San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American Statistical
Association
Student Travel Awards for the 2016 Joint Statistical Meetings in Chicago, IL
Are
you (or do you know) a graduate student who is planning to give a presentation at
the 2016 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Chicago? (www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2016/index.cfm)
The
San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American Statistical Association (ASA) is
soliciting applications for Student Travel Awards to JSM 2016.
Up to three Student Travel Awards for current graduate
students (receiving degrees May 2016 or later) will be issued to cover up to $1000 in
travel expenses to the 2016 meeting. The 2016 JSM is being held from July 30th
to August 4th, 2016. In the last 10 years, more than 30 awards have
been given to the qualified students!
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 2016 or later from a university in the greater San Francisco Bay area.
C. Presenting a paper (oral or poster) at the 2016
Joint Statistical Meetings (must be an author or co-author of the paper).
Applicants
should e-mail the following documents to the Chapter President-Elect - Dr. Xin Zhao (sfasajsm2016@gmail.com)
by April 11th (Monday), 2016 (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 1st, 2016. Abstract submission closes at 11:59 p.m.
Eastern (www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2016/participate.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 2016 meeting of
the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the ASA. Each speaker will give a 20 minute oral presentation.
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 29th (Friday) 2016.
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 2016 Joint Statistical Meetings in Chicago, IL
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
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
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