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- Afshin Ashofteh holds five university degrees, including a Ph.D. in Information Management specializing in Statistics and Econometrics, an MBA in Finance, a Post-graduate degree in Statistical Systems specializing in Central Banks, a Master's degree in Mathematical Statistics, and a Bachelor's degree in Statistics and Econometrics. - For professional certifications, he is certified by TÜV NORD Germany for both Risk Management and Internal Audit of the Information Security Management Systems (ISMS). During his professional life, he passed careers with certification for CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate), Network Plus, Security Plus, Active Directory, Linux Shell Programming, ITIL v3, COBIT Framework, and SQL Server. - He has been a full-time university professor and consultant for over two decades and is an integrated researcher at the Information Management Research and Development Center (MagIC). He serves some national and international institutions as a technical advisor/consultant, such as IMF, WHO, UN DESA, Central Banks, Banking Research Institute, and Statistics Portugal (INE). - His scientific interests have focused on Data Science in Finance and implementing Big Data and predictive models in Risk, Quant, Banking, Financial Economics, and Official Statistics. He published in top-tier journals, such as a new machine learning approach with Big Data at a top 10% Artificial Intelligence journal and a new Layered Learning Time Series forecasting model (called DELMS) in a top 10% Computer Science journal. - For conferences till 2023, he was Invited Speaker at seven conferences and Keynote Speaker at two others (six in Europe, one in Africa, one in South America, and one in Asia). - Recently, he was awarded (1) the Scholastic Achievement Award in 2015 (Central Bank of Portugal), (2) the Best Research Award in 2019 (International Statistical Institute), (3) and the Best Teaching Award in 2023 (Nova University Lisbon, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, and the University of Rome Tor Vergata).
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Afshin Ashofteh

Citation names

  • Ashofteh, Afshin

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5213-E4D6-CC60
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5075-9822
Researcher Id
AAI-3996-2021
Scopus Author Id
57217177194

Email addresses

  • aashofteh@novaims.unl.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • NOVA Information Management School - Universidade Nova de Lisboa Campolide Campus, 1070-312, Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences
  • Exact Sciences - Mathematics - Statistics and Probability
  • Social Sciences - Economics and Business - Econometrics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2020
Concluded
 Gestão da Informação (Doutoramento)
Major in Área de especialidade: Estatística e Econometria
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Information Management School, Portugal
"Data Science for Finance: Targeted Learning from (Big) Data to Economic Stability and Financial Risk Management" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014 - 2016
Concluded
 Sistemas Estatísticos (Especialização pós-licenciatura)
Major in with specialization in Central Bank Statistics
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
 The best student prize and plaque from Central Banks of Portugal
2007 - 2008
Concluded
 MBA in Finance (Postgraduate Certificate)
Major in Banking and Finance
Banking Education Center of CBI, Malaysia
1998 - 2000
Concluded
 Pure Mathematical Statistics (Master)
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
1995 - 1998
Concluded
 Statistics (Bachelor)
University of Isfahan, Iran
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/01/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa MagIC, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/09 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de Informação, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020 - Current Technical Advisor World Health Organization, Switzerland
2020 - Current Technical Advisor United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United States
2020/12/01 - 2025/12/31 Technical Advisor Instituto Nacional de Estatistica, Portugal
Instituto Nacional de Estatistica, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2023 - Current Definition of the vision, scope, and macro requirements of the infrastructure for the inventory of databases, microdata and services, and anonymization of microdata bases
Principal investigator
Instituto Nacional de Estatistica, Portugal
Ongoing
2020/12/01 - 2023/12/01 Origens e Trajectórias (ICOT) da População Portuguesa
0
Research Fellow
Instituto Nacional de Estatistica, Portugal
Ongoing
2021 - 2022 Official Survey Item Classification for Mixed-Mode Effects Adjustment
Principal investigator
Instituto Nacional de Estatistica, Portugal
Concluded
2015/01/01 - 2015/12/31 Quantitative Impact Study (QIS) in financial health analysis (FHA)
-
Invited Scientist Fellow
International Statistical Institute (ISI), Netherlands
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2021 - Current Global Mortality Estimates Including COVID-19
Invited Scientist Fellow
World Health Organization, Switzerland
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2021/12/01 International Statistical Literacy and Data Analytics Poster Competition
-
Invited Scientist Fellow
International Statistical Institute, Netherlands

