Conor
Scheidt
software · mathematics
Index
Latest
Tensor trains vs. Monte CarloPricing a basket option by compressing its integrand into a tensor train and summing the train exactly, measured against Monte Carlo and randomized quasi-Monte Carlo on baskets of 5, 10 and 20 assets.
git.crs.so
Popular repositories
Recent
Projects
Nothing here yet.
I'm building my own git host in Rust first. Projects go up here once it's running at git.crs.so.
Writing
About
I study applied mathematics and computer science at Northwestern. Most of my work is on systems where performance and correctness both matter: distributed systems, trading infrastructure, compilers, and numerical methods.
Education
Northwestern University
B.S. Applied Mathematics & Computer Science · June 2029Phillips Academy
High School Diploma · June 2025Experience
Software Developer
Alter Domus · since July 2026Private credit observability.
Quantitative Developer
Northwestern Financial Technologies · since Sept 2025Event-futures microstructure and exchange design with the trading group. Built the live Kalshi trading bot and the limit order book simulator it's tested against.
Undergraduate Researcher
Gingrich Group · 2024–2025Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics: reaction–diffusion and tensor-network models of stochastic chemistry. Wrote browser simulators now used in coursework and made the group's cluster pipelines about five times faster.
Undergraduate Researcher
AquaLab · 2023–2024Internet measurement research on privacy and data-protection practices across the web. Designed the study's telemetry model and built Plankton, the distributed crawler behind its datasets.