Physical and Engineering Sciences
SPES-sational Events at JSM 2009
Jeff Luner, sPes Jsm Program Chair
T
housands of statisticians from all corners of the world the city. They were all well-attended; in fact, most sold out.
took part in the great democratization of statistics at As always, the food was excellent and the conversation was
the Joint Statistical Meetings in Washington, DC, this great. It is not too early to start making plans for JSM 2010 in
past summer. The Physical and Engineering Sciences Section Vancouver. If you have an idea about a roundtable you would
(SPES) was well-represented throughout the six days of statis- like to lead, contact Kary Myers, SPES JSM 2010 program
tics (from evidence to policy).
chair, at
kary@lanl.gov.
SPES was the primary sponsor of 17 sessions, including
four invited, four topic-contributed, seven contributed, and SPES Awards
six roundtable. We also had a great mixer, held as a joint
Allison Rajakumar, SPES Awards Chair
session with the Quality and Productivity Section (Q&P).
Additionally, there were four SPES short courses and 14 con-
The section is pleased to announce the results of its annu-
tributions to the poster sessions. And last but not least, SPES
al competition for contributed papers. The Outstanding
nominee Randy Tobias of the SAS Institute was one of 57
Presentation Award encourages excellence in presentation and
ASA members named Fellow.
has helped raise the SPES contributed sessions to a higher
level of quality. All awards are based on audience evaluations
SPES Roundtables
of each speaker. Winners receive a certificate recognizing their
George Ostrouchov, SPES JSM Program Chair-elect accomplishment and a cash award. The 2009 awards will be
presented at the SPES mixer during the 2010 meetings in
The roundtables took place in a particularly beautiful venue
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
on the top floor of the convention center, with great views of
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