Curriculum Vitae
For further information on current research projects & collaborations, citations, refereeing, list of grants and fellowships, working papers, conferences / seminars / presentations, technical skills, workshops, membership associations, visiting positions, PhD/MSc supervisions, references etc. (more detailed CV), please use any of the email adresses provided in my contact pageEducation
Four (4) Chair Full Professorship Habilitations (ASN-MIUR) in Sectors: 1) Econometrics & Data Science, 2) Economic Statistics, 3) Operations Research & Mathematical Methods, 4) Economic Policy, 2017 – onwards
PhD in Big Data Science & Computational Econometrics with Machine Learning, Athens University of Economics & Business (AUEB), 2005
MSc in Decision Sciences, Athens University of Economics Business (AUEB), 2001 (spec. Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, Financial Engineering, Operations Research)
MEng in Electrical & Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), 1999 (spec. Artificial Intelligence, Control Systems)
Dipl.-Ing / BEng in Electrical & Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), 1998 (spec. Robotics & Control Systems, Software Engineering)
MMUS in Music Theory & Performance, Experimental Conservatory School of Music, Athens, 1999
Work Experience
“Valter Cantino” Chair Full Professor in Management & Economics, University of Turin (UniTo, Feb 2023 – present) Chair Full Professor of Management & Economics, School of Management & Economics, University of Turin (UniTo)
ACADEMY OF ATHENS “Center for Natural Disaster Research & Crisis Management” (Sept 2024 – present) Elector Registry Board, Chair Full Professor Natural Disaster Research & Crisis Management Center
Joint Chair Full Professor of FinTech, Econometrics & Data Science, University of Malta & UniTo (Jan 2021 – Sept 2024) Faculty Economics & Management (FEMA, UM) joint with School of Management & Economics, University of Turin (UniTo)
Senior Fellow LSE Health Centre & Visiting Professor, London School of Economics (London, UK) (Dec 2021 – Jan 2023) Department of Health Policy – LSE Health Centre (LSE): Research in Epigenomics, Computational Medicine, Bioinformatics, Genetic Engineering, Health Policy, Synthetic Biology and Epidemiology
Research Full Professor Financial Engineering, IPAG Business School – IPAG Lab (Paris) (Jan 2014 – May 2024) Leading/supervising joint research projects/teams of IPAG Lab and Natixis Banking partners in: Machine Learning, Financial stability, Asset management, Forecasting, High Frequency Trading, Cryprocurrencies, Blockchain Technology
Full Professor Economic Statistics (Professore Ordinario), University of Padova, Italy (elected July 2019) University of Padova, Full Professor, Department of Statistical Sciences
Affiliated Research Professor/Research Fellow, European University Institute (EUI), Florence ADEMU EU-H2020 Project (May 2015-present) European University Institute (EUI), Dynamic Economic & Monetary Policy Union research and supervision, Economic Forecasting
Principal Investigator (PI) HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01 (2021-2027): “Promoting and Incentivising Federated, Trusted, and Fair Sharing and Trading of Interoperable Data ASsets”, Acronym “PISTIS” (Jan 2023-present) Consortium of 104 partners coordinated by Fraunhofer Society for the Advancement of Applied Research, the biggest organization for applied research and development services in Europe. Fraunhofer comprises 76 institutes in Germany, focusing on different fields of applied science with 29,000 scientists and engineers, and an annual research budget of about €2.8 billion.
