2026 -
I am a quant researcher at Ransky Tech, a proprietary trading firm.
Hi I'm Matias Barandiaran.
I do quantitative research at Ransky Tech.
Currently living in Leipzig, Germany.
I have a background in computer science and am currently interested in machine learning, financial markets and speedy software. Lately, most of my research is on crypto derivatives.
I also enjoy playing badminton and fishwatching.
Career
2024 - 2025
I was a research assistant at the Technical University of Munich, supervised by Julien Gagneur, working on deep learning for rare variant association testing.
2023
I was a research intern at Charles University, in the heart of Prague's Old Town. I had the pleasure of working with Martin Blicha on verifiable proof production for Horn solving.
2022 - 2025
BSc at Lancaster University with a major in computer science and a minor in quantitative methods. There I became interested in artificial life and published my dissertation on morphogenetic reservoirs with James Stovold.
Recent posts
Featured publication
- Barandiaran, M., & Stovold, J. (2026). Growing echo state networks through graph-based morphogenesis with developmental graph cellular automata. Artificial Life. https://doi.org/10.1162/ARTL.a.486