Nonparametric Statistics
It’s All About the Awards
Ron Randles, 2008 section Chair, University of Florida
Both awards will be chosen by a com- Ling Lan of the University of
A
new annual award for the best
paper published in the Journal
mittee, which will include the editor of Louisville for “Nonparametric
of Nonparametric Statistics
the Journal of Nonparametric Statistics, Comparisons of state waiting Time
brings with it GB £500 (currently
the chair of the Nonparametric Statistics Distributions in a Markov system
about $750) and instant fame, as the
Section, and two other section members Under a Current status Data”
winning article is announced at the
appointed by the chair.
Congratulations to the three winners.
section’s business meeting during JSM
and then made available on the Taylor
2008 JSM Student Paper
Members of the award committee—
Jeff Hart, Soumen Lahiri, Lan Wang,
& Francis Group web site. The first
Awards
and Edsel Pena (chair)—reported that
award will be presented at JSM 2009
Based on their presentations made at
the research and presentations of these
for the best paper published in the
JSM in Denver, the 2008 JSM Student
students were outstanding. Each win-
2008 volume of the journal.
Paper Awards go to the following:
ner received a certificate and a check
Starting in 2010, there also will be
Soutir Bandhopadhyay of Texas
for $250. The section will continue the
an award for the best paper written
A&M University for “Nonparametric
award program at JSM 2009, so students
solely or primarily by a student. The
Covariogram estimation Based on
should plan to submit paper or poster
winning paper also will be announced
Irregularly spaced spatial Data”
presentation abstracts to the ASA by the
at JSM during the section’s business
February 2, 2009, deadline and send
meeting and made freely available.
Tatiana Benaglia of Penn state
a .pdf version of their paper to Wang,
The winning author will receive GB
University for “Nonparametric
2009 award committee chair, at lan@
£400 + £100 (currently about $600 +
estimation of Multivariate
stat.umn.edu before June 1, 2009. n
$150) worth of free books published
Mixture Models”
by Taylor & Francis.
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