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Presentations

Akman, Fusun,  Grasshopper-tachinid population dynamics (with Douglas Whitman): poster session,  March,  2006,  61st annual meeting of the North Central branch of the Entomological Society of America,  Bloomington,  IL Akman, Fusun,  Higher Derived Brackets and Deformation Theory,  October,  2005,  AMS Regional Meeting #1009 (Bard College),  Annandale-on-Hudson,  NY Akman, Olcay,  "What the heck are inverse Gaussian random variables?",  February,  2005,  ISU Department of Physics/ AMO Seminar Series,  Normal,  IL Akman, Olcay,  Biomathematics, Career Opportunities, M.S. Seqeunce at ISU,  November,  2006,  DePaul Univ,  Chicago,  IL Akman, Olcay,  Biomathematics, Career Opportunities, M.S. Seqeunce at ISU ,  November,  2006,  Benedictine Univ.,  Naperville,  IL Akman, Olcay,  How Many Statisticians Does It Take to..,  February,  2005,  Math Club-ISU,  Normal,  IL Akman, Olcay,  Local adaptation and gene flow in a grasshopper metapopulation,  December,  2007,  2007 ESA Annual Meeting, December 9-12, 2007 Symposium: The Role of Landscape Heterogeneity in Insect Metapopulations and Metacommunities,  San Diego,  CA Akman, Olcay,  Mathematics and Biology Student Engagement on Biomathematics Research Projects,  July,  2007,  The Joint Annual Meetings of the Society for Mathematical Biology and the Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology,  San Jose,  CA Akman, Olcay,  Modeling Under Selection Bias,  April,  2006,  Annual Meeting of the Illinois Section of the MAA,  Naperville,  IL Akman, Olcay,  Modeling Using Neural Networks,  July,  2005,  Harvey-Mudd College,  Claremont,  CA Akman, Olcay,  Modeling with Neural Networks,  November,  2006,  DePaul Univ,  Chicago,  IL Akman, Olcay,  Modeling with Neural Networks ,  November,  2006,  College of DuPage,  Glen Ellyn,  IL Akman, Olcay,  On Statistical Modeling Using Weighted Distributions ,  November,  2004,  Biology/Mathematics Research Workshop,  Normal,  IL Akman, Olcay,  Optimization via Genetic Algorithms,  October,  2005,  Department of Biological Sciences,  Normal ,  IL Akman, Olcay,  Optimization with Genetic Algorithms,  November,  2006,  Benedictine Univ.,  Naperville,  IL Akman, Olcay,  Pelagic Nutrient and Organic Matter Response ,  October,  2005,  Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting,  Norfolk,  VA Akman, Olcay,  Plenary Talk: A mathematician, statistican and a biologist walked into a bar...,  March,  2007,  ISMAA,  Macomb,  IL Akman, Olcay,  Sampling and Modeling in Biology ,  March,  2007,  Plenary Talk at ISMAA Annual Meeting,  Macomb,  IL Akman, Olcay,  Teaching Statistics with Real Life Examples ,  April,  2007,  North. Ill. Assoc. of Teachers of Math. (NIATM) ,  Rocford,  IL Akman, Olcay,  The Birds and the Bees,  March,  2005,  University of Alaska, Southeast: Visiting Scholar Series,  Juneau,  AK Akman, Olcay,  The use of Artificial Intelligence in studying evolutionary patterns in insect populations ,  April,  2006,  ISU Research Symposium,  Normal,  IL Akman, Olcay,  WORKSHOP-Modeling with Genetic Algorithms,  June,  2006,  Workshop on Biomathematics,  Sweet Briar,  VA Kim, Dong-Yun,  Interval Estimation of Hazard Rate Change with Staggered Entry,  May,  2004,  the 11th Spring Research Conference onStatistics in Industry and Technology at NIST,  Gaithersburg,  Maryland Kim, Dong-Yun,  Interval Estimation of Hazard Rate Change with Staggered Entry,  May,  2004,  the 11th Spring Research Conference on Statistics in Industry and Technology at NIST,  Gaithersburg,  Maryland Meier, Sherry,  Explaining your reasoning versus showing your work,  January,  2006,  Annual Meeting of AMTE,  Tampa,  FL Meier, Sherry,  Teachers' use of rubrics to score non-traditional tasks,  January,  2005,  National meeting of AMTE,  Dallas,  TX Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Actuarial and Economic Aspects of Life Insurance Backdating,  February,  2004,  University of Warsaw,  Warsaw,  Poland Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Actuarial careers,  October,  2007,  Chicago State University,  Chicago,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Actuarial education in the United States,  February,  2009,  Fudan University,  Shanghai,  China Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Actuarial mini-conference: Presentation on life insurance backdating,  September,  2005,  Illinois State University,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Actuarial profession and actuarial careers,  January,  2008,  Crete-Monee High School,  Crete,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Actuarial Research Illustrated by the Study of Global Mortality Improvement,  May,  2005,  Society of Actuaries 2005 Spring Meeting,  New