A prominent fund, Renaissance Technologies, recently announced it would ban anonymous investments, and others are expected to follow.

Prior to joining Google, Weinberger was chief technology officer at Renaissance Technologies.

The high-frequency strategy was first made successful by Renaissance Technologies.

Renaissance Technologies is a hedge fund management company of about 275 employees and over $15 billion in assets under management in three funds.

In 2011, out of 144 tech pro, Renaissance Technology was ranked as no. 4 of the best IT department in financial services.

Sanders is a quantitative strategist at Renaissance Technologies.

In fact, a group of IBM searchers eventually went to work for Renaissance Technologies.

Mr. Laufer is the chief scientist at Renaissance Technologies, an investment firm that uses mathematical modeling in its money management.

He left Stony Brook in 1992 to join Renaissance Technologies.

Zweig now works for Renaissance Technologies on Long Island, New York.