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The Sports Analytics Group of the Department of Statistics of Athens University of Economics & Business (AUEB) announces the

9^th AUEB Sports Analytics Workshop (AUEB SAW2025)

which will be hosted live at AUEB, Athens (Greece) on the evenings of Monday 5^th and Tuesday 6^th of May 2025 (Exact times will be announced soon).

The workshop will be also accompanied by a live short course on FOOTBALL ANALYTICS (7-9 May 2025) and a virtual short course on BASKETBALL DATA SCIENCE (7-9 May 2025).

Topics of the workshop include:

• Mathematical and physical models in sports
• Performance measures and models
• Optimization of sports performance
• Statistics and probability model
• Match outcome models
• Competitive strategy
• Game theoretical models
• Optimal tournament design and scheduling
• Decision support systems
• Econometrics in sport
• Analysis of sporting technologies
• Computationally intensive methods
• Financial valuation in sport

A limited number of contributed talks will be accepted.

In case you wish to contribute a talk, please submit your contributed talk here https://tinyurl.com/auebsaw2025-abstract by 10/3/2025. 

Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent as soon as possible and no later than 15/3/2025.

Webpage of SAW2025 is available here https://aueb-analytics.wixsite.com/saw2025.

Apply now here https://aueb-analytics.wixsite.com/saw2025/registration. 

Early registration will be available until the 31^st of March 2025.

We cordially invite you to the inaugural networking event, 'Bridging Generations: Connecting Marketing Minds,' hosted by the AUEB Master's Program in Marketing and Communication.

This event aims to create a platform for students, alumni, and industry professionals to connect and explore career opportunities. 
Join us and be a part of this exciting initiative! https://bit.ly/4feE7rl
 

For inquiries, please contact:
Viktoras Koukis | vkoukis@aueb.gr | 210 8203 819
Eirini Mavromara | emavro@aueb.gr | 210 8203 66

The Department of Economics of the Athens University of Economics and Business supports the organization of the 22nd Conference on Research on Economic Theory and Econometrics, which will take place at Milos from July 10 through July 14, 2024.

This summer school involves invited faculty and PhD candidates from Greece and abroad, in various areas of economic theory and econometrics. The first meeting took place in 2002 and the series has since been continued each summer.

This year the set of invited participants includes Simon Anderson (U. of Virginia), John Geanakoplos (Yale), Loukas Karabarbounis (U. of Minnesota), Stelios Michalopoulos (Brown), Eugenio Miravete (U. of Texas at Austin), Amedeo Odoni (MIT), Elias Papaioannou (LBS), Torsten Persson (Stockholm Univ.), Christopher Pissarides (Univ. of Cyprus and LSE, 2010 Nobel Prize), Sergio Rebelo (Northwestern U.,), Regis Renault (CY Cergy Paris University), Hélène Rey (LBS), Patrick Rey (Toulouse School of Economics), Enrico Spolaore (Tufts) and Michael Wolf (Univ. of Zurich), among several other distinguished guests. The program also includes several presentations by advanced PhD students and junior faculty.

For further information on the conference and the program, please visit the website
http://www2.aueb.gr/conferences/Crete2024/  

The Department of International & European Economic Studies of the

Athens University of Economics and Business

has the pleasure to invite you to the guest lecture by the

Chief Economist and Management Board Member

at the European Stability Mechanism (ESM)

and the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF)

Rolf Strauch

Euro at 25: The value of unity

Monday 22 April 2024 | 18:00 [EET]

Ceremony Hall “Eleftherios Venizelos” | Athens University of Economics and Business

The lecture will be followed by a general discussion which will be moderated by

Assoc. Prof. Panagiotis Konstantinou

from the Department of International and European Economic Studies.

Rolf Strauch is Chief Economist and Management Board Member at the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), which he joined in 2010. Mr Strauch is in charge of the divisions Economic and Market Analysis, Economic Risk Analysis, and Financial Sector and Market Analysis.

Overall, he is responsible for economic and financial analysis and policies and the country monitoring work that the two rescue funds undertake. He represents the ESM in the international and European fora. Mr Strauch is also a member of advisory committees of several academic institutions.

Prior to this, Mr Strauch worked at the European Central Bank from 2000–2010 in the Directorate General Economics on fiscal, monetary, and structural policies. He also served previously as an economist at the Deutsche Bundesbank and as a researcher at both the University of Mannheim and the University of Bonn.

Mr Strauch holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Bonn. He is a fellow at the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) in Bonn.

He is the author of numerous articles, op-eds, blog posts, and economic publications.

Note: the event will be recorded and photographed, and the material will be used for promotional purposes. 

Participants will receive certificates of attendance.  
Registration: https://forms.gle/93DCHqH1D7shuCFP6

The Department of Economics of the Athens University of Economics and Business supports the organization of the 21st Conference on Research on Economic Theory and Econometrics, which will take place at Naxos, July 10-14, 2023.

This summer school involves invited faculty and PhD candidates from Greece and abroad, in various areas of economic theory and econometrics. The first meeting took place in 2002 and the series has since been continued each summer.

This year the set of invited participants includes Costis Daskalakis (MIT), John Geanakoplos (Yale), Michael Haliassos (Goethe Univ. Frankfurt), Hugo Hopenhayn (UCLA), Stelios Michalopoulos (Brown Univ.), Stavros Panageas (UCLA), Elias Papaioannou (LBS), Anders Rahbek (Univ. of Copenhagen), Juuso Välimäki (Aalto Univ.) and Michael Wolf (Univ. of Zurich), among several other distinguished guests. The program also includes several presentations by advanced PhD students and junior faculty.

