Leo Hamed Amini
ESI 6346, Decision Making Under Uncertainty
352-392-1464
aminil@ise.ufl.edu
Associate Professor, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
- PhD, Applied Mathematics, Ecole Normale Superieure, 2011
- M.Sc., Probability and Finance, Paris VI Pierre & Marie Curie University, 2007
- B.Sc., Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, École Polytechnique, 2006
Leo Hamed Amini is an Associate Professor in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at the University of Florida, with an affiliation in the Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate Department. Previously, he was an Associate Professor in the Risk Management and Insurance Department at Georgia State University, an Assistant Professor in the Mathematics Department at the University of Miami, and a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Swiss Finance Institute at EPFL. His main field of research is on quantitative finance, financial technology, systemic risk, complex networks, stochastic systems, and machine learning. He is particularly interested in structural models for systemic risk, using networks to represent various types of interrelations among financial institutions. He serves on the editorial board of Mathematical Finance.
Stephen Kwaku Asare
ACG 5065, Financial and Managerial Accounting
352-273-0209
stephen.asare@warrington.ufl.edu
Professor of Accounting (KPMG Professor)
- PhD, University of Arizona, 1989
- JD (Cum Laude), University of Florida, 2006
- MBA, Baylor University, 1985; BSc (First Class Honors), University of Ghana, 1982
- CFE, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, 1996
- Florida Bar
Professor Asare’s research, which focuses on understanding and improving auditors’ decisions, has appeared in the leading accounting and psychology journals and has been funded by the AICPA and KPMG Peat Marwick Research Foundation. He is the current editor of the Journal of Accounting Literature. He is also interested in improving governance in transitional democracies. His monograph on the use of criminal law to uphold the Fiduciary Role of Public Officers has been published by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development.
Honors and Awards: Cook Teaching Award for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching, 2003 and 1997; University of Florida Fisher School of Accounting Undergraduate Teacher of the Year, 1999; University of Florida College of Business Undergraduate Teacher of the Year, 1993