Jayanta K Pokharel

Dr. Pokharel possesses a remarkably interdisciplinary academic portfolio, including a Ph.D. in Statisitcs from the University of South Florida, and MS in Finance from the University of Tampa, an MBA from Ace Institute of Management, and a BS in Physics from Tribhuvan University in Nepal. His research focuses on pioneering applications of statistical methodologies and machine learning algorithm to advance the field of finance. His scholarly work encompasses analytical predictive modeling in financial systems, the development of stochastic intensity functions and the monitoring indicators to identify market signals in stock trading. Additionally, he explores probability distributions of asset returns, portfolio management and optimization, risk management, decision modeling, and machine learning. In his teaching, Dr. Pokharel imparts knowledge in Business Analytics, Data Science, Operations Management and Management Information Systems. He loves to teach finance courses such as FinTech, Financial Modeling, Investment Decisions & Portfolio Management and International Finance. As a dedicated educator, he brings extensive experience in managing and leading business education initiatives in Nepal. He is a firm believer in research-based education, aimed at fostering and nurturing a culture where faculty and staff embody the qualities we aspire for our students to achieve: self-regulated lifelong learners and responsibile, contributing members of society and the world.

My Professional Experience

Articles & Book Reviews

• Can We Optimize Stock Price?-A Mathematical Driven Stock Price Optimization Model in Finance Based on Desirability Function.
  Journal of Financial Risk Management, vol. 13
  2024
• Probability Distributions for Modeling Stock Market Returns - An Empirical Inquiry
  International Journal of Financial Studies, vol. 12(2)
  2024
• Analytical Predictive Modeling: Impact of Financial and Economic Indicators on Stock
  Journal of Mathematical Finance, vol. 12
  2022

Awards & Distinctions

• Fred L. and Helen M. Tharp Award
  Category: Teaching-Research
  University of South Florida, USA, 2023
• AMS Sectional Meeting Travel Grant
  Category: Research
  American Mathematical Society, 2022
• Tharp Endowed Scholarship for the year 2022 & 2021.
  Category: Student
  University of South Florida, USA, 2022
• UT David Delo Research Grant (RISE) for the year 2018 & 2017.
  Category: Student
  The University of Tampa, USA, 2018

Presentations

• Risk-Consistent Portfolio Optimization: An Integrated CAPM-ML Decision Framework
  2026
  2026 Northeast Decision Science Institute Annual Conference, April 9-11, Philadelphia, United States of America
• Stock Investment Strategies: Introducing SIRIF and SIRI for Enhanced Stock Returns Monitoring and Trading Decisions.
  October, 2024
  Institute for Operations Research and The Management Sciences Annual Meeting (INFORMS), Seattle, United States of America
• Modeling Stock Returns With Laplace Family Distributions- A Concise Decision
  April, 2024
  2024 Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference, April 4-6, Boston, United States of America
• Scouting the Choice of Laplace Family Probability Distributions to Facilitate Stock Returns Modeling
  May, 2023
  Third International Conference on Applications of Mathematics to Nonlinear Sciences (ANMS-2023), Pokhara, Nepal
• A Real Data-Driven Analytical Model to Predict Information Technology Sector Index Price of S&P 500
  October, 2022
  AMS 2022 Fall Southeastern Sectional Meetings, Chattanooga, TN, United States of America
• A Mathematical Driven Optimization Method in Finance Problem Based on Desirability Function
  2022
  MAA 44th Florida Suncoast Region Meeting, Lakeland, FL, United States of America