Steve G. Steinberg (Steinberg Consulting)--Wall Street is largely populated by hackers. For the first time, however, hackers increasingly run the show. Major funds, like Renaissance Technologies, are run by ex-computer scientists, and they are among the hottest firms on Wall Street. How do these financial markets hackers think? Where do they look for data? How do they find an edge? We’ll hear about untangling web addresses, monitoring wireless traffic, and all sorts of leading-edge gambits for hacking Wall Street. Where are the opportunities? What works? What doesn’t any more?

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