[R-SIG-Finance] R/Finance 2017: Call for Papers

[Joshua Ulrich]

A friendly reminder that the CFP deadline is tomorrow!

On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 8:11 AM, Joshua Ulrich <josh.m.ulrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> Call for Papers:
>
> R/Finance 2017: Applied Finance with R
> May 19 and 20, 2017
> University of Illinois at Chicago
>
> The ninth annual R/Finance conference for applied finance using R will
> be held on May 19 and 20, 2017 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 eight 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 2017.
>
> 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.
>
> All slides will be made publicly available at conference time.
> Presenters are strongly encouraged to provide working R code to
> accompany the slides.  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.
>
> Financial assistance for travel and accommodation may be available to
> presenters, however requests must be made at the time of submission.
> Assistance will be granted at the discretion of the conference
> committee.
>
> Please submit proposals online at http://go.uic.edu/rfinsubmit.
>
> Submissions will be reviewed and accepted on a rolling basis with a
> final deadline of February 28, 2017.  Submitters will be notified via
> email by March 31, 2017 of acceptance, presentation length, and
> financial assistance (if requested).
>
> 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.  We will
> make a separate announcement when registration opens.
>
> For the program committee:
> Gib Bassett, Peter Carl, Dirk Eddelbuettel, Brian Peterson, Dale
> Rosenthal, Jeffrey Ryan, Joshua Ulrich
>


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