1999 MITCHELL PRIZE: revisited

[Mike West]

This is a reposting of the 1999 Mitchell Prize announcement, 
correcting a typo and clarifying eligibility. With apologies
for multiple postings, we'd appreciate your help in bringing 
this to the attention of potential nominators and future
Mitchell Prize winners!

Thanks for your help. 

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        1999 MITCHELL PRIZE: ANNOUNCEMENT AND SOLICITATION

           http://www.stat.duke.edu/sites/mitchell.html

The third Mitchell Prize will be awarded in 1999. The Prize will be
announced and presented at the August 1999 Joint Statistical Meetings
in Baltimore.  The Prize is awarded in recognition of an outstanding
paper describing how a Bayesian analysis has solved an important
applied problem. The 1999 Prize consists of an award of $1000 and a
commemorative plaque.

The Mitchell Prize is named for Toby J. Mitchell and was established by
his friends and colleagues following his death from leukemia in 1993.
Toby was a Senior Research Staff Member at Oak Ridge National
Laboratory throughout his career, will leaves of absence spent at the
University of Wisconsin and at the National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences.  Toby won the Snedecor Award in 1978 (with co-author
Bruce Turnbull), made incisive contributions to statistics, especially
in biometry and engineering applications, and was a marvelous
collaborator and an especially thoughtful scientist. Toby was a
dedicated Bayesian, hence the focus of the prize.

This is the third Mitchell Prize, the first two having been awarded in
1994 and 1997. Beginning this year, the Prize will be awarded annually
under the cosponsorship of the ASA Section on Bayesian Statistical
Science (SBSS), the International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA),
and the Mitchell Prize Founders' Committee. The sponsors annually
establish a selection committee; the 1999 Prize selection committee
consists of Gary Koop, Max Morris (chair) and Mike West.

To be eligible for the 1999 Prize, a paper will either have appeared in
a refereed journal or refereed conference proceedings since January 1 1997, 
or be scheduled for future publication in a refereed outlet. Candidate 
papers will be accepted from nominators and from authors. In reviewing 
submissions, emphasis will be placed on evidence that the application has 
truly benefited from a Bayesian analysis respecting the individual character
of the problem at hand.  There is no restriction as to approach taken,
except that it be Bayesian in some sense, and that it carefully and
appropriately justifies models, priors and methodologies adopted. To be
considered for this year's Mitchell Prize, please send four reprints or
copies of the manuscript along with a cover letter that includes: a
brief statement of the impact of the work, and contact information for
the authors, nominator (if not an author), and two individuals who are
not statisticians or coauthors and who can be contacted for an
evaluation of the importance of the work in the applied field.
Submissions should be mailed to

 Max Morris 
 Department of Statistics 
 Iowa State University 
 Snedecor Hall 
 Ames, IA  50011-1210

Entries must be received by May 15, 1999 in order to receive consideration.  
For further information, phone 515-294-2775, FAX 515-294-4040, or 
e-mail mmorris at iastate.edu.

To learn more about the sponsoring organizations SBSS and ISBA visit their 
web sites at www.stat.duke.edu/sbss/sbss.html and www.bayesian.org/ 
respectively.

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