Scientific & Executive Board Member, Complex Systems Laboratory (2018-present) (http://www.complexsystemslab.com/) Interdisciplinary team exploring the management of complex systems using mathematical models & experimental approaches (Electrical Engineering Department Eastern Macedonia & Thrace Institute of Technology)
Senior Research Fellow, University of Bologna – Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) (Apr 2013-present) Advanced research in Economics, Econometrics & related fields by Canadian & European economists and eminent trustees from academia, banking, government and industry
Senior Research Fellow, LABEX ReFi / Financial Regulation Lab (Paris) (Sept 2016-Sept 2020) Research Programme LABEX ReFi / Financial Regulation Lab (Paris): Big data sets, Blockchain and Bitcoin, HFT and their link with financial regulation
Scientific Board Co-director Hellenic Financial Literacy Institute (HFLI), Athens, Greece (Nov 2017-Nov 20128) Applied academia – industry related projects and studies of the Greek economy in cooperation with European and International institutions, European Investment Bank (EIB)
Marie Curie Fellow (H2020-IF Grant), European University Institute (EUI), Florence (May 2015-Dec 2016) H2020 Project NAUTILUS: New Models For Macroprudential Policy and Forecasting: The Euro Crisis
Senior Research Fellow, Euro Area Business Cycle Network (EABCN) (Nov 2011-present) Euro area business cycle research by academics & practitioners from central banks and other policy institutions
Scientific Director (FP7-Grant), AUEB (Mar 2012-Feb 2015) Scientist-in-charge for FP7-PEOPLE-2012 Grant in Macro-Financial Econometrics
Marie Curie Fellow (FP7-IEF Grant), European University Institute (EUI), Florence (May 2010-May 2011) Interdisciplinary research under FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF programme for multidisciplinary work in Economics.
Senior Officer/Advisor Greek Ministry Finance Centre for Planning & Economic Research (KEPE) (Sep 2009–May 2010) Provision of technical advice on economic and social policy issues to the Greek Minister of Finance
Max Weber Fellow, European University Institute (EUI), Florence (Sep 2008-Sep 2009) Interdisciplinary research under the largest EU-funded postdoc programme in the Social Sciences and Humanities in the world.
Research Fellow, Center for Nonlinear Dynamics in Economics and Finance (CeNDEF), Department of Quantitative Economics, University of Amsterdam (UvA) (Nov 2006-Jan 2008) Project member of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO): “Information Flows in Financial Markets: Development of nonparametric information methods for quantifying nonlinear dependence in multivariate financial time series”
Assistant Professor of Finance and Financial Markets, Utrecht School of Economics (U.S.E) – University of Utrecht (Netherlands) (July 2006 – December 2006) Research, teaching & administrative duties at USE for the Economics/Finance curriculum
Quant/Financial Engineer/Postdoctoral Fellow, European Institute for Statistics, Probability, Stochastic Operations Research and its Applications (EURANDOM) – Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e), European Investment Bank Partners: Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium & University of Tilburg, Netherlands) (Jan 2008-May 2008) NWO: “Quantitative analysis and analytical methods to price credit risk products (ABS, CLO, CDS, CDO, CSO, Exotic.) & Multivariate Jump (Lévy) Modelling of Credit Risk” (2008-2010)
Research Fellow, Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation (Apr 2005-Oct 2006) Conducting Econometric Analysis of the interrelationships between the Cyprus Stock Exchange with other Emerging & developing Stock Markets via Extreme Value Theory
Research Fellow (joint post) Cyprus Stock Exchange/Philips College/ Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation/AUEB (Jun 2005-Jun 2007) Implementation of Forecasting Analysis for the Cyprus Stock Exchange via the comparison of traditional economic models, Technical Analysis and Artificial Intelligence techniques
Financial Consultant, Cyprus Stock Exchange / Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation (Sep 2002-Sep 2004) Development of the Institutional Framework, Performance & Prospects of Cyprus Emerging Capital Market (Prgr: 25/PENEK-02)
Engineering Consultant, SINGULAR S.A. / National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) – Decision Support Systems Laboratory – Consortium (Dec 1999-Dec 2000) Development of an Intelligent, Adapted Software for Production Scheduling of SME’s, with the Use of Dynamic Simulation Techniques (ERP Scheduling) under the Program EPET II: “Development of Innovate Systems & Applications with Advanced Multimedia Technologies & Computer Networks” – Hellenic Ministry of Development (1999-2001). Embedded in the commercial package SΕn-ERP of SINGULAR S.A.