Orleans,  LA Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Actuaries Can Communicate,  October,  2004,  Society of Actuaries Annual Meeting,  New York,  NY Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Alternative Pricing Models of Deposit Insurance under Capital Forbearance,  November,  2007,  Annual meeting of the Southern Risk and Insurance Association,  San Antonio,  TX Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Application of Game Theory to Pricing of Participanting Deferred Annuity,  November,  2006,  Southern Risk and Insurance Association annual meeting,  Hilton Head Island,  SC Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Application of Game Theory to Pricing of Participanting Deferred Annuity,  January,  2007,  Western Risk and Insurance Association annual meeting,  San Diego,  CA Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Applied Modeling Seminar,  June,  2004,  Society of Actuaries,  Rosemont,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Applied Modeling Seminar,  July,  2004,  Society of Actuaries,  Seattle,  WA Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Applied Modeling Seminar,  December,  2004,  Society of Actuaries,  Chicago,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Applied Modeling Seminar,  February,  2005,  Society of Actuaries,  Atlanta,  GA Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Applied Modeling Seminar,  July,  2005,  Society of Actuaries Course 7 Applied Modeling Seminar,  Seattle,  WA Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Applied Modeling Seminar,  August,  2005,  Society of Actuaries Course 7 Applied Modeling Seminar,  Boston,  MA Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Applied Modeling Seminar,  February,  2006,  Society of Actuaries Course 7 Applied Modeling Seminar,  Atlanta,  GA Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Applied Modeling Seminar ,  March,  2006,  Society of Actuaries Course 7 Applied Modeling Seminar,  Washington,  DC Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Applied Modeling Seminar ,  July,  2006,  Society of Actuaries,  Seattle,  WA Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Applied Modeling Seminar ,  August,  2006,  Society of Actuaries,  Boston,  MA Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Applied Modeling Seminar,  December,  2006,  Society of Actuaries,  Chicago,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Assessing Communication in the Work of Actuaries,  May,  2004,  2004 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries,  Anaheim,  CA Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Assessing Communication in the Work of Actuaries,  August,  2004,  CNA Insurance,  Chicago,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Asset-Liability Management and the Credit Crisis,  February,  2009,  Shanghai Second Polytechnic University,  Shanghai,  China Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Bancassurance and Solvency II,  September,  2008,  Warta Insurance,  Warsaw,  Poland Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Become an actuary,  March,  2007,  Manley Career Academy and Umoja Corporation,  Chicago,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Becoming an actuary,  September,  2004,  Actuarial Career Fair for high school students,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Becoming an actuary,  September,  2004,  Actuarial Career Fair for high school students,  Northbrook,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Becoming an actuary,  October,  2004,  Pontiac High School,  Pontiac,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Becoming an actuary,  November,  2004,  St. Francis de Sales High School,  Chicago,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Becoming an actuary, actuarial profession in the U.S.A.,  September,  2004,  Kankakee High School,  Kankakee,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Changes in the actuarial examinations system in 2007,  April,  2006,  ISU Actuarial Club,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Comparative Analysis of Solvency II and Insurance/Pension regulation in the United States,  November,  2007,  Commission of Financial Supervision of the Government of the Republic of Poland,  Warsaw,  Poland Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Credit crisis in the United States,  November,  2008,  Commission of Financial Supervision of the Government of the Republic of Poland.,  Warsaw,  Poland Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Demand Uncertainty Reduces Market Power and Enhances Welfare,  November,  2007,  Annual meeting of the Southern Risk and Insurance Association,  San Antonio,  TX Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Discussion of lecture of Robert