FinTech & Financial Services Researchers

 

 

Photo of Zexun Chen
Interests:
time series modelling
bayesian non-parametric modelling
algorithmic fairness
human mobility
machine learning in finance.

Zexun Chen

Design Informatics and Data Science
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
Management Science and Operations Research
e: Zexun.Chen@ed.ac.uk
Ben Moews
Interests:
Bayesian inference
machine and deep learning
high-performance computing
computational finance
market efficiency

Ben Moews

Asset Pricing and Investments
Banking, Finance and Markets
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
Management Science and Operations Research
e: ben.moews@ed.ac.uk
Galina Andreeva
Interests:
credit risk modelling
alternative finance
fintech and financial inclusion
equal opportunities in access to credit
psychology of credit behaviour
national differences in credit risk
predictive modelling; gender differences
company financial performance; text mining
big data analysis

Galina Andreeva

Data Analytics
Cybersecurity and Ethics of Technology Use
Management Science and Operations Research
e: galina.andreeva@ed.ac.uk
Jake Ansell
Interests:
data science
statistics
banking
synthetic data
machine learning
tourist flow
over-tourism
metrics for tourism
tourism models
sentiment analysis

Jake Ansell

Data Analytics
Destination Management & Sustainable Tourism
Technologies in Tourism
Visitor Attitudes, Behaviour & Flow
Banking, Finance and Markets
Cybersecurity and Ethics of Technology Use
Design Informatics and Data Science
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
Management Science and Operations Research
Technology and Innovation, E-commerce, Blockchain
e: J.Ansell@ed.ac.uk
Emilios A
Interests:
blockchain
fintech
regtech
securities
financial stability
banking law
financial law
regulation of digital currencies

Emilios Avgouleas

Banking, Finance and Markets
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
Technology and Innovation, E-commerce, Blockchain
e: emilios.avgouleas@ed.ac.uk
Benjamin Bach
Interests:
data visualisation
virtual/mixed reality
human-computer interaction
networks

Benjamin Bach

Data
Design Informatics and Data Science
Digital Design
e: bbach@ed.ac.uk
Vaishak Belle
Interests:
explainable AI
machine learning
fairness in machine learning
artificial intelligence
relational learning

Vaishak Belle

Cybersecurity and Ethics of Technology Use
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
e: vaishak@ed.ac.uk
maria boutchkova
Interests:
corporate ownership
ESG
executive compensation

Maria Boutchkova

Asset Pricing and Investments
Banking, Finance and Markets
e: maria.boutchkova@ed.ac.uk
R Calabrese
Interests:
credit risk modelling
fintech
explainable AI
cryptocurrency
big data
geospatial data
spatio-temporal modelling

Raffaella Calabrese

Data Analytics
Design Informatics and Data Science
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
e: raffaella.calabrese@ed.ac.uk
Yi Cao
Interests:
data analytics
option pricing
financial forecasting model
quantitative investment strategy

Yi Cao

Asset Pricing and Investments
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
e: yi.cao@ed.ac.uk
Theodor Cojoianu
Interests:
sustainable financial data science
green finance policy
net-zero investing
financial technology innovation

Theodor Cojoianu

Asset Pricing and Investments
Sustainable Finance
Banking, Finance and Markets
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
Technology and Innovation, E-commerce, Blockchain
e: theodor.cojoianu@ed.ac.uk
Jonathan Crook
Interests:
credit scoring
survival analysis
financial exclusion
sample selection problems
consumption and finance models

Jonathan Crook

Banking, Finance and Markets
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
e: j.crook@ed.ac.uk
Jo Danbolt
Interests:
merger and acquisition
corporate banking

Jo Danbolt

Banking, Finance and Markets
e: Jo.Danbolt@ed.ac.uk
Yizhe Dong
Interests:
alternative finance
credit risk assessment
merger and acquisition
equity valuation

Yizhe Dong

Banking, Finance and Markets
e: yizhe.dong@ed.ac.uk
Ronan Gallagher
Interests:
pension funds
payout policy
investment

Ronan Gallagher

Asset Pricing and Investments
Banking, Finance and Markets
e: ronan.gallagher@ed.ac.uk
Angelica Gonzalez
Interests:
gender diversity
boards of directors
ownership structure

Angelica Gonzalez

Banking, Finance and Markets
e: Angelica.Gonzalez@ed.ac.uk
T Hospedales
Interests:
meta-learning
neuro-symbolic learning
deep reinforcement learning
index tracking

Timothy Hospedales

Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
e: t.hospedales@ed.ac.uk
Wenxuan Hou
Interests:
fintech
initial coin offerings
machine learning
corporate finance
corporate governance

Wenxuan Hou

Banking, Finance and Markets
Cybersecurity and Ethics of Technology Use
e: wenxuan.hou@ed.ac.uk
Gbenga
Interests:
financial market microstructure
algorithmic trading
machine learning in finance

Gbenga Ibikunle

Asset Pricing and Investments
Sustainable Finance
Banking, Finance and Markets
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
e: Gbenga.Ibikunle@ed.ac.uk
Aggelos_K
Interests:
cyber security
privacy
cryptography
distributed systems

Aggelos Kiayias

Cybersecurity and Ethics of Technology Use
Technology and Innovation, E-commerce, Blockchain
e: akiayias@inf.ed.ac.uk
Markus Kohlweiss
Interests:
verification
provable security
differential privacy
blockchain
key exchange

Markulf Kohlweiss

Cybersecurity and Ethics of Technology Use
e: mkohlwei@ed.ac.uk
Ewelina Lacka
Interests:
technology adoption
technology use
digital innovation
visitor behaviour;

