Emiliano A. Valdez, PhD, FSA

Emil is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He joined the University of Connecticut in 2007, with a brief stint from 2013 to 2015  as a professor and director of the actuarial science program at Michigan State University. His primary research interest is actuarial science, covering topics such as copula models, dependencies, post-retirement asset management, and areas related to risk measures and capital allocation. In recent years, his research has focused on the applications of data science and statistical modeling to actuarial and insurance problems. The quality of his work has been recognized through awards that include the E. A. Lew Award, the Halmstad Memorial Prize, the Hachemeister Prize, and most recently, the Robert I. Mehr award.

Emil also has a joint appointment at the Department of Statistics.

Updated CV

Book on data analysis Actuarial Statistics with R: Theory and Case Studies  Errata

Research project on Applying Data Mining Techniques in Actuarial Science