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QuantMinds International
17 - 20 November 2025
InterContinental O2London

Mert Esencan
CEO at Icosa Computing
Speaker

Profile

Mert Esencan founded Icosa Computing to address challenges in discrete variable optimization. Icosa focuses on developing modeling and hyperparameter tuning software that integrates with advanced physics-inspired solvers, improving applications such as portfolio optimization and generative AI reasoning in finance. Mert completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at Stanford University, with a focus on physics, computer science, and finance, before moving to University of Oxford to pursue a PhD in quantum information processing. Prior to founding Icosa, Mert worked as a developer at the emerging tech team of Fidelity Investments.

Agenda Sessions

  • Combinatorial Reasoning: Enhanced LLM performance and explainability on complex tasks with quantum-inspired optimization

    10:50