-- From: Sandra Trenovatz <sandra(a)fam.tuwien.ac.at> --
First Announcement
VISS 2018 - Vienna International Summer School
"Machine Learning Methods and Data Analytics in Risk and Insurance"
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DATE:
Monday, July 9 - Friday, July 13, 2018
LOCATION:
TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology),
Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien, Austria
WEB PAGE:
<https://fam.tuwien.ac.at/viss2018/>
ORGANIZED BY:
FAM @ TU Wien <https://fam.tuwien.ac.at/>
SPONSOR(S):
Wiener Städtische Versicherung - Vienna Insurance Group
(Further sponsors are welcome)
MAIN SPEAKERS:
Prof. Dr. Gareth W. Peters, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
Prof. Dr. Pavel V. Shevchenko, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
BRIEF OUTLINE:
Machine learning and data analytics is an emerging field that is
beginning to have a strong influence on the field of actuarial science
practice. The onset of big data applications in insurance has driven the
profession to explore new ways to understand data and modelling. Unlike
in Google and Facebook type technology applications where huge data
bases of labelled data are available, in the insurance context we are
often considering unsupervised learning methods. This course will
address core methodology to tackle unsupervised problems of relevance to
insurance applications.
SPECIAL INVITED LECTURES:
Prof. Dr. Josef Teichmann, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Allan Hanbury, TU Wien, Austria
LANGUAGE: English
PARTICIPANTS:
Practicing actuaries as well as researchers and advanced students with a
good general knowledge of probability and statistics.
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Actuaries can earn 25-30 CPD points for attendance to this Vienna
International Summer School. The number of CPD points will be fixed as
soon as the schedule is finalized.
EARLY REGISTRATION:
For early registrations until June 10, 2018, a discount is allowed.
<https://fam.tuwien.ac.at/viss2018/registration.php>
For any requests, do not hesitate to write an e-mail to the
VISS 2018 secretary: <viss2018(a)fam.tuwien.ac.at>