Description: Meet “Julia,” a free programming language licensed by MIT that may help you with parallel computing. It may be an alternative tool for those who are interested in nested stochastic processes for actuarial research (if not for regulatory compliance).

Description: Chairperson's column for the July 2016 issue of Predictive Analytics & Futurism.

Description: Each month in the media we learn of another set of jobs being automated into oblivion or replaced by disruptive technologies. We see taxi drivers replaced by Uber and Lyft now, and soon by self-driving cars. An Oxford University study of 702 occupations showed insurance underwriters in 698th place, with a 99% probability of computerization. They were safer for obsolescence by automation than only four occupations such as hand sewers and telemarketers.

Description: Editorial Introduction to the issue.

Description: This article provides a highlight of all the information and resources the predictive analytics and futurism section provides to its members.

Description: Full issue of Predicative Analytics and Futurism Section, Issue 17, April 2018

Description: Anders discusses how skills in PA techniques don't have to become the focal point for all actuaries, but they can be another tool in the toolbox for all of us.

Description: Read the November 2020 issue of Predictive Analytics and Futurism published by the Predictive Analytics and Futurism Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: This article gives a brief overview of ways to extend clustering analysis beyond basic methods such a k-means