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Srijan Sood

I'm a founding member of J.P. Morgan AI Research, where I lead a team building AI systems that learn how financial markets work – from modeling how individual trades form prices to optimizing how portfolios are built.

Most recently, we built TradeFM, a foundation model that learns how prices form from billions of trades. We also work on reinforcement learning for portfolio optimization and knowledge graphs for financial analysis.

Originally from New Delhi, I studied Computer Science at Georgia Tech (M.Sc., B.Sc. Highest Honors), where I researched reinforcement learning across domains – language model alignment with Mark Riedl, equities portfolios with Tucker Balch, and domain adaptation with Charles Isbell.

Outside of work: scuba diving, a growing (astro)photography habit, cortados, and an unresolved Old School RuneScape problem solution.

Research

  • Foundation ModelsMarket microstructure from trade-level data
  • Reinforcement LearningPortfolio optimization and model alignment
  • Knowledge Graphs & LLMsStructured reasoning for financial analysis
  • Responsible AIAlgorithmic fairness in financial ML

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