Bob Van Valzah
Employers on the program
- 2025–2026Researching in Retirement3 talks
The year around now
Talks in the past 12 months and announced talks ahead, one row per conference, January to December. Hover a mark for the talk.
Appearances by year
- STAC Summit
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2026 | STAC @ NPL London 2026 | STAC Summit | speaker | No atomics required: Sub-nanosecond timing at home with GNSS and AI as Researching in Retirement | |
| Oct 28, 2025 | STAC Summit New York, Fall 2025 | STAC Summit | speaker | The last nanoseconds to UTC as Researching in Retirement GPS has long been the reference source for precise time, but what are the true limits of its accuracy in financial data centers? In this session, independent…Show lessGPS has long been the reference source for precise time, but what are the true limits of its accuracy in financial data centers? In this session, independent researcher and STAC Fellow, Bob Van Valzah, will share results from his work probing how closely GPS clocks can track UTC—and how well two independently installed clocks (say, at an exchange and a trading firm) will agree. | |
| Oct 7, 2025 | STAC Summit London, Fall 2025 | STAC Summit | speaker | The last nanoseconds to UTC as Researching in Retirement GPS has long been the reference source for precise time, but what are the true limits of its accuracy in financial data centers? In this session, independent…Show lessGPS has long been the reference source for precise time, but what are the true limits of its accuracy in financial data centers? In this session, independent researcher and STAC Fellow, Bob Van Valzah, will share results from his work probing how closely GPS clocks can track UTC—and how well two independently installed clocks (say, at an exchange and a trading firm) will agree. |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Gidding | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Alastair Richardson | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Andrea Suardi | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Cliff Maddox | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Faisal Dada | 2 | — | 2025 |
| James Corcoran | 2 | — | 2025 |
| James Lupton | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Lasse Johnsen | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Laurent de Barry | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Ryan Ballantine | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Seth Friedman | 2 | — | 2025 |
| Vlad Ilyushchenko | 2 | — | 2025 |
Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.