In recent years there has been an explosion of research based on “text-as-data” in a number of disciplines. Essentially, the text is transformed into data by one of a number of methods which have been developed - the simplest of which is [...]
We are pleased to share the Proceedings and Speaker Videos from our most recent conference, The International Symposium on Forecasting, which took place in Cairns, Australia this past June. ISF 2017 Proceedings Keynote Speakers on youtube, along with links to their presentations
For the fifteenth year, the IIF, in collaboration with SAS®, is proud to announce financial support for research on improving forecasting methods and business forecasting practice. The award for this year will be (2) $5,000 grants. Learn more about our past grant [...]
ATTENTION Teachers of Forecasting! The IIF is offering prizes to top-performing students in undergraduate and graduate level forecasting courses. Star students will receive $100, a Certificate of Achievement from the IIF, and one year’s free membership of the Institute, with all its [...]
Recoupling Forecasting with Inventory Control and Supply Planning The Foresight Practitioner Conference North Carolina State University Institute for Advanced Analytics Raleigh, North Carolina, November 15-16, 2017 Aris Syntetos, Professor of Operational Research and Operations Management, Cardiff University Pete Alle, Principal, Oliver Wight [...]
The IIF Board of Directors is pleased to announce Ralph Snyder, Associate Professor at Monash University, with the title of IIF Fellow, as a distinguished researcher in the field of forecasting. At the International Symposium on Forecasting in June, Ralph Snyder was made a Fellow [...]
Join us in congratulating this year's recipients of the International Symposium on Forecasting's travel award! Prateek Bansal, Cornell University Leopoldo Catania University of Rome, Tor Vergata Peng Jiang, University of New South Wales Hyoyoung Kim, KAIST College of Business Nikoletta Zampeta Legaki, [...]
Every two years the International Journal of Forecasting editors select the “best” paper to have been published in the IJF within the previous two-year period. The Best Paper Award consists of US$1000 and an engraved plaque. At the recent International Symposium on Forecasting in Cairns, Australia, Rob Hyndman, [...]
Professor Tao Hong has generously funded a new research award for the best International Journal of Forecasting (IJF) paper on energy forecasting, to be awarded every two years. The award for 2016 is for papers published within 2013-2014. Next year we will award a paper [...]
IIF - SAS Grant For the fifteenth year, the IIF, in collaboration and with financial support from SAS®, is proud to announce financial support for research on how to improve forecasting methods and business forecasting practice. The awards for the 2017-2018 year [...]