Computer science vs MCF

[Erik Grabljevec]

Hello, I'm 2nd year under-grad financial maths student (University of Ljubljana). I hold special interest in algorithms and competitive programming (TopCoder, Codeforces etc.).

I would like to study computational finance - algorithmic trading / AI. What would be best next step in my education?
- MS in computer science
- MCF Oxford
- other mathematical finance MS

Also, by how much does success on international programming contests (ACM-ICPC) increases my chances of acceptence?

 

[neoz]

I'd go with MS in computer science. The programming in MFE programs is not sufficient to prepare you for algo-trading interviews.

 

[unhappy_mscf]

Agree