About Us

Dr. Ernest P. Chan, founder, PredictNow.ai Inc. Ernie’s career since 1994 has been focusing on the development of statistical models and advanced computer algorithms to find patterns and trends in large quantities of data. He has applied his expertise in machine learning at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center’s Human Language Technologies group, at Morgan Stanley’s Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence Group, and at Credit Suisse’s Horizon Trading Group. He is also the founder and managing member of a quantitative investment management firm, QTS Capital Management, LLC.

Ernie was quoted by the Wall Street Journal , New York Times , Forbes, and the CIO magazine, and interviewed on CNBC’s Closing Bell program, Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities magazine, Securities Industry News, Automated Trader magazine, and the CFA Institute Magazine on topics related to quantitative trading. In recognition of his expertise in statistical data mining, he was invited to serve on the Program Committees of the International Conference of Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining in 1998. He is the author of “Quantitative Trading: How to Build Your Own Algorithmic Trading Business“, “Algorithmic Trading: Winning Strategies and Their Rationale“, and “Machine Trading: Deploying Computer Algorithms to Conquer the Markets“ , all published by John Wiley & Sons. He also writes the popular Quantitative Trading blog and conducts workshops on quantitative investment strategies and machine learning in London, UK. He was an Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and an Industry Fellow of the NTU-SGX Centre for Financial Education, which is jointly set up by NTU and the Singapore Exchange. He is an adjunct faculty at Northwestern University’s Master’s in Data Science program and supervises student theses there.

Ernie holds a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Toronto in 1988, a Master of Science (1991) and a Doctor of Philosophy (1994) degree in theoretical physics from Cornell University.

Dr. Roger Hunter, scientific adviser, PredictNow.ai Inc. Roger is an expert in designing high-performance automated execution system as well as machine learning software. Roger was the founder and former manager of a highly profitable equities fund, and was the founder and former CEO of a scientific software firm that was acquired by Thomson Reuters. His firm’s software is currently in use at the U.S. Federal Reserve. Roger was formerly professor of mathematics a t New Mexico State University, and he obtained his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Australian National University. Roger was profiled in a Bloomberg Businessweek article.