Lucas, 1995 Nobel Prize in Economics winner,  June,  2007,  Polish Financial Supervision Authority,  Warsaw,  Poland Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Dynamic Models for Valuation of Wrongful Death Payments,  December,  2008,  Business Economics Institute International Conference,  Las Vegas,  NV Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Economic Analysis of Cap on Claim Settlements,  November,  2007,  Annual meeting of the Southern Risk and Insurance Association,  San Antonio,  TX Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Economic Aspects of Life Insurance Backdating,  November,  2004,  Southern Risk and Insurance Association annual meeting,  Charleston,  SC Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Financial Risk Management,  February,  2004,  Warsaw School of Economics,  Warsaw,  Poland Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Financial Risk Management,  June,  2005,  Technical University of Lodz, Poland,  Lodz,  Poland Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Financial Risk Management for Financial Intermediaries,  June,  2006,  Technical University of Lodz,  Lodz,  Poland Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Financial Risk Management for Financial Intermediaries,  December,  2006,  Technical University of Lodz,  Lodz,  Poland Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Financial Risk Management of Financial Intermediaries,  May,  2007,  Technical University of Lodz,  Lodz,  Poland Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Financial Risk Management of Financial Intermediaries,  June,  2007,  Technical University of Lodz,  Lodz,  Poland Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Human Resources Managementy in a Financial Crisis,  February,  2009,  BPI Polska,  Warsaw,  Poland Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Insurance regulators vs. Impaired and Insolvent Companies,  March,  2009,  Insurance Congress of Developing Countries,  Manila,  Philippines Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for actuarial examination 1,  May,  2004,  Conference Unit, Illinois State University,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for actuarial examination 1 ,  October,  2004,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for actuarial examination 2,  May,  2004,  Conference Unit, Illinois State University,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for actuarial examination 2,  October,  2004,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for actuarial examination 2,  October,  2004,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Casualty Actuarial Society Course 8 examination: Investments,  March,  2006,  New England Actuarial Seminars,  Iselin,  NJ Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Casualty Actuarial Society Course 8 examination: Investments ,  March,  2007,  New England Actuarial Seminars,  Iselin,  NJ Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course FM examination,  May,  2005,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course FM examination,  April,  2006,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course FM examination ,  October,  2006,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course FM examination,  April,  2007,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course FM examination,  April,  2007,  New England Actuarial Seminars,  Rosemont,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course FM examination ,  April,  2007,  New England Actuarial Seminars,  Iselin,  NJ Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course FM examination,  April,  2009,  New England Actuarial Seminars,  Rosemont,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course FM examination.,  October,  2007,  Illinois State University Conference Services,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course FM examination.,  October,  2007,  New England Actuarial Seminars,  Rosemont,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course FM examination.,  April,  2008,  New England Actuarial Seminars,  Rosemont,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course FM examination.,  April,  2008,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course FM examination.,  September,  2008,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course FM examination.,  April,  2009,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course M examination,  March,  2005,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course M examination,  September,  2005,  Conferencing Unit, Illinois State University,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course M examination ,  March,  2006,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course M examination. ,  September,  