Conference Description:

Main Speakers:
- Prof. Gareth W. Peters, Heriot-Watt University, UK
- Prof. Pavel V. Shevchenko, Macquarie University, Australia

Brief outline:
Machine learning and data analytics is an emerging field that is beginning to have a strong influence on the field of actuarial science practice. The onset of big data applications in insurance has driven the profession to explore new ways to understand data and modelling. Unlike in Google and Facebook type technology applications where huge data bases of labelled data are available, in the insurance context we are often considering unsupervised learning methods. This course will address core methodology to tackle unsupervised problems of relevance to insurance applications.