
Explore how generative AI powers financial risk modeling by examining LMS basics, prompt engineering, zero-shot prompts, synthetic data generation, and open-source tools like Huggingface, with case studies and white papers.
Explore variational autoencoders, a generative model that learns latent representations and generates samples. Understand encoders and decoders, the latent space, reparameterization, and the KL divergence in training.
Discover generative adversarial networks, with generator and discriminator trained adversarially to create realistic data, including conditional, cycle, and Wasserstein gans for image and text generation, data augmentation, and anomaly detection.
Explore Hugging Face's open-source transformers and pre-trained models, and learn to fine-tune for finance tasks like credit risk prediction, sentiment analysis, and fraud detection, with practical deployment.
Explore agentic AI and autonomous agents that learn to reach goals through reinforcement learning, multi-agent systems, and optimization, financial decision making, using OpenAI Gym, TensorFlow, PyTorch, cvxpy, and Ray RLlib.
Gen AI for Financial Risk Management for Enhanced Modeling
Course Structure:
Introduction
Lecture: Intro to the Course – An overview of the course structure, goals, and objectives in leveraging Gen AI for financial risk management.
Lecture: Introduction to Gen AI – A deep dive into how advanced artificial intelligence is transforming financial risk assessment and decision-making processes.
Large Language Models (LLMs)
Lecture: Introduction to LLMs – A comprehensive introduction to LLMs, discussing their capabilities in handling complex financial data and natural language processing tasks.
Lecture: Public LLMs Overview – A detailed examination of popular public LLMs such as BERT, GPT, and RoBERTa, and their real-world applications in finance.
Lecture: Using GPT and BERT in Finance – Practical use cases for sentiment analysis, financial forecasting, and risk evaluation using state-of-the-art language models.
Lecture: ChatGPT and Gemini in Finance – Exploring the real-time capabilities of these models to generate insights and support decision-making in financial markets.
Lecture: Model Differences – A comparative analysis of various LLMs focusing on performance, accuracy, and adaptability to financial use cases.
Lecture: BERT’s Role in Finance – In-depth exploration of BERT’s applications in document classification, regulatory compliance, and financial reporting.
Synthetic Data Techniques
Lecture: Generative Models – Understanding how VAEs and GANs create realistic synthetic financial data for model training.
Lecture: VAEs in Financial Applications – Utilizing VAEs for anomaly detection and predictive analytics in financial institutions.
Lecture: GANs for Fraud Detection – Harnessing GANs to generate synthetic data that enhances fraud detection and risk management capabilities.
Tools and Libraries for AI Development
Lecture: Hugging Face Overview – A detailed guide on how Hugging Face’s ecosystem supports financial risk management through model deployment and fine-tuning.
Lecture: Advanced Hugging Face Applications – Exploring real-time deployment of Hugging Face models to enable continuous monitoring and evaluation of financial risks.
Final Insights
Lecture: Final Words – Summarizing the key concepts, best practices, and future trends in Gen AI for financial risk management.