2006,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course P examination,  May,  2005,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course P examination,  August,  2005,  Conferencing Unit, Illinois State University,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course P examination,  January,  2006,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course P examination,  July,  2006,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course P examination,  January,  2007,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course P examination,  April,  2007,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course P examination ,  July,  2007,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course P examination ,  January,  2008,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course P examination ,  March,  2008,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course P examination .,  August,  2008,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course P examination .,  October,  2008,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course P examination.,  January,  2009,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course P examination. ,  March,  2009,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review for the Society of Actuaries Course P examination. ,  June,  2009,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive review on the Society of Actuaries Course 8 examination on Retirement Systems,  September,  2005,  New England Actuarial Seminars,  Rosemont,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive seminar for the Society of Actuaries examination MLC,  March,  2007,  Illinois State University,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive seminar for the Society of Actuaries examination MLC,  April,  2009,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Intensive seminar for the Society of Actuaries examination MLC .,  September,  2008,  Illinois State University Conference Unit,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Lecture on the retirement system in the United States,  May,  2008,  Institute for Finance and Actuarial Science at the University of Ulm,  Ulm,  Germany Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Lecture on the welfare effects of demand uncertainty,  May,  2008,  Institute for Finance and Actuarial Science at the University of Ulm,  Ulm,  Germany Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Lecture on the welfare effects of demand uncertainty ,  June,  2008,  EM Lyon,  Lyon,  France Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Lecture on the welfare effects of demand uncertainty ,  October,  2008,  University of Iowa,  Iowa City,  IA Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Lectures on the Casualty Actuarial Society Course 8 Examination (Investments),  March,  2008,  New England Actuarial Seminars,  Iselin,  NJ Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Lectures on the Casualty Actuarial Society Course 8 Examination (Investments) ,  March,  2009,  New England Actuarial Seminars,  Iselin,  NJ Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Measuring Credit Risk and Pricing Equity-Linked Life Insurance Contracts,  January,  2006,  Western Risk and Insurance Annual Meeting,  Santa Barbara,  CA Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Mock Board Meeting, member of the Board,  April,  2004,  Third Annual Katie School Symposium,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Modeling individual retirement under constraints of external factors,  April,  2006,  Katie School of Insurance and Financial Services Symposium,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Modigliani-Miller Theorem and Mortgage Derivatives,  February,  2009,  Shanghai Second Polytechnic University,  Shanghai,  China Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Mortality improvement,  February,  2005,  San Francisco Actuarial Club,  San Francisco,  CA Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Optimal Portfolio for Individuals with Social Security,  March,  2005,  Chicago Actuarial Association meeting,  Chicago,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Optimal Reinsurance Contract Structure and Some Comments on the Terrorism Risk aInsurance Act,  August,  2004,  American Risk and Insurance Association annual meeting,  Chicago,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Pension systems in Eastern Europe,  November,  2008,  Financial Times European Pension Leadership Summit,  Cologne,  Germany Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Pensions and Financial Economics: Who is Zooming Who?,  October,  2006,  Society of Actuaries annual meeting,  Chicago,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Presentation about