Joel Ong
Research Scientist
Singapore
Summary
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Top SchoolJoel Ong is a Research Scientist and quantitative researcher at Kepler, a GIC subsidiary in Singapore, with a decade of experience applying mathematically rigorous statistical methods to generate investment returns. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and a top-ranked honours degree from SUTD, and augmented his toolkit with a Certificate in Quantitative Finance. Joel focuses on structured prediction, unsupervised learning, and generative models, translating research-grade algorithms into production-ready trading signals. An active open-source contributor, he spends his free time designing and building software—bridging academic rigor with pragmatic engineering. Colleagues value his blend of deep theoretical knowledge and disciplined, data-driven decision making in high-stakes financial environments.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor’s Degree (Hons), Information Systems Technology and Design, 4.81 / 5.00, Bachelor’s Degree (Hons), Information Systems Technology and Design, 4.81 / 5.00 at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)Certificate In Quantitative Finance, Financial Mathematics, Certificate In Quantitative Finance, Financial Mathematics at CQF Institute
English, Chinese
Github Skills (87)
python10
pandas10
mozilla10
data-analysis10
manipulation10
sec9
word2vec9
corpus9
dataframes9
topic-modeling9
numba9
lda9
fasttext9
data-manipulation9
numerics9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
joelowj/Machine-Learning-and-Reinforcement-Learning-in-Finance
Jun 2018 - Sep 2018
Machine Learning and Reinforcement Learning in Finance New York University Tandon School of Engineering
Contributions:18 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
financialnew-york-universityreinforcement-learningmachine-learningsec
joelowj/ttrpy
Feb 2019 - Mar 2019
Technical analysis and other functions to construct technical trading rules with Python
Contributions:82 commits, 3 PRs, 17 pushes in 28 days
stock-marketpythonalgorithmic-tradingtrading-bottrading
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