Research Team
Our team combines academic expertise with industry experience to advance machine learning in empirical finance.
Joerg Osterrieder
Biography
Joerg Osterrieder is Associate Professor of Finance and AI at the University of Twente. He holds a PhD in Mathematics from ETH Zürich, an MSc from Syracuse University, and an MSc in Business Economics from the University of Ulm. Before entering academia, he held senior roles in the financial industry, including executive director positions at Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch, quantitative analyst at AHL (Man Group), and senior management at Credit Suisse.
He chairs COST Action 19130 FinAI, a European research network of over 300 researchers across 51 countries, and coordinates the MSCA Industrial Doctoral Network "Digital Finance," which unites 18+ academic and industry partners across Europe. His contributions have been recognized with the IETI Researcher Award (2024), and he has been named a Top 20 European Quant & Finance Professor by Rebellion Research.
Research Interests
Role in Project
As Primary Supervisor, Joerg sets the strategic research agenda and provides scholarly mentorship. He connects the project to the broader research community through COST Action FinAI and the MSCA Digital Finance doctoral network.
Axel Gross-Klussmann
Biography
Axel Gross-Klußmann holds a PhD in Financial Econometrics from Humboldt University Berlin, where he also earned an MSc in Statistics. He received a BSc in Mathematics from FernUniversität in Hagen and completed a Diploma in Economics with a Quantitative Research Track at Kiel University.
Axel joined Quoniam Asset Management in 2012 and currently serves in the Research Forecasts team, focusing on top-down approaches in Equities and Multi Asset. His research spans sentiment mining for finance, neural networks for news sentiment analysis, and high-frequency news-implied market reactions, with publications in the Journal of Empirical Finance and Digital Finance.
Research Interests
Role in Project
As day-to-day supervisor, Axel guides the research direction and methodology. Drawing on his experience in quantitative asset management, he ensures the work remains grounded in real-world applications.
Xiaohong Huang
Biography
Xiaohong Huang is an Assistant Professor in the Financial Engineering & Business Information Systems (FEBIS) group at the University of Twente's Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences (BMS). She holds a PhD in Finance from Erasmus University Rotterdam and joined the University of Twente in 2010.
Her research focuses on emerging market corporate finance, institutional investments, and Fintech, with notable work on capital structure, financing behavior in emerging economies, and the effects of financial crises on SME financing. She also contributes to research on pension contracts and pension fund investment, and teaches corporate finance, investments, risk management, and valuation at bachelor and master level.
Research Interests
Role in Project
As Academic Co-Supervisor, Xiaohong provides guidance on corporate finance, institutional investment research, and academic writing. She ensures the research meets the highest standards of academic rigor.
Dennis Hoffmann
Biography
Dennis Hoffmann is a PhD candidate jointly supervised by the University of Twente and Quoniam Asset Management. He holds a master's degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Finance from Goethe University Frankfurt.
Based at Quoniam in Frankfurt, he combines academic research with practical experience in quantitative asset management. His PhD research focuses on applying machine learning methods to portfolio optimization and risk management.
Research Interests
Role in Project
As a PhD researcher, Dennis pursues a research agenda guided by both university faculty and practitioners at Quoniam. He participates in conferences and specialized courses and engages in the MSCA Digital Finance Doctoral Network that connects researchers and industry experts in quantitative finance.
Collaboration Model
How we work together across academia and industry
Academic Foundation
The University of Twente provides the academic framework, research methodology, and theoretical foundations for the PhD research.
Industry Integration
Quoniam provides real-world context, practical use cases, data access, and validation of research findings in production environments.
Knowledge Transfer
Regular meetings, workshops, and joint publications ensure continuous knowledge exchange between academic and industry partners.
Get in Touch
Interested in collaboration or have questions about our research?
Academic Inquiries
For academic collaboration, research questions, or student inquiries, please contact the University of Twente supervisors.
Joerg Osterrieder
University of Twente
Financial Engineering & Business Information Systems (FEBIS)
Industry Inquiries
For industry collaboration, data partnerships, or practical applications, please contact through Quoniam Asset Management.
Quoniam Asset Management
Frankfurt, Germany