Deep Learning in Finance
A 4-day training school on deep learning in digital finance, featuring hands-on LLM sessions, ethics and policy discussions, and career development, by the Atlantic coast in Portugal. GPS: 40.152329, -8.858540
Time & Location
11 May 2026, 09:00 – 14 May 2026, 18:00
Campus Univ. Coimbra - Figueira da Foz, R. Fernandes Coelho 20, 3080-082 Figueira da Foz, Portugal
About the event
Register: https://forms.gle/xtkHZ7Nbev6qCDSx6
Meeting link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81659710777?pwd=sL1zA14j6oqehYawwwVjYKgxuSuFFs.1
Prior Knowledge
Participants are expected to have a basic understanding of financial systems and the role of financial institutions in markets and the broader economy. Familiarity with fundamental concepts in machine learning or data analysis is recommended, and prior exposure to programming (e.g. Python) will be beneficial. A general awareness of ethical and regulatory aspects of digital technologies is also advised.
Detailed Schedule (tentative)
Monday, 11 May 2025 - Introduction, Ethics, LLMs
09:00–09:30 – Welcome Addresses by Institutional Representatives and Introduction to the Training School – Catarina Silva, Miguel Pardal
09:30–11:00:
Ethics, reponsibility, dillemas challenge
Speaker: Catarina Silva, Renata Guizzardi-Silva Souza
Format: Practical
11:00–11:30
☕ Coffee Break
11:30–12:30
From Tradition to Digital Change in Audit Institutions
Speaker: José Manuel Quelhas (Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra - Judge at the Court of Auditors)
Format: Lecture – Theoretical
12:30–14:00
🍽️ Lunch Break at the Campus
14:00–16:45
Background - Hands-on LLM
Speaker: Isabel Carvalho, Bruno Ferreira
Format: Interactive Lecture – Theoretical & Practical
16:45–17:00
☕ Short Break
17:00–18:30
Movie on Campus - The Thinking Game
Tuesday, 11 May 2025 - Hands-on LLMs, Law
09:30–11:00
Background - Hands-on LLMs
Speaker: Bruno Ferreira and Isabel Carvalho
Format: Interactive Lecture – Theoretical & Practical
11:00–11:30
☕ Coffee Break
11:30–12:30
Hands-on LLMs
Speaker: Bruno Ferreira and Isabel Carvalho
Format: Practical
12:30–14:00
🍽️ Lunch Break at the Campus
14:00–15:30
AI and Law: Risk Management and Responsibility
Speaker: Susana Aires Sousa, Matilde Lavouras
Format: Interactive Lecture
15:30–16:00
☕ Short Break
16:30–18:30
Movie screening and round table - Artificial Justice
Local: Centro de Artes e Espetáculos (10 min walk)
Wednesday, 13 May 2025 - Job Applications
09:30–11:00:
Job applications
Speaker: Marcos Machado
Format: Interactive Lecture – Theoretical & Practical
11:00–11:30
☕ Coffee Break
11:30–12:30
Job applications
Speaker: Marcos Machado
Format: Interactive Lecture – Theoretical & Practical
12:30–14:00
🍽️ Lunch Break at the Campus
14:00–15:30
Job applications
Speaker: Marcos Machado
Format: Interactive Lecture – Theoretical & Practical
15:30–16:00
☕ Short Break
16:00–18:00
Job applications
Speaker: Marcos Machado
Format: Interactive Lecture – Theoretical & Practical
19:30 -
Dinner in a local restaurant
Thursday, 14 May 2025
09:30–11:00:
Structured Learning in Finance
Speaker: Wouter van Heeswijk
Format: Interactive Lecture – Theoretical & Practical
11:00–11:30
☕ Coffee Break
11:30–12:30
Presentations
Speaker: Doctoral candidates
Host: TBD
12:30–14:00
🍽️ Lunch Break at the Campus
14:00–15:30
Presentations
Speaker: Doctoral candidates
Host: TBD
Format: tbd
15:30–16:00
☕ Short Break
16:00–17:30
Presentations
Speaker: Doctoral candidates
Host: TBD
17:30
Closing and farewell
Organizing Committee
Trainers
