The Prize Committee of ISBA is pleased to call for submissions for the 2015 Savage Awards and Mitchell Prize. The deadline for submissions, which can be made online, is May 31, 2015.
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 13th ISBA World Meeting in Sardinia, Italy, June 13-17, 2016.
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 December 2015 and invited to present their dissertation research at a special contributed session at the 13th ISBA World Meeting in Sardinia, Italy, June 13-17, 2016.
