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================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS Special Track & Forecasting Competition on "FORECASTING WITH ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS" http://www.neural-forecasting.com/ISF_2006.htm @ The 26th International Symposium on Forecasting 2006 June 11-14, 2006, Santander, Spain http://www.isf2006.org ================================================= Dear Researchers and Practitioners! You are invited to submit an abstract related to the theory and practice of forecasting with artificial neural networks to the special track at the 2006 International Symposium of Forecasting. All accepted and presented abstracts will be invited to submit full papers to be considered for post conference publication. Please find instructions below or visit the special session website at http://www.neural-forecasting.com/ISF_2006.htm To participate & receive updates, please indicate your interest by sending an empty email to s.crone@neural-forecasting.com with "ISF2006 info" in the subject line. ------------------------------------------------------------------- General CfP ------------------------------------------------------------------- We invite abstracts related to the theory and practice of forecasting with neural networks, describing new techniques, methods and models and novel applications. Particular emphasis is given to submissions related to the use of NN in changing environments, the 2006 ISF theme. We strongly encourage submissions from practitioners documenting successful AND unsuccessful novel applications of NN in practice. A list of topics of interest is given below: Methods (include but are not limited to): - artificial neural networks (all paradigms) - feedforward & recurrent - single methods & ensembles - support vector machines & regression - NN related & hybrid soft computing methods - etc. Applications (include but are not limited to): - business forecasting & demand planning - time series prediction & analysis - predictive classification & data mining - etc. Theory - Use of NN in changing environments - Stability & retraining of networks - Principles of modelling NN for forecasting - Data-preprocessing for NN forecasting - Model selection of NN candidates - etc. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Forecasting Competition CfP ------------------------------------------------------------------- In addition to the general track, we invite submissions to a "forecasting competition". As in the previous year, we invite research and practitioner teams to participate in a forecasting competition open to neural networks and methods from computational intelligence. The 2006 competition will focus on river flood forecasting and will be organised by Chris Dawson. To present results each participant must also submit an abstract and register at the conference. More information and datasets may be found at http://www.neural-forecasting.com/ISF06_Neural_forecasting_competition.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission of Abstracts / Papers ------------------------------------------------------------------- Prospective authors are invited to submit their abstract (limit of 300 words, Arial, 10pt, no mathematics, no references, a blank line between paragraphs) electronically on the conference website www.isf2006.org following the guidelines posted there. The review process will contain at least two independent reviewers. For the forecasting competition, the abstract should describe the NN model and modelling process applied. Full submissions in a Springer publication on "Advances in Forecasting with Neural Networks" will be encouraged after the conference. All submissions must be received by February 28th 2006. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Information ------------------------------------------------------------------- The 26th International Symposium on Forecasting, organised annually by the International Institute of Forecasting, is the premier conference for researchers and practitioners in forecasting. The 2005 conference in San Antonio attracted over 200 presentations in all areas of forecasting, with 31 presentations dedicated to neural networks for forecasting in 7 sessions, spread across 3 tracks of NN theory, NN applications and a NN forecasting competition. It comprised one of the largest gatherings focussed on neural forecasting in 2006 and provided a premier opportunity for networking within the field. All recent ISF conferences have hosted a dedicated track on NN in addition to various submissions to alternative tracks of nonlinear methods, and application focused tracks such as financial forecasting, forecasting in sports etc The Symposium will be held at the Magdalena Palace, the former summer residence of the Kings of Spain, in Santander's historic peninsula which boasts superb views of Santander's famous harbour. The organisers are looking forward to giving you a taste of Spanish hospitality and special impressions of their splendid city and exciting country! For Information on Santander please follow the links from the conference website at www.isf2006.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates ------------------------------------------------------------------- February 28th, 2006 Abstracts due March 27th, 2006 Notification of acceptance April 17th, 2006 Registration deadline June 11-14, 2006 25th International Symposium on Forecasting 2006 August 2006 Call for Post-conference publications ------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact Information ------------------------------------------------------------------- Track Chair Sven F. Crone Lancaster University Research Centre for Forecasting Dept. of Management Science Centre for Forecasting s.crone@neural-forecasting.com
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