جستجوی استاد راهنمای دانشگاهی

Charles D. Piotمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Transnationalism
• Political Economy
• Post Colonialism
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Charles D. Piot is a Professor and Bass Fellow in the Department of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University's Arts & Sciences. His work spans contemporary culture and politics, histories of slavery and colonialism, and transnational African diasporic studies. Ph.D., University of Virginia (1986) M.A., University of Virginia (1982) B.A., Princeton University (1973) Research focuses on francophone West Africa , particularly Togo, with theoretical contributions to modernity , biopolitics , postcolonialism , and transnational migration . He explores how globalization, NGOs, and religious movements reshape sovereignty and social structures. Recent work examines urban informality and economic resilience in African microenterprises. His publications include award-winning books Nostalgia For the Future (2010) and Remotely Global (1999), alongside peer-reviewed articles on topics ranging from visa lottery systems to ethnographic theory. As co-editor of Cultural Anthropology (2011-2015), he advanced open-access publishing initiatives. Scientific awards include the African Politics Conference Group Award for Best Book on African Politics (2010) Royal Anthropological Institute's Amaury Talbot Prize (1999) African Studies Association's Herskovits Prize finalist (1999)

Marie Vasekمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس

• Cybersecurity
• Cybercrime Measurement
• Security Economics
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Dr. Marie Vasek is a Lecturer in Information Security at the Department of Computer Science, University College London (UCL) . She joined UCL in August 2019 after serving as an Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico (UNM) from 2017-2019. PhD in Computer Science (2017) - University of Tulsa, advised by Dr. Tyler Moore MSc in Computer Science (2015) - SMU BA in Computer Science & Mathematics (2012) - Wellesley College Her research spans computer security, focusing on security economics and cybercrime measurement . Key areas include cryptocurrency fraud (pump-and-dumps, Ponzi schemes), SMS scams, decentralized finance (DeFi) deception, and ethical challenges in security research. Recent work examines physical cryptocurrency attacks ("wrench attacks"), regulatory frameworks for CBDCs, and social media's role in illicit drug advertising. Dr. Vasek has received notable recognition, including the 2016 Google Anita Borg Scholarship . She co-directed StopBadware (2011-2020) and contributes to UCL's teaching through courses like COMP0141 Security and COMP0057 Research in Information Security . Her publications appear in venues like USENIX Security , IEEE Blockchain Conference , and Workshop on the Economics of Information Security .

Jan Beekمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Police Studies
• Anthropology
• Bureaucracy Studies
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Dr. Jan Beek is a Professor at Bielefeld University's Faculty of Sociology, specializing in the ethnographic study of policing dynamics, bureaucratic structures, and transnational fraud mechanisms. His research explores how individuals and institutions categorize identities during acts of control in public spaces, with a focus on Africa, India, Germany, and multicultural contexts. He leads the 'Policing as a Practice of Categorization' project, employing methodologically pluralistic approaches to analyze police work in diverse settings. Notable contributions include defining new research fields like the anthropology of fraud and policing in multicultural societies. His work critically examines statehood production through everyday police interactions, as detailed in his book Stateness: Police work in Ghana . His research appears in journals like Africa , Journal of Modern African Studies , and Social Anthropology . Awards include the Franz Xaver Kaufmann Prize and the Thomas A. Herz Prize for qualitative research. Beek's fieldwork spans Ghana, Kenya, India, and Germany, emphasizing global comparative perspectives in policing and bureaucratic practices.

Erkki Vihriäläمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Household Finance
• Behavioral Economics
• Consumer Finance
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Erkki Vihriälä is an Assistant Professor in Finance and Academy of Finland Research Fellow at Aalto University's School of Business, Department of Finance. His research focuses on household finance, examining topics like liquidity constraints, credit card debt behavior, and inheritance planning. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance (details not explicitly provided). Research Interests: Household financial decision-making Behavioral economics applications in consumer finance Debt management strategies Intra-household economic dynamics Economic impacts of fraud Key Contributions: His work analyzes self-imposed liquidity constraints through voluntary debt repayment choices, the credit card debt puzzle via anchoring effects, and household responses to inheritance expectations. Recent studies include behavioral responses to Ponzi scheme participation. Grants & Awards: No specific grants or awards listed in provided materials. Labs/Teams: No lab affiliations explicitly mentioned, though collaborates with researchers like Tuomo Virkola and Petra Vokata on multi-author projects.

