Mike Zhou

Machine learning in finance

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Mike Zhou PhD student

Email: mike.zhou@vuw.ac.nz

Supervisor: hai.lin@vuw.ac.nz

Profile

Mike is a PhD student in Finance at the Wellington School of Business and Government. His research interests focus on machine learning in finance. He holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Hohai University (China) and a Master's degree in quantitative finance from Newcastle University Business School (UK), where he graduated with Distinction (GPA: 3.87/4).

Before joining Victoria University of Wellington, Mike had over three years of experience working in the financial industry. He worked as both a cryptocurrency trader in an asset management company and then an investment manager in a VC fund based in Beijing.

Mike is funded by the Wellington Doctoral Scholarship.