International Association for Statistical Education, Netherlands
Concluded
2012/01/01 - 2012/12/31 International Project of Data and Statistical Literacy Strategic Planning
-
Invited Scientist Fellow
International Statistical Institute (ISI), Netherlands
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Afshin Ashofteh. "Big Data for Credit Risk Analysis: Efficient Machine Learning Models Using PySpark". In Statistical Modeling and Simulation for Experimental Design and Machine Learning Applications, edited by Jürgen Pilz; Viatcheslav B. Melas; Arne Bathke, 245-265. Springer International Publishing, 2023.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-40055-1_14
  2. Afshin Ashofteh. "Teaching Note—Data Science Training for Finance and Risk Analysis: A Pedagogical Approach with Integrating Online Platforms". In Statistical Modelling and Risk Analysis, 17-25. Switzerland: Springer, Cham, 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-39864-3_2
  3. Ashofteh, Afshin; Campos, Pedro. Corresponding author: Ashofteh, Afshin. "A Review on Official Survey Item Classification for Mixed-Mode Effects Adjustment". In Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization, 53-61. Springer International Publishing, 2023.
    Published • 10.1007/978-3-031-09034-9_7
Conference abstract
  1. Ashofteh, Afshin; Lopes, João; Campos, Pedro. Corresponding author: Ashofteh, Afshin. "Population Trajectories Survey Methodology: Improving Coverage Error by Clustering of Freguesias and Dwelling Segmentation using Census Data in Portugal". Paper presented in Conference: EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON QUALITY IN OFFICIAL STATISTICS 2024 (Q2024), 2024.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Lopes, João. "Using population census data to assist in sampling of survey on origins and discrimination". Paper presented in XXXI Jornadas de Classificação e Análise de Dados, Leiria, 2024.
    Published
  2. Ashofteh, Afshin. Corresponding author: Ashofteh, Afshin. "A Review on Machine Learning in Fintech: The Case of Robot-Advisors". Paper presented in 23.ª Conferência da Associação Portuguesa de Sistemas de Informação, Beja, 2023.
    In press
  3. Ashofteh, Afshin. "Ensemble Methods for Consumer Price Inflation Forecasting". Paper presented in 23.ª Conferência da Associação Portuguesa de Sistemas de Informação, Beja, 2023.
    In press
  4. Ashofteh, Afshin. "Big Data for Credit Risk Analysis". 2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40055-1_14
  5. Ashofteh, Afshin. Corresponding author: Ashofteh, Afshin. "Data Science Training for Finance and Risk Analysis: A Pedagogical Approach with Integrating Online Platforms". Paper presented in 9th International Conference on Risk Analysis (ICRA9), Perugia, 2022.
    In press
  6. Ashofteh, Afshin; Bravo, Jorge M.; Ayuso, Mercedes. Corresponding author: Ashofteh, Afshin. "A Novel Layered Learning Approach for Forecasting Respiratory Disease Excess Mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic". Paper presented in 21th Portuguese Association for Information Systems Conference (CAPSI), 2021.
    Accepted
  7. Ashofteh, Afshin; Bravo, Jorge M.. Corresponding author: Ashofteh, Afshin. "Life Table Forecasting in COVID-19 Times: An Ensemble Learning Approach". Paper presented in 16th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, 2021.
    10.23919/cisti52073.2021.9476583
  8. Ashofteh, Afshin; Bravo, J.M.. Corresponding author: Ashofteh, Afshin. "A non-parametric-based computationally efficient approach for credit scoring". Paper presented in Conferencia da Associacao Portuguesa de Sistemas de Informacao (CAPSI2019), 2019.
    Published
  9. Ashofteh, Afshin. "Mining Big Data in statistical systems of the monetary financial institutions (MFIs)". Paper presented in International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics (CARMA), Valencia, 2018.
    Published • 10.4995/CARMA2018.2018.8570
  10. Ashofteh, Afshin. Corresponding author: Ashofteh, Afshin. "Application of Stochastic Process Models in Security systems of E-Banking". Paper presented in International Conference on Electronic Banking and Payment Systems, 2013.
    Published
