The International Institute of Forecasters (IIF) is seeking a visionary leader to step into the role of Editor-in-Chief (EiC) for the International Journal of Forecasting (IJF), an official publication of the IIF. As the premier publication in its field, the IJF bridges [...]
The IIF Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Gloria González-Rivera, Professor of Economics at the University of California, Riverside, has been designated as an IIF Fellow. Please join us in congratulating Gloria! [...]
We are excited to announce that the recordings from the International Institute of Forecasters (IIF) Distinguished Lecture Series are now available for everyone to watch and download on our YouTube channel @IIForecasters. The Distinguished Lecture Series is IIF’s premier seminar series, offering [...]
Join Timberlake this July in Cambridge for a 5-day in-person Econometrics Summer School designed to equip researchers, analysts, and policy professionals with cutting-edge tools for causal inference and machine learning using Stata. Taught by Professor Jeffrey Wooldridge and Dr Melvyn Weeks, the course covers Causal Inference, [...]
The new issue 2 2026, of the IMA Journal of Management Mathematics (IMAMAN) has been published. Amongst other things, the issue contains a terrific historical and methodological review of benchmark methods in univariate time series forecasting, by Foteini Kyriazi and [...]
Bhanu Suraj Malla is a Data Scientist at Amazon Inc. and a graduate researcher pursuing an MS in Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His work bridges the gap between industry-scale operations—focusing on labor supply, demand, and compliance analytics—and academic [...]
When: 9am-4pm, June 27-28, 2026 Where: UQAM | University of Quebec in Montreal The IIF is pleased to announce the 9th Forecasting Summer School. This year’s topic is Forecasting Risks, taught by instructors Prof. Domenico Giannone, Professor of Economics and Statistics, The Johns Hopkins [...]
Exciting times ahead for the data science and forecasting communities! We are excited to announce that the print version of Forecasting: Principles and Practice (Python Edition) is officially available. In this latest edition of the FPP book, Rob Hyndman, George Athanasopoulos are [...]
Mark your calendars! The International Institute of Forecasters, the organizer of ISF 2026 is supporting the second edition of the Women in Forecasting (WIF) Conference. This year’s conference is scheduled to take place right before the premier International Symposium on Forecasting (ISF [...]
The MacroForecasting Seminar Series presents: The slope of the euro area price Phillips curve: evidence from regional data (with Anna Beschin, Gaetano Polichetti and Théodore Renault), with Joan Paredes (National Bank of Slovakia) on June 9, 3:30pm CEST. To attend, complete the [...]