Expert Consultant, PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) S.A. / Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (I.C.C.S – NTUA) (Oct 2001-Jun 2002) Development of the Business Plan for the Participation of the Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religion Affairs in the EU Operational Program of the Information Society, under the 3rd EU Support Framework (2000-2006)
Research Project Director, Decision Support Systems Laboratory, NTUA (Jan 1998-Mar 1999) Executive Project Director for the development of a Financial Risk Management System for the Electricity Futures Market, with the Use of Heuristic Algorithms under the EU Program CHIC-II: “Creating Hybrid solutions for Industry & Commerce/ Financial Engineering – Investment and Risk Management Problems ” (EC, DG ΧΙΙΙ 1996-1999, ESPRIT 1996-1999)
Awards/Fellowships/Grants
The ONLY EU researcher awarded four (4) EU-REA/EC Fellowships for pioneering multidisciplinary work at the intersection of many scientific fields: three (3) prestigious EU-REA Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) Fellowships (2011, 2013, 2015) and one (1) EU-funded Max Weber Fellowship (2009)
PI for UM partner HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01 (2021-2027): “Promoting and Incentivising Federated, Trusted, and Fair Sharing and Trading of Interoperable Data ASsets”, Acronym “PISTIS” (Consortium of 104 partners coordinated by Fraunhofer Society for the Advancement of Applied Research, the biggest organization for applied research and development services in Europe)
Hellenic Financial Literacy Institute (HFLI) & European Investment Bank (EIB) joint project (2017-2018)
Award Research Programme LABEX ReFi / Financial Regulation Lab (Paris) (2016-2020): Big data sets, Blockchain and Bitcoin, HFT and their link with financial regulation
ADEMU H2020 RIA Project Senior fellow (2015-2018): Coordinating institution European University Institute
H2020-MSCA SF Grant : “NAUTILUS: New Models For Macroprudential Policy & Forecasting: The Euro Crisis”, (2015-2017)
Research Programme-Action I: “Nonlinear Equilibrium Dynamics in the Term Structure of European & International Bond Yields: Monetary Policy & Forecasting in the aftermath of the global financial crisis”, AUEB (2016-present)
Research Programme-Action I: “Investigating the Linear & Nonlinear dynamic interdependencies among FX Rates, Stock Indices & Macro-Fundamentals: Parametric & Nonparametric Causality Testing via Mulitvariate Filtering”, AUEB (2014-2015)
FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG Grant : “Advanced Spectral Techniques & Macro-Financial Linkages in the Euro area”, AUEB (2012-2015)
FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF Marie Curie Programme, European University Institute (EUI), Florence (2010-2011)
P.E.V.E: “Nonlinearities in the relation between European sovereign bond yields and the banking sector”, AUEB (2010-2012)
Max Weber Programme: European University Institute (EUI), Florence (2008-2009)
N.W.O Project: “Information Flows in Financial Markets”, CeNDEF, UvA, (2002-2008)
EIBURS Project: “Quantitative analysis and analytical methods to price credit risk products: Multivariate Jump (Lévy) Modelling of Credit Risk”, EURANDOM, (2008-2010)
AUEB/CRPF Project: “Econometric Analysis of the interrelationships between the Cyprus Stock Exchange with other Emerging and developing Stock Markets: The Extreme Value Theory approach”, (2005-2006)
“Operational Program Information Society”, Hellenic Ministry of Education, 3rd EU Support Framework (2000-2006)
CSE / The Philips College / CRPF / A.U.E.B: “Forecasting Analysis for the Cyprus Stock Exchange Indices: A comparison of traditional methods of technical analysis & ANN” (2005-2007)
EPET II: “Development of Innovate Systems and Applications in Training by Using Advanced Multimedia Technologies and Computer Networks”, Hellenic Ministry of Development (1999-2001)
CHIC-II : “Creating Hybrid solutions for Industry and Commerce”, (EC, DG ΧΙΙΙ 1996-1999), ESPRIT
CSE / The Philips College / CRPF / A.U.E.B: “The Cyprus Stock Exchange: Institutional Framework, Performance and Prospects of an Emerging Capital Market ” (2002-2004)
Other national projects (details upon request)
Consulting/Professional Experience
Principal investigator/experienced researcher/project manager in European and national research projects: H2020, EC-FP7, HFLI-EIB, LABEX ReFi / Financial Regulation Lab (Paris), European Investment Bank (EIB), Max Weber Programme, EC Marie Curie, Netherlands organization for scientific research-NWO, EU 3rd Framework Programme, EC DG-XIII/ESPRIT, EPET-II/Hellenic Ministry of Development, Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation/Penek etc.
