Connectionists: CfP - ISF 2006 - Forecasting with Neural Networks

[Crone, Sven]

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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 

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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 at neural-forecasting.com with "ISF2006
info" in the subject line.


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General CfP
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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.


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Forecasting Competition CfP
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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.h
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Submission of Abstracts / Papers 
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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. 

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Conference Information 
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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 

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Important Dates 
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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

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Contact Information 
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Track Chair
Sven F. Crone

Lancaster University
Research Centre for Forecasting
Dept. of Management Science
Centre for Forecasting

s.crone at neural-forecasting.com