Dave Cliff
Director, Research & Innovation
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDave Cliff is a veteran computer scientist and technology leader who blends academic excellence with commercial impact, currently serving as Director of Research & Innovation at RentGuarantor and Professor of Computer Science at the University of Bristol. With over 25 years focused on AI, machine learning and financial engineering, he has led major initiatives—from directing a £10.2M national research programme to shaping a £350M university campus’s education and innovation agenda. He founded Syritta Algorithmics to deliver algorithmic solutions to global financial markets and has real-world trading experience from a stint as an FX trader at Deutsche Bank. As Programme Director for Bristol’s MSc in Data Science and creator of an MSc in Financial Technology, he combines curriculum design with hands-on big-data research and supervision. He also contributes to public policy and practice as a member of the FCA’s Academic Advisory Council on Analytics and has acted as a lead expert witness in high-profile legal cases. A lesser-known thread through his work is practical systems building—reflected in open-source contributions like enhancements to the Bristol Stock Exchange simulator that improve order processing and auditability.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
millbrookBSc, BSc at University of LeedsSegsburyPhD, PhD at University of SussexAbingdon College of FE
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Github Skills (5)
finance10
statistical-models10
python10
modeling10
debugging8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
davecliff/BristolStockExchange
Oct 2012 - Nov 2022
BSE is a simple minimal simulation of a limit order book financial exchange
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 52 commits, 6 PRs in 10 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Dave's primary contribution involved adding functionality to the Bristol Stock Exchange (BSE) simulation. This includes implementing order cancellations, adding unique quote IDs for debugging, and modifying the tape data to record cancellations alongside transactions. These changes suggest a focus on improving the exchange's order processing and data logging capabilities. The modifications to the BSE.py file also indicate the user worked directly on the core logic of the exchange simulation.
simulation
davecliff/ESCG_Python
Jun 2024 - Oct 2024
Contributions:1 release, 134 pushes, 1 tag in 3 months
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