The objective is to enhance AI education by incorporating practical financial applications into both the curriculum and research initiatives. This approach provides students with direct experience with advanced technologies. Furthermore, the goal is to create an environment where academic research and industry practices merge, allowing students to undertake guided projects. These projects aim to tackle present-day finance sector challenges with new AI-based approaches.
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
The University of Twente offers several courses related to finance and AI. The courses that involve collaboration between the University of Twente and ING in these areas are specified below.
Msc and Bsc Thesis Supervision
(CO-SUPERVISOR) JOERG OSTERRIEDER
- Kok, D. (2024). Stakeholder-centric approach to applying machine learning to probability of default models. https://essay.utwente.nl/98498/
- van den Broek, S.J. (2024). Robotic Process Automation in the External Audit Function: Defining and Validating an Evaluation Framework. https://essay.utwente.nl/98010/
- Peters, S. (2024). Option pricing using Generative Adversarial Networks. https://essay.utwente.nl/98261/
- Goldmann, S. H. (2024). Enhancing Credit Risk Prediction in Retail Banking: Integrating Time Series and Classical ML Algorithms. https://essay.utwente.nl/98283/
- Amato, A. (2023). Applications of Early Warning Systems for Customer Segmentation of Wholesale Banking Clients. https://essay.utwente.nl/97401/
- Herbert, G.C. (2023). Applications of ML Algorithms to Assess Credit Risk : Experiments With Missing Data. https://essay.utwente.nl/95215/
- Beltman, J.F. (2023). Developing an Early Warning System for Retail Customer Deterioration: A Data-Driven Approach. https://essay.utwente.nl/96525/
- Nechiti, A.-T. (2023). Anomaly Detection in Blockchain Networks. https://essay.utwente.nl/95848/
- Roelofs, B. (2023). A qualitative study of Central Bank Digital Currencies and their impacts on European consumers. https://essay.utwente.nl/95496/
- ten Bos, S.E. (2023). Investigating the Effectiveness of Machine Learning Algorithms in Predicting Bitcoin Prices and Improving Trading Strategies. https://essay.utwente.nl/95505/
- Busse, N. (2023) The impact of cashless societies on business and society. http://essay.utwente.nl/95395/
- Chen, D.T. (2023). Development of Financial Distress Prediction Model for the Watchlist Classification of Wholesale Banking Clients at ING. https://essay.utwente.nl/95110/
- Frieling, T.R. (2023). Effects of Digital Finance on society and Financial Institutions. http://essay.utwente.nl/95407/
- Wilmer, W. (2023). Different designs of CBDC, the likelihood of bank disintermediation and the impact on monetary policy : a literary review. http://essay.utwente.nl/95221/
- Bruins, R. (2023). Value of innovation in the financial market. https://essay.utwente.nl/94557/
- Raicevicius, K. (2023). Digital finance and its effects on businesses, governments and society. https://essay.utwente.nl/94348/
- Kozian, L. (2023). Commodity price co-movement: Comparing models and correlation measures. https://essay.utwente.nl/97691/
- Müller, M.M. (2023). Exploring the Evolution and Impact of Credit Scoring in the European Union: An Analysis of Alternative Data, Individual Consumer Data, and Regulatory Frameworks. https://essay.utwente.nl/95276/
- Tsonev, B. (2022). Which asset classes are an effective and reliable way to hedge against inflation? https://essay.utwente.nl/92687/
- Brinkhof, R.R. (2022). Pre-assessment of project performance : a Dutch construction case. https://essay.utwente.nl/92001/
- Loohuis, D.S. (2022). The impact of carbon emissions on corporate financial performance. https://essay.utwente.nl/92365/
- ter Horst, Jonas (2022). Machine Learning for Exchange Traded Fund Price Predictions. https://essay.utwente.nl/91842/
- Wagenaar, Leon P.M. (2022). Are cryptocurrencies good hedges against inflation? https://essay.utwente.nl/90915/
- Viladrich, Oscar (2022). Bitcoin? Why not! But for whom? Empirical investigation of inflation hedging properties of cryptocurrencies. https://essay.utwente.nl/91415/
- van den Beukel, V.B (2022). Influence of machine learning on stock pricing: a meta-analysis. https://essay.utwente.nl/90713/
- Hübers, N. (2022). The firm-specific determinants of dividend payout policy for German listed firms. https://essay.utwente.nl/90771/
- Zwijnenberg, A.J. (2022). When does it pay to be good? Screening criteria and intensity of socially responsible investment funds and their financial performance. https://essay.utwente.nl/90566/
- Kazan, E. (2022). The impact of board characteristics on firm performance in Germany. https://essay.utwente.nl/89648/
- Engbers, B.C. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on share prices across different sectors within the US stock market. https://essay.utwente.nl/88466/
- Wijnands, M.P.J. (2021). Explaining black box decision-making : adopting explainable artificial intelligence in credit risk prediction for P2P lending. https://essay.utwente.nl/88621/
- Hesselman, J.G.J. (2021). Revisiting the Reliability of Initial Coin Offering Intermediaries' ratings : Assessing the Current State of Affairs of ICO Ratings, Social Media and Regulation in the Highly Dynamic World of Cryptocurrencies. https://essay.utwente.nl/88415/
- Hoonhorst, R.H. (2021). The effect of R&D investment intensity on stock return volatility : evidence from tech firms in the Netherlands. https://essay.utwente.nl/88090/
- de Koning, C.C. (2021). The effect of firm-specific characteristics on the stock market returns during the COVID-19 pandemic: An event study. https://essay.utwente.nl/88222/
- Peters, S. (2021). To save, spend or invest : working towards a more balanced view of a municipality’s performance. https://essay.utwente.nl/88008/
- Elshof, E.W. (2021). Economic policy uncertainty and mergers and acquisitions : an empirical study on European firms. https://essay.utwente.nl/87460/
- Kahraman, M. (2021). Determinants of dividend policy in the Netherlands. https://essay.utwente.nl/87683/
- Luimes, T. (2021). The value effect of big data in the financial services field. https://essay.utwente.nl/86784/