The M6 Financial Forecasting Competition is the next installment of the renowned Makridakis’ Forecasting competitions. The M6 will be similar to the preceding five competitions, with the aim of obtaining empirical evidence that sheds further light on the causes and implications of [...]
International Symposium on Forecasting 2022 The ISF is the premier international event for professional forecasters and has earned its stellar reputation over the past four decades for the important forecasting research presented, and for hosting the most highly distinguished experts in the [...]
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. [...]
Nicholas G. Reich1, Ryan J. Tibshirani2, Evan L. Ray1, Roni Rosenfeld2 1 Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst 2 Machine Learning Department, Carnegie Mellon University Correspondence to: Nicholas G Reich, email: nick@umass.edu and Ryan J Tibshirani, email: [...]
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 [...]
