Edward Tsang is a

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

professor at the

University of Essex The University of Essex is a public university, public research university in Essex, England. Established by royal charter in 1965, it is one of the original plate glass university, plate glass universities. The university comprises three camp ...

and also attended Wells Cathedral School. He holds a first degree in

Business Administration Business administration is the administration of a commercial enterprise. It includes all aspects of overseeing and supervising the business operations of an organization. Overview The administration of a business includes the performance o ...

(major in Finance) from the

Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public university, public research university in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. Established in 1963 as a federation of three university college, collegesChung Chi College, New Asia Coll ...

(1977), and an MSc and

PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...

from the

(1983 and 1987). Prior to his PhD studies, he served for five years in various positions in the commercial sector in Hong Kong. Edward Tsang is the Director (and co-founder) o
Centre for Computational Finance and Economic Agents
(CCFEA) a
University of Essex
CCFEA is an interdisciplinary research centre, which applies artificial intelligence methods to problems in finance and economics. Edward Tsang is the author o

the first book to define the scope of the field. He is also the co-author o

(with Hassan Rashidi) an
Evolutionary Applications for Financial Prediction: Classification Methods to Gather Patterns Using Genetic Programming
(with Alma Garcia Almanza). Edward Tsang founded th
Computation Finance and Economics Technical Committee
in

IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) organization, 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and other related disciplines. The IEEE ...

’
Computational Intelligence Society
in 2004, and chaired it until the end of 2005. Edward Tsang specializes in business application of

artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computer, computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making. It is a field of re ...

. His research interests include

applications,

computational finance Computational finance is a branch of applied computer science that deals with problems of practical interest in finance.Rüdiger U. Seydel, ''Tools for Computational Finance'', Springer; 3rd edition (May 11, 2006) 978-3540279235 Some slightly diff ...

constraint satisfaction In artificial intelligence and operations research, constraint satisfaction is the process of finding a solution through a set of constraints that impose conditions that the variables must satisfy. A solution is therefore an assignment of value ...

evolutionary computation Evolutionary computation from computer science is a family of algorithms for global optimization inspired by biological evolution, and the subfield of artificial intelligence and soft computing studying these algorithms. In technical terms ...

, an
heuristic search
He has given consultation to

GEC Marconi Marconi Electronic Systems Limited (MES), or GEC-Marconi as it was until 1998, was the defence arm of General Electric Company (GEC). It was split off from GEC and bought by British Aerospace (BAe) on 30 November 1999 to form BAE Systems. GEC th ...

British Telecom BT Group plc (formerly British Telecom) is a British Multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered in London, England. It has operations in around 180 countries and is the largest provider of fixed-li ...

, the

Commonwealth Secretariat The Commonwealth Secretariat is the main intergovernmental agency and central institution of the Commonwealth of Nations. It is responsible for facilitating co-operation between members; organising meetings, including the Commonwealth Heads of ...

and other organizations.

External links

Edward Tsang
home page

Academic Press, 1993,

and Tsang, E.P.K.

VDM Verlag Omniscriptum Publishing Group, formerly known as VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, is a German publishing group headquartered in Riga, Latvia. Founded in 2002 in Düsseldorf, its book production is based on print-to-order technology. The company pub ...

, 2010,
Garcia Almanza, A.
and Tsang, E.P.K.
Evolutionary Applications for Financial Prediction: Classification Methods to Gather Patterns Using Genetic Programming

, 2011,
Centre for Computational Finance and Economics (CCFEA)
a
University of Essex

Computational Intelligence Centre (CIC)
a
University of Essex
*IEE
Computational Finance and Economics TC (CFETC)
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British computer scientists Academics of the University of Essex Alumni of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Alumni of the University of Essex British people of Chinese descent {{UK-academic-bio-stub