Dr. Zhiyu (Frank) Quan is an Assistant Professor at the Program for Actuarial and Risk Management Sciences of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and InsurTech lead for Discovery Partners Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in Actuarial Science from the University of Connecticut. Before joining Illinois, he worked in a cutting-edge Insurtech company as a R & D data scientist developing data-driven solutions for major insurance companies. He has a broad spectrum of research interests in data science applications in insurance. His research projects are driven by real-life data and are inspired from collaborations with Insurtech and insurance companies. Besides, he is the director of the Illinois Risk Lab, which facilitates research activities that integrate academic training with practical problem-solving in real business settings.