Ewelina Lacka

Data Analytics
Destination Management & Sustainable Tourism
Technologies in Tourism
Visitor Attitudes, Behaviour & Flow
Technology and Innovation, E-commerce, Blockchain
e: ewelina.lacka@ed.ac.uk
Joosung Lee
Interests:
auction
pricing
revenue management
fairness
mechanism design
game theory
economic theory

Joosung Lee

Visitor Attitudes, Behaviour & Flow
Banking, Finance and Markets
Design Informatics and Data Science
Economic Sociology / Philosophy
Management Science and Operations Research
e: joosung.lee@ed.ac.uk
Rafael Lima Sakr
Interests:
financial market microstructure
financial and monetary law and policy
fintech
development and sustainable finance;

Rafael Lima Sakr

Sustainable Finance
Banking, Finance and Markets
Economic Sociology / Philosophy
Technology and Innovation, E-commerce, Blockchain
e: rafael.sakr@ed.ac.uk
Belen Martin-Barragan
Interests:
Optimization
Classification
Explainable Artificial Intelligence
Sustainable finance
climate change
carbon markets
environmental finance

Belen Martin-Barragan

Data Analytics
Sustainable Finance
Design Informatics and Data Science
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
Management Science and Operations Research
e: belen.martin@ed.ac.uk
Filippo Menolascina
Interests:
private equity
venture capital
data-driven investments
entrepreneurial finance
startups

Filippo Menolascina

Asset Pricing and Investments
Banking, Finance and Markets
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
Technology and Innovation, E-commerce, Blockchain
e: filippo.menolascina@ed.ac.uk
Maria Michou
Interests:
capital market anomalies
empirical asset pricing
empirical corporate finance
behavioural corporate finance
market based accounting research

Maria Michou

Asset Pricing and Investments
Banking, Finance and Markets
e: Maria.Michou@ed.ac.uk
Fernando Moreira
Interests:
banking regulation
bank stability
causal inference
impact evaluation

Fernando Moreira

Banking, Finance and Markets
Design Informatics and Data Science
e: fernando.moreira@ed.ac.uk
Adamantios Ntakaris
Interests:
artificial intelligence
high-frequency trading
limit order books
quantitative finance

Adamantios Ntakaris

Asset Pricing and Investments
Banking, Finance and Markets
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
e: adamantios.ntakaris@ed.ac.uk
Valerio Restocchi
Interests:
complex networks
agent-based simulations
spreading phenomena
financial contagion

Valerio Restocchi

Design Informatics and Data Science
Economic Sociology / Philosophy
e: V.restocchi@ed.ac.uk
M Rovatsos
Interests:
multiagent systems
agent-based modelling
game-theoretic AI
fair division

Michael Rovatsos

Cybersecurity and Ethics of Technology Use
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
e: Michael.Rovatsos@ed.ac.uk
Khaladdin Rzayev
Interests:
market microstructure
high-frequency trading
market quality
big data analysis

Khaladdin Rzayev

Asset Pricing and Investments
Banking, Finance and Markets
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
e: khaladdin.rzayev@ed.ac.uk
S Sabanis
Interests:
portfolio diversification
risk measures
derivative pricing
stochastic gradient algorithms
machine learning

Sotirios Sabanis

Asset Pricing and Investments
Design Informatics and Data Science
e: S.Sabanis@ed.ac.uk
Andre Santos
Interests:
big data analytics
business analytics
data analytics
econometrics of financial markets
empirical asset pricing
finance & investment
financial econometrics
forecasting in finance & marketing
predictive analytics
statistics for finance

Andre Santos

Asset Pricing and Investments
Banking, Finance and Markets
Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence
Management Science and Operations Research
e: Andre.Santos@ed.ac.uk
Ben Sila
Interests:
banks
boards
corporate culture

Ben Sila

Banking, Finance and Markets
e: ben.sila@ed.ac.uk
David Siska
Interests:
stochastic control
differential and mean-field games
machine learning
liquidity modelling
market microstructure modelling
optimal execution and trading

David Siska

Banking, Finance and Markets
Design Informatics and Data Science
Technology and Innovation, E-commerce, Blockchain
e: d.siska@ed.ac.uk
T Spears
Interests:
OTC derivatives markets
cultures of financial modelling
calculative practices
valuation
risk management

Taylor Spears

Economic Sociology / Philosophy
e: taylor.spears@ed.ac.uk
Chris Speed
Interests:
design informatics
blockchain
internet of things
prototypes
workshops
design thinking
digital economy

Chris Speed

Data
Design Informatics and Data Science
Digital Design
e: c.speed@ed.ac.uk
Ben Spigel
Interests:
entrepreneurship
scale-up entrepreneurship
entrepreneurial ecosystems
entrepreneurship policy
fintech entrepreneurship

Ben Spigel

Technology and Innovation, E-commerce, Blockchain
e: ben.spigel@ed.ac.uk
Luca Taschini
Interests:
Sustainable finance
climate change
carbon markets
environmental finance
environmental economics

Luca Taschini

Asset Pricing and Investments
Sustainable Finance
Banking, Finance and Markets
e: luca.taschini@ed.ac.uk
Jordana Viotto da Cruz
Interests:
crowdfunding
digital platforms
cryptocurrencies
blockchain
peer-to-peer lending
financial innovation

Jordana Viotto da Cruz

Management Science and Operations Research
Technology and Innovation, E-commerce, Blockchain
e: jordana.viotto@ed.ac.uk
Tong Wang
Interests:
initial coin offering
peer-to-peer lending
decentralised mechanism design
online Nash bargaining
industrial economics
secondary data exploration
game theory

Tong Wang

Data Analytics
Technology and Innovation, E-commerce, Blockchain
e: twang210@ed.ac.uk