Samuel Pass

Mathematics and Computer Science Student | Quantitative Trader, Researcher & Developer

Education

University of Miami, FL - College of Arts and Sciences

August 2022 - May 2025

- Mathematics and Computer Science double major

- Founder of Bonsai Applied Computations Group / Head of Quantitative Finance & Physics Divisions

- President’s Scholarship Recipient

- Undergraduate Researcher

- President of University of Miami's Math Club

Indiana University, IN - Kelley School of Business

August 2021 - May 2022 (Transferred after my first year)

- Finance major

- Founder and President of the Capital Markets Club (CMC)

- Recruitment Chair at Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) @ Bloomington, Indiana

Experience

Quantitative Trader, Researcher & Developer - Stealth Mode (Proprietary Trading Firm)

August 2023 - September 2024

- I built software to trade a portfolio of fully-systematic statistical arbitrage strategies (US Equities)

- (Further description available on my resume)

Founder/Head of Quantitative Finance & Physics Divisions - Bonsai Applied Computations Group

February 2023 - Present

- Founded Bonsai Applied Computations Group at the University of Miami, an exclusive community that connects driven computer science students looking to gain work experience with faculty in search of data-scientists/programmers

- Led a team of students through developing a successful portfolio of statistical arbitrage pairs trading strategies

- Led a research team to develop an unsupervised machine-learning model that identifies successful stock candidates for pairs trading as well as forecasts stock movement for optimal entry and exit positions

- Led a research team to develop a computer driver to interact with infra-red sensor hardware in order to extract recorded data from flies for a biological physics laboratory

Computer Science Teacher's Assistant - University of Miami

August 2024 - Present

- Graded undergraduate and graduate students' homework and exams, held office hours (six hours/week) for students to attend, helped students in-class

- Theory of Computing (CSC 427), Introduction to Python Programming for Scientists (CSC 315), Introduction to Python Programming for Graduate Students (DSC 615)

Founder/President - Capital Markets Club (CMC)

September 2021 - May 2022

- Founded the Capital Markets Club at Indiana University, a community of driven students looking to gain a better sense of the capital markets industry

- Led an executive team comprised of highly qualified undergraduate and graduate students to lead weekly divisional meetings

- Created networking database comprised of over 50 professionals to provide members with exclusive networking opportunities

Market Researcher - Stealth Co.

August 2021 - March 2022

- Conducted in-depth research on some of the many products used for teaching financial education/literacy

- Collected, analyzed, cleaned, and formated data on market conditions, competitors and consumers

- Wrote up weekly reports analyzing research done and data collected

- Performed analysis to determine both market size and areas of opportunity

Skills

Languages

Python, Java, JavaScript, Wolfram languages

Other

Advanced math, Wolfram Mathematica, Microsoft Excel, Stanford CoreNLP, Interactive Brokers' API (ib_insync python package)

Licenses and Certificates

Bloomberg Market Concepts (BMC)

August 2021

Academic Interests and Coursework

Coursework

Mathematics

Calculus 1, Calculus 2, Multivariable Calculus, Real Analysis, Linear Algebra, Abstract Mathematics, Abstract Algebra, Discrete Mathematics, Intro to Probability and Statistics, Probability Theory, Statistical Analysis

Computer Science

Computer Programming 1, Computer Programming 2, Computer Organization and Architecture, Data Structures & Algorithms, Theory of Computing, System Programming, Intro to Machine Learning

Academic Interests

Simulation Hypothesis, Metaphysics, Existentialism, Quantum Physics/Computing, Idealism