Participation at the 24th Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) in Vienna

Prof. Dr. Thomas Setzer and Veronika Wachslander attended the 24th Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS 2026) at the University of Vienna.

Thomas Setzer chaired the stream “Descriptive, Diagnostic, and Predictive Analytics”, which featured presentations on new methodological and practice-oriented analytical approaches. As part of this stream, Veronika Wachslander presented initial analytical results of a new methodology to determine weights for forecast combinations in a talk titled “An Ensemble-Based Decorrelation Strategy for Learning Robust Forecast Combination Weights Using Data Subsampling.”

In addition to technical presentations, the conference included an excursion to explore Vienna and the surrounding area – our chair took this opportunity to go on a guided city tour of Vienna and visit Schloss Hof.

A heartfelt thank you to the University of Vienna and the organizing team for these impressive and eventful days!