Enc: Call for Nominations for 2012 Savage Awards and Mitchell Prize

[Rosangela Helena Loschi <loschi@est.ufmg.br>]

The Prize Committee of ISBA is pleased to call for submissions for the 2012 Savage Awards and Mitchell Prize. The deadline for submissions, which can be made online, is May 31, 2012

The Mitchell Prize is given in recognition of an outstanding paper that describes how a Bayesian analysis has solved an important applied problem. For details on the Mitchell Prize, including names of past winners, eligibility details, and the on-line application procedure, please visit http://www.bayesian.org/awards/MitchellPrize.html  The prize includes a check for $1000 and a plaque; the winner(s) will be announced at the Section on Bayesian Statistical Science  Business Meeting/Mixer at the Joint Statistics Meeting in Montreal, CA in 2013.

The Savage Award, named in honor of Leonard J. "Jimmie" Savage, is bestowed each year to two outstanding doctoral dissertations in Bayesian econometrics and statistics, one each in Theory & Methods and Applied Methodology.   For details on the Savage Award, including names of past winners, eligibility details, and the on-line application procedure, please visit http://www.bayesian.org/awards/Savage.html  Up to two awards of $750 will be awarded.  Finalists will be notified in mid December and invited to present their dissertation research at a special contributed session at the Joint Statistics Meeting in Montreal in 2013 with the winners announced at the SBSS Business Meeting/Mixer.

Nominations may be made by any current ISBA or SBSS member.

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