Can Google predict the stock market? Tobias Preis at TEDxWarwickSalon (Technology)

Tobias Preis is the Associate Professor of Behavioural Science & Finance at Warwick Business School. His recent research has aimed to carry out large scale experiments on complex social and economic systems by exploiting the volumes of data being generated by our interactions with technology.
Preis received his PhD in Theoretical Physics from the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in 2010 and draws on an interdisciplinary background in physics, economics, and computer science. He has authored more than 30 scientific publications, published a book about the physics of financial markets and acts as a reviewer for more than 15 leading international journals. Preis advises government agencies as well as private companies on potential exploitation of online digital traces.
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