and intensely competitive. In this talk, Hanna and Dan will offer an insider's perspective on quant trading, sharing insights from our firm, and outline the key qualities you can cultivate to excel in the industry.

Daniel Goldbach, Quantitative Developer

Dan has worked at Quadrature for 9 years in various roles across research and technology, including Head of ML Infrastructure. Dan now focuses on low-latency research and trading systems.

Hanna Yakubovich, Quantitative Developer.

Hanna has been at Quadrature for 4 years and worked on various projects including low-latency infrastructure optimization and portfolio construction. Hanna is currently focusing on alpha forecasting research.

CSAIL Alliances & FinTechAI@CSAIL Board Member Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Borealis AI Group will be at CSAIL on 9/22 in Kiva to deliver a technical talk from Dr. Greg Mori as well as connect with interested students for job opportunities. 

Talk Title: Foundation Model Challenges and Opportunities in Financial Services

Monday 9/22 in Kiva 32-G449 12-1pm EST.  Food will be served so please register for accurate food order!

Registration link for the event: https://lu.ma/2fygnljp

Speaker: Dr. Greg Mori, VP, RBC AI Fellow at RBC Borealis and Adjunct Professor in the School of Computing Science at Simon Fraser University.

Talk Abstract:  Financial services are at the core of our economy. Opportunities for machine learning abound in this space, from capital markets to insurance services to wealth management to lending to tools that assist clients in managing their money.  Modern machine learning methods have transformed industries, yet particular challenges exist in realizing the full potential of machine learning in financial services.  These include explainability, data imbalance, partial observations, distribution shift, and self-supervised learning in low-signal settings.  I will describe the ATOM foundation model, which specializes in learning from asynchronous event sequences, to maximally utilize the richness of transactional data in financial services.

Speaker Bio: Greg Mori is VP, RBC AI Fellow at RBC Borealis, where he leads AI Research and Innovation.  He is also an Adjunct Professor in the School of Computing Science at Simon Fraser University.  He received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UC Berkeley in 2004 and an Hon. B.Sc. in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Toronto in 1999.  He was a Visiting Scientist at Google in Mountain View, California in 2014-2015. He served as Director of the School of Computing Science at Simon Fraser University from 2015-2018.  Dr. Mori conducts research in computer vision and machine learning.  He received the ICCV Helmholtz Prize in 2017.  He was a Program Chair for CVPR 2020 and a General Chair for CVPR 2023.  At RBC Borealis his team builds AI-based products for financial services.  These include the award-winning NOMI Forecast and numerous other industry-leading machine learning solutions.

This event is hosted by Latimer Futures Summit. The event is at capacity and registration is now closed.

Welcome to the Latimer Futures Summit at MIT! Join us for a day filled with inspiring talks, interactive workshops, and networking opportunities with industry experts. Don't miss this chance to gain valuable insights into the future of technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Get ready to be inspired and connect with like-minded individuals shaping the future.

This is hosted by our colleagues at MIT Technology Review!

For over 25 years, EmTech MIT has been the trusted destination for established senior executives and emerging leaders, researchers, and entrepreneurs to stay ahead of change. Curated by the expert editors of MIT Technology Review, our flagship technology event delivers the clarity and insight you need to navigate uncertainty and lead with conviction.

This year’s program dives into the rapid evolution of AI, alongside transformative breakthrough developments in climate tech, quantum computing, robotics, digital trust, decentralized systems, and more—focusing on the technologies most likely to shape the future.

In an era defined by disruption, EmTech MIT equips you to cut through the noise, identify real opportunities, challenge assumptions, and engage with the people who are building what comes next. Will you shape your future or be shaped by it?

CSAIL Alliances members receive 40% off. Please contact your client relations coordinator to learn more. 

This event is presented by MIT CSAIL Alliances and hosted in Palo Alto, California by Alliances member LDV Partners with DaVinci Cafe. 

