Naim El-Far Head of Equities Investment Engineering @ Bridgewater
With over a decade of leadership at Bridgewater Associates, this speaker currently serves as Head of Equities Investment Engineering, overseeing the design, architecture, data systems, and investment logic behind the firm’s equity strategies. His current focus includes systematic long/short single-name equities, portfolio construction, and risk management, working closely with CIOs and strategy leads.
Previously co-led the team managing long/short equities in Bridgewater’s Pure Alpha fund and played a key role in shaping the firm’s approach to micro equities research and systemization. Prior roles included leading trading system development during a major multi-year upgrade that expanded instrument coverage and boosted trade capacity globally.
Before joining Bridgewater, serving as CTO of Lightspeed Studios, one of Canada’s largest data mining startups, and also ran an independent quant trading book. He holds a PhD and MSc in Computer Science from the University of Ottawa with a research focus on robotics, AI, and real-time systems, and earned his BSc magna cum laude from the University of Arkansas, where he also played NCAA Division I football as a defensive lineman.
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An Algorithm for Haptically Rendering Objects Described by Point Clouds
Naim R. El-Far, Nicolas D. Georganas, Abdulmotaleb El Saddik
2008 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, IEEE
Cited by: 12 papers, 6 patents
Haptic-Enabled Telementoring Surgery Simulation
Xiaojun Shen, Jilin Zhou, Abdelwahab Hamam, Saeid Nourian, Naim R. El-Far, François Malric, Nicolas D. Georganas
IEEE MultiMedia, 2008, Vol. 15, Issue 1
Cited by: 20 papers, 1 patent
Collision Detection and Force Response in Highly-Detailed Point-Based Hapto-Visual Virtual Environments
Naim R. El-Far, Nicolas D. Georganas, Abdulmotaleb El Saddik
11th IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Applications (DS-RT’07), 2007
Cited by: 10 papers
Immersive Haptic Eye Tele-Surgery Training Simulation
Xiaojun Shen, Abdelwahab Hamam, François Malric, Saeid Nourian, Naim R. El-Far, Nicolas D. Georganas
2007 3DTV Conference, IEEE
Cited by: 6 papers
A Collision Detection Algorithm for Point-Like Haptic Interactions in Highly Detailed Virtual Environments
Naim R. El-Far, Nicolas D. Georganas, Abdulmotaleb El-Saddik
2007 IEEE Symposium on Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurement Systems
Cited by: 4 papers
A Distributed, Collaborative and Haptic-Enabled Eye Cataract Surgery Application with a User Interface on Desktop, Stereo Desktop and Immersive Displays
Abdelwahab Hamam, Saeid Nourian, Naim R. El-Far, François Malric, Xiaojun Shen, Nicolas D. Georganas
2006 IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications (HAVE 2006)
Cited by: 8 papers
A Cataract Tele-Surgery Training Application in a Hapto-Visual Collaborative Environment Running Over the CANARIE Photonic Network
N.R. El-Far, S. Nourian, Jilin Zhou, A. Hamam, Xiaojun Shen, N.D. Georganas
IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications, 2005
Cited by: 11 papers
Applying Unison, a Generic Framework for Hapto-Visual Application Developments, to an E-Commerce Application
N.R. El-Far, X. Shen, N.D. Georganas
The 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Their Applications, 2004
Cited by: 7 papers
