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An interdisciplinary team led by University of Florida researchers has proposed an artificial intelligence, or AI, model to predict long-term mortality in patients with coronary artery disease. A team led by Md Mahmudul Hasan, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the UF College of Pharmacy Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy and the UF Warrington College of Business Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, hopes to improve treatment outcomes and reduce mortality in coronary artery disease, or CAD, patients with their lightweight graph neural network.

In an extensive study from Associate Professor Aaron Hill examining the relationship between personality traits and executive pay, CEOs who exhibit more Machiavellianism, characterized by motivation to achieve personal goals and ‘win’ social interactions, are more likely to have higher total pay and severance pay and to secure higher pay for those on their top management team.

Sell-side research analysts are unusual in that they are white-collar knowledge workers whose work quality is (1) public and (2) objectively measurable. So you can ask questions like “which characteristics make an analyst good,” and use publicly available information to get answers that are (1) plausibly true and (2) plausibly generalizable to other sorts of white-collar knowledge workers. And one way to find out is of course to look at analysts’ earnings estimates. Research from Baolian Wang and Ph.D. students Peixin Li and Jiawei Yu dives into how return to office mandates impacted equity analysts.

University of Florida Assistant Finance Professor Alejandro Lopez-Lira discusses the development of the technology and what he learned in the process on ‘The Claman Countdown.’

Initial public offerings (IPOs) captivate investors with the chance to get in on the ground floor of promising companies, potentially reaping substantial long-term returns as firms like Apple or Amazon once did. However, IPOs carry significant risks, often amplified by market hype and limited historical data. Studies, such as those by Jay Ritter show IPOs frequently underperform broader market benchmarks in their first year.