QRS News https://qrsntu.org/news/ News from the Quantitative Research Society: research, releases, events and guides. en Global Market Making Games 2026 — Singapore Qualifier https://qrsntu.org/gmmg/ qrs-news-event-gmmg-singapore-2026 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Event An individual global market-making competition open to university students across Singapore. Post-training, explained: from SFT to GRPO https://qrsntu.org/learn/post-training/ qrs-news-post-training-explainer-2026 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Guide A long-read explainer on how language models are post-trained, from supervised fine-tuning and reward models to PPO, DPO and GRPO, with derivations and ten interactive figures. GeoAFT: new project page and draft explainer https://qrsntu.org/projects/geoaft/ qrs-news-geoaft-project-page-2026 Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Research Geometric Attention Fine-Tuning now has its own project page, with an interactive geometry explorer, the controlled synthetic results and a draft explainer video. MH3100, MH2100 and HE2003 solutions republished https://qrsntu.org/math_notes/ qrs-news-math-notes-fully-worked-2026 Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Release Solutions for MH3100, MH2100 and HE2003 are republished in a multi-method, fully worked style. Diverse Scenarios, Selective Evaluation: Certified Spectral-Risk Decisions under Costly Robustness Tests https://openreview.net/forum?id=OzOTmkkAWW qrs-news-workshop-riskhedge-evorobust-2026 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Workshop paper Workshop paper accepted at the EvoRobust Workshop, NeurIPS 2026. Five works accepted to NeurIPS 2026 workshops https://qrsntu.org/news/neurips-2026-workshops/ qrs-news-neurips-2026-workshops Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Announcement Five works from our inaugural QRS Research Academy cohort (2026 Fall #1) were accepted to NeurIPS 2026 workshops, spanning softmax-attention geometry, policy improvement, risk-sensitive decision-making and AI-native research workflows. Geometric Attention Fine-Tuning Is Representation-Relative: Autonomous ML Research with AI-Native Workflow https://openreview.net/forum?id=9PwlVQ3gyj qrs-news-workshop-geoaft-automlr-2026 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Workshop paper Workshop paper accepted at the AutoMLR Workshop, NeurIPS 2026. PolicyAttention: Robustness and Failure Modes of Softmax Policy Improvement https://openreview.net/forum?id=VgswuGrqp6 qrs-news-workshop-policyattention-evorobust-2026 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Workshop paper Workshop paper accepted at the EvoRobust Workshop, NeurIPS 2026. PolicyAttention: When Softmax Attention Becomes Policy Improvement https://openreview.net/forum?id=zbGWnk0kY3 qrs-news-workshop-policyattention-pta-2026 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Workshop paper Workshop paper accepted at the PTA Workshop, NeurIPS 2026. The Approximation Rank of Softmax Attention: Sharp Geometric Laws and Robust Interaction Dimension https://openreview.net/forum?id=0zgsZ8FjVz qrs-news-workshop-softrank-neurreps-2026 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Workshop paper Extended abstract accepted at the NeurReps Workshop, NeurIPS 2026. QRS Research Academy https://qrsntu.org/research-academy/ qrs-news-research-academy-2026 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT Announcement The QRS Research Academy takes members from guided research to independent research leadership. Applications are open from the Academy page. Exact Trade-Level Attribution of FRTB-IMA Capital https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.32238 qrs-news-arxiv-frtbtrace-2026 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT Paper The FRTBTrace paper is on arXiv (2609.32238). PolicyAttention: Softmax Attention Implements Policy Mirror Descent for Closed-Loop Control https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.30500 qrs-news-arxiv-policyattention-2026 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT Paper The PolicyAttention paper is on arXiv (2609.30500). SoftRank preprint updated to version 2 https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.28150 qrs-news-arxiv-softrank-v2-2026 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT Paper Version 2 of “Intrinsic Interaction Geometry Controls the Low-Rank Complexity of Softmax Attention” is on arXiv (2608.28150). IMC Tech Race @ NTU https://builtin.com/job/imc-tech-race-singapore/10595673 qrs-news-event-imc-tech-race-ntu-2026 Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMT Event An on-campus coding race by IMC featuring 20 rapid computer-science problems, a live leaderboard, networking with IMC technologists, and prizes. Intrinsic Interaction Geometry Controls the Low-Rank Complexity of Softmax Attention https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.28150 qrs-news-arxiv-softrank-2026 Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT Paper The SoftRank paper is on arXiv (2608.28150). NTU-QRS AlphaAllocator: Bounded Transformer News Overlays for Chinese Macro-Asset Allocation https://openreview.net/forum?id=u09PzTYNHk qrs-news-nlpcc-alphaallocator-2026 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMT Paper Presented at NLPCC 2026 Shared Task 4, as a poster and an oral. Singapore vs Hong Kong Quant Trading Hackathon https://luma.com/tqx5xvcy qrs-news-event-sg-hk-quant-trading-hackathon-2026 Sun, 22 Feb 2026 16:00:00 GMT Event A cross-border university quantitative-trading competition in which Singapore and Hong Kong teams built and deployed live crypto trading strategies, with city qualifiers followed by a SG-vs-HK final. Quant & FinTech Events Guide, January 2026 https://qrsntu.org/news/events-guide-2026-jan/ qrs-news-events-guide-2026-jan Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:00:00 GMT Guide Campus events, recruiting programmes, conferences and industry expos for students interested in quant and fintech. QRS@NTU major update, December 2025 https://qrsntu.org/news/dec2025-major-update/ qrs-news-dec2025-major-update Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:00:00 GMT Release Website fixes to folders, search and ranking, and final examination papers added for over 70 SPMS and NBS courses.