Zryan Sadik
PhD candidate, MSc (Brunel University, London)
Researcher and Model developer
Zryan obtained his BSc Degree in Mathematics at Salahaddin University-Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. After working as an IT technician, he pursued an MSc Degree in Computational Mathematics with Modelling at Brunel University (2012). Zryan is an industry based PhD student sponsored by OptiRisk. His research focuses on volatility forecasting using Kalman filters and GARCH models. Zryan’s research also involves developing models of sentiment analysis and data analysis in the domain of finance. These models are developed in C, C++, MATLAB, Python and R as appropriate. Zryan is fluent in Kurdish (his native language), as well as in English and Arabic.