Qiuqi Wang | Assistant Professor, Georgia State University

Academic Appointment

2023–

Assistant Professor

Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Science, Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University

Education

2023

Ph.D. in Actuarial Science

University of Waterloo — Advisor: Prof. Ruodu Wang
2019

M.Phil. in Mathematics

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology — Advisor: Prof. Yue Kuen Kwok
2017

B.Sc. in Mathematics and Economics

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Research Interests

Actuarial science; quantitative risk management

Operations research; financial engineering

Non-parametric hypothesis testing

Game theory

Honors & Awards

2024 · Statistical Society of Canada

Pierre Robillard Award

Awarded annually to recognize the best Ph.D. thesis defended at a Canadian university in probability or statistics. One recipient per year.

2022–2023 · Society of Actuaries

James C. Hickman Scholar Doctoral Stipend

Prestigious stipend from the SOA supporting outstanding doctoral students in actuarial science.

2023 · University of Waterloo

Mathematics Doctoral Prize — 3rd Place

Awarded annually by the Faculty of Mathematics to recognize the achievement of graduating doctoral students.

Publications

Pre-publication Manuscripts

P3

Jiao, Z., Wang, Q. and Zhao, Y.

Comparative e-backtests for general risk measures

Preprint, 2026

arXiv
P2

Bellini, F., Huang, M., Wang, Q. and Wang, R.

Lambda Expected Shortfall

Preprint, 2026

arXiv
P1

Chi, Y., Fung, T. C., Peng, L. and Wang, Q.

Statistical solutions of optimal multivariate reinsurance under distortion risk measures

Preprint, 2025

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

J10

Wang, Q., Wang, R. and Ziegel, J.

E-backtesting

Management Science, available online, 2025

Journal
J9

Han, X., Wang, Q., Wang, R. and Xia, J.

Cash-subadditive risk measures without quasi-convexity

Mathematics of Operations Research, available online, 2025

Journal
J8

Boonen, T. J., Chen, Y., Han, X. and Wang, Q.

Optimal insurance design with Lambda-Value-at-Risk

European Journal of Operational Research, 327(1), 232–246, 2025

Journal
J7

Aboagye, E., Asimit, V., Fung, T. C., Peng, L. and Wang, Q.

A revisit of the optimal excess-of-loss contract

European Journal of Operational Research, 322(1), 341–354, 2025

Journal
J6

Pesenti, S., Wang, Q. and Wang, R.

Optimizing distortion riskmetrics with distributional uncertainty

Mathematical Programming, 213, 51–106, 2024

Journal
J5

Wang, Q., Wang, R. and Zitikis, R.

Risk measures induced by efficient insurance contracts

Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 103, 56–65, 2022

Journal
J4

Embrechts, P., Mao, T., Wang, Q. and Wang, R.

Bayes risk, elicitability, and the Expected Shortfall

Mathematical Finance, 31(4), 1190–1217, 2021

Journal
J3

Wang, Q., Wang, R. and Wei, Y.

Distortion riskmetrics on general spaces

ASTIN Bulletin, 50(3), 827–851, 2020

Journal
J2

Wang, Q. and Kwok, Y. K.

Real option signaling games of debt financing using equity guarantee swaps

International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance, 23(5), 2050036, 2020

Journal
J1

Wang, Q. and Kwok, Y. K.

Signaling game models of equity financing under information asymmetry and finite project life

International Journal of Financial Engineering, 6(1), 1950002, 2019

Journal

Teaching

Instructor — Georgia State University

RMI 8300 Predictive Risk Modeling Fall 2024, 2025
AS 3230/8230 Financial Mathematics Spring 2024; Fall 2024, 2025

Instructor — University of Waterloo

ACTSC 371 Introduction to Investment Winter 2023

Teaching Assistant — University of Waterloo

ACTSC 363 Casualty and Health Insurance Mathematics 1 Fall 2022
ACTSC 964 Quantitative Risk Management Spring 2022
ACTSC 446/846 Mathematics of Financial Markets Winter 2022
MATBUS 472 Risk Management Winter 2021–2022
MATBUS 470 Derivatives Fall 2019–2022; Winter 2021
MATBUS 471 Fixed Income Securities Fall 2019–2021; Winter 2020
ACTSC 431 Loss Model I / Casualty and Health Insurance Mathematics 2 Spring 2020, 2021
ACTSC 445/845 Quantitative Enterprise Risk Management Spring 2020
ACTSC 231 Introductory Financial Mathematics Winter 2020

Teaching Assistant — HKUST

MATH 4321 Game Theory (with tutorials) Spring 2018, 2019
MATH 4511 Quantitative Methods for Fixed Income Derivatives (with tutorials) Fall 2018

Academic Activities

Invited Presentations

2026
2nd Midwest Actuarial Research Seminars
West Lafayette, US
2025
China Conference on Insurance and Risk Management
Urumqi, China
2025
3rd Foundations and Applications of Decentralized Risk-Sharing
Paris, France
2025
Young Talents in Actuarial Science and Quantitative Finance
Waterloo, Canada
2024
Pierre Robillard Invited Address, SSC Annual Meeting
St. John's, Canada
2022
Young Data Science Researcher Seminar Zurich
Online
2022
INFORMS Annual Meeting
Indianapolis, US

Academic Visits

2026
University of Iowa, Dept. of Statistics and Actuarial Science
Iowa City, US
2025
Michigan State University, Dept. of Statistics and Probability
Lansing, US
2025
University of Waterloo; Nankai University
Waterloo, Canada; Tianjin, China
2024
CUHK-Shenzhen, School of Science and Engineering
Shenzhen, China

Conference Presentations

2026
1st ASTIN Bulletin Conference
Zurich, Switzerland
2025
60th Actuarial Research Conference
Toronto, Canada
2024
59th ARC; 27th IME Congress
Murfreesboro, US; Chicago, US
2022
57th ARC; 25th IME Congress; CORS/INFORMS
Urbana-Champaign; Online; Vancouver

Conference Organization

2022
3rd Waterloo Student Conference in Statistics, Actuarial Science and Finance (Co-chair)
Waterloo, Canada
2021
2nd Waterloo Student Conference in Statistics, Actuarial Science and Finance (Co-chair)
Online

Peer Review Service

ACT

Actuarial Science

ASTIN Bulletin, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Annals of Actuarial Science, North American Actuarial Journal, European Actuarial Journal
FIN

Mathematical Finance

Quantitative Finance, Mathematical Finance, Finance & Stochastics
OR

Operations Research

Mathematics of Operations Research
PROB

Probability & Statistics

Statistics & Probability Letters
ECO

Economics

Economic Modelling

Contact

Get in Touch

qwang30@gsu.edu

Phone

+1 (404) 413-7470

Office

Suite 1127, Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Science
Robinson College of Business
35 Broad Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30303

Online Profiles

Google Scholar

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GitHub

github.com/qwangan ↗

Curriculum Vitae

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Department

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