Dr. Filippou is an assistant professor of Finance and Dean’s Emerging Scholar at Florida State University. His research focuses on asset pricing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, international finance, and macro-finance. He serves as a senior associate editor of the Journal of Applied Economics and has held prior and visiting appointments at leading business schools.

Dr. Tarik Dogru is an associate professor and Director of Graduate Programs at FSU's Dedman College of Hospitality. His research covers hospitality accounting, finance, tourism economics, and the sharing economy. Dr. Dogru primarily focuses on the profound effect of Generative AI on employment, research, and industry practices across the hospitality and tourism sector. 

Dr. Noyan Ilk is the Chair and Synovus Associate Professor of Business Analytics. His research focuses on business and service analytics and financial technologies. He develops and applies machine-learning models to address complex business challenges.