For further information on the conference and the program, please visit the website
http://www2.aueb.gr/conferences/Crete2023/

The Summit aims at promoting gender-equal access to the computer-related scientific frontiers, encouraging and educating women and men in an equal way to achieve their goals and utilize their potential in digital professions.

The goal of the Summit is also to celebrate and disseminate the achievements of computer professionals in a fair and gender-equal way.

Τhe Summit brings together students, researchers, and professionals in the field of Computer Science to:

• Present and share their achievements and experience in the computing field
• Discuss and understand the reasons why there is gender disparity in individuals opting for Computer Science and Engineering
• Consider and exchange views on gender stereotyping in Computer Science
• Come up with incentives and measures to reduce gender inequalities in the field

The Summit is organized by The Department of Informatics, Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) and the Greek Chapter of the ACM-W (ACM's Council on Women in Computing)

Information: http://gec23.aueb.gr/

Professor Vasilis Vasdekis, Vice Rector of Academic Affairs and Personnel, AUEB

Professor Vana Kalogeraki, Head of Department of Informatics, AUEB

Associate Professor Maria Roussou, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, UOA

On Monday, May 29, 2023, from 19:00 to 21:00, a seminar on "AI and Tech: Innovation, Opportunities and Risks for Business and Society" will be held by Professor Theodoros Eugeniou, in Room A24 of the main building (76 Patision Street) of the Athens University of Economics and Business.

Dr. Theodoros Eugeniou is a Professor of Decision Sciences and Technology Management at INSEAD Business School in France and Visiting Professor at the Department of Management Science and Technology of AUEB.

The seminar will take place in the English language and is addressed to the postgraduate and doctoral students of the AUEB's programs as well as to the students of the Erasmus program.

To watch the seminar, you need to register at the link: https://forms.gle/B22437N431bf3EWw6

Seminar Description:

«Tech innovations - for example internet and AI based ones - have been the focus of startups, large businesses, investors, and research for a couple of decades, with impressive results. With hindsight, it may come as a surprise that only recently – perhaps the past 5-10 years – we started to also closely consider the potential risks these technologies can create. Regulators are also developing several new requirements for online platforms and for using AI in practice. Technological progress may not only prove risky but also risks slowing down if we do not manage both tech opportunities and risks at the same time. The recent letter of Musk and others to “pause AI progress” testifies to this. How can we balance these? What does it mean for business, society, and potentially even (geo)politics? How can you participate in this unfolding global game as managers or entrepreneurs and create value for yourself, your organizations, your country, and the world?»

Short biography of Speaker:

Dr. Theodoros Eugeniou is Professor of Decision Sciences and Technology Management at INSEAD (France) and Director of the Executive Program "Transforming your Business with AI". He holds four degrees from MIT (BSc in Mathematics and BSc, MSc and PhD in Computer Science).

He has been working in research in the scientific areas of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for the past 25 years, on topics such as artificial intelligence innovations to optimize business processes and improve decision-making in marketing and finance, the institutional framework for artificial intelligence, as well as new methods machine learning.

He has published over 70 scientific articles, several of them in leading scientific journals. He is a Member of the OSA Artificial Intelligence Expert Network, a BCG Henderson Institute Consultant and an Academic Advisor on Artificial Intelligence to the World Economic Forum. He has been awarded twice (2005 and 2007) with the European Case Study Award in the "Knowledge, Information & Communication Systems Management" category.

ΑΙ@AUEB talk, Tuesday 23 May, 16:15-17:30 (hybrid presentation, Greek time)

Speaker: Angelos Alexopoulos (Dept. of Economics, AUEB)

Title: A machine learning and network approach to Value Added Tax fraud detection

Abstract:
Value Added Tax (VAT) fraud erodes tax revenues and puts legitimate businesses at a  disadvantaged position thereby impacting inequality.
Identifying and combating VAT fraud before it occurs is therefore important for welfare. This paper proposes suitably flexible machine learning algorithms for detection of VAT fraudulent transactions. The innovation of the algorithms is in utilising the information provided by their VAT structure. Making use of the universe of Bulgarian VAT data the fraud detection algorithms detect around 50 percent of the VAT fraud and outperform well-known techniques that ignore the  network of VAT transactions. Importantly, the proposed methods are automated, and can be implemented following the taxpayers' submission of their VAT returns, enabling tax revenue authorities, in the EU and elsewhere, to prevent large losses of tax revenues through performing early identification of fraud between business-to-business transactions within the VAT system.
The approach developed can be applied to similar problems where network interactions exist and can be quantified, such as fraud in online transactions, in insurance and social security systems as well as in telecommunication systems.

Room: T105, Troias building

and virtually via MS Teams:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3aOiYUJgd5vTDTv9p0FnXvTdZ9TTZxIBRHwZzEpD02P-Y1%40thread.tacv2/1683621333082?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22ad5ba4a2-7857-4ea1-895e-b3d5207a174f%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%225b49c8b5-6801-409c-a8f8-6e18215b3a08%22%7d

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If you are an AI researcher or practitioner, please consider becoming a member of the Hellenic Artificial Intelligence Society (EETN, http://www.eetn.gr/en/).

SAW2023 - Short course on Football Analytics - 2-3 May 2023