Cristian Bravo Roman, Western University

Research

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Latest funding

Understanding Financial Contagion under Complete, Partial, and Hidden Information Scenarios: New Causal Graph Learning Methods for Risk Propagation in Complex Networks
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$55,052
Data driven actuarial science and financial mathematics to support the financial resiliency of Canadians
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$1,142,566
Artificial Intelligence Methods for Fair and Transparent Credit Risk Rating Systems
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 7 grants and awards

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Understanding Financial Contagion under Complete, Partial, and Hidden Information Scenarios: New Causal Graph Learning Methods for Risk Propagation in Complex Networks

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bravo Roman, Cristian

Keywords: Credit risk; Financial Stability; Risk Propagation; Financial Contagion; Network Science; Deep Learning; Artificial Intelligence

$55,052

Data driven actuarial science and financial mathematics to support the financial resiliency of Canadians

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Davison, Matt MD

Keywords: actuarial science; data science; diagnostic analytics; financial wellness; mathematical finance; prescriptive analytical modelling; prescriptive causal analytics

$1,142,566

Artificial Intelligence Methods for Fair and Transparent Credit Risk Rating Systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Bravo Roman, Cristian

$12,500

Artificial Intelligence Methods for Fair and Transparent Credit Risk Rating Systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Bravo Roman, Cristian

Keywords: credit scoring; deep learning; financial inclusion; decision support systems; credit risk; artificial intelligence

$180,000

Canada Research Chair in Banking and Insurance Analytics

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: BravoRoman, Cristian

$95,000

Canada Research Chair in Banking and Insurance Analytics

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Bravo Roman, Cristian

$120,000

Canada Research Chair in Banking and Insurance Analytics

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Bravo Roman, Cristian

Keywords: credit risk analytics; banking analytics; deep learning; microcredit; microfinance

$385,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Bravo Roman, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Understanding Financial Contagion under Complete, Partial, and Hidden Information Scenarios: New Causal Graph Learning Methods for Risk Propagation in Complex Networks" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]