The second edition of the Quant Competition on credit risk models organized by Deloitte Romania together with Banca Transilvania was won by three students from Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca and Timisoara. This year’s competition was joined by 24 students from University of Bucharest (UB), Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (ASE), Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca (UBB), West University of Timișoara (UVT), Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi (UAIC). The competitors were first and second-year students of master programs in data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, business analysis, statistics and econometrics.
The awards, consisting of financial prizes and employment opportunities with Deloitte Romania and with Banca Transilvania, were won by Danut Cristinel Stinga, student in the Artificial Intelligence program at the University of Bucharest, who ranked first, Sebastian Calin Coroian, who studies Analysis of Complex Data at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca and who came in second, and by Adela Bosun, student in the Big Data master program at West University of Timișoara, who received the third prize.
During the two phases of the competition, the contestants were asked to design credit risk models to assess the probability of default of hypothetical banking clients, based on macroeconomic data and on data provided by the organizers, tasks which simulate real professional life.
“This second edition of the Quant competition was received with much enthusiasm among the university professors and among the students. We are thrilled to be able to share our passionate and creative approach on credit risk models with the future generations of risk professionals and to be able to contribute to their development. We thank our partners from Banca Transilvania for continuing to support this project with such dedication”, said Dimitrios Goranitis, Deloitte Global leader Financial Services Industry Risk and Regulatory, and Central Europe Financial Services Industry leader.
“We are a growing organization, continuously evolving our practices and the tools that we use, proud of what we do, and we hope to inspire future generations to choose this professional path. Quant Competition is about students, to help them prepare for professional life, to support them in making the first steps in their career. I want to congratulate all students that accepted this challenge and the university professors who supported them. Special thanks to our partner, Deloitte, that for the second year made it possible for the students to face a real credit risk modelling challenge,” said Luminita Runcan, Chief Risk Officer, Banca Transilvania.