[R-SIG-Finance] R/Finance 2014 Call for Papers

Joshua Ulrich josh.m.ulrich at gmail.com
Fri Jan 31 16:40:17 CET 2014


One final reminder: the submission deadline is today!

On behalf of the committee,
Joshua Ulrich


On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Joshua Ulrich <josh.m.ulrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> A friendly reminder that the submission deadline (Jan-31) is a little
> less than 3 weeks away!
>
> On behalf of the committee,
> --
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>
>
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 7:11 AM, Brian G. Peterson <brian at braverock.com> wrote:
>>
>> Call for Papers:
>>
>> R/Finance 2014: Applied Finance with R
>> May 16 and 17, 2014
>> University of Illinois at Chicago
>>
>> The sixth annual R/Finance conference for applied finance using R will
>> be held on May 16 and 17, 2014 in Chicago, IL, USA at the University
>> of Illinois at Chicago.  The conference will cover topics including
>> portfolio management, time series analysis, advanced risk tools,
>> high-performance computing, market microstructure, and econometrics.
>> All will be discussed within the context of using R as a primary tool
>> for financial risk management, portfolio construction, and trading.
>>
>> Over the past five years, R/Finance has included attendees from around
>> the world. It has featured presentations from prominent academics and
>> practitioners, and we anticipate another exciting line-up for 2014.
>>
>> We invite you to submit complete papers in pdf format for
>> consideration. We will also consider one-page abstracts (in txt or pdf
>> format), although more complete papers are preferred.  We welcome
>> submissions for both full talks and abbreviated "lightning talks".
>> Both academic and practitioner proposals related to R are encouraged.
>>
>> Presenters are strongly encouraged to provide working R code to
>> accompany the presentation/paper.  Data sets should also be made
>> public for the purposes of reproducibility (though we realize this may
>> be limited due to contracts with data vendors). Preference may be
>> given to presenters who have released R packages.
>>
>> The conference will award two (or more) $1000 prizes for best papers.
>> A submission must be a full paper to be eligible for a best paper
>> award. Extended abstracts, even if a full paper is provided by
>> conference time, are not eligible for a best paper award.  Financial
>> assistance for travel and accommodation may be available to presenters
>> at the discretion of the conference committee. Requests for assistance
>> should be made at the time of submission.
>>
>> Please submit your papers or abstracts online at: http://goo.gl/OmKnu7
>> The submission deadline is January 31, 2014. Submitters will be
>> notified of acceptance, whether a presentation will be a long
>> presentation or a lightning talk, and a decision on any requested
>> funding will be made via email by February 28, 2014.
>>
>> Additional details will be announced via the conference website
>> http://www.RinFinance.com/ as they become available. Information on
>> previous years' presenters and their presentations are also at the
>> conference website.
>>
>> For the program committee:
>> Gib Bassett, Peter Carl, Dirk Eddelbuettel,
>> Brian Peterson, Dale Rosenthal, Jeffrey Ryan, Joshua Ulrich



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