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Letter from the Editors
Letter from the Editors Andrew Chan is now emeritus co-editor of the CompAct newsletter. He offers a final contribution for this issue’s letter, sharing a poignant visit to a client: Computer ...- Authors: Paul Ramirez, Richard Junker
- Date: Jul 2013
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Software
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Parallel cloud computing
Parallel cloud computing This article shares our experience of using the cloud to do large-scale parallel processing and discusses some background regarding the cloud. Predictive ...- Authors: Joseph Long, Dan McCurley
- Date: Apr 2018
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics; Technology & Applications>Software
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Cool Tech
Cool Tech This article is about Content Management Systems and other software to help build a web site for a small business. Computer science;E-commerce; 7810 10/1/2008 12:00:00 AM ...- Authors: Matthew C Wilson
- Date: Oct 2008
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>E-commerce; Technology & Applications>Software
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Editor’s Notes
Editor’s Notes The editor introduces a new newsletter format and asks for ideas for articles. Computer science; 8997 1/1/2009 12:00:00 AM ...- Authors: Howard Callif
- Date: Jan 2009
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Software
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Cool Tech
Cool Tech Welcome to the third edition of Cool Tech. This is where the author points out cool things on the Web. Computer science;Derivatives;E-commerce; 7838 1/1/2009 12:00:00 AM ...- Authors: Matthew C Wilson
- Date: Jan 2009
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>E-commerce; Technology & Applications>Software
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Spreadsheets—the Aging Friend of Actuaries
Spreadsheets—the Aging Friend of Actuaries Is the Excel spreadsheet an actuary’s best friend? It appears that the life and pension industry is meandering blindly into a world of endless ...
- Authors: Mark Grall
- Date: Apr 2012
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Software
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GPUs: How We Went From Zombie Blood Splatter To Financial Projections
GPUs: How We Went From Zombie Blood Splatter To Financial Projections GPUs are structured differently from CPUs in that they are designed to process many small programs or functions ...
- Authors: Chris Stiefeling
- Date: Oct 2013
- Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Annuities>Variable annuities; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models; Technology & Applications>Computer science; Technology & Applications>Software
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To Err Is Human To Correct, Divine
To Err Is Human To Correct, Divine This article discusses errors in spreadsheets, their implications and ways to mitigate them. Computer science; 8980 1/1/2008 12:00:00 AM ...- Authors: Mary Campbell
- Date: Jan 2008
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Software
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The End Users Justify the Means: IV – The Journey Home
The End Users Justify the Means: IV – The Journey Home Feature article about the appropriate use of spreadsheets. Computer science; 7902 7/1/2009 12:00:00 AM ...- Authors: Mary Campbell
- Date: Jul 2009
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Technology & Applications>Software
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Cluster Modeling: A New Technique To Improve Model Efficiency
Cluster Modeling: A New Technique To Improve Model Efficiency Feature article discussing new approaches to actuarial modeling. Computer science;Modeling efficiency; 7904 7/1/2009 12:00:00 AM ...- Authors: Craig Reynolds, Avi Freedman
- Date: Jul 2009
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: CompAct
- Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Technology & Applications>Software