2nd EDHEC AI & Finance Workshop 2026
Tuesday, May 26, 2026 • EDHEC Business School, 393 Promenade des Anglais, Nice, France
About
The EDHEC AI & Finance Workshop brings together researchers working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and finance. The workshop is designed for in-depth discussion in a focused setting.
The program features two keynote speeches and four research presentations, each followed by a dedicated discussion.
Keynote Speakers:
Semyon Malamud
Semyon is a Swiss Finance Institute Associate Professor at EPFL and a Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). He serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Finance and Journal of Financial Econometrics. His research centers on machine learning and deep learning methods in asset pricing and financial markets.
Lasse Pedersen
Lasse is a professor at Copenhagen Business School, director of the Center for Big Data in Finance, and a principal at AQR. He has served as Director of the American Finance Association, on the Economic Advisory Boards of NASDAQ and FTSE, and on several editorial boards, including the Journal of Finance and Quarterly Journal of Economics.
Pre-workshop dinner
Monday, May 25, 2026 • 19:30-23:00
This dinner is reserved only for presenters and discussants.
Program (tentative)
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 08:30–09:00 | Welcome coffee |
| 09:00–09:45 |
The Different Network of Firms Implied by News Presenter: Gustavo Schwenkler (Santa Clara University, Leavey School of Business Discussant: Teodor Dyakov (EDHEC Business School) |
| 09:45–10:30 |
Artificially Biased Intelligence: Does AI Think Like a Human Investor? Presenter: Stace Sirmans (Auburn University) Discussant: Markus Leippold (ETH Zurich) |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00–12:00 |
Keynote — Semyon Malamud Learning Alpha in High Dimensions |
| 12:00–14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00–14:45 |
X Bots and Earnings Announcements Presenter: Konstantin Sokolov (Fogelman College of Business Economics, University of Memphis) Discussant: Juan Imbet (Paris Dauphine University) |
| 14:45–15:30 |
Data (and Asset) Managers Presenter: Marco Zanotti (Swiss Finance Institute, USI Lugano) Discussant: Remco Zwinkels (VU Amsterdam) |
| 15:30–16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00–17:00 |
Keynote — Lasse Pedersen Can Finance be Revolutionized by AI and the Common Task Framework? |
| 19:30–23:00 |
Dinner Open to presenters, discussants, and selected participants who receive confirmation. |
Contact
Email: GRP_ai-finance@edhec.com
Organizer: Hamid Boustanifar