Description: This article discusses techniques used to create risk scores to help determine appropriate primary care panel sizes for a provider organization.

Description: Feature article discussing futurism and a study that contains in-depth descriptions of the Delphi and TIA methods; listings of the rationales and thought processes, the plausible future developments that could influence the values of these four economic variables and the resulting “fan of possibilities” for the values of these variables

Description: Actuaries have the opportunity to transform to a new role that utilizes predictive analytics and new data sources such as epigenetics, to better humankind.

Description: A concise overview of Generative Adversarial Networks.

Description: Collaborative filtering models drive recommendations provided by Netflix and Amazon. This article uses the same models to explore patients’ medical conditions.

Description: The artcle looks at the most important features necessary to conduct a meaningful quantitative analysis. The article also discusses how predictive analytics should be used as a tactic to anwer question and not an end in of itself.

Description: Reflections on SOA delphi study released Oct 2005

Description: A look into how machine learning models implement classification and regression at a deeper level. Covers topics such as multi-regression, softmax, and ROC charts.

Description: Even the best algorithms are only effective if they are trained on appropriate data. This article discusses common pitfalls in creating a training data set.

Description: An autobiographical journey from actuarial student to data scientist.