ASA Stat Comp Section Student Paper Competition

[Lionel Galway]

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American Statistical Association Statistical Computing Section
1998 Student Paper Competition
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The Statistical Computing Section of the ASA is again sponsoring a
student paper competition. The four winners deliver their papers at a
special session at the Joint Statistical Meetings. All fees
associated with registration, accommodation and travel to the
conference are awarded to the winners.

Students at all levels (undergraduate, Masters, and Ph.D.) are
encouraged to participate. To be eligible, an applicant must be a
registered student in the fall of 1997. The applicant must be the
first author of a paper in the area of statistical computing, which
might be original methodological research, some novel application, or
any other suitable contribution (for example, a software-related
project).

To be considered for selection in the session, students must submit an
abstract, a six page manuscript, a resume, and a letter of
recommendation from a mentor familiar with their work. The manuscript
should be single-spaced in a 10 point font with one inch margins (this
is consistent with ASA's Proceedings guidelines.) All figures, tables
and references should be included in the six-page limit. In the case
of joint authorships, the mentor should indicate what fraction of the
contribution is attributable to the applicant.

All application materials MUST BE RECEIVED by January 10, 1998. They
will be reviewed by the Statistical Computing Section Student Paper
Competition Award committee. Selection will be based on a variety of
criteria at the discretion of the selection committee, and will
include novelty and significance of contribution, amongst others.
Award announcements will be made in late January, 1998. The selection
committee's decision will be final.

Students not selected for inclusion in the Session may submit their
abstract and a registration fee to ASA by February 1, 1998 if they plan to
attend the Joint Meetings. Those abstracts must be submitted following
the ASA abstract submission instructions described in AMSTAT News.
Students selected for inclusion in the session will receive further
information about abstract submission and fee waivers from the award
committee.

All electronic submissions of papers should be in postscript.
Inquires and materials should be emailed (preferably) or mailed to:

Lionel Galway
RAND Corporation
1700 Main St.
Santa Monica, CA 90407
gal...@rand.org
310-393-0411 X7957