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2025

Aug 2025 - PROJECT COMPLETED
Successfully concluded the 3-year SNSF-funded research project (Grant 205487). Final outcomes: 12 Zenodo deposits, 2 PhD researchers trained, CHF 387,836 total funding secured.
2025 - Publication in Quantitative Finance
Lyocsa, S. et al. "Alpha-threshold networks in credit risk models" published in Quantitative Finance. DOI
2025 - Publication in Journal of Forecasting
Lyocsa, S. et al. "A fuzzy framework for realized volatility prediction" published in Journal of Forecasting. DOI

2024

December 2024

Dec 17, 2024 - Conference: 4th International Symposium on Big Data and AI
Lennart John Baals presented "A Systematic Literature Review on Graph-Based Models in Credit Risk Assessment" at Hong Kong. Zenodo
Dec 19, 2024 - Zenodo: PhD Working Papers Released
8 new Zenodo deposits including PhD thesis chapters, conference presentations, and code repositories. View all deposits
Dec 19, 2024 - Zenodo: State-Dependent Pricing in FinTech Credit
Working paper and reproducible code for PhD Chapter 5 on regime-switching models in P2P lending. Zenodo
Dec 19, 2024 - Zenodo: Network Evidence on Credit-Risk Pricing
Working paper and code for PhD Chapter 4 on network-based mispricing detection. Zenodo
Dec 19, 2024 - Zenodo: Expert Systems Full Code Release
Complete code and documentation for the Expert Systems with Applications paper. Zenodo
Dec 19, 2024 - Zenodo: PhD Qualifier Report
PhD qualification report and presentation from University of Twente archived. Zenodo

October 2024

Oct 15, 2024 - Publication in Expert Systems with Applications
Liu, Y., Baals, L.J., Osterrieder, J., Hadji-Misheva, B. "Leveraging network topology for credit risk assessment in P2P lending: A comparative study under the lens of machine learning" published. DOI
Oct 15, 2024 - Zenodo: Istanbul Conference Presentation
Presentation materials from COST FinAI Istanbul conference uploaded. Zenodo

September 2024

Sep 2024 - Conference: AI Finance Insights, Istanbul
Team presented "Network-Based Prediction of Loan Default Risk in P2P Lending" at the AI Finance Insights conference in Istanbul, Turkey.

June 2024

Jun 1, 2024 - Grant: Leading House Asia (ETH)
Awarded CHF 50,000 from ETH Leading House Asia for applied research partnership: "From Digits to Dollars: The Evolution of Price Impact in Digital Assets". PI: Yiting Liu, Co-PI: Joerg Osterrieder.

May 2024

May 2024 - Publication in Finance Research Letters
Liu, Y., Baals, L.J., Osterrieder, J., Hadji-Misheva, B. "Network centrality and credit risk: A comprehensive analysis of peer-to-peer lending dynamics" published. DOI
May 7, 2024 - Zenodo: Expert Systems Code (Liu)
Reproducible code for "Leveraging network topology for credit risk assessment" paper. Zenodo
May 20-21, 2024 - Conference: COST FinAI Istanbul
Lennart Baals and Yiting Liu presented at COST FinAI Meets Istanbul conference. Zenodo
May 2024 - Workshop: COST FinAI PhD School, Treviso
Team organized and participated in the COST FinAI PhD School in Treviso, Italy.
May 2024 - Conference: COST FinAI Brussels
Conference organization at Brussels, Belgium for the COST Action CA19130.

March 2024

Mar 26, 2024 - Zenodo: Finance Research Letters Code (Liu)
Data and code to reproduce "Network centrality and credit risk" paper results. Zenodo

February 2024

Feb 1, 2024 - Grant: SNSF Mobility Grants
Two SNSF mobility grants awarded (CHF 20,000 each) for Lennart Baals and Yiting Liu to support international research collaboration.

2023

December 2023

Dec 2023 - Conference: 16th ERCIM WG / 17th CFE Conference
Presented "Leveraging network topology for credit risk assessment" at the joint ERCIM/CFE conference in Berlin, Germany.

November 2023

Nov 29, 2023 - Seminar: BFH Doctoral Seminar
Lennart Baals presented "Identifying Mispriced Loans through Interest Rate-Based Network Analysis" at Bern University of Applied Sciences. Zenodo

September 2023

Sep 27-29, 2023 - Conference: 8th European COST Conference on AI in Finance
Team presented "Predicting Loan Default in P2P Lending: A Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Models" at Bern, Switzerland. Zenodo
Sep 2023 - Conference: European Summer School in Financial Mathematics
Poster presentation at TU Delft, Netherlands.
Sep 2023 - Talk: Shenzhen Technology University International Week
Invited talk at Shenzhen Technology University, China.

June 2023

Jun 2023 - Workshop: COST Action Training School
Organized training school in Enschede, Netherlands as part of COST Action CA19130.

2022

Oct 1, 2022 - PROJECT LAUNCH
SNSF Grant 205487 "Network-based credit risk models in P2P lending markets" officially started. Funding: CHF 207,028 under Weave/Lead Agency scheme. PI: Prof. Dr. Joerg Osterrieder at Bern University of Applied Sciences.

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