Dear All: - The Department of Economics of the Ca' Foscari University of Venice has announced a public selection for a one-year *research grant* entitled "*Combining optimization metaheuristics and artificial intelligence to design quasi-real-time trading strategies*". - Application deadline: *20 September 2021*, *12:00* (Italian time); - Webpage: *https://www.unive.it/data/28825/ <https://www.unive.it/data/28825/>*; - Call: *https://apps.unive.it/common2/file/download/assegni_ricerca/6131f297d27a7 <https://apps.unive.it/common2/file/download/assegni_ricerca/6131f297d27a7>* . The main objective of the project is to develop and implement a decision-making system for financial trading combining metaheuristics for optimization with Machine Learning and Deep Learning techniques. Best regards, Marco Corazza -- Marco Corazza, Ph.D. Department of Economics - Ca' Foscari University of Venice San Giobbe, Cannaregio 873 - 30121 Venezia, Italy Mobile: (+39) 366 602-9134 Phone: (+39) 041 234-6921 Fax: (+39) 041 234-7444 E-mail: corazza@unive.it Editor-in-Chief: Mathematical Methods in Economics and Finance - www.unive.it/m2ef