John Guerard, Jr., Ph.D. recently retired as Director of Quantitative Research at McKinley Capital Management, LLC, a systematic global growth asset management firm based in Anchorage, AK. He now serves as Chairman of the firm’s Scientific Advisory Board which contains 10 industry [...]
Making Forecasts More Trustworthy In this article, the authors, Simon Spavound and Nikolaos Kourentzes, argue that trustworthy forecasts have four key components – reliability, stability, intelligibility, and alignment with user needs – and they offer guidance on how organizations can adapt their [...]
Does forecast accuracy even matter? It has long been assumed that increased accuracy leads to better decisions and improved financial outcomes, but recent thinking (e.g. Johann ROBETTE ) now questions this assumption. Do you have a viewpoint on this matter? We invite [...]
For the nineteenth 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 [...]
Every two years, the International Journal of Forecasting (IJF) awards a prize to the best paper on energy forecasting. The prize is generously funded by Professor Tao Hong. It consists of US$1000 as well as an engraved plaque. In 2022, the [...]
The IIF Board of Directors is pleased to announce John E. Boylan, Professor at Lancaster University, with the title of IIF Fellow, as a distinguished researcher in the field of forecasting. Please join us in congratulating John! John Boylan is Professor of [...]
Paula Maçaira has a degree in Statistics, Masters's in Electrical Engineering (Decision Support Methods), and a PhD in Industrial Engineering (Production Management). She is a professor of statistics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her research interests include [...]
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(Medford, Mass., March 16, 2022) – The annual International Symposium on Forecasting (ISF), hosted by the International Institute of Forecasters (IIF), will be held in Oxford, England, this year from July 10-13. Integrating academic research into forecasting practice, [...]
Workshop: Not an Imposter Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 12:00 PM GMT How many times did you feel that you may not deserve to be where you currently are? How many times have you thought 'I might be just a lucky one'? It [...]
