This Spring 2020 issue of Foresight—number 57 since the journal began in 2005— leads off with Associate Editor Mike Gilliland’s discussion of The M4 Forecasting Competition: Takeaways for the Practitioner. Mike writes: The M4 competition (2018) like its predecessors M (1979), M2 (1983), and M3 (1998), [...]
Editorial Pierre Pinson, IJF Editor in Chief; Technical University of Denmark 1. Forecasting – Observing the past and looking towards the future Forecasting has been of interest to human kind since the beginning of times, always being a multi-faceted discipline – some even [...]
Deutsch Bundesbank: Research Assistants To work in the Research Centre at our Central Office in Frankfurt am Main, initially on a two-year contract, we are looking to recruit several part-time (50%) Research Assistants. What the job entails Your role will be to [...]
21st International Symposium on Inventories 24-28 August 2020 Radisson Blu Béke Hotel, Budapest, Hungary Deadline for abstract submission: March 31, 2020 The International Society for Inventory Research (ISIR) organizes its 21st International Symposium on Inventories, the only scholarly [...]
Press Release 04.02.2020 UNIC, Walmart, and Kaggle Launch M5 Forecasting Competition The premier academic forecasting competition returns in service of advancing the theory and practice of forecasting, with thousands of individuals and teams anticipated [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Pam Stroud, Business Director International Institute of Forecasters +1.781.234.4077 [email protected] www.forecasters.org 40th International Symposium on Forecasting, July 5-8, 2020 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Boston, Mass., March 3, 2020 — Integrating academic research into forecasting [...]
The ISF Program Committee welcomes abstract submissions! We look forward to receiving inventive presentations that demonstrate again that the annual International Symposium on Forecasting (ISF) is the premier forum where the latest forecasting research is presented. Abstract Submissions ~ [...]
Forecasting Summer School ~ Renewable Energy Forecasting – Theory and Practice When: July 4-5, 2020 Where: Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The IIF is pleased to announce the 3rd Forecasting Summer School. This year's topic is Renewable Energy Forecasting – [...]
The International Institute of Forecasters will grant travel awards to enable researchers to attend the International Symposium on Forecasting in Rio de Janeiro, July 5-8, 2020. They are primarily for students and early career researchers in the area [...]
On behalf of Professor Spyros Makridakis, Director of the Institute For the Future (IFF) at University of Nicosia (UNIC) it is a pleasure to introduce you to the Makridakis Open Forecasting Center (MOFC) and its activities. Professor Makridakis is renowned as [...]