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Who is “Forecasting academia”?

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Armstrong, Fildes, Makridakis

If you follow certain influencers on LinkedIn, you might have come across the term “forecasting academia” (or “applied forecasting academia”). If you’re not familiar with the field, you might not know who this refers to, so I decided to write a short post about it. “Forecasting academia” refers to researchers working in the field of … Read more

John E. Boylan

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John Boylan and Ivan Svetunkov at ISF2022

I met John in 2014 when he joined the Department of Management Science at Lancaster University. Back then, I was in my second year of PhD, and as a teaching assistant, I helped deliver workshops for some modules. We met at the departmental Christmas party, and John asked me whether I was the very same … Read more