Empowering Minds: Students Take Center Stage at the Fourth Annual Conference in Statistics, Actuarial Science, and Finance

Friday, November 24, 2023

The fourth annual Student Conference in Statistics, Actuarial Science, and Finance took place on October 27 & 28, 2023. This two-day event was entirely organized by and for students.

The conference featured keynote presentations by prominent researchers, including Agostino Capponi (Columbia University) and Grace Yi (Western University). Additionally, 30+ student researchers from various universities presented their research findings.

Highlighting excellence, the conference acknowledged outstanding talks at the conference by issuing 6 Presentation Awards to the following participants:

The winners in alphabetic order are:

  • Luke Hagar, University of Waterloo  
  • Dingding Hu, University of Waterloo  
  • Yifan Li, University of Western Ontario  
  • Dante Mata Lopez, UQAM  
  • Zachary Van Oosten, University of Waterloo  
  • Augustine Wigle, University of Waterloo 

 Honourable mentions go out to: 

  • Yuling (Max) Chen, University of Waterloo 
  • Hwanwoo Kim, University of Chicago