ChatGPT’ed Monte Carlo exam

January 21, 2026 | xi'an

This semester I was teaching a graduate course on Monte Carlo methods at Paris Dauphine and I decided to experiment how helpful ChatGPT would prove in writing the final exam. Given my earlier poor impressions, I did not have great expectations and ended up definitely impressed! In total it took ...
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Volleyball Analytics with R: The Complete Guide to Match Data, Sideout Efficiency, Serve Pressure, Heatmaps, and Predictive Models

January 17, 2026 | rprogrammingbooks

Volleyball Analytics Volleyball Analytics with R: A Practical, End-to-End Playbook Build a full volleyball analytics workflow in R: data collection, cleaning, scouting reports, skill KPIs, rotation/lineup analysis, sideout & transition, serve/receive, visualization, dashboards, and predictive modeling. Table of Contents Why Volleyball Analytics (and Why R) Volleyball Data Model: Events, ... [Read more...]

admiral 1.4 release

January 14, 2026 | Jeff Dickinson

admiral 1.4 is here! There’s nothing like a new {admiral} release to start the new year with a bang, and that’s exactly what we have for you with {admiral} 1.4! This release comes packed with few choice updates and some exciting new features...
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GOLD/SILVER RATIO: GenAI with Quant Agents on Microsoft AI Foundry

January 13, 2026 | Selcuk Disci

1. Introduction: The Strategic Edge of Agentic Finance In the contemporary landscape of quantitative finance, the bottleneck is no longer data availability, but the speed of insight generation. Leveraging the Microsoft AI Foundry ecosystem, we have moved beyond static scripting into the realm of Autonomous Financial Agents. This article explores how ...
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Predicting Best Picture at the 2026 Academy Awards

January 12, 2026 | Mark White

I’m back with the Oscars Best Picture model, albeit a little late. I had a busy holiday season, but the story of December was surprising: The Secret Agent was the favorite, followed by One Battle After Another. This was largely due to The Secret Agent’s runtime, which is ...
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