Novel Financial Applications of Machine Learning and Deep Learning Algorithms, Product Modeling, and Applications

Mohammad Zoynul Abedin is a Senior Lecturer in Fintech and Financial Innovation at Teesside University International Business School, Teesside University, UK. He received his B.B.A. and M.B.A. degrees in finance from the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh, and his D.Phil. degree in investment theory from the Dalian University of Technology, China. Dr. Abedin published more than 70 papers, including peer reviewed full length articles, conference papers, and book chapters. His work appears on the
Annals of Operations Research
,
International Journal of Production Research
,
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
, to mention a few. His current research interests include business data analytics, fintech, and computational finance. He is a fellow of the Financial Management Association (FMA), and British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA).

Petr Hajek is a Professor at the Science and Research Centre, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic. He holds a Ph.D. degree in system engineering and informatics. Professor Hajek is the author or coauthor of 5 books and more than 70 articles in leading journals such as
Information Sciences
,
Decision Support Systems
, and Knowledge-Based Systems. His current research interests include business decision-making, soft computing, text mining, and knowledge-based systems. He is a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), KES International, and Association for Information Systems (AIS).