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Zeeshan Syed at ICBFS 2025

University of Salford at ICBFS 2025: Advancing AI-driven portfolio management

At the International Conference in Banking and Financial Studies (ICBFS) 2025, held 11–12 September at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Piacenza, Italy, Salford Business School’s Dr Zeeshan Ali Syed, Programme Director for Financial Technology (FinTech) and Lecturer in Finance, presented new research on unsupervised machine learning for portfolio management.

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Arguing with AI: legal debates with Generative AI

At the recent Academic Practice and Technology Conference 2025, Salford Business School’s Lecturer in Law, Craig Smith, presented a case study that explored the integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in legal education.

Driving digital transformation for smallholder farmers in Pakistan

For Mus'haf Khan, a PhD researcher here at Salford Business School, studying the intersection of AI (artificial intelligence), digital transformation and sustainability, the UK Academy for Information Systems (UKAIS) 2025 Conference represented a critical milestone.