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Kit Yates: maths for the masses

Kit Yates tells Ruolin Wang why making mathematics more accessible to the public is so important – especially in light of COVID-19 and the climate challenge
Wednesday 2nd February 2022
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Built to skill: embracing modern data science tools and techniques

By embracing modern data science tools and techniques, actuaries can operate more efficiently, increase value and better manage risk, say Valerie du Preez, Xavier Maréchal and Anja Friedrich
Friday 28th January 2022
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What’s in the box? Useful findings on black box models

What’s in the box? Useful findings on black box models

Laurent Dupont shares the lessons of a recent TechSprint concerning the explainability of ‘black box’ models
Wednesday 1st December 2021
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Unfamiliar territory for artifical intelligence-related risk

Unfamiliar territory for artificial intelligence-related risk

Artificial intelligence-related risk differs from traditional model risk, explain Andrew Morgan, Valerie du Preez and Natasha Naidoo –how can we get to grips with it?
Wednesday 1st December 2021
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Caught on camera: how data can help preserve biodiversity

Olga Mierzwa-Sulima, Robin Whytock and Jdrzej wieewski share their experience of building a machine learning algorithm that helps track biodiversity in Gabon’s tropical forests
Wednesday 3rd November 2021
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Boxing clever: novel thinking behind parametric products

Alin Radu, Laurent Sabatié and Davide De Santis discuss insurers’ use of novel data sources and structures to create innovative parametric products
Wednesday 6th October 2021
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The patient data pipeline

Niall Fennelly sets out key lessons around electronic health records for insurance, and explores what the future could hold
Wednesday 6th October 2021
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As the smoke clears

David Lu and Wendy Wang investigate the increasing global incidence of lung cancer among women who have never smoked
Wednesday 6th October 2021
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Fall of the wild?

Gillian Rutherford-Liske and Samantha Dunn explain the role general insurers can play in tackling extreme weather and ecosystem loss
Wednesday 6th October 2021
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Environment agents: Introduction to reinforcement learning

Jonathan Khanlian outlines how the machine learning technique of reinforcement learning can be viewed from an actuarial perspective
Thursday 2nd September 2021
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