Olga Biedova

Assistant Professor of Business Analytics

Address: Beatty 314
Office Hours: MW: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm (in-person in Beatty 314) Th: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (virtually via Zoom: https://cofc.zoom.us/j/7647146892) Please make an appointment via email.
Phone: 843.953.9647
E-mail: biedovao@cofc.edu
Curriculum Vitae: Download


Education

Ph.D. in Business Administration (Concentration in Business Analytics), Bentley University- Waltham, Massachusetts (Spring 2020)

M.S. Information and Communication Systems Security, National Technical University of Ukraine "Kiev Polytechnic Institute"-Kyiv, Ukraine (Spring 2015)

B.S. Information and Communication Systems Security, National Technical University of Ukraine "Kiev Polytechnic Institute"-Kyiv, Ukraine (Spring 2013)


 

Research Interests

RESEARCH AGENDA
  • Business analytics
  • Quantitative Finance
  • Information Management
  • Statistical Modeling
  • Information Security

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

  • Machine Learning 
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Data Visulization
  • Data Mining
  • Classification
  • Dimensionality Reduction
  • Statistics
  • Bootstrapping
  • Clustering

SOFTWARE SKILLS

  • Proficient Level         R, Excel 
  • Intermediate Level    SQL, STATA, SPSS, VBA, Tableau
  • Basic Level               Python, C++, SAS, Amos
  • Familiarity with         OpenBUGS, Salford Systems, Linux 

RESEARCH AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Conferences

Biedova, O., Mahdikhani (2021). DSI Annual Meeting 2021, online, “Supply Chain Management and COVID-19: a Scientometric Analysis”

Biedova, O., Mahdikhani (2021). 2021 Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, “Supply Chain Management and COVID-19: a Scientometric Analysis”

Biedova, O., Steblovskaya, V., Wallbaum, K. (2019). 2019 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, “Comparison Study of Portfolio Insurance Strategies: CPPI versus VTPI”.

Biedova, O., Steblovskaya, V., (2019). 5th Symposium on Quantitative Finance and Risk Analysis (QFRA 2019), Kos, Greece, " Volatility Target Portfolio Insurance (VTPI) Strategy ".

Biedova, O., Steblovskaya, V., (2019). Analytics without Borders, Bentley University, Bryant University and Tufts University, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI, "Volatility Target Portfolio Insurance (VTPI) Strategy".

Courses Taught

  • Quantitative Research Methods
  • Quantitative Analysis
  • Data Mining
  • Information Systems
  • Business Statistics
  • Managerial Statistics (MBA)

Honors and Awards

  • Bentley Doctoral Fellowship 2015-Present

                                           

  PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

  • Reviewer Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
  • International Conference on Information Systems
  • International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance

Affiliations

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Decision Sciences Institute 
  • Association of Information Systems                   
  • American Statistical Association               
  • INFORMS

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

  • Decision Sciences Institute                                                Charleston, 2022
  • Distance Education on-Demand Express Readiness Course   Charleston (online), Summer 2020 

Publications

DISSERTATION TITLE 

Portfolio Insurance Strategies. Parameter Optimization and Comparison Study.

PAPERS

Biedova, O. and Steblovskaya, V. 2020. "Multiplier Optimization for Constant Proportion Portfolio Insurance (CPPI) Strategy". International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance

WORKING PAPERS 

Supply Chain Management: a Scientometric Analysis. With Dr. Maryam Mahdikhani. Status: manuscript preparation.

The Effect of a Ransomware Attack on the Public Opinion of a Company: Sentiment Analysis of the Twitter Data. Status: data analysis. 

Gnosis Freight:  Harnessing Low-Code to Shipping Container Visibility and Logistics. With Dr. Iris Junglas and Dr. Blake Ives. Status: manuscript preparation.

Volatility Target Portfolio Insurance (VTPI) Strategy. Status: manuscript preparation.

Comparison Study of Portfolio Insurance Strategies. Status: manuscript preparation.

CONFERENCES 

Biedova, O., Mahdikhani (2021). DSI Annual Meeting 2021, online, “Supply Chain Management and COVID-19: a Scientometric Analysis”

Biedova, O., Mahdikhani (2021). 2021 Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, “Supply Chain Management and COVID-19: a Scientometric Analysis”

Biedova, O., Steblovskaya, V., Wallbaum, K. (2019).2019 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, "Comparison Study of Portfolio Insurance Strategies: CPPI versus VTPI".

Biedova, 0., Steblovskaya, V., (2019). 5th Symposium on Quantitative Finance and Risk Analysis (QFRA 2019), KOS, Greece, " Volatility Target Portfolio Insurance (VTPI) Strategy".

Biedova, 0., Steblovskaya, V., (2019). Analytics without Borders, Bentley University, Bryant University and Tufts University, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI, "Volatility Target Portfolio Insurance NTPI) Strategy".