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.
To be eligible, an entrant must have designed and implemented a piece of
statistical software. The applicant must have begun the development
while a student, and must either currently be a student, or have
completed all requirements for the last degree earned after January 1,
1999. To apply for the award, entrants must provide the following
materials:
A current CV.
A letter from a faculty mentor at their academic institution. The
letter should confirm that the software is the work of the student,
certify the student status of the entrant when the software began to be
developed (and either the current student status and 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 entrant has continued developing the software after finishing their
studies, the description should indicate what was developed when the
entrant 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. 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 PST, Thursday,
February 28, 2002 at the address below. The winner will be announced in
the spring of 2002.
Information on the competition can also be accessed on the website of
the Statistical Computing Section, including the names and contributions
of previous winners. A current pointer to the section website is
available from the ASA website at www.amstat.org. Inquiries and
application materials should be emailed or mailed to:
Chambers Software Award
c/o Lionel Galway
The RAND Corporation
1700 Main St.
Santa Monica, CA 90407
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Lionel Galway
Senior Statistician
The RAND Corporation voice: 310-393-0411 X7957
1700 Main St. fax: 310-393-4818
Santa Monica, CA 90401 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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