Matheus Secco Torres da Silva

Brazilian mathematician and quantitative researcher. Bachelor in Mathematics at PUC-Rio (2011-2014), MSc in Mathematics at FGV EMAp (2015-2016), PhD in Mathematics at PUC-Rio (2016-2020) under Simon Griffiths, in extremal/probabilistic combinatorics and tropical geometry. Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Jul 2020 - Feb 2021). Industry roles recorded in the LinkedIn index (index-only, not independently confirmed): Data Scientist at EloGroup (May-Aug 2021), then quantitative roles at Goldman Sachs (Core Quant Strat, from Oct 2021), Giant Steps Capital, ASA, and Symetrix Trading, engineering at Enter, and a current stealth-start-up listing. Mathematical Olympiad silver medalist (IMO 2009, 2010) and long-time Olympiad coach.

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• Quant employment verification: UNRESOLVED. The only employment evidence for this person is index-derived: the LinkedIn profile/index lists working quantitative roles - Quantitative Researcher at Symetrix Trading (May 2025-Feb 2026), Quantitative Co-Portfolio Manager at ASA Investments (Jun 2023-Feb 2025), Quantitative Researcher at Giant Steps Capital (Aug 2022-Jun 2023), and 'Quant / Core Quant Strat' at Goldman Sachs (from Oct 2021). These appear as paid roles, not student programs, insight days, camps, or incoming offers, and the identity is supported by the personal site, the Czech Academy of Sciences staff page and writing that match the same mathematician (email [contact omitted]). However, no independent primary source (company page, press release, regulatory filing, directory) in this run corroborates the roles, so by the required standard the quantitative employment is not confirmed - the index alone is not independent confirmation. Employer classification: Goldman Sachs is a global investment bank with a Core Quantitative Strategies function (quant finance: YES); Giant Steps Capital is a Brazil quant-focused asset manager (quant finance: YES); ASA Investments is a Brazilian asset manager and Symetrix Trading a Rio de Janeiro trading firm. Working-role vs. student-program distinction is satisfied, but class, dates and titles remain index-only and therefore uncertain.Sep 2026
• Quant employment verification: UNRESOLVED. The only employment evidence for this person is index-derived: the LinkedIn profile/index lists working quantitative roles - Quantitative Researcher at Symetrix Trading (May 2025-Feb 2026), Quantitative Co-Portfolio Manager at ASA Investments (Jun 2023-Feb 2025), Quantitative Researcher at Giant Steps Capital (Aug 2022-Jun 2023), and 'Quant / Core Quant Strat' at Goldman Sachs (from Oct 2021). These appear as paid roles, not student programs, insight days, camps, or incoming offers, and the identity is supported by the personal site, the Czech Academy of Sciences staff page and writing that match the same mathematician (email [contact omitted]). However, no independent primary source (company page, press release, regulatory filing, directory) in this run corroborates the roles, so by the required standard the quantitative employment is not confirmed - the index alone is not independent confirmation. Employer classification: Goldman Sachs is a global investment bank with a Core Quantitative Strategies function (quant finance: YES); Giant Steps Capital is a Brazil quant-focused asset manager (quant finance: YES); ASA Investments is a Brazilian asset manager and Symetrix Trading a Rio de Janeiro trading firm. Working-role vs. student-program distinction is satisfied, but class, dates and titles remain index-only and therefore uncertain.
• Employment timeline is index-primary: all industry roles (Goldman Sachs, Giant Steps Capital, ASA, Symetrix Trading, Enter) come from the LinkedIn index/aggregator, not an independent primary source; the 'Stealth Startup' current-company label is a LinkedIn status, not a confirmed named employer.
• Employer quant classification rests on company identity, not on an independent statement that this person's specific role was quantitative: Goldman Sachs (investment bank, quant strategies) and Giant Steps Capital (quant-focused asset manager) clearly operate in quantitative finance; ASA Investments is an asset manager and Symetrix Trading a trading firm.
• Personal site states he is 'currently working at the industry' and lists a recent interest in research connected to Quantitative Finance; publishes contact email [contact omitted].
• A LinkedIn post announces he is leaving Enter 'to build', matching the current stealth-start-up status (index-only).
• IMO official record (participant id 18756): silver medals in 2009 (24 pts) and 2010 (21 pts) for Brazil - the Olympiad identity in the brief is confirmed.Jul 2010
• Education timeline (index/CV level): Bachelor in Mathematics PUC-Rio (2011-2014), MSc in Mathematical Modelling of Information at FGV EMAp (2015-2016), PhD in Mathematics PUC-Rio (2016-2020) under Simon Griffiths; postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences (2020-2021).
• Was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Computer Science of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Matas Sileikis's group; PhD in mathematics at PUC-Rio under Simon Griffiths.
• Undergraduate PIBIC research at PUC-Rio on 'Principio do maximo para equacoes elipticas de segunda ordem e aplicacoes' advised by Ricardo Sa Earp.