2024-2025 Sponsors
Founded in 1988 over a small bookstore in downtown New York City, the D. E. Shaw group began with six employees and $28 million in capital and quickly became a pioneer in computational finance. In the early days of exposed pipes and extension cords, tripping on a cable could take out our whole trading system. Today, the firm has more than 2,500 people around the globe and an institutional-grade (and trip-proof) infrastructure, but we still value creativity, entrepreneurship, and the spirit of discovery.
The firm prizes a culture of collaboration across disciplines, geographies, and investment strategies. Experienced leadership and diversely talented minds chart our course. Analytical rigor, an open exploration of ideas, and a relentless pursuit of excellence drive us forward.
Hudson River Trading brings a scientific approach to trading financial products. We have built one of the world’s most sophisticated computing environments for research and development. Our researchers are at the forefront of innovation in the world of algorithmic trading.
At HRT we come from all sorts of backgrounds: mathematics, computer science, statistics, physics, and engineering. We’re a community of self-starters, motivated by the excitement of being at the cutting edge of automated trading. We’re friends and colleagues, whether we are sharing a meal, playing the latest board game, or writing elegant code. We embrace a culture of togetherness that extends far beyond the walls of our office.
Jane Street is a global quantitative trading firm and liquidity provider trading a wide range of financial products, including ETFs, equities, futures, commodities, options, bonds, digital assets, and currencies. We have offices in New York, London, Hong Kong, and Amsterdam which allow us to make markets continually on more than 200 trading venues in over 40 countries around the world. We excel at providing liquidity in complex markets, especially during periods of dislocation and volatility. While our committed capital and firmwide risk book provides us with the capacity, our technology and flat structure fosters a culture of collaboration that facilitates these complex trades.
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Citadel is an American multinational hedge fund and financial services company. Founded in 1990 by Ken Griffin, it has more than $63 billion in assets under management as of June 2024. The company has over 2,800 employees, with corporate headquarters in Miami, Florida, and offices throughout North America, Asia, and Europe.
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We drive capital to the world’s most impactful and compelling investments, leveraging our combination of talent, technology, analytics and global scale.
SIG is a global quantitative trading firm founded with an entrepreneurial mindset and a rigorous analytical approach to decision making.
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As one of the largest proprietary trading firms in the world, we trade our own capital at our own risk. We are experts in trading essentially all listed financial products and asset classes, with a focus on derivatives, and handle millions of transactions on exchanges around the world every day. While our presence in the market is broad, our trading desks are highly specialized, allowing for a deep understanding of the unique drivers of each product. Our expertise in probabilistic thinking and game theory combined with our focus on signal detection and low-latency performance have made SIG one of the leading global market makers. By providing liquidity and ensuring competitive prices for buyers and sellers, SIG plays a critical role in the financial markets.
The California Mathematics Council is divided into three sections that come together to advance the work of math education in the state. Additionally, each section coordinates its own conference featuring world class speakers. Math educators in any corner of the state will find a place to learn new practices, make new professional connections and friendships, or share their own ideas with other thoughtful educators. We look forward to seeing you there.
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The Southern Section serves educators in Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Imperial, and San Diego counties. Their annual conference is held in the first weekend of November in Palm Springs, CA.
Interested in becoming a sponsor? Contact us at cmm-help@caltech.edu