This is a short course given at Humboldt University, Berlin, 24-25 June 2014. Venue: LvB Library, Room 401, Spandauerstr. 1, 10178 Berlin Time: 24 June 2014, 09:30 - 12:30 and 14:00 - 17:00 25 June 2014, 09:30 - 11:30 Functional time series are curves that are observed sequentially in time, one curve being observed in each time period. In demography, examples include curves formed by annual death rates as a function of age, or annual fertility rates as a function of …