4th ACM International Conference on AI in Finance (ICAIF-23)

The deadlines for submitting competitions & datasets for ICAIF 2023 have passed. Please see the accepted competitions & datasets here.

Call for Competition Proposals

We’re thrilled to announce, for the first time, the introduction of a competition track at ICAIF 2023. This announcement serves as a call for competition proposals on topics that resonate with the ICAIF community.

We highly encourage submissions promising to make a significant positive impact on society, especially those leveraging AI to assist underprivileged communities. We anticipate that compelling competitions will attract an extensive blend of interdisciplinary and diverse communities to our ICAIF 2023 competition track.

Technological advances in our field hold potential adverse effects on marginalized sections of society, including people of color, women, and members of the LGBTQ community. As such, we warmly welcome proposals aiming to address these issues, particularly from researchers who identify with these communities or are part of other marginalized or underrepresented groups.

Our focus is on the impact of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in finance. The competitions will challenge participants to achieve the highest score on a machine learning task pertinent to the ICAIF community. This task will revolve around a specific problem and associated data provided by the competition’s organizers. A live component like leaderboards is recommended, but not mandatory.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

Forecasting financial scenarios
Portfolio construction
Risk modeling and management
Asset pricing
Robustness and uncertainty quantification
Validation and calibration of financial models
Application of Large Language Models in financial trading
Graph theory and network analysis
Fraud detection for credit cards and mortgages
Early detection of firm defaults
Explainability, ethics, and fairness of AI & ML systems
Blockchain and cryptocurrency

ICAIF 2023 will be a physical conference featuring a dedicated Competition Track. Participants and organizers will present and discuss the results. The Competition Track is presently planned as a live event spanning 3-4 hours with hybrid support. More information on the organization will be shared in the forthcoming months.

Important Dates

AOE = Anywhere on Earth

Competition proposal submission deadline: September 15th, 2023 23:59 AOE (original was August 6th, 2023, 23:59 AOE)
Acceptance notification: September 29th, 2023
Competition track: November 2023

Proposal Submission

To lighten the load for our reviewers, we will accept a maximum of 4 pages per submission. Please forward the final proposal to icaif2023.competitions@gmail.com.

Review and Selection Process

Each proposal will be reviewed and scored based on factors like:

Task(s): Impact, originality, and relevance to the ICAIF community. Tasks that provide positive societal impacts are strongly encouraged, though other subjects relevant to the ICAIF community are also welcome.
Evaluation Protocol: Feasibility of the chosen task, adequacy of data for training and testing algorithms to solve the proposed task, soundness of the evaluation criteria, and clarity and fairness of competition rules will be evaluated.
Logistics: The competition timeline, strategy for attracting competition participants, and the experience and diversity of the organizers will be considered. A detailed plan for recruiting competition participants will be crucial during the review process.

Additional Comments

Competition organizers should offer a timeline for conducting the competition to guarantee participants have enough time to submit high-quality entries. Organizers requiring assistance or suggestions concerning competition platforms for executing the competition can reach out to the competition chairs for guidance.

Competition Chairs

Naftali Cohen, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors
Vamsi Potluru, JPMorgan Chase

Contact

ICAIF2023.competitions@gmail.com

Call for Datasets

More information is forth regarding submission of datasets for ICAIF ’23. Please check back on this page frequently to watch for updates.