-- From: Sandra Trenovatz <sandra(a)fam.tuwien.ac.at> -- First Announcement VISS 2018 - Vienna International Summer School "Machine Learning Methods and Data Analytics in Risk and Insurance" =================================================================== DATE: Monday, July 9 - Friday, July 13, 2018 LOCATION: TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology), Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien, Austria WEB PAGE: <https://fam.tuwien.ac.at/viss2018/> ORGANIZED BY: FAM @ TU Wien <https://fam.tuwien.ac.at/> SPONSOR(S): Wiener Städtische Versicherung - Vienna Insurance Group (Further sponsors are welcome) MAIN SPEAKERS: Prof. Dr. Gareth W. Peters, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK Prof. Dr. Pavel V. Shevchenko, Macquarie University, Sydney, 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. SPECIAL INVITED LECTURES: Prof. Dr. Josef Teichmann, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Prof. Dr. Allan Hanbury, TU Wien, Austria LANGUAGE: English PARTICIPANTS: Practicing actuaries as well as researchers and advanced students with a good general knowledge of probability and statistics. CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Actuaries can earn 25-30 CPD points for attendance to this Vienna International Summer School. The number of CPD points will be fixed as soon as the schedule is finalized. EARLY REGISTRATION: For early registrations until June 10, 2018, a discount is allowed. <https://fam.tuwien.ac.at/viss2018/registration.php> For any requests, do not hesitate to write an e-mail to the VISS 2018 secretary: <viss2018(a)fam.tuwien.ac.at>