ASA Connect

The Committees on Statistical Graphics and Statistical Computing are thrilled to announce a call for two awards. In brief:

• Student Paper Competition: The Statistical Computing and Statistical Graphics Sections of the ASA are co-sponsoring a student paper competition on the topics of Statistical Computing and Statistical Graphics. Students are encouraged to submit a paper in one of these areas, which might be original methodological research, some novel computing or graphical application in statistics, or any other suitable contribution (for example, a software-related project). The selected winners will present their papers in a topic-contributed session at the 2025 Joint Statistical Meetings. The prize carries with it a cash award of $1,000. More details: https://community.amstat.org/jointscsg-section/awards/student-paper-competition 

• John M. Chambers Statistical Software Award: 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 (ACM) presented the ACM 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, or in collaboration with, an undergraduate or graduate student. The prize carries with it a cash award of $2,000. More details: https://community.amstat.org/jointscsg-section/awards/john-m-chambers

For both awards, the submission window is November 1 - November 15. Please see the above linked pages for more details on submission requirements, review process, and submission instructions. 

Don't hesitate to contact Philip Waggoner (Joint Computing and Graphics Awards Chair) with questions directly: pdw2119@columbia.edu