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About

I'm a first-year graduate student at the Stanford Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering. Previously, I received a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Applied Mathematics-Computer Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Pure Mathematics from Brown University.

Email: benjamin.shih@stanford.edu

Research

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Background

Complete CV available upon request

  • Summer 2022: I interned at Akuna Capital as a Quantitative Trading and Research Intern (Equity BaseVal/ASG)
  • Summer 2023: I interned at IMC Trading as a Quantitative Trading Intern (Equity Options/PFOF).
  • Summer 2024: I interned at DRW as a Quantitative Trading Intern (Macro RV).

At Brown, I was on the teaching staff of the following courses:

Outside of school and work, I have fenced for the Taiwanese national team since 2017 as well as the fencing team at Brown during my time there; I'm currently a member of the team here at Stanford. Additionally, I served as the President of the Brown Poker Club in the 2023-24 academic year.