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The Statistical Computing Section of the American Statistical Association announces the competition for the John M. Chambers Statistical Software Award. In 1998 the Association for Computing Machinery presented its Software System Award to John Chambers for the design and development of S. Dr. Chambers generously donated his award to the Statistical Computing Section to endow an annual prize for statistical software written by, or in collaboration with, a current or recent student. Starting this year, teams of up to 3 people, including at least one current or recent student, will be allowed to participate in the competition The prize carries with it a cash award of $1000, plus a substantial allowance for travel to the annual Joint Statistical Meetings where the award will be presented. Enclosed below is the full text of the award announcement. More details can be found at the Stat. Computing Section website at http://www.statcomputing.org. Best Regards, --José Pinheiro Awards Chair ASA Statistical Computing Section
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