CompAct Electronic Newsletter
Issue 12 | January 2010
Letter From The Chair
by Tim Deitz
I am pleased to introduce myself as the new chairman of the Technology Section Council. Last year, I served as the vice-chair in preparation for this year. I feel we have a great group on the council and would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to our 2010 council and some of the projects they will be working on this year.
Editor's Notes
by Howard Callif
Welcome to the new on-line version of CompAct! This exciting new format enables us to provide content in a much more accessible format than PDF.
Common Software Design Issues
by Andrew Chan
When I developed my first business system 20 years ago, I was very proud that I took a business process needing multiple man-months to run and managed to migrate it to an automated computer process requiring only a few key strokes to execute.
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EUSPRIG Meeting Focuses on Doing it Right the First Time
by Mary Pat Campbell
This past July, EuSpRIG [European Spreadsheet Risks Interest Group] held their annual meeting in Paris, under the theme "The Role of Spreadsheets in Organizational Excellence."
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HPC Server Reduces Costs of Actuarial Modeling
by By Windows In Financial Services
David Dorfman, a specialist in computational modeling for Microsoft, recently shared his thoughts on using HPC Server to improve performance and reduce actuarial modeling costs.
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Modeling Efficiency Research Project: The Academy Needs Your Help!
by the American Academy of Actuaries' Modeling Efficiency Working Group
Over the past 10 to 15 years, the number of projections mandated for reporting has increased tremendously. Future demands after the adoption of PBR will be even greater. The Modeling Efficiency Working Group (MEWG) of the American Academy of Actuaries is searching for techniques to make these requirements more manageable.
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R Corner–Functions
Steve Craighead
To design your own functions in R, you will need to follow a simple format ...
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