The Second International Conference on Information Technology and Quantitative Management (ITQM 2014) was held

The Second International Conference on Information Technology and Quantitative Management (ITQM 2014) was held at National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow (Russia) on June 3-5, 2014. The conference brought together more than 150 participants from 29 countries. The conference was organized by National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) and International Academy of Information Technology and Quantitative Management (IAITQM). The faculty members of our laboratory took an active role in preparing and organizing ITQM 2014 conference.

The Second International Conference on Information Technology and Quantitative Management (ITQM 2014) was held at National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow (Russia) on June 3-5, 2014. The conference brought together more than 150 participants from 29 countries. 
The conference was organized by National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) and International Academy of Information Technology and Quantitative Management (IAITQM). The faculty members of our laboratory took an active role in preparing and organizing ITQM 2014 conference:

• Fuad T. Aleskerov – program/conference chair, member of the program committee, and co-chair of Workshop 07 "High Performance Data Analysis";
• Alexander S. Belenky – member of the program committee, co-chair of Special Session 02 "QM in Energy Economics and Electric Networks";
• Alexander E. Lepskiy – conference vice chair,  member of the program committee, co-chair of Workshop 01 "Multicriteria Analysis with Imprecise Information and Criteria Interaction";
• Boris G. Mirkin – member of the program committee, co-chair of Workshop 05 "Optimization-based Data Mining" and Workshop 08 "Semantic Learning and Intelligent Awareness";
• Henry I. Penikas – member of the program committee, co-chair of Workshop 04 "Risk Correlation Analysis and Risk Measurement";
• Sergey V. Shvydun – ITQM 2014 website administrator.

Speakers:

• Alexander S. Belenky «Finding Optimal Production and Selling Strategies for an Electricity Generator for a Part of a Country's Electrical Grid»;
• Lyudmila G. Egorova «Effectiveness of different trading strategies for price-takers»;
• Alexander E. Lepskiy «On the Stability of Comparing Histograms with Help of Probabilistic Methods»;
• Boris G. Mirkin “Data Clustering: Some Topics of Current Interest” (лекция);
• Boris G. Mirkin, Ekaterina L. Chernyak «A method for refining a taxonomy by using annotated suffix trees and Wikipedia resources»;
• Boris G. Mirkin, Орлов М. (НИУ ВШЭ) «A concept of multicriteria stratification: a definition and solution»;
• Sergey V. Shvydun, Ekaterina O. Kalugina «An Effective personnel selection model»;
• Arzamasov V., Henry I. Penikas «A financial stability index for Israel»;
• Selmier II, W.T., Henry I. Penikas, Vasilyeva K. «Financial Risk as a Good».

More information is available at http://itqm2014.hse.ru/