ACMS Seminar: LOCATION (fwd)
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Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 15:14:50 -0800 (PST)
From: Jim Burke <burke@math.washington.edu>
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Subject: ACMS Seminar: LOCATION
Soory, the location of the seminar was absent from the announcement.
We just received a room assignment for the seminar today.
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Applied and Computational Mathematical Sciences
Undergraduate Seminar
Title: Becoming an Actuary, and
Associated Applications in Probability and Finance
Speaker: Toby White, Department of Statistics
Time: 3:30--4:30pm, Friday, January 17, 2003
Place: Thomson 134
Abstract:
An actuarial career is one of the few mathematically-related areas
available to undergraduates that does not require a graduate degree.
Furthermore, it has been one of the top-rated jobs the past several
decades when considering a composite of factors like working
conditions, compensation and benefits, upward mobility, and intellectual
challenge. Traditional actuarial roles occur within the insurance industry,
banking, consulting, and investments. More specifically, job duties relate
to the pricing and development of products, reserving, financial reporting,
and other key support functions essential to corporate success. Becoming
an Actuary requires passing a series of eight exams, the first covering only
basic concepts in probability and calculus, the second encompassing
introductory topics in interest theory, economics, and finance. I will
discuss my own experiences as an actuarial exam student, as well as my
two contrasting positions at an insurance company and a consulting firm.
Then, I will present actual exam problems from recent tests, all of which
require an advanced level of thinking, organization, and problem solving
skills, but all manageable using a basic undergraduate education in math.
My intent is to motivate students toward the possible pursuit of an
actuarial career, and then demonstrate some insurance-based, exam-
related applications that draw from their previous coursework.
Note: Iwill probably take about 15 minutes to do the 'inform and motivate'
part mentioned immediately above, and the remaining 30-40 minutes we'll
work some intriguing exam problems.
http://www.ms.washington.edu/acms/seminars/W03/schedule.html
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