In recognition of the potential benefit/harm that forecasting can bring to the society, we have created Forecasting for Social Good initiatives.
F4SG will organize an annual workshop and special sessions at the International Symposium of Forecasting and other domain specific conferences to facilitate interactions between practitioners, researchers, and policy makers to develop a cohesive and sustainable network of international collaborations with a focus on issues related to forecasting for social good; promoting the development of new methodology and metrics to address the specific challenges related to forecasting for social good; providing professional development to policy makers; gaining a better understanding of the available data, challenges in data acquisition, and the uncertainty present in the data used to produce forecasts; and, addressing the ethical issues related to the use of forecasting methods for problems that impact society.
The F4SG has a special focus on facilitating the professional growth of early career faculty, postdocs, and students who will likely play a leading role in the field of forecasting for social good in the coming years.
F4SG welcomes researchers and practitioners from across the world to work together on forecasting for Social Good Issues.
F4SG committee
Chair: Michael Porter, University of Virginia
Secretary: Aziz Ezzat, Rutgers University
Research Network: Harsha Chamara, University of Mauratwa
Workshops: Buket Cilali, University of Oklahoma
Grants: Shixuan Wang, University of Reading
Democratising forecasting: Bahman Rostami-Tabar
INITIATIVES
Annual Workshop sponsored by the International Institute of Forecasters
Research Network members are researchers and practitioners working on Forecasting for Social Good
Research Grant to work on forecasting for social good research
Democratising forecasting training sponsored by the International Institute of Forecasters
AFRICAST project Time Series and Forecasting with R for researchers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)