Engineering & financial expert consultant in the public and private sector: SEED Consulting (Malta), Greek Ministry of Finance, Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE), Greek Ministry of Development, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, KANTOR S.A., Hellenic Institute of Communication and Computer Systems – I.C.C.S, Singular S.A
Teaching (PhD, MEng, MSc, MBA, BSc level / Erasmus)
-“Big Data Science, ML & AI in Economics/Finance” (MSc/PhD level)
-“Time Series Econometrics” (Hons/MSc) & “Advanced Time Series Econometrics” (Hons/MSc level)
-“Econophysics & Nonlinear Economic Dynamics” (MSc/PhD level)
-“Complexity theory Economics” (MSc/PhD level)
-“Advanced Econometrics” (PhD/MSc, BSc & ERASMUS level)
-“Tokenization, Blockchain & DeFi” (MSc/PhD level)
-“Crypto-Econometrics, Algorithmic trading & Technical analysis” (crash course mode)
-“Econometrics in Banking & Finance” (BSc/Hons level)
-“Spectral & Nonparametric Econometrics” (crash course mode)
-“Stochastic Differential Equations & Martingales with Applications in Derivatives Markets” (BSc level)
-“OR & Decision/Expert Systems” (MEng/PhD level) School of Electrical & Computer Engineering, (NTUA)
-“Computational Finance & Econometrics” (ERASMUS+ level)
-“Quantitative Methods in Economics & Finance” (BSc in Finance)
-“Financial Engineering & Risk Measurement” (BSc/MSc level)
-“Corporate Finance & Financial Markets” (BSc/MSc levels)
-“International Corporate Finance” (BSc level)
Publications (see web-page tab)
Over 320 articles in the most highly esteemed academic journals and in books and proceedings in many scientific fields.
More than 25 single-authored papers published in the most accredited topical journals.
Books/Collective volumes.
Working papers / research in progress.
Conferences/Seminars/Presentations
(indicative list)
Israel Western Galilee University (2022, invited speaker), Carlos III Madrid (2008, invited speaker), CUNY-New York (2014, invited speaker), Baruck College (2014, invited speaker), European University Institute (EUI) (2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, invited speaker), IMT-Lucca (2010, invited speaker), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (2009), University of Amsterdam (2013, invited speaker), Technical University of Eindhoven-EURANDOM (European Research Institute of Random phenomena, Probability, Stochastic Operations Research & Applications) (2007, invited speaker), University of Udine (2009), Netherlands Society for Statistics & Operations Research (2007, invited speaker), Athens University of Economics & Business (2009, invited speaker), Aristotle University Thessaloniki (2009, invited speaker), IPAG Business School (2014, 2015, 2016 invited speaker), University of Crete (invited speaker), University of Bologna (2003, invited speaker), Linkoping University (2016, invited speaker), University of Piraeus, Athens Derivatives Exchange, University of Cyprus (2004, invited speaker), Bocconi University (2010, invited speaker), Cambridge University (2011, invited speaker), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC) (2014, invited speaker), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca (2014, invited speaker) etc.
Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis Conference in Economics and Finance (RCEF- 2016, 2015, 2014, Rimini, Italy), ADEMU “Sustainable Economic and Monetary Union in Europe in turbulent times” (EUI, Florence, Italy 2016), ADEMU “Competitive Effects of Trade: Theory and Measurement” (EUI, Florence, Italy 2016), ADEMU Conference “Debt Sustainability and Lending Institutions”, (EUI, Florence, Italy 2016), RCEA 8th Bayesian Econometrics Workshop, EUI conference Competitive Effects of Trade: Theory and Measurement (2016), 4th Time Series workshop, (Rimini, Italy, 2016), RCEA Macro-Money-Finance Workshop “Advances in Macroeconomics and Finance”, (Rimini, Italy, 2016), 10th Rimini Bayesian Econometrics Workshop (Rimini, Italy, 2016), 2016 Paris Financial Management Conference (PFMC-2016, Paris, France), Macroeconomics of Financial Frictions (Cambridge, UK, 2016), ADEMU Macroeconomic and Financial Imbalances and Spillovers CERGE-EI (Prague, 2016), 20th International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance (Crete, Greece, 2016) Risk Sharing Mechanisms for the EU – ADEMU conference (EUI, Florence, 2016), ADEMU conference: Job Creation, Job Destruction and Productivity Growth (Florence, Italy, 2016), Financial Development and Economic Stability, Durham UK (FDES-2016), FEBS Conference (Athens 2015, 2016), Advances in Empirical Macro & Finance (Istanbul, Turkey, 2016), 5th Financial Engineering & Banking Society (FEBS) Conference (Athens, Greece, 2015), 2015 Paris Financial Management Conference (PFMC-2015, Paris, France), ADEMU Legal and Institutional Dimensions of EMU Intensive Workshop (EUI, Florence, Italy, 2015), ADEMU Conference (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 2015), 19th International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance (Crete, Greece, 2015), The Rimini Conference in Economics and Finance (RCEF-2014, Rimini, Italy), 2014 Paris Financial Management Conference (PFMC-2014, Paris, France), 13th Conference on Research on Economic Theory & Econometrics (Milos, Greece, 2014), 5th GLUNLAB workshop (Rimini, 2014), 4th Financial Engineering & Banking Society (FEBS) Conference (University of Surrey, UK, 2014), 18th International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance (Crete, Greece, 2014), Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics 22nd Annual Symposium (CUNY, New York, 2014), 34th International Symposium on Forecasting (ISF) (Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2014), 3rd Financial Engineering & Banking Society (FEBS) Conference (Athens, Greece, 2013), RCEA 7th Bayesian Econometrics Workshop, 2nd Time Series Workshop (RCEA, Rimini, 2013), 7th CSDA International Conference on Computational and Financial Econometrics (CFE-2013 London, UK), EEA-ESEM (Gothenburg, 2013), ESOBE 2013 Norges Bank (Oslo, 2013), Bank of England Seminar series (London,UK, 2013), Workshop on Empirical Macroeconomics (Ghent, Belgium, 2013), RES 2013, Royal Holloway University of London (London, UK, 2013), ICEEE 2013 (Genova, Italy, 2013), 17th International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance (UoC, 2013, Crete), XXI International Conference on Money, Banking and Finance (CASMEF LUISS Guido Carli, Rome, Italy, 2013), 6th CSDA International Conference on Computational and Financial Econometrics (Oviedo, Spain, CFE-2012), Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Seminar series (Philadelphia, 2012), University of Pennsylvania Econometrics Seminar, Department of Economics, (Philadelphia, 2012), CeNDEF@15 Symposium (ASE, University of Amsterdam, UvA, 2013), University of Pennsylvania, CEPR-EABCN Conference at the Banque Central du Luxembourg (BCL, Luxemburg, 2012), 18th International Conference Computing in Economics and Finance (CEF 2012, Prague), Econometrics Workshop, (EUI-Department of Economics, Florence, Italy, 2011), 15th International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance (Crete, Greece, 2011), EC-squared (EC)2 – Econometrics for Policy Analysis (EUI, Florence, Italy, 2011), EABCN Conference on Econometric Modelling of Macro-Financial Linkages (EUI, Florence, Italy, 2011), Conference on New Developments in Time Series Econometrics (EUI, Florence, Italy, 2011), POLHIA Conference on Economic Policies with Heterogeneous Agents (Milan, Italy, 2011), 11th Workshop in Optimal Control, Dynamic Games and Nonlinear Dynamics (UvA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2010), 6th Colloquium on Modern Tools for Business Cycle Analysis (EUROSTAT-EUI, Luxembourg, 2010), Interacting Agents and Nonlinear Dynamics in Macroeconomics, (University of Udine, Italy, 2010), 14th International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance (Crete, Greece, 2010), 13th International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance (Crete, Greece, 2009), Econometrics Workshop (EUI-Department of Economics, Florence, Italy, 2009), Max Weber Programme Seminar (EUI, Florence, Italy, 2008), European Financial Management Association Conference (Athens University of Economics and Business & National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece, 2008), 12th International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance (Crete, Greece, 2008), 14th International Conference on Computing in Economics and Finance (Paris, France, 2008), 13th International Conference on Forecasting Financial Markets (Marseille, France, FFM 2006), International Conference of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering (Korinthos, Greece, ICCMSE-AFF2-2005), 9th International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance (Crete, Greece, 2005)European Financial Management Association Conference (FFM 2005), International Conference of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering (Athens, Greece, ICCMSE-AFF1-2004), 8th International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance (Crete, Greece, 2004), 6th Hellenic European Conference on Computer Mathematics & its Applications (HERCMA, Athens, Greece, 2003), 2nd Annual Conference of EEFS “European Integration: Real & Financial Aspects” (Bologna, Italy, 2003) etc.
