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A paper by Runhuan Feng (Actuarial Science at Illinois), Chongda Liu (Mathematics at Illinois), and Stephen Michael Taylor (New Jersey Institute of Technology) was one of two winners of this year's ASTIN Colloquium Best Paper Award. The paper was commended for introducing a novel algorithmic approach to the construction of decentralized risk pooling mechanisms, a method that could inspire innovation in financial services. ASTIN is the Non-Life Section of the International Actuarial Association.