International Institute of Forecasters

Last updated

The International Institute of Forecasters (IIF) is a non-profit organization focused on improving forecasting research and practice. [1] [2]

Contents

The IIF was founded in 1981 and is based in Redwood City, California (formerly Medford, Massachusetts). [3]

Publications

The IIF publishes the following: [4]

Conferences

The IIF organizes the annual International Symposium on Forecasting, held in a different location each year. For the past 40 years, this event has been recognized for the important forecasting research presented there, and for hosting highly respected experts in the field of forecasting, including many Nobel laureates. [10]

The IIF has also organized workshops and sponsored other conferences, such as the Foresight Practitioner Conference. [11]

The IIF has collaborated with other organizations, such as Lancaster University, SAP Switzerland AG, and Amazon, to provide workshops for the conferences.

Other activities

The IIF sponsors the M Competitions, a contest to learn how to improve forecasting accuracy and advance the theory and practice of forecasting.

The IIF also teamed up with the SAS Institute to award two $5000 research grants in 2011. Currently, the IIF is collaborating with SAS to offer financial support for research on improving forecasting methods and business forecasting practice. Two $10,000 grants are awarded annually.

Additionally, The IIF Board of Directors honors distinguished forecasters with the title of IIF Fellow, based on their contributions to the field of forecasting, the International Journal of Forecasting and the Institute.

History

1979 The IIF was founded and the Journal of Forecasting began publication. [1]

1981 The first International Symposium on Forecasting (ISF) was held in Quebec. [1]

1982 The IIF started offering membership. [1]

1983 The ISF took place in Philadelphia, with Scott Armstrong as General Chair. Through mass advertising and promotion, including WSJ, Economist, an interview on Voice of America, and a direct mail piece sent to 300,000 people, the attendance was the highest in ISF history, with approximately 1,000 attendees.

1985 The International Journal of Forecasting began publication. [1]

2005 The first practitioner journal, Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting, is created. [1]

2020/2021 ISFs are held virtually for the first time. [1]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">International Association for Cryptologic Research</span> Scientific organization for research in cryptology

The International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) is a non-profit scientific organization that furthers research in cryptology and related fields. The IACR was organized at the initiative of David Chaum at the CRYPTO '82 conference.

The Delphi method or Delphi technique is a structured communication technique or method, originally developed as a systematic, interactive forecasting method that relies on a panel of experts. Delphi has been widely used for business forecasting and has certain advantages over another structured forecasting approach, prediction markets.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Futures studies</span> Study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures

Futures studies, futures research, futurism research, futurism, or futurology is the systematic, interdisciplinary and holistic study of social/technological advancement, and other environmental trends; often for the purpose of exploring how people will live and work in the future. Predictive techniques, such as forecasting, can be applied, but contemporary futures studies scholars emphasize the importance of systematically exploring alternatives. In general, it can be considered as a branch of the social sciences and an extension to the field of history. Futures studies seeks to understand what is likely to continue and what could plausibly change. Part of the discipline thus seeks a systematic and pattern-based understanding of past and present, and to explore the possibility of future events and trends.

Graphonomics is the interdisciplinary field directed towards the scientific analysis of the handwriting process, product, and other graphic skills.,

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Foresight (futures studies)</span> Term referring to various activities in futurology

In futurology, especially in Europe, the term foresight has become widely used to describe activities such as:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Association of Professional Futurists</span> Worldwide nonprofit organization

The Association of Professional Futurists (APF) was founded in 2002 to validate the competencies of emerging futurists. As analysts, speakers, managers or consultants, APF's credentialed members cultivate strategic foresight for their organizations and clients. APF represents the professional side of the futures movement, while groups such as the World Futures Studies Federation, the World Future Society or The Millennium Project, represent its academic, popular, and activists expressions, respectively.

Technology forecasting attempts to predict the future characteristics of useful technological machines, procedures or techniques. Researchers create technology forecasts based on past experience and current technological developments. Like other forecasts, technology forecasting can be helpful for both public and private organizations to make smart decisions. By analyzing future opportunities and threats, the forecaster can improve decisions in order to achieve maximum benefits. Today, most countries are experiencing huge social and economic changes, which heavily rely on technology development. By analyzing these changes, government and economic institutions could make plans for future developments. However, not all of historical data can be used for technology forecasting, forecasters also need to adopt advanced technology and quantitative modeling from experts’ researches and conclusions.

