Description: Comments on the article “Developing an Actuarial Programming Language” by Russell J. Mueller in the April newsletter in which it was suggested that “a study should be undertaken to determine the feasibility of developing” such a language. In this connection, the author feels it to be appropriate to draw attention to some practical considerations which should form part of such a study.

Description: Presented at June 1985 Spring Meeting. Discusses: turning a data processing center into a profits center, licensing your computer software, legal problems in development of software from the employer-employee perspective, contracting for the development of software, patents, royalties.

Description: This article describes how to model variable annuities using a GPU along with some of the stumbling blocks.

Description: A short introduction of the characteristics of Blockchain technology

Description: This article explains why distributed computing systems have grown in popularity as well as the benefits and drawbacks of implementing them.

Description: In January 1936, William Phillips, a London actuary, presented a paper to the Institute in which he recommended a methodology to allow life insurance companies to automate their actuarial calculations. This article discusses Phillps' work in this area.

Description: This paper discusses recent developments in modern computer languages including COBOL, ALGOL/FORTRAN, APL, SNOBOL/COMIT and LISP/IPL.

Description: The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of soft computing applications in actuarial science. Soft computing refers to modes of computing in which precision is traded for tractability, robustness and ease of implementation.