  11. Ashofteh, Afshin. Corresponding author: Ashofteh, Afshin. "A study on Import Price Index by using Available Information of Customs office". Paper presented in The 9th International Statistics Conference, 2008.
    Published
  12. Ashofteh, Afshin. "Application of Kruskal_Wallis test on intrusion detection of computer networks". Paper presented in the 7th research week of the University of Isfahan, 2007.
    Published
  13. Ashofteh, Afshin. "Suggesting a Statistical method to Diagnose Order Point of Goods for Warehouses of Industrial Centers". Paper presented in The 6th Research Weak, 2005.
    Published
  14. Ashofteh, Afshin. "Statistical Methods and a Reliability Measure for Computer Intrusion Detection". Paper presented in International Conference on the FUTURE OF STATISTICAL THEORY,PRACTICE AND EDUCATION, Heydarabad, 2005.
    Published
  15. Ashofteh, Afshin. "Application of Statistical Tests for Detecting Intrusions into Computer Networks". Paper presented in The 7th International Statistics Conference, 2004.
    Published
  16. Ashofteh, Afshin. Corresponding author: Ashofteh, Afshin. "Sample variance and covariance for stochastic processes". Paper presented in Forth Iranian Seminar of Probability and Stochastic Process, 2003.
    Published
  17. Ashofteh, Afshin. "Estimating Systematic Missing Values by Simulation". Paper presented in The Sixth International Statistics Conference, Tarbiat Modares University, 2002.
    Published
  18. Ashofteh, Afshin. Corresponding author: Ashofteh, Afshin. "Weak Law of Large Numbers and Cesaro Uniform Integrability". Paper presented in The Third Iranian Seminar of Probability and Stochastic Process, 2001.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Afshin Ashofteh; Jorge M. Bravo; Mercedes Ayuso. "An ensemble learning strategy for panel time series forecasting of excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic". Applied Soft Computing (2022): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2022.109422.
    10.1016/j.asoc.2022.109422
  2. Ashofteh, Afshin. "Data science training for official statistics: A new scientific paradigm of information and knowledge development in national statistical systems". Statistical Journal of the IAOS (2021): https://doi.org/10.3233/SJI-210841.
    10.3233/SJI-210841
  3. Ashofteh, Afshin; Bravo, Jorge M.. "A Conservative Approach for Online Credit Scoring". Expert Systems with Applications (2021): 114835. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.114835.
    Published • 10.1016/j.eswa.2021.114835
  4. Ashofteh, A.; Bravo, J.M.. "A study on the quality of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) official datasets". Statistical Journal of the IAOS 36 2 (2020): 291-301. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85086867893&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3233/SJI-200674
  5. Ashofteh, Afshin. "A superlative Import Price Index Based on Available Information of Customs office". Journal of Monetary and Financial Economics 15 25 (2009):
    Accepted
  6. Ashofteh, Afshin. "Scanner Chain Index for Consumer Price Index". Economical Statistics Journal 3 (2008): 49-60.
    Published
  7. Ashofteh, Afshin. Corresponding author: Ashofteh, Afshin. "Survey on Evaluating Missing Values". Journal of Iranian Statistical Society 8 2 (2003): 40-47.
    Published
  8. Ashofteh, Afshin. Corresponding author: Ashofteh, Afshin. "Robust Estimators of Location and Scale". Journal of Iranian Statistical Society 8 1 (2003): 28-35.
    Published
  9. Ashofteh, Afshin. Corresponding author: Ashofteh, Afshin. "Multicollinearity and Ridge Regression". Journal of Neda (2002): 21-26.
    Published
  10. Ashofteh, Afshin. Corresponding author: Ashofteh, Afshin. "Survival Analysis of the Esophageal and Gastric Cancer". Journal of Iranian Statistical Society 7 2 (2002): 3-10.
    Published
Online resource
  1. Ashofteh, Afshin. Spark Code: A Novel Conservative Approach for Online Credit Scoring. 2021. https://codeocean.com/capsule/0503126/tree/v1.
    10.24433/CO.1963899.V1
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Ashofteh, Afshin. "Data Science for Finance: Targeted Learning from (Big) Data to Economic Stability and Financial Risk Management". PhD, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/135620.

