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Liang Hong

Liang Hong

Professor - Mathematical Sciences
 
972-883-2161
FO 2.408E
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Professional Preparation

PhD - Mathematics
Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN) - 2009
MS - Mathematics (Concentration: Applied Statistics)
Purdue University (Indianapolis, IN) - 2005
BA - Economics (Major: Investment and Management)
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - 2000

Research Areas

Actuarial Science, Insurance Data Science, and Risk Analysis
Bayesian Analysis, Explainable Machine Learning, and Predictive Analytics
Foundations of AI and Mathematics
Operations Research (especially search and detection)

Awards

Casualty Actuarial Society Individual Grant - Casualty Actuarial Society [2024]
Casualty Actuarial Society and Society of Actuaries Individual Grant - Casualty Actuarial Society & Society of Actuaries [2021]
Society of Actuaries Individual Grant - Society of Actuaries [2016]
President's Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award in Scholarship - Robert Morris University [2016]
Casualty Actuarial Society and Society of Actuaries Individual Grant - Society and Actuaries & Casulaty Actuarial Society [2015]
State Farm Actuarial Science Grant - State Farm Insurance Company [2012]
State Farm Actuarial Science Grant - State Farm Insurance Company [2011]
Society of Actuaries Institutional Grant - Society of Actuaries [2010]

Additional Information

Fellow, Society of Actuaries

Activities

Faculty Advisor, Center for Actuarial Excellence (CAE) Accreditation Evaluation Committee, Society of Actuaries (SOA), 2022–present
Education & Research Section Council, Society of Actuaries (Chair, 2021– 2022; Co-Vice-Chair, 2020–2021; Secretary, 2019–2020).
Inaugural Liaison, Society of Actuaries' Actuarial Science Early Career Award