Refereeing/Awards
(indicative list)
Best reviewer award by the European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR, Elsevier), 2010
Best reviewer award by the Journal of Empirical Finance (JEF, Elsevier), 2015
Regular Refereeing (indicative list; in all journals multiple times as a regular referee):
Econometrica, TFS IEEE, IEEE Access, Entropy, Technology in Society, Risk Analysis, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis, Management science, Journal of Economic Behaviour & Organization, International Journal of Forecasting, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Forecasting, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Resources Policy, Bulletin of Economics, Empirical Economics, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Quantitative Finance, Computational Economics, European Journal of Finance, Journal of Macroeconomics, Journal of Economic Surveys, Economic Modelling, European Journal of Operational Research, Emerging Markets Review, Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Applied Mathematical Modeling, Energy Economics, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, IEEE-Transactions on Neural Networks, International Review of Economics and Finance, Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, International Review of Financial Analysis, Review of International Economics, Review of Finance & Economics, Review of Financial Economics, The Energy Journal, Entropy, Heliyon, Applied Economics Letters, Economics Research International, Emerging Markets Finance, International Review of Economics and Finance, Emerging Markets Finance & Trade Journal, Global Finance Journal, Asia Pacific Management Review, Journal of Asia Business Studies, Economics Research International, Bulletin of Economics, Recourses Policy, Emerging Markets Review, Quarterly Review in Economics & Finance, Emerging Markets Review, Research in International Finance & Business, International Journal of Transport Economics, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Econometrics Journal, Entropy Journal, Review of Behavioral Economics, Review of Behavioral Finance, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves & Applications, Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Digital Signal Processing, Mathematics & Computers in Simulation, Economic Inquiry, The World Economy etc.
Editorial Boards/Conference organization-Scientific Committees
Editorial Boards
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:
– “ECONOMICS – Innovative and Economic Research Journal” DeGruyter
– “AI Insights”, IECE Institute of Emerging and Computer Engineers, USA
– “Journal of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies”, IECE Institute of Emerging and Computer Engineers, USA
– “Journal of FinTech and Financial Engineering” , IECE Institute of Emerging and Computer Engineers, USA
– “IECE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and Data Science”, IECE Institute of Emerging and Computer Engineers, USA
INAUGURATE DISTINGUISHED EDITORIAL MEMBER “Reviews of Economic Literature (REL)“ Diamond journal, Stanford University Press (SUP)
– ACADEMIC EDITOR “PLOS ONE” Plos
– EDITOR “Chaos, Solitons & Fractals” Elsevier
– EDITOR “Technology in Society” Elsevier
– “Risk Analysis” Wiley
– “INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics (IJAA) (formerly Interfaces)” Informs
– “Entropy” Journal Mdpi
– “Energy Systems” Springer
– “Complex Engineering Systems”, One Publishing
– “Journal of Economic Surveys” Wiley
– “Journal of Forecasting” Wiley
– “Computational Economics” Springer – official journal of the Society for Computational Economics (SCE)
– “Econometrics” Journal Mdpi
– “Review of Behavioral Economics” Nwo
– “Review of Behavioral Finance”
– “Quantitative Finance & Economics” Mdpi
– “International Review of Financial Analysis” Elsevier
– “Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money” Elsevier