CSAIL Alliances members, please join us for our 2nd annual Embodied Intelligence Summit. MIT CSAIL is a leading hub for embodied intelligence research, with the of understanding the nature of intelligent behavior in the physical world, through the study of human intelligence and the design and implementation of intelligent robots. We bring expertise in perception, sensing, language, learning and planning, and have the objective of integrating these disciplines to make physical agents with human-like intelligence.

In this engaging summit, dive deep with talks from four leading MIT CSAIL faculty members

• CSAIL Director Professor Daniela Rus: Physical AI
• CSAIL Associate Director Professor Armando Solar-Lezama: Programming with AI Beyond Vibe Coding
• Associate Professor Phillip Isola: Language as a Camera
• Associate Professor Vincent Sitzmann: Modeling the world (and yourself) from vision

Additionally, hear from the head of LDV Partners and bring questions for two compelling panels featuring startups and industry, moderated by LDV Partners.  Panel conversations will dive into how companies are turning raw multimodal inputs (vision, movement, biometric signals) into actionable intelligence as well as exploring advances in manipulation, assistive systems, and humanoid platforms for real-world impact.

Meet CSAIL Alliances startups Leela AI, Dexmate, and Autonomous Living Technology, and Liquid AI, as well as K-Scale Labs, RealSense, and Waymo.

There will be networking opportunities during breakfast and lunch. 

Traveling? Graduate (by Hilton) Palo Alto is extending a special 15% discount for the Summit. Book directly with this link: Graduate Palo Alto Booking Link | MIT Special Events (If you wish to book directly through the hotel website, click "special rates" and enter this code in the corporate account field: 2787021)

CSAIL Alliances members, please log in to register below. If you cannot log in, please contact your CRC or event host for the registration link.

Please join the Annual AI & Quantum Summit, hosted by CSAIL Alliances and the MIT Center for Quantum Engineering (MIT CQE).  This event is in-person at MIT with a virtual option. 

On October 23rd, 2025, CSAIL and MIT experts will gather to explore how the field of quantum computing is changing, how AI innovation is molding quantum’s trajectory, and what business leaders should keep in mind as theory becomes reality.

We will be covering multiple topics related to quantum and AI with three engaging MIT speakers (CSAIL Director Daniela Rus, MIT CQE Director Will Oliver, and CSAIL Professor Yael Kalai) and two panels with companies in the industry. Topics include:

• Verifying Quantum Computation
• Lab to Reality: Implications for Business and Scientific Research
• Recent Innovations and Research
• And more! 

Register Today!

About CSAIL Alliances:

CSAIL Alliances is your gateway to MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab’s world-renowned researchers, students and startups inventing the future of computing.  CSAIL represents all 5 schools and 11 different departments across MIT.  Our researchers include 7 MacArthur fellow and 9 Turing award winners.

As our Director Professor Daniela Rus notes, CSAIL researchers imagine and build the future by developing fundamental new technologies and conducting basic research that furthers the field of computing and its applications.

Through CSAIL Alliances, we enable a closer connection to the work, startups, researchers and students of CSAIL. Alliances provides organizations with several pathways for a proactive and comprehensive approach to developing strong connections with all CSAIL has to offer. Whether its research, cutting-edge technologies, talent recruitment and development, or startup connections, leading organizations come to CSAIL to learn about our research, to recruit talented graduate students, and to explore collaborations across our ecosystem.

About MIT CQE:

Quantum information science and technology (QIST) uses the basic principles of quantum mechanics to sense, communicate, and process information — with performance that promises to dramatically exceed conventional technologies.

Today, the field is transitioning from laboratory curiosity to technical reality. A new discipline of quantum engineering is emerging, bridging the traditional fields of computer science, mathematics, physics, and engineering.

As QIST enters its next remarkable development phase, the MIT Research Laboratory for Electronics and MIT Lincoln Laboratory are coordinating resources and talent to create the MIT Center for Quantum Engineering (CQE), the future locus of activity for breakthrough education and research in this exciting domain.