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Employment
- July 2008 -- Present:
Associate Professor, with tenure, Department
of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University
of Iowa
- July 2008 -- Present: Faculty
Member of the Interdisciplinary
Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences Ph.D. Program, University of Iowa
- January 2006 -- June 2008:
Assistant Professor, Department of
Statistics and Actuarial Science, University
of Iowa
- July 2004 -- December 2005:
Assistant Professor, Department
of Mathematics and Statistics, Concordia
University
- May 2002 -- June 2004:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department
of Quantitative Economics, University
of Amsterdam
Education
Research Interests
Professional Affiliations and Activities
- 2005 -- present: Associate
Editor of Insurance:
Mathematics & Economics, Elsevier
- 2007 -- present: Associate
Editor of Acta
Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica (see another site),
Springer
- 2004 -- present: Reviewer of American Mathematical Society (see a
list of papers I have publicly reviewed)
- Referee about 20-30 papers
per year since 2003 for certain journals in Actuarial Science, Finance,
Probability Theory, Stochastic Processes, and Mathematics
- Member of Scientific
Committee for
- The Sixth
Samos Conference in Actuarial Science and Finance, June 3-6, 2010,
University of Aegean, Greece
- The Thirteenth International Congress on
Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, May 27-29, 2009, Istanbul,
Turkey
- The Fifth
Samos Conference in Actuarial Science and Finance, September 4-7,
2008, University of Aegean, Greece
- The Twelfth International Congress on
Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, July 16-18, 2008, Dalian, China
- The First
International Workshop on Gerber-Shiu Functions, August 7-8, 2006,
Concordia University, Canada
Research Students Supervised
- Xuemiao Hao: Ph.D.,
Asymptotic Tail Probabilities of Risk Processes in Insurance and Finance, Department of Statistics and Actuarial
Science, University of Iowa, July
2009
- Jun Jiang: Ph.D., Limit
Theorems in Random Structures, co-supervised with Chun Su, Department of Statistics and Finance, University of Science and
Technology of China, July 2009
- Bangwon Ko: Ph.D., On Sums of
Dependent Heavy-tailed Random Variables and Valuation of Equity-linked
Insurance Products, co-supervised with Elias S. W. Shiu, Department of Statistics and Actuarial
Science, University of Iowa, May
2008
Courses Taught
2006--present at University of Iowa
- Fall 2009: Advanced Topics in Actuarial
Science - Quantitative Risk Management for Insurance (22S:273), 11
students
- Spring 2009: Credibility and Loss
Distributions (22S:176), 18 students
- Spring 2009: Topics in Actuarial Science
(22S:171), 18 students
- Fall 2008: Advanced Topics in Actuarial
Science - Stochastic Analysis for Insurance and Finance (22S:273), 7
students
- Spring 2008: Credibility and Loss
Distributions (22S:176), 21 students
- Spring 2008: Topics in Actuarial Science
(22S:171), 21 students
- Fall 2007: Quantitative Methods for
Actuaries (22S:174), 37 students
- Spring 2007: Credibility and Loss Distributions
(22S:176), 36 students
- Fall 2006: Advanced Topics in Actuarial
Science - Stochastic Analysis for Insurance and Finance (22S:273), 12
students
- Fall 2006: Mathematical Statistics I
(22S:153:001), 13 students
- Spring 2006: Actuarial Models (22S:175),
43 students
2004--2005 at Concordia University
Selected Publications
For a full list of refereed publications of mine, either search Items
Authored by Tang, Qihe at MatheSciNet
or see PDF file.
- Tang, Q.; Wei, L. Asymptotic aspects of the Gerber-Shiu
function in the renewal risk model using Wiener-Hopf factorization and
convolution equivalence. Insurance
Math. Econom. 46
(2010), no. 1, to appear. [PDF file]
- Geluk, J.; Tang, Q.
Asymptotic tail probabilities of sums of dependent subexponential random
variables. J.
Theoret. Probab. 22
(2009), no. 4, 871--882.
[PDF file]
- Hao, X.; Tang, Q. Asymptotic ruin probabilities of the Lévy insurance model under periodic taxation. Astin Bull. 39 (2009), no. 2, 479--494. [PDF file]
- Jiang, J.; Tang, Q. Reinsurance under the LCR
and ECOMOR treaties with emphasis on light-tailed claims. Insurance Math.
Econom. 43 (2008), no. 3, 431--436.
[PDF file]
- Tang, Q. From light
tails to heavy tails through multiplier. Extremes 11 (2008), no. 4, 379--391.
[PDF file]
- Hao, X.; Tang, Q. A uniform asymptotic estimate for discounted
aggregate claims with subexponential tails. Insurance
Math. Econom. 43 (2008),
no. 1, 116--120.
[PDF file]
- Ko, B.; Tang, Q. Sums of dependent nonnegative random variables with
subexponential tails. J. Appl.
