Abstract
Deep learning has emerged as a cornerstone in diverse scientific domains, demonstrating profound implications both in academic research and conventional applications. The utilization of deep learning has branched to the financial sector for stock prediction, management of assets, credit score analysis, etc. During the end of the financial fiscal year, top executives present their companies’ growth and losses in earnings calls. These earnings calls invariably webcasted, furnish stakeholders with insights into a firm’s fiscal performance during a given period. These audios along with transcripts are published on the company website for the general public. If these audio and transcripts are collected over time, they are capable of forming an extensive audio and sentiment analysis database, which could be utilized to train a model effectively. The quality and quantity of the dataset are essential for a machine-learning model. The availability of these discussions in both audio and text formats on corporate portals presents an invaluable repository for longitudinal audio and sentiment analysis. The clarity in the statistics of the earnings calls would also predict the bona fide outlook of the companies’ financial prospects. This thesis work will focus on adding and extending the earnings call data for the companies for MAEC dataset and create a diverse, updated machine learning dataset. This would be further followed by the proposal of a sentiment analysis tool inspired by the deep neural network to label the data collected and form the baseline method for future work to compare. The established algorithm would provide a pathway for a dataset and data annotation that would further be utilized by the models out there, to perform financial analysis and factual correctness of the data presented, and draw appropriate conclusions. The addition to this dataset and the creation of an algorithm would involve rigorous empirical investigation and the iterative design of a methodological framework conducive to the systematic accrual and annotation of earnings call records.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Artificial intelligence--Financial applications; Corporate profits--Data processing; Deep learning (Machine learning)
Publication Date
12-2023
Document Type
Thesis
Student Type
Graduate
Degree Name
Computer Engineering (MS)
Department, Program, or Center
Computer Engineering
College
Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Advisor
Dongfang Liu
Advisor/Committee Member
Michael Zuzak
Advisor/Committee Member
Andres Kwasinski
Recommended Citation
Abbas, Kesa M., "Application of AI in Financial Sector: Earnings Call Dataset Analysis" (2023). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from
https://repository.rit.edu/theses/11642
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
Plan Codes
CMPE-MS