Prof. Constantin Zopounidis

Professor of Financial Engineering and Operations Research

Constantin Zopounidis is Professor of Financial Engineering and Operations Research, at Technical University of Crete (Greece), Distinguished Research Professor in Audencia Nantes, School of Management (France), and Senior Academician of both the Royal Academy of Doctors and the Royal Academy of Economics and Financial Sciences of Spain.He is Editor-in-Chief of Operational Research: An International Journal (Springer), International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making (Inderscience), The International Journal of Financial Engineering and Risk Management (Inderscience), The Journal of Computational Optimization in Economics and Finance (Nova Publishers), The International Journal of Corporate Finance and Accounting (IGI Global) and Cooperative Management (Book series in Springer). He is also Associate Editor in International Transactions in Operational Research (Wiley), New Mathematics and Natural Computation (World Scientific), Optimization Letters (Springer), International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance (Inderscience), International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies (Inderscience), and the European Journal of Operational Research (Elsevier). He is also elected President since early 2012, of the Financial Engineering and Banking Society (FEBS).
In recognition of his scientific work, he has received several awards from international research societies. In 1996 he received the Gold Medal and Diploma of Social and Human Sciences from the MOISIL International Foundation, for his research in multicriteria intelligent decision support systems and their applications in financial management. In 2000 he received the Best Interdisciplinary Research Paper Award from the Decision Sciences Institute and in 2010 he received the highly commended paper award from the Emerald Literati Network. The European Journal of Operational Research has awarded him the Best Reviewer Award in 2010 and the Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing in 2012. Also, in 2012 he was the recipient of the Long-lasting Research Contribution Award in the field of Financial Engineering & Decision Making by ESCP Europe. In 2013 he received the Edgeworth-Pareto prestigious Award from the International Society of Multicriteria Decision Making.
He has edited and authored 75 books in international publishers and more than 450 research papers in scientific journals, edited volumes, conference proceedings and encyclopaedias in the areas of finance, accounting, operations research, and management science.
He is a frequent invited speaker in international conferences and he has given several invited lectures as Visiting Professor in many European universities.

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