Dr. Marcos Lopez de Prado

Global Head of Quantitative R&D, ADIA | Professor of Practice, Cornell University

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Dr. Marcos Lopez de Prado is the Global Head of Quantitative Research & Development at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and a Professor of Practice at Cornell University's College of Engineering. He has published dozens of scientific papers on financial machine learning and backtest overfitting, earning multiple Quant of the Year awards.

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researchChecked Sep 20, 2026

Advances in Financial Machine Learning & Backtest Overfitting Protocols

Definitive mathematical methodology exposing false discoveries and selection bias in financial backtesting, proposing Deflated Sharpe Ratio and combinatorial cross-validation.

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Focuses on quantitative econometric and capital market time-series; not general consumer language generation.

Context: Mathematical finance, combinatorial cross-validation, and portfolio optimization.

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