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The closing date for the submission of nominations for five members of the Convocation to the Excom of the Convocation was 18 May 2020 at 16:30. A total of six nominations were received and scrutinised, after which two nominations were declared invalid due to substantial non-conformance with the requirements laid down. The remaining four candidates are thus elected to the Excom and will serve for a period not exceeding five years.
We wish to congratulate the following four officials (in alphabetical order) with their election to the Excom of the Convocation:
1. Dr Pieter Bettings
2. Ms Ntombi Nhlapo
3. Mr Ntakuseni Razwiedani
4. Ms Nokuthula Sithole
A meeting of the Excom of the Convocation will be scheduled to discuss the one remaining vacancy in the Excom.
We wish to express our sincere gratitude to all those who participated in this process as well for their interest in, and commitment to the University and its affairs.
Received from: The Registrar and the President of the Convocation
Developments in extreme value theory, actuarial science and risk analysis discussed
2010-03-29
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From the left are the organisers of the workshop, Prof Daan de Waal and Frans Koning from the Department of Mathematical Statistics and Actuarial Science at the UFS, and the four international speakers, Prof. Pieter van Gelder (Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands), Prof. Jan Dhaene (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium), Prof. Marc Goovaerts (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) and Prof. Emiliano Valdez (University of Connecticut, USA).
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The Department of Mathematical Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently hosted its second annual workshop on “Applications of Statistics and Probability in Energy, Finance and Actuarial Science”.
Talented international experts presented papers on recent developments in extreme value theory, actuarial science and risk analysis. Staff and postgraduate students of the department also presented papers on the topic. |