Dr. Yanlin Shi

Biography

Yanlin Shi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Actuarial Studies and Business Analytics at Macquarie University since July 2017. His academic journey began with undergraduate studies at the Chu Kochen Honors College at Zhejiang University, followed by a Ph.D. in Statistics from the Australian National University (ANU). Yanlin has significant teaching experience, having lectured on actuarial statistical courses, Survival Models, Mathematics Finance, and Applied Statistics. These courses are recognized as part of the exemption Core Technique (CT) subjects by the Institute Faculty of Actuaries. He has published over 60 research articles in a wide range of international peer-reviewed academic journals, including top-tier journals such as Demography, Journal of Banking & Finance, Insurance: Mathematics & Economics, Journal of Financial Econometrics, and the ASTIN Bulletin. His research interests encompass financial econometrics, business analytics, time series analysis, and mortality modeling. He earned his Fellowship from the Society of Actuaries (SOA) in June 2019 after successfully passing four challenging FSA-level examinations, ranking among the top ten thousand candidates. In early 2020, Yanlin became a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia (FIAA) and is also accredited as a Chartered Statistician (CStat) from the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

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