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Eghbal Rahimikia

Eghbal Rahimikia

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6583-2332

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Overview

Eghbal obtained his undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Tehran (first-class honours), his master's degree in Industrial Engineering from the Iran University of Science and Technology (distinction) and his PhD degree in Finance from the Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS), the University of Manchester. He is currently an Assistant Professor in Financial Technology (FinTech) at the Alliance Manchester Business School and Senior Research Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute, working on the theory and application of machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP) in Finance.

Current PhD students:

Zhang, Kai

Teaching

Lecturer

2024-2027 - Semester 2 Financial Data Analytics & AI in Finance (M.Sc.).

2025-2027 - Semester 2 AI-Empowered Research Method (PhD)

2024-2025 - Semester 1 Data Analytics with Programming Tools.

2023-2024 - Semester 1 Applied Statistics and Business Forecasting (M.Sc.).

2023-2024 - Semester 1&2 Understanding Data and their Environment (M.Sc./Ph.D.).

2022-2023 - Semester 1 Financial Derivatives.

2021-2023 - Semester 2 Financial Engineering.

2021-2022 - Semester 2 Fundamentals of Finance.

Further information

Workshops

04/26 Humanities Careers and AI
North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership, University of Salford.

07/25 Organised Summer School: AI, Law, and Climate Justice: Exploring the Role of Large Language Models in Research and Remediation
University of Manchester.

06/25 Organised Summer School: AI-Driven Analytics
University of Manchester.

06/24 From Conceptualisation to Implementation: Natural Language Processing in Business Studies
Northern Advanced Research Training Initiative (8 hours).

02/21 Natural Language Processing (NLP), a theoretical and practical review.
University of Manchester (2 hours).

09/19 Programming skills for machine learning - an overview of the current practical and theoretical trend.
University of Manchester (2 hours).

06/17 - 11/17 Advanced MATLAB programming course with a focus on financial modeling and machine learning.
Khatam university / Securities and Exchange Organization of Iran (60 hours).

10/15 - 01/16 Intermediate MATLAB programming course for the banking sector.
Parsian bank - Investment department (40 hours).

Prizes and awards

2024 Staff Awards: Innovator of the Year
Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester.

2022 Best paper award (semifinalist).
FMA Annual Meeting.

2018 Alliance Manchester Business School PhD Scholarship.
University of Manchester.

Other research

Nonlinearity Test for Principal Component Analysis: A MATLAB code.
Habibnia, Ali, Eghbal Rahimikia, and Hossein Mahdikhah.
(2018). ResearchGate, 2018

MATLAB Cheat Sheet for Data Science - London School of Economics.
Habibnia, Ali and Eghbal Rahimikia.
ResearchGate (2017). London School of Economics, 2017

Detecting corporate tax evasion using a hybrid intelligent system: A case study of Iran.
Rahimikia, Eghbal, Shapour Mohammadi, Teymur Rahmani, and Mehdi Ghazanfari.
International Journal of Accounting Information Systems 25 (2017) pp. 1–17. Elsevier, 2017

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, Finance, Alliance Manchester Business School

2018 → 2023

Award Date: 31 Mar 2023

Master of Engineering, Industerial Engineering, Iran University of Science & Technology

2012 → 2014

Award Date: 31 Dec 2014

Bachelor of Economics, University of Tehran

2009 → 2012

Award Date: 31 Dec 2012

External positions

Senior Research Fellow, Alan Turing Institute

Aug 2026 → …

Consultant, Hull Tactical Asset Allocation

Aug 2023 → Jul 2024

Research assistant Intern (Visiting Fellowship), Oxford University

Jan 2021 → Apr 2021

Areas of expertise

  • HG Finance
  • Financial Markets
  • Quantitative Modelling
  • Financial Econometrics
  • QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
  • Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning
  • text mining
  • Big Data
  • Data Science

Research Highlights, Institutes and Platforms

  • Digital Futures

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  2. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  3. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  4. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
    SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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