Zhiyu (Frank) Quan

Zhiyu (Frank) Quan

Assistant Professor of Actuarial Science

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Biography

Zhiyu (Frank) Quan is an assistant professor of actuarial science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Interests

  • Actuarial Science
  • Computational Statistics
  • Data Science

Education

  • Ph.D. in Actuarial Science, 2019

    University of Connecticut

  • MS in Applied Statistics, 2014

    Michigan State University

  • BS in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, 2012

    Xiamen University

Skills

Actuarial Science & Data Science

Insurance Analytics with Tree-Based Models

Programming

R, Python, TensorFlow, SAS, SQL

Cloud Computing

AWS

Documentation

Latex, R Markdown, Jupyter Notebook

Online Presence

HTML, R Shiny, Blogdown

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Assistant Professor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Aug 2020 – Present Urbana, IL
 
 
 
 
 

R&D Data Scientist

Carpe Data

Aug 2019 – Aug 2020 Santa Barbara, CA
 
 
 
 
 

Graduate Level Advanced Analytics Data Science Intern

Liberty Mutual Insurance

Jun 2017 – Aug 2017 Boston, MA

Recent & Upcoming Talks

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Jun 1, 2030 1:00 PM — 3:00 PM Source Themes HQ
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Featured Publications

Zhiyu (Frank) Quan, Zhiguo Wang, Guojun Gan, Emiliano A. Valdez
June 2020
Hybrid Tree-based Models for Insurance Claims

Hybrid Tree-based Models for Insurance Claims

Hybrid tree-based models.

PDF DOI Research Gate
Zhiyu (Frank) Quan, Emiliano A Valdez
December 2018 Dependence Modeling, 6(1):377-407
Predictive analytics of insurance claims using multivariate decision trees

Predictive analytics of insurance claims using multivariate decision trees

Multivariate tree-based models application in actuarial science.

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Recent Publications

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Hybrid Tree-based Models for Insurance Claims

Hybrid tree-based models.
Zhiyu (Frank) Quan, Zhiguo Wang, Guojun Gan, Emiliano A. Valdez
PDF DOI Research Gate
Hybrid Tree-based Models for Insurance Claims

Tree-based Models for Variable Annuity Valuation: Parameter Tuning and Empirical Analysis

Tree-based models application in variable annuity.
Zhiyu (Frank) Quan, Guojun Gan, Emiliano A. Valdez
PDF DOI Research Gate
Tree-based Models for Variable Annuity Valuation: Parameter Tuning and Empirical Analysis

Machine Learning Techniques for Variable Annuity Valuation

Machine learning applications in variable annuity.
Guojun Gan, Zhiyu (Frank) Quan, Emiliano Valdez
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Machine Learning Techniques for Variable Annuity Valuation

Predictive analytics of insurance claims using multivariate decision trees

Multivariate tree-based models application in actuarial science.
Zhiyu (Frank) Quan, Emiliano A Valdez
PDF Dataset Source Document DOI
Predictive analytics of insurance claims using multivariate decision trees

Contact

  • (217) 300-5736
  • Department of Mathematics, 223 Illini Hall, MC-382, 1409 W. Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801