Anastasios

Anastasios Vlachmpeis

I study Data Science and AI at Maastricht, and have a deep interest in machine learning and financial markets.

Degree
BSc Data Science & AI, year 2
Current Research
Recurrence quantification analysis
Recurrence plot of AAPL log returns. Dark blocks fill the calm stretches of 2019; a pale cross runs through March 2020.
AAPL from 2 Jan 2019 to 25 Jan 2021, computed in your browser. A cell is dark when the market state on its two dates was within ε of each other. Point at a cell or tap it to read both dates.

Research

  1. Jul 2026 to now Recurrence plots for financial time series MaRBLe honours research, and the plot at the top of this page. A write-up follows once there are results. In progress
  2. 2026 Player information in football prediction Does the recent form of the announced starters improve 1X2 forecasts beyond closing odds? 7,801 matches in five leagues, one held-out season. Log loss 0.9580 vs 0.9567 market
  3. Jun 2026 Netherlands vs Sweden, World Cup 2026 Walk-forward backtest on about 19,700 internationals. The bet was pre-registered and sized at quarter-Kelly. RPS 0.179 vs 0.226 base rate
  4. Mar 2026 SAM reproduction Sharpness-aware minimization on ResNet-18, reimplemented in PyTorch on CIFAR-10 and CIFAR-100. 78.57% vs 76.65% SGD, CIFAR-100

Software

Hackathons

  1. Feb 2026 ParkinPal Tremor and voice tests for Parkinson's that run on a phone's own sensors. 2nd, Cursor AI Hackathon Hamburg
  2. Jun 2026 hedgY Pairs a stock position with a Kalshi or Polymarket contract on the event that could sink it. Built in 30 hours, Paris Builds
  3. Jun 2026 Soteria Dispatch map for Hong Kong that ranks nearby trained volunteers by travel time and credentials, so one can reach an emergency before the ambulance. 2nd, Smart City track, EuroTech × HKTE
  4. Nov 2025 Property Flow GitHub Vacation-rental management with agents for pricing, calendar sync and guest messages across Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo. Top 10, Pioneers AI Hackathon

Other projects

  1. 2026 ViewAndHired GitHub Mock video interviews: questions generated from a job listing, then feedback on answers, speech and gaze, with transcription and face models running on the machine. FastAPI, Whisper, OpenVINO
  2. 2026 Crazy Putting GitHub Mini golf with a physics engine on Euler and Runge-Kutta ODE solvers, and bots that plan their own shots. Maastricht first-year project. Team of 5, Java and JavaFX

Record

Background

  • 2025 to 2028BSc Data Science & AI, Maastricht UniversityGPA 8.08 out of 10.
  • 2026 to nowPresident, MQRMaastricht Quantitative Research, a student society.
  • Sep 2025 to May 2026Apex Trader FundingPassed the $100k evaluation, then traded a funded futures account.
  • Before 2025Hotel operations, NaxosThree years at a five-star hotel before university. Overbooking is a forecasting problem where the loss function is standing at the front desk.

Competitions

  • Jun 2026EuroTech × HKTE Hackathon, Munich2nd in the Smart City track with Soteria.
  • Jun 2026Unaite Paris BuildsBuilt hedgY in 30 hours.
  • Apr 2026IMC Prosperity 411th in the Netherlands, 248th of about 19,000 teams.
  • Feb 2026Cursor AI Hackathon, Hamburg2nd with ParkinPal, plus best use of Manus.
  • Nov 2025Pioneers AI HackathonTop 10 finalist with Property Flow.
  • Sep 2025Amsterdam Policy HackathonTop 10 finalist.