Published inBlackRock EngineeringAI is making engineering more human, not lessBy: Lance Braunstein, Head of Aladdin Engineering at BlackRockOct 212Oct 212
Published inBlackRock EngineeringSolving the Mystery of the Slow Hash TableThe story of a Java hash table gone wrong and how it was fixedJul 291Jul 291
Published inBlackRock EngineeringUnlocking Ambiguity in Semantic Search: Introducing BlowfishAladdin Data Scientists Thomas and Alex recap a recent white paper where they introduce practical insights into topological and statistical…Jun 28Jun 28
Published inBlackRock EngineeringOpen Sourcing the Aladdin SDK: Empowering Python Developers with a Quantitative EdgeBy: Vedant Naik, Lead Engineer, Aladdin Studio, and Eli Kalish, Product Manager II, Aladdin StudioMay 7May 7
Published inBlackRock EngineeringThink Like an Octopus (in Python)Michael Ziegltrum shows different tactics for achieving parallel processing in Python for a real portfolio management use caseMar 211Mar 211
Published inBlackRock EngineeringIntroducing InGenAn Open Source ETT (Extract, Transform, Transfer) Python ToolJan 31Jan 31
Published inBlackRock EngineeringHow BlackRock’s hackathon empowers employees to be innovativeBy: Our partners at The MuseDec 19, 2023Dec 19, 2023
Published inBlackRock EngineeringSimilarity Learning, the art of identifying neighborsBlackRock data scientists discuss how they think about similarity and advanced risk and portfolio management processesNov 16, 2023Nov 16, 2023
Published inBlackRock EngineeringCranking the Voltage on Spark: Achieve Peak Performance with OptimizationSoumyata and Mohi describe their use of Apache Spark framework to generate sophisticated risk analytics for millions of portfolios in…Oct 11, 2023Oct 11, 2023
Published inBlackRock EngineeringUnravelling the micro-frontends puzzle with contract testingThomas describes some of the unique challenges that arise when building micro frontends in practice and the approach the Aladdin Portfolio…Sep 27, 2023Sep 27, 2023