Curriculum Vitae
Education
- PhD in Econometrics, Athens University of Economics and Business, 2005
- MSc in Decision Sciences, Athens University of Economics and Business, 2001
- MEng in Electrical & Computer Engineering, National Technical University
of Athens, 1999
Current Research Interests
Time series econometrics, learning theory, nonlinear dynamics & chaos, extreme value statistics, optimal control, state space modeling, filtering, machine learning
Research positions
- Marie Curie fellow (PI), Athens University of Economics and Business
- Marie Curie fellow, European University Institute, Florence
- Max Weber fellow, European University Institute, Florence
- Research fellow, Center for Nonlinear Dynamics in Economics and Finance (CeNDEF)
- Postdoctoral research fellow, European Institute for Statistics, Probability, Stochastic Operations Research and its Applications (EURANDOM)
- Senior Fellow, Centre of Planning and Economic Research (KEPE)
- Postdoctoral fellow, Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of Finance (DAF)
- Research fellow, Decision Support Systems Laboratory (EPU-NTUA), National Technical University of Athens
Current Faculty position
Ass. professor, Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of Finance
Visiting scholar
- Department of Economics and Finance, LUISS Guido Carli, Rome
- Department of Economics, European University Institute, Florence
- Department of Quantitative Economics (UvA), Center for Nonlinear Dynamics in Economics and Finance
- School of Economics and Finance (QMUL), Queen Mary University of London
Consulting/Professional experience
- Principal investigator/experienced researcher/project manager/team member in many European and national research projects (EC-FP7, European Investment Bank, 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 (Centre of Planning and Economic Research - Greek Ministry of Finance, Hellenic Ministry of Development, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, KANTOR S.A., Institute of Communication and Computer Systems - I.C.C.S, Singular S.A)
Memberships/Associations
European Area Business Cycle Network (EABCN), Econometric Society, Society of Financial Econometrics, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, Society for Computational Economics (SCE), Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA)
Other
- Diploma in Music Theory, 1999