Other

Dataset
  1. Ashofteh, Afshin. COVID-19 Combined Data-set with Improved Measurement Errors. Mendeley Data.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021 New Machine Learning Approaches for Online Financial Big Data Seminar on Data Science and Application
Allameh Tabataba’i University
2019 Winner of the best paper of the conference entitled "A non-parametric-based computationally efficient approach for credit scoring using non-traditional data" 8th International Conference on Risk Analysis and Design of Experiments
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (Vienna, Austria)
2018/07/13 Mining Big-Data in statistical systems of monetary and financial institutions International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics (CARMA 2018)
Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
2018 New technologies in Central Banking
Nova School of Business and Economics (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017 The Challenges of Improving Financial Data and Statistical Literacy in Developing Countries 61st World Statistics Congress of the International Statistical Institute
International Statistical Institute (Marakesh, Morocco)
2016 Financial Stability and Statistical Systems in Central Banking UNCTAD & WTO
UNCTAD (Geneva, Switzerland)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024 - 2024 The impact of ESG measures on credit ratings: Does it affect creditworthiness?
Supervisor
 Estatística e Gestão de Informação (Master)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Information Management School, Portugal
2024 - 2024 Predicting Default probability in Emerging Economies: A Comparative Machine Learning Approach in the Tunisian Banking Sector
Supervisor
 Ciência de Dados e Métodos Analíticos Avançados (Master)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Information Management School, Portugal
2024 - 2024 A Feature Store Architecture for Official Statistics Machine Learning
Supervisor
 Ciência de Dados e Métodos Analíticos Avançados (Master)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Information Management School, Portugal
2024 - 2024 Optimizing Financial Portfolios through Time: A Comprehensive Machine Learning Approach
Supervisor
 Ciência de Dados e Métodos Analíticos Avançados (Master)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Information Management School, Portugal
2024 - 2024 Scaling financial inclusion to drive banks’ annual deposit increase in Sub-Saharan Africa (Improving the percentage of Banked Adult Population using Nigeria’s Financial Access Data Modelling)
Supervisor
 Ciência de Dados e Métodos Analíticos Avançados (Master)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Information Management School, Portugal
2024 - 2024 The effect of football sports performance on football clubs’ stocks: The Portuguese Context
Supervisor
 Estatística e Gestão de Informação (Master)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Information Management School, Portugal
2024 - 2024 Robo-Advisors in FinTech: the case of Portugal
Supervisor
 Gestão de Informação (Master)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Information Management School, Portugal
2024 - 2024 Active portfolio management vs indexation: a study of correlation linked to a pandemic scenario
Supervisor
 Estatística e Gestão de Informação (Master)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Information Management School, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Default Determinant Factors in Peer-to-Peer Lending
Supervisor
 Estatística e Gestão de Informação (Master)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Information Management School, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Mortgage Modification: A Systematic Review of the Literature - What lessons can be learned from the 2008 crisis and incorporated in the future
Supervisor
 Estatística e Gestão de Informação (Master)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Information Management School, Portugal
2023 - 2023 Cyber Insurance portfolio Data Analytics for Underwriting Performance Measurement: Insight into student’s work at Zurich Insurance Company Ltd
Supervisor
 Marketing Analítico (Master)
Universidade NOVA de Lisboa NOVA Information Management School, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023 - 2023 Participating in a career of "From Educators To Entrepreneurial Facilitators" in Spain, which the goal was to create a set of facilitation techniques directed to Educators (Professors, Researchers, and Post-docs) to be able to actively act on reducing the gap between Academia and Business World so that classes can be taught in a way that brings Industry closer to students.
Workshop
 From Educators To Entrepreneurial Facilitators (FEEF)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy

