This scholarship—which honors the memory of Richard A. Freund, a past president of the American Society for Quality—is for graduate study of the theory and application of quality control, quality assurance, quality improvement, and total quality management. It covers the engineering, statistical, managerial, and behavioral foundations of those fields. What You Need to … [Read more...] about International Scholarship Available for Quality Studies
Nominations Sought for Causality in Statistics Education Award
The Causality in Statistics Education Award was established by Judea Pearl and created to acknowledge the growing importance of introducing core elements of causal inference into undergraduate and lower-division graduate classes in statistics. The award provides a $5,000 cash prize each year, and nominations are due April 5. … [Read more...] about Nominations Sought for Causality in Statistics Education Award
Joint Sections on Statistical Computing, Graphics Announce Student Awards
The 2025 John M. Chambers Statistical Software Award goes to Adam Bartonicek of the University of Auckland (for R package Plotscaper). The review panel for the award consisted of David Dahl, Arun Chind, Thomas Yee, Sherry Zhang, and Philip Waggoner (awards chair). The 2025 student paper awards went to the following: The review panel for the student … [Read more...] about Joint Sections on Statistical Computing, Graphics Announce Student Awards
Enter the ‘Significance,’ RSS Writing Competition
Would you like to win a trophy, publication in Significance, and a presentation slot at the 2025 Royal Statistical Society Conference in Edinburgh? Aimed exclusively at students and early-career statisticians and data scientists, the Significance Statistical Excellence Award for Early Career Writing was created in 2011 as a showcase for emerging stats … [Read more...] about Enter the ‘Significance,’ RSS Writing Competition
World Science Scholars Application Open
Application for the 2025 cohort of World Science Scholars is open. The World Science Scholars program looks for students who have the following qualities: … [Read more...] about World Science Scholars Application Open