SFRA Colloquium 2019
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HW-UoE-ISM Workshop
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The 2019 SFRA Colloquium will present topics on methodological and computational aspects of Data Science, Machine Learning and their applications and developments within Financial Risk, Financial Mathematics and Insurance.
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Dates:
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SFRA Colloquium 4th Feb 2019.
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Conference dinner (open to speakers and presenters only) - 6:30pm reception and 7pm dinner 4th Feb 2019 - at former resident of Adam Smith http://www.panmurehouse.org/
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HW-UoE-ISM Workshop 5th and 6th Feb 2019.
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Location:
The main colloquium and the workshop will take place at the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS) in Edinburgh (see url: http://www.icms.org.uk/ )
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Travel instructions to get to the ICMS (see url: http://www.icms.org.uk/visitingICMS.php )
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Registration:
All participants, speakers and those intending to follow some talks will be required to register for the purpose of space management.
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For the purpose of catering the event - we charge a small fee for general attendance which is as follows - and includes attendance at the conference, certificate of attendance, coffee and tea as well as buffet lunch.
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Day 1 only Colloquium Attendance £35
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Day 1-3 Colloquium and Workshop £75
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Students and HW - UoE staff registration is FREE
Conference Registration -- NOTE REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED
(please note you will be notified after registration if your successful and payment occurs on the day)
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-- Due to a high demand to attend this workshop - we have had to close registration as all places are now filled.
Many registrations have been placed on a waiting list and we have contacted those already provided with a space to check they will attend all aspects of the workshop. If there are any additional spots we will work down the short listed registrations to provide them a spot as we are able.
We thank you for your interest in this workshop and hope that if you missed out this year, you will join us next year!
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Colloquium Plan and Timings:
The colloquium speaker slots and timings is available in this link SPEAKER_PLAN
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Accommodation:
There are numerous accommodation options in Edinburgh city center.
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Some examples 3 or 4 star hotels are below.
Organizer:
Contact the colloquium and workshop organizer for any questions
Prof. Gareth W. Peters (g.peters@hw.ac.uk).
For ICMS related questions/facility questions and IT please contact
Dawn Wasley
Knowledge Transfer Officer
telephone 0131 650 9817
email: dawn.wasley@icms.org.uk
Colloquium Speakers
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Prof. Montserrat Guillen
Universitat de Barcelona
Prof. Gary Koop
Strathclyde Business School
Panmure House Conference Dinner Speaker
John Taylor
President-elect of the IFoA
Head of Guided Outcomes Delivery Hymans Robertson
Webpage: IFoA​
Workshop Speakers
Dr. Daisuke Murakami
Institute of Statistical Mathematics
Presentation Title, Abstract and Bio: Murakami
Prof. Le Minh Nguyen
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Presentation Title, Abstract and Bio: Nguyen
Dr. Antonio Dalessandro
University College London
​Presentation Title, Abstract and Bio: Dalessandro
Sarah Mathieson
Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
IFoA
Presentation Title, Abstract and Bio: Mathieson
Dr. Dorota Toczydlowska
University of Technology Sydney
Presentation Title, Abstract and Bio: dtoczydlowska
Funding Sources and Sponsors
A special thank you goes to the sponsors of this workshop and grant agencies
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Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan and ROIS for sponsoring several participant speakers. In particular to Prof. Tomoko Matsui for facilitating the grant to fund this research activity.
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Heriot-Watt University Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics for sponsorship of conference dinner and catering
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Panmure House (Heriot-Watt) for access to facilities for conference dinner
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International Center for Mathematical Science - Bayes Center for access to facilities for hosting the meeting.