actuarial careers,  March,  2004,  Queen of Peace High School,  Burbank,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Presentation about the actuarial education system,  January,  2004,  Joint Mathematics Meeting,  Phoenix,  AZ Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Presentation about the actuarial education system ,  January,  2005,  Joint Mathematics Meeting,  Atlanta,  GA Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Regime Switching Models for Stock Market Returns,  December,  2005,  Illinois Statet University Actuarial Seminar,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Review of the Casualty Actuarial Society Examination 8 on Investments,  March,  2004,  New England Actuarial Seminar,  Rosemont,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Review of the Casualty Actuarial Society Examination 8 on Investments, and the Society of Actuaries Course 3 Examination on Actuarial Models,  March,  2004,  New England Actuarial Seminars,  Iselin,  NJ Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Revisiting Pension Actuarial Science,  May,  2009,  Society of Actuaries Public Pensions Finance Symposium,  Chicago,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Rising Health Care Expenditures: Demand Side Analysis,  April,  2004,  Katie School of Insurance and Financial Services Board Meeting,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Risk Analysis of Mortality Improvement in Chinese Life Annuity,  November,  2006,  Southern Risk and Insurance Association annual meeting,  Hilton Head Island,  SC Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Risk-Based Capital for Insurance Companies in Europe and the United States,  March,  2009,  Insurance Congress of Developing Countries,  Manila,  Philippines Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Science of Probability and the Business of Insurance,  August,  2006,  Hope College,  Holland,  MI Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Select birth cohorts and their effect on pricing survivor bonds,  May,  2006,  University of Ulm, Germany,  Ulm,  Germany Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Select birth cohorts in mortality improvement,  January,  2005,  Living to 100, Society of Actuaries conference,  Orlando,  FL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Series of lectures on insurance firm management and insurance regulation.,  June,  2008,  EM Lyon,  Lyon,  France Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Series of lectures on insurance firm management and insurance regulation.,  July,  2009,  Ecole Management Lyon,  Lyon,  France Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Should you be worried about Social Security?,  January,  2004,  Sigma Xi, Illinois Wesleyan University,  Bloomington,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Social Security System in the United States: Its Financing and Reform,  April,  2005,  ISU Alumni Event at Union League Club of Chicago,  Chicago,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Social Security System in the United States: Its Financing and Reform,  May,  2005,  ISU Alumni Event at The Chateau hotel,  Bloomington,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Social Security System in the United States: Its Financing and Reform,  May,  2005,  WGLT Radio,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Some Less-Considered Aspects of Tax-Deferral,  January,  2004,  Western Risk and Insurance annual meeting,  Las Vegas,  NV Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Studying actuarial science,  March,  2007,  Illinois State University Freshmen Orientation,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Swiss Solvency Test and management of insurance firm capital,  July,  2009,  Commission for Financial Supervision,  Warsaw,  Poland Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Unified and Dynamic Monitoring of Product Performance and Solvency of Insurance Companies,  January,  2006,  Western Risk and Insurance Annual Meeting,  Santa Barbara,  CA Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Valuation of Bank and Insurance Products,  June,  2006,  Technical University of Lodz,  Lodz,  Poland Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Valuation of Bank and Insurance Products ,  May,  2007,  Technical University of Lodz,  Lodz,  Poland Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Valuation of Bank and Insurance Products,  June,  2007,  Technical University of Lodz,  Lodz,  Poland Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Viatical Settlements of Life Insurance in the United States,  May,  2006,  University of Ulm, Germany,  Ulm,  Germany Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Viatical Settlements of Life Insurance in the United States ,  