UNIC to launch the Makridakis Open Forecasting Center

The University of Nicosia (UNIC) is launching the Makridakis Open Forecasting Center (MOFC), as an integral part of the University’s Institute For the Future (IFF) and in service of the Institute’s primary mission to explore how technological progress is causing rapidly accelerating societal change.

Ρεκόρ επισκεψιμότητας σημειώνει το άρθρο των Μακριδάκη, Σπηλιώτη και Ασημακοπούλου

Πέραν των 100 χιλιάδων επισκέψεων η δημοσίευση στο PLOS ONE σχετικά με την ανεπάρκεια της ακρίβειας της Πρόβλεψης (Forecasting) της Νοημοσύνης των Μηχανών (ΝΜ)

UNIC Becomes Hyperledger Associate Member

More specifically, IFF | UNIC was invited to become a Hyperledger Associate Member in recognition of its ongoing work and plans for future contribution to the Hyperledger community, joining like-minded notable blockchain-oriented organisations and big industry players like IBM, Intel and SAP.

International Symposium on Forecasting Explores M4 Competition Findings and their Applicability to Business

The 39th edition of the Symposium took place over four days in Thessaloniki, featuring IFF’s Professor Spyros Makridakis and the findings of his latest M-Competition

Mr George Ioannou

Enrollment Advisor
Institute for the Future (IFF)

  • 2020-11-27T20:27:50+02:00May 20th, 2019|Institute For the Future (IFF), Staff|

    Dr Ali Tayari

    Data Scientist/Machine Learning Analyst
    IT Department
    Institute For the Future

    PumaPay becomes a Founding Member of UNIC’s Institute For the Future (IFF)

    The Institute For the Future (IFF) at the University of Nicosia (UNIC) announces its partnership with PumaPay, a Cyprus-based blockchain project focusing on developing the innovative PullPayment Protocol.

    Professor Spyridon Makridakis

    Acting Associate Head of Department
    Professor
    School of Business
    Department of Digital Innovation
    Director
    Institute for the Future

    Ανεπαρκής η Ακρίβεια Πρόβλεψης (Forecasting) της Νοημοσύνης των Μηχανών

    Σύμφωνα με την τελευταία δημοσίευση στο PLOS ONE των Μακριδάκη, Σπηλιώτη και Ασημακόπουλου, η οποία έχει σημειώσει ρεκόρ επισκεψιμότητας με πέραν των 54 χιλ.

    Mr Dimitris Klokkaris

    Enrollment Counselor
    Institute For the Future

    2022-07-25T13:19:27+03:00August 28th, 2018|Administrative Departments, Institute For the Future (IFF), Staff|

    Mr Andreas Michael

    Senior Enrolment Advisor
    Institute For the Future

    Professor George Giaglis

    Professor
    School of Business
    Department of Digital Innovation
    Director
    Institute for the Future

    The M-Competitions and their far-reaching contributions to the Theory and Practice of Forecasting

    The M4 (Makridakis 4) is the latest edition of the premier academic forecasting competition in the world, which recently came to a close, featuring a total of 248 individuals and teams from 48 countries across the globe. The revolutionary M-Competitions, which Professor Spyros Makridakis (whom the M-Competitions are also named after) launched four decades ago, have substantially contributed to improving forecasting accuracy and informing practitioners on the most appropriate forecasting method to use for their specific needs.

    M4: The Premier Forecasting Competition continues to welcome submissions

    Machine Learning vs. Statistical Methods A Key Focus M4, the fourth of the well-known Makridakis Competitions that have run since the 1980s and believed to be the world’s first forecasting competitions, is still open [...]

    M4 Competition: The Premier Forecasting Competition Continues to Welcome Submissions from around the Globe

    The M4 time series competition kicked off earlier this month and already features teams from 37 countries across the globe, with many participants hailing from the USA, India, the UK and Brazil. This latest [...]

    UBER to Award Student Prize as part of the M4 Forecasting Competition

    Co-organised by the University of Nicosia and the National Technical University of Athens Technology giant, UBER, becomes the latest organisation to join the growing international support for the exciting M4 Forecasting Competition, organised by [...]

    Go to Top