Assist. Prof. Dr. Nikos Loukeris | Finance | Global Teaching Excellence Award

University of West Attica | Greece

Assist. Prof. Dr. Nikos Loukeris, an eminent scholar in Finance and Computational Intelligence, holds a Ph.D. in Finance with a specialization in portfolio optimization and hybrid neural networks and currently serves as Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of West Attica, Greece. He has an extensive academic and professional background, including visiting professorships at Hellenic Open University, Athens University of Economics and Business, and supervision of internships for students at Athens-UniWA and Princeton University, reflecting his global teaching engagement. Dr. Loukeris’s research interests encompass computational finance, artificial intelligence applications in financial modeling, risk management, portfolio optimization, and hybrid neural network systems. He has demonstrated exceptional research skills in meta-heuristic techniques, machine learning integration in financial evaluation, and hybrid systems for portfolio selection, evidenced by publications in high-impact journals such as Operational Research, International Journal of Finance & Economics, and multiple IEEE-indexed conference proceedings. His significant professional experience includes founding and managing Loukeris N. Business Consultants and Lamda Engineers, leading initiatives that bridge academic knowledge and industry application. Dr. Loukeris has earned numerous awards and honors, including keynote and plenary speaker invitations at international conferences such as the IEEE European Conference on Electrical & Computer Science, the Artificial Intelligence Summit, and the International Conference on Business Economics and Finance, as well as research awards for innovative work on bankruptcy prediction and hybrid neural network models. His contributions extend beyond research, including leadership in organizing IEEE special sessions, mentoring students, and promoting global academic collaborations. In conclusion, Dr. Loukeris is highly deserving of the Global Teaching Excellence Award for his outstanding combination of education, professional experience, research excellence, and global academic leadership, demonstrating a sustained impact on finance education, AI integration, and the development of future leaders in the field, and his continued contributions are expected to advance international standards in teaching, research, and mentorship in finance and computational intelligence.

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Featured Publications

Loukeris, N., Donelly, D., Khuman, A., & Peng, Y. (2009). A numerical evaluation of meta-heuristic techniques in portfolio optimisation. Operational Research, 9(1), 81–103.

Loukeris, N., & Matsatsinis, N. (2006). Corporate financial evaluation and bankruptcy prediction implementing artificial intelligence methods. In Proceedings of the 10th WSEAS International Conference on Computers (pp. 938–942).

Nikolaos, L. (2009). An empirical evaluation of CAPM’s validity in the British stock exchange. International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Informatics, 3(1), 1–8.

Loukeris, N., & Eleftheriadis, I. (2015). Further higher moments in portfolio selection and a priori detection of bankruptcy under multi-layer perceptron neural networks, hybrid neuro-genetic MLPs, and hybrid neuro-genetic RBFNs. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 20(4), 341–361.

Nikolaos, L. (2008). Radial basis functions networks to hybrid neuro-genetic RBFNs in financial evaluation of corporations. In Proceedings of the 12th WSEAS International Conference on Computers (pp. 812–819).