AmStat Section News, November 2004
Section on Statistics and the Environment (ENVR)
Lance A. Waller, ENVR Publications Officer
2005 ENVR STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION
The Section on Statistics in the Environment (ENVR) of the ASA is
sponsoring a student paper competition on the topic of Environmental
Statistics. We encourage students to submit papers on their research in
this area. The paper may consist of novel approaches to the analysis of
environmental data, new methodology applicable in the area of
environmental statistics or application of statistics to environmental
problems. The selected winner will present his/her paper in a contributed
session at the 2005 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Minneapolis. A
small stipend is included to support student attendance at the JSM to
present the paper.
Eligibility:
Anyone who is a student in the Fall of 2004 (undergraduate, Masters,
and Ph.D.) is eligible to participate.
Entry materials:
The applicant must be the first author of the paper. In addition, a
letter must be submitted that verifies the applicant's student
status from a faculty member familiar with the student's work and,
in the case of joint authorship, indicates what fraction of the
contribution is attributable to the applicant.
Required format: The paper must be entirely double-spaced (abstract,
main body, references, footnotes and appendices), using at least 11
point type with at least 1 inch margins all around and no longer
than 26 pages (inclusive).
All materials should be submitted by January 2005.
The applicant must also an abstract by February 1 to ASA and request
a presentation in an ENVR session. Applicants must follow all rules
required for paper submission and attendance at the JSM.
Submission:
Materials must be submitted electronically only in Postscript or PDF
format. All materials must be in English.
Review:
Papers will be reviewed by the Student Paper Competition Award
committee of the Section on Statistics in the Environment. Selection
will be based on a variety of criteria at the discretion of the
selection committee, and will include innovation and significance of
contribution, amongst others. Award(s) will be announced early in 2005.
The decision of the selection committee will be final. This award will
recognize an environmental statistics contribution with a certificate
and recognition at the ASA ENVR section meeting at the JSM.
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