• Business Process Management
• Process Mining
• Object-Centric Process Mining
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Amin Jalali is an Associate Professor of Computer and Systems Sciences at Stockholm University, specializing in business process modeling, analysis, and management. He is affiliated with the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences within the Faculty of Social Sciences, where he serves as a board member and manages three graduate courses: Business Process Design and Intelligence, Business Process and Case Management, and Data Warehousing. Institution: Stockholm University Department: Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV) Research Groups: Natural Language Processing Research Group and PRECIS (Process, Requirements, Enterprise, Capability, Information Systems modelling) His research focuses on business process analysis through model-based and data-driven techniques, with particular emphasis on process simulation, process mining, event knowledge graphs, and object-centric process mining. He has led numerous research projects across healthcare, education, and finance domains. His work includes significant contributions to the development of NLP methods involving large language models, with focus on privacy, explainability, and domain adaptation. Jalali's research output shows a strong trend toward practical applications of process mining techniques, particularly in healthcare contexts like drug-drug interaction analysis and elderly care. More recently, his work has expanded into blockchain applications for fraud detection, motor imagery signal classification, and advanced object-centric process mining approaches. His publications span both theoretical contributions to business process management frameworks and practical implementations in real-world settings. He has extensive industry experience in designing and implementing Business Intelligence and Big Data Analytics solutions, which informs his academic work and teaching approach. His research has been published consistently from 2012 through 2024, demonstrating sustained scholarly productivity in his field. Dr. Jalali has contributed significantly to the development of tools and libraries for process mining, including the dfgcompare library for process variant analysis and implementations for object-centric process mining. His work bridges academic research with practical applications, particularly evident in healthcare projects like the DDIs-Graph system for identifying drug-drug interactions.

• Blockchain Technology
• Distributed Systems
• Permissioned Blockchains
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Artem Barger is a researcher specializing in blockchain technology, distributed systems, and database optimization. With affiliations primarily in blockchain development and academic research, he has contributed extensively to Hyperledger Fabric enhancements and decentralized information systems. Research Interests Optimizing state databases for blockchain platforms Byzantine Fault Tolerance in distributed networks Permissioned blockchain architectures Tokenization of real-world assets AI applications in soft skills evaluation Recent Publications Barger's work focuses on improving blockchain scalability and security through techniques like certification blocks, Patricia Merkle tries, and verifiable randomness. He has also explored tokenization applications in charity and energy sectors.

Janet Austinمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Securities Regulation
• White-Collar Crime
• Cybercrime Enforcement
• +۲ مورد دیگر

Janet Austin is Professor of Law at the University of New Brunswick, specializing in securities regulation, white-collar crime, and international enforcement of financial crimes. With extensive prosecutorial experience at Australia's Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, she brings practical insights to corporate crime scholarship. Her research examines market manipulation, insider trading, whistleblowing systems, and cybercrime enforcement challenges. Recent publications analyze pump-and-dump schemes, whistleblower award programs, and securities trading for start-ups. Her book 'Insider Trading and Market Manipulation' has been translated into Mandarin. UNB Merit Award for teaching, research and service (2018) Oxford University Press and Australasian Law Teachers Association Best Overall Conference Paper (2017) Harley D. Hallett Graduate Scholarship (2009)

• Artificial Intelligence
• Data Science
• Data Mining
• +۷ مورد دیگر

ZHU Feida is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Associate Dean for Partnerships and Engagement at Singapore Management University's School of Computing and Information Systems. He holds the Aptos Move Professorship and specializes in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Blockchain Technology. His research spans federated learning, cybersecurity, cryptocurrency analysis, and privacy-preserving data systems. Education: PhD in Computer Science from the University of Illinois (2009). He teaches courses on Data Mining, Business Analytics, and Computer Analysis Tools. Research focuses on machine learning algorithms, blockchain-enhanced systems, and early detection of malicious activities in cryptocurrencies. Key areas include federated learning frameworks, decentralized data governance, and anomaly detection in large networks. Award: Aptos Move Professorship (Recipient). Advising: Supervises students including CHENG Ling, LIU Huiwen, and THIA Boon Sing. His work addresses challenges in data assetization, secure aggregation in federated systems, and interdisciplinary applications of AI. Labs/Teams: Engaged in collaborative projects on blockchain security and smart data analytics through initiatives like the International Workshop on Smart Data for Blockchain (SDBD).

