A warm welcome to Ms Tianye Wang, who joins us this month to begin her PhD studies, supervised by Dr Yan Ge and Prof Dave Cliff. Tianye joins us from Harbin Instiute of Technology, China, where she received an MSc in Science Management and Engineering (Big Data). Tianye’s PhD is funded by the China Scholarship Council (CSC) - University of Bristol (UoB) PhD Scholarships Programme, and her research will explore AI and machine learning applications for stock trading automation.