Dr. George Atsalakis

Assistant Professor of Technological Forecasting

Dr. George Atsalakis is Assistant Professor of Technological Forecasting, at the School of Production Engineering and Management at Technical University of Crete, Greece. He received the Diploma in Business Administration from the Economical University of Athens, Greece. He received the M.Sc. degree in Business Administration and the PhD degree in Stock market forecasting from Technical University of Crete in 2000 and 2006, respectively. Dr. Atsalakis’ research interests are focused in the areas of forecasting in the local and international markets, in technological forecasting, in forecasting of entrepreneurship evolution and forecasting of innovative economies and societies. He is using fuzzy, neuro-fuzzy and neural networks as modeling tools. He has published 2 books and over 90 book chapters, scientific journals and conference papers. Dr Atsalakis has also organized and implemented international conferences, specialized seminars and short courses. He also acts as a Referee in various journals concerned with fuzzy, neuro-fuzzy, and neural network modeling in the international markets.

Research Interests

forecasting in the local and international markets, in technological forecasting, in forecasting of entrepreneurship evolution and forecasting of innovative economies and societies

Recent Key Publications

• Atsalakis, G. (2014). New technology product demand forecasting by a Fuzzy Inference System. Operational Research An International Journal, Volume 14, Issue 2, Page 225-236.
• Atsalakis, G. (2014). New technology in shopping: Forecasting electronically shopping by a neuro-fuzzy system. Journal of Food Products Marketing, accepted 29.9.2014 (Springer -Μ)
• Atsalakis, G., Tsakalaki, K., Skiadas, C., (2014) Semiconductor forecasting, Conference in Chaotic modelling and simulation. Theoretical and Applied Issues in Statistics and Demography
• Atsalakis, G., (2014). Agriculture commodity price forecasting using a fuzzy inference system. C. Zopounidis et al. (eds.), Agricultural Cooperative Management and Policy DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-06635-6_19 Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
• Atsalakis G., Cnarogiannaki E., and Zopounidis C., (2013). Tourism Demand Forecasting Based on a Neuro-fuzzy Model. Submitted International Journal of Corporate Finance and Accounting.
• Atsalakis, G., Atsalaki I., (2013). A neuro fuzzy model for inflation forecasting. Journal of Computational Optimization in Economics and Finance, Vol 5 (2).
• Makridou, G., Atsalakis, G., Zopounidis, C. and Andriosopoulos, K. (2013) Gold price forecasting with a neuro-fuzzy-based inference system. International Journal of Financial Engineering and Risk Management, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 35–54