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General Announcements

  • Bernoulli Society World Congress 2008
  • American Statistical Association Student Paper Competition

    • Bernoulli Society World Congress 2008

    The Bernoulli Society invites expressions of interest for hosting the Bernoulli Society's World Congress in 2008. The World Congress is held jointly with the IMS, which has its annual meeting with us in that year. It is held every four years: in 2004 it will be in Barcelona.

    The Bernoulli Society takes the lead in determining the venues of World Congresses, in the sense that we seek expressions of interest, and then approach the IMS and consult. We can provide interested parties with information about previous World Congresses, if they are interested.

    --- Don Dawson
    (Bernoulli Society President)




    American Statistical Association Student Paper Competition

    The Statistical Computing and Statistical Graphics Sections of the ASA are co-sponsoring a student paper competition on the topics of Statistical Computing and Statistical Graphics. Students are encouraged to submit a paper in one of these areas, which might be original methodological research, some novel computing or graphical application in statistics, or any other suitable contribution (for example, a software-related project). The selected winners will present their papers in a contributed session at the 2004 Joint Statistical Meetings. The Sections will pay registration fees for the winners as well as a substantial allowance for transportation to the meetings and lodging (which in most cases covers these expenses completely).

    Anyone who is a student (graduate or undergraduate) on or after 1 September 2003 is eligible to participate. An entry must include an abstract, a six page manuscript (including figures, tables and references), a CV, and a letter from a faculty member familiar with the student's work. The applicant must be the first author of the paper. The faculty letter must include a verification of the applicant's student status and, in the case of joint authorship, should indicate what fraction of the contribution is attributable to the applicant. We prefer that electronic submissions of papers be in Postscript or PDF. All materials must be in English. All application materials must be received by 5pm EST, Monday, 5 January 2004, at the address below. They will be reviewed by the Student Paper Competition Award committee of the Statistical Computing and Graphics Sections. The selection criteria used by the committee will include innovation and significance of the contribution. Award announcements will be made in late January, 2004.

    Additional important information on the competition can be accessed on the website of the Statistical Computing Section, www.statcomputing.org/. A current pointer to the website is available from the ASA website at www.amstat.org/. Inquiries and application materials should be emailed or mailed to

    Student Paper Competition
    c/o Dr Jose Pinheiro
    Biostatistics, Novartis Pharmaceuticals
    One Health Plaza, Room 419/2115
    East Hanover, NJ 07936, USA
    jose.pinheiro@pharma.novartis.com