talks. If you are interested in organiz- so, you might mention that the AsA mentor during his career at the National
ing a session, contact him at katkih@ Biometrics Section is seeking applica- Cancer Institute. The winner will receive
mail.nih.gov. While the deadline for tions for the 2010 David P. Byar Young a $1,500 award. Additionally, the section
submitting topic-contributed session Investigator Award. This annual award may provide travel awards to the authors
abstracts is February 1, proposals should is given to a young investigator for best of other outstanding papers submitted
be sent to Katki as early as possible. emerging work to be presented during to the competition.
JSM. The award commemorates the late Applicants must have held a doctor-
Applications Wanted
David Byar, a biostatistician who made ate in statistics, biostatistics, or a related
Do you know a young investigator who
significant contributions to the develop- quantitative field for three or fewer years
is planning to submit an abstract for
ment and application of statistical meth- as of April 1 of the current year or be
the 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings? If
ods and was esteemed as an exceptional enrolled as a doctoral student in statis-
tics or biostatistics and in active pursuit
of a doctoral degree. They also must be
Statistics and the Environment
current members of the ASA Biometrics
Section and first author of the paper sub-
Submissions Wanted for
mitted. (Membership in the ASA does
not automatically confer section mem-
bership. Applicants may join at the time
Student Paper Award
of submission for a $5 annual member-
ship fee.) The paper may be submitted
Jun Zhu, eNvr Publications Chair
to a journal or be under review, but may
not have appeared online or in print at
the time of the application or have been
JSM 2010
T
he Section on Statistics and the
Environment (ENVR) is sponsor-
accepted for publication as of January 1,
vancouver, british Columbia,
ing a student paper competition
2010. Also, the paper may not have been
Canada, July 31–August 5, 2010
on environmental statistics. We encour-
submitted to any other ASA section stu-
age students to submit papers on their
dent/young investigator award competi-
If you have ideas about topic-
research in this area. The paper may con-
tion. Finally, applicants must be sched-
contributed sessions, contact
sist of novel approaches to the analysis of
uled to present the submitted paper at
eNvr Program Chair Petrutza
environmental data, new methodology
JSM 2010 in Vancouver, BC, Canada,
Caragea at
pcaragea@iastate.edu.
with a clear application to an environ-
as a talk or poster presentation.
mental statistical issue, or application of
Applicants must submit their JSM
statistics to environmental problems. The
abstracts to the Biometrics Section in
selected winner will present his/her paper in a contributed session at the Joint
addition to submitting them to the
Statistical Meetings (JSM) in August of 2010 and receive a stipend toward reim-
ASA by February 1, 2010. They also
bursing the cost of attending JSM.
must contact Katki at
katkih@mail.nih.
Anyone who is a student in the fall of 2009 (undergraduate, master’s, or PhD) is
gov prior to the abstract deadline. The
eligible to participate.
section will organize a series of topic-
The applicant must be the first author of the paper. In addition, a letter must be
contributed sessions to highlight the
submitted that verifies the applicant’s student status from a faculty member familiar
submitted papers.
with the student’s work and, in the case of joint authorship, indicates what fraction
By March 1, applicants should com-
of the contribution is attributable to the applicant. The applicant also must sub-
plete their application by submitting a
mit an abstract by February 1, 2010, to the ASA and request a presentation in an
cover letter certifying that they meet the
ENVR session. Applicants must follow all rules required for paper submission and
eligibility requirements and are not sub-
attendance at JSM.
mitting the paper to another ASA section
The paper must be entirely double-spaced (abstract, main body, references, foot-
student/young investigator award com-
notes, and appendices) and no longer than 26 pages (inclusive). Use at least 11-point
petition, a current CV, and one copy of
type with at least 1-inch margins all around. Materials must be submitted electroni-
the finished paper. All materials must be
cally in Postscript or PDF format. All materials must be in English.
submitted electronically to Dan Heitjan,
The deadline to submit materials is January 4, 2010, by 5 p.m. PST.
section chair, at
dheitjan@upenn.edu.
Papers will be reviewed by the Student Paper Competition Award committee of
The 2010 awards committee is com-
the Section on Statistics and the Environment. Selection will be at the discretion of
posed of the current and past section
the committee and based on the innovation and significance of the contribution.
chairs and chair-elect, as well as three
Awards will be announced in early 2010. The decision of the selection committee
individuals appointed by the section
will be final. This award will recognize an environmental statistics contribution with
chairs. More information can be found
a certificate and recognition at the ASA ENVR section meeting during JSM.
on the section web page, accessed by
Email Alix I. Gitelman at
gitelman@science.oregonstate.edu if you have any ques-
clicking on the “Section” tab at the top
tions or would like application materials. n
of
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