I'm a property-casualty actuary, use R in at my job, and lurk on the
list. In conjunction with one of its meetings, the Casualty Actuarial
Society (I'm a member) is looking for proposals from people to teach a
workshop in R and I thought members of the list might be interested.
I've pasted the information below.
My apologies if this posting violates list rules.
Thanks.
Kevin
http://www.casact.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=viewArticle&articleID=1613
2012 RPM Seminar Committee Welcomes Proposals for New R Workshop
08/08/2011 —
I. Casualty Actuarial Society
The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) was organized in 1914 as a
professional society with the purpose of advancing the body of knowledge
of actuarial science applied to property, casualty and similar risk
exposures. This is accomplished through communication with the publics
affected by insurance, the presentation and discussion of papers,
attendance at seminars and workshops, collection of a library, funded
research activities, and other means. The membership of the CAS includes
over 4,000 actuaries employed by insurance companies, consulting firms,
brokers, and the government. Additional information about the CAS can be
found on the CAS website.
II. CAS Ratemaking/Product Management Seminar
The CAS Ratemaking/Product Management (“RPM”) Seminar is scheduled to
take place in Philadelphia, PA on March 19-21, 2012. As with previous
RPM Seminars, full day workshops on 4 different subject areas of
particular interest are scheduled to be offered on the first day, or
Monday, March 19, 2012. Examples of schedules, workshop descriptions and
presentations from previous such workshops can be found on the CAS
website. In response to feedback received from previous RPM Seminar
attendees, the RPM Seminar Planning Committee (“Committee”) intends to
include Introduction to R as one of the workshop topics at the 2012
seminar, to provide hands-on R training for beginners.
III. Project Specifications
The Committee wishes to enlist subject matter experts to develop and
conduct the above described 1 day workshop on R. The workshop should be
customized to focus on the critical issues surrounding creation of an R
program.
The Committee is most interested in providing training in the following
areas, but is open to considering additional steps that are offered by
respondents:
R interface
Programming in R
R datasets
R packages
Actuarial models in R
The workshop will need to include a dataset for analysis during the
session(s), to be provided to attendees with sufficient lead time that
they can become knowledgeable about the dataset before the workshop
begins. An assignment could accompany the dataset so that attendees can
review the data and perform necessary data analysis.
It is expected that the presenters will use a computer and an LCD
projector, and that attendees will be able to use their own computers to
conduct analysis on the dataset prior to and during the workshop. The
participants should have access to the R software during the workshop
and should be provided instructions on how to download the required
version of R prior to the workshop along with any required packages.
Expected workshop attendance would be 50 persons.
The presenters must adhere to the same requirements and deadlines
imposed on all workshop/RPM Seminar presenters, in terms of working with
Committee session coordinators and making materials available to
attendees prior to the seminar.
IV. Proposal Requirements
Proposals are due by September 12, 2011 and should include the following
items:
A clear description of seminar education content
Demonstrated experience within the field
Three professional references
All submitted proposals will be evaluated equally. The Committee will,
by October 10, 2011, select the respondent who, in the judgment of the
Committee, is best able to perform the work as specified herein. The
Committee reserves the right not to accept any proposal if an acceptable
proposal is not received.
Interested parties should submit their proposals and any questions in
writing via e-mail to Vincent Edwards, CAS Manager, Professional
Education, at vedwa...@casact.org.
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