About Conference
This conference was organized by UNICOM and Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. Sentiment Analysis applies machine learning and makes a rapid assessment of the sentiments expressed in news releases. This conference addressed and explained, how multiple sources of information such as:
- News Wires
- Macro-economic Announcements
- Social Media
- Microblogs/Twitter
- Online (search) Information e.g. Google Trends
are aggregated to construct Market Sentiments.
Professor Gautam Mitra
Gautam Mitra is the founder and the MD of OptiRisk Systems. He is an internationally renowned research scientist in the field of Operational Research in general and computational optimization and modeling in particular. He has developed a world class research group in his area of specialization with researchers from Europe, UK , USA and India. He has published five books and over hundred and fifty research articles. He is an alumni of UCL and currently a Visiting Professor at UCL. In 2004 he was awarded the title of ‘distinguished professor’ by Brunel University in recognition of his contributions in the domain of computational optimization, risk analytics and modeling.
Workshops & Conference Schedule
9 March 2016
- Pre- conference Dinner
10-11 March 2016
- Conference “Sentiment Analysis in Finance: Intelligence and Insights into Trading and Markets”
11 March 2016 Post conference workshops