– “Finance Research Letters” Elsevier
– “Heliyon” Elsevier
– “Emerging Markets Finance and Trade” Taylor & Francis
– “International Review of Economics & Finance” Elsevier
– “Alexandria Engineering Journal” Elsevier
– “Forecasting” journal Mdpi
– “Financial Statistical Journal” Mdpi
Conference Organization/Scientific Committee
Financial Development and Economic Stability, Durham UK (FDES-2016)
FEBS Conference, Athens
Annual International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis & International Finance Crete, (2013- 2018)
ADEMU H2020 conferences & workshops (2015-2018)
Paris Financial Management Conference Paris, (2014 – present)
Advances in Empirical Macro & Finance, Istanbul 2016
Academic/Admin Committees
Laboratory for Applied Finance & Economics, AUEB
Erasmus and Erasmus+, AUEB
Member PhD Programme Committee, AUEB
Hellenic Ministry of Education, Full Professor academic elector/evaluator (35577)
Current Research areas
QUANTUM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE / MACHINE LEARNING: Quantum Fourier/wavelet Transform, QKD Cryptography, Quantum Machine learning algorithms, Hybrid Classical/Quantum AI Computing, Quantum forecasting, System Superposition/Entanglement
BLOCKCHAIN, DeFi & METAVERSE, NEUROMORPHING COMPUTING: MEV-based attacks, Smart contracts, CBDCs, Oracle and semantic risks, Stablecoins, Algos, FinTech, Cryptography, Tokenization, Governance, Complex token wrapping structures, Composability risks, HFT, Technical analysis, Cryptocurrencies, Crypto-Econometrics & Technical trading, Intelligent AMM/DEX design, Metaverse & Singularity risks, NFTs
BIG DATA SCIENCE / FINANCIAL ECONOMETRICS: Nonlinear Time Series Modeling/Forecasting, Dependence/Causality, TVP-VAR, SVAR, BVAR, FAVAR, Hybrid DSGE models, State Space modelling (discrete & continuous time)
BIOINFORMATICS: Computational Medicine, Genetic Engineering, Health Policy, Synthetic Biology, Epigenomics
ECONOPHYSICS & NONLINEAR ECONOMIC DYNAMICS: Fractality & Chaos, Nonlinear Macro-economic Dynamics & Economic Chaos
FINANCIAL ENGINEERING/COMPUTATIONAL ECONOMICS: Machine Learning, Technical trading, Exotic Derivatives
CONTROL THEORY: Chaotic, Hyperchaotic, Robust, H2, Stochastic & Optimal control (discrete & continuous time)
PROBABILITY & STATISTICS: Multivariate Extreme-Value Theory, Nonparametric statistics, Bayesian methods (MCMC, MH, IS)
SPECTRAL ANALYSIS: Filtering / Signal processing & Wavelet decomposition
OPERATIONS RESEARCH: Optimization / Simulation applications in Large Scale Multi-criteria problems
ECONOMIC/FINANCIAL MODELLING: Econophysics, Heterogeneous Agent models, Bounded rationality, Behavioral economics
Technical skills/competencies
High computer literacy, adaptability and knowledge of software/matrix programming languages, sql/databases, github, robotics, mob.apps, low-level assembly, blockchain/solidity coding, quantum algorithms & AI/ML programming etc
Academic titles/Awards
HABILITATIONs Full Professor: Econometrics, Economic Statistics, Operations Research & Mathematical Methods, Economic Policy (Abilitazione Prima Fascia)
MMUS in Music Theory & Performance, Experimental Conservatory School of Music, Athens
Schools/Seminars/Workshops
EABCN Training School on “Term structure models and the zero lower bound” 2015, European University Institute, Florence, by Jens Christensen (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)
“EABCN Training School: Advances in Bayesian Analysis of DSGE Models” EABCN, by Frank Schorfheide (University of Pennsylvania) EUI, Florence, 2016
“Dynare Summer School”, by CEPREMAP, DSGE-net, Bank of France training school, 2012, Banque de France, Paris
“Econometric Analysis of Mixed Frequency Data with Macro/Finance Applications”, EABCN Training school, by Eric Ghysels, 2011, Economics Department, EUI, Florence, Italy
“Agent-based Modelling using NetLogo”, Luis R. Izquierdo, 2009, Economics Department, EUI, Florence
