San Francisco
Bay Area Chapter of the American Statistical Association
Student Travel
Awards for the 2014 Joint Statistical Meetings in Boston, MA
Are you (or do you know) a graduate student who is planning to
give a presentation at the 2014 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in
Boston? (http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2014/)
The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American
Statistical Association (ASA) is soliciting applications for Student Travel
Awards to JSM 2014.
Up to three
Student Travel Awards for current graduate students (receiving degrees May 2014 or later)
will be issued to cover up to $1000 in travel expenses to the 2014
meeting. The 2014 JSM is being held
from Aug. 2nd to Aug. 7th, 2014. In the last 8 years,
more than 20 awards have been given to the qualified students!
Qualified Applicants
Applicants must be:
A. Current members of the ASA (http://www.amstat.org/membership/index.cfm ).
B. Current full-time graduate students in statistics,
biostatistics, epidemiology, or a related discipline, graduating May 2014 or
later from a university in the greater San Francisco Bay area.
C. Presenting a paper (oral or poster) at the 2014 Joint
Statistical Meetings (must be an author or co-author of the paper).
Application
Applicants should e-mail the following documents to the
Chapter President-Elect - Dr. Ruixiao Lu
(sfasajsm2014@gmail.com) by April 11th (Fri), 2014 (11:59 p.m.
Pacific Time):
A. One-page essay describing:
1. ASA
membership status at the time of submitting the Student Travel award
application.
2. Reasons for
attending JSM and for requesting the Student Travel Award.
3. Amount
requested (up to $1000) and allocation (e.g., airfare, hotel, registration).
4. Current
contact information, including how you can be reached during the summer.
B. An abstract of the paper or poster you are presenting along
with information about your co-authors, the date and time of your
presentation. The deadline for JSM
abstract submission is February 3rd, 2014. Abstract submission closes at 11:59 p.m.
Eastern. (http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2014/abstracts.cfm)
C. A letter from your advisor or Department Chair confirming
current graduate student status.
Successful applicants are expected to present their work at
the early June
2014 meeting of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the
ASA. Each speaker will give a 20 minute oral presentation.
Review Process
A committee of the Chapter Presidents (Past,
Current, and Elect) and Chapter Treasurer will review the applications and
select the winners. Winners will be announced on the Chapter website (www.sfasa.org)
and notified by telephone or email or both by April 25th (Friday)
2014.
Note: The winners will acknowledge The San
Francisco Bay Area Chapter travel support at the end of their presentations at
the JSM.
San Francisco
Bay Area Chapter of the American Statistical Association
Student Travel
Awards for the 2014 Joint Statistical Meetings in Boston, MA
Are you (or do you know) a graduate student who is planning
to give a presentation at the 2014 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in
Boston? (http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2014/)
The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American
Statistical Association (ASA) is soliciting applications for Student Travel
Awards to JSM 2014.
Up to three
Student Travel Awards for current graduate students (receiving degrees May 2014 or later)
will be issued to cover up to $1000 in travel expenses to the 2014
meeting. The 2014 JSM is being held
from Aug. 2nd to Aug. 7th, 2014. In the last 8 years,
more than 20 awards have been given to the qualified students!
Qualified Applicants
Applicants must be:
A. Current members of the ASA (http://www.amstat.org/membership/index.cfm ).
B. Current full-time graduate students in statistics,
biostatistics, epidemiology, or a related discipline, graduating May 2014 or
later from a university in the greater San Francisco Bay area.
C. Presenting a paper (oral or poster) at the 2014 Joint
Statistical Meetings (must be an author or co-author of the paper).
Application
Applicants should e-mail the following documents to the
Chapter President-Elect - Dr. Ruixiao Lu
(sfasajsm2014@gmail.com) by April 11th (Fri), 2014 (11:59 p.m.
Pacific Time):
A. One-page essay describing:
1. ASA
membership status at the time of submitting the Student Travel award
application.
2. Reasons for
attending JSM and for requesting the Student Travel Award.
3. Amount
requested (up to $1000) and allocation (e.g., airfare, hotel, registration).
4. Current
contact information, including how you can be reached during the summer.
B. An abstract of the paper or poster you are presenting along
with information about your co-authors, the date and time of your
presentation. The deadline for JSM
abstract submission is February 3rd, 2014. Abstract submission closes at 11:59 p.m.
Eastern. (http://www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2014/abstracts.cfm)
C. A letter from your advisor or Department Chair confirming
current graduate student status.
Successful applicants are expected to present their work at
the early June
2014 meeting of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the
ASA. Each speaker will give a 20 minute oral presentation.
Review Process
A committee of the Chapter Presidents (Past,
Current, and Elect) and Chapter Treasurer will review the applications and
select the winners. Winners will be announced on the Chapter website (www.sfasa.org)
and notified by telephone or email or both by April 25th (Friday)
2014.
Note: The winners will acknowledge The San
Francisco Bay Area Chapter travel support at the end of their presentations at
the JSM.
San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American
Statistical Association
Student Travel
Awards for the 2014 Joint Statistical Meetings in Boston, MA
Comments from 2011
Recipient:
Aida Yazdanparast and Tony Tran of CSUEB were
among the 2011 recipients of student travel awards. Their poster won 3rd prize in the
statistical graphics competition in JSM 2011.
ÒThank you for your support. It was a very wonderful experience.
ÉÉThank you very much for providing us the travel award.Ó Aida Yazdanparast, CSUEB, MS student
Comments from 2009
Recipients:
Attending JSM can provide a variety of valuable experiences. One can
network with professionals and academics in areas of interest and attend talks
(and fee-based short courses) on cutting-edge statistics/biostatistics
technology:
ÒMy JSM experience was awesome! Attending JSM provides a wonderful
opportunity to see what is happening at the cutting edge of our field. I
networked with many people and retained contacts, attended many interesting
talks, and learned about new application areas and statistical methods.
Presenting my work at JSM provided me with ideas for expanding it in the
future. I would recommend attending JSM to anyone interested in statistics.Ó Vadim Bichutskiy, CSU EB, MS 2011
Additionally, JSM provides networking in the
marketplace and offers attendees the opportunity to check out industry
positions:
ÒI met with 10 different companies and
universities from all around the U.S. whom never would have flown me out for an
interview had I not met them initially at the conference. The mere meeting of the people at these
companies and hearing about all the job opportunities was beneficial to
me.
I met with a Statistician at Baylor Health
Care from whom I had the opportunity to find out about the health care
industry. Being from the Biotech and Pharmaceutical industry, I knew health
care was different but did not know the magnitude of the difference. Baylor
then flew me to Dallas for an interview after careful deliberation I accepted a
job offer with them and have moved to Dallas, Texas. I truly do not believe
this would have happened had I not gone to JSM.Ó Monica Anand,
CSU EB MS 2009