Mitchell Prize

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2008 Mitchell Prize . Deadline for submissions is 31 December 2008. Details follow.

The 2008 Mitchell Prize is awarded in recognition of an outstanding paper where a Bayesian analysis has been used to solve an important applied problem. The Prize includes a commemorative plaque an award of $1,000.

Eligible papers for the 2008 Mitchell Prize must be published or accepted in a refereed journal or conference proceedings on or after 1 January 2006. A paper may be nominated by any of its authors or by any ISBA or SBSS member. A nomination consists of the following:

• Electronic file of the paper being nominated, in .pdf format.
• A statement by the nominator describing how the paper meets Mitchell Prize requirements.
• Names of two evaluators, not the nominator or coauthors, who are willing and able to credibly evaluate the usefulness of the work from the perspective of the applied field addressed in the paper, as distinct from providing comments on its statistical merit.
• Contact information for the nominee, nominator (if different) and evaluators.

Papers will be evaluated by the Mitchell Award Committee, appointed by the ISBA Prize Committee. The winner will be announced at the 2009 Joint Statistics Meetings (JSM).

The submissions period for the 2008 awards closed on 2008-12-31 19:00:00.