{"334201":{"#nid":"334201","#data":{"type":"event","title":"GVU Center  Brown Bag Seminar Series:  Tucker Balch","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESpeaker:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETucker Balch\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat It\u2019s Like to Launch a FinTech Startup\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECreating a startup is an exiting way to apply university research to real world problems. In 2011 my cofounders and I launched Lucena Research, LLC, a financial software company that provides decision support to wealth managers and hedge funds. \u0026nbsp;We were part of the first cohort to graduate from FlashPoint \u2014 Georgia Tech\u2019s startup accelerator. Spinning a company out of a university is a bit different from the typical startup experience: There are advantages, challenges and limitations ranging from IP ownership to conflicts of interest. \u0026nbsp;In my talk I\u2019ll tell you how we successfully navigated these issues. \u0026nbsp;I\u2019ll also demonstrate Lucena\u2019s products and tell you about some of the interesting intellectual problems we solve.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBio:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETucker Balch is an associate professor in the School of Interactive Computing. \u0026nbsp;Most of his work at Georgia Tech has centered on multirobot systems and the application of Machine Learning to the understanding of social animal behavior. In the last few years, he has begun to explore the challenges of applying Machine Learning to Finance, including the creation of a research group, a new course, a small company and a large MOOC. \u0026nbsp;He earned a B.S. and Ph.D. at Georgia Tech. \u0026nbsp;Honors include the NSF CAREER Award and the Georgia Tech Outstanding Service Award. His work has been reported in Institutional Investor, the New York Times and the New Scientist. Before academia, Balch served in the USAF where he was a Distinguished Graduate from Undergraduate Pilot Training and flew F-15s. In addition to his academic role at GT, Tucker is the CTO and co-founder of Lucena Research, a startup that applies Machine Learning to investing.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"What It\u2019s Like to Launch a FinTech Startup"}],"uid":"27774","created_gmt":"2014-10-15 10:00:59","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:21:26","author":"Alishia Farr","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2014-10-23T12:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2014-10-23T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2014-10-23T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2014-10-23 16:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2014-10-23 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2014-10-23 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"groups":[{"id":"1299","name":"GVU Center"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"4096","name":"brown bag"},{"id":"1946","name":"GVU"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}