The International Relations and Security Network (ISN) was part of the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, which is located in Zürich, Switzerland. It was an online information service that provided a range of open access products and resources that concentrated on international relations (IR) and security studies. In 2016, the ISN ceased to be a stand-alone project and was fully integrated into its parent organization as CSS Resources.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Web Conference</span>

The ACM Web Conference is a yearly international academic conference on the topic of the future direction of the World Wide Web. The first conference of many was held and organized by Robert Cailliau in 1994 at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. The conference has been organized by the International World Wide Web Conference Committee (IW3C2), also founded by Robert Cailliau and colleague Joseph Hardin, every year since. In 2020, the Web Conference series became affiliated with the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), where it is supported by ACM SIGWEB. The conference's location rotates among North America, Europe, and Asia and its events usually span a period of five days. The conference aims to provide a forum in which "key influencers, decision makers, technologists, businesses and standards bodies" can both present their ongoing work, research, and opinions as well as receive feedback from some of the most knowledgeable people in the field.

Roy A. Batchelor is Professor Emeritus in Political Economy and Statistics in Bayes Business School, City, University of London.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback</span>

The Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (AAPB) was founded in 1969 as the Biofeedback Research Society (BRS). The association aims to promote understanding of biofeedback and advance the methods used in this practice. AAPB is a non-profit organization as defined in Section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Service Code.

Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting is a forecasting journal published quarterly by the International Institute of Forecasters. Foresight was launched in 2005 as a practitioner-focused companion to the IIF's International Journal of Forecasting.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">International Institute of Refrigeration</span> Company

The International Institute of Refrigeration (IIR), is an independent intergovernmental science and technology-based organization which promotes knowledge of refrigeration and associated technologies and applications on a global scale that improve quality of life in a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable manner, including:

The Design Research Society (DRS), founded in the United Kingdom in 1966, is an international society for developing and supporting the interests of the design research community. The primary purpose of the DRS, as embodied in its first statement of rules, is to promote ‘the study of and research into the process of designing in all its many fields'. This established the intention of being an interdisciplinary learned society, taking a scholarly and domain independent view of the process of designing. Membership is open to anyone interested in design research, and members with established experience and a strong background in design research may apply to be elected as a DRS Fellow.

The Global Energy Forecasting Competition (GEFCom) is a competition conducted by a team led by Dr. Tao Hong that invites submissions around the world for forecasting energy demand. GEFCom was first held in 2012 on Kaggle, and the second GEFCom was held in 2014 on CrowdANALYTIX.

Causal Layered Analysis (CLA) is a future research theory that integrates various epistemic modes, creates spaces for alternative futures, and consists of four layers: Litany, Social and Structural, Worldview, and Myth/Metaphor. The method was created by Sohail Inayatullah, a Pakistani-Australian futures studies researcher.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tamara Minko</span> Pharmaceutical researcher

Tamara Minko is a distinguished professor and chair of the department of pharmaceutics at Rutgers University, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy. She has an H-index of 43 since 2016 and over 17,800 citations of her work.

International Shariʽah Research Academy for Islamic Finance (ISRA) is an Islamic finance research institution in Malaysia that focuses on sharia-related issues

The IEEE International Symposium on Computer Arithmetic (ARITH) is a conference in the area of computer arithmetic. The symposium was established in 1969, initially as three-year event, then as a biennial event, and, finally, from 2015 as an annual symposium.

Horizon scanning (HS) or horizon scan is a method from futures studies, sometimes regarded as a part of foresight. It is the early detection and assessment of emerging technologies or threats for mainly policy makers in a domain of choice. Such domains include agriculture, environmental studies, health care, biosecurity, and food safety.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "About Us - International Institute of Forecasters". forecasters.org. 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  2. Mehmood, Ubaid, Irene Moser, and Nicole Ronald. "Event attendance prediction using social media." Proceedings of the Australasian computer science week multiconference. 2020.
  3. "IIF 2023 tax return" (PDF).
  4. "Publications". International Institute of Forecasters. 30 December 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
  5. "Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting" . Retrieved April 18, 2014.
  6. "International Journal of Forecasting". International Institute of Forecasters. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
  7. "Elsevier" . Retrieved April 18, 2014.
  8. "The Oracle". 30 December 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
  9. "Forecasting Impact".
  10. "International Symposium on Forecasting".
  11. "Events".