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Physicist to Quant and AI - Igor Halperin
Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant
Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant
Physicist to Quant and AI - Igor Halperin
Oct 21, 2025
Season 8
Episode 10
Dimitri Bianco
Learn about financial AI expert, Igor Halperin's journey from the Soviet Union to physics and finally quantitative finance in the US. A great discussion on why many physists choose to go into quantitative finance, the positive and negative impacts of LLMs, and some perspectives on careers.
Igor Halperin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/igor-halperin-092175a/
YouTube Version:
https://youtu.be/J7O6Scnc5NA
Igor's Textbook:
https://amzn.to/42IGAGh
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