[R-SIG-Finance] R/Finance 2018: Call for Papers

[Joshua Ulrich]

A friendly reminder that the CFP closes tomorrow!

On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 11:35 AM, Joshua Ulrich <josh.m.ulrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> R/Finance 2018: Applied Finance with R
> June 1 and 2, 2018
> University of Illinois at Chicago
>
>
> Call For Papers
>
> The tenth annual R/Finance conference for applied finance using R will
> be held June 1 and 2, 2018 in Chicago, IL, USA at the University of
> Illinois at Chicago (https://www.uic.edu). 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 nine 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 2018.
>
> 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.
>
> Please submit proposals online at
>
> http://go.uic.edu/rfinsubmit
>
> Submissions will be reviewed and accepted on a rolling basis with a
> final submission deadline of February 2, 2018. Submitters will be
> notified via email by March 2, 2018 of acceptance, presentation
> length, and financial assistance (if requested).
>
> Financial assistance for travel and accommodation may be available to
> presenters. Requests for financial assistance do not affect acceptance
> decisions. Requests should be made at the time of submission. Requests
> made after submission are much less likely to be fulfilled. Assistance
> will be granted at the discretion of the conference committee.
>
> 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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> Joshua Ulrich  |  about.me/joshuaulrich
> FOSS Trading  |  www.fosstrading.com
> R/Finance 2018 | www.rinfinance.com



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Joshua Ulrich  |  about.me/joshuaulrich
FOSS Trading  |  www.fosstrading.com
R/Finance 2018 | www.rinfinance.com