Tom Zimmermann is a Professor of Data Analytics at the Institute of Econometrics and Statistics at the University of Cologne. Before, he worked as equities analyst at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC. He wrote his dissertation on "Machine Learning in Financial Markets" at Harvard University, and studied Economics at the University of Bonn and UC Berkeley. His research on capital markets and banking incorporates methods from the machine learning literature to e.g. support stock return prediction.