STAC Summit, 21 May 2025, Chicago

STAC Summits bring together CTOs and other industry leaders responsible for solution architecture, infrastructure engineering, application development, machine learning/deep learning engineering, data engineering, and operational intelligence to discuss important technical challenges in trading and investment.

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311 W Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60606

Agenda

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"STAC Update: Tick Analytics & Risk Computing"
James Corcoran, Head of AI & Analytics, Strategic Technology Analysis Center

"The case for GPU acceleration beneath the database stack"
Xiangyao Yu, Assistant Professor, and Bobbi Yogatama, PhD Candidate, University Wisconsin-Madison

"Quantifying Architectural Gains: A Generational Leap in Risk Computing Performance"
Kevin Gildea, Solutions Architect, Intel

"Accelerating Finance with NVIDIA Blackwell: Supermicro's Next-Gen Infrastructure"
Michael Watson, General Manager Field Application Engineering, Supermicro

"Open Data Formats: Foundation of the Modern Data Ecosystem"
Mick Hittesdorf, OneTick Cloud Product Architect, OneTick

"STAC Update: Machine Learning & AI"
James Corcoran, Head of AI & Analytics, Strategic Technology Analysis Center

"Silent stalls, big impacts: Exposing hidden bottlenecks in AI data centers"
Erik Rudin, Field CTO, cPacket Networks

"Supermicro Accelerate Everything AI"
Michael Watson, General Manager Field Application Engineering, Supermicro

"Data Intelligence In Financial Services"
Moiz Kohari, VP Enterprise AI, DDN

"Dell AI Platform with Nvidia"
Dan Schellinger, Unstructured Data Account Executive, Dell

"Built to Scale: De-Risking Advanced Compute with Factory Integration"
Josh Perkins, VP, Emerging Technologies, AHEAD

"From Hype to Impact: AI That's Reshaping Finance"
Steven Keith Platt, Director of Analytics and Lecturer of Applied AI and Site Director, The Institute for Data, Econometrics, Algorithms, and Learning, Loyola University Chicago

"STAC Update: Fast Working Groups"
Jack Gidding, CEO, Strategic Technology Analysis Center

"Quantum Time: Synchronizing at Sub-Nanosecond Scale"
Sean Sullivan, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, memQ

"From Tap to Trade - Mastering Market Visibility in the Picosecond Age"
Kevin Formby, VP Finance and Capital Markets, Keysight

"The power of 3: because precision needs proof"
Lasse Johnsen, Co-Founder, Timebeat

"The Missing Link: Multi-layer correlation for performance-critical trading"
Caolán McCarron, AtlasVision Product Manager, Options Technology

"No turning back: Why it's time for ASICs in HFT infrastructure"
Adam Sherer, Account Technical Director, Cadence

"Stability During Market Turmoil"
Cliff Maddox, Director of Business Development, Novasparks

"Exegy - A Few Updates and One Question"
Laurent de Barry, VP, Head of ULL Products, Exegy

"ÜberNIC Update: PoC to General Availability…"
Seth Friedman, CEO, Liquid Markets

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STAC events bring together CTOs and other industry leaders responsible for solution architecture, infrastructure engineering, application development, machine learning/deep learning engineering, data engineering, and operational intelligence to discuss important technical challenges in financial services.

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