Azam Shamsi
- Finance and Business Economics
- Alumni
Contact Information
| Email: | shamsa3@mcmaster.ca |
| Office: | DSB DSB A210 |
| Phone: | 905-525-9140 ext. 27440 |
Azam joined the PhD program (Finance) at DeGroote in September 2013. Her primary research interests are in the areas of Time-series Econometrics and Empirical Finance.
Supervisor: John Maheu
- M.Sc., Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran,
2008 (Thesis: Application of Robust Optimization in Portfolio Selection). - B.Sc., Applied Mathematics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 2006.
As a research assistant, Azam had been involved in an extensive variety of research at Niroo Research Institute, Iran’s Energy Ministry, for three years. She was also a member of Strategic Management team of the institute during this period.
A. Shamsi, M. Modarres, and A. Tajbakhsh. Using Worst-Case Conditional Value at Risk to Robust Multi Period Portfolio Optimization. Presented in 6th International Industrial Engineering Conference, Iran, 2009.
A. Tajbakhsh, K. Eshghi, and A. Shamsi. A Hybrid PSO-SA Algorithm for the Traveling Tournament Problem. European Journal of Industrial Engineering, Volume 6 – Issue 1, 2012, pp. 2-25.
Tajbakhsh and A. Shamsi: “Calculus Handbook for Industrial Engineering Students“, Arshad Press, 2009.