Research output per year
Research output per year
Campus de Campolide
1070-312 Lisboa
Portugal
NOVA Information Management School - Universidade Nova de Lisboa Campus de Campolide 1070-312 Lisboa Portugal
Portugal
Research activity per year
Afshin Ashofteh holds a Ph.D. in Information Management specializing in Statistics and Econometrics; an MBA in Finance; a Post-graduate degree in Statistical Systems specialized for Central Banks; a Master`s degree, and a BSc in Mathematical Statistics. He is certified by TÜV NORD for Risk Management and Internal Audit of Information Security Management System (ISMS). He is a Member of the Information Management Research and Development Center (MagIC), NOVA IMS. His professional path includes the experience of teaching and applying Econometrics and Statistics to problems in financial risks, actuaries, and official statistics. His scientific interests have focused on Data Science in Finance and the implementation of Big Data and predictive models in the area of Banking, Actuaries, and Official Statistics. Recently, his research works are focused on ensemble models for panel time series, machine learning approaches, and data science. His recent article about a new machine learning approach for credit-scoring with Big Data is published in Expert Systems with Application (top 5% journal in artificial intelligence), with its PySpark code awarded a Reproducible Badge, and it was the winner of the first prize of the International Conference of Risk Analysis in Austria.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ashofteh, Afshin (Recipient), 26 Apr 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Afshin Ashofteh (Speaker) & Pedro Campos (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Afshin Ashofteh (Member)
Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
Maria Manuel Nascimento (President of Jury), José A. Pinto Martins (President of Jury), Afshin Ashofteh (Member of Jury), Eduardo Cunha (Member of Jury), José Alexandre dos Santos Martins (Member of Jury), Rui Martins (President of Jury) & Sónia Raposo (Member of Jury)
Activity: Examination
Ana Serradó Bayés (Member), Delia North (Member), James R. Nicholson (Member), Afshin Ashofteh (Member), Anushka Karkelakova (Member) & Matt Parry (Member)
Activity: Membership › Membership of board
Afshin Ashofteh (Speaker) & Jorge Miguel Ventura Bravo (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Afshin Ashofteh & Jorge Miguel Ventura Bravo
17/08/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Afshin Ashofteh & Jorge Miguel Ventura Bravo
17/08/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research