Panos Pardalos

NRU HSE Academic advisor of the Laboratory of Algorithms and Technologies for Network Analysis

Artificial Intelligence, Data Sciences and Optimization in Financial Markets

Artificial Intelligence (along with data sciences and optimization) has been a fundamental component of many activities in economics and finance in recent years. In this lecture we first summarize some of the major impacts of AI tools in economics and finance
and discuss future developments and limitations.
In the second part of the talk we present details on neural network embeddings on corporate annual filings for portfolio selection.

Panos Pardalos was born in Greece and graduated from Athens University (Department of Mathematics). He received his PhD (Computes and Information Sciences) from the University of Minnesota. He is a Distinguished Emeritus Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Florida, and an affiliated faculty of Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science & Information & Engineering departments. Panos Pardalos is a world-renowned leader in Global Optimization, Mathematical Modeling, Energy Systems, Financial applications, and Data Sciences. He is a Fellow of AAAS, AAIA, AIMBE, EUROPT, and INFORMS and was awarded the 2013 Constantin Caratheodory Prize of the International Society of Global Optimization. In addition, Panos Pardalos has been awarded the 2013 EURO Gold Medal prize bestowed by the Association for European Operational Research Societies. Since 2011 he has been the academic advisor of the Laboratory of Algorithms and Technologies for Network Analysis (LATNA), NRU HSE. Panos Pardalos has been awarded a prestigious Humboldt Research Award (2018-2019). Panos Pardalos is also a Member of several Academies of Sciences, and he holds several honorary PhD degrees and affiliations. He is the Founding Editor of Optimization Letters, Energy Systems, and Co-Founder of the International Journal of Global Optimization, Computational Management Science, and Springer Nature Operations Research Forum. He has published over 600 journal papers, and edited/authored over 200 books. He is one of the most cited authors and has graduated 71 PhD students so far.