Doris Chenguang Wu is Professor of tourism demand forecasting in the School of Business at the Sun Yat-sen University, China. Her research interests include tourism demand modeling and forecasting, and tourism big data analytics. She is the founder of Tourism and Hospitality [...]
Forecasting jobs in industry – what would I do and how do I get one? Wed, Dec 8, 2021 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST You’ve worked hard to get a PhD but are intrigued with the idea of applying your newly-won [...]
How to Choose among Three Forecasting Methods: Machine Learning, Statistical Models, and Judgmental Forecasts In this article, Yue Li, Diane Berry, and Jason Lee of the Global Advanced Analytics Group with Bain & Company present their views on the strengths and weaknesses [...]
For the eighteenth 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) $10,000 grants. The deadline date for applications is [...]
Mahdi Abolghasemi is a lecturer in Data Science at Monash University, Australia. Mahdi has held visiting positions at Cardiff University and The University of Sydney. He has authored more than 20 articles and presented in more than 30 national and international conferences. [...]
The IIF in partnership with NorthFind Management will be offering a complimentary webinar on September 2 (3pm UTC / 11am EDT). Michael Gilliland, IIF Director, and Jonathon Karelse, CEO of NorthFind Management, will be the speakers for an interactive "fireside chat" on [...]
How did you become a forecaster? I’ve long been interested in election and voting behavior in the US and Europe. Much of my work has focused on explaining how voters make their choices, and why incumbents win or lose elections. Election prediction [...]
Frequent Foresight authors, M. Sinan Gönül, Dilek Önkal, and Paul Goodwin, examine the latest research into the factors that instill trust in the work of the forecast providers. "Mistrust is a serious problem for organizations. So much has been written about functional [...]
Every second year, we award a prize for the best paper published in the International Journal of Forecasting (IJF). The prize consists of US$1000 plus an engraved plaque. In some case, we also give Outstanding Paper Awards to a few other papers, [...]
The IIF Board of Directors is pleased to announce Rob Hyndman, Professor at Monash University with the title of IIF Fellow, as a distinguished researcher in the field of forecasting. Please join us in congratulating Rob! Rob J Hyndman FAA FASSA is [...]
