[Research] FW: John M. Chambers Statistical Software Award

[Artur Dubrawski]

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From: Bell, Ryan [mailto:Ryan at amstat.org] 
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Subject: John M. Chambers Statistical Software Award


John M. Chambers Statistical Software Award

Statistical Computing Section
American Statistical Association
 
The Statistical Computing Section of the American Statistical Association
announces the competition for the John M. Chambers Statistical Software
Award. In 1998 the Association for Computing Machinery presented its
Software System Award to John Chambers for the design and development of S.
Dr. Chambers generously donated his award to the Statistical Computing
Section to endow an annual prize for statistical software written by an
undergraduate or graduate student. The prize carries with it a cash award of
$1000, plus a substantial allowance for travel to the annual Joint
Statistical Meetings where the award will be presented.

Teams of up to 3 people can participate in the competition, with the cash
award being split among team members. The travel allowance will be given to
just one individual in the team, who will be presented the award at JSM.  To
be eligible, the team must have designed and implemented a piece of
statistical software.  The individual within
the team indicated to receive the travel allowance must have begun the
development while a student, and must either currently be a student, or have
completed all requirements for her/his last degree after January 1, 2004.
To apply for the award, teams must provide the following materials:

Current CV's of all team members.

A letter from a faculty mentor at the academic institution of the individual
indicated to receive the travel award.  The letter should confirm that the
individual had substantial participation in the development of the software,
certify her/his student status when the software began to be developed (and
either the current student status or the date of degree completion), and
briefly discuss the importance of the software to statistical practice.
 
A brief, one to two page description of the software, summarizing what it
does, how it does it, and why it is an important contribution.  If the team
member competing for the travel allowance has continued developing the
software after finishing her/his studies, the description should indicate
what was developed when the individual was a student and what has been added
since.
 
Access to the software by the award committee for their use on inputs of
their choosing.  Access to the software can consist of an executable file,
Web-based access, macro code, or other appropriate form.  Access should be
accompanied by enough information to allow the judges to effectively use and
evaluate the software (including
its design considerations.)  This information can be provided in a variety
of ways, including but not limited to a user manual (paper or electronic), a
paper, a URL, online help to the system, and source code.  In particular,
the entrant must be prepared to provide complete source code for inspection
by the committee if requested.

All materials must be in English.  We prefer that electronic text be
submitted in Postscript or PDF.  The entries will be judged on a variety of
dimensions, including the importance and relevance for statistical practice
of the tasks performed by the software, ease of use, clarity of description,
elegance and availability for use by the
statistical community. Preference will be given to those entries that are
grounded in software design rather than calculation.  The decision of the
award committee is final.

All application materials must be received by 5:00pm EST, Monday, February
26, 2007 at the address below.  The winner will be announced in May and the
award will be given at the 2007 Joint Statistical Meetings.

Information on the competition can also be accessed on the website of the
Statistical Computing Section (www.statcomputing.org or see the ASA website,
www.amstat.org for a pointer), including the names and contributions of
previous winners.  Inquiries and application materials should be emailed or
mailed to:

                       Chambers Software Award
                       c/o J.R. Lockwood
                       The RAND Corporation
                       4570 Fifth Avenue, Suite 600
                       Pittsburgh, PA 15213
                       lockwood at rand.org
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