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果冻影院 IXN and Santander: determining risk in global banking
Can artificial intelligence be used to predict financial risk? 果冻影院 Computer Science students explored this project with Santander on the 果冻影院 Industry Exchange Network (果冻影院 IXN) programme.
Santander has worked with 果冻影院 master's students for over six years through the 果冻影院 Industry Exchange Network (果冻影院 IXN). 果冻影院 IXN enables students, as an integrated part of their course, to gain invaluable experience working with industry partners.
Santander takes on around 15 students a year from the Computational Finance and Financial Risk Management MSc courses. From June to August, the master's students work full-time on their dissertation projects, supported by a technical mentor within Santander and a supervisor at 果冻影院. Their projects focus on computational and mathematical techniques applied to risk in banking. Recent subjects include sentiment analysis for credit rating, reverse stress testing using Gaussian processes and artificial data solutions for neural net imbalanced data.
果冻影院 IXN brings clear benefits to the students, but the industry partners gain immensely from the programme too. Together, the students and Santander explore projects of mutual interest. The bank wants to investigate specific problems, and they may ask students to confirm an existing idea or tackle something completely new. Santander is impressed by the technical skills and enthusiasm of the 果冻影院 students, and the matching process that ensures they are a good fit for the bank. What's more, they are not only a useful resource at the time, but they are also potential employees.
鈥�We regard the IXN programme as a 'win-win' situation. 果冻影院 wins because the听students gain industrial experience of a 'real problem'. We win because the听students can explore (and sometimes solve) a problem that is relevant to听what we do. Both sides can benefit from what we think of as a听three-month long听interview.
Dr 鈥疨eter鈥� Mitic - Head of Operational Risk Methodology UK, Santander UK听
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To learn more about partnering with 果冻影院 IXN, contact 果冻影院 Computer Science's Strategic Alliances Team