• Corporate Governance
• Consumer Protection
• Securities Law
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Benjamin Edwards is a Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research at the William S. Boyd School of Law , University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He specializes in corporate governance, securities law, arbitration, and consumer protection. Prior to academia, he practiced securities litigation at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, handling cases from the Madoff Ponzi scheme and 2008 financial crisis. Education: J.D., Columbia Law School; Clerkship with U.S. District Court Judge Samuel H. Mays, Jr. His research examines corporate legal frameworks, financial regulation, and transactional law dynamics. Recent work includes Shifting Landscapes in Corporate Law (2025) analyzing state competition in corporate law, and Alternatives to Delaware? (2025) evaluating Nevada, Texas, and Wyoming's corporate reforms. He co-authored a Tesla derivative litigation amicus brief (2025) and explored robo-adviser regulation (2018). Key trends across his publications include: State-level corporate law competition Securities litigation and class action reform Fiduciary duty in financial advice Cybersecurity oversight liability Arbitration policy critiques He actively contributes to policy discussions, including SEC rulemaking (2023-2025) and co-chairing AALS sections (2024). His work appears in Northwestern University Law Review , Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance , and other top outlets. Professor Edwards engages in professional service as a director of the Public Investor Advocate Bar Association (2023) and organizing academic conferences like the National Business Law Scholars Conference (2025). Contact: benjamin.edwards@unlv.edu

• Accounting
• Auditing
• Banking
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Professor Li Zhen is an academic at the National University of Singapore (NUS) , affiliated with the NUS Business School in the Accounting department. With a Provost's Chair appointment, their research spans Accounting, Taxation, Public Finance, and Policy , often intersecting with Construction Engineering and Public Health applications. Research interests include Modular and prefabricated construction subsidy policies Corporate tax compliance and international tax rulings Pandemic mortality estimation via digital footprints Behavioral economics in investor dynamics Government disclosure mechanisms Urban logistics optimization The 15 most recent publications highlight methodological innovations in optimization algorithms (particle swarm techniques), policy analysis (tax incidence, carbon taxation), and social science (individualism in pandemic response). Key themes: Government-contractor collaboration frameworks Minority leadership behavior under political shifts Reciprocity in tax compliance Digital epidemiology for mortality tracking Robust scheduling in intelligent transportation Teaching activities include advanced courses such as Financial Statement Analysis , Accounting Research Seminars , and Financial Management , reflecting expertise in both theoretical and applied finance/accounting. Education background includes a Doctor of Business Administration from the University of Arizona (2003) and a Master of Accounting from Illinois State University (1998).

Mario Pascoaمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• General Equilibrium Theory
• Incomplete Markets
• Default and Collateral
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Professor Mario Pascoa is a faculty member at the University of Surrey , holding the academic rank of Professor of Economics . His career includes prior roles at institutions such as the University of Pennsylvania, Nova School of Business and Economics, and visiting positions at IMPA (Rio de Janeiro) and Universidad Carlos III (Madrid). He is affiliated with the editorial board of Economic Theory and recognized as an Economic Theory Fellow . Mario Pascoa’s research focuses on General Equilibrium Theory , Incomplete Markets , Default and Collateral , Infinite Horizon Equilibrium , Asset Bubbles , and Repo Markets . His work bridges abstract economic theory with practical financial systems, particularly in understanding market stability, leverage dynamics, and the role of collateral in equilibrium formation. His publications reveal a trajectory centered on financial economics , monetary theory , and game theory . Notable themes include repo market regulation , collateralized asset pricing , and stochastic bubbles . Many papers explore interactions between leverage , default penalties , and market completeness in both static and infinite-horizon models. Scientific Awards: Economic Theory Fellow