June,  2006,  Technical University of Wroclaw,  Wroclaw,  Poland Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Welfare effects of random demand,  March,  2007,  Department of Physics, Illinois State University,  Normal,  IL Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Welfare effects of random demand,  May,  2007,  University of Ulm,  Ulm,  Germany Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Workshop on capital structure and capital management of financial intermediaries.,  November,  2008,  Commission of Financial Supervision of the Government of the Republic of Poland.,  Warsaw,  Poland Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Workshop on comparative analysis of Solvency II and insurance/pension regulation in the United States,  April,  2008,  Commission for Financial Supervision,  Warsaw,  Poland Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Workshop on investment markets and insurance,  May,  2009,  Technical University of Lodz,  Lodz,  Poland Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Workshop on mathematical models that may have contributed to the 2008 credit crisis,  May,  2009,  Commission for Financial Supervision,  Warsaw,  Poland Ostaszewski, Krzysztof,  Workshop on regulatory approach to impaired or failed financial institutons, with case studies in Sweden, Canada, United Kigdom, and the United States.,  February,  2009,  Commission of Financial Supervision of the Government of the Republic of Poland.,  Warsaw,  Poland Plantholt, Mike,  Improved result of well-spread halving & sports scheduling,  March,  2004,  Southeast Conference of Combinatorics, Graph Theory & Computing,  Boca Raton,  FL Plantholt, Mike,  PRISM Project at ISU,  October,  2004,  ICTM,  Springfield,  IL Plantholt, Mike,  Rainbow 1-factor in regular complete hypergraphs,  November,  2004,  Midwest Graph Theory (MIGHTY) Conference,  Muncie,  IN Plantholt, Mike,  Rainbow matchings in uniform complete hypergraphs,  May,  2007,  20th Cumberland Conference on Graph Theory & Combinatorics,  Atlanta,  GA Rich, Beverly,  Mathematics Night,  April,  2005,  NCTM Annual Meeting,  Anaheim,  CA Rich, Beverly,  Teachers Use of Rubrics to Score Non-traditional Tasks: Factors Related to Discrepancies in Scoring ,  January,  2005,  AMTE Annual Meeting,  Dallas,  TX Rich, Beverly,  Teachers' use of rubrics to score non-traditional tasks: Factors related to discrepancies in scoring,  April,  2006,  National Meeting of NCTM,  St. Louis,  MO Rich, Beverly,  Using TI Calculators in the Classroom,  January,  2004,  Wilmington School District,  Wilmington,  IL Rich, Beverly,  Writing an NCATE Mathematics Portfolio,  February,  2004,  AACTE,  Chicago,  IL Sissokho, Papa Amar ,  Light spanners in weighted graphs with forbidden minors,  March,  2004,  Applied Mathematics Seminar, Illinois Institute of Technology,  Chicago,  IL Sissokho, Papa Amar ,  Light Spanners,  October,  2004,  Physics Colloquium, Illinois State University,  Normal,  IL Sissokho, Papa Amar ,  Light Spanners,  October,  2004,  ISU Math Club, Illinois State University,  Normal,  IL Sissokho, Papa Amar ,  Turan type problems and its variants,  October,  2005,  ISU Discrete Math Seminar,  Normal,  Illinois Sissokho, Papa Amar ,  Vertex coloring via edge-weightings,  December,  2004,  Discrete Math Seminar, Illinois State University,  Normal,  IL Sissokho, Papa Amar ,  Vertex coloring via edge-weightings ,  April,  2005,  Texas Tech University,  Lubbock,  Texas Thiagarajah, Ranee,  Adjusted Score Test for the Homogeneity of Gamma Populations,  June,  2007,  Annual Meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada,  St. Johns,  Newfoundland Thiagarajah, Ranee,  An Approximate Estimation for Weibull Regression Model with Censored Data,  January,  2005,  Hawaii International Conference in Statistics,  Honolulu,  Hawaii Thiagarajah, Ranee,  Coinsurance Clause in Property Insurance,  September,  2005,  Mathematics Department, ISU,  Normal,  IL Thiagarajah, Ranee,  Construction of Pure Premium Rate in Property Insurance ,  September,  2005,  Mathematics Department, ISU,  Normal,  IL Thiagarajah, Ranee,  Fuzzy Estimation of Parameters in Some Statistical Models,  August,  2007,  Joint Statistical Meetings of the American Statistical Association and Biometric Society ,  Salt Lake City,  Utah Thiagarajah, Ranee,  Fuzzy Random Coefficient Volatility Models with Financial Applications,  March,  2006,  Statistical Modeling in Finance,  Philadelphia,  PA Thiagarajah, Ranee,  Fuzzy Volatility Forecasts and Fuzzy Option Values ,  August,  2006,  41st Actuarial Research Conference,  Montreal,  Canada Thiagarajah, Ranee,  Quantile Estimation for the Logistic Model with Censored Data,  June,  2004,  Hawaii International Conference - Statistics,  Honolulu,  Hawaii