@inproceedings{reflexivity-threshold-2026,
  author = {Mahrous, Ahmed and Di Pietro, Roberto},
  title = {{The reflexivity threshold: A phase transition for multi-agent performative prediction}},
  year = {2026},
  booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems},
  note = {Accepted at NeurIPS 2026},
  url = {https://amahrous.com/papers/reflexivity-threshold/}
}

@article{stablecoins-2026,
  author = {Mahrous, Ahmed and Caprolu, Maurantonio and Di Pietro, Roberto},
  title = {{Stablecoins: Fundamentals, emerging issues, and open challenges}},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1016/j.iref.2026.105665},
  publisher = {Elsevier BV},
  journal = {International Review of Economics \& Finance},
  volume = {111},
  pages = {105665},
  eid = {105665},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2026.105665}
}

@article{finmoji-2026,
  author = {Mahrous, Ahmed and Schneider, Jens and Di Pietro, Roberto},
  title = {{FinMoji: A framework for emoji-driven sentiment analysis in financial social media}},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1145/3829331},
  publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)},
  journal = {ACM Transactions on the Web},
  volume = {20},
  number = {3},
  pages = {1--30},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3829331}
}

@inproceedings{cross-cultural-emojis-2026,
  author = {Mahrous, Ahmed and Di Pietro, Roberto},
  title = {{Cross-cultural transfer of emoji semantics and sentiment in financial social media}},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.18653/v1/2026.findings-acl.1106},
  publisher = {Association for Computational Linguistics},
  booktitle = {Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2026},
  pages = {21982--21999},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/2026.findings-acl.1106}
}

@inproceedings{prediction-market-launch-2026,
  author = {Mahrous, Ahmed and Di Pietro, Roberto},
  title = {{What prediction-market contracts reveal at launch: Trading volume and dispute risk}},
  year = {2026},
  booktitle = {7th ACM International Conference on AI in Finance (ICAIF 2026)},
  publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
  doi = {10.1145/3858063.3858742},
  isbn = {979-8-4007-3087-0},
  note = {Accepted at ICAIF 2026},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3858063.3858742}
}

@inproceedings{pumpsense-2026,
  author = {Mahrous, Ahmed and Di Pietro, Roberto},
  title = {{PumpSense: Real-time detection and target extraction of crypto pump-and-dumps on Telegram}},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1109/icbc67748.2026.11575494},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  booktitle = {2026 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC)},
  pages = {1--9},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/icbc67748.2026.11575494}
}

@inproceedings{tstr-financial-fraud-2025,
  author = {Mahrous, Ahmed and Di Pietro, Roberto},
  title = {{TSTR for financial fraud: Learning to detect manipulation without real data}},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1145/3768292.3770393},
  publisher = {ACM},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 6th ACM International Conference on AI in Finance},
  pages = {71--79},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3768292.3770393}
}

@inproceedings{stablecoin-sok-2025,
  author = {Mahrous, Ahmed and Caprolu, Maurantonio and Di Pietro, Roberto},
  title = {{SoK: A structured analysis of economic and technical stablecoin-related research}},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1109/icbc64466.2025.11114650},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  booktitle = {2025 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC)},
  pages = {1--21},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/icbc64466.2025.11114650}
}

@inproceedings{nft-aesthetics-2025,
  author = {Mahrous, Ahmed and Di Pietro, Roberto},
  title = {{Demystifying the role of aesthetics in NFT pricing: Model, analysis, and insights}},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1109/bcca66705.2025.11229591},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  booktitle = {2025 7th International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA)},
  pages = {657--664},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/bcca66705.2025.11229591}
}

@article{pump-and-dump-2024,
  author = {Charfeddine, Lanouar and Mahrous, Ahmed},
  title = {{What drives cryptocurrency pump and dump schemes: Coin versus market factors?}},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.1016/j.frl.2024.105861},
  publisher = {Elsevier BV},
  journal = {Finance Research Letters},
  volume = {67},
  pages = {105861},
  eid = {105861},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2024.105861}
}

@inproceedings{financial-microblog-emojis-2023,
  author = {Mahrous, Ahmed and Schneider, Jens and Di Pietro, Roberto},
  title = {{The role of emojis in sentiment analysis of financial microblogs}},
  year = {2023},
  doi = {10.1109/idsta58916.2023.10317863},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  booktitle = {2023 Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Data Science Technologies and Applications (IDSTA)},
  pages = {76--84},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/idsta58916.2023.10317863}
}