Management Team
Prof. dr. Drona Kandhai
Professor
Scientific director
Drona Kandhai is professor in data-driven Computational Finance at the Computational Science Lab and the Stochastics group of the University of Amsterdam. He has been active in the financial industry for more than 20 years, working on pricing and risk model validation, development, and integration in IT systems
Prof. dr. Sander Klous
Professor
Wetenschappelijk directeur
Sander Klous is full professor in AI & Audit at the University of Amsterdam. He is group leader of the Complex Cyber Infrastructures group at the Informatics Institute and Scientific Director of AI4FinTech.
Dr. Erman Acar
Assistant Professor
Program manager
Erman Acar is an assistant professor of Explainable AI (XAI) in Finance at the ILLC and the Informatics Institute (IvI) at the University of Amsterdam. His research interests include neurosymbolic AI, explainability and interpretability in AI, computational logic, and multi-agent systems, with applications in financial technologies.
Erman Acar is an assistant professor of Explainable AI (XAI) in Finance at the ILLC and the Informatics Institute (IvI) at the University of Amsterdam. His research interests include neurosymbolic AI, explainability and interpretability in AI, computational logic, and multi-agent systems, with applications in financial technologies.
Dr. Sven Karbach
Assistant Professor
Program manager
Sven Karbach is an Assistant Professor of Data-Driven Mathematical Modelling and Computing in Finance at the Informatics Institute and the Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics at the University of Amsterdam. His research focuses on non-parametric methods in finance, with a particular emphasis on stochastic covariance modelling and applications in energy finance and trading.
Sven Karbach is an Assistant Professor of Data-Driven Mathematical Modelling and Computing in Finance at the Informatics Institute and the Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics at the University of Amsterdam. His research focuses on non-parametric methods in finance, with a particular emphasis on stochastic covariance modelling and applications in energy finance and trading.
Dr. Simon Trimborn
Assistent Professor
Program manager
Simon Trimborn is an Assistant Professor of Econometrics and Data Science at the Amsterdam School of Economics, University of Amsterdam. He conducted his PhD studies under the supervision of Prof. Wolfgang Karl Härdle at the Humboldt-University at Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) and after his PhD studies he was employed as Research Fellow for 2 years at National University of Singapore in the group of Assoc. Prof. Ying Chen.
Dr. Fernando Santos
Associate Professor
Program manager
Fernando Santos is an associate professor at the Informatics Institute of the University of Amsterdam. He is part of the SIAS group and leads the Prosocial Dynamics Lab.
Fernando Santos is an associate professor at the Informatics Institute of the University of Amsterdam. He is part of the SIAS group and leads the Prosocial Dynamics Lab.
Dr. Marcel Boersma
Assistant Professor
Program manager
Marcel Boersma is an assistant professor at the Amsterdam Business School of the University of Amsterdam, specializing in the development of AI-driven methods for financial auditing. Alongside his academic position, he is a Senior Manager at KPMG, where he leads product development within the firm’s innovation team.
Marcel Boersma is an assistant professor at the Amsterdam Business School of the University of Amsterdam, specializing in the development of AI-driven methods for financial auditing. Alongside his academic position, he is a Senior Manager at KPMG, where he leads product development within the firm’s innovation team.
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