FIRE 691 Special Topic:
Advanced Financial Analytics
Spring 2026
Mondays 7-9:40 p.m.
Hybrid Flexible (ROHS)
Dr. Seong Byun
This is the first offering of a course that is being proposed as a permanent course offering (will be FIRE 641). Prerequisite FIRE 540 - Financial Analytics.
Study of advanced financial data analytics and its applications in cutting-edge finance research and industry practices. Students will develop sophisticated skills in collecting, processing and interpreting complex financial datasets, including traditional, alternative and big data sources. The course emphasizes the application of advanced statistical methods, machine learning techniques and computational tools to solve real-world financial problems and contribute to academic research.