Universidad de Cantabria, Spain

Hogeschool Gent Faculteit Natuur en Techniek, Belgium
2017 - 2019 Volunteer lead - For three years, I was participating in WebSummit conference as a leader of volunteers. We were responsible for organizing and checking the different parts of events and allocating and supervising the volunteers.
Congress
 WEB SUMMIT Conference
2017 - 2018 Participating in the athletic sports competition of the Universities of Portugal as a member of the athletic team of the University of Nova and winning the third prize among all Universities (Bronze Trophy).
Other
 CNU Atletismo Ar Livre 2017/2018
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2019 - Current International Statistical Institute (ISI) Memeber
2023 - 2026/09/26 Portuguese Association for Information Systems (PTAIS) Member

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2024/09/23 - 2034/09/25 The International Conference on Financial Technology (ICFT2024) Mercure Singapore on Stevens, Singapore

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/09/01 - Current Deep Learning in Finance (Mestrado) Université Internationale de Rabat, Morocco

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de Informação, Portugal
2019 - Current Big Data Analytics Big Data (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de Informação, Portugal
2017 - Current Financial Data Science Financial Data Science (Mestrado) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de Informação, Portugal
2017 - Current Market and Liquidity Risk Management (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de Informação, Portugal
2005 - Current Financial Reports Reporte Financeiro (Pós-Graduação) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola de Gestão de Informação, Portugal
2000 - Current Banking and Insurance Operations (Operações Bancárias e Seguradoras) Data Science in Finance (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de Informação, Portugal
2000 - Current Risk Management (Gestão de Risco) Análise e Gestão de Risco (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola de Gestão de Informação, Portugal
2000 - Current Market and Credit Risk (Riscos de Mercado e de Crédito) Riscos de Mercado e de Crédito (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Escola de Gestão de Informação, Portugal
2000 - Current Banking and Insurance Economics (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de Informação, Portugal
2000 - Current Predictive Analytics in Finance (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de Informação, Portugal
2000 - Current Statistical Learning and Inference (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de Informação, Portugal
2000 - Current Mathematical Statistics and Econometrics (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Estatística e Gestão de Informação, Portugal

Evaluation committee

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization Funding entity
2021/01/01 - 2021/07/01 I was honored to be joined by five professors of Universities as a jury of the International Statistical Poster Competition of 2020-2021, which was organized by the education section of the International Statistical Institute (ISI). There was a National competition within each country involved, followed by international competition to determine the overall winners. The winners received their prizes at the 63rd World Statistics Congress of the ISI in the Netherlands in July 2021.
Evaluator
 International Statistical Institute, Netherlands International Statistical Institute

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2021 - Current Reviewer of the journal: - Expert Systems with Applications https://research.unl.pt/ws/portalfiles/portal/33771035/Certificate_Reviewing_Expert_Systems_Applications_Afshin_Ashofteh.pdf Elsevier Inc, United States
2004 - Current Reviewer of a journal and two conferences of International Institute of Informatics and Systemics, Florida, USA. - Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics. - The International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technological Innovation: IMETI, USA. - Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and Applications: CITSA, Orlando, Florida, USA. International Institute of Informatics and Systemics, United States
Distinctions

Award

2023 Teaching Award: The Best Blended Course (Data Science in Finance) in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy
2019 The best paper prize: awarded by the International Statistical Institute: Committee on Risk Analysis and Springer publishing company.
Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Austria

International Statistical Institute, Netherlands

Springer Publishing Company LLC, United States
2018 Third award of the athletic sports competition of the Universities (FADU & CNU) (Bronze Trophy).
Federação Académica do Desporto Universitário (FADU), Portugal

Campeonato Nacional Universitário (CNU), Portugal
2017 National Award as One of the Seven Top Researchers in Monetary and Banking Studies
Monetary and Banking Research Institute, Iran
2015 Scholastic achievement award by Banco de Portugal
Banco de Portugal, Portugal
2014 Award for authorship of a book
Ministry of Education Iran, Iran
2010 Statistics World Day Award
Iranian Statistical Society, Iran
2006 Encouraging letter for outstanding teaching and research activity
University of Isfahan Faculty of Sciences, Iran