“Bayesian Simulation Based Econometrics in Practice”, Herman K. van Dijk, 2008, EUI, Italy
“Complexity in Economics and Finance”, Lorentz Center, 2007, Leiden, The Netherlands
“Macroeconomics Dynamics & Monetary Policy”, Department of Quantitative Economics, CeNDEF, University of Amsterdam (UvA), 2007, The Netherlands
“Object-oriented programming languages, Analysis and design of Data-base applications”, SINGULAR S.A, 2000, Athens, Greece
Visiting professor
Department of Economics and Finance, LUISS Guido Carli, Rome, Italy
School of Economics and Finance (QMUL), Queen Mary University of London
IPAG Business School, Paris, France
Department of Management Science and Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
Faculty of Economics, Cambridge University
Department of Economics, European University Institute, Florence
PostDoc/PhD/MSc supervision/member committee
Post-doctoral & PhD supervisions: Charilaos Giannakidis, Novella Maugeri, Denys Maasdorp, Roberto Martino, Matthiieu Garcin, Gazi Uddin, Lasha Kavtaradze, Chris Avdoulas, Dimitra Kouloumpou, Chris Tzomakas (current), Zoi Paravalou (current), among 25 other.
MSc Supervisions: over 30 theses as a supervisor or co-supervisor comparable to master theses in the UK system
Expert Evaluator
Expert Evaluator Times Higher Education World University Rankings “THE’s Global Academic Reputation Rankings”
Expert Evaluator QS Reputation Survey – QS World University Rankings
Expert Evaluator / Vice chair, European Commission (EU-REA panels, H2020)
Expert Evaluator “la Caixa Barcelona Institute” Banking Foundation
WES Expert for Ifo Institute (Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, University of Munich)
Economic Expert – Bank of Finland, CEPR, Oxford University
NSERC Grant Reviewer/Evaluator – Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
National Science Foundation (NSF) – USA
Expert Reviewer SNF – Swiss National Science Foundation
Regular Evaluator of EU/National projects at the Research Centre of AUEB (RC-AUEB) & GSRT (Ministry of Education)
International Expert for Paris Region Fellowship Programme (ParisRegionFP), H2020 Orientation Service de la Recherche et Culture Scientifique
Collaborating Universities/Institutions
See Publications Web-page tab for co-authors affiliations, and for international projects details upon request e.g., London School of Economics (LSE), Western Galilee University, Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Montpellier Business School (MBS), Linkoping University, IPAG Business School, Cambridge University, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, University of Amsterdam (UvA), University of Pretoria, Sorbonne University Paris-Pantheon I, Concordia Busienss School, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UCSC), University of Florence, Bocconi University etc
Memberships/Associations
LSE Health Centre, Society for Economic Measurement (SEM), America’s Top Professors (Faculty Row), Royal Economic Association, European Economic Association, Rimini Center for Economic Analysis (RCEA), Euro Area Business Cycle Network (EABCN), Econometric Society, Society for Computational Economics (SCE), IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, INFORMS, Rotary International and Hellenic Rotary Club (2457).
Languages: English, Italian (excellent), Spanish (very good), French (passive), Greek (native)
Music theory & composition, Guitar professor in most music genres
Military service: Armor (black berets) & Artillery (blue berets) Arms. Trained for active combatant unrestricted service I1 (equivalent 1-A USA)
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) instructor, Black belt Dan Ju-Jitsu Master, ISU certified instructor International StreetFighting Union, DAS system Self-defense certified instructor, Aikido and Krav-Maga (seminar series training certified), Muy Thai, Lethwei, Kūdō