Academy Facilitates Multidisciplinary Dialogue on Big Data at Statistical Conference

Dorothy Andrews, vice chairperson of the Academy’s Big Data Task Force, chaired an Aug. 2 panel at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia, on “Big Data: Ethical and Professional Challenges from the Perspective of Actuaries, Data Scientists and Statisticians.” The panel, organized by the Academy, highlighted the task force’s June monograph, Big Data and the Role of the Actuary.