*DIMACS 2021 Workshop on Forecasting: From Predictions to Decisions* *Call For Participation*
Following the successful EC 2017 Workshop on Forecasting, the *DIMACS 2021 Workshop on Forecasting <http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/events/details?eID=1531> will be held online March 17-19, 2021*. You must register <http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/ws-materials/forecasting21> to attend. Registration is free and open. Invited talks include: *How to Increase the Accuracy of Human Forecasts and Check the Reasons for Improvement* *Barbara Mellers*, University of Pennsylvania *Ville Satopää*, INSEAD *A Heuristic for Combining Correlated Experts**Yael Gruska-Cockayne*, University of Virginia *Predicting Replication Outcomes**Anna Dreber*, Stockholm School of Economics *Information, Incentives, and Goals in Election Forecasts**Andrew Gelman*, Columbia University *Models vs. Markets: Forecasting the 2020 U.S. election**Harry Crane*, Rutgers University The workshop will also feature several other contributed talks, contributed posters, and a panel of Forecasting Startup Founders. The full program is available on the workshop website <http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/events/details?eID=1531>. We welcome you to attend. Recent advances in crowdsourced forecasting mechanisms, including Good Judgment’s superforecasting, prediction markets, wagering mechanisms, and peer-prediction systems, have risen in parallel to advances in machine learning and other data-driven forecasting approaches. Innovations have come from academic researchers, companies, data journalists, and government programs like IARPA’s Aggregative Contingent Estimation program and Hybrid Forecasting Competition. The workshop will highlight forecasts embedded inside decision-making systems, where the value of a forecast comes from increasing the expected utility of a key decision. Our ultimate goal is to modernize organizations, markets, and governments by improving how they collect and combine information and make decisions. *Organizing Committee* Raf Frongillo, University of Colorado David Pennock, Rutgers University Bo Waggoner, University of Colorado *Workshop Website* http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/events/details?eID=1531
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