Ross Fuermanمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Auditing
• Securities Fraud
• Corporate Governance
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Ross Fuerman, PhD, JD is an Associate Professor of Accounting & Business Law at Suffolk University's Sawyer Business School. He holds dual professional qualifications as a CPA and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), with extensive experience as an attorney specializing in litigation and transactions, a securities regulator, and fraud auditor. His research focuses on financial disclosure-related securities fraud, auditing standards, and corporate governance challenges in global contexts. Dr. Fuerman earned his PhD from the University of Cincinnati and JD from George Washington University. He has authored over 30 peer-reviewed articles on topics such as auditor litigation risks, cross-border securities fraud involving Chinese companies, and the stock option backdating scandals. His teaching emphasizes auditing and fraud examination, having developed specialized courses at Suffolk. Research highlights include analyzing the role of auditors in major corporate failures (e.g., Wells Fargo/KPMG case), comparing securities class actions to derivative lawsuits, and evaluating post-2002 auditing regulatory environments. His work frequently examines auditor accountability mechanisms and legal outcomes related to financial misreporting. Awarded the Theta Delta Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi Faculty of the Year (2001-2002) and recipient of the SBS Summer Research Grant (2001), Dr. Fuerman currently serves on editorial boards for the Journal of Forensic & Investigative Accounting and Journal of Forensic Accounting Research . He has provided expert testimony in securities litigation cases and consults on auditing best practices.

• Blockchain Technology
• Cybersecurity
• Cloud Computing
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Wei-Tek Tsai is a Professor affiliated with Arizona State University's School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering, and previously with Beihang University and the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on blockchain technology, cybersecurity, cloud computing, and software engineering. He has contributed significantly to areas such as blockchain-based systems, smart contract development, distributed testing methodologies, and crowdsourcing in software development. His work emphasizes practical applications like fraud detection, supply chain supervision, and decentralized financial systems. Research interests include permissioned blockchains, anomaly detection in cryptocurrency transactions, and optimizing consensus mechanisms. He has published extensively in top-tier journals and conferences, including IEEE Transactions and international workshops on software engineering and security. His work bridges theoretical advancements with real-world challenges in distributed systems and cybersecurity.

• Feminist Philosophy
• Science Studies
• Epistemology
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Ben Almassi is a faculty member at Governors State University's College of Arts and Sciences, specializing in interdisciplinary research at the intersection of feminist philosophy, science studies, and ethical inquiry. His work interrogates the dynamics of trust and expertise in scientific, medical, and environmental contexts. Research Interests Feminist philosophy of science Epistemic trustworthiness Environmental and climate justice Reclamations of normative masculinity Medical/healthcare ethics Publication Trends His publications over the past 15 years reveal a sustained focus on: (1) Trust dynamics in scientific, medical, and financial contexts; (2) Reparative justice frameworks for climate change; (3) Feminist reconfigurations of masculinity and allyship; (4) Epistemic violence and its amelioration; and (5) Methodological tensions in ecological restoration and urban wilderness projects.

Saiful Azamمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس

• Accounting
• Auditing
• Accounting Data Analytics
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Dr. Saiful Azam is a Lecturer in the Department of Accounting, Info Sys & Supply Chain at RMIT University. He holds a PhD in Accounting, an MBA, a Master of Business (Accountancy), and is a Chartered Accountant (CA). His research focuses on auditing, corporate accountability, and the integration of machine learning in financial reporting processes. He is particularly interested in how ML impacts audit procedures and financial statement assurance for listed companies in Australia. Teaching interests include Financial Accounting and Accounting Data Analytics. He supervises research projects exploring the intersection of technology and auditing practices. His work spans environmental accounting, regulatory reforms, and fraud detection, evidenced by publications in journals like International Review of Economics and Finance and Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal . Dr. Azam’s recent research includes studies on annual report readability’s impact on securities offerings, debt overhang’s environmental consequences, and climate policy reforms in Bangladesh. He actively collaborates with industry and academia to advance transparency and accountability in financial reporting systems.