On behalf of the Statistical Computing & Graphics (SC&G) Sections, I thank all the students who participated in the Student Paper and Chambers Award Competitions this year.
The quality of the submissions was very high, which made the task of the reviewers and members of the SC&G Awards Council, very difficult. I am indebted to the several members of the section who volunteered their time to review submissions and participate in the challenging decision-making process.
The 2025 John M. Chambers Statistical Software Award goes to:
Harriet Mason, Monash University, for "ggdibbler", a R graphics (add-on for ggplot2) software package that enables visualising uncertainty in data on a variety of graphic outputs including raster plots, contour plots, stack plots and spatial plots.
The winners of the Student Paper Competition 2025 are listed below (in alphabetical order by last name):
Yujie Ran, Nanyang Technological University, for "A Propensity Score–Based k-Nearest Neighbor Approach for Estimating Individual Treatment Effect".
Beenu Sareena, University of Nebraska‐Lincoln, for the paper "ggtwotone", describing the R graphics (ggplot2-add on) software package of the same name which ensures that text and lines remain readable on both light and dark backgrounds on plots.
Adam Struzik, Adam Mickiewicz University, for "Capturing Small Discrepancies in Record Linkage: A Maximum Entropy Framework with Continuous Similarity Measures"
Sarah Wang, University of Pittsburgh, for "Accurate and Ultra-efficient P-value Calculation for Adaptive Rank Truncated Product Test"
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The winners will make their presentations and receive their awards at the Joint Statistical Meetings, Boston, MA in August 2026.
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Dr Arun Chind
Awards Chair
Statistical Computing & Graphics (SC&G) Sections
American Statistical Association
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Physician, Economist, Statistician
Proshen Health & Risk Consulting, Wakefield, England, United Kingdom. Email: arunpeter@yahoo.com
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