************************************** IJCNN'07 Forecasting Competition NN3 ************************************** You have 9 days left to participate in the IJCNN'07 Forecasting Competition NN3, using any method from computational intelligence! The competition is held at the International Conference on Neural Networks, Orlando, USA, August 12-17, 2007. Your opportunities: conference publication & presentation, invitation to journal & book publications, cash prices & awards! ******************************** Objectives ******************************** Forecast 11 or 111 time series as accurately as possible, using methods from computational intelligence and a consistent methodology. We hope to evaluate progress in modelling neural networks for forecasting & to disseminate knowledge on "best practices". The competition is for academic purposes and supported by a grant from SAS & the International Institute of Forecasters (IIF). ******************************** Methods ******************************** The prediction competition is open to all methods of computational intelligence, incl. feed-forward and recurrent neural networks, fuzzy predictors, decision & regression tress, support vector regression, hybrid approaches etc. used in financial forecasting, statistical prediction, time series analysis ******************************** Publication of Results ******************************** The paper submitted to the IJCNN'07 in Orlando, USA, will be presented at a dedicated workshop on 17 August 2007 of the main conference. All accepted IJCNN'07 submissions will be - considered for a special issue of the International Journal of Forecasting (IJF, Elsevier) on "Neural Networks for Forecasting" (ISI SCI, DBLP, EBSCO, ScienceDirect etc. indexed). - invited for submission of extended versions in an edited book "Advances in Forecasting wit Neural Networks and Computational Intelligence", Springer (ISI SCI, DBLP etc. indexed), (pending) - guaranteed publication as full papers in the IEEE IJCNN'07 conference proceedings (indexed by ISI SCI etc.) ******************************** IJCNN'07 Dates & deadlines ******************************** 12 February 2007 Draft IJCNN'07 paper submission due 14 May 2007 Submission of final prediction values due 17 August 2007 IJCNN'07 Workshop 15 October 2007 Submissions to full publications Please visit the NN3 website at http://www.neural-forecasting-competition.com/ for further instructions. GOOD LUCK! Sven F. Crone & Konstantinos Nikolopoulos _____________________________________________________ Sven F. Crone Deputy Director, Lancaster Centre for Forecasting Lecturer (Ass. Prof.), Department of Management Science Lancaster University Management School Lancaster LA1 4YX United Kingdom Internet http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk eMail [log in to unmask] _______________________________________________