We are pleased to announce the 41st International Symposium on Forecasting (ISF 2021) with LIVE keynote lectures, practitioner talks, panel-discussion, workshops, contributed sessions, forecasting summer school. In addition to the virtual conference, there will be four global, in-person locations in Beijing, Lancaster, [...]
Professor Spyros Makridakis is one of the world's leading experts on forecasting, and also the creator of the world's preeminent forecast competition, the M Competition. He is hosting an Applied Forecasting Course at his forecasting center, the Makridakis Open Forecasting Center (MOFC). [...]
(MEDFORD, Mass., April 12, 2021) – The International Institute of Forecasters (IIF) announced today the appointment of two returning and two new members to their board of directors. This brings the number of board members to fourteen. The elected board members are [...]
Evan L. Ray*,1, Logan C. Brooks*,2, Jacob Bien3, Johannes Bracher4, Aaron Gerding1, Aaron Rumack2, Matthew Biggerstaff5, Michael A. Johansson5, Ryan J. Tibshirani2, Nicholas G. Reich1 1 School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst 2 Machine Learning [...]
How did you become a forecaster? Early in my career, I was responsible for commercializing a new product from the laboratory to small scale production. As the product demand took off, I needed to forecast demand to drive capacity increases. In my [...]
How did you become a forecaster? My first experience with forecasting was back in 2017. At the time, I was working on inventory optimization at Bridgestone. We worked on using ML to create demand forecasts with another consultancy team. This triggered my [...]
Boston, Mass., March 16, 2021 — Integrating academic research into forecasting practice is one of the hallmarks of the annual International Symposium on Forecasting (ISF), being held virtually this year from June 27-30, featuring global Hub locations. The [...]
The Dynamic Econometrics Conference, 18-19 March, provides a forum for the presentation and exchange of research results and practical experience within the fields of computational and financial econometrics, empirical economics, time-series and cross-section econometrics, and applied mathematics. The conference program will feature [...]
Following up to the previous announcement, there are two new awards established for the best papers published in the International Journal of Forecasting, special issues, devoted to the M Forecasting competitions: Best M paper award — US$4000 and an engraved plaque [...]
We are pleased to announce the 41st International Symposium on Forecasting (ISF) to be held virtually, along with (in-person) local hubs spanning the globe! The ISF is the premier international event for professional forecasters and has earned its stellar reputation over [...]
