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Thoughts on AI, retail, finance, and decision intelligence.

Peer-ReviewedQuantitative Finance

Statistics, Optimization & Information Computing · June 2026

Uncertainty-Aware AI: Conformal Prediction versus Reinforcement Learning for Optimal Trade Execution

Open-access journal article (with Asadullah Irshad): a normalised split-conformal predictor used as an explicit decision gate cuts execution-cost variability from 19.1 to 10.0 bps, while a multi-seed PPO agent proves high-variance and unreliable.

Conformal Prediction Market Microstructure Open Access
Travel RetailAI & Analytics

May 2026

The Passenger-to-Sale Conversion Crisis in Travel Retail — And How AI Can Fix It

Record passengers, declining spend. How AI-powered demand forecasting, real-time personalisation, and shelf intelligence can close travel retail's widening conversion gap.

Demand Forecasting Personalisation Retail Tech
Peer-ReviewedEnergy & Forecasting

International Journal of Advanced Research · 2026

Benchmarking Statistical, ML, Deep Learning, and Hybrid Models for Global Renewable Energy Consumption

Open-access journal article (with Paramita Roy): walk-forward cross-validation, structural break analysis, and comparison of classical, ML, and deep forecasting approaches for SDG-relevant energy planning.

Time Series SDG-7 Open Access

Building a Real-Time Financial Sentiment Intelligence Dashboard with Python, Flask, and React

A step-by-step guide to building an end-to-end sentiment analysis dashboard for financial news using NLP, Python backend, and React frontend.

FinTech NLP Flask React