Dear ASA Members,
This year's award-winning partnership and key contributors were announced during the Joint Statistical Meetings and posted on the ASA SPAIG Award website.
https://www.amstat.org/ASA/Your-Career/Awards/Statistical-Partnerships-Among-Academe-Industry-and-Government-Award.aspx
Partnership
The Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE)
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Citation
For building a statistically sound and scientifically solid foundation for the analysis and interpretation of forensic evidence and contributing to the statistical training of forensic practitioners and legal professionals.
Key Contributors
· Susan Ballou, NIST
· Alicia Carriquiry, Iowa State University
· William F. Eddy, Carnegie Mellon University
· Charless Fowlkes, University of California, Irvine
· Barbara Guttman, NIST
· Martin Herman, NIST
· Heike Hofmann, Iowa State University
· Hari Iyer, NIST
· Karen Kafadar, University of Virginia
· Steven Lund, NIST
· Hal S. Stern, University of California, Irvine
· William Thompson, University of California, Irvine
· Alan Zheng, NIST
We welcome nominations for next year's SPAIG Award. The nomination form, via the following link, must be filled out, along with supporting documents. Preferably, a single PDF file, including all such materials, may be sent by email to the following address: awards@amstat.org. Please include "SPAIG Award Nomination" in the subject line of the email. Alternatively, a hardcopy of these documents may be mailed to ASA Awards, 732 N. Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, U.S.A.
Nominations are due by March 1 each year, and the award will be presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings during the same year.
https://www.amstat.org/asa/files/docs/AWD-SPAIG-NominationForm.docx
Congratulations!
Kelly
Chair, SPAIG