Young Researcher Award : Nomination Due 02/28/2011
IISA is seeking nominations for the two Young Researcher Awards for 2011. The awards will honor one outstanding researcher in theory and one in applications. The recipients will have date of birth on January 1, 1966, or later, and will have significant contribution in high quality research (theory and methodology, or applications), and education. In order to be considered for the award, the candidates must be an active member of IISA.
Nominations should contain:
- a cover letter explaining the significance of the research contributions of the candidate, and specifying the area to be considered (theory and methods, or applications)
- the latest CV, and
- three letters of support.
Nominations and supporting material should should be sent to Professor M.B. Rao, University of Cincinnati (raomb@UCMAIL.UC.EDU), on or before February 28, 2011, via e-mail (preferably as a pdf file). The awards will be presented at the IISA Conference at Raleigh during April 21-24, 2011 and will involve plaques and cash prizes of US$ 250. The Award is co-sponsored by IISA and Statistical Methodology.
Past award winners include Sastry Pantula, Ravi Khattree (2002) , Arup Bose(2006), Partha Lahiri ( ), Subhasis Ghoshal, Bami Mallick (2006), Anindya Roy, Sujit K. Ghosh, Sayan Mukherjee (2008), P. G. Sankaran, Ranjan Maitra (2010) among others.
Student Paper Competition: Submission due 02/11/2011
IISA will host a student paper competition at the NC State Conference being held during April 21-24, 2011. Two awards will be given, one in the Theory & Methods category and the other in the Applications category. Papers should be written in English with twelve point font and at least 1.5 line spacing. The length of the paper should not exceed fifteen pages excluding tables and figures. The primary author of an entry paper must be a graduate student at the time of the meeting. An entry should be accompanied by a cover letter and an endorsement by the applicant's major professor. Submission should be made by E-mail (preferably as a pdf file), by January 31, 2011 Feb 11th, 2011, to Professor N. Balakrishnan, McMaster University, Canada (bala@mcmaster.ca).
Top two papers will be selected in the Theory and Methods, and two in the Applications categories and the finalists will be invited to present their papers at the conference (IISA will pay the registration fees). The finalists need to attend the conference for an oral presentation of his/her paper and the winner will be announced before the conclusion of the conference. The winners will receive certificates and cash awards. The competition is co-sponsored by IISA and Statistical Methodology.
