Jiandong Ren, Western University

Research

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Latest funding

An integrated approach to manage catastrophe risk
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$28,000
Decision making problems in Actuarial Science
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$80,000
Risk models based on Marked Markovian Arrival Processes
NSERC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$55,000

All 7 grants and awards

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An integrated approach to manage catastrophe risk

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Ren, Jiandong

Keywords: actuarial loss models; catastrophe risk management; optimal insurance; risk measures; mathematical optimization; multi-objective optimization; dependence modelling; model uncertainty

$28,000

Decision making problems in Actuarial Science

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Ren, Jiandong

Keywords: Actuarial Science; Dependence; Multivariate Loss Models; Optimal Control; Risk Management; Risk Measures; Risk Processes; Statistical Decision Making

$80,000

Risk models based on Marked Markovian Arrival Processes

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Ren, Jiandong

$55,000

Variations of risk processes

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Ren, Jiandong

$75,000

Blade servers based parallel statistical computing

Co-investigatorNSERC2007Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Yu, Hao

$34,994

Ruin probabilities

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Ren, Jiandong

$33,000

Distributed graduate computing laboratory

Co-investigatorNSERC2005Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Murdoch, Duncan

$65,380

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Ren, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "An integrated approach to manage catastrophe risk" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]