Description: Read the August 2018 issue of Predictive Analytics and Futurism newsletter published by the Predictive Analytics and Futurism Section.

Description: Spreadsheets have become ubiquitous in business and forecasting. However, they do not usually have the same level of control that any other complex program would require. As a result, we often get erroneous results which can have far reaching, negative consequences.

Description: Full issue of Forecasting & Futurism Newsletter, January 2012, Issue 4

Description: The July 2013 issue of the SOA’s Forecasting & Futurism section’s newsletter, Forecasting & Futurism.

Description: December 2013 issue of Forecasting & Futurism newsletter

Description: Short descriptions of the various articles in the June issue.

Description: The author presents autoencoders in a clear manner and then goes on to show an intriguing application where an autoencoder can alert us to events out of the ordinary.

Description: At the 2009 SOA Annual Meeting in Boston, Nassim Nicholas Taleb shared some thoughts on Black Swans, operating in the fourth quadrant, and living in the world of Extremistan versus Mediocristan during his keynote speech, all of which can be found in his published work. The follow-up session, summarized in this article, addresses the real question: What do we actuaries do about these phenomena?

Description: A discussion on how to avoid bias when choosing research topics.

Description: Contrary to what you might infer from the article title, the author provides counterpoint from some data science skeptics and suggests Big Data sometimes leads to sloppy analysis.