Subject: PEM Talk Karl Trygve Kalleberg, next Friday 14.30hrs
From: Bas Basten 
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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:58:15 +0100

Dear all,

You are cordially invited for our next PEM Talk this Friday. The speaker
will be Karl Trygve Kalleberg from Norway.

Title: Building DSLs for Algorithmic Currency Trading

Abstract:
Writing low-latency, high-frequency trading systems that are reliable
and predictable currently requires both an in-depth understanding of
the trading domain plus solid skills in engineering asynchronous
systems. The domain expert and systems engineer are rarely the same
person (but in those few exceptional cases, said person is paid
obscenely well.) We propose to mend the highly problematic divide
between trader and programmer by offering technically minded traders a
domain-specific language for writing trading strategies along with a
web platform for end-to-end development, testing and deployment of
these strategies.

The talk will include a short demonstration of KolibriFX, our
web-based trading development platform, and it is my intent and hope
that the presentation will spark debate on approaches for gracefully
exposing non-programmers to the wonderful world of asynchronous
programming by way of DSLs.

Location: Room L017, CWI
Time: November 26, 14.30 hrs

Hope to see you all there.

Best regards,
Bas Basten