Academic Contributions

More information about my lectures, research and publications.

Research Interests

  • Market liquidity and fragmentation
  • Portfolio optimisation
  • Machine learning, in particular, reinforcement learning


Lectures

Quantitative Finance

Espel, T.J., 2024. Application of the CAPM to Asian Stocks and ESG Indices. Guest lecture at the University of Hong Kong.

Espel, T.J., 2023. Mean Reversion Strategies. Guest lecture at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Espel, T.J., 2023. Order Book Dynamics. Guest lecture at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Espel, T.J., 2021. Market Fragmentation. Guest lecture at Imperial College London.


Selected Publications

ORCiD

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Espel, T.J. , 2025. Sentiment Analysis with Large Language Models Applied to the Federal Reserve Beige Book. In: Arai, K. (eds) Intelligent Systems and Applications. IntelliSys 2025. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 1554. Springer, Cham.
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Espel, T.J. , 2024. Impact of US Bitcoin ETF Introduction on BTC and ETH Intraday Regime Seasonality. In: Arai, K. (eds) Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2024, Volume 2. FTC 2024. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 1155. Springer, Cham.
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Pre-Prints

Espel, Tom J., Cross-Chain Publication NFTs for Academic Publishing (October 15, 2025).
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Espel, T.J., The Validator Account: A New Numéraire for Assets on Blockchains (August 29, 2025).
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Espel, T., Katz, L. and Robin, G., 2017. Proposal for protocol on a quorum blockchain with zero knowledge. French Central Bank. Cryptology ePrint Archive.
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Miscellanea

  • Espel, T., 2018. A Quantitative Approach to Non-Deliverable Forwards. MSc Thesis, Imperial College London.
  • Espel, T., 2017. [In French] Drone Avoidance Algorithms : A Probabilistic Approach. Research dissertation, CentraleSupelec Paris.