Probab. 45 (2008), no. 1, 85--94.
[PDF file]
- Tang, Q. Heavy tails
of discounted aggregate claims in the continuous-time renewal model. J. Appl. Probab. 44
(2007), no. 2, 285--294.
[PDF file]
- Tang, Q. The
subexponentiality of products revisited. Extremes 9
(2006), no. 3-4, 231--241
(published in 2007). [PDF file]
- Tang, Q. On
convolution equivalence with applications. Bernoulli 12 (2006), no.
3, 535--549.
[PDF file]
- Tang, Q. Insensitivity
to negative dependence of the asymptotic behavior of precise large
deviations. Electron.
J. Probab. 11 (2006), no. 4, 107--120.
[PDF file]
- Tang, Q. Asymptotic
ruin probabilities in finite horizon with subexponential losses and
associated discount factors. Probab.
Engrg. Inform. Sci. 20 (2006), no. 1, 103--113.
[PDF file]
- Goovaerts, M. J.; Kaas, R.;
Laeven, R. J. A.; Tang, Q.; Vernic, R. The tail probability of
discounted sums of Pareto-like losses in insurance. Scand.
Actuar. J. (2005), no. 6, 446--461.
[PDF file]
- Tang, Q. The
finite-time ruin probability of the compound Poisson model with constant
interest force. J. Appl. Probab.
42 (2005), no. 3, 608--619.
[PDF file]
- Kaas, R.; Tang, Q. A
large deviation result for aggregate claims with dependent claim
occurrences. Insurance
Math. Econom. 36 (2005), no. 3, 251--259.
[PDF file]
- Tang, Q. Asymptotic
ruin probabilities of the renewal model with constant interest force and
regular variation. Scand.
Actuar. J. (2005), no. 1, 1--5.
[PDF file]
- Tang, Q.; Tsitsiashvili,
G. Finite- and infinite-time ruin probabilities in the presence of
stochastic returns on investments. Adv.
in Appl. Probab. 36 (2004), no. 4, 1278--1299.
[PDF file]
- Tang, Q. Asymptotics
for the finite time ruin probability in the renewal model with consistent
variation. Stoch.
Models 20 (2004), no. 3, 281--297.
[PDF file]
- Tang, Q. The ruin
probability of a discrete time risk model under constant interest rate
with heavy tails. Scand.
Actuar. J. (2004), no. 3, 229--240.
[PDF file]
- Cai, J.; Tang, Q. On
max-sum equivalence and convolution closure of heavy-tailed distributions
and their applications. J. Appl.
Probab. 41 (2004), no. 1, 117--130.
[PDF file]
- Ng, K. W.; Tang, Q.
Asymptotic behavior of tail and local probabilities for sums of
subexponential random variables. J.
Appl. Probab. 41 (2004), no. 1, 108--116.
[PDF file]
- Ng, K. W.; Tang, Q.;
Yan, J.; Yang, H. Precise large deviations for sums of random variables
with consistently varying tails. J.
Appl. Probab. 41 (2004), no. 1, 93--107.
[PDF file]
- Tang, Q. Uniform
estimates for the tail probability of maxima over finite horizons with
subexponential tails. Probab.
Engrg. Inform. Sci. 18 (2004), no. 1, 71--86.
[PDF file]
- Tang, Q.;
Tsitsiashvili, G. Precise estimates for the ruin probability in finite
horizon in a discrete-time model with heavy-tailed insurance and financial
risks. Stochastic
Process. Appl. 108 (2003), no. 2, 299--325.
[PDF file]
- Tang, Q.;
Tsitsiashvili, G. Randomly weighted sums of subexponential random
variables with application to ruin theory. Extremes 6
(2003), no. 3, 171--188.
[PDF file]
- Ng, K. W.; Tang, Q.;
Yan, J.; Yang, H. Precise large deviations for the prospective-loss
process. J. Appl. Probab.
40 (2003), no. 2, 391--400.
[PDF file]
Conferences Attended or Intended
- The
Fourteenth International Congress on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics,
June 17-19, 2010, Toronto, Canada
- The Sixth
Samos Conference in Actuarial Science and Finance, May 31 -- June 6,
2010, Samos, Greece
- Workshop
on Modelling Spatial and Temporal Dependence and Applications to Risk,
April 26-30, 2010, Luminy, France
- The
Sixth International Conference on Extreme Value Analysis, June 23-26,
2009, Fort Collins, USA [Presentation]
- The Thirteenth International Congress on
Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, May 27-29, 2009, Istanbul,
Turkey [Presentation]
- The Fifth
Samos Conference in Actuarial Science and Finance, September 4-7,
2008, Samos, Greece [Presentation]
- The Second
International Workshop on Gerber-Shiu Functions, August 27-29, 2008,
Linz, Austria [Presentation]
Last updated by Qihe Tang on 11/3/2009 11:49:03 PM