Carsten Lange

Carsten Lange

Professor of Economics and Graduate Coordinator, Economics Department, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences

Awards, Grants, Recognitions, Fund Raising and Memberships

  • Machine Learning Advisor for the Center for Customer Insights and Digital Marketing, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (since 2020)
  • NSF Grant Application (Role: Co-PI): Organic Molecular Crystal Properties Database Expansion for the Establishment of Physicochemical Trends and Unique Organic Electronic Materials (PI: with Bohdan Schatschneider, Chemistry Department at Cal Poly) California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2019, re-submitting stage).
  • Participating in a Cal Poly NSF Grant Application (Role: Senior Researcher): CC* Grant to Provide a Research and Cyber Security Backbone Infrastructure to the Cal Poly Pomona Campus, PI: Deutsch, Peter, CTO Cal Poly, Pomona (2/2019)
  • Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Grant Program (Role: Co-PI), Use of Machine Learning for Extraction of Physicochemical Trends existing in Organic Crystals, PI: Bohdan Schatschneider, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Cal Poly, Pomona (2018).
  • Member of the High Performance Computing Cluster (HPC) Working Group, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (since 2017).
  • Member of Interdisciplinary Thematic Scholarly Community: Big Data and Machine Learning, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (since 2017).
  • Data Champion Award, Analyze Student Admission and Student Success for the College of Letters Arts and Social Science, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2017).
  • Innovative Approaches to Instruction Award, Develop a System of Learning Outcomes for a Principles in Economics Textbook, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2017).
  • The Provost’s Teacher-Scholar Award, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2016).
  • The Provost’s Teacher-Scholar Award, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2015).
  • Sabbatical for Fall Quarter 2014, project: Develop a Multimedia Book for Principles in Microeconomics.
  • The Provost’s Teacher-Scholar Award, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2014).
  • Innovative Approaches to Instruction Award, Develop Short Videos for Basic Concepts In Microeconomics (2014)
  • The Provost’s Teacher-Scholar Award, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2009)
  • Fellow of the Center for the Study of the Inland Empire, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (since 2007)
  • John Randolph Haynes Foundation Fellowship, Applying Geographical Information Systems and Neural Networks to Analyze Residential Housing Prices in selected cities in the Southern California Region (2008/2009)
  • Sabbatical for Spring and Fall Quarter 2008, research project: Applying Geographical Information Systems and Neural Networks to Analyze Residential Housing Prices in selected cities in the Southern California Region
  • Recognition in Who is Who in America 2009, 2010, 2011.
  • Siemens AG, Munich/Germany granted the license of SENN (Simulation and development Environment for Neural Networks) software for a research project to analyze the Californian housing market (2008)
  • Award for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, California State University Pomona (2007).
  • Grant Development Incentive Award, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2007).
  • DOLCE Award ($4000) to develop an on-line course for a Principles in Economics course, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2006)
  • Golden Leaves Award 2004, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, for my book:
    • Neuronale Netze in der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Prognose und Modellgenerierung. Eine theoretische und empirische Betrachtung mit Programmierbeispielen. (Applying Neural Networks for Economic Forecasting and Model Generation. A Theoretical and Empirical Approach with Sample Programs), Physica/Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York (10/22/2004).
  • Fund Raising for Student Exchange (total $14,000):
    • University Hannover (application with Dieter Berkholz, University of Hannover) (2003)
    • Norddeutsche Landesbank (North German State Bank) (2003/2004/2006)
    • College of Letters Arts and Social Science, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2003)
  • ATMUS Game Theory Project ($5000) Mini Grant to develop a computer class room tournament for a game theory course, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (2002).
  • Fellowship of the Lenze Foundation, Hameln/Germany ($15000 to fund a stay as a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, San Diego to research on Neural Networks) (1998)
  • Medium Investment Award, for a Unix workstation to run neural network software, University of Hannover/Germany (1997)