Nuno Crato, full professor of Mathematics and Statistics at ISEG and researcher in stochastic models, time series and applications, with a long list of articles published in international journals and several awards for his work in scientific dissemination, has been elected to the new board of directors of the
International Institute of Forecasters (IIF).
The results of the elections, which took place in April, were announced this weekend. It is the first time that a Portuguese academic has been elected to this position of scientific director.
The IIF is a scientific society that publishes a leading journal in the field, the
International Journal of ForecastingThe International Symposium on Forecasting, which organizes the International Symposium on Forecasting every year, has various scientific activities of special interest to statisticians, economists, econometricians, management specialists, operational researchers and the like. Its members include researchers in econometrics and statistics, but also economists and managers, applied mathematicians and scientists from other fields.
The next IIF International Symposium will be held from June 20 to 22 this year in Santander. Next year it will be held in Cairn, Australia. In 2000, this congress was held in Lisbon, with organization supported by the Portuguese Statistical Society and the Cemapre center - ISEG's Centre for Mathematics Applied to Forecasting and Economic Decision Making.
